Always With a Book

Books Read 2025

IN ORDER OF DATE COMPLETED (FROM JANUARY 1, 2025 ON) – CLICK ON LINK TO READ REVIEW

 

  1. Dark Pines — Will Dean (audio book)
  2. Don’t Let Him In — Lisa Jewell
  3. Sweet Fury — Sash Bischoff (audio book)
  4. The Perfect Home — Daniel Kenitz (audio book)
  5. The Lotus Shoes — Jane Yang
  6. Stolen — Ann-Helene Laestadius (audio book)
  7. The Last Room on the Left — Leah Konen (audio book)
  8. River of Lies — James L’Etoile (e-book)
  9. Cross My Heart — Megan Collins (audio book)
  10. The Lost House — Melissa Larsen (audio book)
  11. Mask of the Deer Woman — Laurie L. Dove (audio book)
  12. Witchcraft for Wayward Girls — Grady Hendrix (audio book)
  13. Penitence — Kristin Koval (audio book)
  14. Five Little Pigs — Agatha Christie
  15. The Kennedy Girl — Julia Bryan Thomas (e-book)
  16. Cross Down — James Patterson, Brendan DuBois
  17. Head Cases – John McMahon (audio book)
  18. Carolina Moonset — Matt Goldman (audio book)
  19. Trust Issues — Elizabeth McCullough Keenan & Greg Wands (audio book)
  20. Dead Money — Jakob Kerr (audio book)
  21. The Dark Hours — Amy Jordan (e-book)
  22. The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus — Emma Knight
  23. Not a Happy Family — Shari Lapena (audio book)
  24. Into the Fall — Tamara L. Miller (e-book)
  25. The Mother Next Door — Andrea Dunlop, Mike Weber (audio book)
  26. A Killing Cold — Kate Alice Marshall (audio book)
  27. A Game of Lies — Clare Mackintosh
  28. After Life — Gayle Forman
  29. The Queens of Crimes — Marie Benedict (audio book)
  30. Bonded in Death — J.D. Robb
  31. Blood Ties — Jo Nesbo
  32. The Spy Coast — Tess Gerritsen (audio book)
  33. Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave — Elle Cosimano (audio book)
  34. The Dollhouse Academy — Margarita Montimore (audio book)
  35. Lie in the Tide — Holly Danvers (e-book)
  36. Nesting — Roisin O’Donnell (audio book)
  37. You Are Fatally Invited — Ande Pliego (e-book)
  38. Their Double Lives — Jaime Lynn Hendricks (e-book)
  39. The Inheritance — Trisha Saklecha (e-book)
  40. Tell Me What You Did — Carter Wilson
  41. Famous Last Words — Gillian McAllister (audio book)
  42. Isola — Allegra Goodman
  43. Hallowe’en Party — Agatha Christie (reread)
  44. Follow Me to Africa — Penny Haw
  45. Remote: The Six — Eric Rickstad (audio book)
  46. Wild Dark Shore — Charlotte McConaghy (audio book)
  47. Girl Falling — Hayley Scrivenor (audio book)
  48. The Undoing of Violet Claybourne — Emily Critchley (audio book)
  49. Count My Lies — Sophie Stava
  50. The Unworthy — Agustina Bazterrica
  51. Three Act Tragedy — Agatha Christie
  52. The Vanishing Kind — Alice Henderson
  53. A Mother’s Love — Sara Blaedel (audio book)
  54. The King’s Messenger — Susanna Kearsley
  55. The Antidote — Karen Russell (audio book)
  56. White King — Juan Gomez-Juardo
  57. A Girl Like Us — Anna Sophia McLoughlin
  58. My Friends — Fredrik Backman
  59. Broken Country — Clare Leslie Hall (audio book)
  60. The Unlucky Ones — Hannah Morrissey (audio book)
  61. Gothictown — Emily Carpenter (audio book)
  62. Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice to Murderers — Jesse Q. Sutanto (audio book)
  63. In the Woods — Tana French (audio book) (reread)
  64. We Live Here Now — Sarah Pinborough
  65. I Would Die For You — Sandie Jones (audio book)
  66. Chase Harlem — Elise Burke Brown (e-book)
  67. My Sister’s Shadow — January Gilchrist
  68. This Book Will Bury Me — Ashley Winstead
  69. The Summer Guests — Tess Gerritsen (audio book)
  70. Follow Me — Elizabeth Rose Quinn
  71. Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) — Jesse Q. Sutanto (audio book)
  72. The Defense — Steve Cavanagh
  73. The Great Gatsby — F. Scott Fitzgerald (reread) (audiobook)
  74. The Sirens — Emilia Hart (audio book)
  75. Karma Never Sleeps — R. John Dingle (e-book)
  76. A Map to Paradise — Susan Meissner (audio book)
  77. The Gatsby Gambit — Claire Anderson Wheeler (audio book)
  78. Jill Is Not Happy — Kaira Rouda
  79. The Perfect Marriage — Jeneva Rose (audio book)
  80. Coram House — Bailey Seybolt (e-book)
  81. The French Honeymoon — Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau
  82. Our Last Resort — Clemence Michallon
  83. Where You End — Abbott Kahler (audio book)
  84. The Perfect Divorce — Jeneva Rose (audio book)
  85. The Bright Years — Sarah Damoff (audio book)
  86. Such a Good Mom — Julia Spiro (audio book)
  87. Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng — Kylie Lee Baker (audio book)
