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I started this blog one year ago, and my very first post shared my TBR pile for the new year. The start of a new year is always exciting – it’s a time for fresh starts, new goals, and of course, new books.
As motivational speaker Charlie “Tremendous” Jones famously said,
“You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for the people you meet and the books you read.”
As 2025 comes to a close, it felt fitting to look back at everything I read this year. Below is my complete 2025 reading list, broken down by month, along with my favorite and least favorite books of the year.
What I Read in 2025: Complete Book List
*(Books marked with an asterisk are ones I would read again.)
January
1. The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor by Eddie Jaku*
2. Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
3. God Spare the Girls by Kelsey McKinney
4. Our Nazi:An American Suburb’s Encounter with Evil by Michael Soffer*
February
5. The Social Graces by Renee Rosen*
6. Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan*
7. The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden*
8. It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover*
March
9. Slave Stealers: True Accounts of Slave Rescues-Then and Now by Timothy Ballard*
10. Every Other Four: The Journal of Cpl. Matthew D. Wojtecki by Matthew Wojtecki
11. To Heaven and Back by Mary Neil
12. Have a New Kid by Friday by Dr. Kevin Leman*
April
13. Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover*
14. Within Arm’s Length: A Secret Service Agent’s Definitive Inside Account of Protecting the President by Dan Emmett*
May
15. The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
16. The Women by Kristin Hannah*
17. Cradles of the Reich by Jennifer Coburn*
June
18. The Governess of Penwythe Hall by Sarah E. Ladd*
19. The Books of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult
July
20. The London Bookshop Affair by Louise Fein*
21. The Thief of Lanwyn Manor by Sarah E. Ladd*
August
22. The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom*
23. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance*
24. Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt*
25. The Next Ship Home by Heather Webb*
September
26. The Ark and the Dove: The Story of Noah’s Wife by Jill Eileen Smith*
27. Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover*
October
28. Miriam by Mesu Andrews
29. The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon*
November
30. The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
31. Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
32. Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum*
December
33. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
34. The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel*
35. In the Manger by Max Lucado*
36. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen*
37. Boy: Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl*
Also, I will finish reading the Bible on December 31.
Best and Worst Books of 2025
- Favorite Book of 2025: The Frozen River
- Least Favorite Book of 2025: The Outsiders
Final Thoughts on My 2025 Reading Year
Looking back at my reading in 2025, I’m proud of the variety of genres I explored – from historical fiction and memoirs to contemporary novels and nonfiction. I set a goal to read 36 books this year, and I finished right on track.
Tracking my books throughout the year makes it easy to reflect on reading habits and discover patterns in what I enjoy most.
If you tracked your reading this year, I’d love to know: how many books did you read in 2025, and which one was your favorite?
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