2026 reading

Total to date: 59 (50 new/ 9 re-read) 22 *non-fiction; Best Book(s)*

October - 7

59 - Deadline, Steph McGovern

58 - *Life in Five Senses, Gretchen Rubin

57 - Winter Garden, Kristen Hannah

56 - The Lincoln Highway, Amor Towles

55 - Girl Waits with Gun, Amy Stewart

54 - *Hope in the Dark, Rebecca Solnit

53 - *Foraged Basketry, Delia Fian

52 - *The Swedish Art of Ageing Well, Margareta Magnusson

September - 7

51 - Miss Garnet's Angel, Salley Vickers

50 - Malibu Rising, Taylor Jenkins Reid

49 - *Nobility and Fortune, England in the Short Tenth Century 899-975, T. D. Asch

48 - Malibu Rising, Taylor Jenkins Reid

47 - *Secrets of Adulthood, Gretchen Rubin

46 - A Poisoned Season, Tasha Alexander

45 - A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Mass

August - 9

44 - Well-Schooled in Murder, Elizabeth George

43 - The Librarian, Salley Vickers

42 - The Radetzky March, Joseph Roth

41 - Life Class, Pat Barker

40 - Wolf and the Dove, Kathleen Woodiwiss

39 - A Great Deliverance, Elizabeth George

38 - *Anna (Wintour), The Biography, Amy Odell

37 - The End of the Wasp Season, Denise Mina

36 - *Educated, Tara Westover

July - 9

35 - The Gardener, Sally Vickers

34 - *The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, Mark Manson

33 - Berlin Game, Len Deighton

32 - The Little Penguin Bookshop, Joanna Toye

31 - *The Year 1000, Robert Lacey and Danny Danziger*

30 - *Medieval Women: Social History of Women in England 450-1500, Henrietta Leyser

29 - Hand in Glove, Ngaio Marsh

28 - Surfeit of Lampreys, Ngaio Marsh

27 - *Make, Sew and Mend, Bernadette Banner

June - 8

26 - Keep the Aspidistra Flying, George Orwell

25 - *The Farmer's Wife, Helen Rebanks

24 - *It's Only Too Late If You Don't Start Now, Barbara Sher

23 - Never Closer, Margot Shepherd

22 - The Black Book, Ian Rankin

21 - Killing Floor, Lee Child

20 - Mercy, Jussi Adler-Olsen

19 - The Names, Florence Knapp

May - 5

18 - *Cloth and Clothing in Early Anglo-Saxon England, Penelope Walton Rogers

17 - A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry

16 - Bedrooms Have Windows, Erle Stanley Gardner

15 - *Outer Order, Inner Calm, Gretchen Rubin

14 - Keep the Aspidistra Flying, George Orwell

April - 2

13 - *Better Than Before, Gretchen Rubin*

12 - *Cool Rules - Anatomy of an Attitude, Dick Pountain and David Robins

March - 3

11 - The 40 Rules of Love, Elif Shafak

10 - *Making Do, Susan L. Carruthers

9 - Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver

February - 6

8 - *A Climate of Truth, Mike Berners-Lee

7 - The Devil's Due, Bonnie Macbird

6 - *Naples '44, Norman Lewis

5 - *The I Hate to Housekeep Book, Peg Bracken

4 - The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern

3 - Outlander, Diane Gabaldon*

January - 2  

2 - Lavinia, Ursula K. LeGuin

1 - The Hypnotist, Lars Kepler

Books I Read in 2025

December - 2

Total to date: 65 (55 new/10 re-read) 18 *non-fiction - Best Book(s)

- *The World-Ending Fire, Wendell Berry

- *Meditations for Mortals, Oliver Burkeman

Earlier this year:

