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Reading Lists
Link to Barbara's 2024 Reading List - 365 books (107,658 pages)
Link to Barbara's 2023 Reading List - 448 books (146,693 pages)
Link to Barbara's 2022 Reading List - 461 books (152,390 pages)
Link to Barbara's 2021 Reading List - 364 books (120,942 pages)
Link to Barbara's 2020 Reading List - 495 books (159,150 pages)
Link to Barbara's 2019 Reading List - 427 books (136,564 pages)
Link to Barbara's 2018 Reading List - 389 books (129,865 pages)
Link to Barbara's 2017 Reading List - 393 books (135,285 pages)
Link to Barbara's 2016 Reading List - 374 books (136,596 pages)
Link to Barbara's 2015 Reading List - 416 books (146,470 pages)
Link to Barbara's 2014 Reading List - 379 books (137,737 pages)
Link to Barbara's 2013 Reading List - 356 books (130,749 pages)
Link to Barbara's 2012 Reading List - 386 books (131,578 pages)
Link to Barbara's 2011 Reading List - 302 books (108,086 pages)
Link to Barbara's 2010 Reading List - 293 books (98,849 pages)
Link to Barbara's 2009 Reading List - 425 books (142,451 pages)

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CURRENTLY READING 🎧
Thornhaven: Season Two - Morgan Rice (214 pages) 🎧


FLOAB 1.5 Million Pages: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

1. Windy City Dragon - Genevieve Jack (348 pages) 1/2
2. Blood Orchids - Toby Neal (314 pages) 1/4
3. The Last Outpost - Hannah Ross (247 pages) 1/6
4. Kiss Hard - Nalini Singh (361 pages) 1/7 🎧
5. Torch Ginger - Toby Neal (314 pages) 1/9
6. Caught Dead to Write - Lynn Cahoon (158 pages) 1/10 🎧
7. Manhattan Dragon - Genevieve Jack (350 pages) 1/11
8. The Dragon of Sedona - Genevieve Jack (364 pages) 1/15
9. Sterling - Dannika Dark (276 pages) 1/16 🎧
10. The Dragon of Cecil Court - Genevieve Jack (358 pages) 1/16
11. Highland Dragon - Genevieve Jack (344 pages) 1/17
12. Hidden Dragon - Genevieve Jack (334 pages) 1/17
13. Already Gone - Diane Benefiel (247 pages) 1/18
14. The Dragons of Paragon - Genevieve Jack (322 pages) 1/18
15. The Last Dragon - Genevieve Jack (334 pages) 1/22
16. The Angel of Paragon - Genevieve Jack (302 pages) 1/25
17. Promise Not to Tell - Jayne Ann Krentz (464 pages) 1/26 🎧
18. Candy Slain Murder - Maddie Day (311 pages) 1/30 🎧
19. The Tees Valley Killings - C.J. Grayson (426 pages) 1/30

Total January Books: 19
Total January Pages: 6,174
Total 2025 pages: 6,174

20. Autopsy of a Fairytale - Nicole Scarano (254 pages) 2/1
21. Brimstone Bound - Helen Harper (293 pages) 2/2 🎧
22. Maiden of Candlelight and Lotuses - Anastasis Blythe (387 pages) 2/2
23. Guardian of Talons and Snares - Anastasis Blythe (462 pages) 2/6
24. Untouchable - Jayne Ann Krentz (416 pages) 2/6 🎧
25. A Catalogue of Catastrophe - Jodi Taylor (498 pages) 2/10
26. A Very Bad Thing - J.T. Ellison (475 pages) 2/14
27. Deadly Animals - Marie Tierney (354 pages) 2/14
28. Kilt Trip - Alexandra Kiley (336 pages) 2/14 🎧
29. Catch Me If You Candy - Ellie Alexander (352 pages) 2/15
30. Aftermarket Afterlife - Seanan McGuire (368 pages) 2/18
31. Chaos & Flame - Tessa Gratton & Justina Ireland (336 pages) 2/20 🎧
32. The Foxglove King - Hannah F. Whitten (467 pages) 2/23
33. Be Still My Heart - Emily McIntire & Sav R. Miller (482 pages) 2/26 🎧
34. Come Shell or High Water - Molly MacRae (304 pages) 2/26

