Mr B’s Top Books of 2025 – Kate

We’re counting down to Christmas with Team B’s books of the year… here’s Kate’s shortlist, with The Eights by Joanna Miller taking the coveted top spot!

Oxford, 1920. Dora, Marianne, Otto, and Beatrice are part of the first class of women who are allowed to matriculate at Oxford University. This is a time when everything is changing — the shadow of WWI looms large, and the threat of the Spanish Flu hasn’t yet been chased away. Kate says: “In this powerful and moving story, Miller’s skill is in the distinctive voice she crafts for each character, which has you rooting for them through the adversity they face.”

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