{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 223 - 2025 Favourites","description":"It\u2019s episode 223 and time for us to discuss our favourite reads (and other things) from 2025! We talk vampires, monster romance, cultural studies, linguistics & language, and more. Plus: Guess how many of our favourite reads are actually from 2025 (it\u2019s more than zero!). You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray \ud83e\udd87 | Jam Edwards Genres (and "genres") we covered in 2025: Fiction Episode 207 - Monster Romance Episode 2010 - Romantasy Episode 214 - Non-Traditional Storytelling Episode 216 - Rural Noir\/Grit Lit Episode 219 - Vampires Episode 221 - Epic & High Fantasy Episode 222 - Books from the 1980s Non-fiction Episode 206 - Cultural Studies Episode 209 - Design Episode 212 - Linguistics & Language Other Episode 213 - Found Books Episode 218 - Book Club Books Favourite Fiction For the podcast Anna Of Monsters and Mainframes (2025) by Barbara Truelove (Episode 219 - Vampire Fiction) Jam Strange Love (2019) by Ann Aguirre (Episode 207 - Monster Romance) Matthew Hunger's Bite (2025) by Taylor Robin (Episode 219 - Vampire Fiction) Meghan Assassin\u2019s Apprentice (1995) by Robin Hobbs (Episode 221 - Epic & High Fantasy) Not for the podcast Jam Delicious in Dungeon (2017-2024) by Ryoko Kui Matthew Revolutions: Mars (2024-2025) by Mike Duncan Meghan Between Two Fires (2012) by Christopher Buehlman Anna Mercy Thompson series (2006-2024) by Patricia Briggs Moon Called (2006) Favourite Non-Fiction For the podcast Matthew Babel: Around the World in Twenty Languages (2018) by Gaston Dorren (Episode 212 - Language & Linguistics) Meghan Clever Girl : Jurassic Park (2024) by Hannah McGregor (Episode 206 - Cultural Studies) Anna Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (1985) by Neil Postman (Episode 206 - Cultural Studies) Jam In Other Words (2015) by Jhumpa Lahiri (Episode 212 - Language & Linguistics) Not for the podcast Meghan A Natural History of Empty Lots: Field Notes from Urban Edgelands, Back Alleys, and Other Wild Places (2024) by Christopher Brown  Anna Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires (2022) by Douglas Rushkoff Jam Twenty Questions (2023) by Mac Barnett Matthew Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape (2021) by Cal Flyn Other Favourite Things of 2025 Anna Bear and Breakfast Nongshim Shin Ramyun Stir Fry Gourmet Spicy Noodles With Cheese New York City FunkyFrogBait Jam Getting into drag (and writing a friend-newsletter about it) Penguin Cafe Orchestra \u201cTouch Fabric\u201d project (Glurp) Matthew Akira, vol. 6 by Katsuhiro Otomo Akira Club by Katsuhiro Otomo Type Help Dungeon Chill The Mysterious Serial Experiments Lain PS1 Game The Tim Traveller The First Ever WORLD Tram Driver Championships Grand Sumo Highlights Blue Whirlwind: A Ukrainian sumo wrestler Meghan Anciients (prog metal) Comforting (atmospheric metal) Long pool Runners-Up Jam Fawns\u2019 Blood by Hal Schrieve (Episode 219 - Vampires) Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo (Episode 218 - Book Club Books) Multiple Choice by Alejandro Zambra, translated by Megan McDowell (Episode 214 - Non-Traditional Storytelling) Two Point Museum (Jam has clocked 150+ hours) Wikipedia (consider making a donation!) Anna Guards! Guards! By Terry Prachett Notorious Sorcerer by Davinia Evans Wooing the Witch Queen by Stephanie Burgis Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis Matthew 25 tracks from 2025 Books Inheritance (Episode 214 - Non-Traditional Storytelling) Data Feminism by Catherine D\u2019Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy by David Graeber (Episode 206 - Cultural Studies) Comics Akane-Banashi (vols. 4-6) by Yuki Suenaga and Takamasa Moue The Apothecary Diaries (vols. 2-4) by Itsuki Nanao and Nekokurage Beetle & the Chimera Carnival by Aliza Layne Blue Period (vols. 13-14) by Tsubasa Yamaguchi Brain Damage by Shintar\u014d Kago Deprog by Tina Horn and Lisa Sterle Dial H for Hero, vol. 1: Enter the Heroverse & Dial H for Hero, vol. 2: New Heroes of Metropolis by Sam Humphries and Joe Quinones Fool Night (vols. 2-4) by Kasumi Yasuda GACHIAKUTA (vol. 1) by