paperback_whiplash's
2025
Reading Wrap-Up

paperback_whiplash finished reading 84 books, across 35,076 pages!

First book
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

The Priory of the Orange Tree
Last book
The Lamb by Lucy Rose

The Lamb

paperback_whiplash's 2025 StoryGraph

A mood map of paperback_whiplash's reading

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

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paperback_whiplash wandered through tales tinged with shadow, chased clues down winding paths, and chased horizons and daring escapades.

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 - 10 books, February - 6 books, March - 5 books, April - 9 books, May - 10 books, June - 6 books, July - 8 books, August - 8 books, September - 0 books, October - 10 books, November - 7 books, December - 5 books. The data for pages read per year are as follows: January - 4121 pages, February - 3067 pages, March - 2268 pages, April - 3225 pages, May - 3100 pages, June - 2930 pages, July - 3783 pages, August - 3012 pages, September - 0 pages, October - 4483 pages, November - 3143 pages, December - 1944 pages.
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paperback_whiplash met their reading goal!

162%

The genres paperback_whiplash spent the most time with in 2025

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A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

A Day of Fallen Night

Samantha Shannon

Longest book
868 pages
Shortest book
54 pages
The Forester's Daughter by Claire Keegan

The Forester's Daughter

Claire Keegan

The average length of the books paperback_whiplash read was 406 pages and it took them around 6 days to finish each book!

Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival by Joe Simpson

Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival

Joe Simpson

Least time spent
1 day
Most time spent
34 days
Starter Villain by John Scalzi

Starter Villain

John Scalzi

The authors paperback_whiplash spent the most time with in 2025

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2025's average rating was...

3.93

2025 5reads

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig
Dálvi: Six Years in the Arctic Tundra by Laura Galloway
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
On the Savage Side by Tiffany McDaniel
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom by Shari Franke
A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
The Trouble with Peace by Joe Abercrombie
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Best Foot Forward by Adam Hills
The Wisdom of Crowds by Joe Abercrombie
I'd Rather Not by Robert Skinner
The Coffin Confessor by Bill Edgar
Last One Out by Jane Harper
Turns Out, I'm Fine: How Not To Fall Apart by Judith Lucy
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang
The New Age of Sexism by Laura Bates
The Will of the Many by James Islington

paperback_whiplash's 2025 ratings

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Some months were better than others...

June

Highest average rating
4.46

Turns out December wasn't paperback_whiplash's favorite month, with an average rating of 3.44.

October

Most pages read
4483 pages

Other StoryGraph users and paperback_whiplash's 2025 reads

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy

Most shelved
515,224 users
paperback_whiplash's rating: 5.0
A Dumb Birds Field Guide to the Worst Birds Ever by Matt Kracht

A Dumb Birds Field Guide to the Worst Birds Ever

Matt Kracht

Least shelved
334 users
paperback_whiplash's rating: 4.5
The Trouble with Peace by Joe Abercrombie

The Trouble with Peace

Joe Abercrombie

Highest rated
4.56
paperback_whiplash's rating: 5.0

paperback_whiplash explored the works of 53 new authors, including Chris Whitaker, Dan Simmons, and Liz Moore!

All the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons

38 of the books paperback_whiplash read were part of a series.

It was only new stories and ideas for paperback_whiplash this year. No rereads!

A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie
I, Millennial: One Snowflake's Screed Against Boomers, Billionaires and Everything Else by Tom Ballard

paperback_whiplash decided not to finish 12 of the books they picked up this year.

paperback_whiplash read 47 books from their own shelves this year!

The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson

🎉paperback_whiplash successfully completed 4 reading challenges!🎉

2025 at a glance

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler
One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
Funny Story by Emily Henry
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival by Joe Simpson
We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig
Dálvi: Six Years in the Arctic Tundra by Laura Galloway
A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon
The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
The Descent by Jeff Long
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson
The Wayward Girls by Amanda Mason
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang
The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang
All the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
On the Savage Side by Tiffany McDaniel
The Martian by Andy Weir
Foster by Claire Keegan
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
The Burning God by R.F. Kuang
Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
The Forester's Daughter by Claire Keegan
Dragon's Egg by Robert L. Forward
Love and Other Conspiracies by Mallory Marlowe
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
Walk the Blue Fields by Claire Keegan
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
The Fisherman by John Langan
The Book That Held Her Heart by Mark Lawrence
The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom by Shari Franke
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid
A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
The Trouble with Peace by Joe Abercrombie
Soulkeeper by David Dalglish
A Dumb Birds Field Guide to the Worst Birds Ever by Matt Kracht
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
Hunted by Darcy Coates
Best Foot Forward by Adam Hills
The Wisdom of Crowds by Joe Abercrombie
I'd Rather Not by Robert Skinner
The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Roadside Picnic by Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky
Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
I Ate the Whole World to Find You by Rachel Ang
The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington
The Coffin Confessor by Bill Edgar
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez
Starter Villain by John Scalzi
Where the Library Hides by Isabel Ibañez
Last One Out by Jane Harper
An Echo of Things to Come by James Islington
Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit by John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker
Come With Me by Ronald Malfi
Turns Out, I'm Fine: How Not To Fall Apart by Judith Lucy
The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor
The Light of All That Falls by James Islington
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
The Wire in the Blood: Book 2 by Val McDermid
Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang
The New Age of Sexism by Laura Bates
Fortune's Pawn by Rachel Bach
This House of Grief: The Story of a Murder Trial by Helen Garner
What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher
The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons
The Will of the Many by James Islington
Honor's Knight by Rachel Bach
The Lamb by Lucy Rose

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