— reading list; 2025

 

🔜 - ongoing/unfinished series 
🔁 - re-read
☐ - need to read
☒ - read 
✨- rec 
🏷️ - borrowed
🇿🇦 : local 

🦹 : graphic novel    🎧 : audiobook    🎙️: podcast     📚 : school/textbook 

🗞️ : nonfic     ⌨️ : fanfiction     ✍🏻: memoir     📖: shorts/anthology    📝: essay  

🔄: translated    🖊️ : writing/grammar     🌱 : self-improvement    🎼: poetry  

💭: mental health    📢 : social issues/politics    ⚖️: true crime    🕰️: history  

🏛️: classic lit    🎥: film/media    😂: humor 

1. All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood ☒ ✨
2. My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell ☒ ✨
3. Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison ☒  ✨
4. Play Nice by Rachel Harrison ☒  
5. Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt ☒ ✨
6. A Lonely Broadcast by Kel Byron ☒ ✨
7. The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez ☒ ✨
8. The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E. Harrow ☒ 📖✨
9. The Knight and the Butcherbird by Alix E. Harrow ☒ 📖
10. The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow  ☒
11. Unexpected Stories by Octavia E. Butler ☒ 📖📝
12. A Few Rules for Predicting the Future by Octavia E. Butler ☒ 📖
13. But Not Too Bold by Hache Pueyo ☒📖🔄
14. The Anchored World: Flasy Fairy Tales and Folklore by Jasmine Sawers ☒ 📖
15. Prosper's Demon by K.J Parker ☒📖
16. Set in Stone by K.J Parker ☒📖
17. Inside Man by K.J Parker ☒📖
18. Making History by K.J Parker ☒📖 
19. Don't Sleep with the Dead by Nghi Vo ☒📖
20. The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill ☒📖
21. The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo by Zen Cho  ☒📖
22. Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris  ☒📖
23. A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon ☒📖🔄
24. She's Always Hungry by Eliza Clark ☒📖
25. Her Silhouette, Drawn in Water by Vylar Kaftan ☒📖
26. Robbergirl by S.T Gibson ☒📖
27. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Stetson   ☒📖 🏛️
28. Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones ☒📖
29. The Clown Brigade by Stephen Graham Jones ☒📖
30. Attack of the 50 Foot Indian by Stephen Graham Jones ☒📖
31. How to Break Into a Hotel Room by Stephen Graham Jones ☒📖
32. Conan: Lord of the Mount by Stephen Graham Jones ☒📖🏛️
33. Memorial Ride by Stephen Graham Jones ☒📖🦹
34. The Indigo Room by Stephen Graham Jones ☒📖
35. The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones ☒
36. Queen Macbeth by Val McDermid ☒📖
37. Annie Bot by Sierra Greer ☒📖
38. Jackknife by Joe Hill ☒📖
39. Night and Day in Misery by Catriona Ward ☒📖
40. Letter Slot by Owen King ☒📖
41. Layover by Emily Henry  ☒📖
42. Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry ☒
43. You've Lost a Lot of Blood by Eric LaRocca ☒📖
44. Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca ☒📖
45. At Dark, I Become Loathsome by Eric LaRocca ☒📖
46. They Were Here Before Us: A Novella in Pieces by Eric LaRocca ☒📖
47. We Can Never Leave This Place by Eric LaRocca ☒📖
48. Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield ☒📖
49. Big Swiss by Jean Beagin ☒
50. James by Percival Everett ☒🏛️
51. Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker ☒
52. Bearly A Lady by Cassandra Khaw ☒📖
53. The Library at Hellebore by Cassandra Khaw ☒📖
54. Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity by Lee Mandelo (ed) ☒📖
55. Feed Them Silence by Lee Mandelo ☒📖
56. Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo ☒
57. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna ☒
58. Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman ☒
59. Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito ☒
60. Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor ☒
61. Binti by Nnedi Okorafor ☒🎧📖
62. Binti: Sacred Fire by Nnedi Okorafor ☒📖
63. Home by Nnedi Okorafor ☒🎧📖
64. The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor ☒🎧📖
65. This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone ☒📖
66. The River Has Roots by El-Mohtar ☒📖
67. Hungerstone by Kat Dunn ☒
68. Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson  ☒📖
69. Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson ☒📖
70. Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame by Neon Yang  ☒📖
71. An Election by John Scalzi ☒📖
72. Constituent Service by John Scalzi ☒🎧📖
73. The President's Brain is Missing by John Scalzi ☒🎧📖
74. When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi ☒
75. Redshirts by John Scalzi ☒
76. The Dispatcher by John Scalzi ☒🎧🔁
77. Murder by Other Means by John Scalzi ☒🎧🔁
78. Travel by Bullet by John Scalzi ☒🎧
79. Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt ☒🎧🔄
80. Oracle by Thomas Olde Heuvelt ☒🎧🔄
81. A Court of Undying Seasons by A.M Strickland ☒🎧
82. Lady Dragon by A.M Strickland ☒
83. Last Days by Adam L.G Nevill ☒🎧
84. The Commuter by James Patterson ☒🎧📖
85. Murder in Bermuda by James Patterson ☒🎧📖
86. Homecoming by Kate Morton ☒
87. Blob: A Love Story by Maggie Su ☒
88. Weyward by Emilia Hart ☒
89. Pony Confidential by Christina Lynch ☒
90. Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco ☒
91. Court of Wanderers by Rin Chupeco ☒
92. Bluebeard's Castle by Anne Biller ☒
93. Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix ☒
94. Paperbacks from Hell by Grady Hendrix ☒📖🗞️🎥
95. The Blanks by Grady Hendrix ☒📖
96. To be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers  ☒📖
97. An Academy for Liars by Alexis Hendersen ☒
98. The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young ☒
99. A Sea of Unspoken Things by Adrienne Young ☒
100. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid ☒
101. Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid ☒
102. A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher ☒
103. A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher ☒
104. Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher ☒
105. Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher ☐
106. Greenteeth by Molly O'Neill  ☒
107. American Rapture by C.J Leede ☒
108. Something in the Walls by Daisy Pearce ☒
109. Listen to Your Sister by Neena Viel ☒
110. Stop Me If You've Heard This One by Kristen Arnett ☒
111. Blood on Her Tongue by Johanna van Veen ☒
112. The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell ☒
113. Diavola by Jennifer Marie Thorne ☒📖
114. Lute by Jennifer Marie Thorne ☒
115. Sky Daddy by Kate Folk ☒
116. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E Schwab ☒
117. Deep End by Ali Hazelwood ☒
118. Two Can Play by Ali Hazelwood ☒🎧📖
119. Cruel Winter with You by Ali Hazelwood  ☒📖
120. Hot For Slayer by Ali Hazelwood ☒📖
121. Falling by Christina Lauren ☒📖
122. Spicy Little Curses by J.T Geissinger ☒📖
123. Space Vampire by Ruby Dixon ☒📖
124. Beautiful Nightmare by Katee Robert ☒📖
125. My Boyfriends Are All Monsters by Kimberly Lemming ☒📖
126. The Teacher by Frieda McFadden ☒
127. My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite ☒📖