  88. The Plea — Steve Cavanagh
  89. Forget Me Not — Stacy Willingham (e-book)
  90. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd — Agatha Christie
  91. Heartwood — Amity Gaige (audio book)
  92. The Correspondent — Virginia Evans (audio book)
  93. See How They Fall — Rachel Paris
  94. All the Other Mothers Hate Me — Sarah Harman
  95. No One Was Supposed to Die at This Wedding — Catherine Mack (audio book)
  96. Parents Weekend — Alex Finlay (audio book)
  97. The Missing Half — Ashley Flowers (audio book)
  98. The Retirement Plan — Sue Hincenbergs (audio book)
  99. Miles in Time — Lee Matthew Goldberg
  100. The Amalfi Curse — Sarah Penner (audio book)
  101. A Stranger in the House — Shari Lapena (audio book)
  102. The Man Made of Smoke — Alex North (audio book)
  103. Ask for Andrea — Noelle W. Ihli (audio book)
  104. Hollywood Hustle — Jon Lindstrom (audio book)
  105. The World’s Fair Quilt — Jennifer Chiaverini
  106. To Catch a Storm — Mindy Mejia
  107. The Parisian Chapter — Janet Skeslien Charles (audio book)
  108. One in Four — Lucinda Berry (audio book)
  109. Hello, Juliet — Samantha M. Bailey (audio book)
  110. Thirteen — Steve Cavanagh (audio book)
  111. The Twisted Women’s Book Club — Karin Slaughter & al (audio book)
  112. So Happy Together — Olivia Worley (audio book)
  113. Where the Rivers Merge — Mary Alice Monroe (audio book)
  114. Yule Island — Johana Gustawsson (audio book)
  115. Our Last Wild Days — Anna Bailey
  116. The Last Ferry Out — Andrea Bartz (audio book)
  117. King of Ashes — S.A. Cosby (audio book)
  118. Beach House Rules — Kristy Woodsen Harvey (audio book)
  119. Hidden Nature — Nora Roberts (audio book)
  120. The Surf House — Lucy Clarke
  121. Letters from Strangers — Susan Walter (audio book)
  122. The ABC Murders — Agatha Christie (reread)
  123. Guess Again — Charlie Donlea
  124. The Martha’s Vineyard Beach & Book Club — Martha Hall Kelly (audio book)
  125. Marguerite by the Lake — Mary Dixie Carter (audio book)
  126. Fifty Fifty — Steve Cavanagh (audio book)
  127. The Expat Affair — Kimberly Belle (audio book)
  128. A World of Hurt — Mindy Meija (audio book)
  129. The Ghostwriter — Julie Clark
  130. I Did Warn Her — Sian Gilbert (audio book)
  131. The Maid’s Secret — Nita Prose (audio book)
  132. The Phoenix Pencil Company — Allison King (audio book)
  133. Kill Your Darlings — Peter Swanson (audio book)
  134. Blonde Dust — Tatiana de Rosnay (audio book)
  135. The Bachelorette Party — Camilla Sten (audio book)
  136. The Death Mask — Iris Johansen (audio book)
  137. Last One Out — Steph Nelson (audio book)
  138. The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau — Kristin Harmel (audio book)
  139. One Final Turn — Ashley Weaver (audio book)
  140. Mapping the Interior — Stephen Graham Jones (audio book)
  141. The Black Highway — Simon Toyne (audio book)
  142. The Body in the Library — Agatha Christie
  143. A Killer Motive — Hannah Mary McKinnon (e-book)
  144. Party of Liars — Kelsey Cox (audio book)
  145. The Woman in Cabin 10 — Ruth Ware (audio book) (reread)
  146. The Accidental Favorite — Fran Littlewood (audio book)
  147. Holy City — Henry Wise
  148. White Horse — Erika T. Wurth (audio book)
  149. The White Crow — Michael Robotham
  150. The View from Lake Como — Adriana Trigiani (audio book)
  151. The Blue Horse — Brue Borgos (audio book)
  152. The Woman in Suite 11 – Ruth Ware
  153. Nowhere — Allison Gunn
  154. Such Quiet Girls — Noelle W. Ihli (audio book)
  155. Remote: The Five — Eric Rickstad
  156. Vantage Point — Sara Sligar (audio book)
  157. The Goldens — Lauren Wilson (audio book)
  158. Everyone is Lying to You — Jo Piazza (audio book)
  159. Her Many Faces — Nikki Cloke (audio book)
  160. The Astrology House — Carinn Jade
  161. The Lake Escape — Jamie Day (audio book)
  162. Too Old for This — Samantha Downing (audio book)
  163. Close Call — Elise Hart Kipness (e-book)
  164. Home Before Dark — Eva Bjorg Aejisdottir (e-book)
  165. We Don’t Talk About Carol — Kristen L. Berry (audio book)
  166. Before Dorothy — Hazel Gaynor (audio book)
  167. You Belong Here — Megan Miranda (audio book)
  168. She Didn’t See It Coming — Shari Lapena (audio book)
  169. The Locked Ward — Sarah Pekkanen (audio book)
  170. What’s Yours Is Mine — Jennifer Jabaley (audio book)
  171. Husbands and Lovers — Beatriz Williams (audio book)
  172. Murder in Mesopotamia — Agatha Christie
  173. Murder at Gulls Nest — Jess Kidd