2025 Books

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Here are the books I read and reviewed in 2025.

★★★☆☆ The Art of ReBoot by David Roberts and Gavin Blair
★★★★☆ The Saint of the Bookstore by Victoria Goddard
★★★☆☆ House of Odysseus by Claire North (The Songs of Penelope #2)
★★★★☆ Jhegaala by Steven Brust (Vlad Taltos #11)
★★★★☆ From Dust, a Flame by Rebecca Podos
★★★☆☆ Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs
★★★★☆ Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao (Iron Widow #2)
★★☆☆☆ The Gods Below by Andrea Stewart (The Hollow Covenant #1)
★★★★☆ Doctor Who: The Adventures Before by Mark Griffiths, Steve Cole, Janet Fielding, Gary Russell, Beth Axford, Janelle McCurdy, E. L. Norry, and Ingrid Oliver
★★★★☆ The Brides of High Hill by Nghi Vo (The Singing Hills Cycle #5)
★★★☆☆ A Language of Dragons by S. F. Williamson
★★★★☆ Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros (The Empyrean #3)
★★★☆☆ Balancing Stone by Victoria Goddard
★★★★☆ Locke Lamora and the Bottled Serpent by Scott Lynch
★★★☆☆ Iorich by Steven Brust (Vlad Taltos #12)
★★★★☆ The Last Song of Penelope by Claire North (The Songs of Penelope #3)
★★★★★ Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
★★★★☆ Doomsday by John Peel (2099 #1)
★★☆☆☆ Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? by Crystal Smith Paul
★★★☆☆ Pull to Open: 1962-1963: The Inside Story of How the BBC Created and Launched Doctor Who by Paul Hayes
★★★★☆ Stephen King’s The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Omnibus by Robin Furth, Peter David, Richard Isanove, Sean Phillips, Luke Ross, Michael Lark, Laurence Campbell, and Alex Maleev
★★★★☆ The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera
★★★☆☆ The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon (The Hurricane Wars #1)
★★★★☆ The Weaver of the Middle Desert by Victoria Goddard (The Sisters Avramapul #3)
★★★★★ Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
★★☆☆☆ Tiassa by Steven Brust (Vlad Taltos #13)
★★☆☆☆ An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson
★★★☆☆ Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland
★★☆☆☆ Amari and the Despicable Wonders by B. B. Alston (Supernatural Investigations #3)
★★★☆☆ Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson (Ernest Cunningham #1)
★★★☆☆ Doctor Who: Timewyrm: Genesys by John Peel (Virgin New Adventures #1)
★★★★★ Blood Over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang
★★★★☆ Last to Leave the Room by Caitlin Starling
★★★☆☆ This Book Kills by Ravena Guron
★★★☆☆ Terec and the Wall by Victoria Goddard (Terec of Lund #2)
★★★★☆ Betrayal by John Peel (2099 #2)
★★★☆☆ Hawk by Steven Brust (Vlad Taltos #14)
★★★☆☆ Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett (Discworld #26)
★★★☆☆ The Wild Robot by Peter Brown (The Wild Robot #1)
★★★☆☆ Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura
★★★★☆ Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
★★★★☆ Doctor Who: Timewyrm: Exodus by Terrance Dicks (Virgin New Adventures #2)
★★★★☆ The Autobiography of Mark Twain edited by Charles Neider
★★★☆☆ The Widow’s Husband’s Secret Lie by Freida McFadden
★★☆☆☆ The Art of Power: My Story as America’s First Woman Speaker of the House by Nancy Pelosi
★★★☆☆ Traditional Culture Days at Uni by Victoria Goddard
★★★☆☆ Ring of Solomon by Aden Polydoros (Ring of Solomon #1)
★★☆☆☆ Vallista by Steven Brust (Vlad Taltos #15)
★★★☆☆ Stephen King’s The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three Omnibus by Robin Furth, Peter David, Piotr Kowalski, Jonathan Marks, Nick Filardi, and Lee Loughridge
★★★★☆ Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
★★★☆☆ Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte
★★☆☆☆ A Tale of Time City by Diana Wynne Jones
★★★☆☆ Doctor Who: Timewyrm: Apocalypse by Nigel Robinson (Virgin New Adventures #3)
★★☆☆☆ The Last Bookstore on Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold
★★★★☆ Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
★★★☆☆ Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito
★★★★☆ Féonie and the Islander Regalia by Victoria Goddard
★★☆☆☆ The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir
★★★★☆ Tsalmoth by Steven Brust (Vlad Taltos #16)
★★☆☆☆ Society of Lies by Lauren Ling Brown
★★★☆☆ Stephen King’s The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three: The Sailor by Robin Furth, Peter David, Juanan Ramírez, and Jesus Aburtov
★★★★☆ The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games #1)
