2025 Reading List: New Book Recommendations

For those who, like the author and at least some of his readers, are afflicted by a pathological book-browsing habit, scouring beginning-of-year booklists is a prescribed ritual. But where to stop scouring and begin reading? Below is a small selection intended to lead off. The titles, all of which are out this month, are, of course, to this writer’s tastes — but hopefully not exclusively so. May your year of reading be a rich one.

Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life, Agnes Callard

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Ian Tuttle

Ian Tuttle is a research fellow at the Aspen Institute’s Philosophy & Society Initiative.

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For those who, like the author and at least some of his readers, are afflicted by a pathological book-browsing habit, scouring beginning-of-year booklists is a prescribed ritual. But where to stop scouring and begin reading? Below is a small selection intended to lead off. The titles, all of which are out this month, are, of course, to this writer’s tastes — but hopefully not exclusively so. May your year of reading be a rich one.

Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life, Agnes Callard