November 2025

3 Favourite Reads of 2025? Already?

The good folks curating book recommendations at Shepherd.com collect readers’ three favourite books from November through the following October, which gives them time to post everyone’s top 3 picks before the calendar year-end.

Here’s a link to my top 3, which will also be reflected in my year-end picks:

Janet Sketchley’s 3 Favourite Reads in 2025

I can tell you one’s nonfiction, one’s a mystery, and one’s a new-to-me genre. I highly recommend each one.

All readers are welcome to add their top 3 picks to Shepherd’s annual list.

And authors are welcome to create a list of “5 books you love around a topic, theme, or mood” connected to one of your books you want to feature. For example, my list is “The best Christian/clean books where mystery/suspense meets women’s fiction” and it links to my first Green Dory Inn Mystery, Unknown Enemy.

[Disclosure: if you get to the Shepherd site by way of my 3 Favourite Reads link and you decide to submit your own 3 favourites, there’s a referrer link that will automatically show my book, Unknown Enemy, below your picks. It’s a little perk Shepherd offers for referrals. If you’d rather not have your list connected with my book, just go to Shepherd.com and start fresh with your list. If you’re an author, you may want to go straight to their “welcome authors” section.]

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Cozy Christmas Reads Giveaway

(I haven’t read these books, but they look good!)

Six Christmas novels/novellas will go to one winner. Print copies if the winner is in the US, or ebooks elsewhere. The fine print says, “By entering, you agree to share your email with each author included in this giveaway.” Ends November 21 (maybe 22nd?). Click the image above or hit this link: 

christmas-reads-giveaway

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What’s happening with my Green Dory Inn series?

Still no title, but the story passed the 80% mark. Can I finish by year-end? Prayers appreciated, and we’ll see how it unfolds. I’m still aiming for a fall 2026 release. 

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Until next time...

Wherever this finds you, thank you for opening my email and I wish you a lovely week with some time for a good book.

Until next time,

Janet Sketchley is an award-winning Atlantic Canadian writer who likes her fiction with a splash of mystery or adventure and a dash of Christianity. Why leave faith out of our stories if it's part of our lives? You can find Janet online at janetsketchley.ca.

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Buy links:

Green Dory Inn Mystery Series:

Unknown Enemy (book 1, novella-length)

Hidden Secrets (book 2, novel-length)

Bitter Truth (book 3, novel-length)

Deadly Burden (book 4, novel-length)

Redemption's Edge Christian Suspense Series:

Heaven's Prey (book 1, novel-length)

Secrets and Lies (book 2, novel-length)

Without Proof (book 3, novel-length)

Daily Devotional Collections:

A Year of Tenacity (365 days)

Tenacity at Christmas (31 days)

Reader's Journals:

Reads to Remember (Book Stack Edition)

Reads to Remember (Books with Tea Edition)