Mr B’s Top Books of 2025 – Tom M

We’re counting down to Christmas with Team B’s books of the year… here’s Tom M’s shortlist, with The Director by Daniel Kehlmann taking the coveted top spot!

G. W. Pabst, film director extraordinaire, is back in Europe after flopping in Hollywood. But the day he arrives back in Austria, Germany annexes the country, leaving him trapped. When the Nazis discover the great man is home, they send for him… Tom M says: “An exuberant masterpiece of historical recreation from the great contemporary German author. Can Pabst continue to make art under the constraints of fascism – and keep himself alive in the process?”

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