The It Books of October 2025
Book Riot - The Podcast
10/01/25
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Jeff and Rebecca consider 10 candidates for the title, It Book of October 2025.
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The Wayfinder by Adam Johnson
The Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers
King Sorrow by Joe Hill
The Land of Sweet Forever: Stories and Essays by Harper Lee
A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar
Enshittification by Cory Doctorow
The Unveiling by Quan Barry
Joyride by Susan Orlean
Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon
Dead and Alive: Essays by Zadie Smith
Tom’s Crossing by Mark Danielewski
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