- *No Invitation Required: The Pelham Cottage Years, Annabel Goldsmith

- Autumn - Ali Smith 

- The Artist, Lucy Steeds

- And Only to Deceive, Tasha Alexander

- *Women's Work: the First 20,000 Years, Elizabeth Wayland Barber

- The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath

- The Mobile Library, David Whitehouse

- *The Village Guide (Viking Society), Steve Lines

- The Bookshop, Penelope Fitzgerald 

- Stranger in Paradise, Robert B. Parker

- The Road, Cormac McCarthy

- The Hallmarked Man, Robert Galbraith

- Melancholy Baby, Robert B. Parker

- The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton

- The Distant Echo, Val McDermid

- The Women of Troy. Pat Barker

- *Four Thousand Weeks, Oliver Burkeman

- *Scoff: a history of food and class in Britain, Pen Vogler

- Sight Unseen, Robert Goddard

- *The Serviceberry, Robin Wall Kimmerer

- *Wintering, Katherine May

- *Meditations for Mortals, Oliver Burkeman

- Death Comes to Pemberley, P. D. James

- *Carrie Fisher - a life on the edge, Sheila Weller

- *Less, Patrick Grant

- Sunrise on the Reaping, Suzanne Collins

- The Dark is Rising, Susan Cooper

- Diary of an Ordinary Woman, Margaret Forster

- The Lost Apothecary, Sarah Penner

- *The Bolter, Frances Osborne

- *The Little Book of Hygge, Miek Wiking

- Convenience Store Woman, Sayaka Murata

- Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, Elizabeth Taylor

- *Walden, Henry David Thoreau

- Let Me In, Claire McGowen 

- A is for Alibi, Sue Grafton

- B is for Burglar, Sue Grafton

- C is for Corpse, Sue Grafton

- D is for Deadbeat, Sue Grafton

- E is for Evidence, Sue Grafton

- F is for Fugitive, Sue Grafton

- G is for Gumshoe, Sue Grafton

- H is for Homicide, Sue Grafton

- I is for Innocent, Sue Grafton

- *Jane Austen at Home, Lucy Worsley

- Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

- A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles

- The Great Alone, Kristin Hannah

- Model Misfit, Holly Smale

- She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan

- The Girl with All the Gifts, M. R. Carey

- *The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, Margareta Magnusson

- Sisters of Treason, Elizabeth Fremantle

- The Warden, Anthony Trollope

- Yellowface, Rebecca F. Kuang

- Margot and Me, Juno Dawson 

- Miss Austen, Gill Hornby

- *Meditations, Marcus Aurelius - Silent Witness, R. Austin Freeman

- *The Lazy Genius Way, Kendra Adachi

- *The Devonshires, Roy Hattersley

- Jane and Prudence, Barbara Pym

- *The Zero-Waste Chef, Anne-Marie Bonneau

- Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel

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Read in November 2025

November - 2   

Total to date: 63 (54 new/9 re-read) 17 *non-fiction - Best Book(s)

- *No Invitation Required: The Pelham Cottage Years, Annabel Goldsmith

- Autumn - Ali Smith 

Earlier this year:

