{"id":62212,"date":"2025-12-30T10:51:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T10:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/the-book-report-ron-charles-picks-from-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T10:51:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T10:51:10","slug":"the-book-report-ron-charles-picks-from-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/the-book-report-ron-charles-picks-from-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Book Report: Ron Charles&#8217; picks from 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>By Washington Post book critic Ron Charles<\/em><\/p>\n<p>2025 offered a feast of great books. To help build your never-ending reading list, here are five titles we particularly enjoyed over the past 12 months:<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/18\/fc013a87-14f1-4231-85e5-71a7fe873918\/thumbnail\/620x936\/ef7050db43f7735b53e04c9566a64bb8\/the-slip-cover-simon-and-schuster.jpg#\" alt=\"the-slip-cover-simon-and-schuster.jpg \" height=\"936\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/18\/fc013a87-14f1-4231-85e5-71a7fe873918\/thumbnail\/620x936\/ef7050db43f7735b53e04c9566a64bb8\/the-slip-cover-simon-and-schuster.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/18\/fc013a87-14f1-4231-85e5-71a7fe873918\/thumbnail\/1240x1872\/e4a805b8acbd7cd2aa3f60467a4aa32f\/the-slip-cover-simon-and-schuster.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Simon &amp; Schuster<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lucas Schaefer&#8217;s debut novel,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/The-Slip\/Lucas-Schaefer\/9781668030707\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;The Slip&#8221;<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Simon &amp; Schuster), won this year&#8217;s Kirkus Prize for Fiction. The story takes place in and around a boxing gym in Austin, Texas, where two lonely teenagers are eager to remake their identities wherever that might lead them. <\/p>\n<p>This sweaty comic masterpiece tackles our most pressing social debates, and delivers a knockout. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Read an excerpt: <\/strong><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/book-excerpt-the-slip-by-lucas-schaefer\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><strong>&#8220;The Slip&#8221; by Lucas Schaefer<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/The-Slip\/Lucas-Schaefer\/9781668030707\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>&#8220;The Slip&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><strong> by Lucas Schaefer (Simon &amp; Schuster), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available via <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1668030705?tag=cbs-news-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Amazon<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-slip-lucas-schaefer\/1146384203?ean=9781668030707\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Barnes &amp; Noble<\/strong><\/a><strong> and <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/the-slip-lucas-schaefer\/21872608?ean=9781668030707&amp;next=t&amp;affiliate=1688\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lucasschaefer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>lucasschaefer.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/19\/fe344827-5ce1-45d0-b4db-cb7f013367d3\/thumbnail\/620x938\/c5c5ea31ef48cbe88a7334706c8e59f1\/guilty-by-definition-cover-sourcebooks-landmark-900.jpg#\" alt=\"guilty-by-definition-cover-sourcebooks-landmark-900.jpg \" height=\"938\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/19\/fe344827-5ce1-45d0-b4db-cb7f013367d3\/thumbnail\/620x938\/c5c5ea31ef48cbe88a7334706c8e59f1\/guilty-by-definition-cover-sourcebooks-landmark-900.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/19\/fe344827-5ce1-45d0-b4db-cb7f013367d3\/thumbnail\/1240x1876\/b6efee0b1c788d2487429eb82ab9a755\/guilty-by-definition-cover-sourcebooks-landmark-900.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Sourcebooks Landmark<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Susie Dent&#8217;s debut novel, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sourcebooks.com\/9781464236075-guilty-by-definition-hc.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;Guilty by Definition&#8221;<\/a><\/strong> (\u200eSourcebooks Landmark), introduces a dictionary editor in Oxford who begins receiving strange messages about her sister&#8217;s long-ago disappearance.<\/p>\n<p>As she follows these clues, she is led into literary puzzles and unresolved parts of her past. Readers who savor wordplay as much as suspense should look up this clever mystery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read an excerpt: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/book-excerpt-guilty-by-definition-by-susie-dent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><strong>&#8220;Guilty by Definition&#8221; by Susie Dent<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sourcebooks.com\/9781464236075-guilty-by-definition-hc.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>&#8220;Guilty by Definition&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><strong> by Susie Dent (\u200eSourcebooks Landmark), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available via <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Guilty-Definition-Novel-Susie-Dent\/dp\/1464236070?tag=cbs-news-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Amazon<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/guilty-by-definition-susie-dent\/1146021629\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Barnes &amp; Noble<\/strong><\/a><strong> and <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/guilty-by-definition-susie-dent\/496c1c6aae7c5aff?ean=9781464236075&amp;next=t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/susiedent\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Susie Dent on Instagram<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-large\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/19\/2127ecf3-2819-4e69-9c10-98f573f979c0\/thumbnail\/620x936\/804db993e50c074efdd2247161bf9d08\/black-moses-cover-riverhead-900.jpg#\" alt=\"black-moses-cover-riverhead-900.jpg \" height=\"936\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/19\/2127ecf3-2819-4e69-9c10-98f573f979c0\/thumbnail\/620x936\/804db993e50c074efdd2247161bf9d08\/black-moses-cover-riverhead-900.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/19\/2127ecf3-2819-4e69-9c10-98f573f979c0\/thumbnail\/1240x1872\/6d89aa74906a950f3ba048f191385bed\/black-moses-cover-riverhead-900.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Riverhead Books<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/717975\/black-moses-by-caleb-gayle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State&#8221;<\/a><\/strong> (Riverhead Books), by Caleb Gayle, traces the rise of Edward McCabe through Kansas and the Oklahoma Territory as Black migrants pursued land, safety and power in the Jim Crow era.<\/p>\n<p>Confronting hostile politics and violent resistance, McCabe fought for community and self-determination, and Gayle lays out this charged landscape to reveal a crucial but long-obscured chapter in the struggle for freedom.