My favorite historical fiction of 2025

The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict (St. Martin's, 2025).

The Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick (Harper Muse, 2025).

Mrs. Endicott's Splendid Adventure by Rhys Bowen (Lake Union, 2025).

Kate & Frida by Kim Fay (Penguin, 2025).

The Dressmakers of London by Julia Kelly  (Gallery Books, 2025).

The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club by Martha Hall Kelly (Random House, 2025).

Confessions of a Grammar Queen by Eliza Knight (Sourcebooks, 2025).

The Boxcar Librarian by Brianna Labuskes (William Morrow, 2025).

The Eights by Joanna Miller (Penguin, 2025).

A Resistance of Witches by Morgan Ryan (Penguin, 2025).

Summer favorites

Travelling to and from Europe, some time when I wasn't feeling too great, and some time when it was just too hot to move meant I got a lot of reading done this summer.  

Here are my favorites, listed alphabetically by author:

For Duck's sake (Meg Lanslow #37) by Donna Andrews.  (Minotaur Books, 5 August 2025).

The book club for troublesome women by Marie Bostwick.  (Harper Muse, 22 April 2025).

Kate & Frida by Kim Fay.  (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 11 March 2025).

Our last Vineyard summer, by Brooke Lea Foster.  (Gallery Books, 1 July 2025).

The Martha's Vineyard beach and book club by Martha Hall Kelly. (Ballantine Books, 27 May 2025.

It's a love story by Annabel Monaghan. (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 25 May 2025).