We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have. This week, we are sharing our top books of 2025…so far! To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.

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Ellie:

Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall

Poor: Grit, Courage, and the Life-Changing Value of Self-Belief by Katriona O’Sullivan

Ordinary Time by Annie B. Jones

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion (#1-3) by Beth Brower

The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett

Traci:

The Favorites by Layne Fargo

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion (#1-3) by Beth Brower

Gone, Baby, Gone by Dennis Lehane

Tartufo by Kira Jane Buxton

Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have. This week, we are celebrating Christmas in July! 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!

Literally Reading:

Shopgirls by Jessica Anya Blau (Traci)

Three Days in June by Anne Tyler (Ellie)

Crack the Book Open:

In A Holidaze by Christina Lauren (Traci)

The Christmas You Found Me by Sarah Morgenthaler (Ellie)

The Family Game by Catherine Steadman (Traci)

The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand (Ellie)

Always in December by Emily Stone (Traci)

A Winter in New York by Josie Silver (Ellie)

The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter (Traci)

Holiday Romance by Catherine Walsh (Ellie)

A Very Merry Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams (Traci)

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (Traci)

Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak (Traci)

Faking Christmas by Cindy Steel (Ellie)

Ten Blind Dates by Ashley Elston (Ellie)

Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borison (Ellie)

I’ll Be Home for Christmas by Jenny Bayliss (Traci)

Good Spirits by B.K. Borison (Ellie)

Hi Readers! Welcome to Literary Lineup: July 2025 Edition! On this mini-episode, we’ll each share three books that we are hoping to pick-up in July.

July 2025

We Won’t All Survive by Kate Alice Marshall (Traci)

She Didn’t See It Coming by Shari Lapena (Ellie)

Silverborn (Nevermoor #4) by Jessica Townsend (Traci)

The Rabbit Club by Christopher J. Yates (Ellie)

Far and Away by Amy Poeppel (Ellie)