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Tuesday, September 09, 2025
Top Ten Tuesday: 30 Books I Want to Read Before 2025 Ends (Part One)
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Today's TTT prompt—Top Ten Villains (favorite, best, worst, lovable, creepiest, most evil, etc.)—is a head scratcher for me. I got nothin'. Next week's—Top Ten Bookish Candles I'd Make—is beyond the limits of my creativity, so for the next two weeks, I'm going rogue. In three weeks, we'll all be talking about our Fall TBR lists, but I'm going to get started early. Over the next three weeks, I'll be yapping about the top 30 books I want to read before 2025 ends. I still need to complete 55 books to hit my Goodreads goal of 200 and, although I do have a printed-out list of 90 possibilities, I won't bore you with all that. We'll stick to the 30 I'm most likely to read spaced out over the next three weeks. You're welcome.
As always, Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely Jana over at That Artsy Reader Girl.
Top 30 Books I Want to Read Before 2025 Ends (Part One)
1. The Alice Network by Kate Quinn—Although I love historical fiction, I've yet to read a book by this popular author. The Alice Network is my book club's pick for this month, so I'll be starting it soon. It's a dual-timeline novel that focuses on the real-life, all-female spy ring called the Alice Network, which conducted espionage efforts against the Germans in France during World War I.
2. Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins—I've heard nothing but praise for this Hunger Games prequel that focuses on the backstory of Haymitch Abernathy and his experience as a competitor in the 50th annual games.
3. Famous Last Words by Katie Alender—I need to read two books with the same title for a reading challenge and I've already completed Famous Last Words by Gilly Macmillan. Alender's book by the same name has a completely different storyline. Alender's is a YA mystery with a supernatural twist. A teenage girl is experiencing strange, haunting visions that seem to be sending her a message about a series of murders that are currently happening in Los Angeles. In order to regain her sanity, the girl must figure out what the messages mean in order to bring a killer to justice.
4. Clover Blue by Eldonna Edwards—In 1970s California, 12-year-old Clover Blue is growing up on a peaceful commune full of colorful people. He's happy there. Until his best friend urges him to start asking questions of the community's founder and the answers he's given just aren't enough. As Clover searches for answers, he makes some startling discoveries that create disturbing cracks in his sanguine existence.
5. The Five: The Untold Story of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold—For a reading challenge, I need to read a book that debunks a historical myth. Emily at ARRRGH! Schooling suggested this book, which delves into the lives of Jack the Ripper's victims, showing that they weren't just throwaway women, but complex human beings with rich lives that were extinguished far too soon. Sounds fascinating!
6. Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce—I've been meaning to read this historical novel since it came out. I've heard great things about it and, bonus, I need a book about "creepy crawlies" for a reading challenge. Beetles fit that description for me! The novel is about a spinster schoolteacher living a bleak existence in post-World War II London. Tired of the drudgery, she impulsively decides to take off on an adventure to find a mythical beetle. When she advertises for an assistant, she's surprised by who applies. Together, the two very different women find friendship, excitement, trouble, and maybe, a great discovery.
7. Shadows in the Mind's Eye by Janyre Tromp—When Anne's husband returns from serving in World War II, he's a changed man. Haunted by the horrors he witnessed, he's become sullen and scary. When he claims to see strange men hiding in the mountains near their home, Anne's not sure whether to believe him or not. If he's telling the truth, then who are the men? And what do they want? If her husband is having paranoid delusions, what does that mean for them and their already struggling marriage?
8. Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness—I feel like I've been talking incessantly lately about Ness' Chaos Walking trilogy. It's one of my all-time favorite YA series and 've been rereading it this year in anticipation of a new spin-off trilogy that will be published starting in Spring 2026. Monsters of Men is the third book in the original series, which is about a young man and his girlfriend and their quest to save their world.
9. Such a Good Mom by Julia Spiro—I'm on a library waiting list for this novel about a woman whose perfect-looking life is slowly falling apart. Her already unraveling marriage becomes even more strained when the body of a family friend washes ashore and her husband is arrested for the murder. In spite of her own struggles, she must find out the truth about her friend's death in order to clear her husband's name.
10. Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) by Jesse Q. Sutanto—I enjoyed the first book in this fun series. Even though I've heard this second installment isn't as good, I'm still excited to reconnect with Vera and her friends. This time around, Vera & Co. are searching for a missing man who no one appears to actually know. Who is Xander Lin? What happend to him? Vera is determined to find out.
