2025 was a slow book reading year for me. I began with a bang, picking up a number of suggestions from friends in January, but after that I really struggled to find my groove. I wish I had more to say or suggest, but I felt a real fizzle towards the end of the year. Hmm ... onto 2026!
What did you read last year that you'd recommend?!
January
* The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton
* The Vanishing American Adult by Ben Sasse
* Kiss Me in the Coral Lounge by Helen Ellis
* The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
* The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
* Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
* From Here to the Great Unknown by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough
* Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
* Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
February
* Be Ready When the Luck Happens, a memoir by Ina Garten
* He's Inviting Us In by Ronda Paulson
* Rift by Cait West
March
* A Well-Trained Wife by Tia Levings
* The Woman In Me by Britney Spears
* Campusland by Scott Johnston
April
* You Need a Budget by Jesse Mecham
* Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear (reread)
* The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
* Judges for You by Timothy Keller
May
* The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus by Emma Knight
June
* City of Night Birds by Juhea Kim
* Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
* Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
* Work in Progress by Kat Mackenzie
July
* Normal People by Sally Rooney
* Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim
* The Great Hippopotamus Hotel by Alexander McCall Smith
August
* The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson by Ellen Baker
* Searching for Grace by Scotty Smith and Russ Masterson
October
* My Friends by Friedrik Backman
* The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin
November
* By Life or By Death: The Life and Legacy of John and Betty Stam by Andrew Montonera
December
* From Embers to a Flame by Harry L. Reeder III
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