My TBR for 2025 - Are any of these on YOUR TBR?

[@TedReadInstead]

What are some books on YOUR TBR for next year?

[@Littlebiglibrary]

John Adams by David McCullough. But only because I am reading it now. As for the rest of 2025, who knows? -James

[@TedReadInstead]

@@Littlebiglibrary I've heard that's a good book. Do you lean towards biographies?

[@Littlebiglibrary]

​@@TedReadInstead. I do enjoy biographies but I only buy ones that I find at a certain thrift store.

[@NicolesBookishNook]

Great sweat shirt and I love your ambition for 2025! ❤🎉 Here’s to a fun reading year!

[@TedReadInstead]

Thanks so much, Nicole! :) Sadly, I can only wear this in December... or perhaps I'll wear it whenever I want! LOL Hope your 2025 is a great one!

[@SamNot-so-wise]

An exciting and ambitious list! I love how the first 5 are absolute door stoppers! Liveships is perhaps my favourite trilogy of all time. The Faithful and the Fallen isn’t the Norse inspired series, that’s Bloodsworn Saga. However that series if my favourite of his and so I highly endorse it!

[@TedReadInstead]

Hey Sam! Thanks for clarifying about the Faithful and the Fallen. I'm looking forward to giving it a shot! :) Happy 2025!!

[@BonnieNicoleWrites]

Love the sweatshirt! So fun. I haven't read any T Kingfisher, but I have heard so many good things! The Lies of Locke Lamora is on my TBR as well.

[@TedReadInstead]

Thanks so much for watching and commenting, Bonnie! :) So far, I'm still trying to figure out if I like the Kingfisher book. I've heard such good things I want to keep giving it a try! LOL I hope you have a wonderful 2025! :)

[@TomOrange]

So many heavy hitters on the list. Looks like 2025 is going to be a great reading year. Merry Christmas!

[@TedReadInstead]

Thanks, Tom! Yes, let's hope I get through many of them! ;)

[@Adventures_in_Literature]

Agatha Christie’s books are such a delightful read. I believe they did a film about Bonhoeffer recently. Can’t wait to hear what you think of his biography.

[@TedReadInstead]

Thanks. I have seen Eric Metaxas speak and I find him to be quite knowledgable so I'm eager to start the book. :) Just need to get through Stormlight Archives! LOL

[@NevsBookChannel]

Merry Christmas Ted! Great list

[@TedReadInstead]

Thank you, Nev! Same to you - and a happy 2025!

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

Hi Ted. I’ve just discovered T. Kingfisher this year. She was introduced to me as a writer of sort of “cozy horror.” I love her! A great new find. Happy Holidays, Ted.

[@TedReadInstead]

Hi Pat! I'm looking forward to checking out her stuff. I've heard good things. :) Merry Christmas to you and yours!

[@SeaninsShelf]

I am also hoping to read Wind and Truth and Malice sometime soon! The other books all sound really interesting and I've heard of several of them. I hope that Christmas was good to you and yours and that your excited to crack down on these books in 2025 soon. Kind of crazy how fast this year went by!

[@TedReadInstead]

Yes, it went by crazy fast. Seems to go faster and faster as I get older and older! ;)

[@gryftkin]

Love T. Kingfisher. Gonna try to sneak Nettle & Bone in this year. I don't usually plot my TBR out too far in advance, but definitely reading The Tainted Cup, been meaning to read it since it came out :D

[@TedReadInstead]

I'll be honest. When I first started Nettle & Bone, I wasn't sure...but it's definitely growing on me. I just love her simple prose. It's simple and yet it hooks you and just reminds me of classical fairy tales for a modern audience. :)

[@kevintowle9665]

Some great books scheduled Ted. I also want to read Tress by Sanderson.

[@TedReadInstead]

Thanks, Kevin! I've heard many good things about it. :)

[@BookBuds]

Hey!! Great TBR! I read Tress but it was my first Sanderson and I’m not sure that should’ve been my first. I didn’t love it 😮

[@TedReadInstead]

Thank you, Joe & Mary! :) My first Sanderson was Mistborn and I didn't love that. I was a bit leery about trying the Stormlight Archives, but I'm glad I did. I'm really enjoying it, albeit it's VERY chonky! LOL Thanks for commenting!

[@KevinsNovelAdvice]

A lot to look forward to!

[@TedReadInstead]

Yes sir! I'm already eager to end Stormlight Archives and read some "normal" sized books! LOL

[@Mysterious-Galaxies]

The Lies of Locke Lamora has been on my radar for years too. I’m excited to hear your thoughts on it. Good luck with The First Law. I had so much fun with them this year. They’re bloody and brutal, but well worth a read.

[@TedReadInstead]

Yes, the Lies of Locke Lamora looks like a fun read! :)

[@colonelmustardinthelibrary]

It took a bit to get my 25 in 25 choices narrowed down. 🤣That Bonhoeffer book has been on my TBR since it was published. I really need to get to it.

[@TedReadInstead]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who struggled! I know it will only grow as the days progress! :) Yes, I'm looking forward to finally opening up Bonhoeffer! :)

[@apoetreadstowrite]

I love your sense of humour, great video intro, very clever. Ah, Robin Hobb: I definitely want to get to her next year, I'm really excited about it, & you have me very curious. Terry Prachett is brilliant, so slyly comic & startling in impact, really clever & very well written. I love Norse mythology & archaeology, I think you'll really enjoy that adventure. I rarely have lists, I'm very much a mood reader who just follows his nose, but I certainly want to get to Robin Hobb. Thanks for another fun & stimulating video, Ted - hope you've had a fabulous Christmas.

[@TedReadInstead]

Merry Christmas, Phillip! Mood reading is wonderful! I think you'll very much enjoy the Hobb books!

[@apoetreadstowrite]

@@TedReadInstead: Yes, I am excited about them.

[@OuterWorldMedia]

Great video! And a great group of books to read! I need to try and fit the Stormlight Archives on my the for 2025. I read the first John Gwynne book a few years ago and I really enjoyed it. I read the gunslinger 5 or 6 years ago and I remember enjoying reading it. You seem to be more familiar with the fantasy genre than me so I may ask for some recommendations in the future lol. Happy New Years!

[@TedReadInstead]

Hey Austin (did I spell your name correctly? :) ) For fantasy, are you more interested in series or standalone books? If series, I would HIGHLY recommend The Farseer Trilogy (which is part of a larger Realm of the Elderlings series). Very character-driven and you'll love Robin Hobb's prose! I'm very much enjoying the Stormlight Archives, but gosh, they are pretty huge! If you would enjoy an Asian mafia feel to a trilogy but still has a pretty cool magic system - The Green Bone Saga. Loved it! Science fiction - you MUST read Project Hail Mary. I have a few videos on the Farseer Trilogy as well as Project Hail Mary. :) Happy 2025, my friend!

[@N.A.Summur]

Merry Christmas! Looks like a pretty nice TBR! We have a couple overlaps. I haven’t started Wind and Truth yet, and I might start it before the year is up… but just barely. So it will definitely be going into next year. And then The First Law trilogy is sitting on my bookshelf, waiting.

[@TedReadInstead]

I'll look forward to hearing your thoughts on the First Law Trilogy if/when you read it! :) Merry Christmas!

[@N.A.Summur]

@ I’m looking forward to it. So many have spoken so highly of it!

[@TedReadInstead]

@@N.A.Summur Yes. So many books. So little time!

[@N.A.Summur]

@ so true!

[@BoiledJellyfishReads]

I plan on tackling assassin by Andy Peloquin as well! It's quite a large series so it can be daunting (I'm pretty sure planned 15 books and 9 are out now)

[@TedReadInstead]

Yikes! Well, hopefully they aren't chonkers like Sanderson puts out. ;) I'll look forward to your reviews. :) Merry Christmas!

[@shaunholt]

Am editing my 25 books to read in 2025! Raw footage was over 2hrs. It's taking a while to edit it. Hopefully finish and upload it tomorrow. I'm only up to book 3 on the list. No, correction, I'm editing my ranking of my 24 to read in 2024. Haven't filmed, but have selected, my 25 to read in 2025.

[@TedReadInstead]

Holy cow! That's like a full-length film! ;) Happy editing and Merry Christmas, Shaun! :)

[@DrL_Reads]

I also have Agatha Christie on my 2025 TBR. Not the same one you have but one of her books nevertheless!

[@TedReadInstead]

She's not known as the Queen of Mystery for nothing! :)

[@TedReadInstead]

Which book are you choosing to read?

[@DrL_Reads]

@ I was thinking “Death Comes at the End.” It is set in Egypt and for some reason that’s the one I want to read the most. I have six of her books and a lot of Mary Higgins Clark as well and want to read a couple from each author in 2025. The queen of suspense and the queen of mystery!

[@TedReadInstead]

@@DrL_Reads Gosh, I haven't read anything from Clark in years. Thanks for the reminder! :)

[@BryanM.R.-prionic1]

Fashion faux pas? Hey, it will only be the 26th! I know everyone talks about Boxing Day, but it's also the Feast of St. Stephen. Sigh. No one dons their Good King Wenceslas swag nowadays. 😜 Sounds like you have a lot of good stuff lined up for 2025. I don't think I've read that particular Bonhoeffer book, but it's tough to go wrong with the subject matter. And I read The Gunslinger way back in the day and enjoyed it because it was so weird. Apparently, King put out an edited version that "softens" the main character and brings certain details and stylistic choices more in line with the remainder of the series (I haven't read them all). To be fair, I haven't read the revised edition of The Gunslinger, but it almost sounds like King may have sanded down the rough edges that made it interesting -- at least to me. But in any case, I hope all your choices turn out to be good ones! Edit: My 2025 plans include "On the Nature of Things" by Lucretius, "The Idiot" by Fyodor Dostoevsky, and "The Waste Land" by T.S. Eliot. I don't plan very much. 😊

[@TedReadInstead]

Haha! True...and today I shouldn't worry too much about fashion if pajamas is attire often worn when shopping or dining! ;)