2025 Book List

For public accountability, I'm keeping up with this laundry list, but I'm mesmerized with delving deeper. I miss cataloging the personal reflections. I'll be leveraging Notion for that and uncovering trends to improve my reading journey. I want to master Notion to have another information tool to marinate thoughts and ignite action. By 12/31/25, I want to exclaim, "I read 200 meaningful titles, start to finish, and grew into a better person by reflecting on the passages and incorporating it into daily actions!" Yep, also recording the books that I started, but abandoned

Titles Beckoning to be Enjoyed 'til the End

  1. Homeseeking - Karissa Chen (eBook)
  2. Stronger - Michael Joseph Gross (eBook)
  3. How to Love Better - Yung Pueblo (Audio)
  4. The Myth of Normal - Gabor Maté (eBook and Audio)
  5. Tough - Terry Crews (Hardcover)
  6. Insight - Tasha Eurich (eBook)
  7. Drawing Chibi - Kikai (eBook)
  8. The Catch Me If You Can - Jessica Nabongo (Hardcover)
  9. The Sirens' Call - Chris Hayes (eBook)
  10. Off the Books - Soma Mei Sheng Frazier (eBook)
  11. Win the Inside Game - Steve Magness (Audio)
  12. Scattered Mind - Gabor Maté (eBook)
  13. Can Anyone Tell Me? - Meghan Riordan Jarvis (eBook)
  14. The Book of More Delights - Ross Gay (Audio)

Completed Titles

  1. 4/1/25 - Life in Three Dimensions - Shigehiro Oishi (eBook)
  2. 3/26/25 - What You're Made For - George Raveling (Audio)
  3. 3/23/25 - Off the Clock - Laura Vanderkam (Audio)
  4. 3/23/25 - I Decided to a Live as Me - Kim Suhyun (eBook)
  5. 3/21/25 - I Feel Bad About My Neck - Nora Ephron (Audio - Book Club pick)
  6. 3/20/25 - I Feel Bad About My Neck - Nora Ephron (Hardcover - Book Club pick)
  7. 3/16/25 - Brighter by the Day - Robin Roberts (Audio)
  8. 3/12/25 - Attention Management - Maura Thomas (eBook)
  9. 3/4/25 - Parent Yourself First - Bryana Kappadadunnel (Audio)
  10. 3/2/25 - To Selena, With Love - Chris Perez (eBook)
  11. 3/1/25 - Barely Functional Adult - Meichi Ng (Hardcover)
  12. 2/26/25 - The Serviceberry - Robin Wall Kimmerer (eBook)
  13. 2/26/25 - In Love & Pajamas - Catana Chetwynd (eBook)
  14. 2/24/25 - The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley - Courtney Walsh (eBook) - Anchored Women Book Club
  15. 2/18/25 - I'm So Effing Tired - Amy Shah, MD (Audio)
  16. 2/17/25 - There's Always This Year - Hanif Abdurraqib (Audio)
  17. 2/14/25 - The Almanack of Naval Ravikant - Eric Jorgenson (eBook)
  18. 2/10/25 - Joyful Recollections of Trauma - Paul Scheer (Audio)
  19. 2/10/25 - So Good, They Can't Ignore You - Cal Newport (eBook)
  20. 2/5/25 - Making Time - Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky (Audio)
  21. 2/2/25 - Iron Hope - James Lawrence (Audio)
  22. 2/1/25 - Tiny Pep Talks - Paula Skaggs and Josh Linden (eBook)
  23. 1/29/25 - Essentialism - Greg McKeown (Audio)
  24. 1/25/25 - Rework - Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansonn (Audio)
  25. 1/23/25 - The Book of Charlie - David von Drehle (eBook)
  26. 1/18/25 - Vibrant - Stacie Stephenson (eBook)
  27. 1/12/25 - Well at Work - Esther M. Sternberg (eBook)
  28. 1/3/25 - The Book of Delights - Ross Gay (Audio)
  29. 1/3/25 - The Slight Edge - Jeff Olson (eBook)
  30. 1/1/25 - Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude - Ross Gay (eBook)

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