25 VINTAGE BOOKS FOR 2025

[@kimberlycasey4105]

I love vintage books📖. Looking forward to hearing about all these books!

[@michelewick7340]

Brat Farrar is one of my all-time mysteries! Gray Mask is fantastic, also. You have some wonderful reading choices!☺️

[@ReadJournalLove]

All these look so fun! Vintage Fiction is cozy. The 39 Steps is one I want to read because I liked the Hitchcock movie.

[@mitzireadsandwrites]

I was surprised at how short it is, so you might be able to squeeze that one in between other longer books.

[@elizabethbrink3761]

What a terrific selection! Sound slike you can't go wrong. I love Patricia Wentworth's Miss Silver series.

[@JacquelineCaron]

you have some beautiful vintage books - always love when you share them! I want to collect more of the Dean Street Press books.

[@mitzireadsandwrites]

Same! I'm so thankful that they republish all of those old ones, so we can enjoy them, too!

[@BorderCollieInALibrary]

I love it that you call these books Vibtage Books. I would be very interested in watching a video about your definition of a classic. House on the Strand and The Tall Stranger are on my list for this year. Very excited to hear your thoughts on them.

[@rebecca_is_book-hooked]

I have not read a Mary Westmacott yet. Glad you mentioned it! I need to start those.

[@clarepotter7584]

I have plenty of Persephone books that I would like to read and a couple of Stella Gibbons which I bought because I love 'Cold Comfort Farm'.

[@mitzireadsandwrites]

I need to read Cold Comfort Farm!

[@clarepotter7584]

@@mitzireadsandwrites It's such fun, she's like Austen's Emma among a group of eccentrics distant relatives, determined to sort them out.

[@glendaw5221]

Oh Mitzi, your 2025 TBR seems great but at the same time like so many books!

[@librariesandlabradors]

Oh the Forsyte Saga, you will love it I hope! I gravitate towards vintage books too, I’m inspired to pick up some more from you!

[@mitzireadsandwrites]

I'm so excited for that series!

[@sandra3616]

I had to come back here because Anne (In Search of Wonder) has these bonus challenges with her Classics reading challenge. This months is read like a booktuber, so I'm reading like you! I'm actually reading Rebecca. I know you love gothic novels. There it is. I'm a Mitzi wannabe! 🤣

[@terrihoskinson]

Nice selection! I’m just starting to add more older titles that aren’t classics to my TBR list so I very much enjoyed seeing your list. I just ran across a lot of Catherine Cookson books and picked those up. Wondering if you have heard of her as I had not and I don’t think I’ve heard anyone mention her books. From researching Catherine Cookson, it seems she was a quite popular British author.

[@mitzireadsandwrites]

I have one book by her on my shelf, but never read anything by her yet!

[@StormReads]

I have a paperback copy of Touch Not the Cat,its on my Feb TBR! 😃 I have some Patricia Wentworth books but none from the Miss Silvers series. 😄

[@mitzireadsandwrites]

😂you know what? I think I have another one by her but I assumed it was Miss Silver- now I'm curious.

[@Soniawithani]

I love that you are going to read the Ellery Queen book, I am curious to see if she will be a new favorite for you. I have both of those Mary Stuart books if you would like to do a buddy read. SO many wonderful books, you have a wonderful reading year ahead of you.

[@Angela-it2tb]

My Vintage heart loved this!❤😂 I loved the Tall Stranger and House on the Strand either one would be great to read next!!

[@mitzireadsandwrites]

Thanks! I'm ready for another Daphne du Maurier!

[@michaelmccarty]

Great choices! I loved the miniseries of The Forsyte Saga on PBS many years ago and have been curious about the books.

[@mitzireadsandwrites]

I want to watch that series!

[@rebecca_is_book-hooked]

I love your vintage book collection!!!!! I know you’ve done videos like this before, but I’d love to see more about your favorite vintage books, newly discovered vintage series, and authors.

[@mitzireadsandwrites]

I'd love to! I LOVE talking about these old ones! Thanks- you're my people 😂

[@rebecca_is_book-hooked]

@ Same!

[@rebecca_is_book-hooked]

Also, I’d love to hear if you or your followers have any tips/techniques for vintage books when it comes to cleaning them up a bit, handling them, and maintaining without damaging them. None of mine have much monetary value, but I want to enjoy them and read them while also keeping them intact as best I can. So I’d love to hear what other people do.

[@patriciadeane7250]

Loved Miss Penny and Miss Plum!

[@mitzireadsandwrites]

I haven't heard much about that one, so I'm happy to hear you enjoyed it!

[@librotique]

I love Dorothy Evelyn Smith !!! She is such a hidden gem. Miss Penny and Miss Plum is very good, it has a very Barbara Pym feel to it. My favorite of hers is O, The Brave Music, a wonderful coming of age story. I will keep an eye out for your thoughts on it. Happy Reading!

[@patriciadeane7250]

@ I was so impressed with Miss Penny & Miss Plum that I immediately ordered O Brave Music but have not read it as yet….something to look forward to!

