2025 Reading Challenge discussion

January


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1.Cherry Bomb by J.A. Konrath 1/1
2.Cross Justice by James Patterson 1/1
3.Mr Mercedes by Stephen King 1/3
4.Killer Cruise by Laura Levine 1/3
5.Death By Honeymoon by Jaden Skye 1/7
6.I Heart New York by Lindsey Kelk 1/7
7.Goliath by Richard Turner 1/8
8.Ice by Kevin Tinto 1/9
9.Curse of the Arctic Star by Carolyn Keene 1/9
10.48 Hours To Die: An Anthony Stone Novel by Silk White 1/10
11.Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin 1/10
12.Voyagers of the Titanic: Passengers, Sailors, Shipbuilders, Aristocrats, and the Worlds They Came From by Richard Davenport-Hines 1/10
13.An Island of Illusions by Jennifer L. Jennings 1/11
14.A River Runs Through It and Other Stories by Norman Maclean 1/11
15.The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene 1/12
16.Origins: Psychic Unleashed by Eric Drouant 1/12
17.100 Ways to Motivate Yourself: Change Your Life Forever by Steve Chandler 1/13
18.Back Lash by Chris Knopf 1/13
19.Black by Russell Blake 1/14
20.The Throwaway Children by Diney Costeloe 1/15
21.Loss of Reason by Miles A. Maxwell 1/16
22.Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley 1/17
23.Strange Embrace by Lawrence Block 1/19
24.Gifted, a Brainrush Novella by Richard Bard 1/19
25.The Holdout by Laurel Osterkamp 1/21
26.Quite Contrary by Richard Roberts 1/22
27.Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules by David Sedaris 1/23
28.The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett 1/28
29.The Catacombs by Jeremy Bates 1/27
30.The Last Witness by Denzil Meyrick 1/27
31.Doctor Sleep by Stephen King 1/29
32.Deirdre and Desire by Marion Chesney 1/30

February


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33.The Deadly Streets by Harlan Ellison 2/1
34.Sandman by Morgan Hannah MacDonald 2/1
35.Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris 2/2
36.The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories by Agatha Christie 2/2
37.Country Bride by Debbie Macomber 2/3
38.Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 2/3
39.Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers 2/5
40.Sweet Masterpiece by Connie Shelton 2/5
41.Spring Fever by Mary Kay Andrews 2/6
42.Eleanor Roosevelt's Book of Common Sense Etiquette by Eleanor Roosevelt 2/6
43.African American Inventors by Otha Richard Sullivan 2/7
44.Big Girl Panties by Stephanie Evanovich 2/8
45.The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer 2/9
46.The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum 2/9
47.Haunted by Heather Beck 2/10
48.Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 2/11
49.Heart Signs by Cari Quinn 2/11
50.Inspiring African-American Inventors: 9 Extraordinary Lives by Jeff C. Young 2/12
51.1000 Inventions and Discoveries by Roger Bridgman 2/12
52.Changing Habits by Debbie Macomber 2/13
53.Nursing A Grudge by Diana Orgain 2/13
54.St. Griswold College for Abandoned Boys by E.M. Cooper 2/13
55.Cursed by Jennifer L. Armentrout 2/14
56.One for the Money by Janet Evanovich 2/14
57.Bluegrass Undercover by Kathleen Brooks 2/16
58.Chase by Terry Durbin 2/17
59.Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson 2/17
60.Family Affair by Debbie Macomber 2/18
61.Blank by Richard C. Hale 2/19
62.No Good Deed by M.P. McDonald 2/20
63.Pretty Little Killers: The Truth Behind the Savage Murder of Skylar Neese by Daleen Berry 2/20
64.Here to Stay by Kristine Raymond 2/21
65.The Eleventh Ring by Tom Hoffman 2/22
66.Jump When Ready by David Pandolfe 2/23
67.Tales of the Jazz Age by F. Scott Fitzgerald 2/24
68.Release the Stars by Harper Bliss 2/24
69.Drive, Ride, Repeat: The Mostly-True Account of a Cross-Country Car and Bicycle Adventure by Al Macy 2/25

