After years of having it recommended to me, I finally read The Lies of Locke Lamora, which was — as promised — one of my favorite fantasy novels of all time.
Unfortunately for Locke Lamora, I also read The Bright Sword in 2025, which is easily one of the best books I’ve ever read. An astonishingly good book and, like Lonesome Dove, a book that transcends its genre (in this case, Arthurian fantasy). I cannot recommend it highly enough.
- Jan. 5: Gone Fishin’
- Jan. 26: Wrecker
- Feb. 22: The Lies of Locke Lamora
- Feb. 24: Thief of Time
- Feb. 25: The Mysteries
- March 19: Lore & Legends
- March 25: Red Sails Under Red Skies
- April 26: The Republic of Thieves
- April 30: The Last Hero
- May 18: World Travel: An Irreverent Guide
- May 22: 42: The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams
- May 28: Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master
- June 20: The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents
- June 28: A Master of Djinn
- July 14: Miranda in Milan
- July 18: The Tombs of Atuan
- Aug. 15: The Bright Sword
- Aug. 27: Night Watch
- Sept. 28: Smuggler’s Cove
- Oct. 19: Wee Free Men
- Oct. 23: Mexican Gothic
- Nov. 30: Absolution
- Dec. 11: A Brief History of Time
- Dec. 24: The Wood at Midwinter
- “Spiral City” – CARR
- “Beat Drop” – Jarv Dee & Bad Colours
- “brutal” – Olivia Rodrigo
- “It’s Fine” – Bethany Cosentino
- “Adam” – Sabina Sciubba
- “World Worth Keeping” – Jaime Wyatt
- “Bubbles Up” – Jimmy Buffett
- “A&W” – Lana Del Rey
- “San Francisco” – The Mowgli’s
- “bad idea right?” – Olivia Rodrigo
- “The Great Beyond” – R.E.M.
- “This is the Day” – The The
- “What Was I Made For?” – Billie Eilish
- “She’s Not Me” – Jenny Lewis
- “Wouldn’t It Be Good” – Nik Kershaw
- “Hope to Die” – Orville Peck
- “In Hell I’ll Be in Good Company” – The Dead South
- “When the Rodeo is Over (Where Does the Cowboy Go?)” – Tanya Tucker
- “Deceptacon” – Le Tigre
- “Tequila” – Los Bitchos
- “Shame Reactions” – Pom Pom Squad
- “Choose Your Fighter” – Ava Max
- “Natural Disaster” – Bethany Cosentino
- “Dog Days Are Over” – Florence + The Machine
- “Banana Republics” – Jimmy Buffett
- “Free Ride” – Liz Phair
- “Bang Bang” – Momma
- “Rescue Me” – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
- “Back in the High Life Again” – Stevie Winwood
- “Uranium Baby” – Christy Costello
- “Estranged Fruit” – Fishbone & NOFX
- “Migration” – Jimmy Buffett
- “Act Natural” – Margaret Glaspy
- “vampire” – Olivia Rodrigo
- “Damascus Steel” – The Scimitars
- “This Land is Your Land” – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
- “Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season” – Jimmy Buffett
- “Say Yes to Heaven” – Lana Del Rey
- “I Don’t Give a Damn.” – October London
- “Narcissus” – The Seatopians
- “Here I Am Baby” – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
- “For a Moment” – Bethany Cosentino
- “Damn Good” – David Lee Roth
- “Going to California” – Jake Shimabukuro
- “Tin Cup Chalice” – Jimmy Buffett
- “Hollywood Swinging (Single Version)” – Kool & The Gang
- “Pretend Lovers” – Montell Fish
- “get him back!” – Olivia Rodrigo
- “Green Grow the Rushes” – R.E.M.
- “Creep (acoustic)” – Radiohead
- “Mu and Lemuria” – The Seatopians
- “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours” – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
- “Roll With It” – Steve Winwood
- “Flip It” – Bleached
- “Joiner” – Blondshell
- “Just Like Paradise” – David Lee Roth
- “Mystery Dance” – Elvis Costello
- “Nautical Wheelers” – Jimmy Buffett
- “breadwinner” – Kacey Musgraves
- “Night Movies” – Lissie
- “The Riddle” – Nik Kershaw
- “all-american bitch” – Olivia Rodrigo
- “Horsegirl” – Overcoats
- “Strange Currencies (remastered)” – R.E.M.
