All Points West January 2025: Looking Back, Looking Forward

In this latest installment of GVPL on CBC Radio, we'll look at some favorite reads from 2024 and some books we're looking forward to in 2025, along with reading resolutions, ideas on tracking your reading and more!

Updated January 10, 2025
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Greater Victoria Public Library
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The library book
Orlean, Susan
Paper Book
A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB PICK A WASHINGTON POST TOP 10 BOOK OF THE YEAR * A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018 "A constant pleasure to read...Everybody who loves books...

Adult non-fiction

Also available in e-book, e-audiobook, large print, and additional formats

Chain-Gang All-Stars
Adjei-Brenyah, Nana Kwame
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR * FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION * A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK * NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from...

Adult fiction

Also available in e-book, e-audiobook, and large print formats

Tom Lake a novel
Patchett, Ann 
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America's finest writers. "Patchett leads us to a truth that feels like life rather than...

Adult fiction

Also available in e-book, e-audiobok, large print and other formats

How high we go in the dark : a novel
Nagamatsu, Sequoia
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE * ROXANE GAY'S AUDACIOUS BOOK CLUB PICK * FINALIST FOR THE URSULA K. LE GUIN PRIZE "Moving and thought-provoking . . . offering psychological insights in lyrical prose while seriously exploring speculative conceits." --...

Adult fiction

Also available in e-book, e-audiobook, large print and other formats


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