2025 Reading/Listening Challenge

The aim was to read or listen to 52 books this year. The new reads/listens are marked with an asterisk. 
January (10)

• Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy

• Playing with Fire by Derek Landy

• The Faceless Ones by Derek Landy

• Dark Days by Derek Landy

• Mortal Coil by Derek Landy

• Death Bringer by Derek Landy

• Kingdom of the Wicked by Derek Landy

• Last Stand of the Dead Men by Derek Landy

• The Dying of the Light by Derek Landy

• *Geekerella by Ashley Poston (do not recommend)

February (17)

• The Library of the Dead by TL Huchu

• Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments by TL Huchu

• The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle by TL Huchu

• *The Legacy of Arnston House by TL Huchu

• *Fortunate Son by Caimh McDonnell

• Doing Time by Jodi Taylor

• Hard Time by Jodi Taylor

March (27)

• Saving Time by Jodi Taylor

• The Crow Folk by Mark Stay

• Babes in the Wood by Mark Stay

• The Ghost of Ivy Barn by Mark Stay

• The Holly King by Mark Stay

• *The Corn Bride by Mark Stay

• All Systems Red by Martha Wells

• Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

• Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells

• Murder on Milverton Square by GB Ralph

• Poison at Penshaw Hall by GB Ralph

April (33)

• *Death in Douglas Glade by GB Ralph

• The Left-handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix

• The Sinister Booksellers of Bath by Garth Nix

• The Unknown Ajax by Georgette Heyer

• Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

• *Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson

May (39)

• *HMRC - The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson

• The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross

• The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross

• The Fuller Memorandum by Charles Stross 

• Angels in the Moonlight by Caimh McDonnell

• Dead Man's Sins by Caimh McDonnell

June (46)

• Firewater Blues by Caimh McDonnell  
• The Case of the Missing Maid by Rob Olsen *
• The Family Jewels by Caimh McDonnell
• Fortunate Son by Caimh McDonnell
• A Man with One of Those Faces by Caimh McDonnell
• The Day that Never Comes by Caimh McDonnell
• Last Orders by Caimh McDonnell

July (49)

• Pyramids by Terry Pratchett
• Stone and Sky by Ben Aaronovitch
• All Systems Red by Martha Wells

Nothing recorded for August and September. I have no idea which books were consumed during these two months.

October (62)

• The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
• A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
• The Stranger Times by Caimh McDonnell
• Love Will Tear Us Apart by Caimh McDonnell
• This Charming Man by Caimh McDonnell
• Relight My Fire by Caimh McDonnell
• Tales from The Stranger Times by Caimh McDonnell*
• Ring the Bells by Caimh McDonnell*
• Doing Time by Jodi Taylor
• Hard Time by Jodi Taylor
• Saving Time by Jodi Taylor
• About Time by Jodi Taylor
• Santa Grint by Jodi Taylor

November

• Killing Time by Jodi Taylor
• Out of Time by Jodi Taylor *
• The Library of the Dead by T L Huchu

December