Favorite book of the year (would have been my favorite of 2025 too):
The Tusks of Extinction
beautifully written speculative fiction exploring the nature of self, memory, culture, systems, and economics; all via a fascinating exploration of wooly mammoths
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/8bec6946-f8db-46db-bde9-3da6e435438c