Total February Books: 15
Total February Pages: 5,784
Total 2025 pages: 11,958

35. Blood & Fury - Tessa Gratton & Justina Ireland (342 pages) 3/3
36. Murder at a Cape Bookstore - Maddie Day (326 pages) 3/4
37. A Ship of Bones & Teeth - Karina Halle (508 pages) 3/6 🎧
38. Where the Drowned Girls Go - Seanan McGuire (150 pages) 3/7 🎧
39. Murder Marks the Page - Karen Rose Smith (272 pages) 3/8
40. I'll Be Waiting - Kelley Armstrong (325 pages) 3/9
41. Lost in the Moment and Found - Seanan McGuire (147 pages) 3/10 🎧
42. The Crash - Freida McFadden (384 pages) 3/11
43. The Paper Caper - Kate Carlisle (336 pages) 3/12
44. Murder at the Christmas Cookie Bakeoff - Darci Hannah (304 pages) 3/14
45. Mislaid in Parts Half-Known - Seanan McGuire (160 pages) 3/15 🎧
46. Angel of Vengeance - Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (352 pages) 3/17
47. The Bullet That Missed - Richard Osman (413 pages) 3/19
48. Infernal Enchantment - Helen Harper (270 pages) 3/21 🎧
49. Something's Guava Give - Carrie Doyle (352 pages) 3/22
50. Murder at the Lemonberry Tea - Darci Hannah (368 pages) 3/28 🎧
51. The Hemlock Queen - Hannah F. Whitten (464 pages) 3/29
52. Town in a Sweet Pickle - B.B. Haywood (336 pages) 3/30
53. The Tiger’s Heart - Marissa Dobson (214 pages) 3/30
54. Midnight Smoke - Helen Harper (272 pages) 3/31 🎧

Total March Books: 20
Total March Pages: 6,295
Total 2025 pages: 18,253

55. Inspection - Josh Malerman (387 pages) 4/1 🎧
56. Fur Love or Money - Sofie Ryan (288 pages) 4/2
57. Girl Without a Chance - Rylie Dark (168 pages) 4/4 🎧
58. The Perfect Death - Stacy Claflin (206 pages) 4/6 🎧
59. Curse the Day - Annabel Chase (202 pages) 4/6
60. Rogue of the High Seas - Cynthia Breeding (266 pages) 4/9
61. Dark Rooms - Lynda La Plante (336 pages) 4/10 🎧
62. The House on Blackstone Moor - Carole Gill (212 pages) 4/11
63. The Bakery Booking - Morgan Utley (228 pages) 4/12
64. Shelter - Tara Shuler (197 pages) 4/14
65. Deadly Touch - Heather Graham (384 pages) 4/17 🎧
66. Cold Fear - Toni Anderson (416 pages) 4/20 🎧
67. The Wolf in the Whale - Jordanna Max Brodsky (544 pages) 4/21
68. Mischief in New Orleans - Lucy Quinn (212 pages) 4/23
69. Cold as Hell - Kelley Armstrong (352 pages) 4/25 🎧
70. As Dead As A Vampire - April Fernsby (174 pages) 4/26
71. Air Bound - Jess Mountifield & Talia Beckett (292 pages) 4/27
72. Murder on Devil's Pond - Ayla Rose (304 pages) 4/29
73. The Icehouse - J.J. Richards (336 pages) 4/30 🎧

