Thursday, January 1, 2026

Resolutions--To Share More

 

Even though the year end has been a little hectic, I have compiled my list of books I read this year. I have also made a resolution to add reviews of favorites, and I have also begun to build a list of other reading-related topics that are on my mind. For now, though, I am sharing my 2025 reading list. I'd love to hear your favorites for the year, as well as what you plan to read next. 

Richard Powers, Playground

Fredrik Backman, The Answer Is No

Richard Osman, We Solve Murders

Tana French, The Searcher

Jodi Picoult, By Any Other Name

Ariel Lawhon, I Was Anastasia

Gordon McAlpine, After Oz

Ingvild Pushoi, Brightly Shining

Kate Quinn, The Briar Club

Weike Wang, Rental House

Cathy Cook, The Beagle and the Boy

David Wroblewski, Familiaris

Ruby Todd, Bright Objects

Clare Chambers, Shy Creatures

Mark Sullivan, All the Glimmering Stars

Alison Epach, The Wedding People

Rufi Thorpe, Margo’s Got Money Troubles

Jean Hanff Korelitz, The Plot

Jeff Zentner, Colton Gentry’s Third Act

Anne Berest, The Postcard

Liz Moore, The Unseen World

Ruta Sepetys, Between Shades of Gray

Matthew Sullivan, Midnight at th4 Bright Ideas Bookstore

Colum McCann, Twist

Amity Gaige, Heartwood

Lucy. Foly, The Book of Lost and Found

Jim Sollisch, How Donating a Kidney Fixed My Jumpshot

Natalie Sue, I Hope This Finds You Well

Julie Clark, The Last Flight

Tom T. Hall, The Songwriter’s Handbook

Tamara Saviano, Poets and Dreamers

Emma Donoghue, The Paris Express

Scott Lamascus, Let Other Hands

M.L. Rio, If We Were Villains

S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

Eileen Garvin, The Music of Bees

Fredrik Backman, My Friend

Jess Walter, So Far Gone

Florence Knapp, The Names

Alton Flippo, From the Fest of My Memories

Alice Hoffman, When We Flew Away

Terry Roberts, A Short Time to Stay Here

Chris Whitaker, All the Colors of the Dark

Kevin Wilson, Run for the Hills

Annette Sisson, Winter Sharp with Apples

Allen Eskens, The Life We Bury

Wally Lamb, The River Is Waiting

Terry Roberts, The Holy Ghost Speakeasy and Revival

Barbara Demick, Daughters of the Bamboo Grove

Nate Bargatze, Big Dumb Eyes

Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprise Solution to Overthinking

Ocean Vuong, The Emperor of Gladness

Charles Martin, When Crickets Cry

Virginia Evans, The Correspondent

Hampton Sides, The Wide, Wide Sea

Jo Harkin, The Pretender

Alan Levi, Theo of Golden

Marjan Kamali, The Lion Women of Teheran

Charmaine Wilkinson, Good Dirt

Charlie Peacock, Roots & Rhythm

Cynthia Ozick, The Shawl

Dan Brown, Secret of Secrets

Lily King, Heart, the Lover

Messie Condo, Nobody Wants Your S@#t!

Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb, Christmas with the Queen

Richard Osman, The Impossible Fortune

Helen Maria Viramontes, Under the Feet of Jesus

Arlen Jay Staggs, Leta Pearl’s Love Biscuits

Beth Ann Fennelly, Irish Goodbye

Connie Jordan Green, Nameless as Minnows

Kristin Hannah, The Four Winds

Thomas Schlesser, Mona’s Eyes

Louise Penny, The Black Wolf

Ian Morgan Cron, The Fix

Craig Havighurst, Musicality for Modern Humans

The Daily Bible in Chronological Order (NIV)








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