2soffitta1
Completed
1. 52 Books part 1
A pun in the title
Four aunties and a wedding - read May
A character with red hair
The Strawberry Patch Pancake House - read Apr
Title starts with the letter “M”
My year of meat - read Aug
Title starts with the letter “N”
No one is too small to make a difference - audiobook
Plot includes a heist
Counterfeit - read Jul
Genre one: Set in Spring
Tom Lake - Read Jan - fiction
Genre two: Set in Summer
The Last Summer - epistolary novel - read Dec
Genre three: Set in Autumn
One evening in October I rowed out on the lake - Feb - poetry
Genre four: Set in Winter
The Christmas Tree Farm - Feb - Romance
Author’s last name is also a first name
Orbital - Samantha Harvey - read Mar
A prequel
Vianne - Read Oct
Has a moon on the cover
Potkin and Stubbs - read Jan
Title is ten letters or less
Godmersham Park - read Jun
4 from before Jan 2025
4 from Libby
2 from the library
3 from 2025
My top read had to be Orbital - I'll definitely reread it in the future.
1. 52 Books part 1
A pun in the title
Four aunties and a wedding - read May
A character with red hair
The Strawberry Patch Pancake House - read Apr
Title starts with the letter “M”
My year of meat - read Aug
Title starts with the letter “N”
No one is too small to make a difference - audiobook
Plot includes a heist
Counterfeit - read Jul
Genre one: Set in Spring
Tom Lake - Read Jan - fiction
Genre two: Set in Summer
The Last Summer - epistolary novel - read Dec
Genre three: Set in Autumn
One evening in October I rowed out on the lake - Feb - poetry
Genre four: Set in Winter
The Christmas Tree Farm - Feb - Romance
Author’s last name is also a first name
Orbital - Samantha Harvey - read Mar
A prequel
Vianne - Read Oct
Has a moon on the cover
Potkin and Stubbs - read Jan
Title is ten letters or less
Godmersham Park - read Jun
4 from before Jan 2025
4 from Libby
2 from the library
3 from 2025
My top read had to be Orbital - I'll definitely reread it in the future.
3soffitta1
Completed
2. 52 Books part 2
Climate fiction
The Stranding - read Dec
Includes Latin American history
The Sound of Butterflies - read May
Author has won an Edgar award
The Good, the bad and the aunties - read Aug
Told in verse
Telling Tales - read May
A character who can fly
The League of Gentlewomen Witches - read May
Has short chapters
The Hamilton Case - read Jan
A fairy tale retelling
Cinderella's Dress - read Jun
Character’s name in the title
Restless Dolly Maunder - read Apr
Found family trope
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - read Apr
A sprayed edge
Endgame - read Jul
Title is a spoiler
A lesson in dying - read Apr
Breaks the fourth wall
The Extinction of Irena Rey - read Apr
More than a million copies sold
Homecoming - read Aug
4 from before Jan 2025
6 from 2025
3 from Libby
Top read was The Extinction of Irena Rey - as a linguist, this appealed to me.
2. 52 Books part 2
Climate fiction
The Stranding - read Dec
Includes Latin American history
The Sound of Butterflies - read May
Author has won an Edgar award
The Good, the bad and the aunties - read Aug
Told in verse
Telling Tales - read May
A character who can fly
The League of Gentlewomen Witches - read May
Has short chapters
The Hamilton Case - read Jan
A fairy tale retelling
Cinderella's Dress - read Jun
Character’s name in the title
Restless Dolly Maunder - read Apr
Found family trope
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - read Apr
A sprayed edge
Endgame - read Jul
Title is a spoiler
A lesson in dying - read Apr
Breaks the fourth wall
The Extinction of Irena Rey - read Apr
More than a million copies sold
Homecoming - read Aug
4 from before Jan 2025
6 from 2025
3 from Libby
Top read was The Extinction of Irena Rey - as a linguist, this appealed to me.
4soffitta1
Completed
3. 52 books part 3
Features a magician
As the crow flies - read Jul
A cross-over in a shared multi-verse
Daisy Jones and the Six - read Oct
Shares universe with 28
Malibu Rising - read Dec
In the public domain
Bliss - read Oct
Audiobook has multiple narrators
The Lost Bookshop - read May
Includes a diary entry
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man - read Aug
A standalone novel
Shanghailanders - read Apr
Direction in the title
River East, River West - read Apr
Written in the 3rd person
Commonwealth - read Jan
Final sentence is fewer than six words long
The Glassmaker - read Jul
Genre chosen for you by someone else
Coming of age - Suffolk Library read along - Glasgow Boys - read Jul
An adventure story
Happiness for Beginners - read Jul
Has an epigraph
The Woods in Winter - read Jul
5 from before Jan 2025
5 from 2025
2 from Libby
1 from the library
Top read was Glasgow Boys - so well written, it has stayed with me.
3. 52 books part 3
Features a magician
As the crow flies - read Jul
A cross-over in a shared multi-verse
Daisy Jones and the Six - read Oct
Shares universe with 28
Malibu Rising - read Dec
In the public domain
Bliss - read Oct
Audiobook has multiple narrators
The Lost Bookshop - read May
Includes a diary entry
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man - read Aug
A standalone novel
Shanghailanders - read Apr
Direction in the title
River East, River West - read Apr
Written in the 3rd person
Commonwealth - read Jan
Final sentence is fewer than six words long
The Glassmaker - read Jul
Genre chosen for you by someone else
Coming of age - Suffolk Library read along - Glasgow Boys - read Jul
An adventure story
Happiness for Beginners - read Jul
Has an epigraph
The Woods in Winter - read Jul
5 from before Jan 2025
5 from 2025
2 from Libby
1 from the library
Top read was Glasgow Boys - so well written, it has stayed with me.
