The 8 Best Books I Read in 2025

Photo by Ed Robertson on Unsplash I try to read 52 books every year. This year I fell short by eight for two reasons: (1) I read a bunch of long books (The Prize, LotR); and (2) I simply had less reading time than I’ve had in the past. Historically I’ve “read” a lot of books via audiobook, usually during commute, travel, and other dead time (laundry, dishes, walking places I’m going to walk to…