Reading
I love to read, so here are the books that I've read over the last few years.
2026
Reading Challenge
I've read 21 books of my 30 book challenge!
70%
| Month | Book | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| May | Ultimate Train Journeys: World by Tim Richards | |
| May | The Ghost by Robert Harris | |
| May | Balancing Acts: Behind the Scenes at the National Theatre by Nicholas Hytner | |
| May | The Fine Art of Invisible Detection by Robert Goddard | |
| May | The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley | |
| May | The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón | |
| April | How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin | |
| April | Munich by Robert Harris | |
| April | Circe by Madeline Miller | |
| April | The Boy in the Smoke by Maureen Johnson | |
| April | Dead Lions by Mick Herron | |
| March | Strange Houses by Uketsu | |
| March | Babel: An Arcane History by RF Kuang | |
| March | The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd | |
| March | Jeff Wayne's The War of The Worlds: The Musical Drama: by H. G. Wells & Jeff Wayne Audiobook | |
| February | The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix | |
| February | The Last Juror by John Grisham | |
| February | One of Us by Elizabeth Day | |
| January | The Children of Green 'Knowe by Lucy M. Boston | |
| January | Play Nice by Rachel Harrison | |
| January | Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia |
2025
Reading Challenge
I've read 56 books of my 55 book challenge!
102%
| Month | Book | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| December | Gifts by Laura Barnett | |
| December | Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village by Maureen Johnson and Jay Cooper | |
| December | Curtain Call to Murder by Julian Clary | |
| December | Oliver Twist by Sam Mendes Audiobook | |
| December | Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris | |
| December | The Stranger Times by C. K. McDonnell | |
| November | Only Dull People are Brilliant at Breakfast by Oscar Wilde | |
| November | Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh | |
| November | All The Best for the Future by Greg James | |
| November | Moriarty: The Devil's Game by Charles Kindinger Audiobook | |
| November | Letters from the Ginza Shihodo Stationery Shop by Kenji Ueda | |
| October | George Orwell's 1984 by George Orwell & Joe White Audiobook | |
| October | Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson | |
| October | Still Life by Louise Penny | |
| October | Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson | |
| October | Dogs and Monsters by Mark Haddon | |
| September | The Midnight Library by Matt Haig | |
| September | The Peepshow by Kate Summerscale | |
| August | The Guest List by Lucy Foley | |
| August | The Secret Teacher by Anon | |
| August | The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore | |
| August | A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes | |
| August | That'll Teach Her by Maz Evans | |
| August | Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell Audiobook | |
| July | Guilty by Definition by Susie Dent | |
| July | Sure Of You by Armistead Maupin | |
| July | The Burial of the Rats by Bram Stoker | |
| June | Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | |
| June | Foster by Claire Keegan | |
| June | The Firm by John Grisham | |
| June | Pompeii by Robert Harris | |
| June | Carrie by Stephen King | |
| May | The Seven by Robyn Delvey | |
| May | Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon | |
| May | Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt | |
| April | The Restaurant of Lost Recipes by Hisashi Kashiwai | |
| April | Slow Horses by Mick Herron | |
| April | Significant Others by Armistead Maupin | |
| April | Black Tag by Simon Mayo | |
| April | Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus | |
| March | The Examiner by Jallice Hallett | |
| March | I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai | |
| March | My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher | |
| March | Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto | |
| March | Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple | |
| March | The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis | |
| February | Anxious People by Fredrik Backman | |
| February | Gallant by VE Schwab | |
| February | Six Stories: A Thriller by Matt Wesolowski | |
| February | The Children of Jocasta by Natalie Haynes | |
| February | The House Party by Laura Lomas | |
| January | Around India in 80 Trains by Monisha Rajesh | |
| January | People, Places, and Things by Duncan Macmillan | |
| January | The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton | |
| January | The Shadow Cabinet by Maureen Johnson | |
| January | How the Railways Will Fix the Future by Gareth Dennis |
2024
Reading Challenge
I've read 76 books of my 60 book challenge!
