Episode 281 – Bests of 2025
The Worst Bestsellers
Worst Bestsellers
4.5 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 29 December 2025
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
Another year has come and (almost) gone, and we’ve once again managed to read some good books. Let us tell you about them!
Coming up next: A January hiatus. Happy New Year! We’ll see you in February!
Kait’s Top 5 Best
5.) The Woods all Black by Lee Mandelo
4.) Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zheng by Kylie Lee Baker
3.) The Drowning House by Cherie Priest
2.) Direct Descendant by Tanya Huff
1.) What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher
Bonus: Tell Me I’m Worthless by Alison Rumfitt
Renata’s Top 5 Best
5.) The Keeper of Magical Things by Julie Leong
3.) Swordheart by T. Kingfisher
2.) Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome the worst bestsellers, where sometimes we actually read good stuff. |
| 0:22.0 | Yes, you did, Dorday, you read read good stuff. Yes, you did, D'Orte. You read some good stuff. |
| 0:27.8 | That's D'Artie, and I'm Renata. |
| 0:30.3 | And I'm Kate. |
| 0:32.0 | And this is our book year in review. |
| 0:35.7 | D'Artie, it's really, you don't actually even have a turn on this episode. |
| 0:39.7 | I guess that's what you're protesting. |
| 0:42.5 | It's really not your turn. |
| 0:46.9 | Okay, okay. |
| 0:50.6 | Okay, let them know. |
| 0:52.5 | Let them know. |
| 0:56.8 | Baby. Baby. |
| 0:58.5 | Okay. |
| 0:59.4 | So, hello. |
| 1:02.3 | Welcome. |
| 1:03.8 | Welcome. |
| 1:04.5 | I hope you enjoyed that bonus, Duarte. |
| 1:06.9 | Mm-hmm. |
| 1:07.6 | Yeah, he was really excited with us being the last episode of the year, as you heard. |
| 1:13.3 | Yes. |
| 1:14.8 | So if this is your first time listening to one of our end-of-year wrap-up episodes, we'll be talking about our favorite books of the year. |
| 1:23.7 | These are not worst bestsellers. |
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