2025 Year in Books

Year in Books

The annual summary from Goodreads has me at 34 books for 2025. It was a good reading year, with a good mix over 15,529 pages. I look forward to a number of continuations in 2026.

Brandon Sanderson

First was the Sanderlanche, and a personal wrap up his Cosmere as it stands. Some personal favorites were Mistborn phase 2, and his special projects Tress and Yumi.

• Wind and Truth
• Mistborn
• The Well of Ascension
• The Hero of Ages
• Secret History
• The Hope of Elantris
• Elantris
• The Emperor’s Soul
• The Alloy of Law
• Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania
• The Eleventh Metal
• Shadows of Self
• The Bands of Mourning
• The Lost Metal
• Warbreaker
• Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell
• Sixth of the Dusk
• Tress of the Emerald Sea
• Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
• The Sunlit Man
• Isles of the Emberdark

James Islington

A friend set me on a path with Islington. At first I was a little skeptical about it being too close to Red Rising but it became it’s own thing.

• The Will of the Many
• The Strength of the Few

Martha Wells

I wrapped up the most recent Murderbot story also. It lacked some of the fun from the first books but was still enjoyable.

• Rapport

Joe Abercrombie

The next block was a real pallet cleanser. I didn’t know what Grim-Dark was before this, but it wasn’t enough to pick up the later books in this series.

• The Blade Itself
• Last Argument of Kings
• Before They Are Hanged

Matt Dinniman

Wrapping up the end of the year was the most fun series. The first book had me actually laughing and the rest did not disappoint.

• Dungeon Crawler Carl
• Carl’s Doomsday Scenario
• The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook
• The Gate of the Feral Gods
• The Butcher’s Masquerade
• The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
• This Inevitable Ruin