Mr B’s Top Books of 2025 – Rohan

We’re counting down to Christmas with Team B’s books of the year… here’s Rohan’s shortlist, with On Earth As It Is Beneath by Ana Paula Maia taking the coveted top spot!

Deep in the Brazilian wilderness, a penal colony was built on desecrated land. Having long failed to rehabilitate the inmates, the state announces its closure, but few will ever leave alive. The warden releases a few men every night – they will earn their freedom if they can escape his rifle. Rohan says: “Sharp, propulsive, and gritty. A beautiful gut-punch of a novel. Ana Paula Maia cements herself as one of the most exciting voices in South American literature.”

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