Do not ask me how I managed to read 82 books last year. I have absolutely no clue and probably shows that I really don’t have a life. ANYWAY—here are some stats from StoryGraph about my reading, then a monthly breakdown of the books I read each month.

New for 2025: I decided to not give star ratings to non-fiction books. I’ve always felt weird giving ratings based on someone’s life or experiences. I continued to rate fiction books, though.

Other Stats:

• Longest book: All The Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker (595 pages)
• Shortest book: Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green (198 pages)
• Average book length: 370 pages
• Time to finish each book: Around 8 days
• 2025’s average rating: 3.93

January

• The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman: 5 stars
• Alex Cross, Run by James Patterson: 4 stars
• The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters: 5 stars
• A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny: 5 stars
• Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borison: 4 stars

February

• The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman: 5 stars
• We Solve Murders by Richard Osman: 4 stars
• Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty by Hillary Rodham Clinton: No rating
• The President’s Lawyer by Lawrence S. Robbins: 5 stars
• Like Mother, Like Daughter by Kimberly McCreight: 4 stars
• All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker: 5 stars

March

• Raised by a Serial Killer: Discovering the Truth About My Father by April Balascio: No rating
• Long Island Compromise by Taff Brodesser-Akner: 3 stars
• Catch and Keep by Erin Hahn: 4 stars
• Only If You’re Lucky by Stacy Willingham: 2 stars
• The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate Fagan: 1 star
• The Grand Scheme of Things by Warona Jay: 4 stars
• This is Why We Lied by Karin Slaughter: 4 stars
• We Could Be Rats by Emily Austin: 4 stars

April

• Promise Me Sunshine by Cara Bastone: 5 stars
• I Might Be in Trouble by Daniel Aleman: 4 stars
• The Serial Killer’s Guide to San Francisco by Michele Chouinard: 3 stars
• Last Summer on State Street by Toya Wolfe: 4 stars
• The Most Famous Girl in the World by Iman Hariri-Kia: 4 stars
• First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison: 5 stars

May

• Head Cases by John McMahon: 4 stars
• Sociopath by Patric Gagne: No rating
• Definitely Better Now by Ava Robinson: 4 stars
• Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America by Cody Keenan: No rating
• Cat’s People by Tanya Guerrero: 3 stars
• White House by the Sea: A Century of the Kennedys at Hyannis Port by Kate Storey: No rating
• Lost and Lassoed by Lyla Sage: 5 stars
• The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett: 5 stars
• Lovely One by Ketanji Brown Jackson: No raiting

June

• The Favorites by Layne Fargo: 5 stars
• My Friends by Fredrik Backman: 5 stars
• The Good Detective by John McMahon: 4 stars
• The First Gentleman by Bill Clinton and James Patterson: 5 stars
• Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo: 4 stars
• Enough by Cassidy Hutchinson: No rating
• The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman: 4 stars (re-read)

July

• Maine Characters by Hannah Orenstein: 3 stars
• The Tell by Amy Griffin: No rating
• Wild and Wrangled by Lyla Sage: 4 stars
• Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson: 4 stars
• Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe: No rating
• In the Weeds by B. K. Borison: 5 stars
• The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson: No rating
• The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach: 4 stars (re-read)

August

• Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll: 5 stars (re-read)
• Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab: 5 stars
• The Wedding People by Alison Espach: 4 stars
• Out of His League by Caroline Richardson: 3 stars
• Grave Secrets by Kathy Reichs: 3 stars
• Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo: 4 stars

September

• The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir: 4 stars
• Devil Bones by Kathy Reichs: 3 stars
• Fan Favorite by Adrienne Gunn: 4 stars
• Great Black Hope by Rob Franklin: 3 stars
• Hot Desk by Laura Dickerman: 2 stars
• Dying to Meet You by Sarina Bowen: 2 stars

October

• Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green: No rating
• Julie Chan is Dead by Liann Zhang: 4 stars
• Valley Verified by Kyla Zhao: 2 stars
• The Compound by Aisling Rawle: 3 stars
• All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall: 2 stars
• Matchmaking for Psychopaths by Tasha Coryell: 4 stars
• Mister Magic by Kiersten White: 2 stars
• My Train Leaves at Three by Natalie Guerrero: 3 stars
• Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel: 4 stars

November

• Lights Out in Lincolnwood by Geoff Rodkey: 4 stars
• Girl, Forgotten by Karin Slaughter: 4 stars
• Foster Dade Explores the Cosmos by Nash Jenkins: 5 stars (re-read)
• The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman: 5 stars

December

• The Black Wolf by Louise Penny: 4 stars
• It’s Different This Time by Joss Richard: 4 stars
• What Kind of Paradise by Janelle Brown: 5 stars
• If It Makes You Happy by Julie Olivia: 5 stars
• I Did Warn Her by Sian Gilbert: 4 stars
• Last Night Was Fun by Holly James: 4 stars
• More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova: 4 stars

My Favorites!

• The entire Thursday Murder Club series by Richard Osman; I read books #3-5 last year
• The President’s Lawyer by Lawrence S. Robbins
• Promise Me Sunshine by Cara Bastone
• First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison
• Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America by Cody Keenan
• Lost and Lassoed by Lyla Sage
• The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett
• The Favorites by Layne Fargo
• My Friends by Fredrik Backman
• The First Gentleman by Bill Clinton and James Patterson
• Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
• In the Weeds by B. K. Borison
• The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson
• Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
• What Kind of Paradise by Janelle Brown
• If It Makes You Happy by Julie Olivia