What I read in 2025
December
The Lady of the Rivers - Philippa Gregory *****
The White Queen - Philippa Gregory *****
The White Princess - Philippa Gregory *****
The Kingmaker’s Daughter - Philippa Gregory *****
Cult - Max Cutler ***
Weird Middle Ages - Charles River Editors ***
The Women of the Cousin’s War - Philippa Gregory *****
Pet Semetary - Stephen King *****
Mary Boleyn - Alison Weir *****
Henry VIII: King and Court - Alison Weir *****
The Final Year of Anne Boleyn - Natalie Grueninger ***
The Constant Princess - Philippa Gregory *****
Sweating Sickness in a Nutshell - Claire Ridgway ****
Life in Medieval Europe:Fact and Fiction - Daniele Cybulskie ****
Young and Damned and Fair - Gareth Russell *
Eating with the Tudors - Brigitte Webster *** Some oopies, but fun read
Lavinia - Ursula K Le Guin *****
Wiped: The Curious History of Toilet Paper - Ronald H Blumer - Fun and a sh*t load of research :)
November
The Widow Cliquot - Tilar Mazzeo ****
4:50 From Paddington - Agatha Christie *****
The Affair at the Victory Ball - Agatha Christie ****
The Moving Finger - Agatha Christie ****
Three Sisters, Three Queens - Philippa Gregory ***
The Taming of the Queen - Philippa Gregory *****
The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory *****
A Pocket Full of Rye - Agatha Christie ****
Hallowe’en Party - Agatha Christie ****
Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie *****
Death on the Nile - Agatha Christie *****
The Pursued - Corey Mead ***
October
BadLands - Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child **** Good, not their best, but damn, they’ve been doing this a long time, so…
Tommyknockers - Stephen King ***** One of my all time faves
The End of the World as We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King’s the Stand *** Various Authors - Not what I expected
The Final Girl Support Group - Grady Hendrix ****
Sleeping Murder - Agatha Christie ****
A Murder is Announced - Agatha Christie ****
The Lemesurier Inheritance - Agatha Christie ****
Five Little Pigs - Agatha Christie *****
Midwinter Murder - Agatha Christie ****
Adventure of a Peroxide Blonde - Agatha Christie
The Boleyn Traitor - Philippa Gregory *****
The Seven Dials Mystery - Agatha Christie *****
The Body in the Library - Agatha Christie *****
September
Midsummer Murders - Agatha Christie *****
The Murder at the Vicarage - Agatha Christie *****
Three Days in April - Edward Ashton ****
At Bertram’s Hotel - Agatha Christie *****
Poirot Investigates - Agatha Christie *****
Nemesis - Agatha Christie *****
Three Act Tragedy - Agatha Christie *****
The Mirror Cracked from Side to Side - Agatha Christie *****
Caribbean Mystery - Agatha Christie *****
August 2025
Hearts in Atlantis - Stephen King *****
The Big Four - Agatha Christie *****
Cleave the Sparrow - Jonathan Katz ** Guess I just didn’t get it
Heart-Shaped Box - Joe Hill *****
The Fireman - Joe Hill *****
Perfect Victim - Christine McGuire & Carla Norton ****
The Body Keeps the Score - Bessel Van Der Kolk *****
July 2025
Six Wakes - Mur Laffer *** Great story but damn, a lot to keep track of
The Troop - Nick Cutter ***** Mike Drop
Sad Cypress - Agatha Christie *****
Out of the Woods - Gregg Olsen ***
Mrs. McGinty’s Dead - Agatha Christy ****
Old Man’s War - John Scalzi *****
Peril at End House - Agatha Christy ****
The Ghost Brigade - John Scalzi ****
The Last American Heiresses - Stephen Greco ***
Blockade Billy - Stephen King *****
Morality - Stephen King *****
The Deep - Nick Cutter ** Maybe I’m a dumbass
After the Funeral - Agatha Christy *****
One the Farm - Steve Cameron ***** Holy Cow. Or Pig, rather
June 2025
Deadly Innocence - Scott Burnside and Alan Cairns **** Damn People be Crazy
