60 books this year:

Authors - 32 Female, 16 Male, 2 Non-Binary

56 fiction, 4 non-fiction

Years published ranging from 2016 - 2025, with two outliers from 1991 & 1998

(underlined books = links to my reviews)

Top 5

The Book of Doors, by Gareth Brown

The Girl in Red, by Christine Henry

Lost Boy, by Christine Henry

Those We Thought We Knew, by David Joy

World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments, by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Loved it (highly recommend)

Field Guide for Accidents, by Albert Abonado

Chain Gang All Stars, by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Black Star, by Kwame Alexander

The Language of Thorns, by Leigh Bardugo

The Writing Retreat, by Julia Bartz

The Crane Husband, by Kelly Barnhill

Green Frog: Stories, by Gina Chung

Sleeping Giants, by Rene Denfeld

Make It Scream, Make It Burn, by Leslie Jamison

What Moves the Dead, by T. Kingfisher

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, by Sangu Mandanna

Witchmark, by C.L. Polk

Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man), by Jesse Sutanto

Liked it (enjoyed and would recommend)

Daughter of Fortune, by Isabel Allende

I Shall Not Be Moved, by Maya Angelou

The Ministry of Time, by Kaliane Bradley

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery, by Brom

Things Don't Break on Their Own, by Sarah Easter Collins

Sunrise on the Reaping, by Suzanne Collins

The Undoing of Violet Claybourne, by Emily Critchley

American Dirt, by Jeanine Cummins

We Need No Wings, by Ann Dávila Cardinal

The Dark Library, by Mary Anna Evans

Magic for Liars, by Sarah Gailey

The Traitor, by Ava Glass

The Trap, by Ava Glass

The Locked Door, by Freida McFadden

My Best Friend's Exorcism, by Grady Hendrix

What Feasts at Night, by T. Kingfisher

The Antique Hunter's Death on the Red Sea, by C.L. Miller

Murder at the Theatre Royale, by Ada Moncrieff

How to Seal Your Own Fate, by Kristen Perrin

How to Solve Your Own Murder, by Kristen Perrin

Stormsong, by C.L. Polk

Graveyard Shift, by M.L. Rio

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, by V.E. Schwab

The Only One Left, by Riley Sager

Model Home, by Rivers Solomon

The Shadow Key, by Susan Stokes-Chapman

Death Comes to Marlow, by Robert Thorogood

The Last Murder at the End of the World, by Stuart Turton

Strange Pictures, by Uketsu

It was fine (read it if the subject matter interests you)

There Are Reasons for This, by Nini Berndt

Midnight Rooms, by Donyae Coles

Horseman: A Tale of Sleepy Hollow, by Christine Henry

The Mermaid, by Christine Henry

Swordheart, by T. Kingfisher

Somewhere Beyond the Sea, by T.J. Klune

The In-Between Bookstore, by Edward Underhill

The Staircase in the Woods, by Chuck Wendig

Someone You Can Build a Nest In, by John Wiswell

Did not like it (do not recommend)

The Echo of Old Books, by Barbara Davis

The Enigma of Room 622, by Joel Dicker

Re-reads

The World to Come, by Dara Horn

The House in the Cerulean Sea, by T.J. Klune