These are books that I have finished, and links to reviews if I’ve written them.
September 2026
- Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
- Exit Party, by Emily St John Mandel
- To Be Taught if Fortunate, by Becky Chambers
August 2026
- You Can Just Do Things: How High-Agency People Get What They Want Out of Life by Cate Hall
- The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI by Cory Doctorow
July 2026
- The Secret of Our Success by Joseph Henrich
- The WEIRDest People in the World by Joseph Henrich
- Never Split the Difference: Negotiating Like Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss
- Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
- The Will of the Many, by James Islington
June 2026
- BobiVerse Series, by Dennis Taylor
- We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
- For We Are Many
- All These Worlds
- Heaven’s River
- Not Till We Are Lost
May 2026
- The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas
April 2026
- The Night Guest, by Hildur Knútsdóttir
- Mistborn, by Brandon Sanderson
- The Final Empire
- The Well of Ascension
- The Hero of Ages
March 2026
- The Secret History, by Donna Tart
- Butterflies in November, by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
- Iceland Invaded: The Allied Occupation in World War II, by Páll Baldvin Baldvinsson
- No More Mr Nice Guy: A Proven Plan for Getting What You Want in Love, Sex, and Life, by Dr. Robert A Glover
February 2026
- Ministry of Time, Kaliane Bradley
- The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea, Axie Oh
January 2026
- Yours Truly, Abby Jimenez
- The Devils, Joe Abercrombie
December 2025
- A Man Called Ove, Fredrik Backman
- Three Body Problem series, Liu Cixin
- The Dark Forest
- Death’s End
- The Redemption of Time, Baoshu (authorized sequel)
- James, Percival Everett
- Debt: The First 5000 Years, David Graeber
October 2025
- Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros
- Iron Flame, Rebecca Yarros
- Witchcraft for Wayward Girls, Grady Hendrix
September 2025
- The Ardent Swarm, Yamen Manai
- Rejection, Tony Tulathimutte
- Suffer the Children, Craig DiLouie
- Three Body Problem, Liu Cixin
August 2025
- Who Deserves Your Love: How to Create Boundaries to Start, Strengthen, or End Any Relationship, KC Davis
- The Hard Thing about Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers―Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship, Ben Horowitz
- And My Blood Sang, Maia Brown-Johnson
- Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature, by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian
- Anarchy, in a Manner of Speaking, David Graeber in conversation with Mehdi Belhaj Kacem, Nika Dubrovsky, and Assia Turquier-Zauberman
- Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself, by Melody Beattie
July 2025
- Cloud Cuckoo Land, Anthony Doerr
June 2025
- The Women, Kristin Hannah
- How Emotions are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain, Lisa Feldman Barrett
May 2025
- Parliamentary America, Maxwell L Stearns
April 2025
- The Odyssey, by Homer, tr. Emily Wilson
- Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think, by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, and Anna Rosling
- Babel, or the Necessity of Violence, by R.F. Kuang
March 2025
- What’s Your Vibe?, by Kat Majik
February 2025
- Liminal Illumination: A Short Book of Intentional Poetry, by Ariel E Monroe
- Lying in the Deep, by Diana Urban
January 2025
- Searching for Dragons, Patricia C Wrede
- Attached, Amir Levine and Rachel S.F. Heller
- Eruption, Michael Crichton and James Patterson
- A True Account: Hannah Masury’s Sojourn Amongst the Pyrates, Written by Herself, by Katherine Howe
December 2024
- The Silent Patient, Alex Michaelides
November 2024
- The Midnight Library, Matt Haig
- The Princess Trials, Cordelia Castel
October 2024
- The Wishing Game, Meg Shaffer
- Submission, Michel Houellebecq
- Still Life, Louise Penny
- The Mars House, Natasha Pulley
September 2024
- This Is Where I Leave You, Jonathon Tropper
- Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender, Kit Heyam
- Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Re-Build American Propserity, Charles L Marohn, Jr.
