2025 Reading Challenge discussion

A new year...like a clean notebook in September....here we go again!!!

JANUARY

1. Mrs. Zant and the Ghost by Wilke Collins
2. Dachshund Through the Snow by Rosie A. Point
3. Cockatiels at Seven by Donna Andrews
4. Taco USA by Gustavo Arellano
5. The Twisted Ones by Scott Cawthon
6. The Last List of Mabel Beaumont by Laura Pearson
7, Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith
8. Murder in Wauwatosa by Paul Hoffman
9. The Voice in the Hollow by Will Hillenbrand
10. Tomfoolery by Michelle Markel
11. The Tree and the River by Aaron Becker
12. An American Story by Kwame Alexander
13. The Next Ship Home by Heather Webb
14. 1225 Christmas Tree Lane by Debbie Macomber
15. Let It Snow by Debbie Macomber
16. The Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian
17. Out There Screaming by Jason Peele
18. Follow Me To Ground by Sue Rainsford
19. Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer
20. Things in the Basement by Ben Hatke
21. Canary in the Coal Mine by William Cooke
22. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
23. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
24. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
25. Klara and the Sun by KazuoIshiguro
26. Buffalo West Wing by Julie Hyzy
27. The 13 Best Horror Stories of All Time by Leslie Pockell
28. Nell Plants a Tree by Anne Wynter
29. There Was a Party for Langston by Jason Reynolds
30. Spellsuriffany and Spook Goblin: The Mysterious Message by Strawberry Pencil Magic
31. Spellsuriffany and Spook Goblin: The Mummy Tribe by Strawberry Pencil Magic
32. Introducing Agatha Raisin by M. C. Beaton
33. Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
34. All the Dead Lie Down by Kyrie McCauley
35. Spanish is the Language of My Family by Michael Genhart
36. I'm From by Gary R. Gray Jr.
37. The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson
38. Amulet, The Cloud Searchers Vol. 3 by Kazu Kibuishi
39. The King of Kazoo by Norm Feuti

FEBRUARY

40. Tales from a Roundabout Vol. 1 by Jeff Stranger
41. Murder by Other Means by John Scalzi
42. Riptide by Douglas Preston
43. Affairs of Steak by Julie Hyzy
44. Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M. C. Beaton
45. Becoming Dr. Seuss by Brian Jay Jones
46. Jell-o Girls by Allie Rowbottom
47. Silence in the Library by Katherine Schellman
48. Switchboard Soldiers by Jennifer Chiaverini
49. Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman
50. I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You by Courtney Maum
51. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
52. Cursed by Marie O'Regan
53. Becoming Free Indeed by Jinger Duggar Vuolo
54. The Last Remains by Elly Griffiths
55. The Accidental Time Travelers by Kiersten Marcil
56. Parakeet by Marie-Helene Bertino
57. The Dispatcher by John Scalzi
58. Cold Crematorium by Jozsef Debreczeni
59. I Am Lubo by Lou Pechi
60. Toy Time by Christopher Byrne
61. Murder By Other Means (2nd time) by John Scalzi
62. Pickard County Atlas by Chris Harding Thornton
63. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald
64. The Double Life of Pocohontas by Jean Fritz
65. The Year I Almost Drowned by Shannon McCrimmon
66. Travel By Bullet by John Scalzi
67. Panic: Ghosts and Legends by Lauren Oliver

MARCH

68. Ancient Night by David Alvarez
69. Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge by Lizzie Pook
70. One Summer in Savannah by Terah Shelton Harris
71. Circus of Wonders by Elizabeth MacNeal
72. A Delayed Life by Dita Kraus
73. Thirty-One Short Stories by Robert K. Railey
74. Black River Falls by Jeff Hirsch
75. Fever House by Keith Rosson
76. Amphibian by Carla Gunn
77. Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson
78. The 9th Fortress by J. P. Jackson
79. Kalki by Gore Vidal
80. A Jar of Fingers by C. L. Hernandez
81. The Graveyard Apartment by Mariko Koike
82. Scratchgravel Road by Tricia Fields
83. The Starfish Sisters by Barbara O'Neal
84. The Book of Skulls by Robert Silverberg
85. Mojitos and Murder by Sara Bourgeois
86. Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke
87. Eerie Tales from the School of Scream by Graham Annable
88. Amulet #4: The Last Council by Kazu Kibuishi
89. Bloody Summer by Carmen Maria Machado
90. Amulet #5: Prince of the Elves by Kazu Kibuishi
91. Cheesecake Murder by Rosie A. Point