March

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70.The List by J.A. Konrath 3/1
71.Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza Mengiste 3/1
72.Angels & Demons by Dan Brown 3/2
73.The Post Office: A Suspense Thriller Borne of Goodness, Addiction and a Psychopath by Kim Cruise 3/2
74.The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown 3/2
75.The Lawyer's Lawyer by James Sheehan 3/3
76.Irish Eyes by Kathy Hogan Trocheck 3/3
77.The Kill Clause by Gregg Hurwitz 3/5
78.Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich 3/6
79.An Irish Country Wedding by Patrick Taylor 3/7
80.Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World by Anthony Doerr 3/7
81.Hitby J.A. Konrath 3/9
82.Sassafrass, Cypress and Indigo by Ntozake Shange 3/10
83.Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870 by W.E.B. Du Bois 3/11
84.Code White by Scott Britz-Cunningham 3/12
85.The Life of Objects by Susanna Moore 3/13
86.American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America by Michelle Obama 3/17
87.Unlucky 13 by James Patterson 3/17
88.Shrew Untamed by James Carter 3/18
89.A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane 3/19
90.The Haunted Heist by Angie Fox 3/20
91.Under a Raging Moon by Frank Zafiro 3/22
92.Master of the Game by Sidney Sheldon 3/23
93.Dracula's Guest and Other Stories by Bram Stoker 3/24
94.Cross the Line by James Patterson 3/24
95.Jungleland: A Mysterious Lost City, a WWII Spy, and a True Story of Deadly Adventure by Christopher S. Stewart 3/25
96.Stolen Luck by Jaclyn Weist 3/26
97.Cross Kill by James Patterson 3/27
98.Chasing Fireflies by Paul Seiple 3/27
99.The Girl in the Green Raincoat by Laura Lippman 3/29
100.Dark Streets of Whitechapel by R. Barri Flowers 3/30
101.Still Kicking: A Lainie Lovett Mystery by Judith Arnold 3/31
102.Terrified by Kevin O'Brien 3/28

April

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103.Everybody Lies by Julia Hughes 4/1
104.Hamlet by William Shakespeare 4/1
105.Escaping the Arroyo by Joyce Nance 4/3
106.Shakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare 4/4
107.The Pharaoh's Secret by Clive Cussler 4/5
108.Star over Bethlehem: Poems and Holiday Stories by Agatha Christie 4/6
109.Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace 4/7
110.The Given Day by Dennis Lehane 4/7
111.Richard III by William Shakespeare 4/9
112.The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 4/9
113.Boy on Trial by Clifford Irving 4/10
114.The Union by Tremayne Johnson 4/11
115.As You Like It by William Shakespeare 4/13
116.Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare 4/15
117.Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare 4/15
118.Circling the Sun by Paula McLain 4/16
119.His Kidnapper's Shoes by Maggie James 4/16
120.Chained Guilt by Terry Keys 4/18
121.The Shack by William Paul Young 4/19
122.The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 4/21
123.The Scientists: A Family Romance by Marco Roth 4/21
124.Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome by Robert Harris 4/24
125.The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie by Andrew Carnegie 4/26
126.The People Of The River by Edgar Wallace 4/28
127.Naughty or Nice by Eric Jerome Dickey 4/30

May

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128.Jake Ransom and the Skull King's Shadow by James Rollins 5/1
129.Shot of Tequila by J.A. Konrath 5/1
130.Beauty of the Beast by Rachel L. Demeter 5/2
131.Rwanda, Inc.: How a Devastated Nation Became an Economic Model for the Developing World by Patricia Crisafulli 5/3
132.The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor 5/3
133.Golden Prey by John Sandford 5/3
134.The Clockwork Man by E.V. Odle 5/5
135.Pines by Blake Crouch 5/5
136.As The Crow Flies by Damien Boyd 5/8
137.Slave Time: Midnight by Howard E. Potts 5/8
138.Wayward by Blake Crouch 5/10
139.The Last Town by Blake Crouch 5/14
140.The Constant Gardner by John le Carré 5/14
141.Mississippi Blood by Greg Iles 5/19
142.Banana Hammock by J.A. Konrath 5/21
143.The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln 5/23
144.The King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories by Robert W. Chambers 5/24
145.The Burial Hour by Jeffery Deaver 5/24
146.Trapped by Jack Kilborn 5/25
147.The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 5/29
148.Presidential Shift by C.G. Cooper 5/29
149.Wanna Get Lucky? by Deborah Coonts 5/30
150.The Bookmaker by Chris Fraser 5/30
151.Always into the Darkness by Bradley Convissar 5/31
152.Before He Kills by Blake Pierce 5/31

