Books of 2025

Here are the books I’ve read so far in 2025. See here for my list from 2024.

Table Format

  • Books are sorted in the approximate order I started reading them. (Click column headers to sort according to those properties.)
  • The “Attribution” column identifies the author, editor, illustrator, and/or translator, depending on the category and nature of the work. There may be one or more name.
  • I categorize books containing multiple works by the same author as collections and multiple works by different authors as anthologies. I include complete issues of fiction magazines as anthologies.
  • Links are fairly random and subject to change. I link the author name to their website if active, otherwise to their SFE or Wikipedia entry. Some title links go to reviews, which may be more interesting than other references.
  • ★ Starred entries indicate highlights I’d like to write more about. In some cases I’ve even scribbled some notes. These aren’t necessarily the “best” books or even my favorites of the year, but it’s a good approximation.
  • 👓 Entries marked with a glasses emoji are still in progress. If I started reading it in 2025, it’s on this list even if I didn’t finish it until 2026.

Omissions

  • Individual short stories, podcast episodes, essays, or articles. I’d like to keep track of the best stories I read online or by podcast, but I haven’t yet. Maybe next year.
  • Ongoing or random comics. I check out comics on Hoopla. In some cases I just read one or two sample issues to see if like it. In other cases, I’ll read through back issues and keep up with new issues as they become available – such as with Jim Zub’s various Conan series. I do include a few complete graphic novels in the listing below.

Books of 2025

#TitleAttributionCategoryFormatLibraryYear
1Dinosaurs: New Visions of a Lost WorldMichael J. Benton, illustrated by Bob NichollsNonfictionPrint2021
2New Adventures in Space OperaJonathan StrahanAnthologyPrint2024
3New Edge Sword & Sorcery #3Oliver BrackenburyAnthologyDigital2024
4New Edge Sword & Sorcery #4Oliver BrackenburyAnthologyDigital2024
5Paper Girls: The Complete StoryBrian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Cliff Chiang, Matt Wilson, and Jared K. FletcherFictionDigital2021
6The Player of GamesIain M. BanksFictionPrint1988
7The Profitable ArtistNew York Foundation for the ArtsNonfictionDigital2018
8Playing with Pop-UpsHelen HiebertNonfictionDigital2014
9Drawn Testimony: My Four Decades as a Courtroom Sketch ArtistJane RosenbergNonfictionPrint2024
10The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024Hugh Howey and John Joseph AdamsAnthologyPrint2024
11The Mercy of GodsJames S. A. CoreyFictionPrint2024
12A Psalm for the Wild-BuiltBecky ChambersFictionPrint2021
13James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice SheldonJulie PhillipsNonfictionPrint2006
14Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet #49Kelly Link and Gavin GrantAnthologyPrint2024
15A Prayer for the Crown-ShyBecky ChambersFictionPrint2022
16Never Say You Can't SurviveCharlie Jane AndersNonfictionPrint2021
17Where the Axe is BuriedRay NaylerFictionPrint2025
18Twelve TreesDaniel LewisNonfictionPrint2025
19Suffrage Song: The Haunted History of Gender, Race, and Voting Rights in the USCaitlin CassNonfictionDigital2024
20Blacks on John BrownBenjamin QuarlesNonfictionPrint1972
21Alpha 6Robert SilverbergAnthologyPrint1976
22The EternautHéctor Germán Oesterheld, illustrated by Francisco Solano López, translated by E. Rowan Mena and Martin HadisFictionDigital1957
23The Kaiju Preservation SocietyJohn ScalziFiction
Print2022
24The Space MerchantsFrederik Pohl and C. M. KornbluthFictionPrint1953
25OsamaLavie TidharFictionDigital2012
26Nebula Award Showcase 60Stephen KotowychAnthologyDigital2025
27The Jerry RescueAngela MurphyNonfictionPrint2014
28Liberation DayGeorge SaundersCollectionPrint2022
29Las batallas en el desiertoJosé Emilio PachecoFictionPrint1981
30Galactic NorthAlastair ReynoldsCollectionPrint2006
31New Edge Sword & Sorcery #2Oliver BrackenburyAnthologyDigital2023
32There is No Antimemetics Division (v1)Sam HughesFictionPrint2021
33None So BlindJoe HaldemanCollectionPrint1996
34The Devil in a ForestGene WolfeFictionPrint1976
35The Collapsing EmpireJohn ScalziFictionDigital2017
36Way StationClifford D. SimakFictionDigital1963
37Mexican GothicSilvia Moreno-GarciaFictionPrint2020
38👓How to Read a BookMortimer J. Adler and Charles Van DorenNonfictionPrint1940
39The Adventures of AlyxJoanna RussCollectionPrint1983
40Infinite Worlds: The Fantastic Visions of Science Fiction ArtVincent Di FateNonfictionPrint1997
41NadarNigel GoslingNonfictionPrint1976
42The City in the Middle of the NightCharlie Jane AndersFictionPrint2019
43Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet #50Kelly Link and Gavin GrantAnthologyPrint2025
44The Sword of Welleran and Other StoriesLord DunsanyCollectionDigital1908
45KrakenChina MiévilleFictionPrint2011
46👓The Buffalo Hunter HunterStephen Graham JonesFictionPrint2025
47👓New Edge Sword & Sorcery #5Oliver BrackenburyAnthologyDigital2025

Posted on Sunday, January 12th, 2025. Tags: , .