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2025
Year in Books
35,366
pages read
Emily
101
books read
Emily
Bad Date by Ellery Lloyd
Shortest Book
58
pages
All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
Longest Book
595
pages
Average book length in 2025
350
pages
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Most Shelved
3,547,311
people also shelved
Kathleen Hale Is a Crazy Stalker by Kathleen Hale
Least Shelved
1,615
people also shelved
Emily’s average rating for 2025
3.2
3.2
The Women by Kristin Hannah
Highest Rated on Goodreads
4.56 average
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum

Emily’s first review of the year

it was ok
I normally enjoy character-heavy books where the plot is cozy and aimless but this one was a bit too aimless for me.
EMILY’S 2025 BOOKS
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum
His & Hers by Alice Feeney
Men Have Called Her Crazy by Anna Marie Tendler
really liked it
The Club by Ellery Lloyd
Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera
The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg
The Widow by Fiona Barton
Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson by Ellen Baker
really liked it
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
I Hope This Doesn't Find You by Ann Liang
The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
The Night Child by Anna Quinn
The Wedding People by Alison Espach
The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
really liked it
The Guest by B.A. Paris
Summer Island by Kristin Hannah
The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Look Closer by David Ellis
Murder Road by Simone St. James
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp
One in a Millennial by Kate Kennedy
The Guncle by Steven Rowley
Good Material by Dolly Alderton
A Night to Remember by Walter Lord
What Happened to the McCrays? by Tracey Lange
What the Woods Took by Courtney Gould
The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff
it was amazing
The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez
Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth
The Tenant by Freida McFadden
While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory
Is She Really Going Out with Him? by Sophie Cousens
All's Well by Mona Awad
The Drowning by J.P. Smith
really liked it
Truly, Devious by Maureen Johnson
This Is a Love Story by Jessica Soffer
Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
really liked it
The Crash by Freida McFadden
We All Live Here by Jojo Moyes
The Long Game by Elena Armas
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Deep End by Ali Hazelwood
Every Breath by Nicholas Sparks
All the Broken Places by John Boyne
One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune
The House of My Mother by Shari Franke
More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova
it was amazing
Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
Bad Date by Ellery Lloyd
Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven
The Favorites by Layne Fargo
Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney
Dreamland by Nicholas Sparks
Something in the Walls by Daisy Pearce
Say You'll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez
really liked it
Julie Chan Is Dead by Liann Zhang
Heartwood by Amity Gaige
The Amalfi Curse by Sarah Penner
First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison
We Won't All Survive by Kate Alice Marshall
The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
The Locked Ward by Sarah Pekkanen
Awake by Jen Hatmaker
it was amazing
Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins
Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Kathleen Hale Is a Crazy Stalker by Kathleen Hale
No More Tears by Gardiner Harris
She Didn't See It Coming by Shari Lapena
Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman
The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver
What Happens in Amsterdam by Rachel Lynn Solomon
L.A. Women by Ella Berman
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
really liked it
Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
The Secret Book Society by Madeline Martin
Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter
My Friends by Fredrik Backman
Count My Lies by Sophie Stava
Don't Let Him In by Lisa Jewell
The Missing Half by Ashley Flowers
Maine Characters by Hannah Orenstein
This Book Will Bury Me by Ashley Winstead
The Women by Kristin Hannah
it was amazing
The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins
The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff
The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel

Emily’s last review of the year

it was amazing
4.5 stars rounded up. I would’ve actually enjoyed this more if it was longer and more in depth!
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