My favourite reads of 2025.

~Book Lovers by Emily Henry
~The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
~The Burning by Laura Bates
~The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
~Vox by Christina Dalcher
~Remarkably Bright Creature by Shelby Van Pelt

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Two 2025 reading goals from The StoryGraph. First, 2025 Clarkesworld Monthly Reading Challenge - completed by reading 12 of 12 books. Second, 2025 Reread 1 Book Each Quarter of the Year - 4 Books Total. Completed by reading 4 of 4 books.

2025 #storygraph Reading Challenges/Goals

Besides books & pages read goals, I had 3 other goals for 2025. I completed 2 & missed 1 (see comments)

Happiest to complete my goal of reading all 12 issues of @clarkesworldmagazine.com

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The Story graph 2-25 Wrap-up: 88 books, 27,107 pages, 3.82 avg. rating.

2025 #storygraph Wrap-up:

An overview of my 2025 reading year! Can't complain as I beat my goals set for books read (70) & pages (25k).

I'll share some specific 2025 goals & my goals for 2026 in a different post. Happy 2026!

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December 2025 Wrap-up from The Story Graph: 11 books, 2,530 pages, 4.23 average rating. Highest rated books: My Favorite Things is Monsters Vol. 2, The Windup Girl, and Pluto (manga) Vol. 2

December @thestorygraph.com wrap-up!!!

Any month that ends with a 4.23 avg. rating is a good month of reading!! 11 books helped along by 3 volumes of manga (Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka)

And that's it for 2025!

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Matthew WK's review of Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 224, May 2025 3/5: 3.5 stars. Angela Liu 4 stars Rati Mehrotra 5 stars Alex T. Singer 4 stars Wole Talabi 4 stars Ann LeBlanc 2.5 stars Caryanna Reuven 2.5 stars Marie Vibbert 3 stars

Book 88 of 2025 Clarkesworld Issue 224, May 2025 by Neil Clarke

Fav from this issue (& one of the best of the year) "The Library of the Apocalypse" by Rati Mehrotra

Other favs by Angela Liu, Alex T. Singer & Wole Talabi

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All the books I read this year. #books #booksreadin2025 #sf #allthebooksIreadthisyear

Matthew WK's review of PLUTO 4/5: Really a great series so far & most likely an eventual 5 star one. I love how threads of the story are left for a bit & then as a reader I forget about them, only to have them brought back up and...

Book 87 of 2025 PLUTO: Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 3 by Naoki Urasawa & Osamu Tezuka

Robots, murder, dog-bots, wars, future tech & discourse on how humans/robots may (or may not) co-exist! Fantastic!

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More books read in 2025 (probably the final lot to be honest). #books #sf #booksreadin2025 #notmuchmoretimetoreadbooksthisyear #CostanzaCasati #Clytemnestra #PeterFHamilton #GregEgan #ArthurCClarke #StephenBaxter #Firstborn

Matthew WK's review of The Windup Girl 5/5: 12/29/2025 (second read): 16 years after publishing and this still holds up!! I'm still as enamored with it, even more so. The commentary on immigrants/immigration (esp. due to climate change) - ...

Book 86 of 2025 The Windup Girl by @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social

My final reread of 2025.
16 years after publication & it not only holds up incredibly well, but feels even more prescient w/the state of affairs in the world

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50. The Splinter in the Sky, by Kemi Ashing-Giwa

(Novel)

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Matthew WK's review of PLUTO 4/5: 4.5 stars. The groundwork laid in vol. 1 is developed & the layers continue to build. I'm really enjoying this series as it keeps going deeper than what it appears to be. I won't be surprised if ...

Book 85 of 2025 PLUTO: Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 2 by Naoki Urasawa & Osamu Tezuka

WMD robots, murder, future tech, memory, & AI! The layers continue to deepen & groundwork laid is paying dividends

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Matthew WK's review of PLUTO 4/5: 4.5 stars. The series is off to a great start and I'm really intrigued by what is being setup in this opening volume.

Book 84 of 2025 PLUTO: Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 1 by Naoki Urasawa & Naoki Urasawa

What a great opening to a highly recommended series! I can already see what the hype is about. Wonderful storytelling!

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Matthew WK's review of The Empty Chair (Star Trek: Rihannsu, #5) 4/5: 4.5 stars. What a great culmination to an excellent TOS series! This one is definitely centered around political intrigue & strategic maneuvering and espionage more than outright action, but that...

Book 83 of 2025 Book 69 of 2025 The Empty Chair (Rihannsu, #5) by @diane.dianeduane.com

A wonderful conclusion to the Rhiannsu TOS series! I loved the lore Duane added to the Trek Universe! Go read it!

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49. A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens

(A novella by current standards, I guess?)

(A re-read)

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48. The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act, by Isaac Butler

(non-fiction)

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Matthew WK's review of Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 230, November 2025 4/5: 4.25 stars R.H. Wesley 4.5 stars D.A. Xiaolin Spires 4.25 stars Tade Thompson 5 stars Ramiro Sanchiz 4 stars Chisom Umeh 4.25 stars Brent Baldwin 3.75 stars Kemi Ahing-Giwa 4 stars

Book 82 of 2025 Clarkesworld Issue 230, November 2025 by Neil Clarke

One of my fav from @clarkesworldmagazine.com this year by @tadethompson.bsky.social

Also: R.H. Wesley, D.A. Xiaolin Spires & @izom-chisom.bsky.social

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Matthew WK's review of Upgrade Soul 3/5: 3.75 stars. This is a story that unfolds with deeper & deeper layers & consequences that remind me of the TV Severance (although if anything, Severance reminds me of this in that structure since ...