Runaway Devil - Robert Remington and Sherri Zickefoose *** Meh
Fred and Rose - Howard Sounes ***** - If you ever read a true crime book and though to yourself, there can’t be people more f*&cked up, you probably read this book
From a Buick 8 - Stephen King *****
Depraved Obession - Rod Sadler ***** - Ick, but five stars for research
The Nomadic Devil - Genoveva Ortiz ***
If You Tell - Gregg Olsen **
Waking Gods - Sylvain Neuvel *****
Only Human - Sylvain Neuvel ***
The Echo Wife - Sarah Gailey **** Slow start but two matching thumbs up
June 2025
Deadly Innocence - Scott Burnside and Alan Cairns **** Damn People be Crazy
Runaway Devil - Robert Remington and Sherri Zickefoose *** Meh
Fred and Rose - Howard Sounes ***** - If you ever read a true crime book and though to yourself, there can’t be people more f*&cked up, you probably read this book
From a Buick 8 - Stephen King *****
Depraved Obession - Rod Sadler ***** - Ick, but five stars for research
The Nomadic Devil - Genoveva Ortiz ***
If You Tell - Gregg Olsen **
Waking Gods - Sylvain Neuvel *****
Only Human - Sylvain Neuvel ***
The Echo Wife - Sarah Gailey **** Slow start but two matching thumbs up
June 2025
Deadly Innocence - Scott Burnside and Alan Cairns **** Damn People be Crazy
Runaway Devil - Robert Remington and Sherri Zickefoose *** Meh
Fred and Rose - Howard Sounes ***** - If you ever read a true crime book and though to yourself, there can’t be people more f*&cked up, you probably read this book
From a Buick 8 - Stephen King *****
Depraved Obession - Rod Sadler ***** - Ick, but five stars for research
The Nomadic Devil - Genoveva Ortiz ***
If You Tell - Gregg Olsen **
Waking Gods - Sylvain Neuvel *****
Only Human - Sylvain Neuvel ***
The Echo Wife - Sarah Gailey **** Slow start but two matching thumbs up
June 2025
Deadly Innocence - Scott Burnside and Alan Cairns **** Damn People be Crazy
Runaway Devil - Robert Remington and Sherri Zickefoose *** Meh
Fred and Rose - Howard Sounes ***** - If you ever read a true crime book and though to yourself, there can’t be people more f*&cked up, you probably read this book
From a Buick 8 - Stephen King *****
Depraved Obession - Rod Sadler ***** - Ick, but five stars for research
The Nomadic Devil - Genoveva Ortiz ***
If You Tell - Gregg Olsen **
Waking Gods - Sylvain Neuvel *****
Only Human - Sylvain Neuvel ***
The Echo Wife - Sarah Gailey **** Slow start but two matching thumbs up
June 2025
Deadly Innocence - Scott Burnside and Alan Cairns **** Damn People be Crazy
Runaway Devil - Robert Remington and Sherri Zickefoose *** Meh
Fred and Rose - Howard Sounes ***** - If you ever read a true crime book and though to yourself, there can’t be people more f*&cked up, you probably read this book
From a Buick 8 - Stephen King *****
Depraved Obession - Rod Sadler ***** - Ick, but five stars for research
The Nomadic Devil - Genoveva Ortiz ***
If You Tell - Gregg Olsen **
Waking Gods - Sylvain Neuvel *****
Only Human - Sylvain Neuvel ***
The Echo Wife - Sarah Gailey **** Slow start but two matching thumbs up
June 2025
Deadly Innocence - Scott Burnside and Alan Cairns **** Damn People be Crazy
Runaway Devil - Robert Remington and Sherri Zickefoose *** Meh
Fred and Rose - Howard Sounes ***** - If you ever read a true crime book and though to yourself, there can’t be people more f*&cked up, you probably read this book
From a Buick 8 - Stephen King *****
Depraved Obession - Rod Sadler ***** - Ick, but five stars for research
The Nomadic Devil - Genoveva Ortiz ***
If You Tell - Gregg Olsen **
Waking Gods - Sylvain Neuvel *****
Only Human - Sylvain Neuvel ***
The Echo Wife - Sarah Gailey **** Slow start but two matching thumbs up