Books Read in 2025
- So far in 2025, I've read 77 books for 39700 pages, with an average rating of 3.6. The best books of the year have been:
- Anathem (Neal Stephenson)
- Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
- Deadhouse Gates (Steven Erikson)
- Demons (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
- House of Open Wounds (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
- Shōgun: The Epic Novel of Japan (James Clavell)
- The Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver)
- The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
- The Winter of Our Discontent (John Steinbeck)
Book List
January
| Books read - 10 | Title | Author | Series | Pages 5280 | Read | Rating 3.8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Born to Be Hanged | Keith Thomson | - | 384 | Dec 27, 2024 - Jan 1, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Knight | Gene Wolfe | The Wizard Knight | 544 | Dec 27, 2024 - Jan 5, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Rise of the Ranger | Philip C. Quaintrell | The Echoes Saga | 501 | Jan 5, 2025 - Jan 11, 2025 | ⭐ |
 | A Soldier of the Great War | Mark Helprin | - | 792 | Dec 24, 2024 - Jan 16, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Canterbury Tales | Geoffrey Chaucer | - | 602 | Jan 2, 2025 - Jan 19, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| House of Open Wounds | Adrian Tchaikovsky | The Tyrant Philosophers | 608 | Jan 12, 2025 - Jan 19, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Bible and Borders | M. Daniel Carroll R. | - | 160 | Jan 20, 2025 - Jan 23, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | The Secret History | Donna Tartt | - | 559 | Jan 17, 2025 - Jan 24, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Gardens of the Moon | Steven Erikson | Malazan Book of the Fallen | 666 | Jan 19, 2025 - Jan 27, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Trespasser | Tana French | Dublin Murder Squad | 464 | Jan 27, 2025 - Jan 30, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
February
| Books read - 3 | Title | Author | Series | Pages 1770 | Read | Rating 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Acceptance | Jeff VanderMeer | Southern Reach Trilogy | 341 | Jan 27, 2025 - Feb 4, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Demons | Fyodor Dostoevsky | - | 842 | Jan 24, 2025 - Feb 15, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Wizard | Gene Wolfe | The Wizard Knight | 587 | Feb 4, 2025 - Feb 15, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
March
| Books read - 8 | Title | Author | Series | Pages 3829 | Read | Rating 3.88 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Ken Kesey | - | 325 | Feb 16, 2025 - Mar 1, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Days of Shattered Faith | Adrian Tchaikovsky | The Tyrant Philosophers | 512 | Feb 15, 2025 - Mar 5, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Source | James A. Michener | - | 1080 | Feb 15, 2025 - Mar 7, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | Planet of Exile | Ursula K. Le Guin | Hainish Cycle | 126 | Mar 8, 2025 - Mar 11, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Mystic River | Dennis Lehane | - | 416 | Mar 7, 2025 - Mar 12, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Winter of Our Discontent | John Steinbeck | - | 291 | Mar 7, 2025 - Mar 14, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| The Empire's Ruin | Brian Staveley | Ashes of the Unhewn Throne | 752 | Mar 11, 2025 - Mar 21, 2025 | ⭐⭐ | |
| The Storm Before the Storm | Mike Duncan | - | 327 | Mar 14, 2025 - Mar 24, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
April
| Books read - 3 | Title | Author | Series | Pages 1947 | Read | Rating 3.33 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | City of Stairs | Robert Jackson Bennett | The Divine Cities | 452 | Apr 2, 2025 - Apr 9, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Of Empires and Dust | Ryan Cahill | The Bound and the Broken | 1030 | Apr 9, 2025 - Apr 23, 2025 | ⭐⭐ |
| A Drop of Corruption | Robert Jackson Bennett | Shadow of the Leviathan | 465 | Apr 23, 2025 - Apr 26, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
May
| Books read - 6 | Title | Author | Series | Pages 3475 | Read | Rating 3.33 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cage of Souls | Adrian Tchaikovsky | - | 602 | Apr 26, 2025 - May 1, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Many-Colored Land | Julian May | Saga of the Pliocene Exile | 435 | May 2, 2025 - May 7, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Searcher | Tana French | Cal Hooper | 451 | May 7, 2025 - May 9, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| A Game of Thrones | George R. R. Martin | A Song of Ice and Fire | 835 | May 7, 2025 - May 15, 2025 | ⭐⭐ | |
 | Deadhouse Gates | Steven Erikson | Malazan Book of the Fallen | 604 | May 16, 2025 - May 26, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Shards of Earth | Adrian Tchaikovsky | The Final Architecture | 548 | May 27, 2025 - May 31, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
June
| Books read - 3 | Title | Author | Series | Pages 1607 | Read | Rating 3.67 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Hunter | Tana French | Cal Hooper | 467 | Jun 2, 2025 - Jun 7, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | City of Blades | Robert Jackson Bennett | The Divine Cities | 484 | May 31, 2025 - Jun 10, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Raven Scholar | Antonia Hodgson | Eternal Path Trilogy | 656 | Jun 17, 2025 - Jun 24, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
July
| Books read - 3 | Title | Author | Series | Pages 1494 | Read | Rating 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Pilot | Will Wight | The Last Horizon | 421 | Jul 3, 2025 - Jul 6, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| Eyes of the Void | Adrian Tchaikovsky | The Final Architecture | 608 | Jul 6, 2025 - Jul 17, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Isles of the Emberdark | Brandon Sanderson | - | 465 | Jul 20, 2025 - Jul 25, 2025 | ⭐⭐ |
