Cumulative Reading List
Here's where I'll be tracking my reading in 2025. Once again, I'll be aiming for 50 books. And, once again, I don't expect to hit that mark.
JANUARY
1. Origin (Robert Langdon #5). Dan Brown (2017; fiction / thriller; 482 pages)
2. I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (Flavia de Luce #4). Alan Bradley (2011; fiction / mystery; 305 pages)
3. The Mystery of Lewis Carroll: Discovering the Whimsical, Thoughtful, and Sometimes Lonely Man Who Created "Alice in Wonderland". Jenny Woolf (2010; nonfiction / biography / literary history; 336 pages; reading now)
4. Murder by Cheesecake (Golden Girls #1). Rachel Ekstrom Courage (2025; fiction / cozy mystery; 336 pages)
2. I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (Flavia de Luce #4). Alan Bradley (2011; fiction / mystery; 305 pages)
3. The Mystery of Lewis Carroll: Discovering the Whimsical, Thoughtful, and Sometimes Lonely Man Who Created "Alice in Wonderland". Jenny Woolf (2010; nonfiction / biography / literary history; 336 pages; reading now)
4. Murder by Cheesecake (Golden Girls #1). Rachel Ekstrom Courage (2025; fiction / cozy mystery; 336 pages)
FEBRUARY
5. Shot Through the Book (Lighthouse Library Mystery #12). Eva Gates (2025; fiction / cozy mystery; 272 pages)
6. The Stranger in the Library (Lighthouse Library Mystery #11). Eva Gates (2024; fiction / cozy mystery; 297 pages)
6. The Stranger in the Library (Lighthouse Library Mystery #11). Eva Gates (2024; fiction / cozy mystery; 297 pages)
MARCH
7. The Ugly Duckling. Hans Christian Andersen; adapted & illus. by Jerry Pinkney (1999; Caldecott Honor Book 2000; children's picture book / fable; 40 pages)
8. The Relatives Came. Cynthia Rylant; illus. by Stephen Gammell (1985; Caldecott Honor Book 1986; children's picture book; 32 pages)
APRIL
10. Fox in Socks. Dr. Seuss; illus. by author (1965; children's picture book / humor; 62 pages)
17. The Penguin Pool Murder (Hildegarde Withers Mysteries #1). Stuart Palmer (1931; fiction / mystery; 280 pages)
11. I Wish That I Had Duck Feet. Dr. Seuss; illus. by Barney Tobey (1965; children's picture book / humor; 64 pages)
12. One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish. Dr. Seuss; illus. by author (1960; childlren's picture book / humor; 63 pages)
13. King Bidgood's in the Bathtub. Audrey Wood; illus. by Don Wood (1985; children's picture book; Caldecott Honor Book 1986; 32 pages)
14. XO, OX: A Love Story. Adam Rex; illus. by Scott Campbell (2017; children's picture book / humor; 32 pages)
15. Easeful Death (DCI Bill Slider #25). Cynthia Harrod-Eagles (2025; fiction / mystery; 253 pages)
16. Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon the English Language. Richard Lederer (1987; nonfiction / cultural history / language; 157 pages)14. XO, OX: A Love Story. Adam Rex; illus. by Scott Campbell (2017; children's picture book / humor; 32 pages)
15. Easeful Death (DCI Bill Slider #25). Cynthia Harrod-Eagles (2025; fiction / mystery; 253 pages)
17. The Penguin Pool Murder (Hildegarde Withers Mysteries #1). Stuart Palmer (1931; fiction / mystery; 280 pages)
MAY
18. Speedy Death (Mrs. Bradley Mysteries #1). Gladys Mitchell (1929; fiction / mystery; 266 pages)
19. Prisoner's Base (Nero Wolfe #21). Rex Stout (1952; fiction / mystery; 226 pages)
19. Prisoner's Base (Nero Wolfe #21). Rex Stout (1952; fiction / mystery; 226 pages)
JUNE
21. A Murder of Quality (George Smiley #2). John le Carré (1962; fiction / mystery; 158 pages)
22. Writers and Their Notebooks. Diana Raab (2010; nonfiction / essays; 206 pages)
22. Writers and Their Notebooks. Diana Raab (2010; nonfiction / essays; 206 pages)
JULY
23. The Lorax. Dr. Seuss; illus. by author (1971; children's picture book; 72 pages; this was a re-read)
24. If You Give a Pig a Pancake. Laura Numeroff; illus. by Felicia Bond (1998; children's picture book; 32 pages)
25. The Library. Sarah Stewart; illus. by David Small (1995; children's picture book; 40 pages; this was a re-read)
24. If You Give a Pig a Pancake. Laura Numeroff; illus. by Felicia Bond (1998; children's picture book; 32 pages)
25. The Library. Sarah Stewart; illus. by David Small (1995; children's picture book; 40 pages; this was a re-read)
26. Wycliffe and the Three-Toed Pussy (Wycliffe #1). W.J. Burley (1968; fiction / mystery; 224 pages)
AUGUST
27. Ready for My Closeup: The Making of Sunset Boulevard and the Dark Side of the Hollywood Dream. David M. Lubin (2025; nonfiction / cultural history / film; 301 pages)
28. The Case of the Sulky Girl (Perry Mason #2). Erle Stanley Gardner (1933; fiction / mystery; 264 pages)
29. Nighty-Nightmare (Bunnicula #4). James Howe; illus. by Leslie Morrill (1987; children's fiction / mystery; 144 pages)
29. Nighty-Nightmare (Bunnicula #4). James Howe; illus. by Leslie Morrill (1987; children's fiction / mystery; 144 pages)
SEPTEMBER
30. Murder on the Marlow Belle (Marlow Murder Club #4). Robert Thorogood (2025; fiction / mystery; 251 pages)
31. The Godwulf Manuscript (Spenser #1). Robert B. Parker (1973; fiction / mystery; 210 pages)
32. The Killing Stones (Jimmy Perez & Willow Reeves #1). Ann Cleeves (2025; fiction / mystery; 384 pages)
OCTOBER
33. The Further Adventures of Miss Petitfour (Miss Petitfour #2). Anne Michaels; illus. by Emma Block (2022; children's literature / fantasy; 159 pages)
34. The Experiment. Rebecca Stead (2025; children's literature / science fiction; reading now)
35. Return to Howliday Inn (Bunnicula #5). James Howe; illus. by Alan Daniel (1992; children's literature / mystery; 192 pages; reading now)
34. The Experiment. Rebecca Stead (2025; children's literature / science fiction; reading now)
35. Return to Howliday Inn (Bunnicula #5). James Howe; illus. by Alan Daniel (1992; children's literature / mystery; 192 pages; reading now)
36. Mr. Popper’s Penguins. Richard & Florence Atwater (1938; Newbery Honor Book 1939; re-reading)
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NOVEMBER
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DECEMBER
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So let's see how this list develops over the year.
ReplyDeleteYes, I'm hoping to do at least as well as I did in 2024. But I haven't finished anything yet. Too many books to choose from. Happy reading this year!
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