Books Read in 2025

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer I really liked this one. Inspirational. I liked the quotes from other books before each chapter. But there are men for whom the unattainable has a special attraction. Usually they are not experts: their ambitions and fantasies are strong enough to brush aside the doubts which more cautious men might have. Determination and faith are their strongest weapons. At best such men are regarded as eccentric; at worst, mad.… Everest has attracted its share of men like these. Their mountaineering experience varied from none at all to very slight—certainly none of them had the kind of experience which would make an ascent of Everest a reasonable goal. Three things they all had in common: faith in themselves, great determination, and endurance. ...

Cal Newport Books Read by Month

Book, Author, Publication Date, Number of Pages Also click the month to go directly to where he talks about the books August 25 Boundless Realm: Deep Explorations Inside Disney’s Haunted Mansion by Foxx Nolte, October 2020 Collisions: A Physicist’s Journey from Hiroshima to the Death of the Dinosaurs by Alec Nevala-Lee, July 2025 Before the Birds Sang Words by Ken Bruce, January 2023 Desperation Reef by T. Jefferson Parker, July 2024 ...