Jenny and Sarah chat about their favourite reads of 2025, along with some great recommendations from listeners

What have your standout reads of 2025 been? Are any of these on your TBR?

Books mentioned:

• Ex-Wife by Ursula Parrott
• Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
• All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakam
• A Room Above a Shop by Anthony Shapland
• The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
• The Good People by Hannah Kent
• The Dance Tree by Kiran Milwood Hargrave
• Muckle Flugga by Michael Pedersen
• Ripeness by Sarah Moss
• My Good Bright Wolf by Sarah Moss
• Bunny by Mona Awad
• We Love You, Bunny by Mona Awad
• Almost Life by Kiran Milwood Hargrave
• I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jenette McCurdy
• The Book of Dust trilogy by Philip Pullman
• Seascraper by Benjamin Wood
• As Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers

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Sarah and Jenny discuss the recent release of Wicked: For Good and how it compares to the book. The book is dark and complex, a strong contrast to the book. They discuss what they loved and hated about the film, and what was gained or lost in the translation from Gregory Maguire's Wicked.

Have you read the book and/or seen the film? What did you think?

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• You can support the podcast on Patreon. Our tiers start at £2 a month. Rewards include early access to the podcast, 'close friends' feed on Instagram, monthly bonus episodes, tailored book recommendations and books in the post. You can now try our Patreon FREE for 7 days.
• If you would like to make a one-off donation you can do so on Ko-fi.
• A free way to show your support is to mention us on social media, rate us on Spotify or review us on Apple Podcasts.

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This is our LIVE recording of our Patreon Book Club, so apologies for sound gremlins. We discuss The Lamb by Lucy Rose with our Patreons. If you would like to join us next time you can sign up here for as little as £2 a month.

Books mentioned:

• Things We Say in the Dark by Kirsty Logan
• Folk by Zoe Gilbert
• Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

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Support The Bookcast Club

• You can support the podcast on Patreon. Our tiers start at £2 a month. Rewards include early access to the podcast, 'close friends' feed on Instagram, monthly bonus episodes, tailored book recommendations and books in the post. You can now try our Patreon FREE for 7 days.
• If you would like to make a one-off donation you can do so on Ko-fi.
• A free way to show your support is to mention us on social media, rate us on Spotify or review us on Apple Podcasts.

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