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Most Anticipated Reads in 2025

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Happy 2025! 

The beginning of a new year is always exciting to me. There are so many things to plan for and dream about. One of those things is reading! 

Shocker, right? 

Here are some books I’m looking forward to reading in 2025. They are not all 2025 releases. Some came out at the end of 2024. Others are older than that. And many coming out in 2025 are not even on my radar yet! But these are, so here you go: 

Historical Fiction: 

This is by far my largest category, mostly because it is my first love so I’m always on the lookout for what’s next from so many authors I enjoy. I’ve just started reading A Theiving at Carlton House. Erica Vetsch is so good that sometimes it takes me a while to get to hers because I want the time to enjoy each page. Cloaked in Beauty is in that same category. I want to savor it! Ditto on A Seaside Homecoming! Honestly, every author on this short list falls into that vein. I love them all. 

Contemporary Fiction: 

I’m excited to read my first Robin Jones Gunn book since the Sisterchicks series. Becky Wade’s books are a no-brainer. Always at the top of my contemporary fiction list. And yes, I’m salivating for the rest of Susan May Warren’s new series, the Minnesota Kingstons. I finished Jack just after Christmas and will buy the rest directly from Susie’s website so that I can get them at the earliest possible date! 

Non-Fiction: 

This is the category where I don’t usually read recently released books. I wait for recommendations or for books that fit something I need at the moment. Or, in the case of The Confessions by St. Augustine, a book I’ve wanted to read for a while. Last month I finished the first of Madeleine L’Engle’s Crosswicks Journal series—a memoir of faith, writing, and family—and loved it so much that I will finish the series this year. I loved the first one so much that while I want to continue listening to the other three (I did book one in audio), I also want to have the physical copies in my library. 

What books are you looking forward to reading in 2025? (Like I need more for my list. 😏)

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D'Ann Mateer

Inspired by novelist Eugenia Price, D’Ann’s dream of writing historical fiction with an element of faith began in middle school, though her serious drive toward publication took a bit longer. D’Ann is the author of four historical novels and one novella, as well as a contemporary short stories in a compilation volume. D’Ann and her husband of 30 years can be found in Austin, TX when they aren’t touring historic sites or visiting their grown children.

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  1. Agree with you about L’Engle’s books! Interviewed her for my college newspaper—a treasured experience.

  3. I am late to this post, but I would add Crystal Caudill’s Written in Secret. Her books are excellent! Oh! And Rachel McDaniel’s The Dreams We Knew. It’s my new favorite of hers (I was blessed to read an early copy). That girl’s writing knocks my socks off! I’m a fan of historical fiction as well. LOL

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