Books I Read in 2025

Books I Read in 2025 I’ve read quite a few books in 2025, and this time, instead of using Goodreads, I decided to keep a list in my personal notebook. I also wrote down the date I finished them. I used myPlotter notebookand wrote down the name and date whenever I finished a book. The Story of Art is the most famous book from Gombrich. Books are a big part of my life. When I was very young, I had a membership to our local library in our city in Germany, and I would just use my bike, get tens of books, and read them until evening. Every week, I would do that, for years. Back then, the internet was just starting to take off in Germany, but books were the only medium through which I could learn and satisfy my curiosity. Usually, when I play games, I stop reading. If I watch something (like a TV show), I stop playing games or reading books. If I’m heavily learning a new piano piece, I stop doing everything else. People ask me how I can do all of this. For me, it’s easy: I just do one thing and focus all my energy on it. If I’m reading a book, once the kids are asleep, I have 3-4 hours each evening, and I also have free time on the weekends. So it’s possible to read a lot of books as a father of two kids. I could probably read even more if I stopped spending time on other things, like writing for my blog, learning piano, or doing industrial design (see my Works page ). I used my Plotter notebook and wrote down the name and date whenever I finished a book. Second, kids are very good at copying you, so I also sometimes read books next to them, after dinner for example, so they get used to it. My daughter, for example, picks up a children’s book and comes and sits down next to me. It’s rare, but that also helps. Alright, enough of the introduction. Let’s get into the books and magazines I’ve read. Some of the magazines are just lengthy, so I think of them as books. Second, some books are just full of fillers, so I’ll get to that. If I see that the author just filled the book to make it larger, I skip certain sections. It’s rare, but if the author didn’t give their love to a book, it won’t earn mine either. It goes both ways. Lastly, you can see numbers for each book. That’s the date I finished it. If you follow them carefully, you’ll sometimes see big gaps (meaning I was probably focusing on other things) and sometimes very little gap, meaning I was locked in and focused on reading. This is a long read, so grab your favorite coffee ☕️ and let’s begin! 1. Slow Productivity Cal Newport - 03.01 I’ve read a few books from Cal Newport already. After a...

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