Booksie's Shelves, October 18, 2025

 

Above is one of my messy bookshelves, this one in my den where I do a lot of my reading.  October is more than halfway over and I'm still getting used to calling it 2025.  This month has been a blur.  We went to visit our son and then our daughter.  There were book groups, investment group, doctors and dentists.  Like many retirees, I'm not sure how I ever found time to work.  I've got a ton of books purchased and sent lately, many of them Booker Prize nominees and the work of Best New British Authors, a list I follow every year.  I've been busy reading the Booker nominees for 2025 and I'm about half through with that.  Here's what's come through the door lately:

1.  Nothing But Blue Sky, Kathleen MacMahon, literary fiction, purchased
2. The Red Winter, Cameron Sullivan, fantasy, sent by publisher
3. Christine Fall, John Banville, mystery, sent by publisher
4. Your Utopia, Bora Chung, anthology, sent by publisher
5. Midnight Timetable, Bora Chung, horror, sent by publisher
6. Cursed Bunny, Bora Chung, anthology, sent by publisher
7. The Definitions, Matt Greene, dystopian fiction, sent by publisher
8. A Little Trickerie, Rosanna Pike, literary fiction, purchased
9. Amma, Saraid de Silva, literary fiction, purchased
10. The Truants, Kate Weinberg, literary fiction, sent by publisher
11. Somewhere Else, Jenni Daiches, literary fiction, purchased
12. Becoming Strangers, Louise Dead, literary fiction, purchased
13. Rules Of The Heart, Janice Hadlow, historical fiction, sent by publisher
14. Genealogy Of A Murder, Lisa Belkin, true crime, purchased
15. The Birthday Party, Laurent Mauvignier, literary fiction, purchased
16. Still Waters, Nigel McCreary, mystery, purchased
17. The Light Of Amsterdam, David Park, literary fiction, purchased
18. Travelling In A Strange Land, David Park, literary fiction, purchased
19. School For Love, Olivia Manning, literary fiction, purchased
20. Fortunes Of War, Olivia Manning, literary fiction, purchased
21. Fool's Crow, James Welsh, literary fiction, purchased
22. On A Woman's Madness, Astrid Roemer, literary fiction, purchased
23. The Wildes, Louis Bayard, historical fiction, sent by publisher
24. Wolf Bells, Leni Zumas, literary fiction, purchased
25. A Cure For Suicide, Jesse Ball, literary fiction, purchased
26. The Maniac, Benjamin Labatut, historical fiction, purchased
27. The Maiden, Kate Foster, literary fiction, purchased
28. Dear Mrs. Bird, AJ Pearce, literary fiction, purchased
29. The Imposter, Javier Cercas, nonfiction, purchased
30. The Well, Catherine Chanter, literary fiction, purchased
31. The Years, Annie Ernaux, literary fiction, purchased
32. Don't Let Him Know, Sandip Roy, literary fiction, purchased
33. White Chrysanthemum, Mary Lynn Bracht, historical fiction, purchased
34. Akram's War, Nadim Safdar, literary fiction, purchased
35. Love, Sex & Other Foreign Policy Goals, Jesse Armstrong, literary fiction, purchased
36. In The Light Of What We Know, Zia Haider Rahman, literary fiction, purchased
37. Mornings With Rosemary, Libby Page, literary fiction, purchased
38. The Things We Thought We Knew, Mahsuda Snaith, mystery, purchased
39. The Girl In The Red Coat, Kate Hamer, thriller, purchased
40. Montpelier Parade, Karl Geary, literary fiction, purchased
41. The Witchfinder's Sister, Beth Underdown, mystery, purchased
42. Sal, Mick Kitson, literary fiction, purchased
43. Part Of The Family, Charlotte Philby, mystery, purchased
44. The Butcher's Hook, Janet Ellis, mystery, purchased
45. Weathering, Lucy Wood, literary fiction, purchased
46. Not Working, Lisa Owens, literary fiction, purchased

Here's what I'm reading at the moment:

1.  The Meaning Of Night, Michael Cox, hardback
2. In Other Worlds, Margaret Atwood, hardback
3. Five Star Billionaire, Tash Aw, hardback
4. Acts Of Desperation, Megan Nolan, Kindle
5. Lucky Day, Chuck Tingle, hardback
6. Lessons In Chemistry, Bonnie Garmus, Kindle
7. Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson, Kindle
8. Joe Country, Mick Herron, audible
9. Autumn, Ali Smith, audible
10. The Great Man Theory, Teddy Wayne, audible

Happy Reading!