These are the 42 books I read in 2025. I tried to pick 5 favorite non-fiction and 5 favorite fiction books, noted with *. But it was hard to choose. There are a lot of good books here.
Send recommendations!
Here are the books:
THE AGE OF MAGICAL OVERTHINKING by Amanda Montell
THE BIGGER PICTURE by Jon Landau
CARRIE by Stephen King *
THE CITY WE BECAME by N.K. Jemisin
DEBT by David Graeber
THE DEFICIT MYTH by Stephanie Kelton
DEMOCRACY by Joan Didion
DOPPELGANGER by Naomi Klein
EARTHSEA by Ursula K. Le Guin
THE FIERY TRIAL: ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND AMERICAN SLAVERY by Eric Foner
FUTURE BOY by Michael J. Fox and Nelle Fortenberry
HELL HOUSE by Richard Matheson
HISTORY MATTERS by David McCullough
I AM ALIVE AND YOU ARE DEAD by Emmanuel Carrere
I AM NOT SIDNEY POITIER by Percival Everett
IN COLD BLOOD by Truman Capote *
THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE by VE Schwab
THE JOKE by Milan Kundera
KINDRED by Octavia E. Butler *
THE LAST NIGHT OF THE YANKEES DYNASTY by Buster Olney *
LONG ISLAND COMPROMISE by Taffy Brodesser-Anker *
LUCKY LOSER by Michael Kosta
MAGIC: THE LIFE OF EARVIN "MAGIC" JOHNSON by Roland Lazenby
THE MOON IS DOWN by John Steinbeck
MORAL AMBITION by Rutger Bregman
MOTHER NIGHT by Kurt Vonnegut
ON REVOLUTION by Hannah Arendt
THE ORVILLE: SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL by Seth MacFarlane
PARABLE OF THE SOWER by Octavia E. Butler *
POVERTY, BY AMERICA by Matthew Desmond
PRACTICING HISTORY by Barbara Tuchman
THE ROAD THROUGH THE WALL by Shirley Jackson
SAY NOTHING by Patrick Raden Keefe *
SOCIOPATH by Patric Gagne
SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES by Ray Bradbury
STAR WARS: REVENGE OF THE SITH by Matthew Stover *
STAR WARS: SHATTERPOINT by Matthew Stover
THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US: WORKING AND HOMELESS IN AMERICA by Brian Goldstone *
THIS IS HOW IT ALWAYS IS by Laurie Frankel
TRUMAN by David McCullough *
THE WAGER by David Grann
WIDOW BASQUIAT by Jennifer Clement
Hi All,
I am producing a short film this summer. It is a very funny dark comedy about the challenges of motherhood.
It's called PATTY'S LAST RESORT and we need some help.
So if you can contribute anything, that would be greatly appreciated!
Link to our Seed and Spark is in my bio.
These are the 25 books I read in 2024.
Please keep the recommendations coming.
Here are the books:
AWE by Dacher Keltner
BEFORE BROOKLYN by Ted Reinstein
A BELL FOR ADANO by John Hersey
CANNERY ROW by John Steinbeck
THE CHALICE & THE BLADE by Riane Eisler
CHILDREN UNDER FIRE by John Woodrow Cox
CHOOSING TO RUN by Des Linden
EVERYONE WHO IS GONE IS HERE by Jonathan Blitzer
FALLOUT by Lesley M.M. Blume
FOR NEW MANAGERS from Harvard Business Review
THE GREAT WAVE by Michiko Kakutani
THE HAMMER by Hamilton Nolan
HOPE VALLEY by Haviva Ner-David
THE IDIOT by Elif Batuman
INTERNET FOR THE PEOPLE by Ben Tarnoff
THE KINGDOM, THE POWER, AND THE GLORY by Tim Alberta
MY WORK by Olga Ravn
NEXUS by Yuval Noah Harari
PET SEMATARY by Stephen King
A PERFECT SPY by John le Carré
SCARLET WITCH: THE LAST DOOR by Steve Orlando
SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence
THERE THERE by Tommy Orange
TYRANNY OF THE MINORITY by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt
WE ARE EXPERIENCING A SLIGHT DELAY by Gary Janetti
The 2nd Tubi Original I was Line Producer / UPM on in 2024, TIL DEATH DO US PART, is out today.
You can catch it on Tubi for free!!!
Filmed in Connecticut in March / April.
Proud of the incredible cast and crew. Movies are hard.
Here are some photos and videos I took along the way.
The video of the dog running on to set and peeing during a take is maybe the hardest laugh I've ever had to hold in. So movies are hard but they are also fun.
This season was some of the most fun I've ever had watching / listening to baseball.
Thanks 2024 Tigers for the good time.
I think back to that magical 2006 season and how that surprise initial rise to success felt for us 80s and 90s kids. So the most exciting part of this 2024 team is the new generation of Detroit baseball fans that were created during this magical run. And I don't think they'll have to wait 4 decades for a World Series Champion.
Can't wait to see these Gritty Tigers at Dodger Stadium Opening Day 2025!!! Only 166 days.
Have a moment to post stuff.
Check out SINS OF THE BRIDE on Tubi! It's free! I was Line Producer / UPM. First of three features I Line Produced this year. And already out on streaming!
Proud of what the cast and crew accomplished and I wish I took better pictures. Which is why I stole a few of these from some of you.
These are the 28 books I read in 2023. Thanks again to everyone who ever recommended anything. If you recommended something and it's not on this list, it's probably sitting on a bookshelf in my place waiting to be read. But keep recommending!!!! What was the best thing you read this year?
Here are the books:
PROJECT HAIL MARY Andy Weir
BRIEF ANSWERS TO THE BIG QUESTIONS Stephen Hawking
FREDERICK DOUGLAS: PROPHET OF FREEDOM David W. Blight
THIRTEEN DAYS Robert Kennedy
THE FAMISHED ROAD Ben Okri
THE GUNS OF AUGUST Barbara Tuchman
SAVING FREUD Andrew Nagorski
THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING Milan Kundera
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW'S "ON LEADERSHIP"
HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE Andreas Malm
THE SWERVE Stephen Greenblatt
TRUST Hernan Diaz
HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD Robert Kolkner
THE GIVER Lois Lowry
BLOODBATH NATION Paul Auster
THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU Leo Tolstoy
HOW TO STOP TIME Matt Haig
DEATH ON THE ICE: THE GREAT NEWFOUNDLAND SEALING DISASTER OF 1914 Cassie Brown
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FREEDOM DeRay Mckesson
THE ORDER OF TIME Carlo Rovelli
THE HEAT WILL KILL YOU FIRST Jeff Goodell
EVERYTHING FLOWS Vasily Grossman
LAZINESS DOES NOT EXIST Devon Price
THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY Michael Chabon
REIGN OF TERROR Spencer Ackerman
THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD John le Carré
THE CHAOS MACHINE Max Fisher
MANHUNT Gretchen Felker-Martin
Greater Lansing people: our short film, @chosenonefilm , will be playing at the East Lansing Film Festival. I won't be attending but you'll get two chances to see it!
Saturday, November 11, 3:30PM
Monday, November 13, 9:00PM
