Joy D's votes on the list [ATY 2025&2026] Best Books of the Month (2025)

Listopia > Joy D's votes on the list [ATY 2025&2026] Best Books of the Month (2025) (52 Books)

1	All the Glimmering Stars by Mark T. Sullivan (Goodreads Author) 4.61 avg rating — 16,881 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 — 20,655 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 — 12,925 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 — 29,061 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 — 18,334 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 — 131,047 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 — 19,109 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 — 2,568 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 — 34,550 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) 3.71 avg rating — 7,705 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) 3.32 avg rating — 31,632 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 — 14,654 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 — 404,886 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) 4.14 avg rating — 472,252 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) 4.22 avg rating — 14,665 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 — 17,649 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 — 16,349 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 4.04 avg rating — 2,770 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 — 31,721 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 3.89 avg rating — 8,540 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 — 3,502 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 — 3,048 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 4.17 avg rating — 1,318 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 — 138,112 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 — 5,922 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 — 668,066 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 — 4,723 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) 4.42 avg rating — 18,112 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 — 663,814 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 — 43,572 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 — 5,792 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 — 4,459,276 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 — 1,407 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) 4.07 avg rating — 8,566 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 — 1,105 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 — 154,566 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 — 3,175 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 — 15,102 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 — 4,444 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 — 25,319 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 — 9,929 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 — 2,538 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) 3.75 avg rating — 424 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) 4.20 avg rating — 375,915 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 — 6,177 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 3.70 avg rating — 1,369 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) 3.92 avg rating — 52 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
49	Beasts of the Sea by Iida Turpeinen 4.30 avg rating — 8,138 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
50	The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler's Atomic Bomb by Neal Bascomb (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 6,082 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
51	Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller by Oliver Darkshire 3.95 avg rating — 5,542 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
52	The Director by Daniel Kehlmann 4.11 avg rating — 7,575 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