June

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153.The Sweet Taste of Murder by CeeCee James 6/1
154.Betrayal by Tim Tigner 6/4
155.No Middle Name: The Complete Collected Jack Reacher Short Stories byLee Child 6/5
156.The Summerland by T.L. Schaefer 6/7
157.Deadly Illusions by Chester D. Campbell 6/9
158.We the Animals by Justin Torres 6/10
159.The Call of Zulina by Kay Marshall Strom 6/11
160.Lip Hooked by Chris Gardner 6/12
161.A Dog's Journey by W. Bruce Cameron 6/13
162.Room by Emma Donoghue 6/14
163.Kill All the Lawyers by Paul Levine 6/16
164.Ragdoll by Daniel Cole 6/17
165.The Camel Club by David Baldacci 6/18
166.The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury 6/20
167.Coraline by Neil Gaiman 6/20
168.The Collectors by David Baldacci 6/21
169.Keys of Life by Carolyn Schield 6/23
170.Murder in the Dark by Steve Demaree 6/24
171.Storm Front by Jim Butcher 6/25
172.Rival Love: Bear Shifter Paranormal Romance by Amelia Wilson 6/26
173.Bad Games by Jeff Menapace 6/28
174.Crime Czar by Tony Dunbar 6/28
175.Lucky Man by Tony Dunbar 6/28
176.Fat Man Blues: A Hard-Boiled and Humorous Mystery by Tony Dunbar 6/30

July


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177.A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki 7/2
**178.Trump vs. Clinton: In Their Own Words: Everything You Need to Know to Vote Your Conscience by James Patterson 7/3
**179.Black Out by Adam Nicholls 7/3
**180.The Agreement by J.A. Konrath 7/3
**181.The Red Record by Ida B. Wells-Barnett 7/3
**182.The Lady with the Little Dog by Anton Chekhov 7/3
**183.Fifty-One Tales by Lord Dunsany 7/3
**184.Pastor Samson's Secret Sins: The Story Of A Strong Man of God With A Weakness For Women by LibertyGaines 7/3
185.The Dummy Line by Bobby Cole 7/4
186.Back to War by C.G. Cooper 7/5
187.Tidewater Inn by Colleen Coble 7/6
188.Trigger Finger by Jackson Spencer Bell 7/7
189.Captive-in-Chief by Murray McDonald 7/11
190.Chiefs by Stuart Woods 7/13
191.Rosemary Cottage by Colleen Coble 7/16
192.Inferno by Dan Brown 7/17
193.Gone Fishin' by Walter Mosley 7/18
194.Gringo: My Life on the Edge as an International Fugitive by Peter Conti 7/23
195.Origin by J.A. Konrath 7/23
196.Six Easy Pieces by Walter Mosley 7/24
197.Animal Farm by George Orwell 7/27
198.MatchUp by Lee Child 7/27
199.I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou 7/28
200.14th Deadly Sin by James Patterson 7/31

August

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201.15th Affair by James Patterson 8/1
202.Twentysomething: Why Do Young Adults Seem Stuck? by Robin Marantz Henig 8/1
203.Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention-Malcolm X 8/5
204.Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith 8/7
205.Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen 8/8
206.Still Life by Louise Penny 8/10
207.Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio by Peg Kehret 8/11
208.16th Seduction by James Patterson 8/13
209.The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith 8/14
210.Down the Darkest Road by Tami Hoag 8/14
211.The Wolves of Freydis by J.C. Ryan 8/16
212.Children To The Slaughter by A.I. Nasser 8/19
213.Single White Female by John Lutz 8/21
214.Deadline by John Sandford 8/22
215.Life by Keith Richards 8/23
216.Moby Dick by Herman Melville 8/24
217.In Cold Blood by Truman Capote 8/25
218.Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953 by Elizabeth Winder 8/26
219.Drive, Ride, Repeat: The Mostly-True Account of a Cross-Country Car and Bicycle Adventure by Al Macy 8/27
220.Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling 8/27
221.The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett 8/29
222.Along Came a Spider by James Patterson 8/30
223.Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup 8/31

