Frankie Reads and Writes

My goal for 2025 was to read 75 books, and I ended up reading 77. Below is a list of all the books I read this year, with indicators for Five Star Reads, grad school books, and book club books.

January

1. Sex and Vanity, by Kevin Kwan
2. Something to Talk About, by Meryl Wilsner
3. True Biz, by Sara Novic (5 Star Read)
4. The Most Fun We Ever Had, by Claire Lombardo
5. Blindsight, by Peter Watts (Sidebar Book Club Selection)

February

1. Cemetery Boys, by Aiden Thomas
2. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, by Benjamin Alire Saenz (5 Star Read)
3. Miss You, by Kate Eberlin
4. Throwback, by Maureen Gao
5. The Storied Life of AJ Fikry, by Gabrielle Zevin
6. Halfway There, by Christine Mari
7. Furia, by Yamile Saied Mendez
8. The Hole We’re In, By Gabrielle Zevin
9. The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School, by Sonora Reyes
10. The Collected Regrets of Clover, by Mikki Brammer (Books and Brews Book Club Selection)

March

1. Firekeeper’s Daughter, by Angelline Boulley
2. Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop, by Hwang Bo-Reum (Sidebar Book Club Selection)
3. Yellowface, by RF Kuang
4. The Guilt Trip, by Sandie Jones
5. Will Grayson, Will Grayson, by John Green and David Levithan
6. Tipping the Velvet, by Sarah Waters (Read with Pride Book Club Selection)
7. Sunrise on the Reaping, by Suzanne Collins
8. When Women Were Dragons, by Kelly Barnhill
9. Lies and Weddings, by Kevin Kwan
10. The Third Gilmore Girl, by Kelly Bishop

April

1. The Great Believers, by Rebecca Makkai
2. Where’d You Go Bernadette, by Maria Semple
3. The House in the Cerulean Sea, by TJ Klune (5 Star Read)
4. Somewhere Beyond the Sea, by TJ Klune
5. The Traveling Cat Chronicles, by Hiro Arikawa (Sidebar Book Club Selection)

May

1. No Offense, by Meg Cabot
2. Olive, by Emma Gannon
3. Dust Child, by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai (Books and Brews Book Club Selection)
4. All the Other Mothers Hate Me, by Sarah Harmon (Sidebar Book Club Selection)
5. Less is Lost, by Andrew Sean Greer

June

1. The Book Club for Troublesome Women, by Marie Bostwick
2. The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky, by Josh Galarza
3. Atmosphere, by Taylor Jenkins Reid (5 Star Read)
4. The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits, by Jennifer Weiner
5. The Deep Dark, by Lee Knox Ostertag (Read with Pride Book Club Selection)
6. Deep Cuts, by Holly Brickley
7. The Three Lives of Cate Kay, by Kate Fagan

July

1. Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert, by Bob the Drag Queen
2. All That Life Can Afford, by Emily Everett
3. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, by Olga Tokarczuk
4. Bright Young Women, by Jessica Knoll (5 Star Read)
5. The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula Le Guin (Sidebar Book Club Selection)

August

1. Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon

September

1. Dragonfly in Amber, by Diana Gabaldon
2. My Brilliant Friend, by Elena Ferrante (Sidebar Book Club Selection)
3. Margot’s Got Money Troubles, by Rufi Thorpe (5 Star Read)
4. The Art of Vanishing, by Morgan Pager
5. Maggie; Or A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar, by Katie Yee

October

1. Automatic Noodle, by Annalee Newitz
2. Welcome to Murder Week, by Karen Dukess
3. The Picture of Dorian Grey, by Oscar Wilde (Read with Pride Book Club Selection)
4. A Psalm for the Wild-Built, by Becky Chambers
5. Bring the House Down, by Charlotte Runcie
6. The Year of Witching, by Alexis Henderson

November

1. The Children of Men, by PD James (Graduate School Assignment)
2. My Friends, by Fredrik Backman (Sidebar Book Club Selection)
3. With Stars in Her Eyes, by Andie Burke
4. James, by Percival Everett (5 Star Read)
5. The Favorites, by Layne Fargo
6. Small Things Like These, by Claire Keegan
7. 107 Days, by Kamala Harris
8. To the Moon and Back, by Eliana Ramage
9. Heart, the Lover, by Lily King

December

1. Big Girl, Small Town, by Michelle Gallen
2. The Wedding People, by Alison Espach
3. Old Man’s War, by John Scalzi (Sidebar Book Club Selection)
4. I Who Have Never Known Men, by Jacqueline Harpin
5. The Savvy Author’s Guide to Book Publicity, by Lissa Warren (Graduate School Assignment)
6. Online Marketing for Busy Authors, by Fauzia Burke (Graduate School Assignment)
7. Platform: The Art and Science of Personal Branding, by Cynthia Johnson (Graduate School Assignment)
8. Wired for Story, by Lisa Cron (Graduate School Assignment) (5 Star Read)
9. Voyager, by Diana Gabaldon

Thanks for following my reading and writing journey in 2025! Stay tuned for more robust content in 2026 🙂