August 2024
- Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir
- Sign Here, Claudia Lux
- The Courage to Trust: A Guide to Building Deep and Lasting Relationships, by Cynthia L. Wall, LCSW
July 2024
- The Other Valley, Scott Alexander Howard
- House in the Cerulean Sea, TJ Klune
- So Long and Thanks for All the Fish, Douglas Adams (re-read)
June 2024
- Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams (re-read)
- QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter, Richard Feynman (re-read)
- The Glass Hotel, Emily St. John Mandel
- The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Douglas Adams (re-read)
- Life, The Universe, and Everything, Douglas Adams (re-read)
May 2024
- The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth, Beth Allison Barr
- Where Secrets Lie, Eva V. Gibson
April 2024
- Good Taste: A Novel in Search of Good Food, Caroline Scott
- Play It as It Lies, Joan Didion
- Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation, translated Stephen Mitchell
March 2024
- In Five Years, Rebecca Serle
- Anathem, Neal Stephenson
February 2024
- Stop Walking on Eggshells, Paul T. Mason and Randi Kreger
- A River Enchanted, Rebecca Ross
January 2024
- The Galaxy and the Ground Within, Becky Chambers
- Dealing with Dragons, Patricia C Wrede
- I Hate You, Don’t Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality, Jerold Kriesman, Hal Straus
- One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger, Matthew Yglesias
- Mika in Real Life, Emiko Jean
November 2023
- Exiles from Earth, Ben Bova
- What is Real? The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics, Adam Becker
- Children of Ruin, Adrian Tchaikovsky
- The Power, Naomi Alderman
October 2023
- She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan
- Children of Time, Adrian Tchaikovsky
September 2023
- Red, White, and Royal Blue, Casey McQuiston
- What is Anarchism? An Introduction, Donald Rooum et al.
August 2023
- Light from Uncommon Stars, Ryka Aoki
- Record of a Spaceborn Few, Becky Chambers
- A Closed and Common Orbit, Becky Chambers
- Madam, Phoebe Wynn
- The Terraformers, Annalee Newitz
July 2023
- Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma, and Consensual Non-Monogamy, Jessica Fern
June 2023
- The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, Becky Chambers
- Once There Were Wolves, Charlotte McConaghy
March 2023
- Circe, Madeline Miller
- What If? 2, Randall Munroe
- Beartown, Fredrik Backman, tr. Neil Smith
- God Is Disappointed in You, Mark Russell and Shannon Wheeler
- Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing, Jacob Goldstein
- Understanding Government Finance, Brian Romanchuk
- Modern Monetary Theory and the Recovery, Brian Romanchuk
February 2023
- Red Inferno: 1945, Robert Conroy
January 2023
- God: A Biography, Jack Miles
- Rubinrot, Kerstin Gier
- Quiet, Susan Cain
- How the Bible Was Built, Charles Merrill Smith and James W. Bennett
November 2022
- A Memory Called Empire, Arkady Martine
- A Desolation Called Peace, Arkady Martine
October 2022
- Unfamiliar Fishes, Sarah Vowell
- Atomic Habits, James Clear
September 2022
- The Lamplighters, Emma Stonex
- Hollow Kingdom, Kira Jane Buxton
- Dune Messiah, Frank Herbert
August 2022
- Kaiju Preservation Society, John Scalzi
- Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded, Hannah Hart
July 2022
- Cold Clay, Juneau Black
- Monk & Robot, Becky Chambers
- A Psalm for the Wild-Built
- A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
- Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?, Caitlin Doughty
June 2022
- Hyperion Cantos, Dan Simmons
- (Had previously read 1 & 2)
- Endymion
- The Rise of Endymion
- Shady Hollow, Juneau Black
May 2022
- Old Man’s War, John Scalzi (re-read)
- Old Man’s War
- “Questions for a Soldier”
- The Ghost Brigades
- “The Sagan Diary”
- The Last Colony
- “After the Coup”
- Zoe’s Tale
- The Human Division
- “Hafte Sorvalh Eats a Churro and Speaks to the Youth of Today” (a short story)
- The End of All Things
April 2022
- The Comic Book Story of Beer, Aaron McConnell, Jonathan Hennessey, and Mike Smith
- Plain Truth, Jodi Picoult
There is no way I can record books read before this, so I shan’t try.