dawnjoy's
2025
Reading Wrap-Up

dawnjoy finished reading 308 books, across 98,553 pages!

First book
Dearest by Jacquie Walters

Dearest
Last book
Fair Play by Louise Hegarty

Fair Play

dawnjoy's 2025 StoryGraph

A mood map of dawnjoy's reading

Lighter books push the line up and darker books pull the line down

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dawnjoy chased clues down winding paths, wandered through tales tinged with shadow, and found plenty of reasons to smile.

A steady rhythm of stories kept the year moving along nicely.

Books and pages read per month in 2025

Line chart showing books and pages read each month in 2025. The data for books read per year are as follows: January - 35 books, February - 12 books, March - 27 books, April - 19 books, May - 18 books, June - 37 books, July - 26 books, August - 29 books, September - 21 books, October - 31 books, November - 26 books, December - 27 books. The data for pages read per year are as follows: January - 9523 pages, February - 4537 pages, March - 8336 pages, April - 5829 pages, May - 6219 pages, June - 13252 pages, July - 8700 pages, August - 8035 pages, September - 7444 pages, October - 9338 pages, November - 7823 pages, December - 9517 pages.
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The genres dawnjoy spent the most time with in 2025

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Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939 by Volker Ullrich

Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939

Volker Ullrich

Longest book
34h 46m
Shortest book
12h 12m
The Husbands by Chandler Baker

The Husbands

Chandler Baker

The average length of the books dawnjoy read was 322 pages and it took them around 2 days to finish each book!

Dearest by Jacquie Walters

Dearest

Jacquie Walters

Least time spent
1 day
Most time spent
29 days
Hitler's Aristocrats: The Secret Power Players in Britain and America Who Supported the Nazis, 1923–1941 by Susan Ronald

Hitler's Aristocrats: The Secret Power Players in Britain and America Who Supported the Nazis, 1923–1941

Susan Ronald

The authors dawnjoy spent the most time with in 2025

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2025's average rating was...

3.83

2025 5reads

Dandadan, Vol. 7 by Yukinobu Tatsu
Dandadan, Vol.8 by Yukinobu Tatsu
ダンダダン 9 [Dan Da Dan 9] by 龍 幸伸, Yukinobu Tatsu
Dandadan, Vol. 10 by Yukinobu Tatsu
There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America by Brian Goldstone
Little Bosses Everywhere by Bridget Read
Vera, or Faith by Gary Shteyngart
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
The Intermediaries: A Weimar Story by Brandy Schillace
Work It Out: A Mood-Boosting Exercise Guide for People Who Just Want to Lie Down by Sarah Kurchak

dawnjoy's 2025 ratings

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Some months were better than others...

August

Highest average rating
4.29

Turns out March wasn't dawnjoy's favorite month, with an average rating of 3.48.

June

Most pages read
13252 pages

Other StoryGraph users and dawnjoy's 2025 reads

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman

Most shelved
306,960 users
Clint: The Man and the Movies by Shawn Levy

Clint: The Man and the Movies

Shawn Levy

Least shelved
79 users
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

Omar El Akkad

Highest rated
4.65
dawnjoy's rating: 5.0

dawnjoy explored the works of 160 new authors, including P.J. Nelson, Jessica McCabe, and Bench Ansfield!

How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It) by Jessica McCabe
Veronica Ruiz Breaks the Bank by Elle Cosimano

115 of the books dawnjoy read were part of a series.

dawnjoy revisited a total of 10 books this year.

Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo

dawnjoy decided not to finish 25 of the books they picked up this year.

Plus

Compared to 2024...

Number of books

Decreased by 39%

Number of pages

Decreased by 42%

dawnjoy's mood map compared to their friends...

