What Jon Read in 2025, Part 2: RPGs & Audio Books
The Role-Playing Games and Audio Books I completed in 2025.
Welcome to Part 2 of the books I read in 2025. Part 1 covered the 15 business, technology, and leaderships books I read, as well as the 4 fiction novels I completed. In this section, I cover the Role Playing Games and Audio Books I read or listened to in 2025. In order to count as a “read” I have to have a) read at least 85% of the book, skipping only minimal sections, or b) be refreshing myself on a book I’d previously read by reading at least 40% of the material. Audio Books I must have listened to completely.
Print, RPG
I read a lot of Role Playing Game manuals because I love exploring both the fiction and the mechanics of these games. This section is actually a 50/50 mix of digital reads and books I have on my shelf.
Legend In the Mist, Son of Oak Game Studio
Coriolis: The Great Dark, Free League Publishing
Vaesen, Free League Publishing
Cosmere RPG: Stormlight Handbook, Brotherwise Games
Cosmere RPG: Stormlight World Guide, Brotherwise Games
Delta Green: Agent’s Handbook, Arc Dream Publishing
Old Gods of Appalachia: Dig Your Own Grave, Monte Cook Games
Gunslinger Knights, Monte Cook Games
Cypher: Neon Rain, Monte Cook Games
Cypher: High Noon At Midnight, Monte Cook Games
Mythic Bastionland, Bastionland Press
Mythomorphosis, Gordie Murphy
Pico, Mythworks
Audio Books
City of Lost Chances, Adrian Tchaikovsky
House of Open Wounds, Adrian Tchaikovsky
Days of Shattered Faith, Adrian Tchaikovsky
Children of Time, Adrian Tchaikovsky
Children of Ruin, Adrian Tchaikovsky
I actually started relistening to this series already; partially because I was out of Audible credits, but also; its that good (by book 3)
Dungeon Crawler Carl, Matt Dinniman
Carl’s Doomsday Scenario, Matt Dinniman
The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook, Matt Dinniman
The Gate of the Feral Gods, Matt Dinniman
The Butcher’s Masquerade, Matt Dinniman
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride, Matt Dinniman
This Inevitable Ruin, Matt Dinniman