Books Read – 2025

“There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.” – Walt Disney

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At the beginning of 2025, I believe I set my reading goal for 20 books. I cannot remember as I have changed it so many times. I keep increasing it. My reading goal is currently set to 55 and I have read 53 so far. I will write a review for some of the books I have read but not all. I can honestly say I have enjoyed most of them, some more than others but all have been entertaining in their own way.

FYI – Most (nearly all) of these books I have listened to on either Audible or Spotify. It allows me to do two things at once, listen to a great book and work/create.

Below are all the books I have read during 2025 so far:

• The Black Ink Heart – Robert Galbraith
• The Running Man – Robert Galbraith
• A Backstage Betrayal – Michael Ball
• Echo Boy – Matt Haig
• I haven’t Been Entirely Honest with You – Miranda Hart
• The Mistletoe Mystery – Nita Prose
• The Coldest Case – James Patterson
• The Second Chance Tea Shop – Fay Keenan
• The Winter Cottage – Rachel Lucas
• The Mysterious Affair at Styles – Agatha Christie
• The Yellow Wall-Paper – Charlotte Perkins Gilman
• Magnolia Parks – Jessa Hastings
• Daisy Haites – Jessa Hastings
• Magnolia Parks : The Long Way Home – Jessa Hastings
• Daisy Haites : The Great Undoing – Jessa Hastings
• Magnolia Parks : Into the Dark – Jessa Hastings
• The Dictionary of Lost Words – Pip Williams
• Before the Coffee Gets Cold – Toshikazu Kawaguchi
• Tales from the Café – Toshikazu Kawaguchi
• Funny Story – Emily Henry
• When Women Were Dragons – Kelly Barnhill
• Charlotte – Helen Moffett
• Midsummer House – Rachel Lucas
• Two Stories – Sally Rooney
• One of Us Knows – Alyssa Cole
• The Guernsey Literacy and Potato Peel Pie Society – Mary Ann Shaffer
• The Light Behind the Window – Lucinda Riley
• The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins (Re-read)
• Catching Fire – Suzanne Collins (Re-read)
• Mocking Jay – Suzanne Collins (Re-read)
• Sunrise on the Reaping – Suzanne Collins
• The Third Gilmore Girl – Kelly Bishop
• The Inheritance Games – Jennifer Lynn Barnes
• The Hawthorne Legacy – Jennifer Lynn Barnes
• The Final Gambit – Jennifer Lynn Barnes
• The Brothers Hawthorne – Jennifer Lynn Barnes
• Games Untold : An Inheritance Games Collection – Jennifer Lynn Barnes
• The Maids Secret – Nita Prose
• Marble Hall Murders – Anthony Horowitz
• Wild with Happy – Colman Domingo
• A Good Girls Guide to Murder – Holly Jackson
• The Grandest Game – Jennifer Lynn Barnes
• Crazy Rich Asians – Kevin Kwan
• Before Your Memory Fades – Toshikazu Kawaguchi
• Before We Say Goodbye – Toshikazu Kawaguchi
• Belgravia – Julian Fellows
• Before we Forget Kindness – Toshikazu Kawaguchi
• You, Again – Natalie Cooper
• Mrs Harris Goes to Paris & Mrs Harris Goes to New York – Paula Gallico
• The Memory Library – Kate Storey
• Glorious Rivals – Jennifer Lynn Barnes
• Two Kinds of Stranger – Steve Cavanagh
• The Wasp Trap – Mark Edwards

Currently Reading : The Housemaid – Freida McFadden

How many books have you read this year, so far and what are you currently reading?

Toodles x