# Episode 137: Favorite Reads of 2025 (Part II)

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Published: 2026-01-21T08:36:00+00:00
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## Resource

PLM and Carson are back in 2026 after our winter break, but we're not done with 2025 yet! We gather up our top five reads from the second half of last year as a cozy preamble to next weeks' Cummies announcement!

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