Books I read in 2025
I'm pretty sure this is all of them.
Earlier this year I decided to document my Books Read list. I’d never done this before since I’m not a huge fan of reading goals. This is probably a character flaw, related to my competitiveness with myself. If I set a goal of reading 100 books a year, I guarantee that 50% of those books will be books I actually want to read, 35% will be books I feel I should read but don’t actually want to read, and the remaining 15% will be junk mail I’ve stapled together into something resembling a book. For me, reading goals have the downstream effect of “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure,” which is called Goodhart’s Law, which I know because I just looked it up.
Goodhart’s Law aside, I found keeping a list helpful. Mostly because whenever my friends ask me what I’m reading lately, I can now consult my handy list instead of trying to sift through the deep recesses of my brain where my childhood home phone number and AOL password reside. It also spurred me to branch out and read more than just my old favorites. Though I should note that in Q4 my reading dropped off drastically since I’ve been in full on research/writing mode for my next novel. As of now I’ve only read four books since September.
So here it is, in all its glory. My 2025 book list. (*denotes a new read for me)
The Great Divorce - C.S. Lewis
*The 5 Love Languages for Kids - Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell
Off the Clock - Laura Vanderkam
Spark Joy - Marie Kondo
*Drive - Daniel Pink
The Other Boelyn Girl - Philippa Gregory
The 5 Love Languages - Gary Chapman
*Remarkably Bright Creatures - Shelby Van Pelt
Reflections on the Psalms - C.S. Lewis
*A Killing Cold - Kate Alice Marshall
Atomic Habits - James Clear
The Giver - Lois Lowry
*The Light Between Oceans - M.L. Stedman
Gathering Blue - Lois Lowry
*The Practice - Seth Godin
*Hidden Potential - Adam Grant
*All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
*The Psychology of Money - Morgan Housel
*Give and Take - Adam Grant
*Profit First - Mike Michalowicz
French Lessons - Peter Mayle
Tranquility by Tuesday - Laura Vanderkam
*The Party Crasher - Sophie Kinsella
The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis
Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton
*Ghosted - Rosie Walsh
*Sunrise on the Reaping - Suzanne Collins
*Modern Etiquette Made Easy - Myka Meier
The Tao of Martha - Jen Lancaster
*Tulipomamia - Mike Dash
I Regret Nothing - Jen Lancaster
The Brightest Star in the Sky - Marian Keyes
The Boelyn Inheritance - Philippa Gregory
*The 1 Page Marketing Plan - Allan Dib
*The Anxious Generation - Jonathan Haidt
*The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - Suzanne Collins
*The 12 Week Year - Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington
*The Big Short - Michael Lewis
*From Paycheck to Purpose - Ken Coleman
The Help - Kathryn Stockett
*The Lost Art of Doing Nothing - Maartje Willems and Lona Aalders
*The Twelve Monotasks - Thatcher Wine
Shopaholic Takes Manhattan - Sophie Kinsella
Shopaholic Ties the Knot - Sophie Kinsella
Shopaholic and Sister - Sophie Kinsella
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
Any suggestions for 2026?