- The Artist, Lucy Steeds

- And Only to Deceive, Tasha Alexander

- *Women's Work: the First 20,000 Years, Elizabeth Wayland Barber

- The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath

- The Mobile Library, David Whitehouse

- *The Village Guide (Viking Society), Steve Lines

- The Bookshop, Penelope Fitzgerald 

- Stranger in Paradise, Robert B. Parker

- The Road, Cormac McCarthy

- The Hallmarked Man, Robert Galbraith

- Melancholy Baby, Robert B. Parker

- The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton

- The Distant Echo, Val McDermid

- The Women of Troy. Pat Barker

- *Four Thousand Weeks, Oliver Burkeman

- *Scoff: a history of food and class in Britain, Pen Vogler

- Sight Unseen, Robert Goddard

- *The Serviceberry, Robin Wall Kimmerer

- *Wintering, Katherine May

- *Meditations for Mortals, Oliver Burkeman

- Death Comes to Pemberley, P. D. James

- *Carrie Fisher - a life on the edge, Sheila Weller

- *Less, Patrick Grant

- Sunrise on the Reaping, Suzanne Collins

- The Dark is Rising, Susan Cooper

- Diary of an Ordinary Woman, Margaret Forster

- The Lost Apothecary, Sarah Penner

- *The Bolter, Frances Osborne

- *The Little Book of Hygge, Miek Wiking

- Convenience Store Woman, Sayaka Murata

- Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, Elizabeth Taylor

- *Walden, Henry David Thoreau

- Let Me In, Claire McGowen 

- A is for Alibi, Sue Grafton

- B is for Burglar, Sue Grafton

- C is for Corpse, Sue Grafton

- D is for Deadbeat, Sue Grafton

- E is for Evidence, Sue Grafton

- F is for Fugitive, Sue Grafton

- G is for Gumshoe, Sue Grafton

- H is for Homicide, Sue Grafton

- I is for Innocent, Sue Grafton

- *Jane Austen at Home, Lucy Worsley

- Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

- A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles

- The Great Alone, Kristin Hannah

- Model Misfit, Holly Smale

- She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan

- The Girl with All the Gifts, M. R. Carey

- *The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, Margareta Magnusson

- Sisters of Treason, Elizabeth Fremantle

- The Warden, Anthony Trollope

- Yellowface, Rebecca F. Kuang

- Margot and Me, Juno Dawson 

- Miss Austen, Gill Hornby

- *Meditations, Marcus Aurelius - Silent Witness, R. Austin Freeman

- *The Lazy Genius Way, Kendra Adachi

- *The Devonshires, Roy Hattersley

- Jane and Prudence, Barbara Pym

- *The Zero-Waste Chef, Anne-Marie Bonneau

- Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel

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What I Read in October 2025

 October  - 6

Total to date: 61 (52 new/9 re-read) 17 *non-fiction - Best Book(s)

- The Artist, Lucy Steeds

- And Only to Deceive, Tasha Alexander

- *Women's Work: the First 20,000 Years, Elizabeth Wayland Barber

- The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath

- The Mobile Library, David Whitehouse

- *The Village Guide (Viking Society), Steve Lines

Earlier this year:

- The Bookshop, Penelope Fitzgerald 

- Stranger in Paradise, Robert B. Parker

- The Road, Cormac McCarthy

- The Hallmarked Man, Robert Galbraith

- Melancholy Baby, Robert B. Parker

- The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton

- The Distant Echo, Val McDermid

- The Women of Troy. Pat Barker

- *Four Thousand Weeks, Oliver Burkeman

- *Scoff: a history of food and class in Britain, Pen Vogler

- Sight Unseen, Robert Goddard

- *The Serviceberry, Robin Wall Kimmerer

- *Wintering, Katherine May

- *Meditations for Mortals, Oliver Burkeman

- Death Comes to Pemberley, P. D. James

- *Carrie Fisher - a life on the edge, Sheila Weller

- *Less, Patrick Grant

- Sunrise on the Reaping, Suzanne Collins

- The Dark is Rising, Susan Cooper

- Diary of an Ordinary Woman, Margaret Forster

- The Lost Apothecary, Sarah Penner

- *The Bolter, Frances Osborne

- *The Little Book of Hygge, Miek Wiking

- Convenience Store Woman, Sayaka Murata

- Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, Elizabeth Taylor

- *Walden, Henry David Thoreau

- Let Me In, Claire McGowen 

- A is for Alibi, Sue Grafton

- B is for Burglar, Sue Grafton

- C is for Corpse, Sue Grafton

- D is for Deadbeat, Sue Grafton

- E is for Evidence, Sue Grafton

- F is for Fugitive, Sue Grafton

- G is for Gumshoe, Sue Grafton

- H is for Homicide, Sue Grafton

- I is for Innocent, Sue Grafton

- *Jane Austen at Home, Lucy Worsley

- Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

- A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles

- The Great Alone, Kristin Hannah

- Model Misfit, Holly Smale

- She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan

- The Girl with All the Gifts, M. R. Carey

- *The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, Margareta Magnusson

- Sisters of Treason, Elizabeth Fremantle

- The Warden, Anthony Trollope

- Yellowface, Rebecca F. Kuang

- Margot and Me, Juno Dawson 

- Miss Austen, Gill Hornby

- *Meditations, Marcus Aurelius - Silent Witness, R. Austin Freeman

- *The Lazy Genius Way, Kendra Adachi

- *The Devonshires, Roy Hattersley

- Jane and Prudence, Barbara Pym

- *The Zero-Waste Chef, Anne-Marie Bonneau

- Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel

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September 2025 Reading List

  September - 6

Total to date: 56 (47 new/9 re-read) 16 *non-fiction - Best Book(s)

- The Bookshop, Penelope Fitzgerald 

- Stranger in Paradise, Robert B. Parker

- The Road, Cormac McCarthy

- The Hallmarked Man, Robert Galbraith

- Melancholy Baby, Robert B. Parker

- The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton

Earlier this year:

- The Distant Echo, Val McDermid

- The Women of Troy. Pat Barker

- *Four Thousand Weeks, Oliver Burkeman

- *Scoff: a history of food and class in Britain, Pen Vogler

- Sight Unseen, Robert Goddard

- *The Serviceberry, Robin Wall Kimmerer

- *Wintering, Katherine May

- *Meditations for Mortals, Oliver Burkeman

- Death Comes to Pemberley, P. D. James

- *Carrie Fisher - a life on the edge, Sheila Weller

- *Less, Patrick Grant

- Sunrise on the Reaping, Suzanne Collins

- The Dark is Rising, Susan Cooper

- Diary of an Ordinary Woman, Margaret Forster

- The Lost Apothecary, Sarah Penner

- *The Bolter, Frances Osborne

- *The Little Book of Hygge, Miek Wiking

- Convenience Store Woman, Sayaka Murata

- Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, Elizabeth Taylor

- *Walden, Henry David Thoreau

- Let Me In, Claire McGowen 

- A is for Alibi, Sue Grafton

- B is for Burglar, Sue Grafton

- C is for Corpse, Sue Grafton

- D is for Deadbeat, Sue Grafton

- E is for Evidence, Sue Grafton

- F is for Fugitive, Sue Grafton

- G is for Gumshoe, Sue Grafton

- H is for Homicide, Sue Grafton

- I is for Innocent, Sue Grafton

- *Jane Austen at Home, Lucy Worsley

- Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

- A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles

- The Great Alone, Kristin Hannah

- Model Misfit, Holly Smale

- She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan

- The Girl with All the Gifts, M. R. Carey

- *The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, Margareta Magnusson

- Sisters of Treason, Elizabeth Fremantle

- The Warden, Anthony Trollope

- Yellowface, Rebecca F. Kuang

- Margot and Me, Juno Dawson 

- Miss Austen, Gill Hornby

- *Meditations, Marcus Aurelius - Silent Witness, R. Austin Freeman

- *The Lazy Genius Way, Kendra Adachi

- *The Devonshires, Roy Hattersley

- Jane and Prudence, Barbara Pym

- *The Zero-Waste Chef, Anne-Marie Bonneau

- Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel

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August 2025 Reading List

 August - 5

Total to date: 50 (41 new/9 re-read) 16 *non-fiction - Best Book(s)

- The Distant Echo, Val McDermid

- The Women of Troy. Pat Barker

- *Four Thousand Weeks, Oliver Burkeman

- *Scoff: a history of food and class in Britain, Pen Vogler

- Sight Unseen, Robert Goddard

Earlier this year:

