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My 2025 Reading List
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items It's that time of year! This is the ode to the never-ending pile of books on my bedside table. I've recently been getting back into reading, so I'm picking a manageable but impactful list I'm excited about. Now, let's see if I can read them all. Aste...here!
Sections
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Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Memoir & Non-Fiction
Adventure & Fiction
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Aliens, Fae, and Post-Apocalyptic Worlds, oh my!
The second (and possibly final*) book in Rothfuss’ rich and poetic fae universe, Kvothe must grapple with the morality of what it means to be a legend who’s still living, as he continues his search for answers about the creatures who killed his famil...
The Wise Man's Fear
What does it mean to be the prophesied one? Who is allowed to jockey for control, and who controls the controller? In Herbert’s technical and post-apocalyptic world, he explores the inter-planetary politics of what it means to manufacture a Holy War ...
Dune Book Series
Aliens have come and been wiped out — but have they? Ender, third child in a society that only allows families to have two, is recruited as a child prodigy tasked with training his fellow peers (read: other children) as elite commanders in Battle Sch...
Ender's Game
Memoir & Non-Fiction
Diving into the lives of others
On May 10th, 1996, three commercial climbing teams, including the first team to ever bring non-expert climbers to the mountain, decided to summit Mount Everest at the same time. By the time Summit Day was over, 12 people were dead. Krakauer, a journa...
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
New York City is home to over 8 million archetypes of people. Journalist Charlie LeDuff somehow speaks to all of them. Including vignettes of Wall Street brokers, garbage men, shop owners, and true Long Islanders, LeDuff paints a vibrant portrait of ...
Work and Other Sins: Life in New York City and Thereabouts
*The never ending-quest for The Big Wave. Memoir by New Yorker writer William Finnegan, he recounts his life as a surfer growing up in Hawaii and California, and his life's goal to find and ride the world's biggest wave as he navigates heartbreak, lo...
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
*A beautiful piece about how change can happen in just one year, Renkl watches her life, the life of her backyard, and America's life, change during the pandemic in 52 weekly vingettes. Each chapter is accompanied by a watercolor image painted by her...
The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
Adventure & Fiction
Escaping into another world
*The prophesied one is coming, and darkness will destroy all. Enter into the minds of five main characters as they all grapple with love, life, and faith — and the secret worry that they might be the Chosen One, destined to bring destruction. Half wh...
There Will Come a Darkness (The Age of Darkness Series #1)
On the morning of the 10th annual Hunger Games, Coriolanus Snow has one shot at being a mentor in the Games and restoring his family legacy from the poverty they’ve fallen into. When he’s paired to mentor the female tribute from District 12, the Game...
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
It’s the morning of the 50th annual Hunger Games, and it’s the Quarter Quell. Twice as many children are being reaped, and all Haymitch Abernathy cares about is spending his birthday with his girl. The fifth book in The Hunger Games series set for re...
Sunrise on the Reaping
When English couple Claire and Frank go to the countryside of 19th Century Scotland on a holiday expedition through their family history, they’re met with an unexpected and spiritual welcome. When Claire witnesses a Halloween ceremony at the stone ci...
Outlander Series
Written for NaNoWriMo, this twisted romance is set in Le Cirque des Reves, the circus that only happens at night. Unbeknownst to the circus patrons, a duel is happening between Celia and Marco, magicians who have been training their entire lives for ...
The Night Circus