5soffitta1
Completed
4. 52 Books part 4
Stream of consciousness narrative
Soul Tourists - read Apr
Cover font is in a primary colour
Miss Austen - read Jun
A non-human antagonist
The Flea Palace - read Apr
Explores social class
The Wangs vs the World - read Jun
A celebrity on the cover
I haven't been entirely honest with you - audiobook - listened Nov
Author releases more than one book a year
Broken Ground - Val McDermid - read Sept
Read in a -ber month
The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels - read Sept
I think it was blue
Intermezzo - read Jun
Related to the word puzzle
The Puzzle Wood - read Jul
Set in a country with an active volcano
Space Invaders - Chile - read May
Set in the 1940s
N or M - read Dec
300-400 pages long
The fair botanists - read Apr
Published in 2025
A House for Miss Pauline - read Dec
4 from before Jan 2025
5 from 2025
2 from the library
2 from Libby
Two very different top reads - A House for Miss Pauline and Space Invaders. Both deal with tough history and the impact for years later.
4. 52 Books part 4
Stream of consciousness narrative
Soul Tourists - read Apr
Cover font is in a primary colour
Miss Austen - read Jun
A non-human antagonist
The Flea Palace - read Apr
Explores social class
The Wangs vs the World - read Jun
A celebrity on the cover
I haven't been entirely honest with you - audiobook - listened Nov
Author releases more than one book a year
Broken Ground - Val McDermid - read Sept
Read in a -ber month
The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels - read Sept
I think it was blue
Intermezzo - read Jun
Related to the word puzzle
The Puzzle Wood - read Jul
Set in a country with an active volcano
Space Invaders - Chile - read May
Set in the 1940s
N or M - read Dec
300-400 pages long
The fair botanists - read Apr
Published in 2025
A House for Miss Pauline - read Dec
4 from before Jan 2025
5 from 2025
2 from the library
2 from Libby
Two very different top reads - A House for Miss Pauline and Space Invaders. Both deal with tough history and the impact for years later.
6soffitta1
Completed
5. CoverCat
January - lowelibrary - cover contains something involved in a tea party
Small Ceremonies
February - pamelad - a tree on the cover
Almarina
March - Tess_W - farm animals on the cover
Miracle on Cherry Hill - hen on cover
April - VivienneR - cover shows a road
The road to Little Dribbling
May - LadyoftheLodge - more than two elements/objects on the cover
Defectors - 2 people, Kremlin
June - christina_reads - something with wheels on the cover
Adiós Muchachos
July - DeltaQueen50 - a fruit pictured on the cover
Long Island
August - susanna.fraser - cover image includes a photograph
Partition Voices
September - sallylou61 - dogs and/or cats on the cover
Labrador
October - JayneCM - something on the cover that will fit in your pocket.
The Glovemaker's daughter
November - majkia - celestial objects on the cover
The Baby is Mine
December - Robertgreaves - something you would like for a Christmas (or equivalent gift-giving occasion in your tradition) present on the cover
The Paris Library - a book
7 from before Jan 2025
5 from 2025
The top reading was Miracle on Cherry Hill - seemingly simple, but food for thought.
5. CoverCat
January - lowelibrary - cover contains something involved in a tea party
Small Ceremonies
February - pamelad - a tree on the cover
Almarina
March - Tess_W - farm animals on the cover
Miracle on Cherry Hill - hen on cover
April - VivienneR - cover shows a road
The road to Little Dribbling
May - LadyoftheLodge - more than two elements/objects on the cover
Defectors - 2 people, Kremlin
June - christina_reads - something with wheels on the cover
Adiós Muchachos
July - DeltaQueen50 - a fruit pictured on the cover
Long Island
August - susanna.fraser - cover image includes a photograph
Partition Voices
September - sallylou61 - dogs and/or cats on the cover
Labrador
October - JayneCM - something on the cover that will fit in your pocket.
The Glovemaker's daughter
November - majkia - celestial objects on the cover
The Baby is Mine
December - Robertgreaves - something you would like for a Christmas (or equivalent gift-giving occasion in your tradition) present on the cover
The Paris Library - a book
7 from before Jan 2025
5 from 2025
The top reading was Miracle on Cherry Hill - seemingly simple, but food for thought.
7soffitta1
Completed
6. ColourCat
January – pamelad – Green
Self-portrait in green
February – VivienneR – Gold
Goddess with a thousand faces
March – LadyoftheLodge – Pink
The Accidental Malay
April – Helenliz – Brown
The Blanket Cats
May – Charon07 – Red
Death at the sign of the rook
June – clue – Yellow
Black Sugar
July – ish63 – White
Pure Juliet
August – DeltaQueen50 – Grey
Poirot and Me
September - NinieB – Silver
October – susanna.fraser – Black
Black thorn
November – MissWatson – Blue
The Blue
December – Tess - Purple
The List
8 from before 2025
2 from 2025
1 from the library
Top read - for the insight into a beloved series, Poirot and Me, but for the historical detail and plot - The Blue.
