Staff Picks 2025

Published on December 30, 2025

Whether they were published in 2025 or not, the favorite reads of the year for Siouxland staff were...

Fiction:
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky ChambersAudition by Katie KitamuraBat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee BakerThe Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. JensenClown Novel by Mick HerronThe Favorites by Layne FargoGalatea by Madeline MillerThe Geographer's Map to Romance by India HoltonThe History of Sound by Ben ShattuckThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeMy Friends by Fredrik BackmanNorth Woods by Daniel MasonOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezPenpal by Dathan AuerbachThe River is Waiting by Wally LambSpark of the Everflame by Penn ColeTender is the Flesh by Agustina BazterricaThe Names by Florence KnappThe Once and Future Witches by Alix E. HarrowThe Wedding People by Alison EspachWild Reverence by Rebecca Ross

 

Nonfiction:
ADHD is Awesome by Penn and Kim HoldernessAwake by Jen HatmakerCabin by Patrick HutchisonGreenlights by Matthew McConaugheyMy Next Breath by Jeremy RennerRealm of Ice and Sky by Buddy LevyThe Comfort of Crows by Margaret RenklThe Hidden Life of Trees by Peter WohllebenWhen Books Went to War by Molly Guptill Manning

 

Children's and Teen Books:
Divine Rivals by Rebecca RossKaty: the Little Rose From Ukraine by Joan and Lisa MuellerThe Secret Language of Birds by Lynne KellySunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne CollinsWhen the World Tips Over by Jandy Nelson

 

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