2025 Summary: Books
Books that I've read in 2025
Count: 31
Top 3:
3:
American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road
by Nick Bilton
Story of darknet market Silk Road and it's creator Ross Ulbrich. Interestingly it looked like this was epilogue of Ross life as he was sentenced to two life sentences plus 40 years without the possibility of parole but recently he received a full and unconditional pardon from U.S. President Donald Trump.
2:
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
by Patrick Radden Keefe
How the opioids epidemic of USA started? Thanks Purdue Pharma(owned by Sackler family) and theirs best selling durg OxyContin. Book shows that lack of government oversight and controls will allow enable corporate greed and constant profits over dead bodies.
... and book of the year:
1.
Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes. The Official Biography
Biography of wonderful fantasy author life which ended prematurely by terrible disease, written by his 20-year assistant who stood by him to hist last day. One of the best biographies I've ever read.
Biggest disappointment:
Wind and Truth - Brandon Sanderson
- Not a satisfying end (I know it's not the end of Stormlight Archive!) to a saga, it was bloated out of proportion with fetch quests (1500 pages for two parts combined!)
Full List:
EN:
- Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism - Sarah Wynn-Williams
- Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout - Cal Newport
PL:
- Zapiski Podglądacza(The Voyeur's Motel) - Gay Talase
- Deus Irae - Roger Zelazny, Philip K. Dick
- Wojna światów(The War of the Worlds) - Herbert George Wells
- Muzeum dusz czyśćcowych. Opowieści niesamowite - Stefan Grabiński (PL only)
- Sztuka podstępu. Łamałem ludzi, nie hasła(The Art of Deception: Controling the Human Element of Security) - Kevin Mitnick, William L. Simon
- Noc noży(Night of Knives) - Ian Cameron Esslemont
- Dom łańcuchów(House of Chains) - Steven Erikson - reread
- Hrabia Monte Christo. Tom 1 -(The Count of Monte Cristo) Aleksander Dumas
- Ruchome obrazki(Moving Pictures) - Terry Pratchett
- Wyspa Doktora Moreau(The Island of Doctor Moreau) - Herbert George Wells, Giuseppe Garibaldi Bruno
- Anglik w Japonii. 10 lat w Kraju Wschodzącego Słońca(Abroad in Japan. Ten years in The Land of the Rising Sun) - Chris Broad
- Wiatr i Prawda. Część 2 (Wind and Truth P2) - Brandon Sanderson
- Na marne - Marta Sapała (PL only)
- Urobieni. Reportaże o pracy - Marek Szymaniak(PL only)
- Wiatr i Prawda. Część 1 (Wind and Truth P1) - Brandon Sanderson
- Król darknetu. Polowanie na genialnego cyberprzestępcę(American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road) - Nick Bilton
- Conan - Księga pierwsza - Robert E. Howard
- Co się stało w Jonestown? Sekta Jima Jonesa i największe zbiorowe samobójstwo(The Road to Jonestown) - Jeff Guinn
- Biedni w bogatym kraju. Przebudzenie z amerykańskiego snu(Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope) - Nicholas Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn
- Wspomnienie lodu(Memories of Ice) - Steven Erikson
- Terry Pratchett: Życie z przypisami(Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes. The Official Biography) - Rob Wilkins
- 451° Fahrenheita(Fahrenheit 451) - Ray Bradbury
- Okablowani(Hardwired) - Walter Jon Williams
- Rytm Wojny. Część 2 (Rhythm od War) - Brandon Sanderson
- Bezsenność w Tokio - Marcin Bruczkowski
- Imperium bólu. Baronowie przemysłu farmaceutycznego (Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty) - Patrick Radden Keefe
- Miasto gangów. Ukryte światy Rio de Janeiro - Łukasz Czeszumski
- Ziemiomorze(The Earthsea) - Ursula K. Le Guin
- Bramy Domu Umarłych(Deadhouse Gates) - Steven Erikson