Book Recommendations for My 2025 Reading List

I used to take a reading challenge every year, in which I include 12 book recommendations from 12 different friends. But in the last few years, I’ve hardly received any recommendations from my friends as they’ve slowly gotten addicted to digital consumption. So, I’m asking here to my Reddit friends to help me with this reading challenge.

To give you a little idea about my preferences, I’ve shared the books I read in the last 30 days. I really enjoyed both the Agatha Christie thriller and the book Rewire. I finished reading 115 pages of The Book Thief. But honestly, I’m feeling bored. It’s a good book, but it’s not mentally stimulating for me. So, I’ll read it slowly and occasionally, finishing it over a longer duration. Meanwhile, I’m thinking about starting Good Girl's Guide to Murder.

The books I enjoyed reading earlier this year are:

1984

Metamorphosis

No Longer Human

The Psychology of Money

Why We Sleep

Recursion

Dark Matter

The books I didn’t like after finishing are:

White Nights

Crime and Punishment

Kafka on the Shore

After reading these three names, I know some people may hate me. But I have to maintain absolute honesty in this post to get good recommendations that align with my taste!

I used to take a reading challenge every year, in which I include 12 book recommendations from 12 different friends. But in the last few years, I’ve hardly received any recommendations from my friends as they’ve slowly gotten addicted to digital consumption. So, I’m asking here to my Reddit friends to help me with this reading challenge.

To give you a little idea about my preferences, I’ve shared the books I read in the last 30 days. I really enjoyed both the Agatha Christie thriller and the book Rewire. I finished reading 115 pages of The Book Thief. But honestly, I’m feeling bored. It’s a good book, but it’s not mentally stimulating for me. So, I’ll read it slowly and occasionally, finishing it over a longer duration. Meanwhile, I’m thinking about starting Good Girl's Guide to Murder.

The books I enjoyed reading earlier this year are:

1984

Metamorphosis

No Longer Human

The Psychology of Money

Why We Sleep

Recursion

Dark Matter

The books I didn’t like after finishing are:

White Nights

Crime and Punishment

Kafka on the Shore

After reading these three names, I know some people may hate me. But I have to maintain absolute honesty in this post to get good recommendations that align with my taste!