15 Books to Add to Your Reading List in 2025
This one is for my readers! I’m sharing my favorite books from the past year. Most of these book genres are centered in topics like personal development, business, spirituality. The first five listed are my favorites from 2024, then my five favorite real estate investing books, and finally my five overall favs.
1. Letting Go
This was a year of surrender for me and this book hits surrender from so many practical angles. We got this book as a gift from a friend and it was my absolute best read of the year. I will definitely reread and I like how the chapters are broken up so when I do reach for it I can advance to the sections I’m wanting to refresh (example, the “guilt” chapter).
2. The Six Working Geniuses
If you work closely with coworkers in a business this book breaks down six types of “genius” most people operate from. It REALLY helped me identify my strengths and feel happy to hand things off to team members who operate in contrasting strengths.
3. A New Earth
I listened to this in February and plan to listen again this year (I take things in a little slower by audio alone). He speaks a lot about the ego and how we impede ourselves and the collective awakening. If you’re looking for more general books on spirituality this is a good way to dip your toes in.
4. The Anxious Generation
My son and I read this together. It really goes into how video games and social media are impacting Mac’s generation. Jonathan Haidt makes suggestions for things like phone free schools, waiting until at least 16 to give kids smart phones and social media, and more.
5. The Emotion Code
I am a big believer in the mind/body connection. I have seen in my own body how aches and pains can be released when difficult emotions are released. If you struggle with aches and pains with no known physical trauma – consider it could be stuck emotions.
Real Estate Investing Books
(some tactical, some more mindset):
6. Rich Dad, Poor Dad
This is a classic real estate investing book that really hones in on the importance of not just making money, but investing it. Make your money work for you through owning assets, not liabilities. Robert Kiyosaki is considered a pioneer in the real estate investing space. He is a big fan of using debt to grow massive wealth…. and so am I for those who understand how it works!
7. The Book on Advanced Tax Strategies
This book absolutely changed our investing journey. Saving on taxes has been the fast track to wealth building for us.
8. Lifeonaire: An Uncommon Approach to Wealth, Success, and Prosperity
This book takes perspective less commonly evaluated in investing books, evaluating the cost of conventional forms of wealth building and success. This book is a good reset is you’re feeling overwhelmed by the continuous drive for more and want to realign with the “WHY” of it all.
9. Retire Early with Real Estate
This is not a commonly known book in the real estate space but I read it early on in my investing career and I found it more tactical than more marco books I was reading. If you’re looking for something a bit more like a “how to”, I took a lot away from this book as a budding real estate investor.
10. Who Not How: The Formula to Achieve Bigger Goals Through Accelerating Teamwork
The name, as it suggests, leans into the concept that great things are not done alone… and shouldn’t be. If you have trouble delegating, this book is likely to shift your perspective. In real estate investing you have to build a team (or agents, lenders, accountants, contractors, etc.) to keep scaling.
My Longtime Favorite Books:
11. A Happy Pocket Full of Money
This is really a book about energy and thoughts, more general to manifesting and becoming rich in life than just money.
12. The Conscious Parent
This really helped me separate myself from my kids and put the mirror on myself and look within when moments really bother me with me kids. What triggers you is what could likely use healing.
13. Think and Grow Rich
A very old book – classic mindset on how much power our thoughts have and how to shift them in favor of abundance.
14. The Big Leap
Really digs into self sabotage in a way I didn’t perceive before and it really landed for me! He gives SO MANY great examples. It’s helped me spot my own self sabotage and recognize it in others which has been REALLY helpful.
15. The One World School House
I went on to spend a lot of time and money starting a school so let’s just say this landed with me. I think education is shifting so fast and I love the perspective of Mr. Khan.
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