What are you planning to read before the end of the year? I'd love to know. Leave me a comment on this post and I will gladly return the favor on your blog.
Happy TTT!
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I loved the Alice Network, hope you will too!
ReplyDeleteNext week will probably see me going rogue! I’m happy to read your tbr posts because I need some ideas! ~Carol @ ReadingLadies
ReplyDeleteOoh nice! These are all new to me ones. I am not entirely sure what I will be reading for the rest of the year myself. I fluctuate between reading books for upcoming events and review books with the occasional TBR or new release thrown in! Reading a review book now before going back to event books! Lol.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with this!! Sunrise on the Reaping and Vera Wong are both excellent reads!!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! The end of the year feels like its looming already! 😂 I should probably figure out my top priorities too.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I will be going rogue next week as well, or skipping it. That's not how my creativity works, LOL! Nice list, I look forward to seeing what else you want to read before the end of the year!
ReplyDeleteI just saw Sunrise on the Reaping at the library yesterday and thought, "oh right, I've not read that one yet." Guess I'd better get to it before year's end, too. I was a huge fan os Chaos Walking series several years ago, though I felt the first book of the three was the best. I was a librarian at a school where one of the teacher's was a friend of Patrick Ness. She made sure I was always up-to-date on his latest books.
ReplyDeleteGreat list! I've only read The Alice Network, and it is very good. I highly recommend any Kate Quinn novel. She's an amazing author.
ReplyDeleteShadow in the Mind's Eye is on my list!
ReplyDeleteI’m so curious about Shadow in the Mind’s Eye. Thanks for visiting my post earlier.
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy ALL of these! It's always so fun to find new books we've anticipated reading. :) Thanks for visiting my list this week.
ReplyDeleteMiss Benson's beetle is fun. It's completely different from any other of the joists I've read in that it has a villain..
ReplyDeleteLove Monsters of Men. Hope you enjoy these!
ReplyDeleteMiss Benson's Beetle is such a fun read, with an unusual setting. I have the Vera Wong on my Kindle and am hoping to read it soon, book 1 was a lot of fun. That's an excellent autumn list!
ReplyDeleteOoh, so many. One that jumped out was The Five: I found that one really fascinating!
ReplyDeleteI hope you "enjoy" Sunrise on the Reaping (at least appreciate it, even if it's not necessarily enjoyable in some senses).
ReplyDeleteI also happened to reread The Knife of Never Letting Go this summer for a book club and decided to reread the rest of the series so I need to reread Monsters of Men too. I didn't know there was a new series coming! That's wild. It's been SO LONG since the first series came out.
These look good. I struggled with this week's prompt 🤣
ReplyDeleteHave a great rest of the week!
Fun to see the books you want to read next. I didn't do this week's TTT about villains because I don't really have favorite villains. And I'm not clever enough to figure out the bookish candles...so I'll be skipping that TTT, too. ;D
ReplyDeleteIntersting choices. I've only read/reviewed Miss Benson's Beetle--it was good.
ReplyDeleteSusan, I'm thinking that you will like The Alice Network. I read and discussed it with a book group too. And if you do like it (or even if you don't), may I suggest The Rose Code by the same author. Really good, IMHO. :-)
ReplyDeleteI haven't read any of these, but I hope you enjoy them! I also liked Vera Wong #1 but haven't read the second yet either.
ReplyDeleteGreat choices! I really enjoyed The Alice Network and the 2nd Vera Wong book. I'm a few books behind on my Goodreads goal but not so many that I've given up but I definitely need to get reading! I love Emily from Arghh Schooling! We used Build Your Library for a few years and really enjoyed it for homeschool.
ReplyDeleteI recently read The Rose Code, so I'm eager to read more by Quinn. The Alice Network is on my list!
ReplyDeleteThis is great! I have The Alice Network and Sunrise on the Reaping on my TBR, and I strongly encourage you to read The Five. It's so good and really changed how I view crime and the people involved.
ReplyDeleteSo many really good books listed!
ReplyDeleteSunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins— I am finally at the top of the library waiting list for this one!
Sunrise on the Reaping was one of my favorite reads of the year! The second Vera Wong book is also still on my TBR. I hope you'll love all of these!
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