Books Read in 2025

  1. The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake, B
  2. The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, A-
  3. Cartographers by Peng Shepherd, C+
  4. The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp, B+
  5. Walking: One Step at a Time by Erling Kagge (translated from the Norwegian by Becky L. Crook), A-
  6. Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro, A-
  7. A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent by Marie Brennan, A-
  8. When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill, B+
  9. A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers, A
  10. Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary, A-
  11. Buried Deep by Naomi Novik, A
  12. Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild, A-
  13. His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik, A-
  14. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
  15. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
  16. The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
  17. Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
  18. The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
  19. The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr
  20. Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik, B
  21. No Kiss for Mother by Tomi Ungerer
  22. Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman, A-
  23. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna, A-
  24. The Three Robbers by Tomi Ungerer
  25. Moon Man by Tomi Ungerer
  26. I Am Papa Snap and These Are My Favorite No Such Stories by Tomi Ungerer
  27. So Much by Trish Cooke
  28. As You Wish by Cary Elwes (with Joe Layden), B+
  29. A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers, A+
  30. A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna, A
  31. The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley, B+
  32. Moominvalley in November by Tove Jansson, A
  33. City of Sorcery by Marion Zimmer Bradley, reread
  34. Stormqueen by Marion Zimmer Bradley, reread
  35. What Art Does: An Unfinished Theory by Brian Eno and Bette A., B+
  36. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, reread
  37. Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: And Other Things I’ve Learned by Alan Alda, A