APRIL

92. This Tender Land by William Kent Kruger
93. Arthur by Mikael Lindnord
94. Quest for the Golden Bird by Samuel DenHartog
95. Dancing With the Enemy by Paul Glaser
96. Nuff Said by Tyrus
97. Lipstick in Auschwitz by Miriam Nick
98. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
99, The Whalebone Theater by Joanna Quinn
100. Breakfast at the Honey Creek Cafe by Jodi Thomas
101. 15 Minutes: A Romantic Comedy Mystery by Larissa Reinhart
102. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
103. Who Moved the Cheese by Lynn Cahoon
104. I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
105. Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates
106. The Lives and Loves of Daisy and Violet by Dean Jensen
107. Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz
108. The Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson
109. Broken by Don Winslow
110. Reliquary by Douglas Preston
111. Talespins by Michael Mullin
112. A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw
113. The Captain''s Door by C. S. Houghton

MAY

114. The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting by Evanna Lynch
115. A Flair for Chardonnay by Deborah Garner
116. The Diva Haunts the House by Krista Davis
117. Independence by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
118. Murder at the Village Fete by Catherine Coles
119. Catch Me if You Candy by Ellie Alexander
120. Not That Fancy by Reba McEntire
121. Wendy, Darling by A. C. Wise
122. Butter, Sugar, Magic by Jessica Rodenberg
123. Legends of Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke
124. The Egg and Other Stories by Andy Weir
125. Home is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose
126. Uncharted Waters by Sally Hepworth
127. The Glass Bees by Ernst Junger
128. The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware
129. Murder in the Tattoo Parlor by Elizabeth Parona
130. The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
131. Irish Coffee Murder by Leslie Meier
132. The Measure by Nikki Erlick
133. The Hoydens and Mr. Dickens by Wilke Collins
134. Fallibilities and Peculiarities by Robert Prior-Wandesforde

JUNE

135. Synapse by Steven James
136. Crewel World by Monica Ferris
137. It's One of Us by J. T. Ellison
138. Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
139. Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
140. Ride of Her Life by Elizabeth Letts
141. Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland
142. The Territory by Tricia Fields
143. Evergreen by Naomi Hirahara
144. The Alaskan Laundry by Brendan Jones
145. Say Yes to Summer by Lindsey Roth Culli
146. Pere Goriot by Honore de Balzaqc
147. The Bastard by John Jakes
148. Unnatural Ends by Christopher Huang
149. Murder at the Bookstore by Wynnie Harlowe
150. Cut and Thirst by Margaret Atwood
151. City Under One Roof by Iris Yamashita
152. Slow Time Between the Stars by John Scalzi
153. Amulet #7: Firelight by Kazo Kibuishi
154. Falling Down by Guillermo Del Toro
155. Lute by Jennifer Thorne

JULY

156. Diavola by Jennifer Marie Thorne
157. The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden
158. Big Nate: The Gerbil Ate My Homework by Lincoln Peirce
159. The Titanic Survivors' Book Club by Timothy Schaffert
160. The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
161. What Happened to Nina by Dervla McTiernan
162. The Ghost With a Knife at Her Throat by Kevin Hincker
163. Gator Country by Rebecca Renner
164. The Unquiet Bones by Loreth Anne White
165. Easter Basket Murder by Leslie Meier
166. On the Road by Jack Kerouac
167. The Artivist by Nikkolas Smith
168. The Night of the Storm by Nishita Parekh
169. The Puppets of Spelhorst by Kate DeCamillo
170. The Changeling of the Third Reich by Rachel Carrera
171. The Stronghold by Dino Buzzati
172. The Lost Library by Kekla Magoon
173. Before She Was Helen by Caroline B. Cooney
174. Amulet #6: Escape From Lucien by Kazu Kibuishi
175. Amulet #8: Supernova by Kazu Kibuishi
176. Death at Kismet by Starr Diethorn
177. The Parliament by Aimee Potwatka
178. The Killer Knight and the Murderous Chairleg by Kelly Ethan
179. Starter Villain by John Scalzi
180. The Quiet Tenant by Clemence Michallon

AUGUST

181. The It Girl by Ruth Ware
182. Lula Dean's Little Library by Kirsten Miller
183. Bear by Julia Phillips
184. Amulet #9: Waverider by Kazu Kibuishi
185. The Family Bones by Elle Marr
186. Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron
187. Canary Girls by Jennifer Chiaverini
188. Twilight Territory by Andrew X. Pham
189. The Bad Weather Friend by Dean R. Koontz
190. Road of Bones by Christopher Golden
191. Grinding it Out by Ray Kroc
192. The Last Jew of Treblinka by Chil Rajchman
193. Date Night by Jeffery Deaver
194. Devil of Black Creek by Victor Methos
195. The Intruder by Jeffery Deaver
196. Ellis Island by Kate Kerrigan
197. River Secrets by Shannon Hale
198. Fado Alexandrino by Antonio Lobo Antunes
199. Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley by M. C. Beaton
200. How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley
201. Heiress of Enceladus by Samuel DenHartog
202. Death Makes a Holiday by David Skal

