Top Ten Books on My Summer TBR

I'm linking up with That Artsy Reader Girl for another Top Ten Tuesday.

It's time for another seasonal check-in! I almost finished all the books on my Spring TBR; I ended up running out of time in the month before my hold on This Is Where You Belong came in, and I'm in the middle of Laundry Love now. I continue to enjoy my colorful reading project for this year! I'm finishing up June (yellow) and planning what I'll be reading in July (green), August (blue), and September (purple). Here are some of the books I've picked out for this season!

1. A Is for Alibi by Sue Grafton

2. The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson

3. The Disasters by M.K. England

4. Full of Myself by Austin Channing Brown

5. An Immense World by Ed Yong

6. Off the Clock by Laura Vanderkam

7. The Other Significant Others by Rhaina Cohen

8. Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

9. Relish by Lucy Knisley

10. Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

What do you plan to read this summer (or winter if you're in the southern hemisphere)?

Looking back:
One year ago I was reading: You Know, Sex, Dracula, The Name of the Wind, More Than Two, The Psychopath Test, and The Resilience Myth
Five years ago I was reading: The Road Trip, Boy Erased, Womanist Midrash, and The Case of the Counterfeit Painting
Ten years ago I was reading: Furiously Happy, The Return of the King, and East of Eden

Top Ten Books on My Spring TBR

I'm linking up with That Artsy Reader Girl for another Top Ten Tuesday.

It's time for another seasonal check-in! I finished all the books on my Winter TBR. I'm still really enjoying my rainbow reading year! I'm finishing up March (pink) and planning what I'll be reading in April (red), May (orange), and June (yellow). Here are some of the books I've picked out for this season!

1. Big Friendship by Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman

2. Butts by Heather Radke

3. Circe by Madeline Miller

4. Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon

5. Laundry Love by Patric Richardson and Karin Miller

6. Let the Record Show by Sarah Shulman

7. Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

8. Shrill by Lindy West

9. The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert

10. This Is Where You Belong by Melody Warnick

What do you plan to read this spring (or fall if you're in the southern hemisphere)?

Looking back:
One year ago I was reading: Esperanza Rising, The Name of the Wind, More Than Two, It's Perfectly Normal, and Everything Is Tuberculosis
Five years ago I was reading: Tess of the Road, Womanist Midrash, and How the Irish Became White
Ten years ago I was reading: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Spark Joy, Cold Sassy Tree, and A People's History of the United States

Ten Book Titles Featuring Ordinal Numbers

I'm linking up with That Artsy Reader Girl for another Top Ten Tuesday.

This week's topic is book titles that have ordinal numbers in them. Here are ten that I've read or are on my to-read list that have ordinal numbers, arranged in numerical order!

1. The First 90 Days by Michael D. Watkins

2. The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith

3. Second Helpings by Megan McCafferty

4. Third Girl by Agatha Christie

5. Fourth of July Creek by Smith Henderson

6. The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

7. The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert

8. Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

9. Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

10. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

What books have you read with ordinal numbers in the title?

Looking back:
One year ago I was reading: The Only Plane in the Sky, The Name of the Wind, More Than Two, It's Perfectly Normal, and Killfile
Five years ago I was reading: The Ten Thousand Doors of January, The Body Keeps the Score, and James and the Giant Peach
Ten years ago I was reading: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Borderlands, The Rise and Fall of the Bible, and The Book of Mormon

Top Ten Nonfiction Reads of 2025

I'm linking up with That Artsy Reader Girl for another Top Ten Tuesday.

Last week, I shared my favorite fiction reads of 2025. Here are my top ten nonfiction reads from the year!

To read more about why I liked these nonfiction books, you can search for them on the blog or check out my Goodreads. (To see my favorite read every month with a detailed description of why I liked it, I encourage you to check out — and link up with — the Best of the Bunch linkup.)

1. Come as You Are by Emily Nagoski

2. Do You Still Talk to Grandma? by Brit Barron

3. Enough by Tiffany North

4. How to Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis

5. More Than Two (second edition) by Eve Rickert and Andrea Zanin

6. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad

7. The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff

8. Unfit Parent by Jessica Slice

9. What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon

10. Who Deserves Your Love by KC Davis

What great nonfiction did you read this year?

Looking back:
One year ago I was reading: Chain-Gang All-Stars, More Than Two, Bad Blood, and Big Jim Begins
Five years ago I was reading: Autobiography of a Face, The Baby Signing Book, and Feminist, Queer, Crip
Ten years ago I was reading: Lonesome Dove, The Quran, and Middlemarch

Top Ten Fiction Reads of 2025

I'm linking up with That Artsy Reader Girl for another Top Ten Tuesday.

As I've done the past few years, I'm splitting up my favorite fiction and nonfiction of the year, sharing my top ten fiction reads this week and my nonfiction picks next week.

I'm cheating a bit by including several series as single entities, just to give a more accurate picture of my reading year. I don't usually include sequels, but I included two romances (#1 and #2) that can be read as standalone novels, though I still highly recommend reading the first books for the full experience. I also included one (#10) that is fictionalized but based on the true story of co-author Mohamed's life.

To read more about why I liked these fiction books, you can search for them on the blog or check out my Goodreads. (To see my favorite read every month with a detailed description of why I liked it, I encourage you to check out — and link up with — the Best of the Bunch linkup.)

1. Amelia, If Only by Becky Albertalli

2. It Had to Be Him by Adib Khorram

3. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

4. The Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson

5. A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

6. Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

7. The Penderwicks series by Jeanne Birdsall

8. Stella by Starlight by Sharon M. Draper

9. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

10. When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed

What great fiction did you read this year?

Looking back:
One year ago I was reading: Only Love Today, As You Wish, More Than Two, and Nothing to Fear
Five years ago I was reading: Strangers from a Different Shore and Feminist, Queer, Crip
Ten years ago I was reading: Jesus Calling, Lonesome Dove, The Quran, and Middlemarch