2024 was a much bigger reading year for me, so 2025 feels a bit thin at just 29 books, several of which were novellas. Pretty much in chronological order. As usual, very heavy on SFF. But here it is!
- “The Stone Sky” by N. K. Jemisin.
- “Alien Clay” by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- “The World We Made” by N. K. Jemisin
- “The Three Musketeers” by Alexandre Dumas
- Twenty Years After” by Alexandre Dumas
- The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later” by Alexandre Dumas
- “The Martian Contingency” by Mary Robinette Kowal
- “The Shadow of the Torturer” by Gene Wolfe
- “The Claw of the Conciliator” by Gene Wolfe
- “The Sword of the Lictor” by Gene Wolfe
- “The Citadel of the Autarch” by Gene Wolfe
- “The Urth of the New Sun” by Gene Wolfe
- “The Kaiju Preservation Society” by John Scalzi
- “Service Model” by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- “Some Desperate Glory” by Emily Tesh
- “Automatic Noodle” by Annalee Newitz
- “Disruption: New Short Fiction from Africa” by Various
- “The World Gives Way” by Marissa Levien
- “Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy” by Martha Wells
- “Jingo” by Terry Pratchett
- “City of Last Chances” by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- “The Mountain in the Sea” by Ray Nayler (reread)
- “Shy Creatures” by Clare Chambers
- “The Wind in the Willows” by Kenneth Grahame
- “A Key, an Egg, an Unfortunate Remark” by Harry Connolly
- “Ironclads” by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- “Firewalkers” by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- “Ogres” by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- “Precious Little Things” by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Not going to pick out any “bests of” from this list, but glad I finally got around to reading Gene Wolfe after seeing his obituary. Adrian Tchaikovsky continues to delight. I should probably read some more Dumas. The d’Artangnan Romances were really good, rollicking fun. Given I re-read it, “The Mountain in the Sea” is highly recommended; it stood up well to one more. “The Wind in the Willows” was particularly important for personal reasons. Chambers was one foray out of recent genre fiction which my friend and colleague, Tim, suggested. Good suggestion!