Episode · The Book Review · 2025-12-02
Books mentioned on The 10 Best Books of 2025
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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There Is No Place for Us
There Is No Place for Us by Brian Goldstone is an investigative non-fiction book that examines the harsh reality of the working homeless in America.
Discussed“This is There Is No Place for Us. All right. There is No Place for Us by Brian Goldstone.”
Where to get it
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Baldwin
Baldwin is a biographical work by author Nicholas Boggs that chronicles the life and literary career of the acclaimed writer James Baldwin.
Recommended“I will go with the biography Baldwin by Nicholas Bogs. It's a biography of the writer James Baldwin.”
Where to get it
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Dark Renaissance
Dark Renaissance is a compelling historical and literary non-fiction work by Stephen Greenblatt that investigates the dangerous times and fatal genius of William Shakespeare's greatest rival, Christopher Marlowe.
Recommended“I'm going to mention Dark Renaissance by Steven Greenblat.”
Where to get it
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Motherland
Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia from Revolution to Autocracy is a non-fiction work by journalist and author Julia Ioffe that examines the complex political and social trajectory of Russia.
Recommended“I'm going to recommend Julia Yafi's Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia from Revolution to Autocracy.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (8) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing There Is No Place for Us
“There is no place for us. Working and homeless in America by Brian Goldstone.”
Passing The Wide Wide Sea
“You may remember from our discussion last year of Hampton Sides's wide wide sea. What a book. Love that book.”
Passing The Perfect Storm
“I read The Perfect Storm.”
Passing Evicted
“I think it belongs on a shelf with Evicted by Matthew Desmond and Invisible Child by Andrea Elliot.”
Passing Invisible Child
“I think it belongs on a shelf with Evicted by Matthew Desmond and Invisible Child by Andrea Elliot.”
Passing The God of Small Things
“activist and novelist who wrote the god of small things.”
Passing I'm Glad My Mom Died
“I think the most obvious example is Janette Mccertie searing I'm glad my mom died about the abuse she got from her mother as a child actress.”
Passing The God of Small Things
“We should say The God of Small Things won the Booker Prize and a subsequent novel was long listed for the Booker Prize.”