my favorite books + music of 2025

My favorite books and music of 2025.

Hi friends —

I’ve been sitting on this one for a few weeks now. I initially thought of writing about my ten favorite books and ten favorite albums released this year. As I started writing, it felt like I was forcing the list instead of being honest with it. So I left it and came back, and what I realized is that there was so much I enjoyed this year, but…