- *The Serviceberry, Robin Wall Kimmerer

- *Wintering, Katherine May

- *Meditations for Mortals, Oliver Burkeman

- Death Comes to Pemberley, P. D. James

- *Carrie Fisher - a life on the edge, Sheila Weller

- *Less, Patrick Grant

- Sunrise on the Reaping, Suzanne Collins

- The Dark is Rising, Susan Cooper

- Diary of an Ordinary Woman, Margaret Forster

- The Lost Apothecary, Sarah Penner

- *The Bolter, Frances Osborne

- *The Little Book of Hygge, Miek Wiking

- Convenience Store Woman, Sayaka Murata

- Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, Elizabeth Taylor

- *Walden, Henry David Thoreau

- Let Me In, Claire McGowen 

- A is for Alibi, Sue Grafton

- B is for Burglar, Sue Grafton

- C is for Corpse, Sue Grafton

- D is for Deadbeat, Sue Grafton

- E is for Evidence, Sue Grafton

- F is for Fugitive, Sue Grafton

- G is for Gumshoe, Sue Grafton

- H is for Homicide, Sue Grafton

- I is for Innocent, Sue Grafton

- *Jane Austen at Home, Lucy Worsley

- Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

- A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles

- The Great Alone, Kristin Hannah

- Model Misfit, Holly Smale

- She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan

- The Girl with All the Gifts, M. R. Carey

- *The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, Margareta Magnusson

- Sisters of Treason, Elizabeth Fremantle

- The Warden, Anthony Trollope

- Yellowface, Rebecca F. Kuang

- Margot and Me, Juno Dawson 

- Miss Austen, Gill Hornby

- *Meditations, Marcus Aurelius - Silent Witness, R. Austin Freeman

- *The Lazy Genius Way, Kendra Adachi

- *The Devonshires, Roy Hattersley

- Jane and Prudence, Barbara Pym

- *The Zero-Waste Chef, Anne-Marie Bonneau

- Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel

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July 2025's Reading List

 July - 4

Total to date: 44 (36 new/9 re-read) 14 *non-fiction - Best Book(s)

- *The Serviceberry, Robin Wall Kimmerer

- *Wintering, Katherine May

- *Meditations for Mortals, Oliver Burkeman

- Death Comes to Pemberley, P. D. James

Earlier this year:

- *Carrie Fisher - a life on the edge, Sheila Weller

- *Less, Patrick Grant

- Sunrise on the Reaping, Suzanne Collins

- The Dark is Rising, Susan Cooper

- Diary of an Ordinary Woman, Margaret Forster

- The Lost Apothecary, Sarah Penner

- *The Bolter, Frances Osborne

- *The Little Book of Hygge, Miek Wiking

- Convenience Store Woman, Sayaka Murata

- Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, Elizabeth Taylor

- *Walden, Henry David Thoreau

- Let Me In, Claire McGowen 

- A is for Alibi, Sue Grafton

- B is for Burglar, Sue Grafton

- C is for Corpse, Sue Grafton

- D is for Deadbeat, Sue Grafton

- E is for Evidence, Sue Grafton

- F is for Fugitive, Sue Grafton

- G is for Gumshoe, Sue Grafton

- H is for Homicide, Sue Grafton

- I is for Innocent, Sue Grafton

- *Jane Austen at Home, Lucy Worsley

- Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

- A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles

- The Great Alone, Kristin Hannah

- Model Misfit, Holly Smale

- She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan

- The Girl with All the Gifts, M. R. Carey

- *The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, Margareta Magnusson

- Sisters of Treason, Elizabeth Fremantle

- The Warden, Anthony Trollope

- Yellowface, Rebecca F. Kuang

- Margot and Me, Juno Dawson 

- Miss Austen, Gill Hornby

- *Meditations, Marcus Aurelius - Silent Witness, R. Austin Freeman

- *The Lazy Genius Way, Kendra Adachi

- *The Devonshires, Roy Hattersley

- Jane and Prudence, Barbara Pym

- *The Zero-Waste Chef, Anne-Marie Bonneau

- Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel

June 2025's Reading List

 June - 7

Total to date:  (32 new/9 re-read) 11 *non-fiction - Best Book(s)

- *Carrie Fisher - a life on the edge, Sheila Weller

- *Less, Patrick Grant

- Sunrise on the Reaping, Suzanne Collins

- The Dark is Rising, Susan Cooper

- Diary of an Ordinary Woman, Margaret Forster

- The Lost Apothecary, Sarah Penner

- *The Bolter, Frances Osborne

May - 5

Total to date:  (25 new/9 re-read) 8 *non-fiction - Best Book(s)

