Ask HN: What were the best books you read in 2025?

Philosophy of Software Design by John Ousterhout

Animal Farm by George Orwell (a reread)

Made to stick

Piranesi has been on my shelf for a while, guess it's time I give it a go

I enjoyed Piranesi by Susanna Clarke the most this year.

So far it's a very fun spacefaring adventure.

Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen

my next book will be creative act

The Creative Act, Rick Rubin

Leviathan Wakes by James Corey

Night by Elie Wiesel

I found "The Anxious Generation" by Jonathan Haidt insightful and eye-opening.

Surrounded by idiots

The Armchair Universe by A.K.Dewdney (First read this one many years ago, but I've been reading it again)