Would you believe this will be my 8th year of keeping a tab on the books that I read?
Here’s a little recap of the numbers for each year so far:
2018: 30 // 2019: 57 // 2020: 57 // 2021: 63 // 2022: 65 // 2023: 59 // 2024: 39
As I said at the end of my 2024 list, I’m not sure how I managed to read 20 less books than the previous year, so I’m going to have to pick up my pace again in 2025 to make up for it. There are so many good books out there to read and only so much time! I’m going to try for more audiobooks – it’s such an easy way to get more novels in, especially if you spend as much time in the car as I do. And I will fight you (with words, not my fists 😉) if you try to tell me audio is not reading, because it most certainly is!
That said, let’s get the list started:
B1: High Wire by Candice Fox
B2: A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe
B3: Girl, Forgotten by Karin Slaughter
B4: Lola in the Mirror by Trent Dalton
B5: Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
B6: The Summerfield Saddler by Penelope Janu
B7: The Mix-Up by Kylie Ladd
B8: The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden
B9: The Florentine Quilt by Chrissie Bellbrae
B10: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
B11: Cherrywood by Jock Serong
B12: By Her Hand by Marion Taffe
B13: The Remarkable Truths of Alfie Bains by Sarah Clutton
B14: The Inheritance by Kate Horan
B15: The Butterfly Women by Madeleine Cleary
B16: Cockatoo Cove by Maya Linnell (I listened to the audiobook narrated by Casey Withoos)
B17: We All Live Here by Jojo Moyes
B18: One Dark Night by Hannah Richell
B19: Three-Inch Teeth by C.J. Box
B20: Red River Road by Anna Downes
B21: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (I listened to the audiobook narrated by Meryl Streep)
B22: The Neighbours by Emma Babbington
B23: Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout (I listened to the audiobook narrated by Kimberly Farr)
B24: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
B25: The White Crow by Michael Robotham
B26: A Mother Never Lies by Sarah Clarke
B27: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
B28: The Good Losers by Meg Bignell (I listened to the audiobook narrated by Meg)
B29: All the Bees in the Hollows by Lauren Keegan
B30: Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
B31: A Disappearing Act by Jo Dixon
B32: The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
B33: The Seven by Chris Hammer
B34: Mother Tongue by Naima Brown
B35: Eleanor Jones is not a Murderer by Amy Doak
B36: The Wedding People by Alison Espach
B37: The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
B38: Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth
B39: Frog: The Secret Diary of a Paramedic by Sally Gould
B40: The Unquiet Grave by Dervla McTiernan
B41: Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
B42: The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
B43: The Soldier’s Daughter by Fiona McIntosh
And so there we have it. I still only listened to 4 audiobooks this year when I said I wanted to listen to more, but I find that keeping up with the podcasts I enjoy takes a lot of that time away. And then by the time I finish an audiobook, I’ve got a line-up of podcasts that I’m behind on. It is what it is!
But for total reads, 5 more books than 2024 (39), and 16 less than 2023 (59). I still read every single night, but my book is possibly falling on top of my face a lot earlier than what it once did! I actually tore a page on one book this year, when my hand still had a grip on the page, but the book fell forward 😆
Tell me how many of these you have read!
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