The best books of 2025 as selected by Cassie McCullagh, Kate Evans and a panel of bookish guests - Jason Steger, Jon Page and Robert Goodman. Keep scrolling for a full list...GUESTS <ul><li>Jason Steger, arts journalist. Former book editor of the Age & SMH, and panellist on ABC TV’s Book Club </li><li>Jon Page, long time bookseller with Pages and Pages bookshop, former General Manager of Dymocks Sydney – and now, book-buyer for W.H. Smith </li><li>Robert Goodman, reviewer and literary judge specialising in genre fiction; regularly reviews for the Newtown Review of Books. His website is <a href="https://pilebythebed.com/">pilebythebed.com </a></li><li>Jason Steger's on-air picks:Flesh by David SzalayYou Must Remember This by Sean WilsonThe Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran DesaiLong Island  by Colm ToibinFlesh by David SzalayMy Father Bryce by Adam CourtenayThe Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran DesaiLong Island  by Colm ToibinRunt and the Diabolical Dognapping by Craig SilveyExtras:My Sister and Other Lovers by Esther Freud</li><li>Jon Page's on-air picks:Buckeye by Patrick RyanUnbury the Dead by Fiona HardyFlashlight by Susan ChoiI Want Everything by Dominic AmareenaOne Day Everyone Will Have Been Against This by Omar El Akkad Extras:A Beautiful Family by Jennifer Trevelyan The Body Next Door by Zane Lovitt The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong  The Rose Field [Book of Dust, Vol. 3] by Philip Pullman The Names by Florence Knapp   </li><li>Robert Goodman's on-air picks:Salvage by Jennifer MillsPicks and Shovels by Cory DoctorowWE Do Not Part by Han KangEden by Mark BrandiKing Sorrow by Joe HillShroud by Adrian TchaikovskyExtras:The Bewitching by Sivia Moreno Garcia Esperance by Adam Oyebanji Where the Axe is Buried by Ray Nayler Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico  Lion Hearts by Dan Jones Rapture by Emily Maguire Unbury the Dead by Fiona HardyThe Impossible Thing by Belinda Bauer The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd Robinson Hotel Ukraine by Martin Cruz Smith The Hollow Girl by Lynn Yeowart The White Crow by Michael Robotham Stillwater by Tanya Scott The Reunion by Bronwyn Rivers The Peak by Sam Guthrie The Seventh Floor by David McClosky Casualties of Truth by Lauren Francis-Sharma</li><li>Cassie McCullagh's on-air picks:Dream State by Eric PuchnerTheft by Abdulrazak GurnahThe Transformations by Andrew PipposArborescence by Rhett DavisWhat We Can Know by Ian McEwanOn the Calculation of Volume 1 by Solvej BalleExtras:The Silver Book by Olivia LaingDancing in the Lift by Mandy Sayer</li></ul><ul><li>Kate Evans' on-air picks:Mother Mary Come to Me by Arundhati RoyAlways Home, Always Homesick by Hannah KentMemorial Days by Geraldine BrooksThe Dream Hotel by Laila LalamiThe Remembered Soldier by Anjet DaanjeTwist by Colum McCann, Landfall by James BradleyThe Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones Fierceland by Omar MusaChosen Family by Madeleine GrayExtras:On the Calculation of Volume 1 by Solvej BalleWe Do Not Part by Han KangThe Wax Child by Olga Ravn Theft by Abdulrazak GurnahWhat We Can Know by Ian McEwan Flashlight by Susan ChoiI Want Everything by Dominic Amarena</li><li>Robert Goodman's on-air picks:Salvage by Jennifer MillsPicks and Shovels by Cory DoctorowWE Do Not Part by Han KangEden by Mark BrandiKing Sorrow by Joe HillShroud by Adrian TchaikovskyExtras:The Bewitching by Sivia Moreno Garcia Esperance by Adam Oyebanji Where the Axe is Buried by Ray Nayler Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico  Lion Hearts by Dan Jones Rapture by Emily Maguire Unbury the Dead by Fiona HardyThe Impossible Thing by Belinda Bauer The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd Robinson Hotel Ukraine by Martin Cruz Smith The Hollow Girl by Lynn Yeowart The White Crow by Michael Robotham Stillwater by Tanya Scott The Reunion by Bronwyn Rivers The Peak by Sam Guthrie The Seventh Floor by David McClosky Casualties of Truth by Lauren Francis-Sharma</li><li>Cassie McCullagh's on-air picks:Dream State by Eric PuchnerTheft by Abdulrazak GurnahThe Transformations by Andrew PipposArborescence by Rhett DavisThe Silver Book by Olivia LaingWhat We Can Know by Ian McEwanOn the Calculation of Volume 1 by Solvej BalleExtras:Dancing in the Lift by Mandy Sayer</li></ul><ul><li>Kate Evans' on-air picks:Mother Mary Come to Me by Arundhati RoyAlways Home, Always Homesick by Hannah KentMemorial Days by Geraldine BrooksThe Dream Hotel by Laila LalamiThe Remembered Soldier by Anjet DaanjeTwist by Colum McCann, Landfall by James BradleyThe Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones Fierceland by Omar MusaChosen Family by Madeleine GrayExtras:On the Calculation of Volume 1 by Solvej BalleWe Do Not Part by Han KangThe Wax Child by Olga Ravn Theft by Abdulrazak GurnahWhat We Can Know by Ian McEwan Flashlight by Susan ChoiI Want Everything by Dominic Amarena</li></ul>

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