★★★☆☆ Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
★★★★☆ Doctor Who: Timewyrm: Revelation by Paul Cornell (Virgin New Adventures #4)
★★★☆☆ Men Have Called Her Crazy by Anna Marie Tendler
★★☆☆☆ Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister
★★★★☆ Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee
★★★☆☆ Till Human Voices Wake Us by Victoria Goddard
★★★★☆ Star Wars: The Mask of Fear by Alexander Freed (Reign of the Empire #1)
★★★☆☆ Lyorn by Steven Brust (Vlad Taltos #17)
★★★★☆ The Winter Prince by Elizabeth E. Wein (The Lion Hunters #1)
★★★★☆ Traitor by John Peel (2099 #3)
★★★☆☆ Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games #2)
★★★☆☆ The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley
★★★☆☆ Doctor Who: The Cloud Exiles & Other Stories edited by Michael Stevens
★★★★☆ Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language by Amanda Montell
★★★★★ Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell
★★☆☆☆ The Expert of Subtle Revisions by Kirsten Menger-Anderson
★★★★☆ In the Realms of Gold by Victoria Goddard
★★★☆☆ We Solve Murders by Richard Osman (We Solve Murders #1)
★★★☆☆ Something from the Nightside by Simon R. Green (Nightside #1)
★★★★☆ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
★★★☆☆ Woodworking by Emily St. James
★★★☆☆ Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games #3)
★★★☆☆ Nightshade by Michael Connelly (Detective Stilwell #1)
★★☆☆☆ Doctor Who: Cat’s Cradle: Time’s Crucible by Marc Platt (Virgin New Adventures #5)
★★★☆☆ Never Flinch by Stephen King (Holly Gibney #4)
★★★☆☆ Revolution by John Peel (2099 #4)
★★★★☆ Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams
★★★☆☆ The Glassblower by Victoria Goddard (The Glassblower Diptych #1)
★★★☆☆ All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall
★★★★☆ Agents of Light and Darkness by Simon R. Green (Nightside #2)
★★★☆☆ Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service edited by Michael Lewis
★★★★☆ Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
★★★☆☆ Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson
★★★★☆ King of Ashes by S. A. Cosby
★★★☆☆ Doctor Who: Spectral Scream by Hannah Fergesen
★★☆☆☆ A Burning in the Bones by Scott Reintgen (Waxways #3)
★★★☆☆ Death at the White Hart by Chris Chibnall
★★★★☆ No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson by Gardiner Harris
★★★★★ The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard (Lays of the Hearth-Fire #1)
★★★★☆ Mark Twain by Ron Chernow
★★★☆☆ Nightingale’s Lament by Simon R. Green (Nightside #3)
★★★☆☆ Isles of the Emberdark by Brandon Sanderson
★★★☆☆ Calculating God by Robert J. Sawyer
★★★★☆ The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim
★★☆☆☆ Aisle Nine by Ian X. Cho
★★★★☆ Doctor Who: Cat’s Cradle: Warhead by Andrew Cartmel (Virgin New Adventures #6)
★★☆☆☆ Meltdown by John Peel (2099 #5)
★★★★☆ The Incandescent by Emily Tesh
★★★★☆ The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami
★★★★☆ The Return of Fitzroy Angursell by Victoria Goddard (The Red Company Reformed #1)
★★★★☆ My Friends by Fredrik Backman
★★☆☆☆ Hex and the City by Simon R. Green (Nightside #4)
★★☆☆☆ Kaddish.com by Nathan Englander
★★★★☆ Home of the American Circus by Allison Larkin
★★★☆☆ The Devil Three Times by Rickey Fayne
★★★☆☆ The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks
★★★★☆ Doctor Who: Fear Death by Water by Emily Cook
★★★★☆ The Guest List by Lucy Foley
★☆☆☆☆ Deadbeat by Adam Hamdy
★★★☆☆ Stag Dance by Torrey Peters
★★★★★ The Redoubtable Pali Avramapul by Victoria Goddard (The Red Company Reformed #2)
★★★☆☆ Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language by Adam Aleksic
★★★★☆ Paths Not Taken by Simon R. Green (Nightside #5)
★★★☆☆ The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer
★★★★☆ The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
★★★☆☆ Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine: The New Science of Achieving a Healthy Weight by David A. Kessler, MD
★★☆☆☆ Oathbound by Tracy Deonn (The Legendborn Cycle #3)
★★☆☆☆ Doctor Who: Cat’s Cradle: Witch Mark by Andrew Hunt (Virgin New Adventures #7)
★★★☆☆ Murdle: Volume 2 by G. T. Karber
★★★★☆ Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley
★★★☆☆ The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
★★★★☆ At the Feet of the Sun by Victoria Goddard (Lays of the Hearth-Fire #2)
★★★★☆ The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King’s The Stand edited by Christopher Golden and Brian Keene
