books i've read september 2025

 9.1.25

• Single Player by Tara Tai (A)
• BL Metamorphosis #1 by Kaori Tsurutani (M)
• BL Metamorphosis #2 by Kaori Tsurutani (M)
• Stuck by Kayla Miller (GN)
• Molly, Olive, and Dexter: You Can't Catch Me! by Catherine Rayner (PB)
• Stuck Inside by Sally Anne Garland (PB)
• Little Mole Gives Thanks by Glenys Nellist & Sally Garland (PB)
• Hello Hello Numbers by Brendan Wenzel (PB)

9.3.25

• The Great Truck Switcheroo by Bob Shea & Brian Won (PB)
• Jane Goodall Is a Friend to All by Kate Coombs & Seth Lucas (YNF)
• Stanley's Colors by williambee (PB)
• Millie Fleur Saves the Night by Christy Mandin (PB)
• How to Pee Your Pants: The Right Way by Rachel Michelle Wilson (PB)
• Rainbow Allies: The True Story of Kids Who Stood Against Hate by Nancy Churnin & Izzy Evans (YNF)
• Mr. Watson's Chickens by Jarrett Dapier & Andrea Tsurumi (PB)
• Stanley's Diner by williambee (PB)
• Stanley's Fire Engine by williambee (PB)

9.4.25

• The Bad Guys in One Last Thing by Aaron Blabey (GN)

9.5.25

• The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst (A)
• The Girl Who Figured It Out by Minda Dentler & Stephanie Dehennin (YNF)
• The Midnight Fair by Gideon Sterer & Mariachiara Di Giorgio (PB)
• Six Little Sticks by Tiffany Stone & Ruth Hengeveld (PB)
• The Bakers Dozen by Amy Moore & Andrea Stegmaier (PB)
• Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead ABC by Gabriela Orozco Belt & Esteli Meza (YNF)
• The Laughing Book by Kael Tudor & Daniel Wiseman (YNF)
• A New Home by Tania de Regil (PB)
• The Tour at School! by Katie Clapham & Nadia Shireen (PB)
• Bob and Dob: A Tale of Tattling by Sean E. Avery (PB)
• Rise to the Sky: How the World's Tallest Trees Grow Up by Rebecca E. Hirsch & Mia Posada (YNF)
• Thinking About Thinking by Grant Snider (GN)
• Pumpkin and Beetle: Two Vampire Cats by Jannie Ho (GN)
• Hirayasumi #2 by Keigo Shinzo (M)

9.6.25

• The Welcome Home by Amy June Bates (PB)
• Sewing the Rainbow: The Story of Gilbert Baker and the Rainbow Flag by Gayle E. Pitman & Holly Clifton-Brown (YNF)
• Norman and the Smell of Adventure by Ryan T. Higgins (PB)
• Big Problems, Little Problems by Ben Feller & Merce Lopez (PB)
• The Truth About Elephants by Maxwell Eaton III (YNF)
• My Guncle and Me by Jonathan Merritt & Joanna Carillo (PB)
• Auntie Uncle: Drag Queen Hero by Ellie Royce, Hannah Chambers, & Marti Gould Cummings (PB)
• My Sister, Daisy by Adria Karlsson & Linus Curci (PB)
• My Maddy by Gayle E. Pitman & Violet Tobacco (PB)
• When You Go to Dragon School by Chelsea M. Campbell & Charlene Chua (PB)
• When You Look Out the Window: How Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin Built a Community by Gayle E. Pitman & Christopher Lyles (YNF)
• The Grandest Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (YA)
• Thor and Loki: Midgard Family Mayhem by Jeffrey Brown (GN)

9.7.25

• Real Men Knit by Kwana Jackson (A)
• Okay, Andy! by Maxwell Eaton III (GN)
• Pickleballers by Ilana Long (A)

9.8.25

• The Champions by Kara Thomas (YA)
• How Do We Relationship? #11 by Tamifull (M)
• How to Teach Your Monster to Read by Christianne Jones & Katya Longhi (PB)
• Bea's Bad Day by Tom Percival (PB)
• Meesha Makes Friends by Tom Percival (PB)
• Astronautical! by Brooklin Stormie (GN)
• Bog Myrtle by Sid Sharp (GN)

9.10.25

• Sorry, Bro by Taleen Voskuni (A)

9.11.25

• Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan (YA)
• Unnatural Magic by C.M. Waggoner (A)

9.12.25

• If We Were a Movie by Zakiya N. Jamal (YA)

9.13.25

• The Vampire Knitting Club by Nancy Warren (A)

9.14.25

• The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (A)
• The Undercutting of Rosie and Adam by Megan Bannen (A)
• Brewster the Rooster by Devin Scillian & Lee White (PB)
• Not a Dog by Claudia Guadalupe Martinez & Laura Gonzalez (YNF)
• Born Inside a Nest So Small: Conversation with a Hummingbird by Iza Trapani (YNF)
• Supernana by Eva Byrne (PB)
• Nelly the Very Different Bird by Alex Macdonald (PB)
• Dad, Is It Time to Gather Mint?: Celebrating the Seasons by Tyna Legault Taylor & Michelle Dao (PB)
• Lone Wolf on Vacation by Kiah Thomas & K-Fai Steele (Y)

9.15.25

• Stitches and Witches by Nancy Warren (A)
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling (Y)

9.16.25

• Hirayasumi #3 by Keigo Shinzo (M)

9.18.25

• A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (A)

