100+ Books in 2025 discussion

1. Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)

2. The House at Tyneford: a novel (Natasha Solomons)

3. One Bad Apple (Sheila Connolly)

4. Town in a Lobster Stew (B. B. Haywood)

5. The Ionia Sanction (Gary Corby)

6. Corduroy Mansions (Alexander McCall Smith
7. The Dog Who Came In From The Cold (Alexander McCall Smith)

8. Rotten to the Core (Sheila Connolly)

9. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal (Christopher Moore)

10. Strawberry Shortcake Murder (Joanne Fluke)

11. Red Delicious Death (Sheila Connolly)

12. Blueberry Muffin Murder (Joanne Fluke)

13. All Creatures Great and Small (James Herriot)

14. Betty Crocker's Guide to Easy Entertaining: How to Have Guests - And Enjoy Them (Betty Crocker)

15. Mary Boleyn: Mistress of Kings (Alison Weir)

16. Lemon Meringue Pie Murder (Joanne Fluke)

17. Fudge Cupcake Murder (Joanne Fluke)

18. A Marked Man (Barbara Hamilton)

19. City of Silver: A Mystery (Annamaria Alfieri)

20. Cinnamon Roll Murder (Joanne Fluke)

21. Sup With the Devil (Barbara Hamilton)

22. Sugar Cookie Murder (Joanne Fluke)
23. Sprinkle with Murder (Jenn McKinlay)

24. Sideways on a Scooter: Life and Love in India (Miranda Kennedy)

25. Holiday Grind (Cleo Coyle)

26. Louisa and the Missing Heiress (Anna Maclean)

27. Mayflower: A Story of Community, Courage, and War (Nathaniel Philbrick)

28. Buttercream Bump-Off (Jenn McKinlay)

29. My Life in France (Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme)

30. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Alexander McCall Smith)

31. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection (Alexander McCall Smith)

32. Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy (Michael Baxandall)

33. Sacred Painting :: Museum (Federico Borromeo, trans. Ken Rothwell & Pam Jones)

34. Flowerbed of State (Dorothy St. James)
35. Priestess of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley, Diana L. Paxson)
36. Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams (Joseph J. Ellis)

37. Sarah (Women of Genesis Bk 1) (Orson Scott Card)

38. Rebekah (Women of Genesis Bk 2) (Orson Scott Card)

39. Rachel & Leah (Women of Genesis Bk 3) (Orson Scott Card)

40. Louisa and the Country Bachelor (Anna Maclean)

41. Louisa and the Crystal Gazer (Anna Maclean)

42. The Deeds of the Disturber (Elizabeth Peters)

43. The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog (Elizabeth Peters)

Rachel wrote: "43. The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog (Elizabeth Peters)"

I absolutely adore this series. I don't know how many times I've reread it!!!

44. A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent (Robert W. Merry)

45. Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father (John Matteson)
46. Roast Mortem (Cleo Coyle)

47. Murder, She Meowed (Rita Mae Brown)
48. A Rare Benedictine (Ellis Peters)
49. The Hippopotamus Pool (Elizabeth Peters)
50. Seeing a Large Cat (Elizabeth Peters)

51. Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from my Kitchen Table (Molly Wizenberg)

52. Il Gigante: Michelangelo, Florence, and the David 1492-1504 (Anton Gill)

53. Key Lime Pie Murder (Joanne Fluke)
54. Carrot Cake Murder (Joanne Fluke)
55. A Killer Crop (Sheila Connolly)
56. What You Should Know About the American Flag (Earl P. Williams)

57. The Importance of Being Seven (Alexander McCall Smith)
58. Cookie Dough or Die (Virginia Lowell)

59. The Quiche of Death (M. C. Beaton)

60. Bitter Harvest (Sheila Connolly)

61. Crazy Horse and Custer: the Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors (Stephen E. Ambrose)