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Brea and Mallory pick their favorite book covers of 2025. Plus they interview Alonso Duralde about his new Christmas movie book, and give ideas for gifts for ereaders. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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A Movie Little Christmas
Books Mentioned –
The Midnight Shift by Seon-Ran Cheon, translated by Gene Png
Willing Prey by Allie Oleander
Best Covers!
Best Series:
Brea: Adrift in Currents Clear and Clean by Seanan McGuire
Mallory: Mockingbird Court by Juneau Black
Best Horror:
Brea: Best of All Worlds by Kenneth Oppel
Mallory: Fiend by Alma Katsu
Best Nonfiction:
Mallory: Sucker Punch by Scaachi Koul
Cutest:
Brea: Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz
Mallory: Cosmic Love at the Multiverse Hair Salon by Annie Mare
Best SFF:
Brea: The Strange Case of Jane O by Karen Thompson Walker
Mallory: Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett
Best Literary:
Brea: Blob by Maggie Su
Mallory: Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One by Kristin Arnett
Best Smut/Romance:
Brea: Sky Daddy by Kate Folk
Mallory: A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke by Adriana Herrera
Oh, Christmas Tree! by Brian Herald, Brandon Gray, Daniel Thompson
Christmas: A Biography by Judith Flanders
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- Alonso Duralde
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