BOOKS

BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 
including ENTIRE LIST OF BOOKS READ
Favorite Books of 2016
Favorite Books of 2017
Favorite Books of 2018
Favorite Books of 2019
Favorite Books of 2020
Favorite Books of 2021
Favorite Books of 2022
Favorite Books of 2023
Favorite Books of 2024
Favorite Books of 2025


* Five Star Books


January
Spectacular Things by Beck Dorey-Stein
The Murder at World's End by Ross Montgomery
Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino
*Culpability by Bruce Holsinger
Songs of Summer by Jane L. Rosen

February
*The Witch's Orchard by Archer Sullivan
*The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
*Keeper of Lost Children by Sadeqa Johnson
Before I Forget by Tory Henwood Hoen
59 Minutes by Holly Seddon
Heart Life Music by Kenny Chesney

March
How to Get Away with Murder by Rebecca Philipson
Wait for Me by Amy Jo Burns
*Count the Nights by Stars by Michelle Shocklee
It Girl by Allison Pataki
*The A to Z of Everything by Debbie Johnson
Family of Spies by Christine Kuehn
She Fell Away by Lenore Nash
*Home of the American Circus by Allison Larkin
Adrift by Will Dean

April
It's Not Her by Mary Kubica
Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr
Two Kinds of Stranger by Steve Cavanagh
*Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth
Red Sky Mourning by Jack Carr
*Anatomy of an Alibi by Ashley Elston
*God's Smuggler by Brother Andrew
*Dolly All the Time by Annabel Monaghan
The Forgotten Midwife by Laura Anthony
The Heir Apparent

January
*From Here to the Great Unknown
*The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Treasure Hunters Club
Foster
*The Many Lives of Mama Love
*A Happier Life

February
*Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten
*Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
Dead Money by Jakob Kerr
The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston

Back After This by Linda Holmes
 Let's Call Her Barbie by Renee Rosen


In the Blink of an Eye by Jo Callaghan
*Frankie by Graham Norton
*Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
 *Here Be Dragons by Melanie Shankle

 Leave No Trace by Jo Callaghan

*Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
*The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett
Head Cases by John McMahon
Abigail and Alexa Save the Wedding by Lian Dolan
The Women of Oak Ridge by Michelle Shocklee

October
Vera's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) by Jesse Q. Sutanto
*The Names by Florence Knapp
Forget Me Not by Stacy Willingham
The Whyte Python World Tour by Travis Kennedy
Christmas with the Queen by Gaynor and Webb
The Drowning Woman by Robyn Harding

November
Departure 37 by Scott Carson
*Before Dorothy by Hazel Gaynor
A Guardian and A Thief by Megha Majumdar
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
The Jilted Countess by Loretta Ellsworth
*Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane
The Mad Wife by Meagan Church
The Boomerang by Robert Bailey
Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney

December
Inside Man by John McMahon
*What Kind of Paradise by Janelle Brown
What Happened to the McCrays? by Tracey Lange
*Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan







January
The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose
*Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams

February
*First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
The Manor House by Gilly MacMillan
Since She's Been Gone by Sagit Schwartz
*The Women by Kristin Hannah

March
The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose
*Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame by Olivia Ford
Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera
*With Our Blessing by Jo Spain

April
The Ascent by Adam Plantinga
The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins
One Step Too Far by Lisa Gardner
May
*What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan
*Kill for Me, Kill for You by Steve Cavanagh
The Killer's Wife by Victor Methos
Bye, Baby by Carola Lovering 
The Deepest Lake by Andromeda Romano-Lax 

June
*Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle
Long Time Gone by Charlie Donlea (link)
The Five Year Lie by Sarina Bowen
I Will Ruin You by Linwood Barclay
Murder Road by Simone St. James
*Anna Bright is Hiding Something by Susie Orman Schnall
*Just For the Summer by Abby Jimenez

July
*The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean
*The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin
Real Americans by Rachel Khong

August
*The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center
If Something Happens to Me by Alex Finlay
*The Summer of Yes by Courtney Walsh
Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan
The Hunter's Daughter by Nicola Solvinic
Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth

September
Middle of the Night by Riley Sager
*The Queen's Faithful Companion by Eliza Knight
House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen
October
*A Talent for Murder by Peter Swanson
*How to Read a Book by Monica Wood
The Burning by Linda Castillo

November
*The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman
A Home for the Holidays by Taylor Hahn

December
The Girl Who Was Taken by Charlie Donlea
The Noel Stranger by Richard Paul Evans
Mr. Miracle by Debbie Macomber



January
The Prisoner by B.A. Paris
The Last Party by Clare Mackintosh
The Family Game by Catherine Steadman
Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger
*A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella

February
Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica

*Night Angels by Weina Dai Randel
The Boy From the Woods by Harlan Coben
*Someone Else's Shoes by Jojo Moyes

Stone Cold Fox by Rachel Koller Croft


The Lost English Girl by Julia Kelly
The Lie Maker by Linwood Barclay
*The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley

July
Coronation Year by Jennifer Robson
The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth
*Drowning by TJ Newman
The Daydreams by Laura Hankin
*The Spectacular by Fiona Davis

August
*Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom
The Summer of Songbirds by Kristy Woodson Harvey
*The Pact by Sharon Bolton
Everyone Here is Lying by Shari Lapena

September
*The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne
Zero Days by Ruth Ware
Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan
*The Only One Left by Riley Sager
The Senator's Wife by Liv Constantine

October
*The Five Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand
*The Quiet Tenant by Clemence Michallon
Night Will Find You by Julia Heaberlin
*The Paris Daughter by Kristin Harmel
*Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
Murder Most Royal by S.J. Bennett
*None of this is True by Lisa Jewell
Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney
*The Caretaker by Ron Rash

November
*The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel





January
In Another Time by Jillian Cantor
*A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham
*The Maid by Nita Prose


February
The Last Dance of the Debutante by Julia Kelly


*The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki
*This Might Hurt by Stephanie Wrobel


The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh
When You Are Mine by Michael Robotham
*The Stolen Marriage by Diane Chamberlain
The Heights by Louise Candlish
The Night Shift by Alex Finlay
The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
The Unheard by Nicci French

May
With Love from London by Sarah Jio
The Golden Couple by Hendricks and Pekkanen
Her Last Affair by John Searles
The Wedding Veil by Kristy Woodson Harvey

June
The Suite Spot by Trish Doller
The Island by Adrian McKinty
*Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
*Mustique Island by Sarah McCoy
The Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan
*The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith
The Lifeguards by Amanda Eyre Ward
*The Wish by Nicholas Sparks
*After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan

July
The Hidden One by Linda Castillo
Cold Wind by CJ Box
The Surrogate by Toni Halleen
*Vacationland by Meg Mitchell Moore
The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth

August
NSFW by Isabel Kaplan
*I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys 
*The Beach Trap by Ali Brady
*The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager
*Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier
The Second Husband by Kate White

September
Thank You for Listening by Julia Whelan
Girl, Forgotten by Karin Slaughter
I'll Be You by Janelle Brown
The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie by Rachel Linden
Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley
*Gilt by Jamie Brenner

October
*The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle by Jennifer Ryan
*The German Wife by Kelly Rimmer

December
The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan
The Personal Assistant by Kimberly Belle



January

*Our Darkest Night by Jennifer Robson
How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce
*Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger
Goodnight Beautiful by Aimee Molloy


February

The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
More than Words by Jill Santopolo
My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni
Pretty Little Wife by Darby Kane
*Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West
*The Last Garden in England by Julia Kelly


March

Somewhere in France by Jennifer Robson
*The Children's Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin
*The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
The Push by Ashley Audrain
Girl A by Abigail Dean
Below Zero by C.J. Box
Nowhere to Run by C.J. Box
*The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany by Lori Nelson Spielman
The Power Couple by Alex Berenson
People Like Her by Ellery Lloyd


April

Do No Harm by Christina McDonald
Bloodline by Jess Lourey
The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor
The Cookbook Club by Beth Harbison
The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan
*The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth


May

Three Things about Elsie by Joanna Cannon
The Secret Book and Scone Society by Ellery Adams
*Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny
*We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker
The Windsor Knot by S.J. Bennett
*Much Ado About You by Samantha Young
The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin
What Comes After by Joanne Tompkins


June

*Under the Southern Sky by Kristy Woodson Harvey
*Who is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews
The Newcomer by Mary Kay Andrews
You Belong Here  Now by Dianna Rostad
The Final Revival of Opal and Nev by Dawnie Walton
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
*The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain


July

*The Chilbury Ladies' Choir by Jennifer Ryan
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland
Where the Grass is Green and the Girls are Pretty by Lauren Weisberger
Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica
Falling by T.J. Newman
The End of Men by Christina Sweeney-Baird
*The Invisible Husband of Frick Island by Colleen Oakley

August

Hostage by Clare Mackintosh
The Mothers by Genevieve Gannon
The Break-up Book Club by Wendy Wax
The Secrets of Midwives by Sally Hepworth
*All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle

September

*The People We Keep by Allison Larkin
*The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell
Sleeping Bear by Connor Sullivan
For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing
Not a Happy Family by Shari Lapena

October
*Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney
Such a Good Wife by Seraphina Nova Glass
*Three Words for Goodbye by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb
*The Ride of Her Life by Elizabeth Letts

November
Dear Santa by Debbie Macomber
The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard
*No One Will Miss Her by Kat Rosenfield
The Godmothers by Camille Aubray
*Christmas in Peachtree Bluff by Kristy Woodson Harvey
*Under the Tulip Tree by Michelle Shocklee

December
*These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant
Always in December by Emily Stone
The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer
*Christmas by the Book by Anne Marie Ryan
*A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus



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