2025 Bookshelf

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In 2025, my goal is to read at least 60 books. When I finish one, I’ll add it here and provide a rating to help fellow readers decide which book to read next.

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For additional book recommendations, check out 20 Books That Changed My Life and my other yearly reading lists.

  1. Don’t Stop Believin’ — Olivia Newton-John (3/5)

  2. How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind — Dana K. White (4/5)

  3. The PLAN: Manage Your Time Like a Lazy Genius — Kendra Adachi (4/5)

  4. The Midnight Feast — Lucy Foley (3.5/5)

  5. The Cinnamon Bun Bookstore — Laurie Gilmore (2.5/5)

  6. The Ballerina of Auschwitz — Edith Eger (4/5)

  7. Inheritance — Katharine McGee (3/5)

  8. The Pumpkin Spice Cafe — Laurie Gilmore (3/5)

  9. The Housemaid is Watching — Freida McFadden (4/5)

  10. The Fall Risk — Abby Jimenez (3/5)

  11. Be Ready When the Luck Happens — Ina Garten (4.5/5)

  12. Rivals — Katharine McGee (3/5)

  13. The Heiress — Rachel Hawkins (4.5/5)

  14. Habits of the Household: Practicing the Story of God in Everyday Family Rhythms — Justin Whitmel Earley (4/5)

  15. The Dinner List — Rebecca Serle (3/5)

  16. The House of My Mother: A Daughter’s Quest for Freedom — Shari Franke (4/5)

  17. Romans: A 12-Week Study — Jared C. Wilson (4/5)

  18. The Joy of Connections — Ruth Westheimer (3/5)

  19. The Home Edit: A Guide to Organizing and Realizing Your House Goals — Clea Shearer (3/5)

  20. Sunrise on the Reaping — Suzanne Collins (4.5/5)

  21. The Rules of Fortune — Danielle Prescod (3/5)

  22. Naomi’s Gift — Martha Hall Kelly (3/5)

  23. Everywhere You Look — Liv Constantine (3/5)

  24. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire — J.K. Rowling (4/5)

  25. The Wedding People — Alison Espach (4.5/5)

  26. Holy Hygge: Creating a Place for People to Gather and the Gospel to Grow — Jamie Erickson (3/5)

  27. The Villa — Rachel Hawkins (4/5)

  28. Remarkably Bright Creatures — Shelby Van Pelt (5/5)

  29. Master of Me — Keke Palmer (3/5)

  30. The Strawberry Patch Pancake House — Laurie Gilmore (3/5)

  31. Great Big Beautiful Life — Emily Henry (4/5)

  32. Abscond — Abraham Verghese (3/5)

  33. Lessons in Chemistry — Bonnie Garmus (4/5)

  34. The Martha’s Vineyard Beach Book Club — Martha Hall Kelly (3.5/5)

  35. The God Of The Woods — Liz Moore (4.5/5)

  36. What Does It Feel Like? — Sophia Kinsella (4.5/5)

  37. Night Road — Kristin Hannah (4.5/5)

  38. One Golden Summer — Carley Fortune (4/5)

  39. Death Row — Freida McFadden (3/5)

  40. Semi Well Adjusted — Alyson Stoner (5/5)

  41. Mansion Beach — Meg Mitchell Moore (3/5)

  42. Maine Characters — Hannah Orenstein (3.5/5)

  43. The Summer I Turned Pretty — Jenny Han (3/5)

  44. Agatha’s First Case — M.C. Beaton (2.5/5)

  45. The Briar Club — Kate Quinn (4/5)

  46. Everybody is a Liar — Liv Constantine (3/5)

  47. Don’t Let Him In — Lisa Jewell (4/5)

  48. The Old Man and The Sea — Ernest Hemingway (2/5)

  49. We Might Just Make It After All — Elyce Arons (4.5/5)

  50. The Kill Clause — Lisa Unger (4/5)

  51. We’ll Always Have Summer — Jenny Han (3/5)

  52. Three Days in June — Anne Tyler (3.5/5)

  53. The Christmas Box — Richard Paul Evans (3.5/5)

  54. Organizing for the Rest of Us — Dana K. White (4/5)

  55. The Gingerbread Bakery — Laurie Gilmore (2.5/5)

  56. Get Out of My Head — Meredith Arthur (2/5)

  57. The PARA Method — Tiago Forte (2.5/5)

  58. Snow Place Like Home — Laura Pavlov (3/5)

  59. In a Holidaze — Christina Lauren (4.5/5)

  60. You Better Not Pout — Mia Sosa (2/5)

  61. The Last Father-Daughter Dance — Lisa Wingate (3/5)

  62. Merriment and Mayhem — Alexandria Bellefleur (2/5)