"Brooklyn's librarians have spoken-and they've delivered a reading list with more range than the G train on a good day. The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) has unveiled its 100 favorite books of 2025, a staff-curated mix of fiction, poetry, memoir, kids' picks and wonderfully odd gems that prove librarians remain the city's most reliable tastemakers."
"Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont , Elizabeth Taylor's funny-sad 1971 novel about eccentric hotel residents, earns a spot thanks to its "absolutely wonderful" portrait of aging. Meanwhile, Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist by Liz Pelly offers the kind of tech critique that apparently "totally changed how I thought about music." (Consider yourself warned before you open the app again.)"
"Poetry lovers will find a long-overdue moment for Essex Hemphill in Love Is a Dangerous Word , a collection praised for its unflinching clarity. On the fiction front, staffers embraced Emily St. James's Woodworking , calling its characters "so real, messy and complicated" you'll wish the book were longer. And if you're craving a gut-punch of investigative nonfiction, Haley Cohen Gilliland's A Flower Traveled in My Blood -the true story of the grandmothers who fought to find a stolen generation of children-comes highly recommended and "reads like a novel.""
Brooklyn Public Library compiled a 100-title favorites list for 2025 that covers fiction, poetry, memoir, young adult, graphic novels, picture books, and unusual picks. The list highlights Elizabeth Taylor's Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont for its compassionate portrait of aging and Liz Pelly's Mood Machine for a provocative critique of Spotify and playlist culture. Essex Hemphill's Love Is a Dangerous Word is noted for unflinching clarity. Emily St. James's Woodworking features vivid, messy characters, and Haley Cohen Gilliland's A Flower Traveled in My Blood recounts grandmothers' efforts to find stolen children in a narrative that reads like a novel. The roundup also includes picture books and children's titles that appeal to adults.
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