Tildes Book Club 2025 retrospective

Wes
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:16:53 +0000

Here we are at the end of another year. This was our first full year of the Tildes Book Club, so congratulations are in order for reaching this milestone. Currently we're taking a well-earned December break, until we return in January for more.

This year saw us reading more variety across both fiction and non-fiction, covering scifi, history, autobiographies, and short stories.

Here are some stats for 2025:

Books Read: 11 (18 if counting short stories)

Total Pages: 3,919

Participants: 50 unique users (134 total participations)

Total Comments: 456

Nominations Submitted: 55

Nomination Votes Cast: 233

The superlative awards:

Most Discussed: Hyperion (68 comments)

Deepest Discussion: The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store (averaged 5 comments per person)

Longest Read: The Ministry for the Future (563 pages)

Shortest Read: Elder Race (199 pages)

Oldest Read: Cat's Cradle (published 1963)

The full list of 2025's discussions can be found here:

Jan: The Ministry for the Future

Feb: Born a Crime

March: Hyperion

April: Elder Race

May: A People's Future of the United States

June: A House with Good Bones

July: The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store

Aug: Cat's Cradle

Sep: Stories of Your Life and Others

Oct: The Poisoner's Handbook

Nov: We are Legion (We are Bob)

Much thanks as always to @boxer_dogs_dance for organizing this club for us. We have a great lineup for 2026, including renowned authors like Kafka, Nabokov, and Pratchett.

Feel free to share your favourite Book Club reads from 2025, or what you're looking forward to in 2026.

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