This year I read 63 murder mysteries, including selections from the following series and a few standalone:
- The Thursday Murder Club series, Richard Osman (and am reading The Impossible Fortune right now)
- We Solve Murders, Richard Osman (first in a new series)
- The Penelope Banks Murder Mysteries, by Collette Clark
- The Ginger Gold Mysteries and Lady Gold Investigates, by Lee Strauss (second read-through, plus 2 new Velvet Spy prequels)
- The V.I. Warshawski Mysteries, by Sara Paretsky (second read-through, my favorite author! and Jim has started listening to this series as well, so it’s fun to review with him)
- Cocaine Blues, Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries, Kerry Greenwood
- Death Comes to Pemberley, by P.D. James
- Still See You Everywhere, Lisa Gardner (a dark thriller)
- Charlotte Illes Is Not a Detective, by Katie Siegel (bought on vacation in Minneapolis)
- Red Team Blues, Cory Doctorow (because it was recommended at Libro.fm)
Another 10 books I read this year that are not murder mysteries:
- The Harder I Fight the More I Love You: A Memoir, Neko Case (see Fine Arts Building post)
- This Will Only Hurt a Little, Busy Philipps
- The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, Alexander McCall Smith
- The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels and The League of Gentlewomen Witches, Dangerous Damsels series, India Holton
- The Night Bookmobile, Audrey Niffenegger (graphic novel, re-read)
- The Fated Sky, Lady Astronaut series, Mary Robinette Kowal
- Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk, Kathleen Rooney (stumbled on this audiobook on Hoopla through my library, and it was awesome!)
- Life Hacks for a Little Alien, Alice Franklin
- The Vanishing Shadow, Judy Bolton mysteries, Margaret Sutton
See My Year in Books for links.
A few books I started and liked but did not finish yet:
- Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Audio Collection, Arthur Conan Doyle read by Stephen Fry
- Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
- Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
- Dream Corridor, Volume 2, Harlan Ellison (graphic short stories)
- Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her, Melanie Rehak
- Word Puppets, Mary Robinette Kowal
- The Secret War of Julia Child, Diana R. Chambers
- Iām Told I Had A Good Time: The Micky Dolenz Archives, Volume One, Micky Dolenz
- Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour, Rickie Lee Jones (recommended by Neko Case)
- Selected Poems, Langston Hughes
Update 1/4/2026:
While murder is all fine and good (ha) my plan for 2026 is to read more books that are not murder mysteries, including more non-fiction. Because I expect this to show me down a little, my Goodreads challenge goal is 60 books.