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Books I've Read in 2025

The complete list, continually updated.

Hall of Fame Reading List

The current favorites (also a living document, curated by whatever mood I'm in when updating.)

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (+ Book Club Discussion)

This voicey, layered, devastating sci-fi about the confusion of permanence vs. loss hit harder in adulthood—and earned a spot in my hall of fame.

Paperback No. 1: One Less Lonely Girl

Kicking off Words Like Silver's personalized recommendations + advice column with a request for wry, introspective reads layered with warmth and depth.

The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen

A snowy Himalayan attempt at enlightenment by an iconic travel writer in 1978.

On Muscle by Bonnie Tsui

A meditative, memoir-like microhistory of muscle, strength, and metaphor. Say that five times fast.

Done and Dusted by Lyla Sage

A warm, inevitable Western romance that does "small town" right. City folk just don't get it.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Highlights)

A recent reread—comforting in its depiction of maintaining personal coherence and morality despite unfairness. Plus, some childhood nostalgia, of course.

Mind in Motion by Barbara Tversky

The scientific core behind my "things in motion tend to stay in motion" daily rhythms.

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