2025 Reading List

Last year, I posted my first reading list. I had no expectations but now, I am disappointed to find that I only read 39 out of 160 books which is 24% read. Looking back, I wish I read more middle grade from that list. I am a children's librarian and those are the types of books I get excited about the most because I order them and am surrounded by them. Plus they are just plain good. So with this list, I wanted to be more honest with myself, especially with adult books I wanted to read. I am removing nonfiction because it got in my way of actually reading the genre. I also just broke this 2025 list down to my most likely to be read this year. I prefer this 2025 list because I am being realistic and mindful of what my reading year is going to be like this year. 

Adult Fiction

• Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett (February 2025)
• Pomona Afton Can So Solve a Murder by Bellamy Rose (March 2025)
• The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association by Caitlin Rozakis (May 2025)
• A Curse Carved in Bone by Danielle L. Jensen (May 2025)
• Tangled Up in You by Christina Lauren (June 2024)
• Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz (August 2025)
• Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera (March 2024)
• Empire of Shadows by Jacquelyn Benson (April 2024)

• I Ran Away to Evil by Mystic Neptune (April 2024)
• A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon (April 2024)
• The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer (July 2024)
• The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst (July 2024) 
• The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark (August 2024)
• A Mask of Flies by Matthew Lyons (August 2024)
• A Recipe for Magic and Mayhem by J.M. Wallace (September 2024)
• A Captured Cauldron by R.K. Ashwick (October 2024)

• A Grim Reaper's Guide to Catching a Killer by Maxie Dara (October 2024)
• The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara Raasch (October 2024)
• By a Silver Thread by Rachel Aaron (May 2023)
• A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic by J. Penner (November 2023)
• Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree (November 2023)
• The Stray Spirit by R.K. Ashwick (June 2022)
• Longshadow by Olivia Atwater (October 2021)
• Ten Thousand Stitches by Olivia Atwater (October 2020)

Young Adult Fiction

• This Is the Year by Gloria Muñoz (January 2025)
• Build a Girlfriend by Elba Luz (January 2025)
• Brewed with Love by Shelly Page (January 2025)
• On the Wings of la Noche by Vanessa L. Torres (January 2025)
• Bemused by Farrah Rochon (January 2025)
• Wings of Starlight by Allison Saft (February 2025)
• These Vengeful Wishes by Vanessa Montalban (February 2025)
• They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran (March 2025)

• Force of Chaos by Diana Ma (May 2025)
• Eliza, from Scratch by Sophia Lee (May 2025)
• Salvación by Sandra Proudman (May 2025)
• Looking for Smoke by K.A. Cobell (June 2024)
• Storm: Dawn of a Goddess by Tiffany D. Jackson (June 2024)
• Call Forth a Fox by Markelle Grabo (April 2024)
• A Bánh Mì for Two by Trinity Nguyen (August 2024)
• This Fatal Kiss by Alicia Jasinska (September 2024)

Middle Grade / Children

• Chickenpox by Remy Lai (January 2025)
• Kaya of the Ocean by Gloria L. Huang (January 2025)
• Danger in the Dragons' Den by Megan Reyes (January 2025)
• On Thin Ice by Jessica Kim (February 2025)
• Murder at the Museum by Alasdair Beckett-King (February 2025)
• What Fell from the Sky by Adrianna Cuevas (February 2025)
• Crumble by Meredith McClaren (February 2025)
• Snow White and the Dragon (or, Sleeping Beauty and the Seven Dwarfs) by Kim Bussing (March 2025)

• Cincinnati Lee, Curse Breaker by Heidi Heilig (March 2025)
• Spirit Service by Sarena Nanua (April 2025)
• Beetle & the Chimera Carnival by Aliza Layne (April 2025)
• Dreamslinger by Graci Kim (April 2025)
• Kaya Morgan’s Crowning Achievement by Jill Tew (April 2025)
• The Reel Wish by Yamile Saied Méndez (April 2025)
• The Wish Switch by Lynn Painter (May 2025)
• Totally Popular by Brigid Martin (August 2025)

• Incredibly Penelope by Lauren Myracle (August 2025)
• Emma and the Love Spell by Meredith Ireland (January 2024)
• Tiana and the Magic of Harlem (January 2024)
• Bumps in the Night by Amalie Howard (February 2024)
• Unhappy Camper by Lily LaMotte (April 2024)
• The Sailor Cipher by Trudi Trueit (April 2024)
• The Magic Paintbrush by Kat Zhang (May 2024)
• Emily's Cupcake Magic! by Coco Simon (May 2024)

• Spindleheart: Trail of Shadow and Spool by T.I. Avens (May 2024)
• Darkness and Demon Song by M.R. Fournet (June 2024)
• The Cookie Crumbles by Tracy Badua & Alechia Dow (June 2024)
• The New Girl by Cassandra Calin (June 2024)
• Wicked Marigold by Caroline Carlson (July 2024)
• The Knight Thieves by Jenn Bennett (July 2024)
• Gracie Under the Waves by Linda Sue Park (September 2024)
• Nox Winters and the Midnight Wolf by Rochelle Hassan (September 2024)

• Rougarou Magic by Rachel M. Marsh (September 2024)
• Lola Reyes Is So Not Worried by Cindy L. Rodriguez (September 2024)
• The Loneliest Place by Lora Senf (September 2024)
• Taxi Ghost by Sophie Escabasse (September 2024)
• The Daggers of Ire by J.C. Cervantes (September 2024)
• Shock City by Aaron Alexovich (September 2024)
• The No-Brainer's Guide to Decomposition by Adrianna Cuevas (September 2024)
• The Case of the Missing Spot by Stephen W. Martin (September 2024)

• The Chainbreakers by Julian Randall (September 2024)
• A Split Second by Janae Marks (October 2024)
• Tinker Bell and the Lost City by Zack Loran Clark (November 2024)
• Harmony and Heartbreak by Claire Kann (January 2023)
• Suki the Sea Dragon by Melody Lockhart (January 2023)
• Victory is Sweet by Shari Simpson (June 2023)
• Saving Chupie by Amparo Ortiz (August 2023)
• Cloudlanders by Christopher Mackie (August 2023)

• Extra Normal by Kate Alice Marshall (August 2023)
• Look on the Bright Side by Lily Williams & Karen Schneemann (October 2023)
• Map of Flames by Lisa McMann (February 2022)
• Battle for the Park by H.D. Hunter (November 2022)
• A Test of Courage by Justina Ireland (January 2021)
• Tangled Up in Luck by Merrill Wyatt (November 2021)
• Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee (January 2019)
• Summer of a Thousand Pies by Margaret Dilloway (April 2019)