The weekly news magazine that is the leading source for information on the international book publishing industry, Publishers Weekly, has just announced their Best Books of 2025. They separate them into four different age categories: Adult, Young Adult, Middle Grades, and Picture Books. The Texas Talking Book Program has a good number of them in our collection. Contact us and we can help you find your next favorite book.
For more information: Publishers Weekly’s Website .
Adult AUDITION by Katie Kitamura (DB 128873) BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER by Stephen Graham Jones (DB 128581, BR 26200) CAPITALISM AND ITS CRITICS: A HISTORY: FROM THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION TO AI by John Cassidy (DB 130042) SEARCHES: SELFHOOD IN THE DIGITAL AGE by Vauhini Vara (DB 128379) SISTERS by Jonas Hassen Khemiri (IN PROCESS) WATER MIRROR ECHO: BRUCE LEE AND THE MAKING OF ASIAN AMERICA by Jeff Chang (IN PROCESS) WHEN IT ALL BURNS: FIGHTING FIRE IN A TRANSFORMED WORLD by Jordan Thomas (DB 130110)
Young Adult AND THE RIVER DRAGS HER DOWN by Jihyun Yun (IN PROCESS) BIRD IN THE AIR MEANS WE CAN STILL BREATHE by Mahogany L. Browne (DB 128246) CORRUPTION OF HOLLIS BROWN by K. Ancrum (DB 129735) DEATH IN THE JUNGLE by Candace Fleming (DB 129360) ONE OF THE BOYS by Victoria Zeller (DB 131442) RUN AWAY WITH ME by Brian Selznick (DB 128619) SHIPSHOCK by Caroline O’Donoghue (DB 130152) TOURNAMENT by Rebecca Barrow (DB 130544 IN PROCESS)
Middle Grade CANDLE ISLAND by Lauren Wolk (DB 130283) TROUBLE WITH HEROES by Kate Messner (DB 130798)
Picture Books DON’T TRUST FISH by Neil Sharpson (DB 130282) EVERY MONDAY MABEL by Jashar Awan (DB 128817) FOR A GIRL BECOMING by Joy Harjo (DB 131975 IN PROCESS) PAPILIO by Ben Clanton (DB 131938)
