Book Bound Episode 24: Year End Wrap Up

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Cheryl, Jessica, and Mari talk CADL Best Books of 2025 (our staff voted picks) and their last reads for 2025.

Cheryl’s Books:    
Dead and Alive: Essays by Zadie Smith
Bread of Angels: A Memoir by Patti Smith
Whiskey Tender: A Memoir by Deborah Jackson Taffa

Mentioned:
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
Just Kids by Patti Smith
M. Train by Patti Smith

Jessica’s Books:   
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature edited by Becky Siegal Spratford
Cinder House by Freya Marske
Christmas at the Women’s Hotel by Daniel M. Lavery

Mentioned: 
Women's Hotel by Daniel M. Lavery
Last Binding series by Freya Marske 

Mari’s Books:
The Teacher of Nomad Land by Daniel Nayeri
Hunger’s Bite by Taylor Robin
How To Say Goodbye in Cuban by Daniel Miyares
Wind Watchers by Micha Archer

Mentioned:
Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri
Wonder Walkers by Micha Archer