Total April Books: 19
Total April Pages: 5466
Total 2025 pages: 23,719

74. Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros (528 pages) 5/3
75. Dead to Me - Annie Anderson (310 pages) 5/4 🎧
76. Bonded in Death - J.D. Robb (359 pages) 5/5
77. Improbably Yours - Kerry Anne King (348 pages) 5/7 🎧
78. Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear - Seanan McGuire (146 pages) 5/9 🎧
79. Controlled Chaos - Nikki Ash (339 pages) 5/11 🎧
80. Immortal - Sue Lynn Tan (464 pages) 5/11
81. Body Count - Jodi Burnett (252 pages) 5/12
82. Seeker of Secrets - Ashley McLeo (344 pages) 5/14 🎧
83. Charmed Bones - Carolyn Haines (368 pages) 5/15
84. Dangerous in a Kilt - Anna Durand (218 pages) 5/16 🎧
85. Spark of the Everflame Penn Cole (416 pages) 5/16
86. 25 Alive - James Patterson & Maxine Paetro (336 pages) 5/17
87. A Case of Cat and Mouse - Sofie Kelly (304 pages) 5/19
88. The Last Bloodcarver - Vanessa Le (384 pages) 5/20
89. The Pike - J.J. Richards (294 pages) 5/22 🎧
90. From Blood and Ash - Jennifer L. Armentrout (613 pages) 5/22
91. Dark Song - Christine Feehan (448 pages) 5/23
92. Manners and Monsters - Tilly Wallace (318 pages) 5/23
93. A Shift in Shadows - Maddox Grey (276 pages) 5/24 🎧
94. His Mortal Demise - Vanessa Le (400 pages) 5/25
95. The Cursed Odyssey - Frederick Martinus (338 pages) 5/26
96. Crewel and Unusual - Molly MacRae (272 pages) 5/26
97. Extra Sensory Deception - Allison Kingsley (288 pages) 5/27
98. Pumpkin Spice and Poisoning - Katherine Hayton (196 pages) 5/29
99. Absence of Mallets - Kate Carlisle (294 pages) 5/30
100. The Deathly Grimm - Kathryn Purdie (400 pages) 5/30 🎧
101. Pint of No Return - Dana Mentink (288 pages) 5/31

Total May Books: 28
Total May Pages: 9,408
Total 2025 pages: 33,127

102. The Secret, Book & Scone Society - Ellery Adams (290 pages) 6/2
103. The Bad Weather Friend - Dean Koontz (380 pages) 6/3
104. Dark Whispers - Helen Harper (256 pages) 6/5 🎧
105. An Ember in the Ashes - Sabaa Tahir (446 pages) 6/7
106. Promised in Fire - Jasmine Walt (414 pages) 6/8 🎧
107. To Brew or Not to Brew - Joyce Tremel (278 pages) 6/8
108. Chance of a Ghost - E.J. Copperman (304 pages) 6/10
109. Forged in Frost - Jasmine Walt (494 pages) 6/12 🎧
110. Heavenly Bodies - Imani Erriu (619 pages) 6/13
111. Scorched Heart - Helen Harper (278 pages) 6/15 🎧
112. A Midnight Puzzle - Gigi Pandian (352 pages) 6/15
113. Caged in Shadow - Jasmine Walt (414 pages) 6/17
114. Word to the Wise - Jenn McKinlay (278 pages) 6/18
115. Chapter and Curse - Elizabeth Penney (310 pages) 6/20
116. Flipped for Murder - Maddie Day (304 pages) 6/21 🎧
117. Servant of Earth -Sarah Hawley (451 pages) 6/22
118. A Killer's Kiss - Helen Harper(268 pages) 6/23 🎧
119. Bone to Be Wild Carolyn Haines (368 pages) 6/24
120. Fortune's Ashes - Helen Harper (274 pages) 6/26 🎧
121. Blood Over Bright Haven - M.L. Wang (440 pages) 6/27
122. Grilled for Murder - Maddie Day (352 pages) 6/29 🎧
123. A Curse Carved in Bone - Danielle L. Jensen (403 pages) 6/30

