2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

📚2025 Reading📚

Progress: 52 / 75

Book List

January
1. Quicksilver by Callie Hart
2. The Writer He Haunted by H.G. Johnston
3. The Heir She Loved by H.G. Johnston
4. Duma Key by Stephen King

February
5. Mazikeen: Stormborn by M. Pettengill
6. Rage by Richard Bachman
7. The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
8. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
9. She is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran
10. Love by Toni Morrison

March
11. The Red Pony by John Steinbeck
12. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
13. Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson
14. Christine by Stephen King
15. The Patron Saint of Timber Hollow by M. Pettengill

April
16. Sociopath
17. Tainted Truth by Ivy King
18. Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
19. Mazikeen: Queen of Fate by M. Pettengill
20. One of Us is Dead by Jeneva Rose

May
21. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
22. The Wraith and Her Killer by Meg Eliza
23. Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
24. Psycho by Robert Bloch
25. Lessons in Grey by H.G. Johnston

June
26. Undertow by Michael Buckley
27. Creepshow by Stephen King
28. Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King
29. Lightlark by Alex Aster
30. Black Butler vol. 8 by Yana Toboso
31. Black Butler vol. 9 Yana Toboso
32. Maid-sama! vol. 2 by Hiro Fujiwara
33. Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon vol. 2 by Naoko Takeuchi
34. Nightbane by Alex Aster
35. Key Lime Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke
36. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks

July
37. Skyshade by Alex Aster
38. Veiled Vengeance by Ivy King
39.Skeleton Crew by Stephen King
40. Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
41. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
42. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
43. Carrot Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke
44. I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones
45. The Great Gatsby by Scott F. Fitzgerald

August
46. Cursed Cocktails by S.L. Rowland
47. Cream Puff Murder by Joanne Fluke
48. Blood Sugar by Daniel Kraus

September
49. Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
50. Queen of Shadows by SJM
51. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
52. A Love Woven in Moonlight by Lindsey N. Rhoden

Challenges:

Yearly
✅ Serial Reader
✅ Bookworms Take Shelfies

Quarterly
* A Pop of Joy

Monthly

Group Reads
✅February: One Hundred Years of Solitude

Personal

Physical TBR:

1. Queen of Shadows
2. Empire of Storms
3. Tower of Dawn
4. Kingdom of Ash
5. The Assassin's Blade

2014
Battle Royale
The Zahir
The World According to Garp
A Discovery of Witches

2016
Lolita
This is Where it Ends*

2017
Viva Jacquelina*
Boston Jacky*
Wild Rover No More*

2019
The Diviners

2020
Sorcery of Thorns
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Don Quixote
The Tower of the Swallow
Season of Storms
Lady of the Lake
The Name of the Rose
A Green and Ancient Light
The Selection
Wuthering Heights
Jane Eyre
Solaris
Ship of Fools
Chosen Ones
The Summer Wives
Black Leopard, Red Wolf
Not Without Laughter
The Water Dancer
Americanah
The Travelers*
The Book of Phoenix
Circe
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Starless Sea
The Lady and the Highwayman

2021
The Midnight Watch
Inkspell
Sense and Sensibility
Emma
My Policeman
The Gunslinger Born*
Dune (graphic novel)

2022
Leonora in the Morning Light
Things We Do in the Dark
The Silent Unseen
On a Sea of Glass*
Boyfriend Material*
A Little Life
The Summer Wives
The Roughest Draft
The Last Thing He Told Me
I'm the Girl
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Someone Else's Shoes
The Unhoneymooners*
Gone Girl*
The Woman in the Window*
A Tale of Two Cities
The London Seance Society

2023
The Blonde Identity
The Lies I Tell
Emma of 83rd Street
Hearstopper vol. 6
Radio Silence
Mister Magic
Tender Wings of Desire
House of Earth and Blood
The Serpent and the Wings of Night*
Empire of Storms*
Kingdom of Ash*
The Assassin's Blade*
Tower of Dawn*
Chocolate Cream Pie Murder*

2024
Fantasticland
War Hour
Life is Strange vol. 5
Life is Strange vol. 6
Deviant Souls & Bloody Murder
The Pairing
Veiled Vengence
Great Big Beautiful Life
The Moon’s Daughter
Three Ring Heat


*indicates I own a copy of this book
This list excludes all Stephen King books (to help me stay organized).

Hi bailey! I see you are making good progress toward your goal. Hope that there have been a lot of amazing books in your reading journey! I loved Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys. Hope you enjoyed it, too! Happy reading!

JennH wrote: "Hi bailey! I see you are making good progress toward your goal. Hope that there have been a lot of amazing books in your reading journey! I loved Salt to the Sea by [author:Ruta Sep..."

Thanks for popping in, Jenn! Salt to the Sea was sooo good. I've had quite a few great reads this year so far. Hoping to keep that trend going!

I hope you've read a bunch more great reads, bailey!

What did you think of the Black Butler manga series? It was recommended to me. I'll be on the lookout for it when I go the library next.

JennH wrote: "I hope you've read a bunch more great reads, bailey!

What did you think of the Black Butler manga series? It was recommended to me. I'll be on the lookout for it when I go the library next."

I loved the anime on Netflix as a kid so the manga series holds a really special place in my heart <3 I of course love it just as much as the show and definitely recommend it to anyone else who loves dark, moody, gothic stories but with occasional comedic relief. Let me know what you think of it if you do pick it up!

bailey wrote: "JennH wrote: "I hope you've read a bunch more great reads, bailey!

What did you think of the Black Butler manga series? It was recommended to me. I'll be on the lookout for it when I go the libra..."

Of course it is an anime. I found in on Hulu. Will have to add it to my watchlist. I've only recently started getting into the world of mangas and manhwas, so there's a lot I'm not familiar with. Dark, moody, gothic sounds great. Oddly enough my library has it with the Summer Reading collection, which I'm going to have to ask for, if I remember. 🤷🏻