Here’s a list of the books I’ve read so far in 2025. Five star reads are shown in bold. Links from each title will take you to my review.
- The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
- Homeseeking by Karissa Chen
- Start a Religion, Stay out of Jail and Other Absurd Tales by Logan Medland
- Another Man in the Street by Caryl Phillips
- The Bookseller by Tim Sullivan
- The House With Nine Locks by Philip Gray
- The Secret History by Donna Tartt
- The Endeavour of Elsie Mackay by Flora Johnston
- The Ghosts of Rome by Joseph O’Connor
- The Café with No Name by Robert Seethaler, translated by Katy Derbyshire
- A Cold Wind From Moscow by Rory Clements
- A Year in a Small Garden by Frances Tophill
- The Language of Remembering by Patrick Holloway
- The Paris Dancer by Nicola Rayner
- Woman in Blue by Douglas Bruton
- Butter by Asako Yuzuki, translated by Polly Barton
- Warrior (Agricola #2) by Simon Turney
- Mrs Hudson and the Capricorn Incident by Martin Davies
- A Death in Berlin by Simon Scarrow
- Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
- The Mouthless Dead by Anthony Quinn
- The Ghosts of Paris by Tara Moss
- That Which May Destroy You by Abda Khan
- The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
- The Injustice of Valor by Gary Corbin
- Devotio (Legionary #10) by Gordon Doherty
- The CIA Book Club by Charlie English
- The Belladonna Maze by Sinead Crowley
- Defender of the Wall (Dragon of the North #1) by Chris Thorndycroft
- Eden’s Shore by Oisin Fagan
- Viper in the Nest by Georgina Clarke
- Sister Rosa’s Rebellion by Carolyn Hughes
- The Kellerby Code by Jonny Sweet
- Days of Light by Megan Hunter
- My Name Is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende
- Traitor’s Legacy by S. J. Parris
- The Night Swimmer by Simon Houlton
- Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon
- A Beautiful Way to Die by Eleni Kyriacou
- Secrets of the Bees by Jane Johnson
- The Book of Days by Francesca Kay
- The Mare by Angharad Hampshire
- The Surgeon’s House by Jody Cooksley
- Kane by Graham Hurley
- SPIT by David Brennan
- Queen Macbeth by Val McDermid
- One Good Thing by Georgia Hunter
- Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson
- Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
- Green Ink by Stephen May
- The Last Apartment in Istanbul by Defne Suman
- The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson
- The Coming Fire by Greg Mosse
- Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee
- There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak
- The Best of Intentions by Caroline Scott
- Lion Hearts by Dan Jones
- The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel
- The House at Devil’s Neck by Tom Mead
- Cairo Gambit by S. W. Perry
- Evil in High Places by Rory Clements
- The Summer House Party by Caro Fraser
- The Body in the Ice by A. J. MacKenzie
- The Dark Isle by Clare Carson
- The Two Roberts by Damian Barr
- The Predicament by William Boyd
- The Blazing Sea by Tim Hodkinson
- Brick Dust by Craig Jordan-Baker
- All the Lives We Never Lived by Anuradha Roy
- A Gentleman’s Murder by Christopher Huang
- The Story of a Heart by Rachel Clarke
- The Sleepwalkers by Scarlett Thomas
- Venetian Vespers by John Banville
- Dominion of Dust (A Time for Swords #4) by Matthew Harffy
- Tombland (Matthew Shardlake #7) by C. J. Sansom
- Andropov’s Cuckoo by Owen Jones
- Mrs Finnegan’s Guide to Love, Life & Laxatives by Bridget Whelan
- Our London Lives by Christine Dwyer Hickey
- Transcription by Kate Atkinson
- A Pretender’s Murder by Christopher Huang
- For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Little Pain by Victoria Mackenzie
- Swan Song by Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott
- The Matchbox Girl by Alice Jolly
- Rage of Swords by David Gilman
- The Sea Road West by Sally Rena
- The Assassin of Verona by Benet Brandreth
- The Forgotten Daughter by Anirudh Joshi
- Agricola: Commander by Simon Turney
- The Cracked Mirror by Christopher Brookmyre
- Divination: A Conspiracy of Blood by J. A. Downes
- Seascraper by Benjamin Wood
- Small Acts of Resistance by Anita Frank
- Then He Was Gone by Isabel Booth
- Ravenglass by Carolyn Kirby
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