Books of 2025.
I’ve dipped into a few biographies and more hard hitting journalism this year, but my go-to is still cleverly written fast-paced smart fiction.
Recommedations welcome for 2026.
Not necessarily crime either, but a few regulars certainly delivered.
1. Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
2. Land’s Edge - Tim Winton
3. The Secret Hours - Mick Herron
4. Humankind - Rutger Bregman
5. The Last Dance - Mark Billingham
6. The Wrong Hands - Mark Billingham
7. Bold Lies - Rachel Lynch
8. That Night - Gillian McAllister
9. I’m never drinking again - Dominic McGregor
10. Penance - Eliza Clark
11. Big Sky - Kate Atkinson
12. You don’t have to have a dream - Tim Minchin
13. Minority Rule - Ash Sarkar
14. The Rumour - Lesley Kara
15. Brand Warfare - Julian Kynaston
16. A Little Bird - Wendy James
17. The Lost - Mari Hannah
18. The Insider - Mari Hannah
19. No Comment - Jess McDonald
20. The Scandal - Mari Hannah
21. Black Fell - Mari Hannah
22. The Accidental Footballer - Pat Nevin
23. Strange Sally Diamond - Liz Nugent
24. Rogues - Patrick Radden Keefe
25. Somebody Feed Phil - Phil Rosenthal
26. Taste - Stanley Tucci
27. The Family Remains - Lisa Jewell
28. Small Things Like These - Claire Keegan
29. Say Nothing - Patrick Radden Keefe
30. Bedsit Disco Queen - Tracey Thorn
31. The Cracked Mirror - Chris Brookmyre
32. A history of the world in 72 borders - Jonn Elledge
33. Brat: an 80s story - Andrew McCarthy
34. Uncommon People - Miranda Sawyer
35. Just another missing person - Gillian McAllister
36. The Fathers - John Niven
37. Don’t Let Go - Harlan Coben
38. The Hunter - Tana French
39. Cardinal - Louise Milligan
40. Everything I know about love - Dolly Alderton
41. Feel Good Club - Aimie and Kiera Lawlor-Skillen
42. Nemesis - Patricia Wolf
43. This Bird Has Flown - Susanna Hoffs
44. Do Disrupt - Mark Shayler
45. Do you believe in the power of rock n roll? - John Robb
46. I Will Find You - Harlan Coben
47. Eyrie - Tim Winton
48. Koba the Dread - Martin Amis
49. Rough Beast - Mairia Cahill
50. Butler to the world - Oliver Bullough
51. Rinsed - Geoff White
52. Grave Regret - Fiona Tarr
53. If Russia wins - Carlo Masala
54. Red Star Paris: More than just a football club - Simon Binns
55. Clown Town - Mick Herron
56. Billion dollar whale - Tom Wright and Bradley Hope
57. None of this is true - Lisa Jewell
58. Meltdown - Duncan Mavin
59. Trespasses - Louise Kennedy
60. Win - Harlan Coben
61. In The Woods - Tana French
62. Pheasants Nest - Louise Milligan
63. Legacy - Chris Hammer
64. Last one out - Jane Harper
65. Zine Age Kicks - James Brown
66. The proof of my innocence - Jonathan Coe
67. What have I done? Ben Elton
