{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Literary critics reveal their favorite books of 2025","publication_date":"December 09, 2025","summary":"It’s that time of the year when PBS News Hour invites two of our regular literary critics, Ann Patchett and Maureen Corrigan, to highlight their favorite books of the year. Jeffrey Brown picks up the conversation for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.","author_name":"By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Simon Epstein, Daria Nastasia","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2025\/12\/7d0bb2032d6bee22c9ea8e304dd67127-books-1024x683.jpg","thumbnail_height":683,"thumbnail_width":1024}