As in previous years, here is the list of books read (or DNF) during 2025. British authors in BLUE, Canadian authors in RED, American authors in GREEN, all others in BLACK.
January
Behind the Scenes at the Museum - Kate Atkinson (2nd or 3rd? time of reading, I always enjoy this British author!)
Normal Rules Don't Apply - Kate Atkinson
The Good Thief - Leo Furey
The Taming of the Queen - Philippa Gregory
February
The Last Gift - Abdulrazak Gurnah (loved this book)
Life After Life - Kate Atkinson (2nd time reading this, always find something new in it)
Mrs. Queen Takes the Train - William Khun (DNF)
The Seventh Son - Sebastian Faulks
March
The Last Murder at the End of the World - Stuart Turton (DNF... weird)
Luckenbooth - Jenni Fagan
Barkskins - Annie Proulx (713 pages!)
April
Death at the Sign of the Rook - Kate Atkinson
Small Pleasures - Clare Chambers
These Impossible Things - Salma el-Wardanay
The Quiet Librarian - Allen Eskens
Flesh - David Szalay
Long Island - Colm Toibin
May
The In-Between Book Store - Edward Underhill
Redhead by the Side of the Road - Anne Tyler
Wild Houses - Colin Barrett
Intimacies - Katie Kitamura
Confessions - Catherine Airey
The Other Story - Tatiana de Rosnay
Reptile Memoirs - Silje Ulstein (DNF, horrible)
French Braid - Anne Tyler
Mania - Lionel Shriver (DNF, horrible)
June
The Flicker Men - Ted Kosmatka
Back When We Were Grownups - Anne Tyler
Miss Morgan's Book Brigade - Janet Skeslien Charles (DNF)
The Chalk Man - C J Tudor
The Burning Girls - C J Tudor
Three Days in June - Anne Tyler
July
The Valley of Amazement - Amy Tan
The Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan
Bear Necessity - James Gould-Bourn
Sourdough - Robin Sloan
Clock Dance - Anne Tyler
August
The ABC Murders - Agatha Christie
Noah's Compass - Anne Tyler
The Keeper of Stories - Sally Page
Leaving Time - Jodi Picoult
Lump - Nathan Whitlock
The Tin Can Tree - Anne Tyler
How to Find Your Way Home - Katy Regan
September
The Grandmother Plot - Caroline B Cooney
Human Croquet - Kate Atkinson
The Vow - Jude Berman
The Fellowship of Puzzle Makers - Samuel Burr (DNF too dopey)
Benjamin Franklin's Bastard - Sally Cabot
October
Redhead by the Side of the Road - Anne Tyler
The Vanishing Point - Paul Theroux
The Fox Wife - Yangsze Choo
November
Eat, Poop, Die - Joe Roman
The Rent Collector - Camron Wright
The Lost van Gogh - Jonathan Santlofer
The Ghost Bride - Yangsze Choo
December
Lost and Found - Brooke Davis (DNF, silly)
The Child Finder - Rene Denfeld
The Rent Collector - Camron Wright
The Things We do to our Friends - Heather Darwent
Fair Play - Louise Hagerty (DNF)
Open, Heaven - Sean Hewitt
Daisy Jones and the Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid (liked this book!)
Blackout - Connie Willis (DNF not my style)
The Book Thief - Marcus Zusak (currently reading this for the second.... or is it the third?.... time.) (Loved this book, my grandchildren studied it at school this year.)
Not many Canadian authors on the reading list this year, I shall have to do better.
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