andrewreads 75 books in 2025

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andrewreads 75 books in 2025

1andrewreads
Edited: May 5, 12:33 am

Retroactively filling this out for the sake of completeness!

*Denotes a BOMB (a book off my bookshelf)
^Denotes a re-read
#Denotes an audiobook
~Denotes an e-book

First quarter!

January
1. Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead by Barbara Comyns - finished January 2, 216 pages
2. The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas - finished January 6, 176 pages
3. The Two Towers#^ by J.R.R. Tolkien - finished January 7, 416 pages
4. The Simple Art of Killing a Woman by Patrícia Melo - finished January 11, 288 pages
5. Amatka by Karin Tidbeck - finished January 16, 216 pages
6. Heaven* by Mieko Kawakami - finished January 21, 190 pages

February
7. Private Rites by Julia Armfield - finished February 2, 291 pages
8. Binstead's Safari by Rachel Ingalls - finished February 12, 224 pages
9. Gliff by Ali Smith - finished February 22, 273 pages
10. The Return of the King#^ by J.R.R. Tolkien - finished February 26, 544 pages

March
11. Goodnight Tokyo by Atsuhiro Yoshida - finished March 1, 174 pages
12. Housekeeping* by Marilynne Robinson - finished March 16, 240 pages
13. The Eye of the World#^ by Robert Jordan - finished March 29, 670 pages

2andrewreads
Edited: May 5, 2:22 am

*Denotes a BOMB (a book off my bookshelf)
^Denotes a re-read
#Denotes an audiobook
~Denotes an e-book

Second quarter!

April
14. Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang - finished April 3, 428 pages
15. The Anthropologists by Ayşegül Savaş - finished April 6, 179 pages
16. Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner - finished April 14, 235 pages
17. The Great Hunt#^ by Robert Jordan - finished April 18, 624 pages
18. Cheating at Canasta* by William Trevor - finished April 22, 231 pages

May
19. The Dragon Reborn#^ by Robert Jordan - finished May 2, 624 pages
20. A View of the Harbour*~ by Elizabeth Taylor - finished May 7, 320 pages
21. Wildcat Dome: A Novel by Yūko Tsushima - finished May 13, 272 pages
22. Blue Light Hours by Bruna Dantas Lobato - finished May 17, 192 pages
23. Grief Is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter - finished May 20, 114 pages
24. The Shadow Rising#^ by Robert Jordan - finished May 24, 704 pages
25. Spring Tides* by Jacques Poulin - finished May 25, 237 pages

June
26. Memento Mori* by Muriel Spark - finished June 2, 223 pages
27. The Echoes by Evie Wyld - finished June 8, 240 pages
28. The Bear and the Paving Stone by Toshiyuki Horie - finished June 10, 160 pages
29. Offshore* by Penelope Fitzgerald - finished June 14, 208 pages
30. Waking* by Eva Figes - finished June 16, 88 pages
31. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell - finished June 19, 323 pages
32. Point Zero~ by Seichō Matsumoto - finished June 24, 288 pages
33. The Fires of Heaven#^ by Robert Jordan - finished June 28, 704 pages

3andrewreads
Edited: May 6, 1:31 am

*Denotes a BOMB (a book off my bookshelf)
^Denotes a re-read
#Denotes an audiobook
~Denotes an e-book

Third quarter!

July
34. Great Fear on the Mountain* by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz - finished July 4, 238 pages
35. Family History* by Vita Sackville-West - finished July 10, 315 pages
36. Dept. of Speculation* by Jenny Offill - finished July 12, 179 pages
37. Wind and Stone* by Masaaki Tachihara - finished July 18, 160 pages
38. Jane and Prudence* by Barbara Pym - finished July 27, 222 pages

August
39. Mrs. Caliban* by Rachel Ingalls - finished August 1, 111 pages
40. Quake* by Auður Jónsdóttir - finished August 3, 296 pages
41. Canoes* by Maylis de Kerangal - finished August 10, 197 pages
42. Stay With Me* by Hanne Ørstavik - finished August 13, 275 pages
43. The River Ki* by Sawako Ariyoshi - finished August 20, 243 pages
44. Loop* by Brenda Lozano - finished August 25, 184 pages
45. Seven Empty Houses by Samanta Schweblin - finished August 30, 190 pages

September
46. Sister Deborah* by Scholastique Mukasonga - finished September 3, 135 pages
47. Lord of Chaos#^ by Robert Jordan - finished September 4, 720 pages
48. Long Live the Post Horn!* by Vigdis Hjorth - finished September 7, 196 pages
49. The King of a Rainy Country by Brigid Brophy - finished September 14, 272 pages
50. Crossriggs* by Jane Findlater and Mary Findlater - finished September 21, 380 pages

4andrewreads
Edited: May 6, 2:06 am

*Denotes a BOMB (a book off my bookshelf)
^Denotes a re-read
#Denotes an audiobook
~Denotes an e-book

Fourth quarter!

October
51. The House in Paris* by Elizabeth Bowen - finished October 1, 288 pages
52. A Crown of Swords#^ byRobert Jordan - finished October 3, 896 pages
53. Unclay* by T. F. Powys - finished October 9, 336 pages
54. Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove - finished October 14, 416 pages
55. The Girls by John Bowen - finished October 18, 240 pages
56. The Juniper Tree* by Barbara Comyns - finished October 26, 192 pages
57. South of the Border, West of the Sun* by Haruki Murakami - finished October 31, 213 pages

November
58. Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz - finished November 1, 163 pages
59. Time Present and Time Past* by Deirdre Madden - finished November 5, 161 pages
60. The Path of Daggers#^ by Robert Jordan - finished November 8, 604 pages
61. Human Voices* by Penelope Fitzgerald - finished November 9, 144 pages
62. The Woman Dies by Aoko Matsuda - finished November 11, 173 pages
63. Tortoise by Candlelight* by Nina Bawden - finished November 16, 240 pages
64. Sun City* by Tove Jansson - finished November 21, 214 pages
65. A Girl Returned* by Donatella Di Pietrantonio - finished November 24, 160 pages
66. Ice* by Anna Kavan - finished November 26, 193 pages
67. The Translator's Bride* by João Reis - finished November 29, 117 pages

December
68. Terrace Story by Hilary Leichter - finished December 2, 192 pages
69. Winter's Heart#^ by Robert Jordan - finished December 5, 668 pages
70. The Shutter of Snow* by Emily Holmes Coleman - finished December 10, 192 pages
71. The Road Past Altamont* by Gabrielle Roy - finished December 14, 147 pages
72. The Faster I Walk, the Smaller I Am* by Kjersti A. Skomsvold - finished December 19, 147 pages
73. Poor Deer* by Claire Oshetsky - finished December 22, 226 pages
74. Brightly Shining by Ingvild H. Rishøi - finished December 23, 192 pages
75. The Towers of Trebizond* by Rose Macaulay - finished December 27, 296 pages
76. She and Her Cat* by Naruki Nagakawa and Makoto Shinkai - finished December 28, 135 pages
77. Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico - finished December 29, 136 pages
78. A Leopard-Skin Hat by Anne Serre - finished December 31, 122 pages

39 BOMBs read in 2025
11 re-reads in 2025
11 audiobooks "read" in 2025
2 e-books read in 2025