2025's Books Completed

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Link to last year's list: https://eve-prime.dreamwidth.org/2127816.html

FANTASY
★ Brigands & Breadknives (Legends & Lattes #3), by Travis Baldree
The Familiar, by Leigh Bardugo
★ The Tainted Cup (Ana & Din #1), by Robert Jackson Bennett
★ A Drop of Corruption (Ana & Din #2), by Robert Jackson Bennett
★ The Witch Roads, by Kate Elliott
★ The Nameless Land, by Kate Elliott
Pemberley: Mr Darcy's Dragon (Jane Austen's Dragons #1), by Maria Grace
Longbourn: Dragon Entail (Jane Austen's Dragons #2), by Maria Grace
Netherfield: Rogue Dragon (Jane Austen's Dragons #3), by Maria Grace
A Proper Introduction to Dragons (Jane Austen's Dragons #4), by Maria Grace
The Dragons of Kellynch (Jane Austen's Dragons #5), by Maria Grace
Kellynch: Dragon Persuasion (Jane Austen's Dragons #6), by Maria Grace
Dragons Beyond the Pale (Jane Austen's Dragons #7), by Maria Grace
Dragon Keepers' Cotillion (Jane Austen's Dragons #8), by Maria Grace
Redwall, by Brian Jacques
A Sorceress Comes to Call, by T. Kingfisher
Swordheart, by T. Kingfisher
The Dragon Republic (Poppy War #2), by R.F. Kuang
The Burning God (Poppy War #3), by R.F. Kuang
The Dallergut Dream Department Store, by Miye Lee
The Dallergut Dream-Making District, by Miye Lee
The Teller of Small Fortunes, by Julie Leong
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, by Sangu Mandanna
Mad Sisters of Esi, by Tashan Mehta
The Magic Engineer (Recluce #3), by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
The Order War (Recluce #4), by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
The Death of Chaos (Recluce #5), by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
The White Order (Recluce #8), by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
Colors of Chaos (Recluce #9), by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
The Mongrel Mage (Recluce #19), by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
Outcasts of Order (Recluce #20), by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
The Mage-Fire War (Recluce #21), by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
Fairhaven Rising (Recluce #22), by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
Legalist (Grand Illusion #4 - or #0), by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
Circle of Magic: Sandry's Book (Circle #1), by Tamora Pierce
Circle of Magic: Tris's Book (Circle #2), by Tamora Pierce
Circle of Magic: Daja's Book (Circle #3), by Tamora Pierce
Circle of Magic: Briar's Book (Circle #4), by Tamora Pierce
The Circle Opens: Magic Steps (Circle #5), by Tamora Pierce
The Circle Opens: Street Magic (Circle #6), by Tamora Pierce
The Circle Opens: Cold Fire (Circle #7), by Tamora Pierce
The Circle Opens: Shatterglass (Circle #8), by Tamora Pierce
The Circle Reforged: The Will of the Empress (Circle #9), by Tamora Pierce
The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association, by Caitlin Rozakis
The Way of Kings (Stormlight Archive #1), by Brandon Sanderson
Words of Radiance (Stormlight Archive #2), by Brandon Sanderson
Edgedancer (Stormlight Archive #2.5), by Brandon Sanderson
The Thief (Queen's Thief #1), by Megan Whalen Turner
The Queen of Attolia (Queen's Thief #2), by Megan Whalen Turner
The King of Attolia (Queen's Thief #3), by Megan Whalen Turner
A Conspiracy of Kings (Queen's Thief #4), by Megan Whalen Turner
Thick as Thieves (Queen's Thief #5), by Megan Whalen Turner
Return of the Thief (Queen's Thief #6) by Megan Whalen Turner
Moira's Pen (Queen's Thief #7), by Megan Whalen Turner
The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry, by C.M. Waggoner
Emilie and the Hollow World, by Martha Wells
Emilie and the Sky World, by Martha Wells
Sorcery & Cecelia, or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot, by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer
The Grand Tour, by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer
The Mislaid Magician, or Ten Years After, by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer

SCIENCE AND SPECULATIVE FICTION
♥ Long Boat Star Crossing (Long Boat #1), by Matthew K. Ambrose
♥ Long Boat Home Coming (Long Boat #3), by Matthew K. Ambrose
The Ministry of Time, by Kaliane Bradley
Startide Rising (Uplift #2), by David Brin
Sundiver (Uplift #1), by David Brin
Rendezvous with Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke
The Echo Wife, by Sarah Gailey
Neuromancer, by William Gibson
Orbital, by Samantha Harvey
★ Liberty's Daughter, by Naomi Kritzer
The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K. Le Guin
★ The Lathe of Heaven, by Ursula K. Le Guin
★ The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. Le Guin
Contact, by Carl Sagan
Service Model, by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Alien Clay, by Adrian Tchaikovsky
All Systems Red (Murderbot #1), by Martha Wells
Artificial Condition (Murderbot #2), by Martha Wells
Rogue Protocol (Murderbot #3), by Martha Wells
Exit Strategy (Murderbot #4), by Martha Wells
♥ Contemplating Oblivion, by Keith Wiley

MYSTERY / SUSPENSE
The Riddle of the Sands, by Erskine Childers
There Will Be Bodies (Flavia Albia #13), by Lindsey Davis
The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney #3), by Claudia Gray
The Rushworth Family Plot (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney #4), by Claudia Gray
Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide, by Rupert Holmes
None of This Is True, by Lisa Jewell
The Arctic Fury, by Greer Macallister
The Thursday Murder Club, by Richard Osman
The Grey Wolf (Inspector Gamache #19), by Louise Penny
The Case of the Reborn Bhagwan, by William L. Sullivan

