All Points West December 2025: Best Books of the Year

Explore the best books of 2025 as read by GVPL staff and recommended by librarian Brooklyn during CBC's All Points West with Jason D'Souza

Updated December 5, 2025
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Bury our bones in the midnight soil
Schwab, Victoria
Paper Book
ALL first edition copies will be signed by the author! Signed copies available while supplies last. "Unmissable... Nobody can write like V. E. Schwab" --Jodi Picoult #1 New York Times bestseller * #1 USA Today bestseller * #1...
We Could Be Rats: A Novel
Austin, Emily
Slow dance : a novel
Rowell, Rainbow
Paper Book
A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From #1 New York Times bestselling author Rainbow Rowell comes Slow Dance--her smartest, funniest, most powerful novel yet  "If you, like me, think thirty-somethings methodically working through their issues...
Bear : a novel
Phillips, Julia
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * From the celebrated author of Disappearing Earth comes a tale of family, obsession, and a mysterious creature in the woods--"a mesmerizing story about hope, sisterhood, and survival with a truly shocking twist at the end" (People, Book of the Week). ...
Pageboy a memoir
Page, Elliot
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A New York Times "100 Notable Books of 2023" A TIME Magazine "100 Must-Read Books of 2023" A Washington Post "50 Notable Works of Nonfiction" An Autostraddle "Best Queer Books of 2023" "Vivid...Moving...
Stone yard devotional
Wood, Charlotte
Ebook
Tomboy survival guide
Coyote, Ivan E.
Ebook
Stonewall Book Award Honor Book winner; Hilary Weston Writers' Trust of Canada Prize for Non-Fiction finalist Ivan Coyote is a celebrated storyteller and the author of ten previous books, including Gender Failure (with Rae Spoon) and One in Every Crowd, a...
Brownstone
Teer, Samuel
Paper Book
An Indie Next List Selection! A Harvey Award Nominee! "Angsty. Awkward. With a scrappy heart of gold, Brownstone is a must-read for anyone who's ever felt totally out of place." --Gabby Rivera, bestselling author of Juliet Takes a Breath An exciting teen coming...
The emperor of gladness : a novel
Vuong, Ocean
Paper Book
The instant New York Times bestseller * Oprah's Book Club Pick * Named a Best Book of 2025 by TIME and NPR * A 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence finalist "Stunning . . . A heartfelt and powerful examination of those living on the fringes of society, and the...
The husbands : a novel
Gramazio, Holly
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * READ WITH JENNA'S APRIL BOOK CLUB PICK * NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2024 BY THE WASHINGTON POST, NPR, PEOPLE, PARADE, AND BOOKRIOT The Husbands delights in asking: how do we navigate life, love, and choice in a world of...

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