Anya’s Books of the Year 2025
Selected by Anya Williams
From the publisher:
WINNER OF THE JERWOOD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST COLLECTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE T. S. ELIOT PRIZEPOETRY BOOK SOCIETY RECOMMENDATIONA piercing debut about how we are made, how we get lost and how we find new selves.Framed by the story of escape…
From the publisher:
Translated by Frank WynneA novel of rage, irreverence and vulnerability, exploring ageing, gender, privilege, addiction and consent, Dear Dickhead is an excoriating encapsulation of our times - by the queen of French punk…
From the publisher:
Translated by Alison L. StrayerOne Sunday in Yvetot, August 1950. Annie is playing outside in the sun. Her mother steps out of the grocery to chat with a customer, a few metres from her. The two women’s conversation is perfectly…
From the publisher:
A collection of never-before-seen photographs of RADIOHEAD by their bassist Colin Greenwood, with a ten-thousand-word essay by him about the band that has been his life since they formed at school.'For years now, I've been taking fugitive…
From the publisher:
Translated by John LambertThe major new novel from the once-in-a-generation author of The End of Eddy'One of the most important, politically vital and morally bracing writers of his generation’ Keiran…
John recommends:
‘The indomitable Nick Sharratt has produced one of the liveliest children’s books this year, a hilarious rhyming ode perfect for introducing under-4s to the joys of that grand old hairstyle the Mullet, via a tour of Mullet Island – an island where all the inhabitants bar two have mullets.’
From the publisher:
The things that hold life in place have been lifted off and put away. Uprooted by circumstance from city to deep countryside, a woman lives in temporary limbo, visited by memories of all she’s left behind. The most insistent are those…
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