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The Best Books of 2025: The Stories That Defined the Year We Lived Through

A tastemaker’s guide to the best books of 2025, spanning award winners, breakout bestsellers, genre-defining sci-fi and fantasy, romance, horror, YA, and standout graphic novels. In Kehl Bayern’s voice, this long-form feature connects the year’s most essential reads to culture, power, identity, and the stories we needed to survive the noise.

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Neil Gaiman’s New Novel, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Neil Gaiman’s latest novel, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, initially began as a short story but morphed into a full-fledged novel told in romantic, fairy tale-esque language but with an edge that hints at a darker underlying narrative direction. You can read an excerpt of The Ocean at the End of the Lane here […]

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