Ep 149: Favorite Reads of 2025

Write the Damn Book Already

Write the Damn Book Already
Ep 149: Favorite Reads of 2025
Dec 03, 2025
Elizabeth Lyons

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In this episode, I share 8 books that reshaped how I parent, relax, and think about storytelling in 2025.

Books:

Just Do Nothing (for Parents) by Joanna Hardis

The Summer We Ran by Audrey Ingram

What Happened to Lucy Vale by Lauren Oliver

Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Small Victories by Anne Lamott

Moms Like Us by Jordan Roter

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