Books 2025

I started keeping track in 2025 of all the books I read (not including fanfic, of which I am sure I read tens of millions of words) because I have been reading so few professionally published works. I was going to say 'pro-fic' but some of it has been non-fiction as well. So here's the exciting list of 51 books I read in 2025. An average of *almost* a book a week, although there are some interesting three month gaps where I didn't read anything that wasn't on AO3.

1. Breaking Silence, Linda Castillo, 1/1/25


2. Last Night at the Telegraph Club, Malinda Lo, 4/6/25


3. Cleat Cute, Meryl Wilsner, 4/6/25


4. Long Live Evil, Sarah Rees Brennan, 4/6/25


5. The Pairing, Casey McQuiston, 4/20/25


6. Camp Damascus, Chuck Tingle, 4/21/25ish


7. The City Beautiful, Aden Polydoros, ?/?/25 probably April 21 ish


8. Ash, Malinda Lo, ?/?/25 probably April 21ish


9. Yellowface, RF Kuang, 7/8/25


10. The Duke Who Didn’t, Courtney Milan, 7/15/25


11. Hither, Page, Cat Sebastian, 7/16/25


12. Prophet, Helen MacDonald and Sin Blache, 7/23/25, reread


13. The Magpie Lord, KJ Charles, 7/24/25


14. A Case of Possession, KJ Charles, 7/24/25


15. The Governess Affair, Courtney Milan, 7/25/25


16. The Duchess War, Courtney Milan, 7/25/25


17. The Heiress Effect, Courtney Milan, 7/25/25


18. To Be Taught, If Fortunate, Becky Chambers, 7/26/25


19. In Other Lands, Sarah Rees Brennan, 7/26/25


20. Flight of Magpies, KJ Charles, 7/28/25


21. The Power of Babel, John McWhorter, 7/29/25


22. Scum Villain’s Self Saving System Book 1, MXTX, 8/2/25


23. Scum Villain’s Self Saving System Book 2, MXTX, 8/7/25


24. Scum Villain’s Self Saving System Book 3, MXTX, 8/7/25


25. Scum Villain’s Self Saving System Book 4, MXTX, 8/8/25


26. Bury Your Gays, Chuck Tingle, 8/9/25


27. Jackdaw, KJ Charles, 9/6/25


28. Rag and Bone, KJ Charles, 9/6/25


29. The Marquis Who Mustn’t, Courtney Milan, 9/7/25


30. The Earl Who Isn’t, Courtney Milan, 9/14/25


31. Made for You, Jamie Lambing (unpublished), 9/22/25


32. The Eagle and The Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV, Helen Castor, 10/1/25


33. The House with a Clock in its Walls, John Bellairs, 10/2/25


34. The Face in the Frost, John Bellairs, 10/11/25


35. All the Birds in the Sky, Charlie Jane Anders, 10/11/25


36. A Mystery of Mysteries: the Life and Death of Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Dawidziak, 10/15/25


37. Lucky Day, Chuck Tingle, 10/20/25


38. Band Sinister, KJ Charles, 10/23/25


39. Opus, Gareth Gore, 11/6/25


40. The 13 Clocks, James Thurber, 11/13/25


41. The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K LeGuin, 11/19/25, reread


42. Translation State, Ann Leckie, 11/26/25


43. Straight, Chuck Tingle, 11/26/25, audio


44. This Princess Kills Monsters, Ry Herman, 11/26/25


45. Thornhedge, T. Kingfisher, 11/28/25


46. Nettle & Bone, T. Kingfisher, 12/7/25


47. Lessons in Magic and Disaster, Charlie Jane Anders, 12/11/25


48. Guardian: Zhen Hun Vol 1, priest, 12/14/25


49. Tigana, Guy Gavriel Kay, 12/19/25, reread


50. The Golden Thread, Kassia St. Clair, 12/28/25


51. What Moves the Dead, T. Kingfisher, 12/28/25