Books to read: 2025

A nice list from Ryan Holiday (the list is from the newsletter but posted here). Sign up of the newsletter here.

A few of these I have read, a few of these are not my ‘style’ but.. that’s the point. Get out of your comfort zone. 

Here is the list + my additions: 

  1. Slow Productivity: The lost art of accomplishment with Burnout, Author: Cal Newport
  2. Don’t Just March, Run for Something: A real-talk guide to fixing the system yourself
  3. Night of the Grizzlies, Author: Jack Olsen
  4. The Choice: Embrace the Possible, Author: Dr. Edith Eva Eger
  5. Montaigne, Author: Stefan Zweig
  6. The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Author: Robert A. Caro. Quick Note: I’ve read this series. It is fantastic especially ‘Master of the Senate’. 
  7. A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Selected from the World’s Sacred Texts
  8. Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male is Struggling, Why it Matters and What to do about it, Author: Richard Reeves
  9. Bright Shining: How Grace Changes Everything 
  10. The Children, Author: David Halberstam, Author Julia Baird
  11. Parting the Waters: America in the King years 1954-63, Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years 1963-1965, At Canaan’s Edge: America in the King years 1965-68, Author: Taylor Branch
  12. Same as Ever: A guide to what never changes, Author: Morgan Housel
  13. The 48 Laws of Power, Author: Robert Greene
  14. It Can’t Happen Here, Author: SInclair Lewis
  15. Address Unknown, Author: Kathrine Kressman Taylor
  16. The Expanding Circle, Author: Peter Singer
  17. Atomic Habits, Author: James Clear
  18. Bushido: The Samurai Code of Japan, Author: Inazo Nitobe
  19. How to Think Like Socrates: Ancient Philosophy as a Way of Life in the Modern World
  20. Meditations, Author: Marcus Aurelius
  21. General Lee: A biography of Robert E. Lee, Author: Fitzhugh Lee
  22. Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Author: William T. Sherman
  23. Junkyard Dogs (Walt Longmire Mysteries), Author: Craig Johnson
  24. The Dark Horse (Walt Longmire Mysteries), Author: Craig Johnson
  25. Public Enemies, Author: Bryan Burroughs.

Naturally, I’ll read other books but this is a good starting point.