These are the books I read in January of 2025. I read everything from thriller to graphic novels.
Sections
7
Graphic Novels
Horror
Literary
Non-Fiction
Mystery/Thriller
Romance
Graphic Novels
Dystopian novel turned into a graphic novel. Glad I read the graphic novel and not the book.
The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
This was a heartbreaking memoir in graphic novel form about the Holocaust.
The Boy Who Didn't Want to Die: A Graphic Memoir
Horror
All I can think about is the glaring mistake in this book. Ugh. Did anyone else catch it?
Carrie
Literary
Quick read that feels like everyone read in the past year.
Small Things like These
Non-Fiction
Do you love Parks and Rec? I do. This was my first read of 2025.
Welcome to Pawnee: Stories of Friendship
This is the story about how the rape kit came to be made, how police treated rape victims, and how laws changed as well as stories of the authors assault. Be warned.
The Secret History of the Rape Kit
Mystery/Thriller
I wanted to read this before I watched the Netflix series. Read the book. It's better.
Missing You (Coben novel)
I finally got to take this off my TBR shelves. C.J. Tudor does not disappoint.
The Other People: A Novel by C. J. Tudor
Literally just finished this and Kate Alice Marshall does not disappoint.
A Killing Cold by Kate Alice Marshall | Goodreads
Well. I did not see that coming. Usually I know how the book goes but this one.... it had me!
The Business Trip: A Novel
A woman is camping with her husband and kids on the bank of a river when the husband goes missing.
Into the Fall: A Thriller
A once kidnapped gymnast. Her now kidnapped daughter. The makings of a good book. Was it?
When She's Gone: A Thriller
5 woman go into the woods. Only 4 come out. Book #2 in the Aaron Falk series.
Force of Nature
Romance
Always looking for new LGBTQ romances. Hockey MM romance.... Yes please.
Ricochet: A Dark MM Hockey Romance eBook
Another MM hockey romance .... What can I say. I like what I like.
Good Pucking Luck: Alternate Cover
Book 2 in a series.
Hail Mary (Big Bend Bears #2) eBook
Another MM romance. Do we see a pattern?
Beautifully Complicated: A Forbidden MM Romance
Mm hockey romance .... Again.
The Longest Pucking Year: An MM Hockey Novel
I missed it up a bit. MM romance with some mystery to it.
The Guy Next Door - Kindle by Devon McCormack
A MM romance that is 4th in a series. Takes place in the UK so British terms and spelling.
Dared - Becca Steele
YA
Fast paced. Well written. Predictable. A good time.
No Place Left to Hide
This is a very heavy and sad story about a young girl on trial for murder.
