Joy D's votes on the list [ATY 2025] Best Books of the Month (2025)

Listopia > Joy D's votes on the list [ATY 2025] Best Books of the Month (2025) (48 Books)

1	All the Glimmering Stars by Mark T. Sullivan (Goodreads Author) 4.61 avg rating — 15,608 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook by Hampton Sides 4.46 avg rating — 19,493 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 12,868 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	A Night to Remember by Walter Lord 4.10 avg rating — 28,656 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham (Goodreads Author) 4.51 avg rating — 17,479 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë 4.03 avg rating — 129,964 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Nesting by Roisín O’Donnell 4.24 avg rating — 16,912 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Devil Is Fine by John Vercher (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 2,524 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Assembly by Natasha Brown (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 33,941 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Twist by Colum McCann (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 7,163 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Audition by Katie Kitamura (Goodreads Author) 3.33 avg rating — 26,729 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Going After Cacciato by Tim O'Brien 3.91 avg rating — 14,595 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 400,505 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Babel by R.F. Kuang (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 457,096 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Time of the Child by Niall Williams (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 13,389 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 17,235 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason (Goodreads Author) 3.63 avg rating — 16,218 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Zanzibar Chest: A Story of Life, Love, and Death in Foreign Lands by Aidan Hartley 4.03 avg rating — 2,762 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 31,455 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Endling by Maria Reva 3.90 avg rating — 7,301 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Galatea 2.2 by Richard Powers 3.73 avg rating — 3,488 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Watergate: A New History by Garrett M. Graff (Goodreads Author) 4.48 avg rating — 3,003 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Great Mann by Kyra Davis Lurie 4.18 avg rating — 1,184 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1) by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 136,884 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Book of Fire by Christy Lefteri 3.80 avg rating — 5,831 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 660,118 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylväinen 3.91 avg rating — 4,619 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Dictator (Cicero, #3) by Robert Harris (Goodreads Author) 4.41 avg rating — 17,894 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides 4.04 avg rating — 662,091 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Playground by Richard Powers 4.15 avg rating — 41,244 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Summertime: George Gershwin's Life in Music by Richard Crawford 4.05 avg rating — 61 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It by Lawrence S. Ritter 4.38 avg rating — 5,761 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.30 avg rating — 4,427,952 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Realm of Ice and Sky: Triumph, Tragedy, and History's Greatest Arctic Rescue by Buddy Levy (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 1,274 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Seascraper by Benjamin Wood (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 6,291 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The English Problem by Beena Kamlani (Goodreads Author) 3.63 avg rating — 1,065 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1) by John Steinbeck 4.06 avg rating — 153,363 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780 (Revolution Trilogy, #2) by Rick Atkinson 4.66 avg rating — 2,842 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	My Friends by Hisham Matar 4.28 avg rating — 14,385 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The Place of Tides by James Rebanks 4.25 avg rating — 3,830 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	In the Distance by Hernan Diaz (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 24,888 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat 4.08 avg rating — 9,906 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Jungle of Stone: The True Story of Two Men, Their Extraordinary Journey, and the Discovery of the Lost Civilization of the Maya by William Carlsen (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 2,516 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Under the Stars: How America Fell in Love with Camping by Dan White (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 423 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 348,194 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley 4.19 avg rating — 6,086 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	The Imposter by Damon Galgut 3.71 avg rating — 1,359 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Fireflies in Winter by Eleanor Shearer (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 28 ratings Joy D rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars