Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago

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Josh counts down the ten best books he read for the first time in 2025, starting with #10 and counting all the way down to #1.

Josh's other "best books" countdowns:

2015: youtube.com/watch?v=IVOmjh5GLv4&list=PLoZ3V9UVtqzqNkk8M1W3wgR-pfZBqWHuU&index=1&t=4s
2016: youtube.com/watch?v=HoUZFK6ZjsI&list=PLoZ3V9UVtqzqNkk8M1W3wgR-pfZBqWHuU&index=6&t=2s
2017: youtube.com/watch?v=8yYXgqDP6d8&list=PLoZ3V9UVtqzqNkk8M1W3wgR-pfZBqWHuU&index=10&t=61s
2018: youtube.com/watch?v=9Ln4GJjUJy4&list=PLoZ3V9UVtqzqNkk8M1W3wgR-pfZBqWHuU&index=14&t=13s
2019: youtube.com/watch?v=EGZX3caBI-Y&list=PLoZ3V9UVtqzqNkk8M1W3wgR-pfZBqWHuU&index=19
All-Time (2019): youtube.com/watch?v=ykku9YLL7xY&list=PLoZ3V9UVtqzqNkk8M1W3wgR-pfZBqWHuU&index=20&t=27s
2020: youtube.com/watch?v=IwM9_Svh2Yo&list=PLoZ3V9UVtqzqNkk8M1W3wgR-pfZBqWHuU&index=24
2021: youtube.com/watch?v=Ak__5tpIQfc&list=PLoZ3V9UVtqzqSSs1Vys-1y5oRUzgsB2qQ&index=2
2022: youtube.com/watch?v=1ekVdOCsBRs&list=PLoZ3V9UVtqzqSSs1Vys-1y5oRUzgsB2qQ&index=51
From the Vault (2013): youtube.com/watch?v=c2dJEJgZNoc&list=PLoZ3V9UVtqzqSSs1Vys-1y5oRUzgsB2qQ&index=59
From the Vault (2014): youtube.com/watch?v=4vDVZdRHXjU
2023: youtube.com/watch?v=5IPfedgsBYo
From the Vault (2008): youtube.com/watch?v=fnmyXIHGIaM&list=PLoZ3V9UVtqzqSSs1Vys-1y5oRUzgsB2qQ&index=105
2024: youtube.com/watch?v=LEColOcN09Q
From the Vault (2009): youtube.com/watch?v=MB0g4mzcoUs&list=PLoZ3V9UVtqzqSSs1Vys-1y5oRUzgsB2qQ&index=106
From the Vault (2010): youtube.com/watch?v=zqJjeGYy_zw&list=PLoZ3V9UVtqzqSSs1Vys-1y5oRUzgsB2qQ&index=107
From the Vault (2011): youtube.com/watch?v=7qyn063API0&list=PLoZ3V9UVtqzqSSs1Vys-1y5oRUzgsB2qQ&index=108
From the Vault (2012): youtube.com/watch?v=n8vz47oBmpc&list=PLoZ3V9UVtqzqSSs1Vys-1y5oRUzgsB2qQ&index=109

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