What I read in 2025 - by Shruti Rajagopalan

My reading every year starts organized and intentional, then podcast prep, galley copies, and new rabbit holes take over. This year captures that. My goal was to read more about science and mathematics, which led to its own rabbit hole, eventually connecting to economics, epistemic humility, scientific progress versus scientism. Another big category was biographies. It started with Rajmohan Gandhi accepting a podcast invitation and I read or reread all his books plus several other memoirs and biographies. More Indian political economy and history, this time a little regional. And some fiction, not enough, but some. Books in bold and italics are ones I read this year. Those only in italics are past reads that formed connections. Share One goal I had at the year’s start was to read more about science. I haven’t studied physics past tenth grade, and while economics has mathematics, it’s purely instrumental. So that’s where I started. It began with Once Upon a Prime by Sarah Hart. A mathem

My reading every year starts organized and intentional, then podcast prep, galley copies, and new rabbit holes take over. This year captures that. My goal was to read more about science and mathematics, which led to its own rabbit hole, eventually connecting to economics, epistemic humility, scientific progress versus scientism. Another big category was biographies. It started with Rajmohan Gandhi accepting a podcast invitation and I read or reread all his books plus several other memoirs and biographies. More Indian political economy and history, this time a little regional. And some fiction,