A curated list of 18 recommended books from 2025, split between 11 non-fiction works (covering writing craft, biographies of writers and business leaders, media history, and world history) and 7 fiction titles (primarily horror, dystopian, and historical fiction). Non-fiction highlights include "On Writing Well" by William Zinsser, biographies of Isaac Asimov and Warren Buffett, and histories of Coca-Cola and The Washington Post. Fiction recommendations feature "The Buffalo Hunter Hunter" by Stephen Graham Jones, "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood, and "James" by Percival Everett.
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