Ep. 185: Winter 2025 Book Preview with Catherine (@GilmoreGuide)

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Welcome to the Winter 2025 Book Preview with Catherine of Gilmore Guide to Books!

Today, Catherine and Sarah share 16 of their most anticipated books releasing January through March.

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Highlights

Catherine and Sarah share some big releases coming this winter (lightning round style).
Catherine’s theme this season is “balance,” with 4 debuts and 4 repeat authors.
Sarah’s choices seem to fall into some micro genres she loves, featuring 5 debuts.
Again, Sarah brings in a few shorter books under 300 pages.
Sarah has already read and rated two of her picks!
Plus, their #1 picks for the winter.

Big Winter Releases [1:51]

Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson (Jan 28) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [2:28]
Show Don’t Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld (Feb 25) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [2:37]
Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Mar 4) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [2:44]
One Good Thing by Georgia Hunter (Mar 4) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [2:51]
We Do Not Part by Han Kang (Jan 21) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [3:14]
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros (Jan 21) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [3:22]
We All Live Here by Jojo Moyes (Feb 11) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [3:32]
The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue (Mar 18) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [3:38]
The Heart of Winter by Jonathan Evison (Jan 7) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [3:42]
Three Days in June by Anne Tyler (Feb 11) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [4:00]
The Antidote by Karen Russell (Mar 11) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [4:03]
The Human Scale by Lawrence Wright (Mar 11) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [4:10]
Back After This by Linda Holmes (Feb 25) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [4:20]

Backlist Titles Mentioned

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson [2:32]
We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter [3:03]
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros [3:27]
Room by Emma Donoghue [3:41]
Swamplandia by Karen Russell [4:05]
Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell [4:07]
Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes [4:25]

Winter 2025 Book Preview [4:32]

January

Sarah’s Picks

The Favorites by Layne Fargo (Jan 14) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [8:06]
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor (Jan 14) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [15:34]

Catherine’s Picks

All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall (Jan 7) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [13:20]
Those Fatal Flowers by Shannon Ives (Jan 21) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [19:22]
Call Her Freedom by Tara Dorabji (Jan 21) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [24:19]
Too Soon by Betty Shamieh (Jan 28) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [30:19]

Other Books Mentioned

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë [9:22]
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel [14:38]
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin [17:46]
Yellowface by R. F. Kuang [17:50]
Babel by R. F. Kuang [17:51]

February

Sarah’s Picks

Yours, Eventually by Nura Maznavi (Feb 18) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [22:16]
Penitence by Kristin Koval (Feb 18 – moved to 1/28 after recording) | Amazon | Bookshop.org[spp-timestamp time="25:56"]
Crush by Ada Calhoun (Feb 25) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [31:39]
The Strange Case by Jane O by Karen Thompson Walker (Feb 25) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [36:25]
The Grand Scheme of Things by Warona Jay (Feb 25) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [41:04]

Catherine’s Pick

This Is a Love Story by Jessica Soffer (Feb 4) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [34:34]

Other Books Mentioned

Persuasion by Jane Austen [23:21]
Defending Jacob by William Landay [27:49]
All That Is Mine I Carry With Me by William Landay [27:51]
Why We Can’t Sleep by Ada Calhoun [32:02]
Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give by Ada Calhoun [32:05]
Last Couple Standing by Matthew Norman [33:14]
The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker [36:55]
The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker [37:00]
By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult [42:04]

March

Sarah’s Pick

Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall (Mar 4) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [46:35]

Catherine’s Picks

The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami (Mar 4) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [38:35]
Kate & Frida by Kim Fay (Mar 11) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [43:56]
Witness 8 by Steve Cavanagh (Mar 25) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [49:58]

Other Books Mentioned

The Moor’s Account by Laila Lalami [38:45]
Love & Saffron by Kim Fay [45:08]
The Go-Between by L. P. Hartley [47:42]
The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller [48:15]
Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh [50:49]
Kill For Me, Kill For You by Steve Cavanagh [52:56]