September

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224.Much Ado About Nothing by Shakespeare 9/1
225.Soft Target by Iain Rob Wright 9/2
226.Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies by Ben Macintyre 9/4
227.The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter 9/6
228.The Late Show by Michael Connelly 9/7
229.Watchers by Dean Koontz 9/7
230.Three strong women by Marie NDiaye 9/10
231.A Life in Stitches by Rachael Herron 9/11
232.Antisocial by Jillian Blake 9/13
233.Kiss the Girls by James Patterson 9/15
234.Skip by Perrin Briar 9/16
235.Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling 9/19
236.Great Ghost Stories by Joseph Lewis French 9/19
237.The Dead Zone by Stephen King 9/21
238.The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid 9/22
239.My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem 9/23
240.Death of an Artist: A Mystery by Kate Wilhelm 9/24
241.L is for Lawless by Sue Grafton 9/25
242.Motive by Jonathan Kellerman 9/26
243.The Junkyard Kids by Caleb Broderick 9/27
244.Good Investigations by Ben Westerham 9/28
245.Dead and Buryd by Chele Cooke 9/28
246.The House Husband by James Patterson 9/29

October

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247.Carrie by Stephen King 10/1
248.The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson 10/2
249.Dracula by Bram Stoker 10/3
250.The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty 10/4
251.Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 10/4
252.Talk to Me by Clare James 10/5
253.Rosemary's Baby: A Novel by Ira Levin 10/6
254.Christine by Stephen King 10/7
255.Mad Tales by Joseph Mazzenga 10/8
256.Pet Sematary by Stephen King 10/9
257.Here I Go Again by Jen Lancaster 10/10
258.The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley 10/12
259.Winter's Destiny by Nancy Allan 10/14
260.The Gunslinger by Stephen King 10/16
261.The Family Dictionary by Lisa Walker 10/17
262.Proof of Life by J.A. Jance 10/19
263.The Stand by Stephen King10/20
264.Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz 10/23
265.Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern 10/14
265.Firestarter by Stephen King 10/24
266.Forever Odd by Dean Koontz 10/26
267.The Green Mile by Stephen King 10/26
268.Brother Odd by Dean Koontz 10/27
269.Losing Your Head byClare Kauter 10/30

November

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270.The Shadow Priest by D.C. Alexander 11/1
271.The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo-Stieg Larsson11/1
272.The Legend of Devil's Creek-D.C. Alexander11/3
273.Detective Cross-James Patterson11/5
274.Fallout by Harry Turtledove 11/8
275.My Name is Not Friday by Jon Walter 11/9
276.Ghost Story by Peter Straub 11/11
277.Absolute Power by David Baldacci 11/13
278.Food: A Love Story by Jim Gaffigan 11/14
279.Snapped by C.M. Sutter 11/16
280.Good Kids: A Novel by Benjamin Nugent 11/17
281.Two Kinds of Truth by Michael Connelly 11/20
282.Good Me, Bad Me by Ali Land 11/22
283.Violated by Carolyn Arnold 11/22
284.Finders Keepers by Stephen King 11/24
285.A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry 11/26
286.Among the Wicked by Linda Castillo 11/28
287.Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo 11/29
290.It Ain't All for Nothin' by Walter Myers 11/29
291.The CBS Murders by Richard Hammer 11/30

December

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292.Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 12/1
293.Merry Humbug Christmas by Sandra Bricker 12/2
294.The Housewife Assassin's Deadly Dossier by Josie Brown 12/5
295.Super by Matthew Cody 12/5
296.Turn or Burn by Boo Walker 12/6
297.Extreme Heat Warning: A Shallow End Gals Trilogy, Book Two by Vicki Graybosch 12/6
298.Christmas Carol Murder by Leslie Meier 12/7
299.Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas by Maya Angelou 12/8
300.Sanders of the River by Edgar Wallace 12/9
301.Tweedledum and Tweedledee by Willow Rose 12/10
302.The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
12/11
303.Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella12/13
304.Officer Jones by Derek Ciccone 12/13
305.I'm Dreaming of an Undead Christmas by Molly Harper 12/14
306.The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux 12/15
307.Little Black Dress by James Patterson 12/17
308.Charlotte's Web by E.B. White 12/17
309.The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis 12/18
310.Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella 12/19
311.Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison 12/22
312.No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy 12/13
313.Born at Midnight by C.C. Hunter 12/24
314.Bulls Island by Dorothea Benton Frank 12/25
315.My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick 12/26
316.All-Butter ShortDead by H.Y. Hanna 12/27
317.The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle 12/28
318.Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea by Richard Henry Dana Jr. 12/30
319.Xamnesia: Everything I Forgot in my Search for an Unreal Life by Lizzie Harwood 12/30
320.Lord of the Flies by William Golding 12/31