NPR staffers pick their favorite fiction reads of 2025 so far After long days focused on the facts, our newsroom reads a lot of fiction at home. We asked our NPR colleagues what they've enjoyed reading so far this year. Here's what they told us.

#DARKENBLOOM is on NPR's pick of 2025 fiction!
"The book succeeds on multiple levels – it's a gossipy small-town satire that's laugh-out-loud funny but also a historical mystery." One to get your teeth into on holiday... #EvaMenasse
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‘Darkenbloom’ by Eva Menasse (Review) With #JanuaryInJapan done and dusted for another year, it’s time (if only temporarily) to leave the land of the rising sun behind and head for pastures new.  That starts today with an excursi…

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#RivetingReviews: Caroline Wyatt reviews DARKENBLOOM by Eva Menasse | European Literature Network

"The families who have dwelled for generations in this claustrophobic place have buried many secrets inside their unreliable memories, or in the cold shade of the nearby forest, or beneath the bright grass of the meadows..." #Darkenbloom #EvaMenasse
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Hardback books displayed on bookshelves. Two rows are visible; 'Darkenbloom' is facing out top left, 'The Granddaughter' bottom right.

That warm, fuzzy feeling when you visit your local bookshop and find *both* your new translations close together, prominently displayed and outward-facing! Thank you, Heffers. 🙌😚
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#TheGranddaughter #BernhardSchlink
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