2025 Book List - Fiction
As always at the beginning of a new year, I like to share my book list from the previous year. In 2025, I read 32 books, both fiction and non-fiction. Below you can find my fiction list; here you can find my non-fiction list. My top reads in the fiction section were Kerkhofblommenstraat (Lara Taveirne), The Light Between Oceans (M.L. Stedman) and The Island of Sea Women (Lisa See). Books marked with a * were read with the Marine Social Science Book Club. Star of the Sea - Joseph O'Connor * This book explores the Great Famine in Ireland during the 1840s, a catastrophe that forced countless people to emigrate to the United States. It follows a ship's journey across the Atlantic, shedding light on the lives of some of those on board. Reading it made me reflect on modern migration, across treacherous and unpredictable seas. These travelers leave behind everything familiar for a place that offers little hope. And yet, as the book makes clear, the alternative - staying - is ofte...
