Reading List 2025


 JANUARY
1.    Half Life Jillian Cantor 
2.    Italy the Beautiful Lorenza de Medici
3.    Hester Laurie Lico Albanese *
4.    Dalvi Laura Galloway
5.    Eighty Days Matthew Goodman
6.    Berlioz the Bear Jan Brett
7.    Between Shades of Gray Ruta Sepetys 
8.    Embroideries of Eastern Europe Mary B. Kelly
9.    The River Midnight Lilian Nattel
10.  My Good Life in France Janine Marsh
11.  The Boston Girl Anita Diamant
12.  The Red Notebook Antoine Laurain

FEBRUARY
13.  Gateway to the Moon Mary Morris
14.  Celebrating Italy Carol Field
15.  Tout Sweet Karen Wheeler
16.  The Crazy Quilt Handbook Judith Baker Montano
17.  The Whistling Season Ivan Doig

MARCH
18.  Radium Girls Kate Moore
19.  The Magic of Crazy Quilting J. Marsha Michler
20.  To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee *
21.  The Storyteller of Casablanca Fiona Valpy
22.  The Foundling Ann Leary
23.  The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd *
24.  Letters From Cuba Ruth Behar

APRIL
25.  Paper Moon Joe David Brown
26.  Doc Mary Doria Russell
27.  Go Set a Watchman Harper Lee

MAY
28.  The Zookeeper's Wife Diane Ackerman
29.  Sarah's Key Tatiana de Rosnay
30.  The White Deborah Larsen
31.  The Cartographer's Secret Tea Cooper
32.  Where the Heart Is Billlie Letts

JUNE
33.  Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid Bill Bryson
34.  11/22/63 Stephen King
35.  Love and Saffron Kim Fay

JULY
36.  The Henna Artist Alka Joshi
37.  Rabbit, Run John Updike
38.  La Cucina Lily Prior
39.  Coco, the Official Cookbook Gino Garcia
40.  Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker Jennifer Chiaverini

AUGUST
41.  Convenience Store Girl Sayaka Murata
42.  Mary Jane Jessica Anya Blau
43.  The Smell of Other People's Houses Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock *
44.  Prodigal Summer Barbara Kingsolver
45.  The Secret Life of Squirrels Back to School Nancy Rose

SEPTEMBER
46.  French Braid Anne Tyler
47.  The Glass Castle Jeanette Walls *
48.  Diana Andrew Morton

OCTOBER
49.  Water for Elephants Sara Gruen
50.  Hello Beautiful Ann Napolitano *
51.  The Red Tent Anita Diamant 
52.  Becoming Michelle Obama
53.  Dracula Bram Stoker 
54.  Frankenstein Mary Shelley

NOVEMBER
55.  Like Water for Chocolate Laura Esquivel
56.  This is Where I Leave You Jonathan Tropper
57.  An Everlasting Meal Tamar Adler 
58.  The Marriage of Opposites Alice Hoffman *

DECEMBER
59.  Nomadland Jessica Bruder

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