Here are the books I read in 2025.
1. The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose
2. I Was Anastasia by Ariel Lawhon
3. The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett
4. The Child by Fiona Barton
5. Gather by Kenneth Cadow
6. The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
7. The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson
8. The Author's Guide to Murder by B. Williams, L. Willig, & K. White
9. The Orphans of Mersea House by Marty Wingate
10. Miss Morgan's Book Brigade by Janet S. Charles
11. The Thirteenth Husband by Greer Macallister
12. Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz
13. The English Wife. by Lauren Willig
14. Murder in Highbury by Vanessa Kelly
15. The Midnight Feast. by Lucy Foley
16. The Library at the Edge of the World by Felicity Hayes-McCoy
17. The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny
18. Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
19. Death of a Heretic by Peter Tremayne
20. The House of Unexpected Sisters by Alexander McCall Smith
21. Harriet Tubman by J.M. Wiesen & Rita Daniels
22. The Oxford Inheritance by Ann A. McDonald
23. The Color of Cattle by Alexander McCall Smith
24. Under the Paper Moon by Shaina Steinberg
25. Memorial Days - A Memoir by Geraldine Brooks
26. North Woods by Daniel Mason
27. The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
28. Mrs. Queen Takes the Train by William Kuhn
29. The Right Sort of Man by Allison Montclair
30. The Last Mona Lisa by Jonathan Santlofer
31. Hatchett by Gary Paulsen (read aloud to granddaughter)
32. Shoot Star by Cynthia Riggs
33. Secrets of the Lighthouse by Sante Montefiore
34. Deadly Nightshade by Cynthia Riggs
35. Caroline, Little House Revisited by Sarah Miller
36. The Cranefly Murders by Cynthia Riggs
37. The Sicilian Inheritance by Jo Piazza
38. The Cemetery Yew by Cynthia Riggs
39. We All Live Here by Jojo Moyes
40. Jack in the Pulpit by Cynthia Riggs
41. The Silence of the North by Olive Fredrickson
42. Look for Me by Beth Hoffman
43. The Secret Life of Sunflowers by Marta Molnar
44. Indian Pipes by Cynthia Riggs
45. The Booklover's Library by Madeline Martin
46. Open Season by Archer Mayor
47. Lake News by Barbara Delinsky
48. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
49. Saving CeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
50. Borderlines by Archer Mayor
51. More Than Friends by Barbara Delinsky
52. A Grave in the Woods by Martin Walker
53. Rooted by Lyanda Lynn Haupt
54. Original Sin by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson
55. The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis
56. Scent of Evil by Archer Mayor
57. Suddenly by Barbara Delinsky
58. Brian's Hunt by Gary Paulsen
59. The Lotus Shoes by Jane Yang
60. The World of Ancient Greeks by John Camp and Elizabeth Fisher
61. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
62. The Exiles by Christine Baker Kline
63. The Skeleton's Knee by Archer Mayor
64. Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman
65. An Enemy in the Village by Martin Walker
66. Fruits of the Poisonous Tree by Archer Mayor
67. The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel
68. The Dark Root by Archer Mayor
69. Northern Spy by Flynn Berry
70. Last Twilight in Paris by Pam Jenoff