- *The Little Book of Hygge, Miek Wiking

- Convenience Store Woman, Sayaka Murata

- Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, Elizabeth Taylor

- *Walden, Henry David Thoreau

- Let Me In, Claire McGowen 

April -  10

Total to date:  (20 new/9 re-read) 6 *non-fiction - Best Book

- A is for Alibi, Sue Grafton

- B is for Burglar, Sue Grafton

- C is for Corpse, Sue Grafton

- D is for Deadbeat, Sue Grafton

- E is for Evidence, Sue Grafton

- F is for Fugitive, Sue Grafton

- G is for Gumshoe, Sue Grafton

- H is for Homicide, Sue Grafton

- I is for Innocent, Sue Grafton

- *Jane Austen at Home, Lucy Worsley

March - 7

Total to date:  (19 new/0 re-read) 5 *non-fiction - Best Book

- Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

- A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles

- The Great Alone, Kristin Hannah

- Model Misfit, Holly Smale

- She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan

- The Girl with All the Gifts, M. R. Carey

- *The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, Margareta Magnusson

February - 5

Total to date:  (12 new/0 re-read) 4 *non-fiction - Best Book

- Sisters of Treason, Elizabeth Fremantle

- The Warden, Anthony Trollope

- Yellowface, Rebecca F. Kuang

- Margot and Me, Juno Dawson 

- Miss Austen, Gill Hornby

 January - 7

Total to date:  (7 new/0 re-read) 4 *non-fiction - Best Book(s)

