Four Squares by Bobby Finger Shortly after his 60th birthday, Artie Anderson finds himself volunteering at a local queer senior center. While Artie thinks he’ll be on the sidelines making popcorn for movie nights, he falls into a new community of friends who remind him that tight-knit friendships aren’t just for young people. — Meghan Keane, supervising editor, Life Kit and author of Party of One You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World by Ada Limón This anthology of 50 never-before-published poems about nature was edited by the 24th poet laureate of the United States, Ada Limón. The collection is both achingly beautiful and terrifyingly urgent. — Beck Harlan, visuals editor, Life Kit Here After: A Memoir by Amy Lin In this memoir, the past and the present bleed together, as short wisps of chapters build the case for Kurtis and Amy as soulmates, while also telling the story of Kurtis’ sudden and unexplained death. Poetic, visceral and stark, this beautifully crafted book is a gift. — Beck Harlan Come and Get It by Kiley Reid Told through multiple perspectives, I could not put this snappy page-turner down, even though I had no idea where it was going until its jaw-dropping crescendo. Set at the University of Arkansas, this story follows several college students and a writing professor over the course of a year. — Beck Harlan Blue Sky Through the Window of a Moving Car: Comics for Beautiful, Awful and Ordinary Days by Jordan Bolton
This collection of poignant, poetry-like mini-comics will change the way you see the world. Each fictional story explodes seemingly banal and tiny moments – remembering an inside joke at a furniture store, watching old soccer clips online – and transforms them into powerful, thought-provoking meditations on the joy and heartbreak of being alive. — Malaka Gharib, digital editor, Life Kit, author of I Was Their American Dream and It Won't Always Be Like This Behind You Is the Sea: A Novel by Susan Muaddi Darraj If you want to know the challenges that Palestinian Americans face in the U.S., you must read this book. It follows several families in Baltimore as they wrestle with poverty, religion, living in between two cultures and their pursuit of the American Dream. — Malaka Gharib Which book will you kick off 2025 with? Email us at lifekit@npr.org and let us know! | 
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