fiction | Mental Post-Its

If you’ve been around here for a while, you know I love tracking what I read each year as a reference for myself and others.

These posts are part personal record, part recommendation list, and part gentle nudge—for me and for you—that learning doesn’t have to stop when school does.

My 2025 reading list reflects the kind of year it was: a mix of business and finance books to support my transition back to full-time self-employment, faith-focused themes to anchor me, and some just-for-fun reads to balance things out.

This year, there was a lot more fiction in the mix because my girlfriends in Nashville started a book club. I tend to gravitate toward books that help me grow, stretch, and see the world a little differently, so I usually lean much heavily toward non-fiction, but it was a way to stay engaged with them while traveling, so that’s a bonus.

Below you’ll find the full list of what I read in 2025, with links if you want to check any of them out for yourself.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling (full cast recording on Audible)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling (full cast recording on Audible)
Slashing Through the Snow by Jacqueline Frost
‘Twas the Knife Before Christmas by Jacqueline Frost
Mistletoe Murders 4 by Ken Cuperus
The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown
Unlicensed: Seasons 1-3 by Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor, Brie Williams, Glen David Gold, Aliee Chan
Dead Outlaw by David Yazbek, Erik Della Penna, Itamar Moses
Jakob’s Point by Michael Peterson
Middlebridge Mysteries by Ken Cuperus
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick
The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin
The Driver by Hart Hanson
The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
Activate Your Money by Janine Firpo
The Guilty by James Patterson, Duane Swierczynsk
Oracle by Andrew Pyper
The Signal by Eric Buchman, Gabriel Urbina, Sarah Shachat
Kingsland by Dwayne Alexander Smith, Kevin Hart, Charlamagne tha God, SBH Productions
The Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Rage the Night by Donna Morrissey
The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber
Rocket Fuel by Gino Wickman, Mark C. Winters
The Big Lie: A Jack Bergin Mystery by John Mankiewicz
The Science of Scaling by Dr. Benjamin Hardy
The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny
A Fatal Grace by Luise Penny
Still Life by Luise Penny
The Small and The Mighty by Sharon McMahon
10X is Easier Than 2X by Dr. Benjamin Hardy
The Maid by Nita Prose