9.20.25

• Bear Builds a House by Maxwell Eaton III (YNF)
• Little Troublemaker Defends Her Name by Luvvie Ajayi Jones & Joey Spiotto (PB)
• Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Jim Aylesworth & Barbara McClintock (PB)
• Little Libraries, Big Heroes by Miranda Paul & John Parra (YNF)
• Albert's Quiet Quest by Isabelle Arsenault (PB)
• Maisy's Big Book of Kindness by Lucy Cousins (PB)
• C Is for Country by Lil Nas X & Theodore Taylor III (PB)
• Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Valeri Gorbachev (PB)
• Maisy Goes on a Nature Walk by Lucy Cousins (PB)
• Maisy Gets a Pet by Lucy Cousins (PB)
• Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Other Stories by Lucy Cousins (PB)
• Maisy Goes to the Library by Lucy Cousins (PB)
• Maisy Goes to the Local Bookstore by Lucy Cousins (PB)
• Maisy Makes Lemonade by Lucy Cousins (PB)
• I Would Give You My Tail by Tanya Tagaq & Qavavau Manumie (PB)
• Beanie the Bansheenie by Eoin Colfer & Steve McCarthy (PB)
• Good Luck, Ice Cream Truck! by Sorche Fairbank & Terry Runyan (PB)
• The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian (A)
• Ready, Set, Roll! by Alessandro Montagnana (PB)
• Little Big Man by Varian Johnson & Reggie Brown (PB)
• CeeCee: Underground Railroad Cinderella by Shana Keller & Laura Freeman (PB)
• Daisy Rewilds by Margaret McNamara & Kerascoet (PB)
• Echo by Adam Rex (PB)
• Made for More by Chloe Ito Ward & Gael Abary (PB)
• Head Full of Clouds by Joanne Schwartz & Afsaneh Sanei (PB)
• Late Eclipses by Seanan McGuire (A)

9.21.25

• How Do We Relationship? #12 by Tamifull (M)
• Hirayasumi #4 by Keigo Shinzo (M)
• What Did You Eat Yesterday? #5 by Fumi Yoshinaga (M)
• What Did You Eat Yesterday? #6 by Fumi Yoshinaga (M)
• The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers (A)
• Hug Time by Patrick McDonnell (PB)
• The Gift of Nothing by Patrick McDonnell (PB)

9.22.25

• Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender (YA)
• The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian (A)
• Wingborn by Marjorie Liu & Grace Kum (GN)

9.24.25

• Dating and Dragons by Kristy Boyce (YA)
• BL Metamorphosis #3 by Kaori Tsurutani (M)
• BL Metamorphosis #4 by Kaori Tsurutani (M)
• BL Metamorphosis #5 by Kaori Tsurutani (M)

9.25.25

• Bob the Boo-Boo by Melina Schoenborn & Sandra Dumais (PB)
• This Is Not My Story by Ryan Utyde Willigen & David Huyck (PB)

9.26.25

• Llamaphones by Janik Coat (PB)
• Stanley's Shapes by williambee (PB)
• The Sleeping Beauty by Jennifer Adams & Corey Egbert (PB)
• Everything's Wrong!: A Bear, a Hare, and Trouble Everywhere by Jory John & Erin Kraan (PB)
• The Worry-Worry Whale Made 32 Mistakes by Deborah Diesen & Dan Hanna (PB)
• The Littlest Drop by Sascha Alper, Jerry Pinkney, & Brian Pinkney (PB)

9.27.25

• Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood (A)
• Octopus Escapes Again! by Laurie Ellen Angus (YNF)

9.28.25

• Night of the Deer by Mary Morel & Mira Miroslavova (PB)
• This Moment Is Special: A Dia de Muertos Story by John Parra (PB)
• Bright Lights and Summer Nights by Shauntay Grant & Zach Manbeck (PB)
• Warm and Fuzzy by Scott Rothman & Brian Won (PB)
• Zara in the Middle by Erika Lynne Jones (PB)
• Bela and Lily by Natasha Khan Kazi (PB)
• Scamp by Anden Wilder (PB)
• The Moon Rabbit by Eva Wong Nava & Jason Chuang (PB)
• The Most Magnificent Team by Ashley Spires (PB)
• Worms Are Our Friends by Toni D'Alia & Mimi Purnell (YNF)
• My Vesak: Day of Buddha by Priya Kumari & Urvashi Dubey (YNF)
• So Many Years: A Juneteenth Story by Anne Wynter & Jerome Pumphrey (YNF)
• Goodbye, Hello: A Going Home Travel Adventure by Angela H. Dale & Daniel Wiseman (PB)
• Billie and Bean at the Beach by Julia Hansson (PB)
• The Boy Who Cried Poop! by Alessandra Requena & Guilherme Karsten (PB)
• Looking for Group by Alexis Hall (A)

9.29.25

• Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade (A)
• Maya Makes Waves by Maya Gabeira & Ramona Kaulitzki (PB)
• Home by Tonya Lippert & Andrea Stegmaier (PB)
• Night Night Ladybug by Chris Ferrie & Melanie Mikecz (YNF)
• Old Enough to Save the Planet by Loll Kirby & Adelina Lirius (YNF)
• Little Mole Goes to School by Glenys Nellist (PB)
• The Boy Who Became a Parrot: A Foolish Biography of Edward Lear, Who Invented Nonsense by Wolverton Hill & Laura Carlin (YNF)
• It's Really Cold Outside! by Harret Ziefert (PB)

9.30.25

• All the Feels by Olivia Dade (A)

09.25 total: 148

19 adult fiction; 12 manga; 8 graphic novels; 80 picture books; 20 youth nonfiction; 3 youth fiction; 6 young adult fiction