A thread of my favorite books that I read in 2025. I usually only read fiction but last year I expanded my palette to include non-fiction as well. The list is unranked, and I present them in the order I finished reading them. I might sneak 1-2 essays in there too 👇🏻

📢 New Paper! Tired 😴 of reasoning benchmarks full of math & code? In our work we consider the problem of reasoning for plot holes in stories -- inconsistencies in a storyline that break the internal logic or rules of a story’s world 🌎 W @melaniesclar.bsky.social, and @tsvetshop.bsky.social 1/n

31% of US adults use generative AI for healthcare 🤯But most AI systems answer questions assertively—even when they don’t have the necessary context. Introducing #MediQ a framework that enables LLMs to recognize uncertainty🤔and ask the right questions❓when info is missing: 🧵

Excited to release Tulu 3! We worked hard to try and make the best open post-training recipe we could, and the results are good! I was lucky enough to work on almost every stage of the pipeline in one way or another. Some comments + highlights ⬇️