20 books of summer is back with new hosts!
New hosts, new graphics
20 books of summer has new hosts Emma of Words and Peace and you can read all about it on Annabel’s blog including all the rules and sign up. It’s a challenge I’ve always enjoyed and am sure I’ll continue to do so.
The challenge takes place between 1 June and 31 August 2025
My list
1. The Others by Sheena Kalayil
2. We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter
3. Broken by Jón Atli Jónasson
4. Murder Tide by Stella Blómkvist
5. Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
6. The History of England by Jane Austen
7. Catherine or The Bower by Jane Austen
10. Blood Axe by Menno Meyjes
12. Book club read – Jess Castle and the Eyeballs of Death by M. B. Vincent
13. Book club read – Now You See Me by Chris McGeorge
15. Unnatural Death by Patricia Cornwell
18. The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen
19. Lovers of Franz K. a novel by Burhan Sönmez (Translated from the Kurdish by Sami Hêzil
20. A Suitable Love Object by Rebecca Swift – read, my thoughts to follow
11. The Marlow Murder by Biba Pearce
16. Unruly by David Mitchell – read, my thoughts to follow
17. The Illustrated Letters of Virginia Woolf by Frances Spalding (Selected and introduced by)
8. Austen’s Couples by Jane Austen – I’ll add this to #NovNov
9. Lesley Castle by Jane Austen – I’ll add this to #NovNov
14. Listen for the Lie by Amy Tinara – I’ll catch up with this another time.
I expect to read 10 books but have added more just in case I have a good few reading months. As always I will change the order, change a book, swop in something different as I feel like reading.
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4 responses to “20 Books of Summer 2025 – my list #20BooksOfSummer25”
That’s a very interesting list! Happy reading!!
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Thanks, Kaggsy, I’ll be delighted to read more than the ten I anticipate. One or two of the books were gifts, crime fiction is my favourite/comfort genre but I do enjoy reading more widely sometimes too. Your own taste seems to be quite eclectic too your books ‘read in May and list of contenders for June’ take in a broad spectrum. Good to hear that you enjoyed all of your May reading and hope June fair as well. Janet
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The Jane Austen and Virginia Woolf book covers are so beautiful!
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Thanks for your comment gaodf.
Aren’t they! These are from Renard Press at £5 each quite affordable I think. They are what you might call ‘pocket size’ so very portable.
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