2025 Books
Once again, I’m keeping a list of the books I’ve read this year. It includes an indication of whether I read the book in paper or in audio. If I recommended the book in a newsletter, I’ll include the date of that post. For some entries, I may add notes (e.g., if I didn’t finish a book and why).
January
Rental House by Weike Wang - audio
Pretty Girls by Karen Slaughter - audio
The Wildes by Louis Bayard - paper
Death in a Strange Country by Donna Leon - audio
The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff - audio - January 16
Blood from a Stone by Donna Leon - audio
We, The Jury by Robert Rotstein - audio
Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst - audio - January 23
The Vegan by Andrew Lipstein - paper
Nothing but the Truth by Robyn Gigl - audio
The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak - audio
The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf - audio
When We Flew Away by Alice Hoffman - audio
Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood - audio
February
Dressed for Death by Donna Leon - audio
Death and Judgement by Donna Leon - audio
The Only Story by Julian Barnes - audio - February 11
Acqua Alta by Donna Leon - audio
Quietly in Their Sleep by Donna Leon - audio
The Housemaid by Sarah A.Denzil - audio
The Married Man by K. L. Slater - audio
Playground by Richard Powers - paper
The Briar Club by Kate Quinn - audio - February 27
Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn - audio
Orbital by Samantha Harvey - audio - March 20
March
The Huntress by Kate Quinn - audio
The Waiting Game by Nicola Clark - paper
The Women by Kristin Hannah - audio - March 13
In the Woods by Tana French - audio
I’ll Come to You by Rebecca Kauffman - paper
All the Beauty in the World by Patrick Bringley - audio
Portrait of a Thief by Grace D Li - audio
The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes - audio
Vantage Point by Sara Sligar - audio
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins - audio
Don’t Be a Stranger by Susan Minot - paper
TheBallad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins - audio
Three Days in June by Anne Tyler - audio
Dream State by Eric Puchner - audio
April
Find Me by Anne Frasier - audio - April 3
Tell Me by Anne Frasier - audio
Not a Very Good Murderer by Ronan Farrow - audio
Boy by Nicole Galland - audio - April 10
Bright Objects by Ruby Todd - audio
Three Bags Full (A Sheep Detective Story) by Leonie Swann - paper
We Do Not Part by Han Kang - audio
Bad Nature by Ariel Courage - audio - April 17
The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue - audio
A Death in Cornwall by Daniel Silva - paper - April 24
Isola by Alegra Goodman - audio - May 1
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy - audio
Heartwood by Amity Gaige - audio - May 8
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout - paper - May 8
May
Playworld by Adam Ross - audio
Havoc by Christopher Bollen - audio
Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister - audio
Burnam Wood by Eleanor Catton - paper - May 25
Goddess Complex by Sanjena Sathian - audio
Midnight at Soap Lake by Matthew Sullivan - audio
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto - audio
Audition by Katie Kitamura - audio
A Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan - audio - June 5
Brother Bronte by Fernando A. Flores - audio - didn’t finish this one
Mutual Interest by Olivia Wolfgang-Smith - audio
Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson - audio
June
Tilt by Emma Pattee - audio - June 12
The Measure by Nikki Erlick - audio - June 19
Flesh by David Szalay - audio - didn’t finish this one
Bess of Hardwick by Mary S. Lovell - paper
The Impossible Thing by Belinda Bauer - audio