6. ColourCat
January – pamelad – Green
Self-portrait in green
February – VivienneR – Gold
Goddess with a thousand faces
March – LadyoftheLodge – Pink
The Accidental Malay
April – Helenliz – Brown
The Blanket Cats
May – Charon07 – Red
Death at the sign of the rook
June – clue – Yellow
Black Sugar
July – ish63 – White
Pure Juliet
August – DeltaQueen50 – Grey
Poirot and Me
September - NinieB – Silver
October – susanna.fraser – Black
Black thorn
November – MissWatson – Blue
The Blue
December – Tess - Purple
The List
8 from before 2025
2 from 2025
1 from the library
Top read - for the insight into a beloved series, Poirot and Me, but for the historical detail and plot - The Blue.
8soffitta1
7. 25 best novels from the last 25 years
Rollover from 2024
1998 - Trumpet - read, highly recommended
1999 -A Place of Executions
2000 -Under the skin - read
2001 - Hallam Foe
2002 -The Cutting Room
2003 - Buddha Da - read, highly recommended
2004 - Fleshmarket Close - read, I love Rebus books!
2005 - Minaret - read Jan
2006 - The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox , read and enjoyed
2007 - Day - read and enjoyed
2008 - Kieron Smith, boy - read
2009 - Choke Chain
2010 - The Memory of Love
2011 - The Echo Chamber
2012 - The Panopticon
2013 - Life after life - read and recommend
2014 - How to be both - read and highly recommend
2015 - His Bloody Project
2016 - The Bookshop on the Corner
2017 - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine - read and enjoyed
2018 - The Long Take - read Aug
2019 - Conviction
2020 - Shuggie Bain - already on my shelves
2021 - Deep Wheel Orcadia
2022 - The Pharmacist - read Jul
2023 - In Ascension
3 from 2025
That brings me up to 19 / 25.
I think my favourite this year was The Pharmacist - so unexpected.
I am going to try and finish the list in 2026.
Rollover from 2024
1998 -
1999 -
2000 -
2001 - Hallam Foe
2002 -
2003 -
2004 -
2005 - Minaret - read Jan
2006 -
2007 -
2008 -
2009 - Choke Chain
2010 - The Memory of Love
2011 - The Echo Chamber
2012 -
2013 -
2014 -
2015 -
2016 -
2017 -
2018 - The Long Take - read Aug
2019 -
2020 - Shuggie Bain - already on my shelves
2021 - Deep Wheel Orcadia
2022 - The Pharmacist - read Jul
2023 - In Ascension
3 from 2025
That brings me up to 19 / 25.
I think my favourite this year was The Pharmacist - so unexpected.
I am going to try and finish the list in 2026.
9soffitta1
8. Reading connected to travels
Jul
1. The Masterpiece - Slovenian writer
2. Penelope Unbound - partially set in Trieste
3. The Masochist - Slovenian writer, but moves across the former Austro- Hungarian empire, including Trieste
Aug - Germany and Poland
4. Confession with blue horses - East Berlin
5. Voracious - Poland
Scotland
6. The Road Trip
7. The White Bird Passes
Oct
Malta
8. The Kappillan of Malta
Dec
Spain
9. El Balneario
10. April in Spain
9 from 2025
1 from before Jan 2025
I enjoyed this category - I enjoy reading books connected to where I travel to.
I think my favourite was The Masochist.
Jul
1. The Masterpiece - Slovenian writer
2. Penelope Unbound - partially set in Trieste
3. The Masochist - Slovenian writer, but moves across the former Austro- Hungarian empire, including Trieste
Aug - Germany and Poland
4. Confession with blue horses - East Berlin
5. Voracious - Poland
Scotland
6. The Road Trip
7. The White Bird Passes
Oct
Malta
8. The Kappillan of Malta
Dec
Spain
9. El Balneario
10. April in Spain
9 from 2025
1 from before Jan 2025
I enjoyed this category - I enjoy reading books connected to where I travel to.
I think my favourite was The Masochist.
10soffitta1
9. Friends book group
Jan - Confessions of an Ugly Sister - already read
Feb - Remarkably Bright Creatures
Mar - The Pumpkin Spice Café
April - Welcome to the Hyunam-dong bookshop
May - Flight Behavior
Jun - The Ministry of Time
Jul - On Traigh Lar Beach
Aug - Romantic Comedy
Sept - Hello Beautiful
Oct - The Pants of perspective
Dec - A Snow Garden - I listened to this as an audiobook as I read it last year. The first story was the one picked, A faraway smell of lemon.
2 from before Jan 2025
4 from Libby
4 from 2025
For next year:
Nov - The wedding people
Jan - Confessions of an Ugly Sister - already read
Feb - Remarkably Bright Creatures
Mar - The Pumpkin Spice Café
April - Welcome to the Hyunam-dong bookshop
May - Flight Behavior
Jun - The Ministry of Time
Jul - On Traigh Lar Beach
Aug - Romantic Comedy
Sept - Hello Beautiful
Oct - The Pants of perspective
Dec - A Snow Garden - I listened to this as an audiobook as I read it last year. The first story was the one picked, A faraway smell of lemon.
