Book Lists 2025 Book

List and discuss the books you read this year.

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My list here. Only goal for this year is to read the Stormlight Archive.

1. Babel by R. F. Kuang
2. The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
3. James by Percival Everett
4. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
5. Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
6. Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Cost of the Perfect Playlist by Liz Pelly
7. Arcanum Unbounded by Brandon Sanderson
8. Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
9. Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson
10. Subvert: Plan For the Artist-Owned Internet by Austin Robey

 

January
Novels
1. Wind & Truth - Brandon Sanderson, 2024
2. The Child of the Greenwood - Joshua Walker, 2025
3. Into the Rift - Clay Harmon, 2024
4. West: Tales of the Lost Lands - Martin Wall, 2023
5. The Sword Defiant - Gareth Hanrahan, 2023

Comics, Manga, Other
1. The Ancient Magus’ Bride, Vol. 7 - Kore Yamazaki, 2017
2. Donald Duck: The Old Castle’s Secret - Carl Barks, 2013

 

January
The Crown Conspiracy - Michael J. Sullivan
The Sword of Kaigen - ML Wang
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
Silence is Silver - Andrew Watson
The Harbinger of Justice - Andrew Watson
The Black Mantle - Andrew Watson

February
The Child of the Greenwood - Joshua Walker
Station Eleven - Emily St John Mandel
Lady Drakeslayer - Bill Adams
Mourn not the Mortals - Jordan Smith
An Inkling of Flame - ZB Steele
Morvelving - CJ Switzer
Assassins Apprentice - Robin Hobb

 

1.) Wind and Truth (The Stormlight Archive #5) - Brandon Sanderson
2.) House of Chains (Malazan: Book of the Fallen #4) - Steven Erikson
3.) Night of Knives (Novels of the Malazan Empire #1) - Ian C Esslemont
4.) Midnight Tides (Malazan: Book of the Fallen #5) - Steven Erikson
5.) The Bonehunters (Malazan: Book of the Fallen #6) - Steven Erikson
6.) Reaper’s Gale (Malazan: Book of the Fallen #7) - Steven Erikson
7.) Return of the Crimson Guard (Novels of the Malazan Empire #2) - Ian C Esslemont

 

Placeholder until I get home from Portugal and finalize my goals.

Currently reading my friend’s third book in her urban fantasy series on the flights/trains and stuff.

 

January:
Novels:
1. Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle
2. Mickey7 by Ashton Edward
3. Ankle Snatcher by Grady Hendrix (short story)
5. Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
6. Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
7. We Spread by Iain Reid


February:
Novels:
1. Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman
2. I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
3. Boys in the Valley by Phillip Fracassi
4. Knock Knock Open Wide by Neil Sharpson
5. Model Home by Rivers Solomon
6. Guillotine by Delilah S. Dawson


March:
Novels:
1. Blob by Maggie Su

 

1.Dungeon Crawler Carl - The Inevitable Ruin

 

Aiming for 70 books again this year, with a particular goal of reading more history books. First book of the year down which was a fairly short short story collection:

- 'Nails and Eyes' by Kaori Fujino

 

Placeholder. Though I’m not sure the point of having a thread for lists and then a general book thread.

 

placeholder, I keep telling myself "I'll read more books this year" and maybe some kinda accountability will actually make me do that

Currently Reading:
Someone Who Isn't Me by Geoff Rickly (carryover from 2024)

Read:
The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter (book club, carryover from 2024, finished 1/5)

Want to Read within the year:
There's Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
Once I Was Cool by Megan Stielstra
The Barrow Will Send What It May by Margaret Killjoy
a bunch of poetry collections that I just have sitting around lol

 

January:
1. Smoke Kings by Jahmal Mayfield
2. Small Things Like these by Claire Keegan
3. Golden Son by Pierce Brown
4. Lesser Ruins by Mark Haber
5. The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

Currently Reading:
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Up Next/Borrowing from the library:
The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich
Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements by Bob Mehr
Small Town Sins by Ken Jaworowski
Butcher's Crossing by John Williams

 

Read so far in 2025:

Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
The Island by Ben Coes
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Currently Reading:

The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante


I don't think I could have started out the year with 4 more different books than I have so far.
Epic fantasy, military action thriller, found family cozy heartwarming, and contemporary lit fic. I wonder what I'll get to next!

 

Going to add The Island/Dewey Andreas series and The House in the Cerulean Sea to my TBR list. Have been meaning to start the Mistborn series too.

Have you read Peter Ash series by Nick Petrie?

 

While I love the Dewey series, it definitely read as military/American-porn. Invincible CIA op who is always in the right place at the right time to defeat the (for some reason always brown skinned) terrorist. Was interesting to see Coes take the story to Manhattan though.

I haven't read Peter Ash - is it more detective thriller or military/army operative thriller? I am growing tired of "plot armor" protecting characters unrealistically.

 

I really liked The House in the Cerulean Sea and I need to nab the sequel and read it soon

 

Ah, I might hold off on the Dewey series then.

Peter Ash is more detective-ish thriller, but the character was in the military. Wouldn't view it necessarily as pro-military. It's mostly only mentioned for his PTSD. While there is a lot plot armor, I wouldn't say its too bad. Each book is pretty formulaic to be honest, and some lines make me roll my eyes, but I think they're hard to put down once you start reading.

 

I really enjoyed the Lincoln Lawyer series. Its formulaic in the sense that there is a case needing resolution in each book, but beyond that it’s pretty engrossing.

Tbh I wouldn’t rec the Dewey Andreas series, I read the first 8 entries years ago and am a completionist so I read the newest entry just this month. I rolled my eyes multiple times at some of the plot devices, dialogue, etc.

 

January

1. The Green Mile (King, 1996)

February

2. On Writing (King, 2009) (*)
3. Animal Farm (Orwell, 1945)

April

4. The Gunslinger (King, 2003)

 

Books

Shadow Rising
Fires of Heaven
Lord of Chaos
A Crown of Swords

Comic Books

DC All In 01
Justice League Unlimited 01-04
Green Arrow (2023) 17-20
Batgirl (2024) 02
JSA (2024) 01-05
Aquaman (2025) 01-02
Question: All Along the Watchtower 01
Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 259
Absolute Superman (2024) 01-02
Secret Six (2025) 01
Green Lantern (2023) 16-20
Green Lantern Corps. (2025) 01
X-Men (2019) 01
New Mutants (2019) 01
Action Comics (2016) 1070-1071
Metamorpho The Element Man (2025) 01-02
Absolute Green Lantern 01

 

Updated for March:

January:
1. Smoke Kings by Jahmal Mayfield
2. Small Things Like these by Claire Keegan
3. Golden Son by Pierce Brown
4. Lesser Ruins by Mark Haber
5. The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
6. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
7. Clabbered Dirt, Sweet Grass by Gary Paulsen
8. Butcher's Crossing by John Williams

February:
1. The Celebrants by Steven Rowley
2. Small Town Sins by Ken Jaworowski
3. Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements by Bob Mehr
4. Morning Star by Pierce Brown
5. Bronte Bronte by Fernando A. Flores

March:
1. The Mailman by Andrew Welsh-Huggins
2. Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
3. Us Against You by Fredrik Backman
4. Beartooth by Callan Wink

Currently Reading:
The Antidote by Karen Russell