All the (More!) Books! November 28, 2025

All the Books!

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🗓️ 28 November 2025

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This week, Sharifah talks about a couple of her best reads of the year! Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. We’ve got the chops to match the book lover in your life with their next favorite read. And it only takes a few clicks to gift Tailored Book Recommendations! Simply head to mytbr.co/gift to get started. Books Discussed The Warmth of Other Suns: The Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to All the More Books.
0:12.9	I'm Sharifa.
0:13.8	Today is November 19th, 2025.
0:17.2	And today I want to tell you about two of the best books I read this year.
0:22.7	Now, this is inclusive of all of my reading from this year, so I'm not just talking about
0:27.4	2025 releases, although one of my picks is a 2025 release.
0:32.5	The other pick is a backlist read that I am so glad I finally got around to reading.
0:38.9	Both of my books are nonfiction, which surprises me because I am not a big nonfiction
0:44.3	reader, but apparently 2025 was my year of nonfiction.
0:48.9	And these two books that I'm going to recommend today are great for people like me who do not think of themselves as big nonfiction readers, as well as people who love and enjoy nonfiction regularly.
1:02.9	And I'll explain why.
1:04.7	But first, I'm going to tell you about a service that is perfect for this season because, and I cannot believe I am saying this, we are in gift giving
1:12.3	season. We have fallen down the slippery slope. The year is about to end. And at tailored book
1:18.7	recommendations, we've recommended more than 150,000 books to readers of all stripes. And guess what?
1:26.0	TBR makes a great gift for the book lover on your list.
1:29.7	All your gift recipient has to do is fill out a survey about their reading likes and dislikes.
1:35.0	And then our expert bibliologists use their bookish knowledge to round up three personalized
1:39.9	recommendations for reads we think they'll love.
1:44.0	Maybe they're mystery mavens or historical fiction fanatics.
1:47.5	Maybe they love nonfiction.
1:49.1	We have what it takes to match the book lover in your life with their next favorite read.
1:54.3	It only takes a few clicks to gift TBR.
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