2 from before Jan 2025
4 from Libby
4 from 2025
For next year:
Nov - The wedding people
11soffitta1
10. Readalongs
Dial Lane Book group
May 2024 - In memoriam
Apr 2024 - Butter
Rebel Badge Book Club
Feb: The Cinnamon Bun Bookstore
Mar: What you are looking for is in the library
Apr: The lost apothecary
May: When women were dragons
Oct: The God of the Woods
Dec: The Christmas Bookshop
Possible
Aug: The haunting of Maddy Clare
Sept: The House in the Cerulean Sea
Nov: Snowblind
2 from before Jan 2025
3 from Libby
1 from the library
2 from 2025
Dial Lane Book group
May 2024 - In memoriam
Apr 2024 - Butter
Rebel Badge Book Club
Feb: The Cinnamon Bun Bookstore
Mar: What you are looking for is in the library
Apr: The lost apothecary
May: When women were dragons
Oct: The God of the Woods
Dec: The Christmas Bookshop
Possible
Aug: The haunting of Maddy Clare
Sept: The House in the Cerulean Sea
Nov: Snowblind
2 from before Jan 2025
3 from Libby
1 from the library
2 from 2025
12soffitta1
11. This is the Canon
Decolonize your bookshelf in 50 books
Rollover from 2024
Jul
1. A Brief History of Seven Killings
Oct
2. Salt
Dec
3. If Beale Street Could Talk
to source
Children of the New World
The Beautyful Ones are not born
The Bridge of Beyond
Between Two Worlds
Our Sister Killjoy
Territory of Light
The Joys of Motherhood
Segu
Woman Hollering Creek and other stories
Texaco
Breath, Eyes, Memory
Discerner of Hearts and other stories
The Years with Laura Díaz
The Best of Albert Wendt's Short Stories
Monkey Beach
Dogside Story
Shell Shaker
Dancing in the Dark
In Other Rooms
How to read the air
The Swan Book
The White Girl
Decolonize your bookshelf in 50 books
Rollover from 2024
Jul
1. A Brief History of Seven Killings
Oct
2. Salt
Dec
3. If Beale Street Could Talk
to source
Children of the New World
The Beautyful Ones are not born
The Bridge of Beyond
Between Two Worlds
Our Sister Killjoy
Territory of Light
The Joys of Motherhood
Segu
Woman Hollering Creek and other stories
Texaco
Breath, Eyes, Memory
Discerner of Hearts and other stories
The Years with Laura Díaz
The Best of Albert Wendt's Short Stories
Monkey Beach
Dogside Story
Shell Shaker
Dancing in the Dark
In Other Rooms
How to read the air
The Swan Book
The White Girl
13soffitta1
12. MysteryKit
Completed
January—LadyoftheLodge—winter mysteries
The Christmas Murder Game
February—DeltaQueen50–vintage mysteries
The White Cottage Mystery
March—majkia—espionage
The spy and the traitor
April--mstrust—paranormal
Talking to the dead
May—Robertgreaves—mysteries not set in my country
The Scorpion's Head
June—KeithChaffee—LGBTQ+ detectives
The distant echo
July—christina_reads—series sleuths
Thursday Murder Club
August—LibraryCin—legal thrillers
September—Miss Brangwen—silver age mysteries
The Laughing Policeman
October--DeltaQueen50–police procedurals
One for sorrow
November--Tess_W--psychological mysteries and thrillers
Pine - audiobook
December--lowelibrary—cozies
The Potting Shed Murder
4 from Libby
3 from 2025
4 from before 2025
Completed
January—LadyoftheLodge—winter mysteries
The Christmas Murder Game
February—DeltaQueen50–vintage mysteries
The White Cottage Mystery
March—majkia—espionage
The spy and the traitor
April--mstrust—paranormal
Talking to the dead
May—Robertgreaves—mysteries not set in my country
The Scorpion's Head
June—KeithChaffee—LGBTQ+ detectives
The distant echo
July—christina_reads—series sleuths
Thursday Murder Club
August—LibraryCin—legal thrillers
September—Miss Brangwen—silver age mysteries
The Laughing Policeman
October--DeltaQueen50–police procedurals
One for sorrow
November--Tess_W--psychological mysteries and thrillers
Pine - audiobook
December--lowelibrary—cozies
The Potting Shed Murder
4 from Libby
3 from 2025
4 from before 2025
14soffitta1
Completed - I started reading the series in 2023. I look forward to reading her other series.
13. Elly Griffiths - I'd like to finish the Ruth Galloway series
Rollover from 2024
Jul
1. The Lantern Men
2. The Night Hawks
3. The Locked Room
Aug
4. The Last Remains
2 from before 2025
1 from 2025
1 from the library
13. Elly Griffiths - I'd like to finish the Ruth Galloway series
Rollover from 2024
Jul
1. The Lantern Men
2. The Night Hawks
3. The Locked Room
Aug
4. The Last Remains
2 from before 2025
1 from 2025
1 from the library
15soffitta1
Completed
14. Agatha Christie
Jan - Five little pigs
Feb - The 13 problems
Mar - Three act tragedy
Apr - The Seven Dials Mystery
May - Cards on the table
Jun - Crooked House
Jul - Come, tell me how you live
Aug - one two buckle my shoe
Sept - At Bertram's Hotel
Oct - Towards Zero
Nov - Cat among pigeons
Dec - A Caribbean Mystery
14. Agatha Christie
Jan - Five little pigs
Feb - The 13 problems
Mar - Three act tragedy
Apr - The Seven Dials Mystery
May - Cards on the table
Jun - Crooked House
Jul - Come, tell me how you live
Aug - one two buckle my shoe
Sept - At Bertram's Hotel
Oct - Towards Zero
Nov - Cat among pigeons
Dec - A Caribbean Mystery
16soffitta1
Completed
15. Ali Smith - Seasons
Didn't read them in 2024, so a rollover category.
