2025 in Books: The List

Below is the list of what I read between January 1, 2025 to the present, with links to the reviews. An A = audiobook; BC = book club; D = diverse / non-white author; NG = read for NetGalley. A full analysis of my 2025 reading year is coming soon.

1. My Broken Language, by Quiara Alegria Hudes (A, D)
2. The Deep Sky, by Yume Kitasei (D)
3. Quietly Hostile, by Samantha Irby (A, D)
4. Call Her Freedom, by Tara Dorabji (D, NG)
5. Witness, by Jamal Brinkley (A, D)
6. One of Our Kind, by Nicola Yoon (D)
7. I Think They Love You, by Julian Winters (D)
8. We Could Be Rats, by Emily Austin (NG)
9. A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke, by Adriana Herrera (D, NG)
10. Smahtguy: The Life and Times of Barney Frank, by Eric Orner
11. Camp Sylvania, by Julie Murphy
12. On Her Terms, by Amy Spalding (NG)
13. Wicked, by Gregory Maguire (A)
14. The History of a Difficult Child, by Mihret Sabat (A, D)
15. Dream Count, by Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie (D, NG)
16. Luminous, by Silvia Park (D, NG)
17. My Big Fat Fake Marriage, by Charlotte Stein (NG)
18. Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver (A)
19. The River We Remember, by William Kent Krueger (BC)
20. Biting the Hand: Growing Up Asian in Black and White America, by Julia Lee (A, D)
21. Wild Girls: How the Outdoors Shaped the Women Who Challenged a Nation by Tiya Miles (D)
22. Dating Dr. Dil, by Nisha Sharma (D)
23. All the Sinners Bleed, by S.A. Cosby (D)
24. The Cemetery of Untold Stories, by Julia Alvarez (A, D)
25. Run Away With Me, by Brian Selznick (NG)
26. North to Paradise: A Memoir, by Ousman Umar, translated by Kevin Gerry Dunn (A, D)
27. The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits, by Jennifer Weiner (NG)
28. The Siren Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource, by Chris Hayes (A)
29. The Queen Bees of Tybee County, by Kyle Casey Chu (D, NG)
30. Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir (A, BC)
31. The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennett, by Lindz McLeod (NG)
32. Detective Aunty, by Uzma Jalaluddin (D, NG)
33. The Mistress of Bhatia House, by Sujata Massey (A, D)
34. Get Real, Chloe Torres, by Crystal Maldonado (D, NG)
35. The Language of the Birds, by K.A. Merson (NG)
36. Washington’s Gay General: The Legends and Loves of Baron Von Steuben, by Josh Trujillo and Levi Hastings
37. Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss and Family Recipes, by Chantha Nguon (A, D)
38. Slow Horses, by Mick Herron (BC)
39. The Soldier’s Scoundrel, by Cat Sebastian (A)
40. America Is Not the Heart, by Elaine Castillo (D)
41. Disappoint Me, by Nicola Dinan (D, NG)
42. All My Mother’s Lovers, by Ilana Masad (A, D)
43. And They Were Roommates, by Page Powers (NG)
44. Of Monsters and Mainframes, by Barbara Truelove (NG)
45. The Mighty Red, by Louise Erdrich (A, D)
46. Ready to Score, by Jodie Slaughter (NG)
47. The Unsettled by Ayana Mathis (A, D)
48. These Heathens, by Mia McKenzie (D)
49. A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles (A, BC)
50. Gaslight, by Femi Kayode (D)
51. The Rebel Girls of Rome, by Jordyn Taylor (NG)
52. Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Investigator, by Kelly Gardiner and Sharmini Kumar (D, NG)
53. Lovely One: A Memoir, by Ketanji Brown Jackson (A, D)
54. Wayward Girls, by Susan Wiggs (NG)
55. The Hotel Nantucket, by Elin Hildebrand (BC)
56. Let Them Stare, by Julie Murphy and Jonathan Van Ness
57. Shutter, by Ramona Emerson (A, D)
58. Not My Type: One Woman vs. A President, by E. Jean Carroll (A)
59. Blood Caste, by Shylashri Shankar (D, NG)
60. Guide Me Home, by Attica Locke (D)
61. A Love Song for Ricki Wilde, by Tia Williams (A, D)
62. Something Wild and Wonderful, by Anita Kelly
63. The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway, by Ashley Schumacher
64. Exposure, by Ramona Emerson (A, D)
65. Harlem Shuffle, by Colson Whitehead (D)
66. Much Ado About Nada, by Uzma Jalaluddin (A, D)
67. The Macabre, by Kosoko Jackson (D, NG)
68. Shark Heart, by Emily Habeck (BG)
69. If I Can Give You That, by Michael Gray Bulla (A)
70. The Many Mothers of Dolores Moore, by Anika Fajardo (D, NG)
71. Two Rogues Make a Right, by Cat Sebastian (A)
72. If Looks Could Kill, by Julie Berry (NG)
73. A Murderous Business, by Cathy Pegau (NG)
74. ZomRomCom, by Olivia Dade
75. Warrior Girl Unearthed, by Angeline Boulley (A, D)
76. Black in Blues, by Imani Perry (A, D)
77. All the Little Moments, by G. Benson (A)
78. The Librarians, by Sherry Thomas (D. NG)
79. All of Us Murderers, by K.J. Charles (NG)
80. Vagabonds, by Eloghosa Osunde (D)
81. It Had to Be Him, by Adib Khorram (A, D)
82. And Then, BOOM!, by Lisa Fipps
83. The Measure, by Nikki Erlick (BG)
84. The Fall of Whit Rivera, by Crystal Maldonado (D)
85. The White Hot, by Quiara Alegria Hudes (D, NG)
86. The Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts, by Loren Grush (A)
87. From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home, by Tembi Locke (A, BG)
88. The Happiness Collector, by Crystal King (NG)
89. There’s Always Next Year, by Leah Johnson and George M. Johnson (D, NG)
90. Firekeeper’s Daughter, by Jacqueline Boulley (D)
91. The Reformatory, by Tananarive Due (A, D)
92. The Guest Cat, by Takahashi Hiraide (D)
93. Sisters in the Wind, by Angeline Boulley (A, D)
94. The Mystery Guest, by Nita Prose
95. I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I’m Trapped in a Rom-Com, by Kimberley Lemming (D)
96. The Queer Principles of Kit Webb, by Cat Sebastian
97. The Magnolia Sword: A Ballad of Mulan, by Sherry Thomas (D)
98. Playing for Keeps, by Alexandria Bellefleur
99. All the Names They Used for God, by Anjali Sachdeva (A, D)
100. Is This a Cry for Help, by Emily Austin
101. Divine Ruin, by Margot Douaihy (D)
102. Anita DeMonte Laughs Last, by Xochitl Gonzalez (A, D)
103. Middle Spoon, by Alejandro Varela (D)
104. A Letter to the Luminous Deep, by Sylvie Catthrall (A)
105. Second Chance Romance, by Olivia Dade