2025 in Books

Books read in 2025

This year I read 58 books:

• 22 were Science Fiction
• 12 were Horror
• 8 were Fantasy
• 2 were Thriller
• 2 were Mystery
• 11 were Nonfiction
• 12 were audiobooks
• 2 were physical books
• 6 books were 5 stars, 3 of them 10/10

You can check the list in Goodreads and see my 2025 Year in Books.

Top 10 books and series this year

1. “The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive #1)” and “Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive #2)” by Brandon Sanderson
2. “Dracula” by Bram Stoker ( my 3rd time reading it )
3. “Prefect Dreyfus Emergency Series” by Alastair Reynolds ( the 3 books )
4. “Merlin’s Gun” by Alastair Reynolds
5. “The Left Hand of Darkness (Hainish Cycle #4)” by Ursula K. le Guin
6. “Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks From the Stone Age to AI” by Yuval Noah Harari
7. “Revan (Star Wars: The Old Republic #1)” by Drew Karpyshyn
8. “Usher’s Passing” by Robert R. McCammon
9. “Bag of Bones” by Stephen King
10. “The Sicilian (The Godfather #2)” by Mario Puzo

Top authors read this year

Alastair Reynolds and B.V. Larson with 4 books read each.

And with 3 books each:

• Michael Crichton
• R.L. Stine
• Ursula K. le Guin

2026 TBR

Keep up with my TBR updates through the year.

Some goals for the schedule:

• Continuing the “The Dresden Files” series by Jim Butcher.
• Continue with my ‘constant’ authors:
  • Stephen King
  • Michael Crichton
  • B.V. Larson
  • Adrian Tchaikovsky
  • Robert R. McCammon
  • Alastair Reynolds
  • Alastair Reynolds
  • Freida McFadden
  • Brandon Sanderson
• More Star Wars Universe books
• Re-read “The Lord of the Rings” by J. R. R. Tolkien ? ( will it be this year? )