Lighter books push the line up and darker books pull the line down

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dawnjoy's personal 2025 reading experience

Charts generated from dawnjoy's reviews

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Components of dawnjoy's highest-rated reads

Moods: inspiring, challenging, informative

Pace: slow

Book type: nonfiction

Genres: Economics, Manga, Race

2025 at a glance

Dearest by Jacquie Walters
The Trunk by Kim Ryeo-ryeong
The Examiner by Janice Hallett
Dandadan, Vol. 7 by Yukinobu Tatsu
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
The President's Brain is Missing by John Scalzi
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim
Unlearning Shame: How We Can Reject Self-Blame Culture and Reclaim Our Power by Devon Price
American Rapture by CJ Leede
What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan
Umma's Table by Yeon-Sik Hong
Before We Forget Kindness by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
Hitler's Aristocrats: The Secret Power Players in Britain and America Who Supported the Nazis, 1923–1941 by Susan Ronald
More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
The Business Trip by Jessie Garcia
Sakamoto Days, Vol. 1 by Yuto Suzuki
Booked for Murder by P.J. Nelson
William by Mason Coile
The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong
Dandadan, Vol.8 by Yukinobu Tatsu
Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's Empire by Jonathan M. Katz
Havoc by Christopher Bollen
The Last One at the Wedding by Jason Rekulak
Sakamoto Days, Vol. 2 by Yuto Suzuki
Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob
ダンダダン 9 [Dan Da Dan 9] by 龍 幸伸, Yukinobu Tatsu
Earl Crush by Alexandra Vasti
Someone in Time by Jonathan Strahan
Walking Practice by Dolki Min
The Crash by Freida McFadden
Sakamoto Days, Vol. 3 by Yuto Suzuki
Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man by Ed McBain
Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women by Susan Faludi
Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton
The Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang
Baby City by Freida McFadden, Kelley Stoddard
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
Asperger's Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna by Edith Sheffer
How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It) by Jessica McCabe
We Are Watching by Alison Gaylin
I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying by Youngmi Mayer
Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry's Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness by Andrew Scull
The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore
Sakamoto Days, Vol. 4 by Yuto Suzuki
Dandadan, Vol. 10 by Yukinobu Tatsu
Mothers of Massive Resistance: White Women and the Politics of White Supremacy by Elizabeth Gillespie McRae
The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story by Pagan Kennedy
We Do Not Part by Han Kang
Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Revis
An Inconvenient Vow by Alice Coldbreath
The Favourite by Alice Coldbreath
Murder in the Dressing Room by Holly Stars
The House of My Mother by Shari Franke
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder
Guillotine by Delilah S. Dawson
Old Man's War by John Scalzi
You Gotta Eat: Real-Life Strategies for Feeding Yourself When Cooking Feels Impossible by Margaret Eby
Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer's by Charles Piller
Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson
Mask of the Deer Woman by Laurie L. Dove
An Excellent Thing In A Woman by Allison Montclair
Bleeding Heart Yard by Elly Griffiths
The Last Word by Elly Griffiths
Snake Oil by Kelsey Rae Dimberg
The Zig Zag Girl by Elly Griffiths
The Split by Sharon Bolton
Back After This by Linda Holmes
Smoke and Mirrors by Elly Griffiths
Tilt by Emma Pattee
The Blood Card by Elly Griffiths
Listen to Your Sister by Neena Viel
The Vanishing Box by Elly Griffiths
Now You See Them by Elly Griffiths
The Midnight Hour by Elly Griffiths
Dandadan, Vol. 11 by Yukinobu Tatsu
Counterattacks at Thirty by Won-pyung Sohn
The Black Orb by Ewhan Kim
That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America by Amanda Jones
Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe by Carl Zimmer
Tuesday Evenings with the Copeton Craft Resistance by Kate Solly
Dandadan, Vol. 12 by Yukinobu Tatsu
Nothing but the Truth by Robyn Gigl
The Mistletoe Mystery by Nita Prose
Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite
Kills Well with Others by Deanna Raybourn
Enemy Feminisms: TERFs, Policewomen, and Girlbosses Against Liberation by Sophie Lewis
The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
Wonton Terror by Vivien Chien
Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Skye Falling by Mia McKenzie
The White Guy Dies First by Terry J. Benton-Walker
Serial Killer Games by Kate Posey
Audition by Katie Kitamura
The Tenant by Freida McFadden
The Crow Trap by Ann Cleeves
Wedding Dashers by Heather McBreen
All the Other Mothers Hate Me by Sarah Harman
Telling Tales by Ann Cleeves
The Queen of Poisons by Robert Thorogood
