The best books of 2025

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My favorite read in 2025

Book cover of Three Wild Dogs and the Truth

Andrew Leigh ❤️ loved this book because...

Most of Markus Zusak's novels include memorable dogs. In this memoir-ish book, he tells of his love for unlovable mongrels, and the havoc they create.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Writing
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Markus Zusak ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Three Wild Dogs and the Truth as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

'Truthful - and often very funny - this is as true a book about a dog as you will find' - The Telegraph

In this poignant, funny and disarmingly honest memoir, one of the world's most beloved storytellers, bestselling author of The Book Thief, tells of his family's adoption of three troublesome rescue dogs - a charming and courageous love story about making even the most incorrigible of animals family.

What happens when the Zusaks open their family home to three big, wild, pound-hardened dogs - Reuben, a wolf at your door with a hacksaw; Archer, blond, beautiful, deadly; and…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2025

Book cover of Average at Best

Andrew Leigh ❤️ loved this book because...

Astrid Jorgensen's Pub Choir invites a roomful of people to sing in harmony, daring to be vulnerable in front of strangers. It's the spirit that Astrid brings to this splendid memoir, in turns funny, embarassing and touching.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Emotions 🥈 Originality
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Astrid Jorgensen ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Average at Best as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Astrid Jorgensen is on a mission to teach the world to sing. But she's not promising to make anybody better at singing - she simply wants people to feel less ashamed of whatever voice they have.

By its very nature, 'best' is rare and elusive: you're not going to get much of it in life. And I sure don't want to miss out on deeply experiencing the fullness of my one precious existence, searching for the sliver of 'best'.

Average At Best is a powerful, funny, and deeply honest memoir about embracing mediocrity if you want to get anything done.…


My 3rd favorite read in 2025

Book cover of Here One Moment

Andrew Leigh ❤️ loved this book because...

A woman on a plane predicts when and how each passenger will die. She's crazy... isn't she? A tale about families, relationships and living fully, from a master of the plot-driven novel.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Story/Plot 🥈 Outlook
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Liane Moriarty ,

Why should I read it?

9 authors picked Here One Moment as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the beloved author of Big Little Lies, Apples Never Fall, and The Husband’s Secret comes a moving novel of love, marriage, family, and trying to find certainty in a fragile world.
 
“A riveting story so wild you don’t know how she’ll land it, and then she does, on a dime.”—Anne Lamott

Life is full of twists and turns you never see coming. But what if you did?
 
The plane is jam-packed. Every seat is taken. So of course the flight is delayed! Flight attendant Allegra Patel likes her job—she’s generally happy with her…


Don‘t forget about my book 😀

How Economics Explains the World

By Andrew Leigh ,

Book cover of How Economics Explains the World

What is my book about?

This small book indeed tells a big story. It is the story of capitalism – of how our market system developed. It is the story of the discipline of economics, and some of the key figures who formed it. And it is the story of how economic forces have shaped world history. Why didn’t Africa colonize Europe instead of the other way around? What happened when countries erected trade and immigration barriers in the 1930s? Why did the Allies win World War II? Why did inequality in many advanced countries fall during the 1950s and 1960s? How did property rights drive China’s growth surge in the 1980s? How does climate change threaten our future prosperity? You’ll find answers to these questions and more in How Economics Explains the World.

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