My Favorite Books Of 2025 (I Bought 1000 Copies Of One)

📚 Sign up for my free monthly reading list newsletter: https://ryanholiday.net/the-reading-list/ Books mentioned: Montaigne by Stefan Zweig: https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/montaigne?_pos=1&_sid=185bbef29&_ss=r Notes to John by Joan Didion: https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/notes-to-john?_pos=1&_sid=c0f075fec&_ss=r Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton: https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/raising-hare-a-memoir?_pos=1&_sid=fb989272f&_ss=r Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green: https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/everything-is-tuberculosis-the-history-and-persistence-of-our-deadliest-infection-1?_pos=1&_sid=5f7cd1440&_ss=r The Zorg by Siddharth Kara: https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/the-zorg-a-tale-of-greed-and-murder-that-inspired-the-abolition-of-slavery?_pos=1&_sid=d24d3fed5&_ss=r Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst: https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/a-marriage-at-sea-a-true-story-of-love-obsession-and-shipwreck?_pos=1&_sid=32a982ac4&_ss=r Buckley by Sam Tanenhaus: https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/buckley-the-life-and-the-revolution-that-changed-america On Character by General Stanley McChrystal: https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/on-character-choices-that-define-a-life?_pos=1&_sid=e3ae2d28f&_ss=r Augustus by John Williams: https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/augustus-new-york-review-books-classics The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault: https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/the-last-of-the-wine?_pos=1&_sid=af60631c0&_ss=r Follow me: https://ryanholiday.net/ https://www.instagram.com/ryanholiday https://x.com/ryanholiday https://www.facebook.com/ryanholiday