Adam Sharp

And just like that, the door closes on another year’s reading pile. With many nights of turning off the TV early and reading with a neck light with a baby in the room, the 2025 pile was record-high, with nonfiction narrowly outpacing fiction. @HigginbothamA’s Challenger and Navalny’s Patriot were early reads and top the list these many months later as the most memorable of the year. They are joined there by @DanKoeppel’s delightful Banana (which led me down a rabbit hole of ordering rare banana varieties and discovering a whole new world @JESS3 already knew well). I thank @DonSeymour for his recommendation of Craftsman’s Legacy and British Are Coming — both strong entries that spoke to my different myriad interests. I’ve enjoyed having an entry each year in my Sci Fi stack from @MaryRobinette @Neuvel and @Cmdr_Hadfield, and this trio did not disappoint. I’m sad I am soon running out of unread material from them. Adding @MattHaig1 and starting the Expanse and Silo series will help fill that gap. Clancy and Herron remain reliable beach reads. I always “come home” to @Backmanland and his Thoughts particularly resonated this year with the birth of my baby boy. I’ve been holding off on his latest, My Friends, for early 2026 as I find I enjoy his books the most when I have the opportunity to really immerse myself and allow my Nordic heart to get lost in it. Congrats to my fiends @jonallendc and @amieparnes for another successful tick-tock. I can’t wait to read the next. On to 2026!

@neuvel @MaryRobinette @Cmdr_Hadfield @EmilyMandel @BenMacintyre1 @exlarson @tobyharnden @Backmanland @donttrythis @HigginbothamA Now the moment of decision: what from the overflowing “on deck” bookcase should lead off the 2026 reading list?

And just like that, the door closes on another year’s reading pile. With many nights of turning off the TV early and reading with a neck light with a baby in the room, the 2025 pile was record-high, with nonfiction narrowly outpacing fiction. @HigginbothamA’s Challenger and Navalny’s Patriot were early reads and top the list these many months later as the most memorable of the year. They are joined there by @DanKoeppel’s delightful Banana (which led me down a rabbit hole of ordering rare banana varieties and discovering a whole new world @JESS3 already knew well). I thank @DonSeymour for his recommendation of Craftsman’s Legacy and British Are Coming — both strong entries that spoke to my different myriad interests. I’ve enjoyed having an entry each year in my Sci Fi stack from @MaryRobinette @Neuvel and @Cmdr_Hadfield, and this trio did not disappoint. I’m sad I am soon running out of unread material from them. Adding @MattHaig1 and starting the Expanse and Silo series will help fill that gap. Clancy and Herron remain reliable beach reads. I always “come home” to @Backmanland and his Thoughts particularly resonated this year with the birth of my baby boy. I’ve been holding off on his latest, My Friends, for early 2026 as I find I enjoy his books the most when I have the opportunity to really immerse myself and allow my Nordic heart to get lost in it. Congrats to my fiends @jonallendc and @amieparnes for another successful tick-tock. I can’t wait to read the next. On to 2026!

2020 was a sucky year on so many fronts, but it excelled in one area: the reading list. Very happy with my selections. Not a dud in the stacks. Some thoughtful, some fun. Good reading on many fronts.

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