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Books to get you back into reading!
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items These are the books I read for my book club in 2025. We started in February 2025 and experimented with monthly and twice a month, so we ended with fewer than 12 books for the year. I would love it if this list inspires anyone to start reading again! ...
Sections
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Atmospheric Mysteries
Psychological Thrillers
Myth and Magic
Young Adult (YA)
Atmospheric Mysteries
Literary mysteries where secrets simmer and mood is everything.
You either love or hate Donna Tart’s The Secret History. It has a dark academia aesthetic and explores themes like intellectual elitism, classical vs modern morality, and the power of secrets. We’ve talked about this book almost every book club meeti...
The Secret History by Donna Tartt, Paperback
Takes place in a 1950s boarding house, that hosts fierce female friendships, and a body that needs hiding. In general almost everyone in my book club found a character to relate to. The book has multiple POVs, a chapter or two from each of the women ...
The Briar Club: A Novel: Quinn, Kate
Three friends return to their Irish hometown 15 years after a girl named Kala disappears. You go back and forth between
Kala by Colin Walsh
Victorian London, orphans and thieves, and a con that goes wrong. This one had a mixed reception in my book club. It had an Oliver Twist-like vibe to it, along with some heist energy.
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Psychological Thrillers
Mind-bending suspense that gets under your skin.
A famous painter shoots her husband and never speaks again. You follow the POV of her therapist, who becomes obsessed with uncovering why. This one was straightforward to follow, which made it an easy read. Some twists surprised my book club, but a f...
The Silent Patient - Michaelides, Alex: Books
The original split-personality thriller. A respected doctor’s dark experiments unleash something monstrous within. Half the book club did not enjoy this one, but I did! Dating back to the late 1880s, the book possesses a distinctly Victorian aestheti...
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories (Signature ...
Myth and Magic
Ancient stories and magical worlds meet deeply human emotions.
The witch from Greek mythology gets her own story—exile, transformation, and finding power on her own terms. If you aren't familiar with Greek Mythology, the book can be a little hard to follow. How characters are related to each other can be really ...
Circe by Madeline Miller
Generations of the Buendía family in a magical Colombian town where the extraordinary is ordinary. This was my first magical realism book, and it was wild. It can be hard to follow because many characters share the same name, but most copies have a f...
One Hundred Years of Solitude: The Classic Magical Realism Novel by a ...
Young Adult (YA)
Modern storytelling with fresh, teen protagonists.
A Native teen goes undercover to investigate a drug ring on her reservation. Personally, not my favorite, but this was the last book of the year, and given the holidays, we chose a young adult novel to take it easy. I did enjoy the peek into Native A...
Firekeeper's Daughter - Angeline Boulley