Total June Books: 22
Total June Pages: 7,973
Total 2025 pages: 40,100

124. Lies He Told Me - James Patterson & David Ellis (384 pages) 7/3 🎧
125. Silverborn: The Mystery of Morrigan Crow - Jessica Townsend (592 pages) 7/4
126. When the Grits Hit the Fan - Maddie Day (343 pages) 7/5 🎧
127. Black Hat, White Witch - Hailey Edwards (218 pages) 7/6 🎧
128. A Sprinkle in Time - Dana Mentink (353 pages) 7/6
129. Black Arts, White Craft - Hailey Edwards (222 pages) 7/12 🎧
130. The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep - H.G. Parry (496 pages) 7/14
131. Highland Hearts Holiday Bookshop -Tricia O'Malley (336 pages) 7/15 🎧
132. Under the Cold Bright Lights - Garry Disher (320 pages) 7/15
133. Sanctuary - Ilona Andrews (150 pages) 7/17 🎧
134. A Drop of Corruption - Robert Jackson Bennett (465 pages) 7/20 🎧
135. Archangel's Ascension - Nalini Singh (339 pages) 7/20
136. Dim Sum of All Fears - Vivien Chien (291 pages) 7/22 🎧
137. The Good, the Bad and the History - Jodi Taylor (509 pages) 7/23
138. Spoon to be Dead - Dana Mentink (336 pages) 7/25
139. The Lake House Children - Gregg Dunnett (356 pages) 7/26 🎧
140. Case of the Bleus - Korina Moss (308 pages) 7/27
141. Caught You - Molly Black (173 pages) 7/27 🎧
142. Death by Committee - Alexis Morgan (282 pages) 7/30
143. Death by Beach Read - Eva Gates (288 pages) 7/31 🎧

Total July Books: 20
Total July Pages: 6,729
Total 2025 pages: 46,829

144. Black Truth, White Lies - Hailey Edwards (260 pages) 8/2 🎧
145. Black Soul, White Heart - Hailey Edwards (54 pages) 8/2 🎧
146. Atonement Sky - Nalini Singh (400 pages) 8/3
147. Black Wings, Gray Skies - Hailey Edwards (246 pages) 8/4 🎧
148. Homicide in Hardcover - Kate Carlisle (289 pages) 8/5
149. Biscuits and Slashed Browns - Maddie Day (292 pages) 8/6 🎧
150. Dark King - C.N. Crawford (294 pages) 8/8 🎧
151. Hummingbird - Helen Harper (280 pages) 8/8
152. Whispers of the Deep - Emma Hamm (448 pages) 8/10 🎧
153. The Body in the Bookstore - Ellie Alexander (272 pages) 8/12 🎧
154. The Vampire Knitting Club - Nancy Warren (256 pages) 8/14
155. Iron Flame - Rebecca Yarros (623 pages) 8/15
156. Death Over Easy - Maddie Day (278 pages) 8/17 🎧
157. The Butcher Game - Alaina Urquhart (352 pages) 8/17
158. Kill Without Shame - Alexandra Ivy (368 pages) 8/18
159. The Longing of Lone Wolves - Lana Pecherczyk (412 pages) 8/19🎧
160. Murder Off the Books - Tamara Berry (336 pages) 8/20
161. Death of an Ice Cream Scooper - Lee Hollis (320 pages) 8/21
162. Nacho Average Murder - Maddie Day (324 pages) 8/21🎧
163. A Treacherous Tale - Elizabeth Penney (288 pages) 8/22
164. The Things We Water - Mariana Zapata (716 pages) 8/26
165. Hidden Nature - Nora Roberts (435 pages) 8/27 🎧
166. Ghost On The Coast - Judith Jackson (198 pages) 8/27
167. Summertime Clues - Rosie Reed (278 pages) 8/30
168. To Kill a Badger - Shelly Laurenston (480 pages) 8/31🎧

