2025 Reading List

Lois Chan-Pedley 陳尚文 -

My friend Christine D. Baker has a really comprehensive reading list: she reads a lot. I wanted to read more, so I'm copying her by enumerating the books I'm reading/have finished reading this year. I'm even copying her formatting. Welcome to my 2025 reading list. Click on links for any hot-takes in my Let's Read posts.

In Progress:

(In no particular order.)

  • Governance Core (2019) by Michael Fullan. Self-help? Governance; Organisational leadership. Yes I'm still reading this lol.
  • Lud-in-the-mist (1926) by Hope Mirrlees. Fiction; Fantasy.
  • The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper (2023) by Roland Allen. History; Paper & Stationery.
  • Wayi Wah! Indigenous Pedagogies (2022) by Jo Chrona. Education; Anti-racism; Politics & Current Events.
  • Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) (1889) by Jerome K. Jerome. Fiction; Humour.

Completed:

(Most recent at top.)

  1. League of Dragons (2016) by Naomi Novik. Fiction, Historical Fantasy; Napoleonic Wars; Dragons. Book 9 of Temeraire series.
  2. Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle (2019) by Emily and Amelia Nagoski. Self-help; Psychology.
  3. Love and Other Historical Accidents (2019) by Pacific Rimbaud. Fiction; Comedy; Regency Romance. Draco and Hermione are a power couple.
  4. Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck (2016) by Mark Manson. Self-help; Psychology. Fun little read, profound in some places with laugh-out-loud moments as well.
  5. Free at Last: Sudbury Valley School (1995) by Daniel Greenberg. Education.
  6. Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking (2020) by T Kingfisher. Fiction; Fantasy; Baking.
  7. Multipliers, Revised and Updated (2017) by Liz Wiseman. Self-help.
  8. ROAR, Revised Edition: Match Your Food and Fitness to Your Unique Female Physiology for Optimum Performance, Great Health, and a Strong Body for Life (2024) by Stacy T Sims. Exercise & Fitness.
  9. Blood of Tyrants (2013) by Naomi Novik. Fiction, Historical fantasy; Napoleonic Wars; Dragons. Book 8 of Temeraire series.
  10. Crucible of Gold (2012) by Naomi Novik. Fiction, Historical fantasy; Napoleonic Wars; Dragons. Book 7 of Temeraire series.