# 159. 2025 Holiday Gift Guide

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Podcast: [Literally Reading](https://stenobird.com/podcast/literally-reading-117215)
Published: 2025-11-05T06:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have. This week, we are sharing our 2025 Holiday Gift Guide. To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org. Care to join us on Patreon with even more content? We would love to have you join us at From the Bookstacks of Literally Reading ! Check out our previous gift guides here: 2020 Gift Guide 2020 Kid Lit Gift Guide 2021 Gift Guide 2022 Gift Guide 2023 Gift Guide 2024 Gift Guide Crack the Book Open: The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon (Ellie) Table for Two by Amor Towles (Traci) The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter (Ellie) The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (Traci) The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (Ellie) The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean (Traci) A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (Ellie) One Star Romance by Laura Jankin (Traci)

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