25 physical books I MUST read in 2025 and why

to have over 100 unread physical books is quite honestly unforgivable, so in this video, I'm sharing 25 of them I’m determined to read in 2025 and why they made the list! whether they're long-time TBR veterans, exciting recent releases, or books I’ve been putting off for far too long, I’m breaking down why I want to read each of them this year ✨

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📹 videos mentioned:
100 best books of the 21st century, summarised in one sentence each    • 100 best books of the 21st century, summar...  

💌 video chapters:
00:00 - amazon is annoying
00:28 - intro yap
01:07 - authors I love
08:50 - learning important issues
16:29 - existential
21:00 - great books apparently
25:56 - final thoughts

📖 books mentioned:
if beale street could talk by james baldwin
one hundred years of solitude by gabriel garcía márquez
the marriage portrait by maggie o’farrell
find me by andré aciman
human acts by han kang
the book of form & emptiness by ruth ozeki
gone girl by gillian flynn
my dark vanessa by kate elizabeth russell
beloved by toni morrison
the sellout by paul beatty
girl, woman, other by bernardine evaristo
exit west by mohsin hamid
the great believers by rebecca makkai
oranges are not the only fruit by jeanette winterson
pachinko by min jin lee
the unbearable lightness of being by milan kundera
death and the penguin by andrey kurkov
sorrow and bliss by meg mason
meditations by marcus aurelius
acts of desperation by megan nolan
silent patient by alex michaelides
notes on a scandal by zoe heller
you made a fool of death with your beauty by akwaeke emezi
a gentleman in moscow by amor towles
atonement by ian mcewan


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