October 2025 books read

 October - 6

Total to date:  (33 new/15 re-read) 13 *non-fiction

- *Essentialism, Greg McKeown

- Trespasses, Louise Kennedy

- *A Street Cat Named Bob, James Bowen

- *You Learn by Living, Eleanor Roosevelt  

- *Daily Rituals - Women at Work, Mason Currey

- *On Fire, Naomi Klein

September - 4

Total to date:  (27 new/15 re-read) 8 *non-fiction

-  Mr Mercedes, Stephen King

- The Paris Library, Janet Skeslien Charles 

-  Leave No Trace,  Jo Callaghan

- Mrs. Miniver, Jan Struthers

 August - 6

Total to date:  (24 new/14 re-read) 8 *non-fiction

-  In the Blink of an Eye, Jo Callaghan

- In the Blink of an Eye,  Jo Callaghan

- Girl Waits with Gun, Amy Stewart

- Lady Cop Makes Trouble, Amy Stewart

- Miss Kopp's Midnight Confessions, Amy Stewart

- The Little Red Chairs, Edna O'Brien

July - 3

Total to date:  (21 new/11 re-read) 8 *non-fiction 

- The Time in Between, Maria Duenas

- *English Pastoral, James Rebank

- *All in One Basket - Nest Eggs by Deborah Devonshire

June - 5

Total to date:  (18 new/11 re-read) 6 *non-fiction

- The Kellerby Code, Jonny Sweet

- Emma, Jane Austen

- The Lincoln Lawyer, Michael Connelly

- The Herd, Emily Edwards

- The Island of Missing Trees, Elif Shafak

May - 4

Total to date:  (14 new/10 re-read) 6 *non-fiction

- *The End of Food - The Coming Crisis in the World Food Industry, Paul Roberts

- Persuasion, Jane Austen

- Mansfield Park, Jane Austen

- *History Dudes - Vikings, Laura Buller

April - 9

Total to date:  (12 new/8 re-read) 4 *non-fiction

- *The Year 1000, Robert Lacey & Danny Danziger

- Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons

- Kingdom by the Sea, Robert Westall

- Blitzcat, Robert Westall

- The Last Empress, Anchee Min

- *The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl, Belle De Jour

- Murder in Williamstown, Kerry Greenwood

- Death in Daylesford, Kerry Greenwood

- Island of the Missing Trees, Elif Shafak

 March - 3

Total to date:  (5 new/6 re-read) 2 *non-fiction

- The Ink Black Heart, Robert Galbraith

- *Aristocrats. Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox, 1740-1832,  Stella Tillyard

- Paris in the Dark, Robert Olen Butler

February - 6

Total to date:  (3 new/5 re-read) 1 *non-fiction

- *The White Album, Joan Didion

- The Cuckoo's Calling, Robert Galbraith

- The Silkworm, Robert Galbraith

- Career of Evil, Robert Galbraith

- Lethal White, Robert Galbraith

- Troubled Blood, Robert Galbraith

 January - 2

Total to date:  (2 new/0 re-read) 0 *non-fiction

- The Detective's Daughter, Lesley Thomson

- The Bourne Identity, Robert Ludlum