- “Bari Simone” – The Scimitars
- “Isle of Cyn” – The Seatopians
- “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)” – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
- “Jacaré” – Sofi Tukker
- “Higher Love” – Steve Winwood
- “Wild Child” – The Black Keys
- “A Faraway Land – ???? ?????” – Didon, Carmen Rizzo & Meriem Ben Amor
- “Rescue Me” – Dirty Heads
- “Out of My League” – Fitz and the Tantrums
- “Boytoy” – Halle Abadi
- “Go Down River” – The Heavy Heavy
- “Last Man Dance” – Jake Shears
- “Mountain Song” – Jane’s Addiction
- “A Pirate Looks at Forty” – Jimmy Buffett
- “justified” – Kacey Musgraves
- “Miss Lucy” – Liz Phair
- “Big Big Love” – Michael Franti & Spearhead
- “Don Quixote” – Nik Kershaw
- “Demin & Diamonds” – Nikki Lane
- “pretty isn’t pretty” – Olivia Rodrigo
- “Radio Free Europe” – R.E.M.
- “Ice Blue Metallic” – The Seatopians
- “What Have You Done for Me Lately?” – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
- “I’m A Man” – The Spencer Davis Group
- “The Finer Things” – Steve Winwood
- “Alright” – Supergrass
- “Easy” – Bethany Cosentino
- “Happier Than Ever” – Billie Eilish
- “Gold on the Ceiling” – The Black Keys
- “Chan Chan” – The Buena Vista Social Club
- “Jane Says” – Jane’s Addiction
- “Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes” – Jimmy Buffett
- “I Won’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” – Nik Kershaw
- “Drive” – R.E.M.
- “Carta” – Silvana Estrada
- “Wings of Time” – Tame Impala
Continued on my second lap through Terry Pratchett’s Discworld books, which is both comfort food and interesting to watch his dramatic improvements as a writer and, in the future, the beginning of Alzheimer’s impacting his work. The last book I read this year, his novel The Truth, is a high water mark in both his writing ability and also a really great book about the newspaper business and the act of journalism. Even for people who don’t like fantasy novels, it’s a good book to pick up. (His earlier book, Small Gods, is also an excellent standalone book on religion.)
- Jan. 30: Mammoth
- Jan. 30: Jingo
- Feb. 17: The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian
- Feb. 19: A Dead Djinn in Cairo
- Feb. 23: A Wizard of Earthsea
- March 23: The Last Continent
- March 27: The Starless Sea
- April 2: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- April 30: Ratio
- May 8: The Republic of Pirates
- May 15: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
- May 21: Just When You Thought It Was Safe: A Jaws Companion
- June 4: Carpe Jugulum
- June 25: The Deep
- July 31: Foxglove Summer
- Aug. 13: The Destroyer of Worlds
- Aug. 13: Stolen Skies
- Aug. 31: Fairy Tale
- Sept. 16: A Little Yellow Dog
- Oct. 7: The Fifth Elephant
- Oct. 31: Book of Cocktail Ratios
- Dec. 3: Doc Holliday: A Family Portrait
- Dec. 30: The Truth
Every December, I get jealous of everyone’s Spotify Unwrapped round-ups. But as I am an old coot, I prefer to own my music, rather than subscribe to it. So instead, I just track yearly plays on my iPhone (formerly my iPod).
- “One Way Out of a Hole” – Cloud Cult
- “Chaise Lounge” – Wet Leg
- “If It Makes You Happy” – Best Coast
- “Wet Dream” – Wet Leg
- “Wage Wars Get Rich Die Handsome” – The Mountain Goats
- “Walk Through Fire (feat. Aimee Interrupted)” – Bedouin Soundclash
- “I Feel So Weird!” – Cheekface
- “Space Cowboy” – Kacey Musgraves
- “Endless Summer” – Superchunk
- “Givin’ It Up” – Pearl Charles
- “i’m not crying you’re crying” – Pinkshift
- “Tin Cups” – ZZ Ward & Aloe Blacc
- “River Nile” – Elsy Wameyo
- “Lies” – Pale Waves
- “The Only Way Out” – Danielle Ponder
- “Bumblebee” – Dora Jar
- “El Bueno Y El Malo” – Hermanos Gutiérrez
- “Black Summer” – Red Hot Chili Peppers
- “Sharevari” – Aidan Noell & Nancy Whang
- “Play It Cool” – Penelope Isles
- “Blah Blah Blah” – PJ Western
- “Popular (feat. Nada Surf & Matthew Caws)” – Pom Pom Squad
- “Habibi Inta – ????? ???” – S H I R A N
- “Haircut” – Alex the Astronaut
- “Vacuum” – Beverly Crusher
- “So Long” – Danielle Ponder
