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                        <title>Kim&#039;s 2025 Reading Log</title>
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                        <description><![CDATA[A list of everything I&#039;ve read this year sorted by primary genre. I put the age group the book was marketed to for most of the categories, except for nonfiction and graphic novels. YA=Young ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A list of everything I've read this year sorted by primary genre. I put the age group the book was marketed to for most of the categories, except for nonfiction and graphic novels. YA=Young Adult and MG=Middle Grade</p>
<p>I also linked to information about these books in case you were interested in checking any out. Some of the books, especially fantasy, are part of a series. In those cases, I actually link to the book information for the first book in the series. I'm not attaching links for Dragon Ball and Berserk. Y'all know those books already. I enjoyed my time reading most of these books, but that doesn't mean you are going to find a new favorite. This isn't a recommendation list. It's just a list of everything I've read this year.</p>
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<p>High Fantasy</p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/1cdb1d69-ff0f-4c84-869b-753614fae0ee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Woman Who Rides Like a Man by Tamora Pierce (YA)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/1cdb1d69-ff0f-4c84-869b-753614fae0ee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lioness Rampant (YA)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/e2ff0a70-51a8-4ebd-80fd-eec932c174fa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trickster's Choice by Tamora Pierce (YA)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/e2ff0a70-51a8-4ebd-80fd-eec932c174fa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trickster's Queen by Tamora Pierce (YA)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/f699fbd8-2645-4eb6-8100-2285fcd35188" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce (YA)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/f699fbd8-2645-4eb6-8100-2285fcd35188" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wolf Speaker by Tamora Pierce (YA)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/f699fbd8-2645-4eb6-8100-2285fcd35188" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Emperor Mage by Tamora Pierce (YA)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/f699fbd8-2645-4eb6-8100-2285fcd35188" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Realms of the Gods by Tamora Pierce (YA)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/c9ca5bdd-30da-48ad-a0c9-3c9ac03a297a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros (Adult)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/16ad99a6-edc6-478f-9532-1818526f3018" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Valor by John Gwynne (Adult)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/16ad99a6-edc6-478f-9532-1818526f3018" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ruin by John Gwynne (Adult)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/0cc92512-69e0-4f0a-9567-f45b913d4a26" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas (YA)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/0cc92512-69e0-4f0a-9567-f45b913d4a26" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas (YA)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/0cc92512-69e0-4f0a-9567-f45b913d4a26" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas (YA)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/b1a81711-9ac8-49eb-9bcf-92369b6c14b1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko (YA)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/f62c5d06-6dab-4905-ac2b-b9b5b37a93ad" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett (Adult)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/4ac06641-0bbd-4622-b2d1-04953ce126bd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Girl with No Reflection by Keshe Chow</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Urban Fantasy</p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/254c964a-39a0-4dfc-a0e6-16aed7c5f762" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Poisons We Drink by Bethany Baptiste (YA)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/4088131e-7fc6-4392-9aa6-7a5d05015610" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Awakening by Nora Roberts (Adult)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/4088131e-7fc6-4392-9aa6-7a5d05015610" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Becoming by Nora Roberts (Adult)</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Mystery/Thriller</p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/fbde0927-ca30-4b2d-9191-a546ccf66a2f" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ali's Pretty Little Lies by Sara Shepard (YA)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/fbde0927-ca30-4b2d-9191-a546ccf66a2f" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard (YA)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/fbde0927-ca30-4b2d-9191-a546ccf66a2f" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Flawless by Sara Shepard (YA)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/90affb6d-9705-418b-a4cf-a2445896c69a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah <span data-sheets-root="1">Àbíké-Íyímídé (YA)</span></a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/af8ba3c2-9225-420a-b31d-9a14dbe2a940" target="_blank" rel="noopener">We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer (Adult)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/c0da6215-f192-4f84-956f-b7103dfc395f" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera (Adult)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/948dd0e6-2454-4507-b543-24da2fd86ecd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">You Are Fatally Invited by Ande Pliego (Adult)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/f3525c74-5efe-41a8-a8fe-efb02b7fd7f2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto (Adult)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/f8671e47-768e-4138-b7b6-6a3dbeb40c19" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Four Aunties and a Wedding by Jesse Q. Sutanto (Adult)</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Horror</p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/5506a140-b483-4191-9e3e-9a7f530f5f19" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Eyes are the Best Part by Monika Kim (Adult)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/77d2741e-15e4-4ba2-abfe-13583cbd2cbc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nestlings by Nat Cassidy (Adult)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/17125b50-8464-494f-a6a7-4f7aa8635c9e" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rest Stop by Nat Cassidy (Adult)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/4f8356ae-c1eb-4074-95a6-514a99c31359" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White (YA)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/e4e3a1fa-cb61-409c-8860-317ffdc7b8f9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix (YA)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/23b5d7bb-f464-4348-8f5a-5488687c762a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix (Adult)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/290a13de-3ecf-4b8e-b9d0-48b1f06c92bf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/53ba3dff-7479-42ea-a1be-7b59fdd3deeb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix (Adult)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/f8ce9da8-3fef-4305-a892-ae89bac0f246" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White Horse by Erika T. Wurth (Adult)</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Nonfiction</p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/beab3f35-0eae-4ea0-9ad1-8463b17eacb2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/e26d99b0-3ed0-4f60-a40b-f84878ec184e" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Down with the System by Serj Tankian</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/7232d385-0237-402b-8316-491bf2ff3373" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A Little Devil in America by Hanif Abdurraqib</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/10b30c93-1ea8-43d2-a816-e673fbe13c42" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sociopath by Patric Gagne</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/7ca722a8-951a-40d0-9e4f-f5f3bd345205" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dinner for Vampires by Bethany Joy Lenz</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/51ce0300-10a6-4fd8-b0c5-f16a1c590534" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/ed0ff3e6-aa1f-4bb3-a880-0b0f2c01de90" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine by Uche Blackstock</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Sci-Fi</p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/fcfc3287-bc26-42b4-85d7-6e23b1f68fdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hum by Helen Phillips (Adult)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/68ac546e-8ea4-4ea2-a39a-e07bdca28aaa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Last Dragon on Mars by Scott Reintgen (MG)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/7c40ac36-2670-4c47-b8bd-61ec1782ebd2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Annie Bot by Sierra Greer (Adult)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/18cb730b-6d4d-4e0e-b1b6-c3fdce938de8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Wild Robot by Peter Brown (MG)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/18cb730b-6d4d-4e0e-b1b6-c3fdce938de8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Wild Robot Escapes by Peter Brown (MG)</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Romance</p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/7c21d062-26ea-4729-a52c-4df1b5504799" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pucking Wild by Emily Rath (Adult)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/5268b334-b1ef-46d7-8430-817b7df211c9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez (Adult)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/4da5c630-1097-4097-b5ba-a5fabc0da79f" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gothikana by RuNyx (Adult)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/20c2b73c-7e86-44a2-84ad-9beb2aa2585f" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Truth According to Ember by Danica Nava (Adult)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/7a323a15-0b7f-462a-9ff1-684ebd698c90" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forest (Adult)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/8a39822f-5c58-4a6f-a71e-c9b191a7d5fe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Forget Me Not by Julie Soto (Adult)</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Historical</p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/a364e5c0-8428-4a20-b47f-bfa1ef84ece0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff (Adult)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/4c21a79f-acbd-43ec-aee2-241e4d932ac0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson (Adult)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/60fa047f-0432-4725-be18-c1d3c83fae45" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph Cassara (Adult)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/1eab56e2-2ff1-4d64-8f38-a37a620c244f" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Seventh Veil of Salome by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Adult)</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Literary-AKA, books I've read but I'm not really sure which category to put them in</p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/8417eaf7-b806-4bde-8ba1-a89423935bd6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Almond by Won-pyung Sohn (Adult)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/cf60fdb8-76f3-4ec3-b586-67f136bc1092" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy (Adult)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/ecba9262-e227-4031-859c-c8edf60c0659" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff (MG)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/7de3fc37-7897-4447-bc57-7434f56be954" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo (Adult)</a></p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/1929a9eb-284f-4767-8d89-7177e0c95fa6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tears of a Tiger by Sharon M. Draper (YA)</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Graphic Novels/Manga/etc</p>
<p>Dragon Ball Super vol. 16 by Akira Toriyama</p>
<p>Dragon Ball Super vol. 17 by Akira Toriyama</p>
<p>Dragon Ball Super vol. 18 by Akira Toriyama</p>
<p>Dragon Ball Super vol. 19 by Akira Toriyama</p>
<p>Dragon Ball Super vol. 20 by Akira Toriyama</p>
<p>Dragon Ball Super vol. 21 by Akira Toriyama</p>
<p>Dragon Ball Super vol. 22 by Akira Toriyama</p>
<p>Dragon Ball Super vol. 23 by Akira Toriyama</p>
<p><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/04066e33-bfd3-40a2-803e-746b8cc71809" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Phoolan Devi Rebel Queen by Claire Fauvel</a></p>
<p><a href="https://pixel-response.com/community/books-comics-manga/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees by Patrick Horvath</a></p>
<p>Berserk vol. 42 by Koji Mori</p>]]></content:encoded>
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