Books I Read This Year

I’ve long wanted to move away from social media, and now I’m finally doing it. Jaron Lanier sums up my reasons succinctly in his important book, Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right now: “To free yourself, to be more authentic, to be less addicted, to be less manipulated, to be less paranoid…for all these marvelous reasons, delete your accounts.” (Page 24, hardcover edition)

Although my A. J. Banner Instagram account has been deactivated for a few years now (did anyone notice?), I haven’t yet completely deleted my Facebook account. But I’ll no longer be posting there. I hope that eventually, readers and friends who are interested in interacting with me in a more authentic way, might contact me here.

On this last day of December, 2025, I decided to type up a list of books I read this year—at least, the ones I can remember reading! I used my 1966 Hermes 3000 with Petit-Pica typeface, a true joy.

My Hermes 3000 with Petit-Pica typeface.