Between 1st June and 1st September 2025, I am taking part in 20 Books of Summer – a reading challenge started by Cathy at 746 Books and hosted this year by Annabel of AnnaBookBel and Emma of Words and Peace.

I am planning to read the following books this summer and will keep track of my progress on this page.

20/20 books read
20/20 books reviewed

My list

1. Come, Tell Me How You Live by Agatha Christie (Read Christie book for July)
2. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie (Read Christie book for August)
3. Jennie by Paul Gallico – for Mallika’s Reading the Meow
4. A Schooling in Murder by Andrew Taylor
5. The Stepdaughter by Caroline Blackwood
6. The Rush by Beth Lewis
7. These Wicked Devices by Matthew Plampin
8. Sinners by Elizabeth Fremantle
9. Strange Houses by Uketsu
10. The Spiral Staircase by Ethel Lina White
11. The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson
12. Love and Other Poisons by Lesley McDowell
13. How to Lose a Lord in Ten Days by Sophie Irwin
14. The House at Devil’s Neck by Tom Mead

The following spaces will be filled by books I choose at random depending on my mood. The only rule is that they must have been on my TBR prior to January 2025. I already have enough new books listed above!

15. A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie
16. The Lily and the Lion by Maurice Druon
17. The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
18. Fire from Heaven by Mary Renault
19. No Life for a Lady by Hannah Dolby
20. The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell