Abstract Here, yet again, is my pick of ‘good reads’ from the books I read in 2025. I want to remind you, as I do every year, that these are not ‘book reviews’, which also explains the relative paucity of law books or books about the law. Many excellent ones have come my way this year, as in previous years, but an excellent law book is not always, in fact rarely is, a ‘good read’ in the sense intended here: curl up on the sofa and enjoy a very good read, maybe even as a respite from an excellent law book. I usually point out that some of these ‘good reads’ are not necessarily literary masterpieces – though in the list this year each recommendation is for a book which in my eyes is a lot more than a ‘mere’ good read; a handful are truly masterpieces. A lot more than 10 good reads came my way this year. The selection process was tougher than usual. I was guided by my possibly misguided notion of trying to provide titles which would cater for very different tastes. I myself am hopelessly eclectic.
Joseph H. H. Weiler (Wed,) studied this question.