August
| Books read - 4 | Title | Author | Series | Pages 3058 | Read | Rating 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | House of Chains | Steven Erikson | Malazan Book of the Fallen | 1015 | Jun 16, 2025 - Aug 3, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Lords of Uncreation | Adrian Tchaikovsky | The Final Architecture | 608 | Aug 3, 2025 - Aug 10, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | The Bonehunters | Steven Erikson | Malazan Book of the Fallen | 1203 | Aug 10, 2025 - Aug 28, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| The Bean Trees | Barbara Kingsolver | - | 232 | Jul 23, 2025 - Aug 30, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
September
| Books read - 7 | Title | Author | Series | Pages 4233 | Read | Rating 4.14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | City of Miracles | Robert Jackson Bennett | The Divine Cities | 451 | Aug 31, 2025 - Sep 5, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Will of the Many | James Islington | The Hierarchy | 640 | Sep 6, 2025 - Sep 10, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Shroud | Adrian Tchaikovsky | - | 436 | Sep 14, 2025 - Sep 17, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Shōgun: The Epic Novel of Japan | James Clavell | Asian Saga | 1152 | Sep 6, 2025 - Sep 20, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Tainted Cup | Robert Jackson Bennett | Shadow of the Leviathan | 413 | Sep 20, 2025 - Sep 22, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Jesus and the Powers | N. T. Wright, Michael F. Bird | - | 204 | Sep 10, 2025 - Sep 27, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | Anathem | Neal Stephenson | - | 937 | Sep 22, 2025 - Sep 30, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
October
| Books read - 15 | Title | Author | Series | Pages 5057 | Read | Rating 3.33 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Witch Elm | Tana French | - | 509 | Sep 22, 2025 - Oct 4, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Tiger and the Wolf | Adrian Tchaikovsky | Echoes of the Fall | 590 | Oct 4, 2025 - Oct 7, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | Unsouled | Will Wight | Cradle | 283 | Oct 7, 2025 - Oct 9, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Soulsmith | Will Wight | Cradle | 275 | Oct 9, 2025 - Oct 11, 2025 | ⭐⭐ |
| Mythago Wood | Robert Holdstock | Mythago Wood | 322 | Oct 8, 2025 - Oct 12, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | Blackflame | Will Wight | Cradle | 360 | Oct 11, 2025 - Oct 14, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Exiles | Preston M. Sprinkle | - | 189 | Oct 8, 2025 - Oct 16, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Skysworn | Will Wight | Cradle | 282 | Oct 14, 2025 - Oct 17, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Ghostwater | Will Wight | Cradle | 303 | Oct 17, 2025 - Oct 19, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| Mapping the Interior | Stephen Graham Jones | - | 109 | Oct 14, 2025 - Oct 19, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | Underlord | Will Wight | Cradle | 308 | Oct 20, 2025 - Oct 22, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Uncrowned | Will Wight | Cradle | 320 | Oct 23, 2025 - Oct 26, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Wintersteel | Will Wight | Cradle | 540 | Oct 27, 2025 - Oct 29, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Bloodline | Will Wight | Cradle | 418 | Oct 29, 2025 - Oct 30, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Fahrenheit 451 | Ray Bradbury | - | 249 | Oct 14, 2025 - Oct 30, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
November
| Books read - 7 | Title | Author | Series | Pages 3622 | Read | Rating 3.14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Reaper | Will Wight | Cradle | 440 | Oct 30, 2025 - Nov 1, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Dreadgod | Will Wight | Cradle | 502 | Nov 2, 2025 - Nov 4, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Waybound | Will Wight | Cradle | 506 | Nov 4, 2025 - Nov 5, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| A Tangle of Time | Josiah Bancroft | The Hexologists | 416 | Nov 10, 2025 - Nov 12, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Bear and the Serpent | Adrian Tchaikovsky | Echoes of the Fall | 446 | Nov 6, 2025 - Nov 13, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | Snow Crash | Neal Stephenson | - | 576 | Nov 13, 2025 - Nov 18, 2025 | ⭐⭐ |
| The Strength of the Few | James Islington | The Hierarchy | 736 | Nov 18, 2025 - Nov 20, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
December
| Books read - 8 | Title | Author | Series | Pages 4328 | Read | Rating 3.63 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Shadows Upon Time | Christopher Ruocchio | The Sun Eater | 928 | Nov 20, 2025 - Dec 2, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| The Hyena and the Hawk | Adrian Tchaikovsky | Echoes of the Fall | 432 | Dec 2, 2025 - Dec 9, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Leviathan Wakes | James S. A. Corey | The Expanse | 592 | Dec 10, 2025 - Dec 15, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | Project Hail Mary | Andy Weir | - | 476 | Dec 16, 2025 - Dec 17, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Boy's Life | Robert McCammon | - | 610 | Invalid Date - Dec 23, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Final Empire | Brandon Sanderson | Mistborn | 541 | Dec 26, 2025 - Dec 28, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | One Hundred Years of Solitude | Gabriel García Márquez | - | 417 | Nov 8, 2025 - Dec 30, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Use of Weapons | Iain M. Banks | - | 332 | Dec 23, 2025 - Dec 31, 2025 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
