100+ Books in 2025 discussion

In 2009 I finished 110 books,
in 2010 I finished 105 books and
in 2011 I finished 141 books.

For the most part I just count "my" books here. Since I've read over 1000 books each year for the last two years with our girls, I don't count the majority of those. However, we are starting to read longer books, so I may start to count more of them. Let's see how I do this year...

1. Letters In Cardboard Boxes by Abby Slovin
2. Uproot U.S. Healthcare: To Reform Healthcare by Deane Waldman (A Goodreads giveaway win)
3. The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
4. Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck
5. I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections by Nora Ephron
6. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
7. The Miracle of Freedom: Seven Tipping Points That Saved the World by Chris Stewart and Ted Stewart
8. Wicked Bugs by Amy Stewart
9. Bitter is the New Black : Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smart-Ass, or Why You Should Never Carry a Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office : A Memoir by Jen Lancaster
10. Death of a Witch by M.C. Beaton

11. Mum's the Word by Kate Collins
12. Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet by Xinran
13. I Didn't Ask to Be Born: by Bill Cosby
14. Micro by Michael Crichton
15. Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham by M.C. Beaton
16. Death of a Valentine by M.C. Beaton
17. The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise by Julia Stuart
18. Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture by Peggy Orenstein
19. Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany by Bill Buford
20. Miss Timmins' School for Girls: A Novel by Nayana Currimbhoy

21. Grime and Punishment by Jill Churchill
22. The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. Lee
23. Death of a Chimney Sweep by M.C. Beaton
24. The Secret Of The Mansion by Julie Campbell (I read this one with our girls and I'm counting it because it was over 260 pages and it took us two weeks to finish it!)
25. Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
26. Artemis the Loyal by Joan Holub (I read this one with our girls and I'm counting it because it was over 270 pages and it took us two weeks to finish it!)
27. Treat Your Own Back 9th Edition by Robin McKenzie
28. Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld
29. Goliath by Scott Westerfeld
30. The Two Kinds of Decay by Sarah Manguso

31. The Red Trailer Mystery by Julie Campbell (I read this one with our girls and I'm counting it because it was over 270 pages and it took us two weeks to finish it!)
32. Seriously...I'm Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres
33. Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor
34. Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wyckhadden by M.C. Beaton
35. Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie
36. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez
37. 7 Steps to A Pain-Free Life: How to Rapidly Relieve Back and Neck Pain Using the McKenzie Method by Robin McKenzie and Craig Kubey
38. Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson
39. Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat by David Dosa
40. An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World by Pankaj Mishra

41. Your Nine-Year-Old: Thoughtful And Mysterious by Louise Bates Ames and Carol Chase Haber
42. The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
43. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
44. Weight Watchers One Pot Cookbook by Weight Watchers
45. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
46. Waiting for Birdy: A Year of Frantic Tedium, Neurotic Angst, and the Wild Magic of Growing a Family by Catherine Newman
47. The President and the Assassin: McKinley, Terror, and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century by Scott Miller
48. Death of a Kingfisher by M.C. Beaton
49. Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape The Universe by Martin J. Rees
50. Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam by M.C. Beaton

51. The First Rule of Ten: A Tenzing Norbu Mystery by Gay Hendricks and Tinker Lindsay
52. V is for Vengeance by Sue Grafton
53. Naked Came the Manatee by Carl Hiaasen, Elmore Leonard, Dave Barry, and others
54. Edwin of the Iron Shoes by Marcia Muller
55. The Alehouse Murders by Maureen Ash
56. Death Too Soon by Audrey Peterson
57. The Chocolate Cat Caper by JoAnna Carl
58. Into The Wild by Erin Hunter
59. The Necklace: Thirteen Women and the Experiment That Transformed Their Lives by Cheryl Jarvis
60. The Scent of Rain and Lightning: A Novel by Nancy Pickard

61. You Don't Look Like Anyone I Know by Heather Sellers
62. Fire and Ice by Erin Hunter
63. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
64. Dream New Dreams: Reimagining My Life After Loss by Jai Pausch
65. Exploring Uppsala by Tore Frängsmyr and Christer Åsberg
66. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
67. The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
68. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
69. Sweden - inside out by Anita Shenoi
70. The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

71. Cape Cod Mystery by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
72. Homer's Odyssey by Gwen Cooper
73. Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie
74. Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers
75. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson
76. Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George
77. The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer
78. Forest of Secrets by Erin Hunter
79. Sitting Bull: Great Sioux Hero by George E. Stanley (this is a short book, but the material is very dense and it took us almost two weeks to finish it)
80. Rising Storm by Erin Hunter

81. Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher, William Ury and Bruce Patton
82. 1st to Die by James Patterson
83. The Submission: A Novel by Amy Waldman
84. Dragons & Dreams: A Collection of New Fantasy and Science Fiction Stories by Jane Yolen and Charles G. Waugh (Editors)
85. Cherished: 21 Writers on Animals They Have Loved and Lost by Barbara Abercrombie (Editor)
86. Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell by M.C. Beaton
87. Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison by Piper Kerman
88. Defending Jacob by William Landay
89. The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
90. At Wit's End by Erma Bombeck

91. Paul Among the People: The Apostle Reinterpreted and Reimagined in His Own Time by Sarah Ruden
92. A Dangerous Path by Erin Hunter
93. The Darkest Hour by Erin Hunter
94. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
95. All the Flowers in Shanghai: A Novel by Duncan Jepson
96. Midnight by Erin Hunter
97. Moonrise by Erin Hunter
98. Make It Fast, Cook It Slow: The Big Book of Everyday Slow Cooking by Stephanie O'Dea
99. Dawn by Erin Hunter
100. Pepperell by Joanne Saunders Foley

Yay! I finished 100 - I won't be anywhere close to 141 like last year, but I'm sure I can read at least 10 more...

101. More Make It Fast, Cook It Slow: 200 Brand-New, Budget-Friendly, Slow-Cooker Recipes by Stephanie O'Dea
102. Ali in Wonderland: And Other Tall Tales by Ali Wentworth
103. A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
104. The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
105. Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
106. In a Glass Grimmly by Adam Gidwitz
107. The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
108. Starlight by Erin Hunter
109. Twilight by Erin Hunter
110. The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling

111. Cooking for Comfort : More Than 100 Wonderful Recipes That Are as Satisfying to Cook as They Are to Eat by Marian Burros
112. No Biking in the House Without a Helmet by Melissa Fay Greene
113. Didn't We Meet in High School?by Jack Honog
114. Christmas 101: Celebrate the Holiday Season - From Christmas to New Year's by Rick Rodgers
115. Sunset by Erin Hunter