Books I Read in 2025

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. 

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
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• Booked for Murder by P.J. Nelson
• Maine Characters by Hannah Orenstein
• Hidden Nature by Nora Roberts
• These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• Served Him Right by Lisa Unger
• The Lake House by Kate Morton
• Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth
• The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton
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• 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

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• 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 
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