2025 Reading List
Below is a list of books I read in 2025.
I’ve been on a philosophy and biography kick for years now … I can’t get enough! Though this year I mixed in some history and a few others as well, but am still solidly in my nonfiction era.
Most of the links below are affiliate links to Bookshop.org, which I prefer to Amazon because it supports local bookstores, and one of my favorite things in the world is visiting small towns and immediately seeking out their local book shop.
My top two books of the year are in bold.
What I read in 2025
Million Dollar Weekend, Noah Kagan
Buy on Bookshop.org
Entrepreneurship, Business
The Fourth Turning is Here, Neil Howe
Buy on Bookshop.org
Politics, Current Affairs
Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper, Allen Roland
Buy on Bookshop.org
History
The Vietnam War: A Military History, Geoffrey Wawro
Buy on Bookshop.org
History
The Ode Less Travelled, Stephen Fry
Buy on Bookshop.org
Poetry, Education
Montaigne, Stefan Zweig
Buy on Bookshop.org
Philosophy
Titan, Ron Chernow
Buy on Bookshop.org
Biography
Wisdom Takes Work, Ryan Holiday
Buy on Bookshop.org
Philosophy
Living a Quiet Life, Vanessa Marie Dewsbury
Buy on Amazon (unfortunately, not available on Bookshop.org)
Self-growth
Thoughts of a Philosophical Fighter Pilot, Jim Stockdale
Buy on Bookshop.org
Philosophy
The Sailing of the Intrepid, Montel Williams & Davis Fisher
Buy on Bookshop.org
History
Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott
Buy on Bookshop.org
Memoir, Education
Remembrance of Things Paris, [edited by] Ruth Reichl
Buy on Bookshop.org
Food Memoir, Anthology, Travel
Here’s the entire list on Bookshop.org, minus Living a Quiet Life, as the author opted to limit availability to Amazon.
