Launching into 2026, we can say that 2025 is in the books. (Sorry, had to.)
Tracking my annual reads, as usual, I hereby submit my reading list for the past year. I'm only listing cover-to-cover reads, and inclusion does not necessarily imply endorsement.
Books are listed alphabetically (by title) and unsorted (by genre).
- Back Story, Robert B. Parker
- Battlefield of the Mind, Joyce Meyer
- Between Sisters, Kristin Hannah
- Daily Rebellion: The Everyday Fight to Press Pause, Kevin S. Taylor
- Divine, Karen Kingsbury
- Drop Shot, Harlan Coben
- Fatal Burn, Lisa Jackson
- Heaven Help Us, John Kasich
- It’s Not My Fault: The No-Excuse Plan for Overcoming Life’s Obstacles, Henry Cloud and John Townsend
- Lifeguard, James Patterson and Andrew Gross
- Lion & Lamb, James Patterson and Duane Swierczynski
- Nobody’s Fool, Harlan Coben
- One by One, Freida McFadden
- One Perfect Couple, Ruth Ware
- Potshot, Robert B. Parker
- Second Honeymoon, James Patterson and Howard Roughan
- She’s Not Sorry, Mary Kubica
- Shelterwood, Lisa Wingate
- Sisters Under the Rising Sun, Heather Morris
- Still See You Everywhere, Lisa Gardner
- Take Three, Karen Kingsbury
- The Art of Losing, Lizzy Mason
- The Blue Hour, Paula Hawkins
- The Boyfriend, Freida McFadden
- The Coworker, Freida McFadden
- The Crash, Freida McFadden
- The Girl Who Survived, Lisa Jackson
- The Next Accident, Lisa Gardner
- The Race, Richard North Patterson
- The Silkworm, Robert Galbraith
- Three Sisters, Susan Mallery
- Touch and Go, Lisa Gardner
- Unspoken, Lisa Jackson
- Ward D, Freida McFadden
- We All Live Here, Jojo Moyes
- We Are Stronger Together, Julie Bayles
- Willing to Die, Lisa Jackson
This lineup does not include any books I authored, edited, or produced. It omits the Bible, Bible studies, children's books I read (again and again), cookbooks, daily devotionals, magazines, newspapers, reference books (such as atlases, dictionaries, and encyclopedias), and so on. It's simply a list of full-length, cover-to-cover reads (to-date) for the year.
Book titles hyperlink to Amazon, when possible. (Disclaimer: I'm an Amazon Affiliate, so I may earn a very small commission from orders placed through links on my sites.
My life-plate was rather full in 2025, so my reading list is a bit shorter than in recent years. I hope to carve out more time between the pages during these next 12 months.
What are you reading in 2026?
I welcome recommendations of worthy reads to add to my TBR (to-be-read) list. Got any outstanding titles to recommend? Please comment with the details. Thank you!
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