Favorite books I read in 2025

I read or skimmed or glanced-at-and-then-gave-up-on only 60 books in 2025, down from around 120 in some recent previous years. I think the reduced number was mostly because I’ve reached the point in my unread-books project where much of what’s left is giant omnibuses and collections, where even if I skim a given book, it takes me a while to get through. As usual, I read very little that was…