Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Top five novels of 2025 -- "Electric Lit"

One of Electric Lit's top five novels of the year:
Dominion by Addie E. Citchens

This extraordinary debut begins with the Reverend Sabre Winfrey Jr., his wife, Priscilla, and the youngest of their five sons, Emanuel, also known as Wonderboy. Wonderboy is beloved by everyone in Dominion, Mississippi—no one runs faster, or turns more heads. Caught off guard after an interaction with a stranger, Wonderboy is confronted with questions he’s never considered, and his response sends shock waves through the community. A soaring, yet intimate novel exploring how shame and secrets control and stifle our humanity, Dominion grapples with these forces, illuminating a different, freer path forward.
Read about another novel on the list.

Q&A with Addie E. Citchens.

--Marshal Zeringue