Total August Books: 25
Total August Pages: 8,499
Total 2025 pages: 55,328

169. Bad Liar - Tami Hoag (416 pages) 9/3
170. Halloween Night Murder - Leslie Meier (336 pages) 9/3 🎧
171. No Grater Crime - Maddie Day (310 pages) 9/5 🎧
172. Bait and Swiss - Korina Moss (304 pages) 9/7
173. Carving Shadows into Gold - Brigid Kemmerer (496 pages) 9/9
174. Of Books and Bagpipes - Paige Shelton (320 pages) 9/11
175. Dire Bound - Sable Sorensen (608 pages) 9/11🎧
176. Laptops for Seniors in Easy Steps ? Windows: For the Over 50s - Nick Vandome (192 pages) 9/10
177. The Wrong Sister - T.E. Woods (263 pages) 9/12
178. The Unseelie King - Heather Killough-Walden (220 pages) 9/13
179. Gray Witch - Hailey Edwards (266 pages) 9/14🎧
180. Aunt Bessie Assumes - Diana Xarissa (214 pages) 9/14
181. The Third to Die - Allison Brennan (576 pages) 9/17
182. Gray Tidings - Hailey Edwards (266 pages) 9/18🎧
183. The Bone Maker - Sarah Beth Durst (478 pages) 9/20
184. Strangled Eggs and Ham - Maddie Day (295 pages) 9/21 🎧
185. The Desolations of Devil's Acre - Ransom Riggs (503 pages) 9/22
186. The Body in the Fountain - Diana Xarissa (212 pages) 9/23
187. Crowned and Moldering - Kate Carlisle (320 pages) 9/25
188. Gray Court - Hailey Edwards (222 pages) 9/26
189. Death at the Dinner Party - Ellie Alexander (238 pages) 9/27🎧
190. Microsoft 365 Excel Formulas & Functions For Dummies - Ken Bluttman (400 pages) 9/30
191. Onyx Storm - Rebecca Yarros (544 pages) 9/30

Total September Books: 23
Total September Pages: 7,959
Total 2025 pages: 63,287

192. The Middle Eye - Rebecca Jean Downey (232 pages) 10/2
193. In the Company of Witches - Auralee Wallace (336 pages) 10/3 🎧
194. Batter Off Dead - Maddie Day (295 pages) 10/5 🎧
195. A Torch Against the Night - Sabaa Tahir (452 pages) 10/5
196. Four Leaf Cleaver - Maddie Day (309 pages) 10/7 🎧
197. TimeReaping in Deadwood - Ann Charles (345 pages) 10/7
198. The First Dragon Bride - Riley Storm (358 pages) 10/9
199. Ursus Borealis - D.L. Lewellyn (370 pages) 10/11
200. And the River Drags Her Down - Jihyun Yun (400 pages) 10/13 🎧
201. She Had To Kill Him - Aviva Gat (337 pages) 10/13
202.The Mother's Fault - Nicole Trope (262 pages) 10/14
203. You Did This - Jamie Millen (412 pages) 10/17 🎧
204. Soul of Smoke - Caitlyn McFarland (416 pages) 10/19
205. Killer Instinct - Jennifer Lynn Barnes (375 pages) 10/20 🎧
206. A New Lease on Death - Olivia Blacke (336 pages) 10/22 🎧
207. The Unseen - Ania Ahlborn (384 pages) 10/22
208. The Bridge Kingdom - Danielle L. Jensen (430 pages) 10/24
209. Installment Immortality - Seanan McGuire (432 pages) 10/26
210. Daughter of Redwinter - Ed McDonald (343 pages) 10/27
211. Song of the Abyss - Emma Hamm (466 pages) 10/29 🎧
212. Heartless Hunter - Kristen Ciccarelli (406 pages) 10/29
213. Stumbling Into Him - Molly O'Hare (208 pages) 10/31

