India, Dec. 26 -- Mystery, Mayhem and the Magnificent Life of Roxie Laybourne by Chris Sweeney is my best book of 2025 for two reasons. One is that it is the most recent book I read. Before I come to the second, here's a quick list of some of the books I enjoyed this year: All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall, The End of the World as we Know it; New Tales of Stephen King's The Stand edited by Christopher Golden and Brian Keene, Keanu Reeves: Most Triumphant: The Movies and Meaning of an Irrepressible Icon by Alex Pappademas, Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekara, Isola by Allegra Goodman, Moderation by Elaine Castillo, What we Can Know by Ian McEwan, Beartooth by Callan Wink, and Burn by Peter Heller. Not all of these were published in ...