Books of 2025
Here are the books I read in 2025. See also my list from 2024 and my visualization of this data.
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. (Anything I started reading before Christmas 2025 appears on this list, even if I didn’t finish it by year’s end; likewise, anything I started on or after Christmas 2025 will appear on my 2026 list.)
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.