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#WRC2025 Ambassador
For our 2025 Winter Reading Challenge, each ambassador will receive one of the five tracks outlined below, each with three books. Please review the tracks below then fill out the form at the bottom of the page for a chance to be selected as an #WRC2025 Ambassador.
TRACK ONE: GIRL POWER
Out Jan. 14 | Learn More
“Every page brims with rage and grief, but the only thing more harrowing than Ina’s journey is the knowledge that it was based in reality. You will bow before this queen.” —Sara Raasch, NYT bestselling author of Night of the Witch
Out Feb. 11 | Learn More
From award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Ibi Zoboi comes her groundbreaking contemporary fantasy debut—a novel in verse based on Caribbean folklore—about the power of inherited magic and the price we must pay to live the life we yearn for.
Out Mar. 4 | Learn More
The Last of Us meets The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes in this stand-alone dystopian romance about survival, sacrifice, and love that risks everything.
TRACK TWO: FAMILY SECRETS
Out Jan. 16 | More Coming Soon
A gripping psychological thriller that explores ambition, betrayal, and the terrifying reality that our worst enemies may be those we trust the most. A must-read for fans of Gillian Flynn and Paula Hawkins, this novel will keep you guessing until the very last word.
Out Feb. 25 | Learn More
Secrets, lies, and second chances are served up beneath the stars at a picturesque mountain getaway in this powerful novel about love and family by the bestselling author of This Is Not How It Ends.
Out Mar. 4 | Learn More
In this “riveting [and] unforgettable” novel, a forty-year-old woman journeys to her cultural homeland—and uncovers a harrowing secret that makes her rethink everything she thought she knew about her mother (Jimin Han, author of The Apology).
TRACK THREE: ALL THE FEELS
Out Jan. 7 | Learn More
This magnificent tour de force by acclaimed author Gayle Forman brilliantly explores the porous veil between life and death, examines the impact that one person can have on the world, and celebrates life in all its beautiful complexity.
Out Feb. 4 | Learn More
In this atmospheric novel set in the Jim Crow South, a powerful Black family fights to protect their empire—for readers of Tayari Jones.
Out Mar. 4 | Learn More
A love triangle unearths dangerous, deadly secrets from the past in this thrilling tale perfect for fans of The Paper Palace and Where the Crawdads Sing.
TRACK FOUR: ADVENTURE
Out Jan. 28 | Learn More
National Treasure meets A Discovery of Witches . . . Introducing the Secret Society mystery series, and kick-ass red-headed heroine Sidney, a Black historian poised on the brink of discovering her true past . . . and her hidden witchy powers!
Out Mar. 11 | Learn More
Date night goes off the rails in this hilariously insightful take on midlife and marriage when one unhappy couple find themselves at the heart of a crime in progress, from the USA Today bestselling author of The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise.
Out Mar. 25 | Learn More
A hilarious, emotional love story about an extremely anxious publicist who’s tasked with keeping an extremely gay starlet in the closet—but who ends up falling for her instead.
TRACK FIVE: SECOND CHANCES
Out Jan. 28 | Learn More
The daughter of an affluent Black family pieces together the connection between a childhood tragedy and a beloved heirloom in this moving novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Black Cake, a Read with Jenna Book Club Pick.
Out Mar. 18 | Learn More
For fans of Colleen Hoover comes an emotionally charged contemporary romance about a internationally best-selling novelist and a federal agent fighting to heal past wounds.
Out Apr. 1 | Learn More
Fate connects two people in life-changing ways in a deeply romantic and emotional novel about hope and second chances by the author of Would You Rather and The Roommate Pact.