100+ Books in 2025 discussion

𓍊𓋼𖡼𓍊𖤓 { April Books } 𖤣𖥧𓋼𖤣𓍊

1. Animal Farm – George Orwell (★★★★☆)
2. The Body Keeps The Score – Bessel Van Der Kolk (★★★★☆)
3. The Creative Act – Rick Rubin (★★★☆☆)
4. Brave New World – Aldous Huxley (★★★★☆)
5. You Don't Know What War Is – Yeva Skalietska (★★★☆☆)
6. Forward: A Memoir – Abby Wambach (★★★☆☆)
7. Never Not Working – Malissa Clark (★★★☆☆)
8. The Rape of Nanking – Iris Chang (★★★★☆)
9. Four Thousand Weeks – Oliver Burkeman (★★★★☆)
10. Factfulness – Hans Rosling (★★★☆☆)
11. Ikigai – Hector Garcia Puigcerver (★★★☆☆)
12. The Listening Path – Julia Cameron (★★★☆☆)
13. The Little Book of Lykke – Meik Wiking (★★★☆☆)

⋆𐙚₊˚⊹♡ { May Books } ݁ ♡˚ ݁. ݁⋆

14. The Song of Achilles – Madeline Miller (★★★★★)
15. The Lost Apothecary – Sarah Penner (★★★★☆)
16. The Secret Life of Books – Tom Mole (★★★★★)
17. Lagom – Niki Brantmark (★☆☆☆☆)
18. The 5am Club – Robin S. Sharma (★☆☆☆☆)
19. The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho (★☆☆☆☆)
20. Atomic Habits – James Clear (★★☆☆☆)
21. The Art of Making Memories – Meik Wiking (★★★☆☆)
22. Start With Why – Simon Sinek (★★★☆☆)
23. Almost Human – Lee Berger (★★★★☆)
24. Cave of Bones – Lee Berger (★★★★☆)
25. Gory Details – Erika Engelhaupt (★★★☆☆)
26. Airplane Mode – Shahnaz Habib (★★★★☆)
27. Our Wives Under The Sea – Julia Armfield (★★★★★)
28. Brave Enough – Cheryl Strayed (★★★☆☆)
29. A Court of Thorns and Roses – Sarah J. Maas (★★★★☆)
30. A Court of Mist and Fury – Sarah J. Maas (★★★☆☆)
31. Booked – Richard Kreitner (★★★★☆)
32. Hayao Miyazaki – Jessica Niebel (★★★★☆)
33. No Bad Parts – Richard C. Schwartz (★☆☆☆☆)
34. Nowhere For Very Long – Brianna Madia (★★☆☆☆)
35. Walk Sleep Repeat – Stephen Reynolds (★★★★★)
36. Just Off For A Walk – Stephen Reynolds (★★★★☆)
37. The Nomad En Suite – Stephen Reynolds (★★★★☆)

‧˚༉ { June Books } ☘︎ ݁˖

38. Atlas of the Heart – Brené Brown (★★★★★)
39. Slow Down – Kōhei Saitō (★★★★☆)
40. You Will Get Through This Night – Daniel Howell (★★★★★)
41. Salt Slow – Julia Armfield (★★★★☆)
42. How to Know a Person – David Brooks (★★★★★)
43. To Walk Is To See It – Kathy Elkind (★★★☆☆)
44. National Geographic: Field Guide – Peter K. Burian (★★★★☆)
45. Your Idea Starts Here – Carolyn Eckert (★★★★★)
46. A Court of Wings and Ruin – Sarah J. Maas (★★★★☆)
47. Elements of Color Photography – Ernest W. Watson (★★★★☆)

✩°. { July Books } ⋆⸜ ✮

48. Inspiration Sandwich – Susan Kennedy (★★★☆☆)
49. Pride: Fifty Years of Protest – The New York Times (★★★★☆)
50. The Fellowship of the Ring – J.R.R. Tolkien (★★★★★)
51. The Two Towers – J.R.R. Tolkien (★★★★★)

₊˚ʚ { August Books } ₊˚𖧧.

52. The Comfort of Crows – Margaret Renkl (★★★★★)
53. The Call of Cthulhu – H.P. Lovecraft (★★★☆☆)
54. Upstream – Mary Oliver (★★★☆☆)
55. Music Lessons – Bob Wiseman (★★★☆☆)
56. Naikan – Gregg Krech (★★★★★)
57. A Gentle Plea for Chaos – Mirabel Osler (★☆☆☆☆)
58. The Nazi Olympics – Susan D. Bachrach (★★★★☆)
59. Pedagogy of the Oppressed – Paulo Freire (★★★★☆)
60. History of the Necronomicon – H.P. Lovecraft (★★☆☆☆)
61. The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft – H.P. Lovecraft (★★★☆☆)

࣪ ִֶָ☾₊ { September Books } ⋆⭒˚

62. Howl – Allen Ginsberg (★★★★☆)
63. The Waste Land – T.S. Eliot (★★★★★)
64. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner – Samuel Taylor Coleridge (★★★★★)
65. The Perseverance – Raymond Antrobus (★★★★☆)
66. Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head – Warsan Shire (★★★★☆)
67. Four Quartets – T.S. Eliot (★★★★★)
68. The Shapeless Unease – Samantha Harvey (★★★★★)
69. Transient and Strange – Nell Greenfieldboyce (★★★★☆)
70. And Then? And Then? What Else? – Daniel Handler (★★☆☆☆)
71. Jujutsu Kaisen – Gege Akutami (★★★★☆)
72. 100 Poems – Seamus Heaney (★★★☆☆)
73. Wolf in White Van – John Darnielle (★★★★★)
74. Universal Harvester – John Darnielle (★★★★☆)
75. The Greatest Evil Is War – Chris Hedges (★★★☆☆)
76. Sailing Alone Around The Room – Billy Collins (★★☆☆☆)
77. Morning In The Burned House – Margaret Atwood (★★★☆☆)
78. Briefly Perfectly Human – Alua Arthur (★★★★☆)
79. The Book of Dead Philosophers – Simon Critchley (★★★☆☆)
80. Well-Read Black Girl – Glory Edim (★★★★☆)
81. Demon Slayer – Koyoharu Gotouge (★★★☆☆)
82. Devil House – John Darnielle (★★★★☆)
83. Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury (★★★★★)
84. Chainsaw Man – Tatsuki Fujimoto (★★★★☆)
85. Remarkably Bright Creatures – Shelby Van Pelt (★★★☆☆)

⋆｡☁︎˚⋆ { October Books } ☾⋆.˚‧

86. The Woman in Me – Britney Spears (★★★☆☆)

જ⁀➴ { November Books } ⋆˙⊹

87. The Pumpkin Spice Cafe – Laurie Gilmore (★★☆☆☆)
88. Beowulf – Unknown (★★★★☆)
89. From Here to Eternity – Caitlin Doughty (★★★★☆)
90. A Book of Days – Patti Smith (★★☆☆☆)
91. Someone Somewhere Maybe – Sophie Diener (★★★★☆)
92. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage – Alfred Lansing (★★★★★)

⋆₊❅⋆ { December Books } ˖⋅.❆⋆

97. Black Girl You Are Atlas – Renée Watson (★★★★☆)
98. Language Arts – Cedar Sigo (★★★☆☆)
99. Murder on the Orient Express – Agatha Christie (★★★★★)
100. Small Things Like These – Claire Keegan (★★★★☆)