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read an excerpt: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/book-excerpt-black-moses-by-caleb-gayle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">&#8220;Black Moses&#8221; by Caleb Gayle<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/717975\/black-moses-by-caleb-gayle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>&#8220;Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><strong> by Caleb Gayle (Riverhead Books), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available via <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0593543793?tag=cbs-news-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Amazon<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/black-moses-caleb-gayle\/1146247124\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Barnes &amp; Noble<\/strong><\/a><strong> and <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/black-moses-a-saga-of-ambition-and-the-fight-for-a-black-state-caleb-gayle\/eb4283e6e0a94bee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.calebgayle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>calebgayle.com (Official site)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/07\/00fa25bb-d9cb-4d7b-887b-e42209f96f4b\/thumbnail\/620x942\/97564222e9e706461973bdb21d1887f5\/the-antidote-cover-knopf-1500.jpg#\" alt=\"the-antidote-cover-knopf-1500.jpg \" height=\"942\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/07\/00fa25bb-d9cb-4d7b-887b-e42209f96f4b\/thumbnail\/620x942\/97564222e9e706461973bdb21d1887f5\/the-antidote-cover-knopf-1500.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/07\/00fa25bb-d9cb-4d7b-887b-e42209f96f4b\/thumbnail\/1240x1884\/2423abf3d9297727ef074c8633231747\/the-antidote-cover-knopf-1500.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Knopf<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Karen Russell&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/750408\/the-antidote-by-karen-russell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;The Antidote&#8221;<\/a><\/strong> (Knopf) is a dazzlingly original novel that hovers between fable and history.<\/p>\n<p>This wild tempest of a tale set in Depression-era Nebraska follows a prairie witch and a high school girl swept up into a tumultuous western epic about the tragedies and ambitions of Manifest Destiny. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Read an excerpt: <\/strong><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/book-excerpt-the-antidote-by-karen-russell\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><strong>&#8220;The Antidote&#8221; by Karen Russell<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/750408\/the-antidote-by-karen-russell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>&#8220;The Antidote&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><strong> by Karen Russell (Knopf), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available via <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/059380225X?tag=cbs-news-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Amazon<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-antidote-karen-russell\/1122076664\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Barnes &amp; Noble<\/strong><\/a><strong> and <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/the-antidote-karen-russell\/21548887\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenrussellauthor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>karenrussellauthor.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/14\/41a29429-3531-48e6-9d16-eb18fed0314e\/thumbnail\/620x943\/8019db429857ec0c05fec2d1860a5c80\/fate-of-the-day-cover-crown.jpg#\" alt=\"fate-of-the-day-cover-crown.jpg \" height=\"943\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/14\/41a29429-3531-48e6-9d16-eb18fed0314e\/thumbnail\/620x943\/8019db429857ec0c05fec2d1860a5c80\/fate-of-the-day-cover-crown.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/14\/41a29429-3531-48e6-9d16-eb18fed0314e\/thumbnail\/1240x1886\/5673c7c708adceb59ddc2de1d6b1faf5\/fate-of-the-day-cover-crown.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Crown<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rick Atkinson&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/763500\/the-fate-of-the-day-by-rick-atkinson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780&#8221;<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Crown), the second book in his planned trilogy, delivers a chronicle of the American Revolution with irresistible narrative drive.<\/p>\n<p>Moving between battles and diplomacy, he brings Washington, Franklin and their rivals to life while tracing the nation&#8217;s fight for independence. The result is an immersive work of history just in time for America&#8217;s 250th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read an excerpt: <\/strong><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/book-excerpt-the-fate-of-the-day-by-rick-atkinson\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><strong>&#8220;The Fate of the Day&#8221; by Rick Atkinson<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/763500\/the-fate-of-the-day-by-rick-atkinson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>&#8220;The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780 (Volume Two of the Revolution Trilogy)&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0by Rick Atkinson (Crown), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available via\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fate-Day-Ticonderoga-Charleston-1777-1780\/dp\/0593799186?tag=cbs-news-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Amazon<\/strong><\/a><strong>,\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-fate-of-the-day-rick-atkinson\/1146072182\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Barnes &amp; Noble<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/the-fate-of-the-day-the-war-for-america-fort-ticonderoga-to-charleston-1777-1780-rick-atkinson\/21689774\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rickatkinson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Historian Rick Atkinson<\/strong><\/a><strong> (Official site)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/how-the-u-s-army-was-born-and-a-free-nation-realized\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><strong>Rick Atkinson on how the U.S. Army was born \u2013 and a free nation realized<\/strong><\/a><\/span><strong> (&#8220;Sunday Morning&#8221;)<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for the Book Report. It&#8217;s been great fun to talk to you about good books over the past year. Here&#8217;s to many more in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Ron Charles. Until next time, read on!<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>For more info:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>For more reading recommendations, check out our library of previous Book Report features from Ron Charles:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/the-book-report-ron-charles-picks-from-2025\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Washington Post book critic Ron Charles 2025 offered a feast of great books. 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