Book 81 of 2025 Upgrade Soul by Ezra Claytan Daniels

Consequences & themes start at the surface layer & unfold to depths reminiscent of Apple's TV show Severance (although Upgrade Soul was created before the show!)

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Matthew WK's review of Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 223, April 2025 4/5: Samantha Murray 4 stars Sheryl Singerling 4.5 stars Gordon Li 4 stars Zhang Ran 5 stars Carolyn Zhao 3 stars Thomas Ha 4.25 stars Rich Larson 4.25 stars Overall: 4.5 stars

Book 80 of 2025 Clarkesworld, Issue 223, April 2025 by Neil Clarke

Catching up on a back issue of @clarkesworldmagazine.com The strongest issue of 2025!! 6 of 7 stories are +4 stars.

*See comments below for links/info*

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Matthew WK's review of Redemption Ark (Volume 2) (Volume 2) (The Inhibitor Trilogy, 2) 3/5: A tough one to rate. I enjoyed this more than Revelation Space, but I'm not sure I would recommend this series to others. When it's great, it's really great! The problem is it's bloated and could...

Book 79 of 2025 Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds

Big ideas buried in an overly long story. Much in need of a good editor willing to cut this in half. Enjoyed a bit more than Revelation Space.

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Matthew WK's review of My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (My Favorite Thing is Monsters, #2) 5/5: I'd give this a gazillion stars if that was an option. This is the kind of work that I expected at the end of a decades long career, not the first published series by a creator. It's simply an am...

Book 78 of 2025 My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 by Emil Ferris from @fantagraphics.bsky.social

EASILY one of the best things I've read this year! Must read, must own, must savor!

Photos in comments below.

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Story Graph November wrap-up: 6 books, 1,919 pages, 3.21 average. Top 3 books based on ratings: Star Trek Honor Blade (4.25 stars), Clarkesworld Issue 228 September 2025 & Clarkesworld Issue 229 October 2025

November @thestorygraph.com wrap-up!!!

Not planned, but great to see 2 short story collections (Clarkesworld Issues) rated highest in my top 3.

11 months down, 1 to go!

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Matthew WK's review of Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 229, October 2025 3/5: 3.75 stars Isabel J. Kim 4 stars Fiona Moore 3 stars HH Pak 3.5 stars Greg Egan 3 stars Liu Maijia 4.5 stars Carrie Vaughn 4 stars Phoebe Barton 4 stars

Book 77 of 2025 Clarkesworld, Issue 229, October 2025 by Neil Clarke

One of my fav stories this year from Liu Maijia. Other highlights include works from @carrievaughnco.bsky.social @isabel.kim & @phoebebarton.bsky.social

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47. All Our Ordinary Stories: A Multigenerational Family Odyssey, by Teresa Wong

(Graphic memoir)

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46. The Witch's Egg, by Donya Todd

(Graphic novel)

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Matthew WK's review of Honor Blade (Star Trek: Rihannsu, #4) 4/5: 4.25 stars. A great addition to the series!! Everything is coming to a head and I can't wait to dive into the finale. Everything that has been setup over the course of the 3 previous books is pay...

Book 76 of 2025 Book 69 of 2025 Honor Blade (Rihannsu, #4) by @diane.dianeduane.com

This may be my fav of the series to date. Everything is heating up & I can't wait to dive into the finale!

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Matthew WK's review of The Heist of Hollow London 2/5: Started out with some really interesting future tech and a look at where corporations & culture may take us in the near future. I would have liked to have seen more of this speculation or a deepe...

Book 75 of 2025 The Heist of Hollow London by Eddie Robson

Normally a heist has clues throughout to who's behind the deception. Lack of groundwork left me feeling like the ending was a gimmick. Can't recommend.

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Matthew WK's review of Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 228, September 2025 4/5: Claire Jia-Wen 3.5 stars Sheri Singerling 4 starts Louis Hall 4 stars David McGillveray 4 stars Koji A. Dae 4 stars Robert Falco 4.5 stars

Book 74 of 2025 Clarkesworld, Issue 228, September 2025 by Neil Clarke

STRONG issue of @clarkesworldmagazine.com
Favs included Robert Falco, @sherisingerling.bsky.social & @louisinglishall.bsky.social

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Matthew WK's review of The Saint of Bright Doors 2/5: 2.75 stars. A decent story, but some of the ambiguity was lost on me - would probably be better understood with a second, close reading. It's a unique & creative story and I liked the underlying ...

Book 73 of 2025 The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera

Another completed from the Nebula Winners challenge. Creative, mysterious, interesting, but didn't quite land fully w/me.

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Matthew WK's review of Chasm City (Revelation Space, 0.2) 2/5: 2.5 stars. I was expecting a lot more from this. First, it could have easily been cut by about 30% and told the same story, albeit a tighter story. The world building at times was over done - par...

Book 72 of 2025 Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds

Disappointed as I was expecting to enjoy this one. A story that is a bit bloated, lacking in character motivation, and one that I can't recommend.

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October @thestorygraph.com wrap-up!!!

"My Favorite Things is Monsters" was the easy favorite for October. If you haven't read it & want to see what graphic novels can do outside of superheros, give this a go!!

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