Jul
Autumn
Oct
Winter
Spring
Summer
Dec
Companion Piece
3 from before 1 Jan 2025
2 from the library
15. Ali Smith - Seasons
Didn't read them in 2024, so a rollover category.
Jul
Autumn
Oct
Winter
Spring
Summer
Dec
Companion Piece
3 from before 1 Jan 2025
2 from the library
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16. AlphaCat
Once again, I'd like to complete this with books I already have, where possible.
JAN
S - Second Skin
O - Ordinary People
FEB
L - Hunger - Lan Samantha Chang
G - Paradise - Abdulrazak Gurnah
MAR
U - Unspeakable
A - A rising man
APR
K - The perplexing theft of the jewel in the crown
E - The lamplighters
MAY
I - Contemporary Indian Short Stories Series IV
D - Defenestrate
JUN
C - Curdle Creek
JUL
W - The Walrus Mutterer
T - Those who are loved
AUG
N - Blue Water by Leonora Nattrass
J - Journey by Moonlight
SEP
B - Leaving the Atocha Station by Ben Lerner
M - A gentleman in Moscow
OCT
F - Best of Friends
P - The Talk of Pram Town
NOV
H - The House of Silk
DEC
V - How the Dead Speak - Val McDermid
R - House of Ashes - Monique Roffey
22/26 - all books from before Jan 2025
Once again, I'd like to complete this with books I already have, where possible.
JAN
S - Second Skin
O - Ordinary People
FEB
L - Hunger - Lan Samantha Chang
G - Paradise - Abdulrazak Gurnah
MAR
U - Unspeakable
A - A rising man
APR
K - The perplexing theft of the jewel in the crown
E - The lamplighters
MAY
I - Contemporary Indian Short Stories Series IV
D - Defenestrate
JUN
C - Curdle Creek
JUL
W - The Walrus Mutterer
T - Those who are loved
AUG
N - Blue Water by Leonora Nattrass
J - Journey by Moonlight
SEP
B - Leaving the Atocha Station by Ben Lerner
M - A gentleman in Moscow
OCT
F - Best of Friends
P - The Talk of Pram Town
NOV
H - The House of Silk
DEC
V - How the Dead Speak - Val McDermid
R - House of Ashes - Monique Roffey
22/26 - all books from before Jan 2025
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17. ABC - already bookcrossed
Apr
1. The Pit - 3 short stories by Doris Lessing
2. A Deadly Education - excerpt for promotion
3. The art of murder
Aug
4. Pandora
Oct
5. The Trunk
Dec
6. The Winter Garden
7. Solibo Magnificent
Apr
1. The Pit - 3 short stories by Doris Lessing
2. A Deadly Education - excerpt for promotion
3. The art of murder
Aug
4. Pandora
Oct
5. The Trunk
Dec
6. The Winter Garden
7. Solibo Magnificent
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18. CatWoman
My own version
Feb
1. A Crime in the Neighborhood - Women's Prize for Fiction winner
Apr
2. Human Acts - Women in translation
Jun
3. Julia - Woman's voice
4. The Night Watchman - Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner
Jul
5. Ragnarok - women and myths
6. Her side of the story - Bildungsroman
Oct
7. Chilco - Indigenous writer
1 rom the library
1 from before 2025
5 from 2025
My own version
Feb
1. A Crime in the Neighborhood - Women's Prize for Fiction winner
Apr
2. Human Acts - Women in translation
Jun
3. Julia - Woman's voice
4. The Night Watchman - Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner
Jul
5. Ragnarok - women and myths
6. Her side of the story - Bildungsroman
Oct
7. Chilco - Indigenous writer
1 rom the library
1 from before 2025
5 from 2025
20soffitta1
19 Holiday reading
Christmas
1. The drought
Summer
2. The convenience store by the sea
3. Solar Bones
4. The German Lesson
October half term
5. The gingerbread bakery
6. Dream Story
7. Strange loyalties
Christmas
8. A Skye full of Stars
9. Winter in Sokcho
2 from Libby
7 from 2025
Christmas
1. The drought
Summer
2. The convenience store by the sea
3. Solar Bones
4. The German Lesson
October half term
5. The gingerbread bakery
6. Dream Story
7. Strange loyalties
Christmas
8. A Skye full of Stars
9. Winter in Sokcho
2 from Libby
7 from 2025
21soffitta1
20 Audiobooks
Jan
1. Persuasion
Feb
2. North and South
Jun
3. 1984 - versión española
Jul
4. Outlander
5. My cousin Rachel
6. Murder on the Orient Express
7. The song of Achilles
Aug
8. Brooklyn
9. Galatea
Sept
10. Miss Benson's Beetle
11. Magpie Murders
Dec
12. The Christmas Clue
Jan
1. Persuasion
Feb
2. North and South
Jun
3. 1984 - versión española
Jul
4. Outlander
5. My cousin Rachel
6. Murder on the Orient Express
7. The song of Achilles
Aug
8. Brooklyn
9. Galatea
Sept
10. Miss Benson's Beetle
11. Magpie Murders
Dec
12. The Christmas Clue
22Charon07
I like “decolonising your bookshelf” as a category! And if I wasn’t feeling overcommitted already, I’d like to add Ali Smith’s Seasons too. I’ve already read Autumn, but I need to get to the other three.
