What was the best book (You) read this year, and what did you like about it? Doesn't need to have been published in 2025, just read during it.
My own novella, which actually was published in 2025
>>24882744The Righteous Mind by Johnathan Haidt, confirmed my suspicion that morals come from the gut not the head and that politics is pretty much "you hurt my feel bad bads"
>>24882744Abundance - Ezra Klein and Derek ThompsonBecause it confirms all my priors:1. america is very rich, zoomers are the richest generation ever even after accounting for inflation2. The only thing wrong with america is that the housing secor sucks. Literally only housing, all other sectors are fine.3. Coincidentally (not a coincidence) housing is the most overregulated sector. Micromanagement by the government.It's a brilliant book. The analysis is so on point.
My own book. Never done 10k hours and I do not generally read books
>>24882803This except I have practice writing for over 10K hours and do generally read
>>24882789>The only thing wrong with america is that the housing secor sucks.Yeah, not the fake currency and fake economy, all run by jews
A toss up between Dot in the Universe and Ficciones. Both surprised me, but Dot surprised me more. I don't expect it to be a /lit/ accepted book, but the first few pages rubbed me the wrong way, and then everything else roped me in. The book that made me feel the most, and I have to respect anything that has as bold a choice as dedicating a section in your NOVELLA to thoroughly explaining opossum reproduction
The Sot-Weed Factor, because unlike most of the other "humorous literary fiction for REAL readers" it was actually funny and fun to read
>>24882744This really impressed me.
Probably The Science of the Cross by St. Teresa Benedicta. A really deep dive into Carmelite spirituality flavored with Teresa's own background in Phenomenology. Very powerful book. It introduced me to St. John of the Cross, too, whom I'm going to read in his own right soon enough.
>>24882853Read the book or begone poltard
