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(Chiming in with an update from Future Sushi, I had most of this written early in 2026 and then… put off posting it for six months. I have no idea why, but here it is so I can finish writing about the books I liked during the first half of this year.)

Finally, more book reviews! This post wraps up the best of my 2025 reading.

Some 2025 stats while we’re here:

I read 51 books in 2025. Of those books, 22 are fiction and 29 are nonfiction. This is well under my 50% fiction goal that I’ve been aiming for over the last couple of years, so I’m going to try and move back toward 50% fiction this year.

FICTION
5 stars – 3
4 stars – 14
3 stars – 4
2 stars – 1
DNF – 0
total: 22
mean: 3.8636
median: 4

NONFICTION
5 stars – 9
4 stars – 15
3 stars – 4
2 stars – 1
DNF – 0
total: 29
mean: 4.0689
median: 4

I haven’t crunched the numbers in the past so I’m not sure if this rating distribution happened because I read more compelling nonfiction, if I’m pickier with rating fiction, or simply because I read more nonfiction this year.

Enough numbers, says the numbers person. On to the reviews!

Guess what, dear readers: with this post going up, I’ve finally cleared my book reviews. Now let’s see if I can keep this up.

As usual, I’m only talking about the books I like unless I really have something specific to say about a book I dislike.