2025 reading list

My 2025 reading list – what I read in 2025

A record of my reading in 2025. This is a page to keep track of what I read (and what I don’t finish) in 2025.

I read 30 books in in 2024, so I’m hoping to at least match that.

The Woman’s Voice by Patsy Rodenburg
The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott
I’ll Keep Her Safe by Jen Morris
Slow Productivity by Cal Newport
Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon
Gunnawah by Ronnie Salt
Out of the Ordinary by Kate Jenkins
The Lemongrass Project by Janet Richardson
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
A Flat Place by Noreen Masud
What is Poetry? by Michael Rosen
Into the Woods by John Yorke
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Beowulf translated by Seamus Heaney
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The Science of Storytelling by Will Storr
Human Nature by Jane Rawson
Frankenstein (1818 edition) by Mary Shelley
Unsettled by Kate Grenville
Grendel by John Gardner
Picture This: How Pictures Work by Molly Bang
Sex, Gender & Identity: Trans Rights in Australia by Paula Gerber
The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek
Minds Went Walking; Paul Kelly’s Songs Reimagined compiled by Mark Smith, Neil A. White & Jock Serong
Voices of the Southern Ocean: A Nipaluna/Hobart Anthology
Vagabond by Tim Curry

Presence by Patsy Rodenburg
The Humming Effect by Jonathan Goldman and Andi Goldman
Living Drama by Bruce Burton
Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown
What Color is Your Parachute? by Richard Nelson Bolles
The White Wash by Siang Lu
CUSP: James Henry Esmond Dorney Architect by Paddy Dorney
Architectural Photography and Composition by Steven Brooke
The Use of the Self by FM Alexander
Body and Breath by Jill Miller
Van Diemen’s Land by James Boyce
Body, Breath and Being by Carolyn Nicholls
Tranquility by Tuesday by Laura Vanderkam
The Little Red Writing Book by Mark Tredinnick
How To Train Your Political Animal by Melinda Maddock
Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson, Jospeh Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
The Good Ally by Nova Reid
Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
The Good Life by Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz
Food for Menopause by Linia Patel
Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year by Allie Esiri
Minds Went Walking: Paul Kelly’s Songs Reimagined, edited by Mark Smith, Neil A. White & Jock Serong
The Ode Less Travelled by Stephen Fry
Sadvertising by Ennis Cehic