2025 Reading List

A list of the books I completed reading in 2025.

(E) = co-read with Elise. (Ez) = read to Ezekiel.

My Top 5 Books of 2025

The Full List

Rhythm of War - Brandon Sanderson

Toto the Ninja Cat and the Great Snake Escape - Dermot O'Leary (E)

Robin Hood - Carola Oman

The Thursday Murder Club- Richard Osman

The Master's Men - William Barclay

Volcano Adventure - Willard Price

Quentin Durward - Sir Walter Scott

Tress of the Emerald Sea - Brandon Sanderson (E)

The Man Who Died Twice - Richard Osman

The Dragon Defenders Book 1 - James Russell (E)

Scavenger: Zoid - Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell

The Jungle Books - Rudyard Kipling

Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy With God - Timothy Keller

Assassin's Apprentice - Robin Hobb

Adam-2 - Alistair Chisholm

Here Lies Arthur - Philip Reeve

Adventure in New Zealand - E Jerningham Wakefield

For Men Only - Shaunti and Jeff Feldhahn

5-Minute Bedtime Stories - Various (Ez)

Five Go Off To Camp - Enid Blyton (E)

Wind and Truth - Brandon Sanderson

Ordeal by Innocence - Agatha Christie

The Bullet That Missed - Richard Osman

Outlaws of the Atlantic - Marcus Rediker

A Short and Plain Instruction for the Better Understanding of the Lord's Supper - Bishop Thomas Wilson

Whale Adventure - Willard Price

N or M? - Agatha Christie

Pale Rider - Laura Spinney

The Last Devil To Die - Richard Osman

No Longer Human - Osamu Dazai

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone - Benjamin Stevenson

The Happy Angolan: A Child of War - Ross Ferguson with Custodio Victorino

The Railway Children - E Nesbit (E)

The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (and a Selection of Entrees) - Agatha Christie

Blessed Be Your Name - Matt and Beth Redman

Holes - Louis Sachar

Eric - Terry Pratchett

Shadow of Phobos - Ken Catran

Fear and Trembling - Søren Kierkegaard

The Adventure of English - Melvyn Bragg

After Eli - Rebecca Rupp

Far Far Away - Tom McNeal

Red Planet - Robert A Heinlein (E)

Orbital - Samantha Harvey

Misery Guts - Morris Gleitzman

Moby Dick - Herman Melville

Enid Blyton's Brer Rabbit Book - Enid Blyton

No Place Like Nome - Michael Engelhard

Scrapwaggon - Barry Crump

Sit, Walk, Stand - Watchman Nee

Jews and Jesus - Zola Levitt

The Warden - Anthony Trollope

Various Picture Books Part 3 (Ez)

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

Pride and Premeditation - Tirzah Price

Five Get Into Trouble - Enid Blyton (E)

Inkheart - Cornelia Funke

The Time Machine - HG Wells

The Mysterious Affair at Styles - Agatha Christie

The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho

Pinocchio - Carlo Collodi

The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas

The Impossible Fortune - Richard Osman

Cat Among the Pigeons - Agatha Christie

The Sunlit Man - Brandon Sanderson

Defending Constantine - Peter J Leithart

Simply Christian - Tom Wright

We Solve Murders - Richard Osman

Timeline - Michael Crichton

Zeroes - Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan and Deborah Biancotti

Code Name Verity - Elizabeth Wein

The Will of the Many - James Islington

African Adventure - Willard Price

Biggles Goes to War - Captain WE Johns

Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll

Sunrise on the Reaping - Suzanne Collins

Mission Girl - Fleur Beale

Phantom - Leo Hunt

The One Year Chronological Bible: 365-Day Reading Plan (E)

Never Settle - Greg Holder

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