Top 25 books of 2025

These are my best reading recs of the year! What are yours?

Hello elves! It’s been quieter around here than usual— I’d had grand plans of pre-writing several weeks of letters before leaving on a holiday trip, but you can imagine how that went during the busiest time of the year. 😉 We’re going holiday schedule mode over here: no Weekender today, best of my 2025 reading instead!

One more housekeeping thing! Last year I published a guide to 10 different New Year’s goal/resolution/manifestation setting techniques that I tested out and reported back on. As a rule of thumb, I don’t stress myself out trying to get all of this goal-setting done and nailed down before New Year’s when life is most busy in December! There is plenty of quiet introspective time in January for that.

I’ll be publishing a reprise and/or updated version in Jan, but if you’re desperate to dive in sooner, or at least want to get the mental juices flowing, I’d heartily recommend perusing all the different thought-starters and techniques for New Year’s resolution & goal-setting I …