Kei Urana Home Office Romance by Kintetsu Yamada Houses of the Unholy by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips Mermaid Saga (vols. 1-2) by Rumiko Takahashi Vampirella: Dark Powers by Dan Abnett and Paul Davidson \/ Red Sonja: The Superpowers Collection by Dan Abnett and Jonathan Lau The Wrong Earth (vol. 1) by Tom Peyer and Jamal Igle Meghan French \u00c0 l'ombre du moulin : une enfance \u00e0 Gatineau 1934-1948 by Bernard Lacroix Deep caf\u00e9 : Une jeunesse avec la po\u00e9sie de L\u00e9onard Cohen by Malcolm Reid Non-fiction The Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist by Liz Pelly A Physical Education: How I Escaped Diet Culture and Gained the Power of Lifting by Casey Johnston 2 Trans 2 Furious: An Extremely Serious Journal of Transgender Street Racing Studies edited by Niko Stratis and Tuck Woodstock From Ants to Zombies: Six Decades of Horror Video Games by Bitmap Books Fiction Horror\/Dark Fantasy Sunshine by Robin McKinley Don\u2019t let the Forest In by CG Drews The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher Agents of Dreamland (Tinfoil Dossier #1) by Caitl\u00edn R. Kiernan Fantasy Circe by Madeline Miller To Clutch a Razor (Curse Bearer #2) by Veronica Roth The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo Scifi Martin Hench (series) Cory Doctorow Paradox (series) by Rachel Bach Romantasy \/ Romance One Dark Window (The Shepard King Duology) by Rachel Gillig A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell Translation Set My Heart on Fire by Izumi Suzuki, translated by Helen O'Horan Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico, translated by Sophie Hughes Articles, links, and other media NYPL's Top Ten Comics and Graphic Novels of 2025 (Posted October 3rd!!!!) Never Satisfied by Taylor Robin List of avant-pop artists Mangasplaining Episode 1: Akira Vol 1 25 Non-Fiction Politics Books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers\u2019 Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode\/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. The Border Crossed Us: The Case for Opening the US-Mexico Border by Justin Akers Chac\u00f3n Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by adrienne maree brown The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates Log Off: Why Posting and Politics (Almost) Never Mix by Katherine Alejandra Cross Iran in Revolt: Revolutionary Aspirations in a Post-Democratic World by Hamid Dabashi Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal by Mohammed El-Kurd Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country by Patricia Evangelista From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawai'i by Haunani-Kay Trask We Are Each Other's Liberation: Black and Asian Feminist Solidarities edited by Rachel Kuo, Jaimee A. Swift, and TD Tso The Antifa Comic Book: 100 Years of Fascism and Antifa Movements by Gord Hill Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics by bell hooks 21 Things You Need to Know About Indigenous Self-Government: A Conversation About Dismantling the Indian Act by Bob Joseph We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America by Paola Ramos The Red Deal: Indigenous Action to Save Our Earth by The Red Nation My Seditious Heart by Arundhati Roy As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom Through Radical Resistance by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else) by Ol\u00faf\u1eb9\u0301mi O. T\u00e1\u00edw\u00f2 How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective edited by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism by Harsha Walia Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent by Isabel Wilkerson \u201cIndian\u201d in the Cabinet: Speaking Truth to Power by Jody Wilson-Raybourd Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, January 6th when we\u2019ll be beginning our year of \u201clistener suggested genres\u201d with History! Then on Tuesday, February 3rd we\u2019ll be discussing Queer Romance! ","author_name":"Book Club for Masochists: a Readers\u2019 Advisory Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/bookclub4m.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"