Every year, Marine resident and library volunteer Bill Simpson, who is also a voracious reader, releases his “best of the year” list of books. This year’s list features all books that are available from the Marine Community Library. View the list, below, or download the list here. (The download contains more details.)
Bill’s Picks- From the Marine Community Library for 2025
Fiction:
Havoc by Christopher Bollen
So Far Gone by Jess Walter
Twist by Colum McCann
The Black Wolf by Louise Penny
The Quiet Librarian by Allen Eskers
How to Read a Book by Monica Wood
No Names by Greg Hewett
Life & Death, & Giants by Ron Rindo
Blood Test by Charles Baxter
Non-fiction:
The Last American Road Trip by Sarah Kendzior
A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst
Shelter and Storm, At Home in the Driftless by Tamara Dean
Mark Twain by Ron Chernow
The Gales of November by John Bacon
Tigers Between Empires by Jonathan Slaght
Crime and Espionage:
Battle Mountain by CJ Box
Lethal Prey by John Sandford
Never Flinch by Stephen King
The Big Empty by Robert Crais
An Inside Job by Daniel Silva
Fever Beach by Carl Hiaasen
Hotel Ukraine by Martin Cruz Smith
Nightshade by Michael Connelly
Audio: Recently acquired, CD format
The Black Wolf by Louise Penny (2025, 9 hrs.)
Fever Beach by Carl Hiaasen (2025, 11 hrs.)
King of Ashes by SA Cosby (2025, 10 1/2 hrs.)
Never Flinch by Stephen King (2025, 18 hrs.)