Total October Books: 22
Total October Pages: 7,922
Total 2025 pages: 71,209

214. Nothing to Fear - Blake Pierce (168 pages) 11/1 🎧
215. They Call Me Crazy - Kelly Stone Gamble (200 pages) 11/1 🎧
216. Gun in the Gardenias - Dale Mayer (284 pages) 11/2 🎧
217. The Phoenix Keeper - S. A. MacLean (496 pages) 11/4
218. Scorched Skies - E.J. Mellow (541 pages) 11/7
219. Gray Seas - Hailey Edwards (244 pages) 11/7 🎧
220. The Shadow Murders - Jussi Adler-Olsen (464 pages) 11/8
221. The Enchanted Lies of Céleste Artois - Ryan Graudin (544 pages) 11/9
222. Nirel - Sarah Emmer (348 pages) 11/9
223. Death Knell - Hailey Edwards (320 pages) 11/11
224. The Mythic Dream - Dominik Parisien (368 pages) 11/12
225. The Peaks of Autumn - Ashley Capes (180 pages) 11/13
226. Imperial Towers - Ashley Capes (242 pages) 11/15
227. The Nightshade God - Hannah F. Whitten (480 pages) 11/15 🎧
228. Rise Against - Hailey Edwards (304 pages) 11/16
229. End Game - Hailey Edwards (288 pages) 11/18
230. In My Wildest Dreams - Christina Dodd (384 pages) 11/19
231. A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping - Sangu Mandanna (352 pages) 11/21
232. Voyage of the Damned - Frances White (464 pages) 11/22 🎧
233. Dissonance - Sarah Emmer (312 pages) 11/22
234. Mistletoe Malarkey - Stella Bixby (220 pages)11/23 🎧
235. Retribution - Sarah Emmer (370 pages) 11/23
236. A Frightening Fangs-giving - Addison Moore (266 pages) 11/24
237. Undone - Blake Pierce (166 pages) 11/26 🎧
238. The Hearth Witch's Guide to Magic & Murder - Kiri Callaghan (448 pages) 11/27
239. Unleashed - Emily Kimelman (304 pages) 11/27
240. Firebird - Juliette Cross (400 pages) 11/29
241. Impossible Creatures - Katherine Rundell (368 pages) 11/30 🎧
242. Roses of May - Dot Hutchison (289 pages) 11/30

Total November Books: 29
Total November Pages: 9,818
Total 2025 pages: 81,027

243. Fallen Stars - Imani Erriu (773 pages) 12/5 🎧
244. City of Gods and Monsters - Kayla Edwards (760 pages) 12/5
245. Not in the Cards - Amy Cissell (284 pages) 12/6
246. The Lamplighter’s Bookshop - Sophie Austin (368 pages) 12/6
247. The Outcast Mage - Annabel Campbell (464 pages) 12/9
248. Primer and Punishment - Diane Kelly (292 pages) 12/11
249. Gray Days - Hailey Edwards (290 pages) 12/12🎧
250. There'll Be Shell to Pay - Molly MacRae (304 pages) 12/13
251. Gray Dawn - Hailey Edwards (228 pages) 12/14 🎧
252. Heavenly Tyrant - Xiran Jay Zhao (544 pages) 12/14
253. The Poisoned King - Katherine Rundell (304 pages) 12/15
254. The Traitor Queen - Danielle L. Jensen (425 pages) 12/17
255. Undone - Kelly Rimmer (384 pages) 12/18
256. When the Crow's Away - Auralee Wallace (304 pages) 12/19 🎧
257. The Inadequate Heir - Danielle L. Jensen (688 pages) 12/20
258. The Calm Before the Storm - Danielle L. Jensen (80 pages) 12/20
259. Hunted - Darcy Coates (450 pages) 12/21
260. The Body in the Annex - Diana Xarissa (208 pages) 12/22
261. Mayhem in the Maize - Sara Bourgeois (371 pages) 12/23
262. Fear the Flames - Olivia Rose Darling (571 pages) 12.24🎧
263. Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries - Heather Fawcett (335 pages) 12/24
264. The Ghostly Grounds: Vengeance and Dinner - Sophie Love (177 pages) 12/26 🎧
265. The Night and Its Moon - Piper C.J. (525 pages) 12/26
266. Aunt Bessie Believes - Diana Xarissa (213 pages) 12/27
267. A Quiche to Die for - Patti Benning (158 pages) 12/27
268. The Deer and the Dragon - Piper C.J. (448 pages) 12/29
269. Thornhaven: Season One - Morgan Rice (242 pages) 12/30🎧
270. Aunt Dimity Digs In - Nancy Atherton (275 pages) 12/30

Total December Books: 27
Total December Pages: 10,395
Total 2025 pages: 91,422