Favorite books of 2025 so far (versions of Ashley and Mhairie)

Our contributors have been paired up to tell each other about their favorite book of the year so far. You will hear these segments in the coming weeks! Today, Ashley and Mhairie shared the top five for 2025. If you are a fan of memoirs or horror, this episode is for you.

Books/Resources mentioned:

Virginia’s Victorian Psychology

Danielle Prescod’s Wealth Rules

Emily Wilde

Just like my Cicely Tyson

Daisy Pearce’s stuff on the wall

Carolyn Keene’s Hidden Staircase

Isabel Cañas owns Alba Diaz

Black in Blues (Imani Perry)

Catherine Dang’s Hunger

Tina Knowles’ patriarch

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This episode was edited and produced by Renee Powers on the land of the Dakota ancestors.

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