Books of 2023 - 2025

Recently, I’ve started reading again (recommendations from friends, family, colleagues, NYT best sellers, and BookTok/BookTube). I’ve collected some thoughts here, mostly to help myself keep track. There may be spoilers!

Currently reading:

2025 Reads:

7.5/10 The Grace Year by Kim Liggett Recommended by: GoodReads

2024 Reads:

7.5/10 Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Recommended by: Abbey (coworker), BookTok
7/10 Red Rising by Pierce Brown Recommended by: BookTok, sister-in-law
7.5/10 The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides Recommended by: BookTok
4/10 Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Recommended by: BookTok
8.5/10 The Women by Kristin Hannah Recommended by: NYT Best Sellers, Hardcover Fiction
8/10 The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu Recommended by: Raphael (my husband)
9/10 Atomic Habits by James Clear Recommended by: NYT Best Sellers, Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous
7.5/10 I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (Audiobook) Recommended by: NYT Best Sellers, Non-fiction
7/10 Midwives by Chris Bohjalian Recommended by: Abbey (my coworker)
3/10 You’ve Reached Sam by Dustin Thao Recommended by: Francesca (my sister-in-law)
9.5/10 Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson Recommended by: Abbey (my coworker)
7.5/10 Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros Recommended by: BookTok, my sisters-in-law
3/10 The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V. E. Schwab Recommended by: BookTube
4.5/10 The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller Recommended by: Francesca (my sister-in-law)

2023 Reads:

8/10 A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins Recommended by: movie just came out
9/10 When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Recommended by: Pulitzer Prize Finalists, Biography, 2017
6/10 A Court of Mist and Fury (ACOMAF) by Sarah J Maas Recommended by: BookTok
4/10 A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) by Sarah J Maas Recommended by: BookTok
8/10 Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens Recommended by: BookTok
9/10 Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Recommended by: BookTok
2/10 Happy Place by Emily Henry Recommended by: BookTok, my sisters-in-law
7/10 Verity by Colleen Hoover Recommended by: BookTok
6/10 Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas Recommended by: BookTok
7.5/10 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Reid Recommended by: BookTok
4/10 It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover Recommended by: BookTok
7.5/10 It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover Recommended by: BookTok

My DNF List: