Pho­to by Bur­cu on Unsplash

As 2025 comes to a close, we’re reflect­ing on a year filled with essays on uncov­er­ing hid­den sto­ries, evoca­tive short fic­tion, and inter­views with lit­er­ary lumi­nar­ies. Below are the ten pieces on PB Dai­ly that you read the most this past year. (Check out the​“Ten Most-Read Reviews of 2025.”)

The Roman Palms” Barak Kassar

Simona is the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil’s man­ag­ing edi­tor of dig­i­tal con­tent and mar­ket­ing. She grad­u­at­ed from Sarah Lawrence Col­lege with a con­cen­tra­tion in Eng­lish and His­to­ry and stud­ied abroad in India and Eng­land. Pri­or to the JBC she worked at Oxford Uni­ver­si­ty Press. Her writ­ing has been fea­tured in LilithThe Nor­mal School, Dig­ging through the Fat, and oth­er pub­li­ca­tions. She holds an MFA in fic­tion from The New School.