The Literary Lookbook for January-May 2025 is live! This is a comprehensive but not exhaustive collection of 584 upcoming 2025 releases curated by @kellyhook.readsbooks and @thoughtsfromapage. The Lookbook includes titles releasing January-May 2025 from a variety of genres and features cover designs organized by publication date. Click on this link to purchase it.

Kelly Hooker - Our Top Reads of 2024

Kelly Hooker - Our Top Reads of 2024

In this episode, Kelly Hooker and I discuss our top reads of 2024.

Our Top Shared Reads:

First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston 

We Used to Life Here by Marcus Kliewer

 

Kelly’s Remaining Selections:  

Mercury by Amy Jo Burns

Everyone but Myself by Julie Chavez

Drinker of Ink by Shannon Castleton

Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame by Olivia Ford

Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra

Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Trafficking by Jason De Leon 

How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley

Same as it Ever Was by Claire Lombardo

All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

God of the Woods by Liz Moore

The Same Bright Stars by Ethan Joella

The Best Lies by David Ellis

The Axeman’s Carnival by Catherine Chidgey

The Sing Sing Files by Dan Slepian

The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston

 

Cindy’s Remaining Selections:

Family Family by Laurie Frankel

The Queen of Sugar Hill by ReShonda Tate

Dixon Descending by Karen Outen

The Women by Kristin Hannah

Whiskey Tender by Deborah Taffa

The Husbands by Holly Gramazio

Crow Talk by Eileen Garvin

How to Read a Book by Monica Wood

Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy

When Women Ran Fifth Avenue by Julie Satow

The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby by Ellery Lloyd

The Wedding People by Alison Espach

The Lantern of Lost Memories by Sanaka Hiiragi

The Lightning Bottles by Marissa Stapley

Eddie Winston Is Looking for Love by Marianne Cronin

Honorable mention: Maria by Michele Moran

 

Want to know which new titles are publishing in January - May of 2025? Check out our third Literary Lookbook which contains a comprehensive but not exhaustive list all in one place so you can plan ahead.     

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Kelly is an avid reader, reviewer and bookstagrammer. She works part-time as a speech pathologist in Michigan. She has two toddler boys and firmly believes that nap time is for novels. She is an audiobook enthusiast and loves hosting book club reads and author events. She creates seasonal reading guides to help readers pick up the right book at the right time.