Checking in on my Summer 2025 To-Read List

Today’s Top Ten Tuesday was all about looking ahead to the books we hope to read between now and the end of November so I thought it was the ideal time to check how I got on with my Summer To-Read list made back in June.

I’m quietly pleased with how many of them I managed to read, especially as some had been in my TBR pile for years. Links from the title will take you to my review.

  1. Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson Read & reviewed
  2. The Mirror & The Light by Hilary Mantel Read & reviewed
  3. Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee Read & reviewed
  4. Exit West by Mohsin Hamid Read & reviewed
  5. The Body in the Ice by A. J. Mackenzie Read & reviewed
  6. The Summer House Party by Caro Fraser Read & reviewed
  7. The Dark Isle by Clare Carson Read & reviewed
  8. Pompeii by Robert Harris Still unread
  9. The Assassin of Verona by Benet Brandreth Still unread
  10. Transcription by Kate Atkinson Still unread

If you made a summer reading list, did you get through all the books you hoped?

#TopTenTuesday Books on My Autumn 2025 To-Read List #TuesdayBookBlog

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This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic is Books on My Fall 2025 To-Read List. My list is a mix of forthcoming books from my NetGalley shelf, recently received review copies and a couple of books from my list for this year’s 20 Books of Summer challenge that I didn’t get to. Links will take you to the book description on Goodreads.

  1. Dominion of Dust (A Time for Swords #4) by Matthew Harffy (publishes 9th October)
  2. Rage of Swords (Master of War #9) by David Gilman (publishes 6th November)
  3. The Matchbox Girl by Alice Jolly (publishes 6th November)
  4. Commander (Agricola #3) by Simon Turney (publishes 4th December)
  5. A Graveyard of First Chapters by Johnny Payne
  6. Andropov’s Cuckoo by Owen Jones
  7. A Pretender’s Murder by Christopher Huang
  8. The Secretary by Deborah Lawrenson
  9. Transcription by Kate Atkinson
  10. Force of Nature by Jane Harper