Largehearted Boy

Kim Samek’s Book Notes music playlist for her story collection I Am the Ghost Here

Avery Curran’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Spoiled Milk

Lisa Unger’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Served Him Right

Jung Yun’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel All the World Can Hold

Jan Saenz’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel 200 Monas

Jack Balderrama Morley’s Book Notes music playlist for his book Dream Facades

Timothy J. Hillegonds’s Book Notes music playlist for his memoir And You Will Call It Fate

Kim Fu’s Book Notes music playlist for their novel The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts

Frances Crawford’s Book Notes music playlist for her debut novel A Bad, Bad Place

Sarah Bruni’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Mass Mothering

Ron Pullins’s Book Notes music playlist for his novel Dollartorium

Andrew Krivak’s Book Notes music playlist for his novel Mule Boy

Brian Platzer’s Book Notes music playlist for his novel The Optimists

Jennifer Maritza McCauley’s Book Notes music playlist for her story collection Neon Steel

Lillian Li’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Bad Asians

Jess Shannon’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Cleaner

Kevin Smokler’s Book Notes music playlist for his book Break the Frame

Rahul Bhattacharya’s Book Notes music playlist for his novel Railsong

Kristine Langley Mahler’s Book Notes music playlist for her essay collection Teen Queen Training

Lynette D’Amico’s Book Notes music playlist for her memoir-in-essays Men I Hate

Yah Yah Scholfield’s Book Notes music playlist for their novel On Sundays She Picked Flowers

Avery Irons’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Belonging to the Air

Burnside Soleil’s Book Notes music playlist for his poetry collection Berceuse Parish

Kim Merrill’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Red Girl Jumping

Lisa Slage Robinson’s Book Notes music playlist for her story collection Esquire Ball

Toni Ann Johnson’s Book Notes music playlist for her short fiction collection But Where’s Home?

Emily Nemens’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Clutch

Justin C. Key’s Book Notes music playlist for his novel The Hospital at the End of the World

Lauren Sanders’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Kamikaze Lust

Margaret Hutton’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel If You Leave

Larissa Pham’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Discipline

Liz Allan’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel In Bloom

Heather Sweeney’s Book Notes music playlist for her memoir Camouflage

Emanuela Anechoum’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Tangerinn

Lior Torenberg’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Just Watch Me

Madeleine Dunnigan’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Jean

Jodi M. Savage’s Book Notes music playlist for her essay collection The Death of a Jaybird

Molly Gaudry’s Book Notes music playlist for her memoir/novel Fit Into Me

Largehearted Boy’s Favorite Short Fiction Collections of 2025

Largehearted Boy’s Favorite Poetry Collections of 2025

Largehearted Boy favorite nonfiction books of 2025

Largehearted Boy’s favorite novels of 2025

Tod Goldberg’s Book Notes music playlist for his novel Only Way Out

Nikkitha Bakshani’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Ghost Chilli

Essential and Interesting “Best Books of 2025” Lists

Barry Pearce’s Book Notes music playlist for his story collection The Plan of Chicago

Kevin Moffett’s Book Notes music playlist for his novel Only Son

Oyinkan Braithwaite’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Cursed Daughters

Patrick Wensink’s Book Notes music playlist for his book The Great Black Swamp

Michael Chabon’s playlist for Ann Packer’s novel Some Bright Nowhere

Jente Posthuma and Sarah Timmer Harvey’s Book Notes music playlist for the novel People with No Charisma

Diane Botnick’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Becoming Sarah

Terese Svoboda’s Book Notes music playlist for her memoir Hitler and My Mother-in-Law

Brad Fox’s Book Notes music playlist for his book Another Bone-Swapping Event

Emily Mitchell’s Book Notes music playlist for her story collection The Church of Divine Electricity

Kelly Foster Lundquist’s Book Notes music playlist for her memoir Beard

Hannah Beer’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel I Make My Own Fun

Hayden Casey’s Book Notes music playlist for his novel A Harvest of Furies

Jason Diamond’s Book Notes music playlist for his novel Kaplan’s Plot

Catherine Newman’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Wreck

Sara Jaffe’s Book Notes music playlist for her story collection Hurricane Envy

Erin Somers’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel The Ten Year Affair

Maddie Ballard’s Book Notes music playlist for her memoir Patchwork

Delaney Nolan’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Happy Bad

Jesse James Rose’s Book Notes music playlist for her memoir sorry i keep crying during sex

Bill Hillmann’s Book Notes music playlist for his novel White Flight

Beth Rooney and Kathleen Rooney’s Book Notes music playlist for their children’s book Leaf Town Forever

Anna North’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Bog Queen

Ken Liu’s Book Notes music playlist for his novel All That We See or Seem

Anbara Salam’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel The Salvage

Laura Venita Green’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Sister Creatures

Tamar Shapiro’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Restitution

Lisa Borders’ Book Notes music playlist for her novel Last Night at the Disco

Kristina Ten’s Book Notes music playlist for her story collection Tell Me Yours, I’ll Tell You Mine

Patrick Ryan’s Book Notes music playlist for his novel Buckeye

David Haynes’s Book Notes music playlist for his story collection Martha’s Daughter

Deena ElGenaidi’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Dust Settles North

Jeannie Vanasco’s Book Notes music playlist for her memoir A Silent Treatment

E. Y. Zhao’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Underspin

Mahreen Sohail’s Book Notes music playlist for her story collection Small Scale Sinners

Grady Chambers’s Book Notes music playlist for his novel Great Disasters

M.L. Rio’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Hot Wax

Samantha Browning Shea’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Marrow

Mo Daviau’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Epic and Lovely

Ilana Masad’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Beings

Lauren Morrow’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Little Movements

Chet’la Sebree’s Book Notes music playlist for her poetry collection Blue Opening

Heidi Seaborn’s Book Notes music playlist for her poetry collection tic tic tic