Chris Hewitt, The Minnesota Star Tribune

Publishers will release as many as 1 million books this year, so good luck summarizing that. But if what I read and loved in 2025 is any indication, writers have pulled their focus in from the big picture to the world writ small: how families are adapting to the climate we live in, how a person overwhelmed by the screwed-up justice system can make things right for one individual, how simple acts of kindness can change lives.

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