24lowelibrary
Can't wait to see what your versions of CatWoman and KiddieCat look like.
26DeltaQueen50
Wishing you a enjoyable reading year!
27christina_reads
Happy reading in 2025! I noticed you've got Five Little Pigs on deck for your Christie category -- that was my first-ever Christie novel, and I never looked back. :)
29lowelibrary
Happy New Year and good luck with your reading.
30thornton37814
Hope you have a great year in books!
31beebeereads
Enjoy your reading year!
32MissWatson
Welcome back! Have a good reading year!
34soffitta1
COMPLETED
13. Elly Griffiths - I'd like to finish the Ruth Galloway series
Rollover from 2024
Jul
1. The Lantern Men
2. The Night Hawks
3. The Locked Room
Aug
4. The Last Remains
I started reading the series in 2023 and have really enjoyed the setting and mysteries. I look forward to reading her other series.
2 from before 2025
1 from 2025
1 from the library
13. Elly Griffiths - I'd like to finish the Ruth Galloway series
Rollover from 2024
Jul
1. The Lantern Men
2. The Night Hawks
3. The Locked Room
Aug
4. The Last Remains
I started reading the series in 2023 and have really enjoyed the setting and mysteries. I look forward to reading her other series.
2 from before 2025
1 from 2025
1 from the library
36soffitta1
Completed
1. 52 Books part 1
A pun in the title
Four aunties and a wedding - read May
A character with red hair
The Strawberry Patch Pancake House - read Apr
Title starts with the letter “M”
My year of meat - read Aug
Title starts with the letter “N”
No one is too small to make a difference - audiobook
Plot includes a heist
Counterfeit - read Jul
Genre one: Set in Spring
Tom Lake - Read Jan - fiction
Genre two: Set in Summer
The Last Summer - epistolary novel - read Dec
Genre three: Set in Autumn
One evening in October I rowed out on the lake - Feb - poetry
Genre four: Set in Winter
The Christmas Tree Farm - Feb - Romance
Author’s last name is also a first name
Orbital - Samantha Harvey - read Mar
A prequel
Vianne - Read Oct
Has a moon on the cover
Potkin and Stubbs - read Jan
Title is ten letters or less
Godmersham Park - read Jun
4 from before Jan 2025
4 from Libby
2 from the library
3 from 2025
My top read had to be Orbital - I'll definitely reread it in the future.
1. 52 Books part 1
A pun in the title
Four aunties and a wedding - read May
A character with red hair
The Strawberry Patch Pancake House - read Apr
Title starts with the letter “M”
My year of meat - read Aug
Title starts with the letter “N”
No one is too small to make a difference - audiobook
Plot includes a heist
Counterfeit - read Jul
Genre one: Set in Spring
Tom Lake - Read Jan - fiction
Genre two: Set in Summer
The Last Summer - epistolary novel - read Dec
Genre three: Set in Autumn
One evening in October I rowed out on the lake - Feb - poetry
Genre four: Set in Winter
The Christmas Tree Farm - Feb - Romance
Author’s last name is also a first name
Orbital - Samantha Harvey - read Mar
A prequel
Vianne - Read Oct
Has a moon on the cover
Potkin and Stubbs - read Jan
Title is ten letters or less
Godmersham Park - read Jun
4 from before Jan 2025
4 from Libby
2 from the library
3 from 2025
My top read had to be Orbital - I'll definitely reread it in the future.
37soffitta1
Completed
2. 52 Books part 2
Climate fiction
The Stranding - read Dec
Includes Latin American history
The Sound of Butterflies - read May
Author has won an Edgar award
The Good, the bad and the aunties - read Aug
Told in verse
Telling Tales - read May
A character who can fly
The League of Gentlewomen Witches - read May
Has short chapters
The Hamilton Case - read Jan
A fairy tale retelling
Cinderella's Dress - read Jun
Character’s name in the title
Restless Dolly Maunder - read Apr
Found family trope
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - read Apr
A sprayed edge
Endgame - read Jul
Title is a spoiler
A lesson in dying - read Apr
Breaks the fourth wall
The Extinction of Irena Rey - read Apr
More than a million copies sold
Homecoming - read Aug
4 from before Jan 2025
6 from 2025
3 from Libby
Top read was The Extinction of Irena Rey - as a linguist, this appealed to me.
2. 52 Books part 2
Climate fiction
The Stranding - read Dec
Includes Latin American history
The Sound of Butterflies - read May
Author has won an Edgar award
The Good, the bad and the aunties - read Aug
Told in verse
Telling Tales - read May
A character who can fly
The League of Gentlewomen Witches - read May
Has short chapters
The Hamilton Case - read Jan
A fairy tale retelling
Cinderella's Dress - read Jun
Character’s name in the title
Restless Dolly Maunder - read Apr
Found family trope
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - read Apr
A sprayed edge
Endgame - read Jul
Title is a spoiler
A lesson in dying - read Apr
Breaks the fourth wall
The Extinction of Irena Rey - read Apr
More than a million copies sold
Homecoming - read Aug
4 from before Jan 2025
6 from 2025
3 from Libby
Top read was The Extinction of Irena Rey - as a linguist, this appealed to me.
