So.
On this day, in an effort to stay far far away from all the stuff in the news that is upsetting, I decided to put together my annual "Books I Read This Year" post a little early.
Since there are a few days left in 2025 and i have a couple of books lined up to enjoy, I'll add them once I've finished reading them.
These are all books I enjoyed, and enjoy recommending.
I'm not one to continue reading a book if it's not appealing to me.
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Some of these are Advance Reading Copies I was lucky enough to receive, so may not be available just yet - but worth the wait!
Mixed in with the books is some "book art" I like. Some I've used in previous posts, some are new to me. I enjoy finding new (to me) artists as much as I enjoy finding new authors and poets.
Enjoy! I hope you find some new books and authors to add to your own list.
If you're an author and find your name on this list - Thank You!!!
- All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
- Them Bones by David Housewright
- Summer Light on Nantucket by Nancy Thayer
- The Last Carolina Summer by Karen White
- Booked for Murder by P.J. Nelson
- Maine Characters by Hannah Orenstein
- Hidden Nature by Nora Roberts
- These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean
- Nobody's Fool by Harlan Coben
- The Secret Library of Hanna Reeves by Christine Nolfi
- All the Signs by Jessie Rosen
- The Midnight Estate by Kelly Rimmer
- Through an Open Window by Pamela Terry
- The Safari by Jaclyn Goldis
- Our Last Vineyard Summer by Brooke Lea Foster
- Propaganda Girls by Lisa Rogak
- The Light on Horn Island by Valerie Fraser Luesse
- The Doorman by Chris Pavone
- Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure by Rhys Bowen
- The Rebel of Seventh Avenue by Annabelle Marx
- The Midnight Hour by Eve Chase
- Death is a Caberet by Deborah Morgan
- Hunter's Heart Ridge by Sarah Stewart Taylor
- All This Could Be Yours by Hank Phillippi Ryan
- The Bayrose Files by Diane Wald
- The Weedless Widow by Deborah Morgan
- The Marriage Casket by Deborah Morgan
- Four on the Floor by Deborah Morgan
- At Home in the World:A Memoir by Joyce Maynard
- Under the Stars by Beatriz Williams
- The Majolica Murders by Deborah Morgan
- My Beloved by Jan Karon
- The French Ingredient: Making a Life in Paris One Lesson at a Time; A Memoir by Jane Bertch
- The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris by Evie Woods
- Apostle's Cove by William Kent Krueger
- Falling for Provence by Alison Roberts
- The Missing Pages by Alyson Richman
- The Gourmet Club by Michael A. Kahn
- The Sandy Page Bookshop by Hannah McKinnon
- The Tattered Cover by Ellery Adams
- A Nice Class of Corpse by Simon Brett
- Mrs., Presumed Dead by Simon Brett
- Mrs. Pargeter's Package by Simon Brett
- Mts. Pargeter's Pound of Flesh by Simon Brett
- Framed in Death by J. D. Robb
- Writers and Liars by Carol Goodman
- Just Another Dead Author by Katarina Bivald
- The Bones of Point No Point by D.D. Black
- The Shadows of Pike Place by D. D. Black
- The Fallen of Foulweather Bluff by D. D. Black
- The Horror at Murden Cove by D. D. Black
- The Terror in the Emerald City by D. D. Black
- The Drowning at Dyes Inlet by D. D. Black
- The Nightmare at Manhattan Beach by D. D. Black
- The Silence at Mystery Bay by D. D. Black
- The Darkness at Deception Pass by D. D. Black
- The Vanishing at Opal Creek by D. D. Black
- The Secrets of Second Beach by D. D. Black
- A French Inheritance by Jennifer Bohnet
- We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter
- Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter
- The Island Club by Nicola Harrison
- The New Book by Nikki Giovanni
- The Secret Christmas Library by Jenny Colgan
- Park Avenue Summer by Renee Rosen
- The Seven Rings by Nora Roberts
- The Dark Side of the Moon by Fiona Valpy
- Asylum Hotel by Juliet Blackwell
- Last Seen by J.T. Ellison
- Served Him Right by Lisa Unger
- The Lake House by Kate Morton
- Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth
- The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton
- The Storm by Rachel Hawkins
- Go Gentle by Maria Semple
- The Christmas Guest by Sally Royer-Derr
- Where Light Lingers by Ashley Farley
- Stolen in Death by J. D. Robb
- Once and Again by Rebecca Serle
- All My Bones by P. J. Nelson
- Old Books and Faded Dreams by D. L. Norris
- Everyday Enchantments by Maria F. DeBlassie
- The Women of Wild Hill by Kirsten Miller
- Life: A Love Story by Elizabeth Berg
- Sacred Light by Kathryn Lasky
- The Black Wolf by Louise Penny
- Witches of Dubious Origin by Jenn McKinlay
- The Most Mysterious Bookshop in Paris by Mark Pryor
- Pendergast by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
- The Parisian Chapter by Janet Skeslien Charles
- Sing Down the Moon by Robert Gwaltney
- Tata by Valerie Perrin
- In the Spirit of French Murder by Colleen Cambridge
- Other People’s Summers by Sarah Morgan
- The Midnight Book Club by Emily W. Andersen
- The First Time I Saw Him by Laura Dave
- Edge by Tracy Clark
- Girl, Forgotten by Karin Slaughter
- Dawnland: A Novel by Tess Callahan
- At Midnight Comes the Cry by Julia Spencer-Fleming
- The Red Queen by Martha Grimes
- The Last Letter of Rachel Ellsworth by Barbara O'Neal
- Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle
- The Ashtrays Are Full and the Glasses Are Empty by Kirsten Mickelwait
- Young Fools by Liza Palmer
- The Saint Laurent Muse by C. W. Gortner
- A Paris All Your Own edited by Eleanor Brown
- The Engagements By J. Courtney Sullivan
- The Belles by Lacey N. Dunham
- The Forget-Me-Not Library by Heather Webber
- The Homemade God by Rachel Joyce
- These Heathens by Mia McKenzie
- Corpus Christmas by Margaret Maron
- The Violet Hour A Lowcountry Tale by Victoria Benton Frank
- Cher: The Memoir (Part 1) by Cher
- The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
- The Look by Michelle Obama
- Our Marriage is Murder by Carol Goodman
- The Faraway Inn by Sarah Beth Durst
- The Keeper by Tana French (120 books)
- Meet Me in Paris by Kristin Harmel
