Scott Brocato recently spoke with Andrew Limbong, NPR’s Culture Desk Correspondent and “Book of the Day” podcast host, about the "Books We Love" interactive list, and his own favorite books of 2025.

Scott Brocato:

Let's start with how many books have you personally read in 2025?

Andrew Limbong:

Oh...interesting. Hang on. Do you mind if I get it on the Google sheet? It's all kept on a secret--it's not that secret--Google spreadsheet. Let me just pull it up.

Scott Brocato:

Well, I have a number in front of me that says 384. I don’t know if that’s all--

Andrew Limbong:

Oh, I haven’t read 384 books! ( Laughs )

Scott Brocato:

That’s like seven books a week, man!

Andrew Limbong:

No, I'm personally at 52. 384 is the number of books included in this year's edition of Books We Love, w

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