★★★☆☆ Sharper Than a Serpent’s Tooth by Simon R. Green (Nightside #6)
★★★★☆ Firestorm by John Peel (2099 #6)
★★★☆☆ Star Wars: Sanctuary: A Bad Batch Novel by Lamar Giles
★★★☆☆ Disney Adults: Exploring (And Falling in Love With) a Magical Subculture by AJ Wolfe
★★★★☆ The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson (Eternal Path Trilogy #1)
★★★★☆ Exterminate! Regenerate!: The Story of Doctor Who by John Higgs
★★★☆☆ This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared: The Days of Awe as a Journey of Transformation by Rabbi Alan Lew
★★★☆☆ The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage that Made an American Icon by Laurie Gwen Shapiro
★★☆☆☆ Curious Tides by Pascale Lacelle (Drowned Gods #1)
★★★☆☆ Olive and the Dragon by Victoria Goddard
★★★☆☆ The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
★★★★☆ Hell to Pay by Simon R. Green (Nightside #7)
★★★☆☆ Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab
★★★☆☆ Star Wars: The Acolyte: Wayseeker by Justina Ireland
★★★☆☆ A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through? by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith
★★★★☆ Finn and Ezra’s Bar Mitzvah Time Loop by Joshua S. Levy
★★★☆☆ Doctor Who: Nightshade by Mark Gatiss (Virgin New Adventures #8)
★★★☆☆ Katabasis by R. F. Kuang
★☆☆☆☆ I See You’ve Called in Dead by John Kenney
★★★☆☆ Mickey7 by Edward Ashton (Mickey7 #1)
★★☆☆☆ So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison
★★★☆☆ Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers by Caroline Fraser
★★☆☆☆ The Unnatural Inquirer by Simon R. Green (Nightside #8)
★★★★☆ The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith (The Ripliad #1)
★★☆☆☆ Star Wars: The Jaws of Jakku by Cavan Scott
★★★☆☆ One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig (The Shepherd King #1)
★★★★☆ Angel Down by Daniel Kraus
★★☆☆☆ Doctor Who: Empire of Death by Scott Handcock
★★★☆☆ Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban
★★★★★ King Sorrow by Joe Hill
★★★☆☆ Come My Boys: Memoirs Of Thirty-Four Years On The American Stage And A Lifetime In Theta Delta Chi by Norman Hackett
★★★☆☆ The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly (Mickey Haller #8)
★★★★☆ Forbidden: A 3000-Year History of Jews and the Pig by Jordan D. Rosenblum
★★★☆☆ Just Another Judgement Day by Simon R. Green (Nightside #9)
★★★☆☆ Ripley Under Ground by Patricia Highsmith (The Ripliad #2)
★★★★☆ Star Wars: Dark Legends by George Mann
★★★☆☆ You Weren’t Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White
★★★☆☆ Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon
★★★★☆ Doctor Who: Love and War by Paul Cornell (Virgin New Adventures #9)
★★★★☆ Royal Gambit by Daniel O’Malley (The Checquy Files #4)
★★★★☆ Silver Elite by Dani Francis (Silver Elite #1)
★★★★☆ Murdle: Volume 3 by G. T. Karber
★★★☆☆ 107 Days by Kamala Harris
★★★★☆ The Strength of the Few by James Islington (Hierarchy #2)
★★☆☆☆ The Good, the Bad, and the Uncanny by Simon R. Green (Nightside #10)
★★★★☆ Ripley’s Game by Patricia Highsmith (The Ripliad #3)
★★★★☆ Star Wars: The Acolyte: The Crystal Crown by Tessa Gratton
★★☆☆☆ The Man Who Died Seven Times by Yasuhiko Nishizawa
★★☆☆☆ Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman (Dungeon Crawler Carl #1)
★★★★☆ Doctor Who: The Robot Revolution by Una McCormack
★★★☆☆ Julie Chan Is Dead by Liann Zhang
★★★★☆ The Summer War by Naomi Novik
★★★☆☆ Humboldt’s Gift by Saul Bellow
★★★☆☆ The Last Dragon on Mars by Scott Reintgen (The Dragonships #1)
★★★☆☆ Silverlock by John Myers Myers
★★★☆☆ A Hard Day’s Knight by Simon R. Green (Nightside #11)
★★★☆☆ The Boy Who Followed Ripley by Patricia Highsmith (The Ripliad #4)
★★★☆☆ Star Wars: The Last Order by Kwame Mbalia
★★★★☆ The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy (Daughters of the Empty Throne #1)
★★★☆☆ Tailored Realities by Brandon Sanderson
★★★☆☆ Doctor Who: Transit by Ben Aaronovitch (Virgin New Adventures #10)
★★★☆☆ The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
★★★★☆ The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
★★★★☆ We Could Be Magic by Marissa Meyer and Joelle Murray
★★★★☆ A Mouthful of Dust by Nghi Vo (The Singing Hills Cycle #6)
★★★☆☆ Superboy: A Celebration of 75 Years by various
★★★☆☆ The Bride Wore Black Leather by Simon R. Green (Nightside #12)
★★☆☆☆ Ripley Under Water by Patricia Highsmith (The Ripliad #5)

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