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. The Choice: Embrace the Possible, Author: Dr. Edith Eva Eger
  4. Montaigne, Author: Stefan Zweig 
  5. A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Selected from the World’s Sacred Texts
  6. Bright Shining: How Grace Changes Everything 
  7. The Children, Author: David Halberstam, Author Julia Baird
  8. 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
  9. Same as Ever: A guide to what never changes, Author: Morgan Housel
  10. The 48 Laws of Power, Author: Robert Greene
  11. It Can’t Happen Here, Author: SInclair Lewis
  12. Address Unknown, Author: Kathrine Kressman Taylor
  13. The Expanding Circle, Author: Peter Singer
  14. Atomic Habits, Author: James Clear
  15. Bushido: The Samurai Code of Japan, Author: Inazo Nitobe
  16. How to Think Like Socrates: Ancient Philosophy as a Way of Life in the Modern World
  17. Meditations, Author: Marcus Aurelius
  18. Junkyard Dogs (Walt Longmire Mysteries), Author: Craig Johnson
  19. The Dark Horse (Walt Longmire Mysteries), Author: Craig Johnson
  20. Public Enemies, Author: Bryan Burroughs.

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