2025 reading list - The year in reading, cover to cover

 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). 

1. Back Story, Robert B. Parker
2. Battlefield of the Mind, Joyce Meyer
3. Between Sisters, Kristin Hannah
4. Daily Rebellion: The Everyday Fight to Press Pause, Kevin S. Taylor
5. Divine, Karen Kingsbury
6. Drop Shot, Harlan Coben
7. Fatal Burn, Lisa Jackson
8. Heaven Help Us, John Kasich
9. It’s Not My Fault: The No-Excuse Plan for Overcoming Life’s Obstacles, Henry Cloud and John Townsend
10. Lifeguard, James Patterson and Andrew Gross
11. Lion & Lamb, James Patterson and Duane Swierczynski
12. Nobody’s Fool, Harlan Coben
13. One by One, Freida McFadden
14. One Perfect Couple, Ruth Ware
15. Potshot, Robert B. Parker
16. Second Honeymoon, James Patterson and Howard Roughan
17. She’s Not Sorry, Mary Kubica
18. Shelterwood, Lisa Wingate
19. Sisters Under the Rising Sun, Heather Morris
20. Still See You Everywhere, Lisa Gardner
21. Take Three, Karen Kingsbury
22. The Art of Losing, Lizzy Mason
23. The Blue Hour, Paula Hawkins
24. The Boyfriend, Freida McFadden
25. The Coworker, Freida McFadden
26. The Crash, Freida McFadden
27. The Girl Who Survived, Lisa Jackson
28. The Next Accident, Lisa Gardner
29. The Race, Richard North Patterson
30. The Silkworm, Robert Galbraith
31. Three Sisters, Susan Mallery
32. Touch and Go, Lisa Gardner
33. Unspoken, Lisa Jackson
34. Ward D, Freida McFadden
35. We All Live Here, Jojo Moyes
36. We Are Stronger Together, Julie Bayles
37. 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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