Do you mean this year?

A Short History of Europe

Andy weir - project Hail Mary

Do you mean "published last year" or "you read last year"? Or a book you read over the last one year?

Economics in 1 lesson by Henry Hazlitt

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics_in_One_Lesson

It's difficult choose between Las Tragedias Grotescas (Pío Baroja) and O Mandarim (Eça de Queiroz).

I really enjoyed "Tress of the emerald sea" by Brandon Sanderson.

Short and witty.

If This Is a Man - Primo Levi

Naked Lunch