2025 Read Books

New record: 80 books on a goal of 50. 

A stellar year for my literary input, if I must say so myself. Got into a couple of grooves. Really loved Craig Johnson's Longmire series. It got me through the worst of my after-surgery recovery. Walt and the gang are old friends to me now. Never underestimate the power of words to heal the body and soul. 

You'll note a few books on the list that haven't been published. Usually these are mine, little hints of what my fans can expect coming up, but several are from friends and former students who've cracked the code and produced full length works. Well done!

The 2025 list:

Don’t Burn This Book, Dave Rubin

Fast on Fifty, Pat Partridge

Bad Monkey, Carl Hiaasen

The Right Side of History, Ben Shapiro

Super Structure, James Scott Bell

 

Troubled, Rob Henderson

Treason's Harbour, Patrick O’Brian

The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane

The Three Languages of Politics, Arnold Kling

The Last Unicorn, Peter S. Beagle

The Bezzle, Cory Doctorow

Stolen Youth, by Karol Markowicz & Bethany Mandel

Barbarians Inside the Gates, Thomas Sowell

Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance

Victim, Andrew Boryga

The Vision of the Anointed, Thomas Sowell

The Gods Themselves, Isaac Asimov

Funny Girl, Nick Hornby

The Ranch, Johnny Worthen

The Far Side of the World, Patrick O’Brian

The Ranch, Johnny Worthen

The American, Henry James

Monkey’s Raincoat, Robert Crais

Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe

Inherit the Stars, James P. Hogan

Plot Perfect, Paula Munier

Things Bequeathed, Johnny Worthen

Gentle Giants of Ganymede, James P. Hogan

Target Rich Environment, Volume 1 Larry Correai

Giant's Star, James P. Hogan

The Dark Horse, Craig Johnson

Daughter of the Morning Star, Craig Johnson

An Obvious Fact, Craig Johnson

First Frost, Craig Johnson

The Longmire Defense, Craig Johnson

Beyond This Horizon, Robert A. Heinlein

Junkyard Dogs, Craig Johnson

The Courage to be Disliked, Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga

A Serpent's Tooth, Craig Johnson

Another Man's Moccasins, Craig Johnson

Chariots of the Gods, Erich Von Daniken

On Democracies and Death Cults, Douglas Murray

Land of Wolves, Craig Johnson

Complete Stories, Vol. 1, 1882-1885, Anton Chekhov

The Way of the Bear, Anne Hillerman

Death Without Company, Craig Johnson

The Girl Who Made a Mouse, Kenneth Hunter Gordon

Modern Occultism, Mitch Horowitz

The Age of Entitlement, Christopher Caldwell

The Kybalion, Three Initiates

Hell and Back, Craig Johnson

A Conflict of Visions, Thomas Sowell

The Reverse of the Medal, Patrick O'Brian

The King in Orange, John Michael Greer

Letter of Marque, Patrick O'Brian

Will You Please Be, Quiet, Please, Raymond Carver

Just So Stories, Rudyard Kipling

Kidnapped, Robert Louis Stevenson

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin

Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand

The Cold Dish, Craig Johnson

How to Have Impossible Conversations, Peter Boghossian & James Lindsay

Anthem, Ayn Rand

The Parasitic Mind, Gad Saad

The Saad Truth About Happiness, Gad Saad

Riders of the Purple Sage, Zane Grey

The Thin Man, Dashiell Hammett

The Glass Key, Dashiell Hammett

The Rock Hole, Reavis Z. Wortham

Paradise Lost, John Milton

Murder Comes Home, Craig Kingsman

Snake Eyes, Grace Maya Bologna

I, the Jury, Mickey Spillane

Basic Economics, Thomas Sowell

The Human Countermove, Logan Sidwell

Things Revealed, Johnny Worthen

The Zig Zag Girl, Elly Griffiths

The End of Everything, Victor Davis Hanson

Things Revealed (again), Johnny Worthen

Already off to a great start in 2026. Doubt I'll match 2025's record. I don't plan on having any major surgeries this year.