This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The New York Times‘s 100 Notable Books of 2025 I think the day the New York Times drops its 100 notable books of the year is my favorite day of Best Books Season. The selections are reliably well-rounded, making it the kind of list you could happily build a year (or several) in reading around, and it’s fun to tally up how many you’ve read and make note of new titles for your TBR. But the best part of the 100 notables list is what isn’t on it because the thing that comes after the 100 notables list is the top 10, and that’s what I’m really after. When a book I’ve loved doesn’t make the NYT’s 100 notables, I can project/hope/place my bets for it to have made The Big List. This year, the book I’m pulling …