127%
| Month | Book | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| December | What A Way To Go by Bella Mackie | |
| December | Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret by Benjamin Stevenson | |
| December | Midwinter Murder by Agatha Christie | |
| December | The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett | |
| December | Penguin Lessons by Tom Michell | |
| December | Skipping Christmas by John Grisham | |
| December | I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys | |
| November | Legally Blonde by Heather Hach | |
| November | Dirk Gently's Hollistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams | |
| November | Bedtime Stories for Privileged Children by Daniel Foxx | |
| November | Sadie by Courtney Summers | |
| November | Babycakes by Armistead Maupin | |
| November | DallerGut Dream Department Store by Miye Lee | |
| October | Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo | |
| October | The House in the Cerulean Sea by T. J. Klune | |
| October | Broadwater by Jac Shreeves-Lee | |
| October | The Appeal by Janice Hallett | |
| September | Jog On: How Running Saved my Life by Bella Mackie | |
| September | Everyone on this Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson | |
| September | Into the Night: A Year with the Police by Matt Lloyd-Rose | |
| September | The Other Side of Mrs Wood by Lucy Barker | |
| August | You're All Talk by Rob Drummond | |
| August | Death at Morning House by Maureen Johnson | |
| August | The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley | |
| August | They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera | |
| August | Catch Your Death by Ravena Guron | |
| July | Yellowface by R. F. Kuang | |
| July | The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller | |
| July | Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo | |
| July | The Empty Space by Peter Brook | |
| July | Inside the Mind of Sherlock Holmes by Cyril Lieron and Benoit Dahan | |
| July | Moonbound by Robin Sloan | |
| July | Ticket to Ride by Tom Chesshyre | |
| July | Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker | |
| June | Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé | |
| June | The ABC of Typography by David Rault | |
| June | The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins | |
| June | Help I S*xted My Boss by William Hanson and Jordan North | |
| June | The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson | |
| June | The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson | |
| June | Brave New World by Aldous Huxley | |
| May | Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin | |
| May | One of us is Back by Karen M. McManus | |
| May | The Science of Happiness: Seven Lessons for Living Well by Bruce Hood | |
| May | Further Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin | |
| May | The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes | |
| May | The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde | |
| April | At Risk by Stella Rimington | |
| April | Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death by M. C. Beaton | |
| April | Annabel Scheme by Robin Sloan | |
| April | Everyone in my Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson | |
| April | Alice by Laura Wade | |
| April | Not the End of the World by Hannah Ritchie | |
| April | Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman | |
| March | The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams | |
| March | Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Stephen J. Dubner and Steven Levitt | |
| March | Heartstopper Vol. 5 by Alice Oseman | |
| March | Uglies by Scott Westerfeld | |
| March | Shingaling by R. J Palacio | |
| March | Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie | |
| March | The Name of the Star (Shades of London, Book 1) by Maureen Johnson | |
| March | Around the World in 80 Trains by Monisha Rajesh | |
| March | Little White Lies by Jennifer Lynn Barnes | |
| February | Abroad in Japan by Chris Broad | |
| February | Two by Jim Cartwright | |
| February | Over My Dead Body by Maz Evans | |
| February | More Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin | |
| February | Semicolon by Cecelia Watson | |
| February | The Bullet that Missed by Richard Osman | |
| February | How to Die Famous by Benjamin Dean | |
| January | Simon vs. The Homosapien Agenda by Becky Albertalli | |
| January | The Dead of Jericho by Colin Dexter | |
| January | Death on Gokumon Island by Seishi Yokomizo | |
| January | If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio | |
| January | The Rockingdown Mystery by Enid Blyton | |
| January | Early Riser by Jasper Fforde |
2023
Reading Challenge
I've read 65 books of my 50 book challenge!
130%
| Month | Book | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| December | The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper | |
| December | The Twelve Days of Murder by Andreina Cordani | |
| December | Wonder by R J Palacio | |
| December | Murder at Maybridge Castle by Ada Moncrieff | |
| December | Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas by Adam Kay | |
| December | The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories by P. D. James | |
| December | Sourdough by Robin Sloan | |
| November | The Trainspotter's Notebook by Francis Bourgeois | |
| November | The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin | |
| November | Blue Stockings by Jessica Swale | |
| November | Suddenly A Murder by Lauren Muñoz | |
| November | The Birdwatcher by William Shaw | |
| November | The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec by Jacques Tardi | |
| November | How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie | |
| October | Trigger Mortis by Anthony Horowitz | |
| October | Killer Instinct by Jennifer Lynn Barnes | |
| October | 1984 by George Orwell | |
| October | The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict by Trenton Lee Stewart | |
| September | A View From the Bridge by Arthur Miller | |
| September | Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers | |
| September | Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman | |
| September | The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes | |
| September | The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald | |
| August | Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential by Tiago Forte | |
| August | A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel by Hope Larson | |
| August | The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel by Neil Gaiman | |
| August | The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo | |
| August | To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee | |
| August | Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin | |
| August | Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi | |
| August | The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley | |
| July | Ajax Penumbra 1969 by Robin Sloan | |
| July | The Secret History by Donna Tartt | |
| July | The Mother Tongue: English and How it Got that Way by Bill Bryson | |
| July | The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Riddle of Ages by Trenton Lee Stewart | |
| July | The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma by Trenton Lee Stewart | |
| July | The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart | |
| June | Heartstopper Vol. 4 by Alice Oseman | |
| June | Smile 58 by Patrick Weber | |
| June | The War of the Worlds by H G Wells | |
| June | The Very Worst Of... Confessions by Simon Mayo | |
| June | With a Mind to Kill by Anthony Horowitz | |
| June | Behind the Seams by Esme Young | |
| May | The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd | |
| May | The Sad Ghost Club by Lize Meddings | |
| May | The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart | |
| May | Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare | |
| May | Parsnips, Buttered by Joe Lycett | |
| May | Animal Farm: A Fairy Story by George Orwell | |
| April | Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz | |
| April | Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | |
| April | Five Survive by Holly Jackson | |
| April | This Book Kills by Ravena Guron | |
| March | The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman | |
| March | Heartstopper Vol. 3 by Alice Oseman | |
| March | Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan | |
| March | The Ministry of Unladylike Activity by Robin Stevens | |
| February | Lockwood & Co: The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud | |
| February | Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine by Hannah Fry | |
| January | Tick Tock by Simon Mayo | |
| January | You'll Be the Death of Me by Karen M. McManus | |
| January | Heartstopper Vol. 2 by Alice Oseman | |
| January | Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson | |
| January | Forever and a Day by Anthony Horowitz | |
| January | The Yellow M by Edgar P. Jacobs |