The Wannabe Fascists: A Guide to Understanding the Greatest Threat to Democracy by Federico Finchelstein
Trail of Echoes by Rachel Howzell Hall
Life Hacks for a Little Alien by Alice Franklin
Hidden Depths by Ann Cleeves
The Bones Beneath My Skin by TJ Klune
Silent Voices by Ann Cleeves
The Glass Room: A Vera Stanhope Mystery by Ann Cleeves
Harbour Street by Ann Cleeves
The Moth Catcher by Ann Cleeves
The Seagull by Ann Cleeves
The Darkest Evening by Ann Cleeves
Disposable: America's Contempt for the Underclass by Sarah Jones
The AI Con by Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna
The Maid's Secret by Nita Prose
The Rising Tide by Ann Cleeves
The Dark Wives by Ann Cleeves
Raven Black by Ann Cleeves
Zeal by Morgan Jerkins
There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America by Brian Goldstone
White Nights by Ann Cleeves
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams
The Last Colony by John Scalzi
Red Bones by Ann Cleeves
Wavewalker: Breaking Free by Suzanne Heywood
Last Seen in Lapaz by Kwei Quartey
Sky Daddy by Kate Folk
A Murder for Miss Hortense by Mel Pennant
The Only Purple House in Town by Ann Aguirre
The Retirement Plan by Sue Hincenbergs
These Heathens by Mia McKenzie
Swordheart by T. Kingfisher
Julie Chan Is Dead by Liann Zhang
The Second Chance Convenience Store by Kim Ho-yeon
Count My Lies by Sophie Stava
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton Sides
Daisy in Chains by Sharon Bolton
Good Game, No Rematch: A Life Made of Video Games by Mike Drucker
The Poison Squad by Deborah Leigh Blum
Blue Lightning by Ann Cleeves
Dead Water by Ann Cleeves
More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity by Adam Becker
The Whitewashed Tombs by Kwei Quartey
Thin Air by Ann Cleeves
Class Clown: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass—How I Went 77 Years Without Growing Up by Dave Barry, Dave Barry
Parents Weekend by Alex Finlay
Goodnight Tokyo by Atsuhiro Yoshida
The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs by Jamie Loftus
Regarding the Duke by Grace Callaway
I Think I'm in Love with an Alien by Ann Aguirre
The Diva Runs Out of Thyme by Krista Davis
Veronica Ruiz Breaks the Bank by Elle Cosimano
The Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries by Emily Brightwell
Mrs. Jeffries Dusts for Clues by Emily Brightwell
The World's Greatest Detective and Her Just Okay Assistant by Liza Tully
The Ghost and Mrs. Jeffries by Emily Brightwell
Little Bosses Everywhere by Bridget Read
The Busybody Book Club by Freya Sampson
Whistle by Linwood Barclay
So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color by Caro De Robertis
Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave by Elle Cosimano
Vera, or Faith by Gary Shteyngart
Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes by Leah Litman
The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig
The Frozen People by Elly Griffiths
King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby
The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware
I See You've Called in Dead by John Kenney
The Payback by Kashana Cauley
Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939 by Volker Ullrich
Hitler: Downfall: 1939-1945 by Volker Ullrich
Making Friends Can Be Murder by Kathleen West
The Death of Democracy: Hitler's Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic by Benjamin Carter Hett
Awakened by A.E. Osworth
If You Live to 100, You Might as Well Be Happy: Essays on Ordinary Joy by Rhee Kun Hoo
Exit Strategy by Martha Wells
Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream by Megan Greenwell
Clint: The Man and the Movies by Shawn Levy
Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties by David de Jong
Network Effect by Martha Wells
Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells
System Collapse by Martha Wells
The Babysitter Lives by Stephen Graham Jones
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
A Perfect Day to Be Alone by Nanae Aoyama
The Husbands by Chandler Baker
The Matchmaker by Aisha Saeed
The Charity Shop Detective Agency by Peter Boland
The Paradise Heights Craft Store Stitch-Up by Kate Solly
10 Marchfield Square by Nicola Whyte
What I Mean When I Say I'm Autistic: Unpuzzling a Life on the Autism Spectrum by Annie Kotowicz
The Intermediaries: A Weimar Story by Brandy Schillace
Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire by Alice Wong
Hot Girls with Balls by Benedict Nguyễn
A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling
Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present by Ruth Ben-Ghiat
The Talented Mr. Varg by Alexander McCall Smith
The Man with the Silver Saab by Alexander McCall Smith
The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf by Alexander McCall Smith
The Man Who Died Seven Times by Yasuhiko Nishizawa
The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths
Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It by Greg Marshall
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard
Marble Hall Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Erased: What American Patriarchy Has Hidden from Us by Anna Malaika Tubbs
Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher
How to Survive a Horror Story by Mallory Arnold
The Girl I Was by Jeneva Rose
Hunting in America by Tehila Hakimi
Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith
Meme Wars: The Untold Story of the Online Battles Upending Democracy in America by Brian Friedberg, Emily Dreyfuss, Joan Donovan
The Whyte Python World Tour: A Novel by Travis Kennedy
Born in Flames: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City by Bench Ansfield
Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi
Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley
Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson
Maggie; or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar by Katie Yee
The Killer Question by Janice Hallett
Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI by Karen Hao
Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam
Mean Moms by Emma Rosenblum
The Midnight Shift by Cheon Seon-ran
Murder on the Marlow Belle by Robert Thorogood
A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck by Sophie Elmhirst
Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
Midnight Timetable: A Novel in Ghost Stories by Bora Chung
She Didn't See It Coming by Shari Lapena
The Less People Know about Us: A Mystery of Betrayal, Family Secrets, and Stolen Identity by Axton Betz-Hamilton
History Lessons by Zoe B. Wallbrook
The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman
The Wasp Trap by Mark Edwards
Play Nice by Rachel Harrison
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith
They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 by Milton Mayer
The Intruder by Freida McFadden
Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York by Andrew Lownie
The Engagement Party by Darby Kane
The Game Is Afoot by Elise Bryant
The Beach Hut Murders by Peter Boland
Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle
Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman
The Dead Husband Cookbook by Danielle Valentine
How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley
I Want to Burn This Place Down: Essays by Maris Kreizman
The Dentist by Tim Sullivan
Too Old for This by Samantha Downing
The Cyclist by Tim Sullivan
The Man of Many Fathers: Life Lessons Disguised as a Memoir by Roy Wood Jr.
The Patient by Tim Sullivan
The New Husband by D.J. Palmer
Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook by Mark Bray
The Old Woman with the Knife by Gu Byeong-mo
A Crime Through Time by Amelia Blackwell
Luxuria by Colette Rhodes
Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders
Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Detective by Sharmini Kumar, Kelly Gardiner
Murder at Gulls Nest by Jess Kidd
Inspector Imanishi Investigates by Seichō Matsumoto
The Vanilla Killer by Peter Boland
Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley by Jacob Silverman
Petty Lies by Sulmi Bak
The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley
Tokyo Express by Seichō Matsumoto
The Passengers on the Hankyu Line by Hiro Arikawa
The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth
The Glowing Life of Leeann Wu by Mindy Hung
Oxford Soju Club by Jinwoo Park
All The Little Bird-Hearts by Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow
Fearless by M.W. Craven
Behooved by M. Stevenson
Agnes Sharp and the Trip of a Lifetime by Leonie Swann
Work It Out: A Mood-Boosting Exercise Guide for People Who Just Want to Lie Down by Sarah Kurchak
The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club by Gloria Chao
Erasing History by Jason Stanley
Mirror Lake by Juneau Black
A Town with Half the Lights on by Page Getz
Because I Could Not Stop for Death by Amanda Flower
The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective by Jo Nichols
Girl on Girl by Sophie Gilbert
Without Consent: A Landmark Trial and the Decades-Long Struggle to Make Spousal Rape a Crime by Sarah Weinman
The Perfect Hosts by Heather Gudenkauf
The Politician by Tim Sullivan
Destroy This House by Amanda Uhle
A Physical Education: How I Escaped Diet Culture and Gained the Power of Lifting by Casey Johnston
6:40 to Montreal by Eva Jurczyk
I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir by Sarah Kurchak
All of Us Murderers by KJ Charles
Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice by Virginia Roberts Giuffre
Murder Most Haunted by Emma Mason
Death at the Dog Show by Peter Boland
The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces by Seth Harp
It Was Her House First by Cherie Priest
When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy
I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died by Amanda Flower
The Coming of the Third Reich by Richard J. Evans
Her One Regret by Donna Freitas
The Compound by Aisling Rawle
I Died for Beauty by Amanda Flower
Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid
A Dream of Death by Connie Berry
Off the Spectrum: Why the Science of Autism Has Failed Women and Girls by Gina Rippon
A New Lease on Death by Olivia Blacke
Fair Play by Louise Hegarty

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