128. Tenderly, I Am Devoured by Lyndall Clipstone ☒
129. Mayra by Nicky Gonzalez ☒📖
130. Reduce! Reuse! Recycle! by T.J Klune ☒📖
131. Squid Teeth by Sarah Langan ☒📖
132. I'll Miss Myself by John Wiswell ☒📖
133. Breathing Constellations by Rich Larson ☒📖
134. Polybius by Collin Armstrong ☒
135. Volatile Memory by Seth Haddon ☒📖
136. Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle ☒📖
137. Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin ☒📖
138. Spread Me by Sarah Gailey ☒📖
139. The Summer War by Naomi Novik ☒📖
140. My Ex, the Antichrist by Craig DiLouie ☒
141. Night Watcher by Daphne Woolsoncroft ☒
142. House of Beth by Kerry Cullen ☒📖
143. Goddess of Filth by V. Castro ☒📖
144. shine your icy crown by Amanda Lovelace ☒📖🎼
145. break your glass slippers by Amanda Lovelace ☒📖🎼
146. unlock your storybook heart by Amanda Lovelace ☒📖🎼
147. the princess saves herself in this one by Amanda Lovelace ☒📖🎼
148. the witch doesn't burn in this one by Amanda Lovelace ☒📖🎼
149. the mermaid's voice returns in this one by Amanda Lovelace ☒📖🎼
150. Aphrodite Made Me Do It by Trista Mateer  ☒📖🎼
151. Artemis Made Me Do It by Trista Mateer  ☒📖🎼
152. Persephone Made Me Do It by Trista Mateer ☒📖🎼
153. Honeybee by Trista Mateer ☒📖🎼
154. Automic Noodles by Annalee Newitz ☒📖
155. When Among Crows by Veronica Roth ☒📖🔁
156. To Clutch a Razor by Veronica Roth ☒📖
157. The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling  ☒
158. The Graceview Patient by Caitlin Starling ☒
159. The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas ☒
160. Lone Women by Victor LaValle ☒
161. House of Idyll by Delilah S. Dawson ☒
162. Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao ☒
163. The Lamb by Lucy Rose ☒
164. Tantrum by Rachel Eve Moulton ☒📖
165. Bad Cree by Jessica Johns  ☒📖
166. The Nightblood Prince by Molly X. Chang ☒
167. 1984 by George Orwell ☐🏛️
168. The Macabre by Kosoko Jackson ☐
169. The House of Quiet by Kiersten White ☒
170. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt ☐
171. Embrace the Serpent by Sunya Mara ☐
172. Forgery of Fate by Elizabeth Lim ☐
173. The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark ☒
174. Bewitched by Silvia Moreno-Garcia ☒
175. Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid ☒
176. A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid ☐🔁 
177. A Theory of Dreaming by Ava Reid ☐
178. Immortal by Sue Lynn Tan ☐
179. Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff ☐🔁 
180. Empire of the Damned by Jay Kristoff ☐🔁 
181. Empire of the Dawn by Jay Kristoff ☐
182. The Foxglove King by Hannah F. Whitten ☒
183. The Hemlock Queen by Hannah F. Whitten ☒
184. The Nightshade God by Hannah F. Whitten ☒
185. The Grimoire of Grave Fates by Margaret Owen & Hanna Alkaf ☒📖
186. Little Thieves by Margaret Owen ☒🔁
187. Painted Devils by Margaret Owen ☒🔁
188. The Fallow Year by Margaret Owen ☒📖
189. Holy Terrors by Margaret Owen ☒ 
190. (Th)ings and (Th)oughts by Alla Gorbunova & Elina Alter (trans.) ☒ 📖🔄
191. Flax Golden Tales by Erin Morgenstern ☒📖
192. Januaries by Olivie Blake ☒📖
193. Girl Dinner by Olivie Blake ☒
194. Alone with You in the Ether by Olivie Blake ☒
195. Gifted & Talented by Olivie Blake ☒
196. Masters of Death by Olivie Blake ☒
197. Clara and the Devil by Olivie Blake ☒🦹🔜
198. Hexed by Michael Alan Nelson ☒🦹
199. Hexed: The Harlot and the Thief by Michael Alan Nelson ☒🦹
200. Lucid by Michael McMillian ☒🦹
