From the books that lived rent-free in my head to the documentaries that made me yell, “WHAT?” out loud to the podcasts & TV shows that kept me entertained for hours upon end, here is my curated cheat sheet on the Best-of-the-Best Books, True Crime Docs, Podcasts and TV shows of 2025.
PODCASTS
The Toast
Blink – Season 1
Telepathy Tapes
The Just Enough Family
Over My Dead Body – Tally
S- Town
Cold – Justice For Joyce Yost
In The Dark – Season 1 and 5
BOOKS
The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff
Broken Country by Clare Hall
River is Waiting by Wally Lamb
The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
The Extraordinary life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni
All The Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
The Road To Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett
The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin
TRUE CRIME DOCUMENTARIES
The Lie – HBO Max
The Carman Family Deaths – Netflix
American Murder: Gabby Petitio – Netflix
Unknown Number: The High School Catfish – Netflix
Mr. And Mrs. Murder – Hulu
Ken and Barbie – Hulu
Death in Apartment 603: What Happened to Ellen Greenberg – Hulu
The Perfect Neighbor – Netflix
Devil in The Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke – Hulu
A Deadly American Marriage – Netflix
One Night In Idaho: The Idaho College Murders – Prime
Amy Bradley Is Missing – Netflix
A Deadly American Marriage – Netflix
Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders – Netflix
The Monaco Murders – Netflix
Sean Combs: The Reckoning – Netflix
Beauty and the Bester – Netflix
Scamanda – Hulu
Trophy Wife Murder on Safari – Hulu
TV SHOWS & MOVIES
Severance – Apple TV
Heated Rivalry – HBO
Pluribus – Apple TV
Your Friends and Neighbors – Apple TV
Black Rabbit – Netflix
All Her Fault – Peacock
Love Thy Nader – Hulu
Call Her Alex – Hulu
The Beast in Me – Netflix
American Manhunt: Osama Bin Laden – Netflix
David Beckham – Netflix
Charlie Sheen – Netflix
Sirens – Netflix
The Traitors – Peacock
Love Island – Peacock
We Were Liars – Amazon Prime
Adolescence – Netflix
The White Lotus – HBO
The Woman in Cabin 10 – Netflix
Don’t Die: The Man That Wants to Live Forever – Netflix