38soffitta1
Completed
3. 52 books part 3
Features a magician
As the crow flies - read Jul
A cross-over in a shared multi-verse
Daisy Jones and the Six - read Oct
Shares universe with 28
Malibu Rising - read Dec
In the public domain
Bliss - read Oct
Audiobook has multiple narrators
The Lost Bookshop - read May
Includes a diary entry
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man - read Aug
A standalone novel
Shanghailanders - read Apr
Direction in the title
River East, River West - read Apr
Written in the 3rd person
Commonwealth - read Jan
Final sentence is fewer than six words long
The Glassmaker - read Jul
Genre chosen for you by someone else
Coming of age - Suffolk Library read along - Glasgow Boys - read Jul
An adventure story
Happiness for Beginners - read Jul
Has an epigraph
The Woods in Winter - read Jul
5 from before Jan 2025
5 from 2025
2 from Libby
1 from the library
Top read was Glasgow Boys - so well written, it has stayed with me.
3. 52 books part 3
Features a magician
As the crow flies - read Jul
A cross-over in a shared multi-verse
Daisy Jones and the Six - read Oct
Shares universe with 28
Malibu Rising - read Dec
In the public domain
Bliss - read Oct
Audiobook has multiple narrators
The Lost Bookshop - read May
Includes a diary entry
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man - read Aug
A standalone novel
Shanghailanders - read Apr
Direction in the title
River East, River West - read Apr
Written in the 3rd person
Commonwealth - read Jan
Final sentence is fewer than six words long
The Glassmaker - read Jul
Genre chosen for you by someone else
Coming of age - Suffolk Library read along - Glasgow Boys - read Jul
An adventure story
Happiness for Beginners - read Jul
Has an epigraph
The Woods in Winter - read Jul
5 from before Jan 2025
5 from 2025
2 from Libby
1 from the library
Top read was Glasgow Boys - so well written, it has stayed with me.
39soffitta1
Completed
4. 52 Books part 4
Stream of consciousness narrative
Soul Tourists - read Apr
Cover font is in a primary colour
Miss Austen - read Jun
A non-human antagonist
The Flea Palace - read Apr
Explores social class
The Wangs vs the World - read Jun
A celebrity on the cover
I haven't been entirely honest with you - audiobook - listened Nov
Author releases more than one book a year
Broken Ground - Val McDermid - read Sept
Read in a -ber month
The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels - read Sept
I think it was blue
Intermezzo - read Jun
Related to the word puzzle
The Puzzle Wood - read Jul
Set in a country with an active volcano
Space Invaders - Chile - read May
Set in the 1940s
N or M - read Dec
300-400 pages long
The fair botanists - read Apr
Published in 2025
A House for Miss Pauline - read Dec
4 from before Jan 2025
5 from 2025
2 from the library
2 from Libby
Two very different top reads - A House for Miss Pauline and Space Invaders. Both deal with tough history and the impact for years later.
4. 52 Books part 4
Stream of consciousness narrative
Soul Tourists - read Apr
Cover font is in a primary colour
Miss Austen - read Jun
A non-human antagonist
The Flea Palace - read Apr
Explores social class
The Wangs vs the World - read Jun
A celebrity on the cover
I haven't been entirely honest with you - audiobook - listened Nov
Author releases more than one book a year
Broken Ground - Val McDermid - read Sept
Read in a -ber month
The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels - read Sept
I think it was blue
Intermezzo - read Jun
Related to the word puzzle
The Puzzle Wood - read Jul
Set in a country with an active volcano
Space Invaders - Chile - read May
Set in the 1940s
N or M - read Dec
300-400 pages long
The fair botanists - read Apr
Published in 2025
A House for Miss Pauline - read Dec
4 from before Jan 2025
5 from 2025
2 from the library
2 from Libby
Two very different top reads - A House for Miss Pauline and Space Invaders. Both deal with tough history and the impact for years later.
40soffitta1
Completed
6. ColourCat
January – pamelad – Green
Self-portrait in green
February – VivienneR – Gold
Goddess with a thousand faces
March – LadyoftheLodge – Pink
The Accidental Malay
April – Helenliz – Brown
The Blanket Cats
May – Charon07 – Red
Death at the sign of the rook
June – clue – Yellow
Black Sugar
July – ish63 – White
Pure Juliet
August – DeltaQueen50 – Grey
Poirot and Me
September - NinieB – Silver
October – susanna.fraser – Black
Black thorn
November – MissWatson – Blue
The Blue
December – Tess - Purple
The List
8 from before 2025
2 from 2025
1 from the library
Top read - for the insight into a beloved series, Poirot and Me, but for the historical detail and plot - The Blue.
6. ColourCat
January – pamelad – Green
Self-portrait in green
February – VivienneR – Gold
Goddess with a thousand faces
March – LadyoftheLodge – Pink
The Accidental Malay
April – Helenliz – Brown
The Blanket Cats
May – Charon07 – Red
Death at the sign of the rook
June – clue – Yellow
Black Sugar
July – ish63 – White
Pure Juliet
August – DeltaQueen50 – Grey
Poirot and Me
September - NinieB – Silver
October – susanna.fraser – Black
Black thorn
November – MissWatson – Blue
The Blue
December – Tess - Purple
The List
8 from before 2025
2 from 2025
1 from the library
Top read - for the insight into a beloved series, Poirot and Me, but for the historical detail and plot - The Blue.
