It's that time of the year to look back on the books I read in 2025. Once again, I set a goal to read at least 100 books, and I managed to read 104, 2 more than the 102 books I read in 2024.
The average rating for the books I read this year was 4.05 stars, a percentage point higher than the 4.04 average from 2024's books read. The breakdown by star rating was:
- 5 stars - 32 books
- 4 stars - 45 books
- 3 stars - 27 books
A 2025 goal I set for myself was to do a better job in reading a series. These series books turned out to be more enjoyable than the average book I read. There were 16 books that I targeted in order to finish a series (e.g., Remembrance of Earth's Past, Farseer Trilogy) or to make more progress in a series (e.g., The Wheel of Time). My average rating for the 16 series books ended up being 4.125. Given how well that went, it's likely that I will continue this goal in 2026.
In my next post, I'll list my top ten reads of 2025. Stay tuned!
