What were the books of 2025 that dazzled, challenged, and inspired us? For this, the 13th-annual edition of Public Picks, section editors for Global Black History, Literary Fiction, Print/Screen, Literature in Translation, Sports, and Culture Industries; the series editor for Public Streets; and our managing editor, a contributing editor, and one of our editors in chief tell us about their favorites. Take a look back on 2025 with one of these Public Books Public Picks!
Click here to check out the books I picked! (Hint: these two are not about Haiti)