[@librotique]

@patriciadeane7250 i would love to know what you think! It is one of my favorite books of all time.

[@readsandeats2263]

What a great list of books. I have read The 39 steps and enjoyed it. Have a great reading time.

[@literary1]

Thank you for this video, Mitzi! I've been looking for some "lesser known" vintage/classics to read--now I need to watch this again with pen and paper handy!

[@mitzireadsandwrites]

Yay! Hope you discover some new favorites!

[@ACanuckinAlabama]

I have Josephine Tey, Dorothy Sayers and Patricia Wentworth on my shelves too 😊

[@Thecatladybooknook_PennyD]

I call those modern classics. But I understand what you're saying.

[@mitzireadsandwrites]

Yeah, I just had some that I wasn't sure about, so I just lumped them together.

[@deborahracette9755]

You made my day! I had Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch when I was a little girl and I don't think I thought of it again until now! Wonderful memory. I would love to mat and frame so many of those covers and hang them on my library wall - they truly are works of art.

[@mitzireadsandwrites]

Oh, yes! Those covers make me so happy!

[@estherjane-m8e]

I am reading A Winter Away right now and loving it

[@mitzireadsandwrites]

Isn't it great?? perfect for this season, too!

[@estherjane-m8e]

@ it is especially when I live north of Syracuse where all it’s been doing is snow a coldz🙂☃️🥶

[@melissawatson9974]

Love all your editions!

[@debralang9467]

Oh! I'd love for you to read A Lantern in Her Hand, first. :) I've probably read it 5 or more times over the decades and it always feels fresh and new. Enjoy your reading year!

[@mitzireadsandwrites]

Yay! That excites me to read it! Right now, I'm reading another one by her, Song of Years and I can't wait for bedtime to read another page! It's so good!

[@MsMaryLS]

Oh, yay! I am sooooo excited that you're reading SONG OF YEARS! A LANTERN IN HER HAND is my second favorite Aldrich book! There is a sequel to that one called A WHITE BIRD FLYING.

[@debwassenberg8859]

Mitzi, I love The Thirty-Nine Steps! Hitcock made the book into a movie in 1935 and then a TV series was made in 2008. Bit different from the book as usual but great fun!

[@mitzireadsandwrites]

Thanks! I look forward to watching the movie after I read it!

[@theresas709]

I loved The Gabriel Hounds.

[@lizziefayelovesbooks]

That is an awesome stack of books! I wouldn't know where to start! LOL!

[@eileenalholinna5310]

All of Bess Streeter Aldrich’s are excellent… I loved Grace Livingston Hill’s books… ❤

[@mitzireadsandwrites]

Oh my goodness! I am loving this first one I'm reading by Aldrich!! I need to dig in and find more of her books!

[@teresaglasco6082]

Im going to be reading vintage/classic children's books and middle grade. The White Stag looks interesting.

[@mitzireadsandwrites]

It won a Newbery, so I'm excited to try that one.

[@eileennielsen5165]

Good video. I can't find most of the vintage books you mention. Found a very few at my used bookstore.😐🤔

[@mitzireadsandwrites]

yes, I've just happened upon these at library sales and estate sales.

[@denisadellinger]

I have not read the Forsythe Saga but I have the book and the mini series. The mini series is so good. And it does have a sequel to it as well about the children of the main couple. It is such a long book that I was hesitant to start into it. Maybe you can rent and watch it after you read it, or before. The book is always better than the movies.

[@mitzireadsandwrites]

Yes! I've heard about that miniseries, so I'll try to watch it once I finish reading it.

[@insearchofwonder]

I've not read many vintage authors. I really want to read Mary Stewart, D E Stevenson, and I might try Patricia Wentworth as well.

[@mitzireadsandwrites]

I've enjoyed the ones I've read so far!

[@estherjane-m8e]

Mitzi, I was just watching a Booktuber who reminded me of you. Have to ever followed Ellie’s Cozy Chronicles? She reads many books that you read and many, many gardening and flower books. I think you will love her love ❤😊

[@mitzireadsandwrites]

I love Ellie! We've actually buddy read together. ❤

[@estherjane-m8e]

@ oh how cool. I love her latest video and it so reminded me of you. She is so calming. Glad you do.

[@janetsmith8566]

I vote for BratFerrar! The kind of thriller that I think you like. You will love it! In my opinion it is Josephine Tey’s best one! And she wrote a few good ones.

[@mitzireadsandwrites]

It will be my first Tey!

[@gerrid9092]

I followed up Brat Ferrar with Mary Stewart’s The Ivy Tree as someone on BookTube had suggested. I love DSP. Other good Elizabeth Fair books that I have read were Bramton Wick and Seaview House. Very enjoyable!

[@sandra3616]

I have four Mary Stewarts, including The Gabriel Hounds, on my shelf, but have yet to read anything by her.

[@mitzireadsandwrites]

I have several still to read, but I've really enjoyed the ones I have. Hope you get a chance to try her this year.