- *Meditations, Marcus Aurelius - Silent Witness, R. Austin Freeman

- *The Lazy Genius Way, Kendra Adachi

- *The Devonshires, Roy Hattersley

- Jane and Prudence, Barbara Pym

- *The Zero-Waste Chef, Anne-Marie Bonneau

- Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel

Books I Read in May 2025

 May - 5

Total to date:  (25 new/9 re-read) 8 *non-fiction - Best Book

- *The Little Book of Hygge, Miek Wiking

- Convenience Store Woman, Sayaka Murata

- Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, Elizabeth Taylor

- *Walden, Henry David Thoreau

- Let Me In, Claire McGowen 

April -  10

Total to date:  (20 new/9 re-read) 6 *non-fiction - Best Book

- A is for Alibi, Sue Grafton

- B is for Burglar, Sue Grafton

- C is for Corpse, Sue Grafton

- D is for Deadbeat, Sue Grafton

- E is for Evidence, Sue Grafton

- F is for Fugitive, Sue Grafton

- G is for Gumshoe, Sue Grafton

- H is for Homicide, Sue Grafton

- I is for Innocent, Sue Grafton

- *Jane Austen at Home, Lucy Worsley

March - 7

Total to date:  (19 new/0 re-read) 5 *non-fiction - Best Book

- Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

- A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles

- The Great Alone, Kristin Hannah

- Model Misfit, Holly Smale

- She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan

- The Girl with All the Gifts, M. R. Carey

- *The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, Margareta Magnusson

February - 5

Total to date:  (12 new/0 re-read) 4 *non-fiction - Best Book

- Sisters of Treason, Elizabeth Fremantle

- The Warden, Anthony Trollope

- Yellowface, Rebecca F. Kuang

- Margot and Me, Juno Dawson 

- Miss Austen, Gill Hornby

 January - 7

Total to date:  (7 new/0 re-read) 4 *non-fiction - Best Book

- *Meditations, Marcus Aurelius

- Silent Witness, R. Austin Freeman

- *The Lazy Genius Way, Kendra Adachi

- *The Devonshires, Roy Hattersley

- Jane and Prudence, Barbara Pym

- *The Zero-Waste Chef, Anne-Marie Bonneau

- Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel

Books I Read in April 2025

April -  10

Total to date:  (20 new/9 re-read) 6 *non-fiction - Best Book

- A is for Alibi, Sue Grafton

- B is for Burglar, Sue Grafton

- C is for Corpse, Sue Grafton

- D is for Deadbeat, Sue Grafton

- E is for Evidence, Sue Grafton

- F is for Fugitive, Sue Grafton

- G is for Gumshoe, Sue Grafton

- H is for Homicide, Sue Grafton

- I is for Innocent, Sue Grafton

- *Jane Austen at Home, Lucy Worsley

March - 7

Total to date:  (19 new/0 re-read) 5 *non-fiction - Best Book

- Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

- A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles

- The Great Alone, Kristin Hannah

- Model Misfit, Holly Smale

- She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan

- The Girl with All the Gifts, M. R. Carey

- *The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, Margareta Magnusson

February - 5

Total to date:  (12 new/0 re-read) 4 *non-fiction - Best Book

- Sisters of Treason, Elizabeth Fremantle

- The Warden, Anthony Trollope

- Yellowface, Rebecca F. Kuang

- Margot and Me, Juno Dawson 

- Miss Austen, Gill Hornby

 January - 7

Total to date:  (7 new/0 re-read) 4 *non-fiction - Best Book

- *Meditations, Marcus Aurelius

- Silent Witness, R. Austin Freeman

- *The Lazy Genius Way, Kendra Adachi

- *The Devonshires, Roy Hattersley

- Jane and Prudence, Barbara Pym

- *The Zero-Waste Chef, Anne-Marie Bonneau

- Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel

Books I read in March 2025

 March - 7

Total to date:  (19 new/0 re-read) 4 *non-fiction - Best Book

- Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

- A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles

- The Great Alone, Kristin Hannah

- Model Misfit, Holly Smale

- She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan

- The Girl with All the Gifts, M. R. Carey

- The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, Margareta Magnusson

February - 5

Total to date:  (12 new/0 re-read) 4 *non-fiction - Best Book

- Sisters of Treason, Elizabeth Fremantle

- The Warden, Anthony Trollope

- Yellowface, Rebecca F. Kuang

- Margot and Me, Juno Dawson 

- Miss Austen, Gill Hornby

 January - 7

Total to date:  (7 new/0 re-read) 4 *non-fiction - Best Book

- *Meditations, Marcus Aurelius

- Silent Witness, R. Austin Freeman

- *The Lazy Genius Way, Kendra Adachi

- *The Devonshires, Roy Hattersley

- Jane and Prudence, Barbara Pym

- *The Zero-Waste Chef, Anne-Marie Bonneau

- Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel

Books Read in February 2025

February - 5

Total to date:  (12 new/0 re-read) 4 *non-fiction

- Sisters of Treason, Elizabeth Fremantle

- The Warden, Anthony Trollope

- Yellowface, Rebecca F. Kuang

- Margot and Me, Juno Dawson 

- Miss Austen, Gill Hornby

 January - 7

Total to date:  (7 new/0 re-read) 4 *non-fiction

- *Meditations, Marcus Aurelius

- Silent Witness, R. Austin Freeman

- *The Lazy Genius Way, Kendra Adachi

- *The Devonshires, Roy Hattersley

- Jane and Prudence, Barbara Pym

- *The Zero-Waste Chef, Anne-Marie Bonneau

- Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel

2025 Reading List

 January - 7

Total to date:  (7 new/0 re-read) 4 *non-fiction

- *Meditations, Marcus Aurelius

- Silent Witness, R. Austin Freeman

- *The Lazy Genius Way, Kendra Adachi

- *The Devonshires, Roy Hattersley

- Jane and Prudence, Barbara Pym

- *The Zero-Waste Chef, Anne-Marie Bonneau

- Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel

Books Read in December 2024

 December - 9 

Total to date:  (48 new/15 re-read) 16 *non-fiction (33% non-fiction)

- A Murder of Quality, John Le Carre

- Birdcage Library, Freya Berry

- Life After Life, Kate Atkinson

- Case Histories, Kate Atkinson

- *Snowden, The Biography, Anne de Courcy

- *The Lazy Genius Kitchen, Kendra Adachi

- Butter, Asako Yuzuki

- *Effortless, Greg McKeown

- Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan

November - 6

Total to date:  (39 new/15 re-read) 13 *non-fiction = 54 (24% non-fiction)

- A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley), Elizabeth George

- Payment in Blood (Inspector Lynley), Elizabeth George

- The Burning Shore, Wilbur Smith

- Gently Does It (Inspector George Gently), Alan Hunter

- Geek Girl, Holly Smale

- Call for the Dead (George Smiley), John le Carre

October - 6

Total to date:  (33 new/15 re-read) 13 *non-fiction = 48

- *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 = 42

-  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 = 38

-  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 = 32

- 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 = 29

- 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 = 24

- *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 = 20

- *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 = 11

- 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 = 8

- *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