Best Books of 2025
Or Atleast The Best Books I've Read
I don’t keep track of the number of books I read; too much of my life (especially as a software engineer) is already quantified, and measured and KPI’ed to death, so I’d like to protect my last bastion of solace from the surveillance state if possible. However, I am a sucker for those listicles that bookend the year. They remind me that despite the onslaught of disaster and destruction, there’s still a small group of folks out there who carve out time in their day to pick up a novel. And even if that book isn’t something I’d particularly enjoy, I do love to hear people talk about what they love. Passion So in an effort to spur or perhaps reignite your own reading habits, please allow me to tell you about the books that I absolutely adored this year.
Audition by Katie Kitamura
Every year there’s always one book that I talk about so much that someone buys it just to shut me up. Last year it was James by Percival Everett, this year it’s Audition by Katie Kitamura.
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