Keeping track of books read in 2025. #1: A Talent for Murder, Peter Swanson
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Keeping tracks of books read in 2024. (See https://mstdn.social/@nyates314/109621561298749614 for 2023.) A late start this year. Book # 1: End of Story, by A. J. Finn.

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Book 2: House of Glass, by Sarah Pekkanen
Book 3: What Have You Done?, by Shari Lapena
Book 4: Beautiful Ugly, by Alice Feeney
Book 5, One of the Good Guys, by Araminta Hall
Book 6, Campus Murder Club, by Kristi Rose
Book 7: Cut and Thirst, a short story, by Margaret Atwood
Book number eight of the year: The Hitchcock Hotel, by Stephanie Wrobel. Enjoyed quite a bit, most of any book so far in 2025.
Book 9: The Nosy Neighbor, a short story, by Nita Prose
Book 10: The New Couple in 5B, by Lisa Unger
Book 11: One of Us Is Back, by Karen M. McManus
Book 12: Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six, by Lisa Unger
Book 13: The Last House Guest, by Megan Miranda
Book 14: Murder at Mallowan Hall, by Colleen Cambridge
Book 15: The Verifiers, by Jane Pek. Excellent book, really enjoyed.
Book 16: The Rivals, by Jane Pek, a sequel to the previous book. Enjoyed quite a bit.
Book 17 (short story): The Sublet, by Greer Hendricks
Book 18: The Midnight Feast, by Lucy Foley
Book 19: If Something Happens to Me, by Alex Finlay
Book 20: Anxious People, by Fredrik Backman, very good
Book 21: Ushers, by Joe Hill, a short story
Book 22: The Weekend Guests, by Liza North
Book 23: Pomona Afton Can So Solve a Murder, by Bellamy Rose
Book 24: Keep Your Friends Close, by Leah Konen
Book 25: Caught, by Harlan Coben
Book 26: The Perfect Escape, by Leah Konen
Book 27: The Last Party, by Clare Mackintosh
Book 28: Parents Weekend, by Alex Finlay
Book 29: The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins, a re-read.
Book 30: The Answer Is No, a short story by Fredrik Backman
Book 31: The Plot, by Jean Hanff Korelitz
Book 32: With a Vengeance, by Riley Sager. Murder mystery / suspense set on a train, enjoyed it a lot.
Book #33: Murder Takes a Vacation, by Laura Lippman. Excellent.
Book 34: The Sun Down Motel, by Simone St. James
Book 35: Don't Let Him In, by Lisa Jewell
Book 36: Kill Your Darlings, by Peter Swanson
Book 37: The Housemaid, by Freida McFadden
Book 38: The Last Room on the Left, by Leah Konen
Book 39: The Woman in Cabin 10, by Ruth Ware. A re-read of this book, published in 2016 (and which I had read back then), in preparation for reading the sequel, just-published: The Woman in Suite 11, which I plan to read next.
Book 40: The Woman in Suite 11, by Ruth Ware. Excellent, Ware remains one of my top three mystery/thriller writers currently writing (along with Laura Lippman and Sara Paretsky).
Book 41: Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow (a re-read, 4th? time)
Book 42: Homeland, by Cory Doctorow, another re-read in anticipation of continuing the series.
Book 43: She Didn't See It Coming, by Shari Lapena
Book 44: Lawful Interception, a short story by Cory Doctorow
Book 45: Close Your Eyes and Count to 10, by Lisa Unger