2025 was the year that I really rediscovered by love for reading again. Don’t get me wrong, I always read fairly consistently but this was the first time I really tracked what I was reading and tried to add some variety to the books I was picking up. I read 22 books (yes, rereading A Christmas Carol still counts!) and listened to 8 audiobooks in total which for me is pretty good going. It’s so nice to look back on everything I read, especially as I had forgotten about some of the books from the start of the year.

My Top Recommendations For 2025 (in no particular order) …

• Yellow Face – Rebecca F. Kuang
• The Glassmaker – Tracy Chevalier
• Hello Beautiful – Ann Napolitano
• Glorious Exploits – Ferdia Lennon
• The Housemaid – Frieda McFadden
• Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow – Gabrielle Zevin
• The Wedding People – Alison Espach

I am looking forward to all the wonderful books I will read in 2026 and hopefully I can beat my reading record!