Caroline Sterr

100 books in 2025

Caroline Sterr
100 books in 2025

Another year, another hundred books! Catch me listening to Libby at 2x speed. Top fiction are in orange, nonfiction in blue. Lots of stats, an assessment of 2025 goals, and new goals for 2026!

What books should I add to my TBR for next year? 📚

01 The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

02 White Evangelical Racism by Anthea Butler

03 Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan

04 Loud by Drew Afualo

05 Secret Lives by Mark de Castrique

06 Dangerous Women by Mark de Castrique

07 Lifeform by Jenny Slate

08 Except for Palestine: The Limits of Prog. Politics by Hill & Plitnick

09 Mutual Aid by Dean Spade

10 If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English by Noor Naga

11 Sister Snake by Amanda Lee Koe

12 Graveyard Shift by M.L. Rio

13 Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey

14 Over the Influence by Joanna Levesque

15 Love in a F*cked-Up World by Dean Spade

16 Do You Still Talk to Grandma? by Brit Barron

17 Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

18 Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

19 Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert

20 Upstream by Mary Oliver

21 The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes by Suzanne Collins

22 Ethics 101 by Brian Boone

23 Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

24 The Small & the Mighty by Sharon McMahon

25 The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer

26 Book Lovers by Emily Henry

27 Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

28 Happy Place by Emily Henry

29 The Third Gilmore Girl by Kelly Bishop

30 People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

41 Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

42 Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

43 The Briar Club by Kate Quinn

44 Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave by Elle Cosimano

45 The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

46 I Didn’t Know I Needed This by Eli Rallo

47 A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna

48 The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

49 Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

50 The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan

51 I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

52 The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

53 The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

54 The Chalice of the Gods by Rick Riordan

55 Awake by Jen Hatmaker

56 Wrath of the Triple Goddess by Rick Riordan

57 The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis

58 The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

59 The Horse & His Boy by C.S. Lewis

60 Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis

61 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis

62 Told You So by Mayci Neeley

63 On Tyranny by Tiffany Snyder

64 Nobody Wants Your Sh*t by Messie Condo

65 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

66 The Princess Bride by William Goldman

67 Stuck with You by Ali Hazelwood

68 Below Zero by Ali Hazelwood

69 Notes from an Island by Tove Jansson

70 The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra

71 The Path Made Clear by Oprah Winfrey

72 True Gretch by Gretchen Whitmer

73 Secrets of Adulthood by Gretchen Rubin

74 Rising Strong as a Spiritual Practice by Brené Brown

75 A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

76 The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie

77 The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid

78 The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis

79 The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson

80 The Art of Mindful Living by Thích Nhất Hạnh

81 The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis

82 The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

83 The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

84 The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

85 The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

86 A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L’Engle

87 They Do It with Mirrors by Agatha Christie

88 A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

89 If You Ask Me by Betty White

90 A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow

91 The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie

92 Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie

93 The Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow

94 The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side by Agatha Christie

95 The Next Day by Melinda French Gates

96 Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

97 The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

98 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Matt Haig

99 After the Funeral by Agatha Christie

100 Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie