<p>Big Books and Bold Ideas host Kerri Miller interviews a lot of authors over the course of a year. But some conversations stand out for being especially fascinating, delightfully fun or unexpectedly candid.</p><br/><p>Last week, we unveiled <a href="https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2025/12/26/the-most-surprising-big-book-shows-of-2025-part-one" class="default">three of Miller’s top five favorites from 2025</a>. This week, the final two — plus one surprise. </p><br/><div class="apm-related-list"><br/>  <div class="apm-related-list-title">2025 Best Book Roundups</div><br/>  <ul class="apm-related-list-body"><br/>    <li class="apm-related-link default-related-link"><br/>      <div class="apm-related-link default-related-link"><br/>        <a href="https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/29/mpr-newsroom-best-book-picks-of-2025"><span class="apm-related-link-prefix">MPR News staff picks</span> The 43 best books MPR News staff read in 2025</a><br/>      </div><br/>    </li><br/>    <li class="apm-related-link default-related-link"><br/>      <div class="apm-related-link default-related-link"><br/>        <a href="https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/26/npr-best-mysteries-thrillers-2025"><span class="apm-related-link-prefix">From NPR</span> Hunker down with these 13 mysteries and thrillers from 2025</a><br/>      </div><br/>    </li><br/>    <li class="apm-related-link default-related-link"><br/>      <div class="apm-related-link default-related-link"><br/>        <a href="https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/29/npr-libraries-most-borrowed-books-2025"><span class="apm-related-link-prefix">From U.S. libraries</span> Genre fiction and female authors top most-borrowed lists in 2025</a><br/>      </div><br/>    </li><br/>  </ul><br/></div><br/><br/><p>If you want to hear the full episodes, you can find them here: </p><br/><ul><li><a href="https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2025/10/17/talking-volumes-misty-copeland-on-ballet-bunheads-and-what-comes-next" class="default">Misty Copeland at Talking Volumes</a></li><li><a href="https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2025/12/05/catherine-newmans-witty-warm-and-wary-rocky-returns-in-wreck" class="default">Catherine Newman</a></li><li><a href="https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2025/10/10/kate-dicamillo-marks-25-years-of-because-of-winndixie" class="default">Kate DiCamillo</a> </li></ul><br/><br/><p>Big Books and Bold Ideas is produced by Kelly Gordon and engineered by Cliff Bentley. Here’s to more great books and more fascinating interviews in 2026. </p>

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