41soffitta1
Completed
5. CoverCat
January - lowelibrary - cover contains something involved in a tea party
Small Ceremonies
February - pamelad - a tree on the cover
Almarina
March - Tess_W - farm animals on the cover
Miracle on Cherry Hill - hen on cover
April - VivienneR - cover shows a road
The road to Little Dribbling
May - LadyoftheLodge - more than two elements/objects on the cover
Defectors - 2 people, Kremlin
June - christina_reads - something with wheels on the cover
Adiós Muchachos
July - DeltaQueen50 - a fruit pictured on the cover
Long Island
August - susanna.fraser - cover image includes a photograph
Partition Voices
September - sallylou61 - dogs and/or cats on the cover
Labrador
October - JayneCM - something on the cover that will fit in your pocket.
The Glovemaker's daughter
November - majkia - celestial objects on the cover
The Baby is Mine
December - Robertgreaves - something you would like for a Christmas (or equivalent gift-giving occasion in your tradition) present on the cover
The Paris Library - a book
7 from before Jan 2025
5 from 2025
The top reading was Miracle on Cherry Hill - seemingly simple, but food for thought.
5. CoverCat
January - lowelibrary - cover contains something involved in a tea party
Small Ceremonies
February - pamelad - a tree on the cover
Almarina
March - Tess_W - farm animals on the cover
Miracle on Cherry Hill - hen on cover
April - VivienneR - cover shows a road
The road to Little Dribbling
May - LadyoftheLodge - more than two elements/objects on the cover
Defectors - 2 people, Kremlin
June - christina_reads - something with wheels on the cover
Adiós Muchachos
July - DeltaQueen50 - a fruit pictured on the cover
Long Island
August - susanna.fraser - cover image includes a photograph
Partition Voices
September - sallylou61 - dogs and/or cats on the cover
Labrador
October - JayneCM - something on the cover that will fit in your pocket.
The Glovemaker's daughter
November - majkia - celestial objects on the cover
The Baby is Mine
December - Robertgreaves - something you would like for a Christmas (or equivalent gift-giving occasion in your tradition) present on the cover
The Paris Library - a book
7 from before Jan 2025
5 from 2025
The top reading was Miracle on Cherry Hill - seemingly simple, but food for thought.
42soffitta1
7. 25 best novels from the last 25 years
Rollover from 2024
1998 - Trumpet - read, highly recommended
1999 -A Place of Executions
2000 -Under the skin - read
2001 - Hallam Foe
2002 -The Cutting Room
2003 - Buddha Da - read, highly recommended
2004 - Fleshmarket Close - read, I love Rebus books!
2005 - Minaret - read Jan
2006 - The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox , read and enjoyed
2007 - Day - read and enjoyed
2008 - Kieron Smith, boy - read
2009 - Choke Chain
2010 - The Memory of Love
2011 - The Echo Chamber
2012 - The Panopticon
2013 - Life after life - read and recommend
2014 - How to be both - read and highly recommend
2015 - His Bloody Project
2016 - The Bookshop on the Corner
2017 - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine - read and enjoyed
2018 - The Long Take - read Aug
2019 - Conviction
2020 - Shuggie Bain - already on my shelves
2021 - Deep Wheel Orcadia
2022 - The Pharmacist - read Jul
2023 - In Ascension
3 from 2025
That brings me up to 19 / 25.
I think my favourite this year was The Pharmacist - so unexpected.
I am going to try and finish the list in 2026.
Rollover from 2024
1998 -
1999 -
2000 -
2001 - Hallam Foe
2002 -
2003 -
2004 -
2005 - Minaret - read Jan
2006 -
2007 -
2008 -
2009 - Choke Chain
2010 - The Memory of Love
2011 - The Echo Chamber
2012 -
2013 -
2014 -
2015 -
2016 -
2017 -
2018 - The Long Take - read Aug
2019 -
2020 - Shuggie Bain - already on my shelves
2021 - Deep Wheel Orcadia
2022 - The Pharmacist - read Jul
2023 - In Ascension
3 from 2025
That brings me up to 19 / 25.
I think my favourite this year was The Pharmacist - so unexpected.
I am going to try and finish the list in 2026.
43soffitta1
8. Reading connected to travels
Jul
1. The Masterpiece - Slovenian writer
2. Penelope Unbound - partially set in Trieste
3. The Masochist - Slovenian writer, but moves across the former Austro- Hungarian empire, including Trieste
Aug - Germany and Poland
4. Confession with blue horses - East Berlin
5. Voracious - Poland
Scotland
6. The Road Trip
7. The White Bird Passes
Oct
Malta
8. The Kappillan of Malta
Dec
Spain
9. El Balneario
10. April in Spain
9 from 2025
1 from before Jan 2025
I enjoyed this category - I enjoy reading books connected to where I travel to.
I think my favourite was The Masochist.
Jul
1. The Masterpiece - Slovenian writer
2. Penelope Unbound - partially set in Trieste
3. The Masochist - Slovenian writer, but moves across the former Austro- Hungarian empire, including Trieste
Aug - Germany and Poland
4. Confession with blue horses - East Berlin
5. Voracious - Poland
Scotland
6. The Road Trip
7. The White Bird Passes
Oct
Malta
8. The Kappillan of Malta
Dec
Spain
9. El Balneario
10. April in Spain
9 from 2025
1 from before Jan 2025
I enjoyed this category - I enjoy reading books connected to where I travel to.
I think my favourite was The Masochist.