HISTORICAL AND MYTHOLOGICAL FICTION
Lessons in Honour: A Pride & Prejudice Christmas Story, by Pamela Aidan
The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco
The Hearts of Horses, by Molly Gloss
The Rose Code, by Kate Quinn
Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson

GENERAL FICTION - SERIOUS, LITERARY
There There, by Tommy Orange

GENERAL FICTION - FLUFF, ROMANCE
By the Book, by Jasmine Guillory (twice)
The Proposal (Wedding Date #2), by Jasmine Guillory
The Wedding Date (Wedding Date #1), by Jasmine Guillory
The Wedding Party (Wedding Date #3), by Jasmine Guillory
Party of Two (Wedding Date #5), by Jasmine Guillory
While We Were Dating (Wedding Date #6), by Jasmine Guillory
Royal Holiday (Wedding Date #4), by Jasmine Guillory
I've Got Your Number, by Sophie Kinsella
If the Shoe Fits, by Julie Murphy
Worth Fighting For, by Jesse Q. Sutanto

NON-FICTION: MEMOIRS AND PERSONAL ESSAYS AND BIOGRAPHY
Crazy Brave: A Memoir, by Joy Harjo
★ The Women Are Up to Something: How Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch Revolutionized Ethics, by Benjamin J.B. Lipscomb
The Owl of Minerva: A Memoir, by Mary Midgley
The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon, by Adam Shatz
Breaking and Entering: The Extraordinary Story of a Hacker Called “Alien”, by Jeremy N. Smith
Cabin Fever: Notes from a Part-Time Pioneer, by William L. Sullivan
Beethoven: A Life in Nine Pieces, by Laura Tunbridge

NON-FICTION: NATURE AND HUMANITY AND RELATED SCHOLARSHIP AND PERSONAL REFLECTION
Steps to an Ecology of Mind, by Gregory Bateson
Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit, by Lyanda Lynn Haupt
★ The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth, by Zoë Schlanger
♥Going Away to Think: Engagement, Retreat, and Ecocritical Responsibility, by Scott Slovic

NON-FICTION: HISTORY AND CULTURE AND POLITICS AND OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCE AND RELATED PHILOSOPHY
The Ethics of Star Trek, by Judith Barad with Ed Robertson
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, by John Burkeman
★ Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right, by Jordan S. Carroll
The Philosophy of Horror: Or, Paradoxes of the Heart, by Noël Carroll
Mythocracy: How Stories Shape Our Worlds, by Yves Citton
The Message, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Architecture of Happiness, by Alain de Botton
Jane Austen and the Price of Happiness, by Inger Sigrun Bredkjaer Brodey
♥ Jung and Star Wars: A Contemporary Mythology, by S.G. Ellerhoff
What Art Does: An Unfinished Theory, by Brian Eno and Bette A
The Black Box: Writing About Race, by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them, by Joshua Greene
★ The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource, by Chris Hayes
Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right, by Arlie Russell Hochschild
Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman
Marco Polo and His World, by Sharon Kinoshita
The Analects of Confucius, Translated and Annotated by Arthur Waley, by Kong Qiu (Confucius)
Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future, by Patty Krawec
The All New Don’t Think of an Elephant! Know Your Values and Frame the Debate, by George Lakoff
The Political Mind: Why You Can’t Understand 21st-Century American Politics with an 18th-Century Brain, by George Lakoff
Putinism: Russia and its Future with the West, by Walter Laqueur
The Story of America: Essays on Origins, by Jill Lepore
Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird: The Art of Eastern Storytelling, by Henry Lien
Here on the Edge: How a small group of World War II conscientious objectors took art and peace from the margins to the mainstream, by Steve McQuiddy
How to Read Wittgenstein, by Ray Monk
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism, by Amanda Montell
Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind, by Annalee Newitz
Don’t Buy It: The Trouble with Talking Nonsense About the Economy, by Anat Shenker-Osorio
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (graphic edition) by Timothy Snyder
The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America, by Timothy Snyder
In Praise of Shadows, by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō
★ Jesus and the Disinherited, by Howard Thurman
Taking Back Philosophy: A Multicultural Manifesto, by Bryan W. Van Norden
Caste, by Isabelle Wilkerson

NON-FICTION: LIFE SCIENCES (AND RELATED PHILOSOPHY)
The Neural Mind: How Brains Think, by George Lakoff and Srini Narayanan
♥ Embodied Mind, Meaning, and Reason: How Our Bodies Give Rise to Understanding, by Mark Johnson
The Act of Creation, Book Two: Habit and Originality, by Arthur Koestler
The Solitary Self: Darwin and the Selfish Gene, by Mary Midgley
Concepts and the Appeal to Cognitive Science, by Samuel D. Taylor

NON-FICTION: HEALTH AND PRACTICAL ADVICE
Sciatica Solutions: Diagnosis, treatment, and cure for spinal and piriformis problems, by Loren Fishman and Carol Ardman
♥ The Complete Guide to College Transfer: Find Your Ideal School, Maximize Your Credits, and Earn Your Degree, by Jaime Smith

In 2024, I read 160 books: 65 by men, 46 rereads, 14 by people who may self-identify as persons of color (Black American, Asian American, Indigenous American), 6 by Asians (Korea, Japan, China, India, Indonesia).

★ = books I especially enjoyed and had not read before
♥ = books by friends and other social connections, which I generally especially enjoyed too