SEPTEMBER

203. Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage by M. C. Beaton
204. Midnight and the Pearler's Daughter by Lizzie Pook
205. The Lost Tomb by Douglas Preston
206. Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist by M. C. Beaton
207. I Must Betray You by Ruta Septys
208. The Widows by Jess Montgomery
209. Once Upon a Tome by Oliver Darkshire
210. The Great Hurricane by Cherie Burns
211. The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
212. The Maid's Diary by Loreth Anne White
213. Titanic by Filson Young
214. Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand
215. Horror Movie by Paul Trembley
216. The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly
217. Out of the Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis
218. Turkey's Escape Plan by Julia Zheng
219. The Coffin Trail by Martin Edwards
220. The Tasting Menu by Stuart MacBride
221. Gone to Hot Pot by Vvien Chien
222. 49 Miles Alone by Natalie Richards
223. Tales From a Roundabout Vol. 2 by Jeff Stanger
224. The Iguana Scroll by C. T. Emerson
225. The Doll's House by Lisa Unger

OCTOBER

226. Redshirts by John Scalzi
227. William by Mason Coile
228. The Eyes are the Best Part by Monika Kim
229. My Man, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse
230. Life's Too Short by Darius Rucker
231. The Rebels by John Jakes
232. Toxic Trousseau by Juliet Blackwell
233. Low Hanging Fruit by Randy Rainbow
234. We by Evgenii Zamiatin
235. Carl's Doomsday Scenerio by Matt Dinniman
236. The Return by Rachel Harrison
237. The Ghost of Marlow House by Bobbi Holmes
238. Nicked by M. T. Anderson
239. Quest for the City of Gold by James Patterson
240. An Occupied Grave by A. G. Barnett
241. A Haunting in Venice by Agatha Christie
242. Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs by Caitlin Doughty
243. Dinosaur Lake by Kathyrn Meyer Griffith
244. 32 Steps to Murder by Steve Demaree
245. The Hotel Balzaar by Kate DiCamillo

NOVEMBER

246. A Staged Death by A. G. Barnett
247. Moon of the Crusted Snow by Maubgeshig Rice
248. Everything Flows by Vassily Grossman
249. The Fourth Closet by Scott Cawthon
250. The Xibalba Murders by Lynn Hamilton
251. Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T. J. Klune
252. Fatal Secrets by Mary Stone
253. Give Me Something Good to Eat by D. W. Gillespie
254. Goth Parenting: The Dark Joys of Raising Baby Bats by Casey Gilly
255. The Secret Diary of Hendrick Groen by Hendrick Groen
256. Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
257. The Spamalot Diaries by Eric Idle
258. Memorials by Richard Chizmar
259. Becoming Fearless by Brenda Smith
260. The Mistletoe Mystery by Nita Prose
261. The Henna Artist by Alki Joshi
262. The Maid by Nita Prose
263. Dear Mrs. Bird by A. J. Pearce
264. The Witch Hunter by Max Seeck
265. City of the Lost by Kelley Armstrong
266. The Answer is No by Fredrik Backmen
267. Montgomery and the Case of the Golden Key by Tracy Occomy Crowder
268. Cruel Winter with You by Ali Hazelwood
269. Merry Ever After by Tessa Bailey
270. All By My Elf by Olivia Dade

DECEMBER

271. Staged by Elle Cosimano
272 Merriment and Mayhem by Alexandria Bellefleur
273. Magical Blend by Kennedy Layne
274. The Drowning House by Cherie Priest
275. White Bird by R. J. Palacio
276. Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
277. Deck the Santa by Sue Hollowell
278. Where the Dean Wait by Allie Wilkes
279. Guilt and Ginataan by Mia Manansala
280. The Third Wife by Lisa Jewell
281. Beartown by Fredrik Backman
282. The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton
283. Only Santas in the Building by Alexis Daria
284. A Very Bad Thing by J. T. Ellison
285. Christmas, Criminals and Campers by Tonya Kappes
286. Sam Shine and the Curse of the Greenback Monkeys by Dan Walker
287. I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy
288. The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
289. Night and Day by John Connelly
290. We Shall Be Monsters by Alyssa Wees
291. The Mystery of the Missing Majorette by L. G. Hewitt
292. Killer Chocolate Pie by Carolyn Q. Hunter
293. Plunge by Joe Hill
294. The Watchmaker's Daughter by Larry Loftus
295. The Little Liar by Mitch Album
296. A Cornish Christmas Murder by Fiona Leitch
297. The Cat by Edgar Allan Paw
298. The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse by Alan Bradley
299. Devil's Nest by Richard Chizmar