Top 10 Books I Read in 2025

Twenty-twenty-five was a year of change for me and my family, but as always it was filled with books. I read a number of children’s books this year and one of them made it into this Top 10 list. I moved with my husband from Washington to Utah to live closer to family. With this move, I said goodbye to my friends and my book club in Washington. However, I am happy to have found new friends and a new book club in Utah. Here are my favorite reads of this past year.

1. The Book of Lost Hours by Hayley Gelfuso
2. As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katough
3. The Story Keeper by Lisa Wingate
4. Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tann
5. Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
6. Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett
7. A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner
8. Olivetti by Allie Millington
9. This House is Haunted by John Boyne
10. Mrs. Lincoln’s Dress Maker by Jennifer Chiaverini