Alice Teh Larsson

My 2025 Reading List

I’m ending 2025 with a list of books I’ve thoroughly enjoyed throughout the year. I read fiction and non-fiction, and almost every genre out there. And I read multiple books at the same time. One can safely say I have an ‘open relationship’ with books!

I’ve put together a book collage that includes my annual re-reads, children’s books, fantasy fiction, sci-fi, books recommended by friends who are also avid readers, Swedish books, and essays.

Not every book I’ve read in 2025 is included in this post: some business books, books I studied for my professional certifications, and Swedish language reference books.

I want to end with a lovely quote from Alan Moore on WHAT TO READ:

I would suggest that you be as omnivorous as possible. Read everything. Don’t differentiate between the highest pinnacles of literature and the lowest slums of pulp and genre. Read philosophical treaties. Read Viz. Everything is potentially powerful […]. Read terrible books because they can be more inspiring than good books.

And here’s the list in no particular order:

  1. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? — Philip K. Dick
  2. Every Day I Read — Hwang Bo-reum
  3. The Boy in the Dress — David Walliams
  4. Code Name Bananas — David Walliams
  5. Enduring Love — Ian McEwan
  6. The Running Ground — Nicholas Thompson
  7. Cloud Atlas — David Mitchell
  8. The Space Trilogy — C.S.Lewis
  9. Fourth Wing — Rebecca Yarros
  10. Iron Flame — Rebecca Yarros
  11. Onyx Storm — Rebecca Yarros
  12. Stora Emilboken — Astrid Lindgren
  13. M Train — Patti Smith
  14. A Book of Days — Patti Smith
  15. Just Kids — Patti Smith
  16. Just Kids (Illustrated Edition) — Patti Smith
  17. Babel — R.F. Kuang
  18. Kattjakten — Lars Lerin
  19. Diaries: A Visual Compendium — David Sedaris
  20. Steal Like An Artist — Austin Kleon
  21. Show Your Work — Austin Kleon
  22. Keep Going — Austin Kleon
  23. Book Lovers — Emily Henry
  24. Great Big Beautiful Life — Emily Henry
  25. The Chibineko Kitchen — Yuta Takahashi
  26. The Calico Cat at Chibineko Kitchen — Yuta Takahashi
  27. A Court of Thorns and Roses — Sarah J. Maas
  28. A Court of Mist and Fury — Sarah J. Maas
  29. A Court of Wings and Ruin — Sarah J. Maas
  30. A Court of Frost and Starlight — Sarah J. Maas
  31. A Court of Silver Flames — Sarah J. Maas
  32. The One Thing — Gary Keller with Jay Papasan
  33. The Third Love — Hiromi Kawakami
  34. Starship Troopers — Robert A. Heinlein
  35. The Diary of A CEO — Steven Bartlett
  36. Happy Sexy Millionaire — Steven Bartlett
  37. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People — Stephen R. Covey
  38. Flowers for Algernon — Daniel Keyes
  39. The Golden Compass — Philip Pullman
  40. The Subtle Knife — Philip Pullman
  41. The Amber Spyglass — Philip Pullman
  42. Why You Should Read Children’s Books — Katherine Rundell
  43. The Gifts of Reading — Robert MacFarlane
  44. More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop — Satoshi Yagisawa
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