So this year I read sixty-three books, a marked boost from the previous couple of years. But what is it I actually read? That is what this post is for. So:
- a collection of essays by C.S. Lewis, as well as his apologetics on pain & miracles, and finally his Space trilogy
- Luther's catechisms for children & grownups
- a fantastic biography of Scotland's national bard
- not one but two essays from Enlightenment thinker Thomas Paine
- Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea cycle, as well as not one but two of her sci-fi works
- Immanuel Kant's political philosophy
- a very difficult book about the nature of gender
- T.H. White's The Once and Future King series
- Eoin Colfer's attempt at the sixth book in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series
- Artemis Fowl
- a very helpful introductory textbook to formal logic
- a brilliantly entertaining book of sci-fi poetry by my friend Ian
- not one but two poetry collections from Noel Williams
- a superb collection of poetry for children
- in the Warhammer 40,000 universe - a stomping epic & a comedic trilogy
- works in the philosophy of science more reserved & more anarchistic
- a remarkable landscape of human civilisation & its trajectory
- the poetry & short stories of my late friend David Brookes
- an astonishingly prophetic text from Kierkegaard
- a middling novel
- a book that was far less radical than I expected it to be
- J.S. Mill's essay on liberty
- Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy
- a Tolkien book you've probably never heard of (I hadn't!)
- 101 Zen tales
- 10-second sermons
- a book from the masterful Tim Chester about enjoying God
- a poetry collection by Michael Rosen that I have probably read at least 20 times as a kid & still holds up
Anyway, that's me done for 2025. I'd also like to announce here that now I'm completely finished with my backlog (the "to-read" pile) and so now can read whatever I want! So expect a much more focusedly eclectic listing in next year's recap.
Anyway,
Peace & love
Isaac Stovell
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