9 Books on My 2025 Reading List
a memoir, fiction, and translated works
Am I ever going to finish my reading list? Definitely not. Do I keep adding to it almost every day, not because I have shiny-new-object syndrome, but because there’s simply too big a world of too many marvelous books to read? Yes, I’m glad you asked.
My books-to-read list is ever-growing, but these nine just got a fast-track to the top of the stack. Here’s why:
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1. Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show by Bethany Joy Lenz
Is it cheating if I already read this one?
I couldn’t help myself. Since I was at my parents’ in Rhode Island to visit my family for Christmas, my inner child was pulling me towards a Barnes & Noble visit with my mom. I’ve been living in France for 3+ years, but even so—I hadn’t been to good, old B&N for much longer than that, and I felt like a kid who had rediscovered the candy store.
When I walked in, this flashy pink cover was on one of the front display cases, and it immediately caught my eye. I’d seen the catchy name and the big, Southern hair pop up on the Internet for the past few months, but I really had no idea what the book was about or even who had written it. Apparently, it’s written by Bethany Joy Lenz who was apparently on some early-2000s TV show called One Tree Hill?
I’ve never seen the show, so it wasn’t nostalgic pop culture gossip that was pulling me in. Instead, I’d recently discovered that Lenz had created a new, print-only newspaper called Modern Vintage News—and that was enough to make me a fangirl. (Yay for what feels like the start of society’s return to a more analog lifestyle.)
Long story short, I started reading this book at the airport on my way home to Paris—and I finished it the next day. It’s an unbelievable page-turner that I very well may read again. 10/10 recommend.
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5. The Café with No Name by Robert Seethaler
Another book about coffee—and the reason this one is on my reading list is a little bit embarrassing.
I couldn’t remember the…
Last year, I only read 17 books, which is nothing to be sad about, but it still leaves me with a reading list a mile long—and the unfulfilled dreams of being an extremely literary person.
This year, I’m aiming to read 25 books (and I’m already three in!). But you know what helps? Setting up good habits. Reading every day for even just 15 minutes brings me a little bit of joy—and a lot of progress towards my reading goals. (Plus, isn’t anything better than doomscrolling.)
Want in? We’re making it a mini club.
Until next time,
Merry
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