My 2025 Reading List

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Written By Alice .

I'm ending 2025 with a list of books I’ve thoroughly enjoyed throughout the year. I read fiction and non-fiction, and almost every genre out there. And I read multiple books at the same time. One can safely say I have an ‘open relationship’ with books!

I’ve put together a book collage that includes my annual re-reads, children’s books, fantasy fiction, sci-fi, books recommended by friends who are also avid readers, Swedish books, and essays.

Not every book I’ve read in 2025 is included in this post: some business books, books I studied for my professional certifications, and Swedish language reference books.

I want to end with a lovely quote from Alan Moore on WHAT TO READ:

I would suggest that you be as omnivorous as possible. Read everything. Don't differentiate between the highest pinnacles of literature and the lowest slums of pulp and genre. Read philosophical treaties. Read Viz. Everything is potentially powerful [...]. Read terrible books because they can be more inspiring than good books.

And here’s the list in no particular order:

  1. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? — Philip K. Dick

  2. Every Day I Read — Hwang Bo-reum

  3. The Boy in the Dress — David Walliams

  4. Code Name Bananas — David Walliams

  5. Enduring Love — Ian McEwan

  6. The Running Ground — Nicholas Thompson

  7. Cloud Atlas — David Mitchell

  8. The Space Trilogy — C.S.Lewis

  9. Fourth Wing — Rebecca Yarros

  10. Iron Flame — Rebecca Yarros

  11. Onyx Storm — Rebecca Yarros

  12. Stora Emilboken — Astrid Lindgren

  13. M Train — Patti Smith

  14. A Book of Days — Patti Smith

  15. Just Kids — Patti Smith

  16. Just Kids (Illustrated Edition) — Patti Smith

  17. Babel — R.F. Kuang

  18. Kattjakten — Lars Lerin

  19. Diaries: A Visual Compendium — David Sedaris

  20. Steal Like An Artist — Austin Kleon

  21. Show Your Work — Austin Kleon

  22. Keep Going — Austin Kleon

  23. Book Lovers — Emily Henry

  24. Great Big Beautiful Life — Emily Henry

  25. The Chibineko Kitchen — Yuta Takahashi

  26. The Calico Cat at Chibineko Kitchen — Yuta Takahashi

  27. A Court of Thorns and Roses — Sarah J. Maas

  28. A Court of Mist and Fury — Sarah J. Maas

  29. A Court of Wings and Ruin — Sarah J. Maas

  30. A Court of Frost and Starlight — Sarah J. Maas

  31. A Court of Silver Flames — Sarah J. Maas

  32. The One Thing — Gary Keller with Jay Papasan

  33. The Third Love — Hiromi Kawakami

  34. Starship Troopers — Robert A. Heinlein

  35. The Diary of A CEO — Steven Bartlett

  36. Happy Sexy Millionaire — Steven Bartlett

  37. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People — Stephen R. Covey

  38. Flowers for Algernon — Daniel Keyes

  39. The Golden Compass — Philip Pullman

  40. The Subtle Knife — Philip Pullman

  41. The Amber Spyglass — Philip Pullman

  42. Why You Should Read Children's Books — Katherine Rundell

  43. The Gifts of Reading — Robert MacFarlane

  44. More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop — Satoshi Yagisawa

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