Carol Fitzgerald shares commentary about her 42 Bookreporter Bets On selections from 2025. These are books that she is betting Bookreporter readers will love! (* means a video/podcast interview with that author is available.)

Fiction

Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall * The Correspondent by Virginia Evans * The River Is Waiting by Wally Lamb Heart the Lover by Lily King * Buckeye by Patrick Ryan

Speak to Me of Home by Jeanine Cummins *

Culpability by Bruce Holsinger *

The Heir Apparent by Rebecca Armitage (* to come)

Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson *

More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova *

What Happened to the McCrays? by Tracey Lange *

When the Cranes Fly South written by Lisa Ridzén, translated by Alice Menzies What Kind of Paradise by Janelle Brown Pictures of You by Clare Leslie Hall * Days You Were Mine by Clare Leslie Hall *

Historical Fiction

The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis *

Atmosphere: A Love Story, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

One Good Thing by Georgia Hunter * Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray * The Lost Baker of Vienna by Sharon Kurtzman * Last Call at the Savoy by Brisa Carleton * Whatever Happened to Lori Lovely? by Sarah McCoy

Thrillers & Mysteries

The Doorman by Chris Pavone * Presumed Guilty by Scott Turow * Apostle's Cove by William Kent Krueger The Summer Guests by Tess Gerritsen

The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark * All This Could Be Yours by Hank Phillippi Ryan *

The Unraveling of Julia by Lisa Scottoline

She Didn't See It Coming by Shari Lapena Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney Saltwater by Katy Hays * Please Don't Lie by Christina Baker Kline and Anne Burt The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict * The Oligarch's Daughter by Joseph Finder * The Break-In by Katherine Faulkner The Note by Alafair Burke The Maid's Secret: A Maid Novel, by Nita Prose *

Memoirs & Other Nonfiction

Dear Sister: A Memoir of Secrets, Survival, and Unbreakable Bonds, by Michelle Horton * Seeking Shelter: A Working Mother, Her Children, and a Story of Homelessness in America, by Jeff Hobbs * This Happened to Me: A Reckoning, by Kate Price Boat Baby: A Memoir, by Vicky Nguyen *

Our Latest "Bookreporter Talks To" Interviews:

Vicky Nguyen: https://youtu.be/ssPMpaokVp8

Brisa Carleton: https://youtu.be/aE2cCH4oMsk

Alex DeMille: https://youtu.be/EstkI7Caul8

Lily King: https://youtu.be/ir_IaUnaru4

Virginia Evans: https://youtu.be/6FtYT5KRW2Q

Hank Phillippi Ryan: https://youtu.be/7O3gIC1IJN4

Sharon Kurtzman: https://youtu.be/CMCnGJitKMY

Francesca Serritella: https://youtu.be/XmmvtzilXg0

Bruce Holsinger: https://youtu.be/KukE7DscmsY

Our Latest "Bookaccino Live" Book Group Events:

Clare Leslie Hall: https://youtu.be/j0j3_ScryJg

2025 Bookreporter Bets On Selections: Books We're Betting You'll Love