- “Summer Never Dies” – The Foxies
- “High Horse” – Kacey Musgraves
- “(I’m Gonna Get Over This) Some Day” – Logan Ledger
- “Heart of Glass” – The Surfrajettes
- “Phoning It In” – Yam Haus
- “The Overload” – Yard Act
- “Go Bravely Feat. MulRli” – Denise Challa
- “Nobody’s Wrong” – Gaby Moreno
- “Rainbow” – Kacey Musgraves
- “To The Floor” – Lil Silva & BADBADNOTGOOD
- “Training Montage” – The Mountain Goats
- “Una Más” – Ozomatli
- “How Was Your Day?” – Stella Donnelly
- “Pineapple Princess” – Annette Funicello
- “Ain’t No Man” – The Avett Brothers
- “Love’s Train” – Bruno Mars, Anderson. Paak & Silk Sonic
- “Loser” – The Cleverlys
- “Some Of Us Are Brave” – Danielle Ponder
- “Bad Love” – DEHD
- “El Sultán” – Dirtwire & Chancha Vía Circuito
- “Rock & Roll (Live)” – Jane’s Addiction
- “drivers license” – Olivia Rodrigo
- “Mi Destino (feat. B-Real, Gaby Moreno)” – Ozomatli
- “Walking at a Downtown Pace” – Parquet Courts
- “Dyslexic Heart” – Paul Westerberg
- “Would? (Live)” – Alice in Chains
- “Birthday” – Best Coast
- “Flutter Girl” – Chris Cornell
- “Just a Gigolo/I Ain’t Got Nobody” – David Lee Roth
- “Forever (feat. Sekou Bembeya Diabate & Toumani Diabaté)” – Habib Koité
- “Flagpole Sitta” – Harvey Danger
- “Lonely Weekend” – Kacey Musgraves
- “Did you know there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd” – Lana Del Rey
- “Oh!” – The Linda Lindas
- “Battle of Evermore” – The Lovemongers
- “Mark on You” – The Mountain Goats
- “Zombie!” – Orla Gartland
- “Waiting for Somebody” – Paul Westerberg
- “Peaches” – The Presidents of the United States of America
- “Do I Wanna Stay” – Shannon & The Clams
- “Birth Ritual (Live)” – Soundgarden
- “Temple” – Thao & Thao & The Get Down Stay Down
- “Tongo Barra” – Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin
- “It Ain’t Like That” – Alice in Chains
- “Sweetness” – Best Coast
- “10 A.M. Automatic” – The Black Keys
- “Missing” – Chris Cornell
- “California Girls” – David Lee Roth
- “Fairweather Friend” – GA-20
- “Wonder Woman” – Kacey Musgraves
- “Everything’s Electric” – Liam Gallagher
- “Tonite” – The Linda Lindas
- “She’s a Lover” – Red Hot Chili Peppers
- “Grown So Ugly” – The Black Keys
- “Incinerate for KG” – Chaka Gettz
- “Thank You” – Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul
- “Laughing in the Sunshine” – G. Love & Special Sauce
- “Golden Hour” – Kacey Musgraves
- “On My Way (Feat. Kimmortal)” – A La Una
- “Thir Ghar Baiso” – Sonny Singh
- “Psycho Killer” – The Talking Heads
- “All Alone” – Best Coast
- “Girl Is On My Mind” – The Black Keys
- “The Lengths” – The Black Keys
- “Six Foot Under” – Blood Circus
- “Chainsaw Girl” – Chainsaw Girl
- “Spoon Man” – Chris Cornell
- “Coconut Grove” – David Lee Roth
- “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)” – Dead or Alive
- “California Dreamin'” – The Beach Boys
- “Leading” – Best Coast
- “Nowhere but You” – Chris Cornell
- “Easy Street” – David Lee Roth
- “W.I.T.C.H.” – Devon Cole
Previous top 100 lists: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.
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I have friends who read dozens and dozens of books each year, but I keep my ambitions a bit lower than that. I read 22 books in 2022 and plan to read 23 in 2023. This will become something of an issue by 2300.
Feb. 5: Acceptance
Feb. 27: Interesting Times
March 17: The Peshawar Lancers
March 29: Irontown Blues
March 31: Bad Advice
April 28: Maskerade
May 1: Sandman Slim
May 10: Ernest Hemingway on Writing
June 25: Alternate Routes
July 22: Feet of Clay
Aug. 20: A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
Aug. 21: Alien III
Aug. 26: Animal Farm
Aug. 31: The Turn of the Screw
Sept. 26: Watership Down
Oct. 2: The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains
Oct. 26: Forced Perspectives
Oct. 30: Black God’s Kiss
Nov. 23: The Princess Bride
Dec. 2: Hogfather
Dec. 18: Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: Illustrated Edition
Dec. 24: The Hobbit
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