Books I Read in 2025
This is an AI translation, pending the author’s review.
A list of books
| Title | Finished | Thoughts | Author | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 Ways to Walk | 2025-12-31 | Cleverly links the utterly “ordinary” act of walking to different disciplines: medicine, psychology, self-discovery. I enjoyed the light touch with which the author brings out the many faces of a walk. | Annabel Streets |  |
| Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop (Korean booksellers’ book of the year 2022) (e-book) | 2025-10-19 | Finely drawn characters, each on a journey of self-discovery. Facing an identity crisis of my own, I found resonance, recognition and reflection here. | Hwang Bo-reum |  |
| The Light of Consciousness: Eternal Metaphors in Eastern Religious Myth (e-book) | 2025-10-10 | Eastern spiritual traditions stress the gradual evolution of the self toward the divine; Western theology stresses surrender to an external divine power, yet within that surrender emphasises the personal relationship with God. This account prompted reflection on my own faith. | Joseph Campbell |  |
| 餘生 (The Remaining Years) | 2025-10-10 | The humanity of those who labour solidly, against capital that puts cold profit first. | Chan Sik-chi |  |
| 命定之書 (The Book of Destiny: one page to amplify a life) (e-book) | 2025-10-02 | The ICE framework (Impression, Choice, Exploration) offers a practical method. | Eric Ai |  |
| 實現財富自由，你必須懂點日常生活經濟學 (Everyday economics for financial freedom) (e-book) | 2025-09-26 | An appealing title, but the concrete examples lack enough detail and persuasive force; the content is too broad. | Liang Mengping |  |
| 歸心祈禱：與上帝親密之旅 (Centering Prayer: a journey of intimacy with God) | 2025-09-24 | Offers practical methods of practice while also, in plain language, setting out the theological background to prayer as a spiritual discipline. | Cheung Kam-wai |  |
| 理財從概念開始 (Money management begins with concepts) (e-book) | 2025-09-24 | An accessible primer on financial basics; useful for teaching the next generation the fundamental concepts. | Nathaniel C. Fowler Jr. |  |
| 富媽媽窮媽媽 (Rich Mum, Poor Mum) (e-book) | 2025-09-12 | A true account of one person’s financial growth. | Chen Chung-ming |  |
| Mind over Money (進化致富本能的金錢猛獁象) | 2025-09-12 | A penetrating psychological analysis of financial myths. Chapter 13, on money and relationships, is especially profound. | Brad Klontz, Edward Horwitz, Ted Klontz |  |
| 松浦彌太郎：50歲後我想這樣過 (How I want to live after 50) (e-book) | 2025-09-10 | Explores the possibilities and practicalities of a mid-life reset: re-evaluating priorities, setting new life goals, reshaping one’s self-image. | Matsuura Yataro |  |
| Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing (e-book) | 2025-09-09 | An in-depth exploration of the nature of money through historical narrative. | Jacob Goldstein |  |
| 我那有錢的高中同學 (My Rich High School Classmate) (e-book) | 2025-09-05 | Uses story to bring common financial principles vividly to life: deciding for yourself, committing with passion, managing risk, thinking ahead, and the distinction and balance between saving and investing. | Song Hee-gu |  |
| 我香港，我街道2 (My Hong Kong, My Streets 2) | 2025-08-24 | Moved by its fine observation and its distinctly contemporary prose. | House of Hong Kong Literature |  |
| How to Fund the Life You Want | 2025-08-23 | A foundational overview of financial planning principles and life design, offering a practical conceptual framework. | Robin Powell, Jonathan Hollow |  |
| 你好，我是書店員 (Hello, I’m a bookseller) | 2025-08-22 | The uniqueness of a bookshop: how a bookseller serves very different people (young mothers, young people exploring finance, the grieving, pet lovers, fitness devotees). | Morita Megumi |  |
| 巨人的筆記 (The Giant’s Notes) (e-book) | 2025-08-20 | The author proposes a three-layer framework for knowledge work: (1) clarify understanding by examining one’s own reasoning; (2) summarise in personal, emotionally resonant language; (3) consolidate through repeated exposure and cross-category recombination. Chapters 4 to 9 spoke to me most. | Kim Ik-han |  |