201. Skin Deep by Flo Woolley ☒🦹📖🏷️
202. Public Domain by Chip Zdarsky ☒🦹🔜
203. Specs by David M. Booher ☒🦹
204. Killing Stalking by Koogi ☒🦹🔄
205. Pearl Boy by Inking & Zoy ☒🦹🔄🔜✨♥︎
206. Monster and the Beast by renji ☒🦹🔄✨♥︎
207. A Kiss for Each Face by Kasane Seno ☒🦹🔄✨
208. Painter of the Night by Byeonduck ☒🦹🔄🔜♥︎
209. Beware the Ides of March by stan & Choi song ☒🦹🔄🔜♥︎
210. The Pizza Delivery Man and the Golden Palace by u-pi  ☒🦹🔄🔜♥︎
211. Bitch, Boss, Baby by Dacto ☒🦹🔄🔜♥︎
212. Room Without Windows by Dacto ☒🦹🔄🔜♥︎
213. Hold Over You by money ☒🦹🔄🔜♥︎
214. Low Tide in Twilight by euja ☒🦹🔄🔜♥︎
215. Solo Leveling by Chugong ☒🦹🔄♥︎
216. The Dangerous Convenience Store by gusao ☒🦹🔄♥︎
217. Love Plan by Ma Jeung ji ☒🦹🔄♥︎
218. Dawn of the Dragon by Ma Jeung ji ☒🦹🔄♥︎
219. Roses and Champagne by ZIG ☒🦹🔄
220. Kiss Me, Liar by ZIG ☒🦹🔄
221. Under the Greenlight by JAXX ☒🦹🔄♥︎
222. Walks on Water by  JAXX ☒🦹🔄
223. Blood Bank by Silb ☒🦹🔄
224. Minmotion Syndrome by Niji ☒🦹🔄
225. Opposites Attract by Oryu ☒🦹🔄♥︎
226. Perfect Buddy by daki ☒🦹🔄🔜♥︎
227. Love for Sale by Dal HyeonJi  ☒ 🦹🔄♥︎
228. Define the Relationship by Flona & Chada ☒ 🦹🔄
229. In Cold Love by Sibbun & 10min ☒ 🦹🔄
230. The Warehouse by Killa Whale ☒ 🦹🔄
231. Sanctify by Godsstation ☒🦹🔄♥︎
232. Sanctify: Lost Paradise by Godsstation ☒🦹🔄♥︎
233. Incomplete Combustion by Gaetsaeng ☒ 🦹🔄🔜
234. Miscreants and Mayhem by Brothers Without A Tomorrow ☒🦹🔄♥︎
235. Mania by Brothers Without A Tomorrow ☒🦹🔄♥︎
236. Dear Zero by Brothers Without A Tomorrow ☒🦹🔄🔜
237. Dreadful Night by moan ☒🦹🔄🔜♥︎
238. A Tree Without Roots by Lapo ☒🦹🔄🔜♥︎
239. Viper by Anco & Mongya ☒🦹🔄🔜
240. Middlewest by Skottie Young ☒🦹
241. The Nice House on the Lake by James Tynion IV ☒🦹
242. Sins of the Black Flamingo by Andrew Wheeler ☒🦹
243. An Unkindness of Ravens by Dan Panosian ☒🦹
244. Alice Ever After by Dan Panosian ☒🦹
245. Alice Never After by  Dan Panosian ☒🦹
246. Briar by Christopher Cantwell ☒🦹🔜
247. When I Arrived at the Castle by E.M Carroll ☒🦹
248. The Groom by E.M Carroll ☒🦹
249. The Hare's Bride by E.M Carroll ☒🦹
250. Out of Skin by E.M Carroll ☒🦹
251. His Face All Red by E.M Carroll ☒🦹
252. When the Darkness Presses by E.M Carroll ☒🦹
253. A Question I was Asked by E.M Carroll ☒🦹
254. Margot's Room by Emily Carroll ☒🦹
255. The Hole the Fox Did Make by E.M Carroll ☒🦹 
256. The Prince & the Sea by E.M Carroll ☒🦹🎼 
257. Through the Woods by E.M Carroll ☒🦹
258. Impact Winter by Travis Beacham ☒🦹
259. Impact Winter: Rook by Travis Beacham ☒🦹
260. Impact Winter, s4 by Travis Beacham ☐🎙️
261. Dracula: The Danse Macabre by Gabriel Urbina  ☒🎙️
262. Zeus is a Dick by Susie Donkin ☒🕰️🗞️😂🎧
263. Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily and Amelia Nagoski ☒ 🌱💭🗞️
264. Never Say You Can't Survive: How to Get Through Hard Times by Making Up Stories by Charlie Jane Anders ☒🖊️💭🗞️
265. Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner ☒✍🏻🗞️
266. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson ☒🕰️⚖️🗞️
267. Conflict is Not Abuse by Sarah Schulman ☒💭🗞️
268. Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby ☒📝✍🏻🗞️😂
269. Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby ☒📝✍🏻🗞️😂
270. We are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby ☒📝✍🏻🗞️😂
271. Meaty by Samantha Irby ☒📝✍🏻🗞️😂
272. Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson ☒📝✍🏻🗞️😂
273. I Choose Darkness by Jenny Lawson ☒📖📝✍🏻🗞️😂
274. Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit ☒ 📝✍🏻🗞️