Mr B’s Top Books of 2025 – Nethmi

We’re counting down to Christmas with Team B’s books of the year… here’s Nethmi’s shortlist, with The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey taking the coveted top spot!

England, 1979. Triplets Vincent, William, and Lawrence are the last remaining residents of the Captain Scott Home for Boys. Under the watchful eyes of three Mothers, they dream of being cured of the mysterious Bug and joining their friends in Margate. But when the government shuts down the home, the boys begin to understand that they’ve been lied to their whole lives… Nethmi says: “An eerie alternate history novel steeped in equal parts mystery and tragedy.”

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