Thursday, January 1, 2026

2025 Reading Wrap Up

My 2025 Reading Wrap Up. This year I read 94 books and exceeded my goal of 85 books.

“The House of My Mother” by Shari Franke was the overall winner and the non-fiction winner with “Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space” by Adam Higginbotham coming in second. On the fiction side I had “Atmosphere” by Taylor Jenkins Reid as the winner with “All the Broken Places (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, #2)” by John Boyne coming in second.








2025 Books Read 

Non-Fiction - Memoirs:
How We Sleep at Night - Sara Cunningham
The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom - Shari Franke

Non-Fiction - Audiobooks: 
Behind the Door: The Dark Truths and Untold Stories of the Cecil Hotel - Amy Price
Drag Queen of Scots - Lawrence Chaney
I Don't Need Therapy: and other lies I've told myself - Toni Lodge

Non-Fiction - Mental Health | Personal Growth:
And How Does That Make You Feel? - Joshua Fletcher
In Defense of Dabbling: The Brilliance of Being a Total Amateur - Karen Walrond
Radiant Rebellion: Reclaim Aging, Practice Joy, and Raise a Little Hell - Karen Walrond 
Women Don't Owe You Pretty - Florence Given

Non-Fiction - Leadership | Business:
Emotional Intelligence: Good Habits - Harvard Business Review
Emotional Intelligence: Inclusion - Harvard Business Review

Non-Fiction - History: 
Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon - Jeffrey Kruger
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space - Adam Higginbotham
The Astronaut Wives Club - Lily Koppel

Non-Fiction - True Crime: 
Bind, Torture, Kill: The Inside Story of the Serial Killer Next Door - Roy Wenzl
Oklahoma City: What the Investigation Missed--and Why It Still Matters - Andrew Gumbel
Parkland: A Birth of a Movement - Dave Cullen
The Central Park Five: A Chronicle of a City Wilding - Sarah Burns
The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty - Valerie Bauerlein

Non-Fiction: 
Brave Enough - Cheryl Strayed
Harry Styles is Life - Kathleen Perricone
Lady Gaga is Life - Kathleen Perricone 
Rihanna is Life - Kathleen Perricone
The Beauty of Different: Observations of a Confident Misfit - Karen Walrond 

Fiction: 
All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr ‡
Apples Never Fall - Liane Moriarty
Atmosphere - Taylor Reid Jenkins
Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert - Bob the Drag Queen
Let's Call Her Barbie - Renée Rosen
Malibu Rising - Taylor Jenkins Reid
Room - Emma Donoghue
Summer Sisters - Judy Blume 
Where'd You Go, Bernadette - Maria Temple

Fiction - Audiobooks:
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption - Stephen King

Fiction - Classics:
Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare 
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath ‡
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald ‡
The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton * ‡
The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky ‡
The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett

Fiction - Series: 
Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #2) - T.J. Klune
A Map of Days (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #4) - Ransom Riggs
Rinkitink in Oz (Oz, #10) - L. Frank Baum
The Lost Princess of Oz (Oz, #11) - L. Frank Baum 
The Tin Woodman of Oz (Oz, #12) - L. Frank Baum
The Magic of Oz, (Oz, #13) - L. Frank Baum
Glinda of Oz (Oz, #14) - L. Frank Baum
The Royal Book of Oz (Oz, #15) - Ruth Plumly Thompson
Oz, the Complete Collection, Volume 4 - L. Frank Baum
Oz, the Complete Collection, Volume 5 - L. Frank Baum
All the Broken Places (The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, #2) - John Boyne
Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5) - Suzanne Collins
Mistress of All Evil (Villains, #4) - Serena Valentino
Mother Knows Best (Villains, #5) - Serena Valentino
The Odd Sisters (Villains, #6) - Serena Valentino
Evil Things (Villains, #7) - Serena Valentino
Cold Hearted (Villains, #8) - Serena Valentino
The Wild Robot (The Wild Robot, #1) - Peter Brown
The Wild Robot Escapes (The Wild Robot, #2) - Peter Brown
The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot, #3) - Peter Brown

Poetry: 
How Poetry Can Change Your Heart - Megan Falley & Andrea Gibson
Poems & Prayers - Matthew McConaughey

Short Stories - Fiction:
Abscond - Abraham Verghese
Oh. What. Fun. - Chandler Baker
The Dogs of Venice - Steven Rowley
The Last Father-Daughter Dance - Lisa Wingate
The Fall Risk - Abby Jimenez
The Sublet - Greer Hendricks

Short Stories - Fiction - Series: 
Death Row (Alibis Collection, #1) - Freida McFadden
How It Unfolds (The Far Reaches, #1) - James S.A. Corey
Void (The Far Reaches, #2) - Veronica Roth
Falling Bodies (The Far Reaches, #3) - Rebecca Roanhorse
The Long Game (The Far Reaches, #4) - Ann Leckie 
Just Out of Jupiter's Reach (The Far Reaches, #5) - Nnedi Okorafor 
Slow Time Between Stars (The Far Reaches, #6) - John Scalzi 
Harry Potter: A Journey Through Charms and Defense Against the Dark Arts (Harry Potter: A Journey Through, #1) - Pottermore Publishing
Harry Potter: A Journey Through Potions and Herbology (Harry Potter: A Journey Through, #2) - Pottermore Publishing
Harry Potter: A Journey Through Divination and Astronomy (Harry Potter: A Journey Through, #3) - Pottermore Publishing
Harry Potter: A Journey Through Care of Magical Creatures (Harry Potter: A Journey Through, #4) - Pottermore Publishing
Falling Down (The Boy in the Iron Box, #1) - Guillermo del Toro

Short Stories - Non Fiction:
The Art of Letting Go - Rain Naim
The Business of Being Me (I Should Be Smarter By Now, #1) - Issa Rae
Playing Well with Others (I Should Be Smarter By Now, #2) - Issa Rae
The Geography of Creativity (I Should Be Smarter By Now, #3) - Issa Rae
I See You Seeing Me (I Should Be Smarter By Now, #4) - Issa Rae
The Art of Strategic Procrastination (I Should Be Smarter By Now, #5) - Issa Rae
I Almost Know What I'm Doing (I Should Be Smarter By Now, #6) - Issa Rae

Children's Books:
A Bear Called Paddington - Michael Bond
How to Be Loved Like Paddington - Michael Bond
How to Be More Paddington: A Book of Kindness - Michael Bond
The Big Cheese (The Food Group, #7) - Jory John & Pete Oswald
The Great Eggscape! (The Food Group, #2.1) - Jory John & Pete Oswald
Winnie the Pooh - A.A. Milne ‡
Wolly Olly Olly the Terrible Cow - Lindsey L. Brooks



* Books that have been read 2 times
† Books that have been read 3 times
‡ Books that are Banned

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