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 Abandoned for Now

  1. Catching Whimsy - Bob Goff (Audio)

Titles Beckoning to be Enjoyed 'til the End

  1. How to be Idle - Tom Hodgkinson(eBook)
  2. The Path - Peter Mallouk and Tony Robbins (Audio)
  3. The Telomere Effect - Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn and Dr. Elissa Epel (Audio)
  4. Talk to Me Nice - Minda Harts (eBook)
  5. Yours Cruelly, Elvira - Cassandra Peterson (Audio)
  6. Baking Across America - B. Dylan Hollis (eBook)
  7. Joy Prescriptions - Tiffany Moon, MD (Hardcover)
  8. When Women Lead - Julia Boorstin (eBook)
  9. STRIVE - Venus Williams (Hardcover)
  10. Matriarch - Tina Knowles (Audio)
  11. I'll Look So Hot in a Coffin - Carla Sosenko (eBook)
  12. Dirty Kitchen - Jill Damatac (Audio)
  13. Blooming in the Ruins - Carlos Alberto Sánchez (Hardcover)
  14. The Let Them Theory - Mel Robbins (eBook)
  15. The Menopause Manifesto - Dr. Jen Gunter (eBook)
  16. Raising Hare - Chloe Dalton (eBook)
  17. The Choi of Cooking - Roy Choi (eBook)
  18. Hope - Pope Francis (Hardcover)
  19. Brain-Body Parenting - Mona Delahooke (eBook)
  20. El método para vivir sin miedo - Rafael Santandreu (eBook)
  21. Let Only the Red Flowers Bloom - Emily Feng (Audio)
  22. The Next Conversation - Jefferson Fisher (Audio)
  23. Anatomy of Desire - Dr. Emily Jamea (Audio)
  24. Food for Thought - Alton Brown (Hardcover - Book Club pick)
  25. Homeseeking - Karissa Chen (eBook)
  26. No hagas montañas de granos de arena - Rafael Santandreu (eBook)
  27. Stronger - Michael Joseph Gross (eBook)
  28. Tough - Terry Crews (Hardcover)
  29. Insight - Tasha Eurich (eBook)
  30. Drawing Chibi - Kikai (eBook)
  31. The Catch Me If You Can - Jessica Nabongo (Hardcover)
  32. The Sirens' Call - Chris Hayes (eBook)
  33. Off the Books - Soma Mei Sheng Frazier (eBook)
  34. Win the Inside Game - Steve Magness (Audio)
  35. Scattered Mind - Gabor Maté (eBook)
  36. Can Anyone Tell Me? - Meghan Riordan Jarvis (eBook)
  37. The Book of More Delights - Ross Gay (Audio)

Completed Titles

  1. 8/23/25 - Skip the Line - James Altucher (Audio)
  2. 7/29/25 - 10 Rules for Resilience - Joe De Sana and Dr. Lara Pence (Audio)
  3. 7/29/25 - Confused Girl - Giovanna Silvestre (Audio)
  4. 7/17/25 - Exhausted - Nick Polizzi and Pedram Shojai (eBook)
  5. 7/16/25 - Sandwich - Catherine Newman (Hardcover - Book Club pick)
  6. 7/8/25 - The Inner Clock Lynne Peeples (eBook)
  7. 6/28/25 - Questions Without Answers - Sarah Manguso (Hardcover)
  8. 6/20/25 - Everything is Tuberculosis - John Green (Hardcover)
  9. 6/10/25 - Big Asian Energy - John Wang (Audio)
  10. 5/25/25 - It Was You All Along - Russ (Hardcover)
  11. 5/25/25 - Kampung Boy - LAT (Paperwork)
  12. 5/18/25 - Big Dumb Eyes - Nate Bargatze (Audio)
  13. 5/17/25 - The Next Day - Melinda French Gates (eBook)
  14. 5/16/25 - What Time is Noon - Chip Leighton (Hardcover)
  15. 5/8/25 - Black in Blues - Imani Perry (Audio)
  16. 4/30/25 - A Better Share - Dr. Morgan Cutlip (Audio)
  17. 4/26/25 - The Hanmoji Handbook - Jason Li, An Xiao Mina, Jennifer 8 Lee (eBook)
  18. 4/25/25 - How to Let Things Go - Shunmyo Masuno (Audio)
  19. 4/17/25 - Saving Five - Amanda Nguyen (Audio)
  20. 4/14/25 - No One Gets to Fall Apart - Sarah LaBrie (Audio)
  21. 4/10/25 - How to Love Better - Yung Pueblo (Audio)
  22. 4/6/25 - The Myth of Normal - Gabor Maté (Audio)
  23. 4/1/25 - Life in Three Dimensions - Shigehiro Oishi (eBook)
  24. 3/26/25 - What You're Made For - George Raveling (Audio)
  25. 3/23/25 - Off the Clock - Laura Vanderkam (Audio)
  26. 3/23/25 - I Decided to a Live as Me - Kim Suhyun (eBook)
  27. 3/21/25 - I Feel Bad About My Neck - Nora Ephron (Audio - Book Club pick)
  28. 3/20/25 - I Feel Bad About My Neck - Nora Ephron (Hardcover - Book Club pick)
  29. 3/16/25 - Brighter by the Day - Robin Roberts (Audio)
  30. 3/12/25 - Attention Management - Maura Thomas (eBook)
  31. 3/4/25 - Parent Yourself First - Bryana Kappadadunnel (Audio)
  32. 3/2/25 - To Selena, With Love - Chris Perez (eBook)
  33. 3/1/25 - Barely Functional Adult - Meichi Ng (Hardcover)
  34. 2/26/25 - The Serviceberry - Robin Wall Kimmerer (eBook)
  35. 2/26/25 - In Love & Pajamas - Catana Chetwynd (eBook)
  36. 2/24/25 - The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley - Courtney Walsh (eBook) - Anchored Women Book Club
  37. 2/18/25 - I'm So Effing Tired - Amy Shah, MD (Audio)
  38. 2/17/25 - There's Always This Year - Hanif Abdurraqib (Audio)
  39. 2/14/25 - The Almanack of Naval Ravikant - Eric Jorgenson (eBook)
  40. 2/10/25 - Joyful Recollections of Trauma - Paul Scheer (Audio)
  41. 2/10/25 - So Good, They Can't Ignore You - Cal Newport (eBook)
  42. 2/5/25 - Making Time - Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky (Audio)
  43. 2/2/25 - Iron Hope - James Lawrence (Audio)
  44. 2/1/25 - Tiny Pep Talks - Paula Skaggs and Josh Linden (eBook)
  45. 1/29/25 - Essentialism - Greg McKeown (Audio)
  46. 1/25/25 - Rework - Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansonn (Audio)
  47. 1/23/25 - The Book of Charlie - David von Drehle (eBook)
  48. 1/18/25 - Vibrant - Stacie Stephenson (eBook)
  49. 1/12/25 - Well at Work - Esther M. Sternberg (eBook)
  50. 1/3/25 - The Book of Delights - Ross Gay (Audio)
  51. 1/3/25 - The Slight Edge - Jeff Olson (eBook)
  52. 1/1/25 - Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude - Ross Gay (eBook)

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