I had a previous thread but it was long and full enough. From the books in there, the last one I had committed to read and still unread was The Girls in the Stilt House. That should arrive in the next two weeks.
I have terrible chronic insomnia and I have vision issues so I listen to audio books. One of the nice things about audio books is I can combine quilting with reading! One of the bad sides of audio is the narrator or production can hurt an otherwise good story. I definitely have some favorite narrators. Typically I go through about 2-3 books a week. I listen to pretty much all genres, fiction and non-fiction, short stories to multiple long novels. Too much adult content in audio I find icky... whether the narrator just says groans or makes sounds, not so much for me. Occasional episodes are ok and can be necessary for plot progression. I tend to like Action/Adventure that may include spies (think Clive Cussler), a lot of legal/procedural/cop/crime stories. Mysteries in general are good, from old school to cozy. I do listen to a lot of Fantasy, but have grown a real distaste for long complicated character names... after the 1,000 repetition of Leliwillian or what ever and I'm longing for a simple Will... still for a good story that is easily overcome.
I am sadly rather caught up on most major series of books but there are still new ones for me to discover -- so I'm asking you all for help and to share what has caught your reading attention.
My most recent book that really involved me was Murderland, by Caroline Fraser. It is on a number of Best of 2025 lists. It is a fascinating non-fiction on the various clusters of serial killers in (primarily) the Seattle area, and is the author's belief that there were in part from environmental toxins (lead and cadmium) from the Arsaco smelter in Tacoma. For me it was doubly interesting because my real first name is Caroline, the author and I are only a year apart in age, and we spent large periods of our life in close proximity but never meeting. In addition she discusses things like the traffic corridor (I worked for traffic engineers) and the CSZ -- the Cascadia Subduction Zone or earthquake fault, that people who know me have heard about!
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-r...er/murderland/