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The Passion According to G.H.
Clarice Lispector

The Passion According to G.H.

An immersive stream of thought of a wealthy Rio de Janeiro sculpture artist, prompted by the grotesque sight of a cockroach. Witness the unraveling and ascension of her self as she reflects on her status and life.

Ways of Seeing
John Berger

Ways of Seeing

My review of Ways of Seeing by John Berger.

The Frolic of the Beasts
Yukio Mishima

The Frolic of the Beasts

An act of violence rearranges the dynamics of the three lives in a Japanese love triangle forming a strange relationship and cold setting.

Yesteryear
Caro Claire Burke

Yesteryear

An absolute killer hook buried under lazy execution, this review breaks down why the high-concept tradwife thriller Yesteryear prioritizes structural tricks over actual narrative weight.

Suspicion
Seichō Matsumoto

Suspicion

A car plunges into the sea and a woman with a shady history escapes from the scene. Accused of murder for an insurance payout by the media, this book explores sensational media, bias, and general conjecture play into how the truth can get manipulated and assumed.

The Awakening
Kate Chopin

The Awakening

This book was censored in 1899 for its challening notion of what a woman's path and duty in life should be, and the idea that a woman can have her own independent path.

London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
Patrick Radden Keefe

London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth

A boy falls into the Thames and his two parents in England on a search for answers to their sons death. They encounter his ties to Russian oligarchs and london gangsters along the way.

The Dry Heart Review coming soon
Natalia Ginzburg

The Dry Heart

The Citadel of the Autarch
Gene Wolfe

The Citadel of the Autarch

The war in the north and the secrets of Urth and the Autarch. Severian's long road finally arrives at the New Sun the whole series has been circling.

The Sword of the Lictor
Gene Wolfe

The Sword of the Lictor

Now the Lictor of Thrax, Severian leaves the city to encounter more mysteries of Urth on his path to return the claw to the Pelerine order. On this stretch of the journey, Severian encounters monsters and beings that come with more revelations about the dying Urth.

The Bewitched Bourgeois: Fifty Stories Review coming soon
Dino Buzzati

The Bewitched Bourgeois: Fifty Stories

The Claw of the Conciliator
Gene Wolfe

The Claw of the Conciliator

After the events of Shadow of the Claw, we continue to follow Severian on his journey to Thrax in exile. Along the way with Jonas his new friend, confront foes and creatures, and we get to confront more of the dying world Gene Wolfe has placed us on and possibly a connection to outer space.

The Shadow of the Torturer
Gene Wolfe

The Shadow of the Torturer

Severian, part of a guild of torturers, lives on an Urth set millions of years in the future. After being exiled from the guild for showing mercy to someone he loved, he goes out into the world and relates us to his strange encounters on a barely recognizeable Earth

Speedboat Review coming soon
Renata Adler

Speedboat

Mr Salary
Sally Rooney

Mr Salary

A short story you can read and enjoy over a cup of coffee, maybe even before the coffee finishes. A woman visits her father and an old relationship of conveniences and dwells on what could have been.

Shadows Upon Time (The Sun Eater, #7) Review coming soon
Christopher Ruocchio

Shadows Upon Time (The Sun Eater, #7)

The Girl with the Golden Eyes Review coming soon
Honoré de Balzac

The Girl with the Golden Eyes

Small Things Like These Review coming soon
Claire Keegan

Small Things Like These

A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1) Review coming soon
Becky Chambers

A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)

Propaganda Review coming soon
Edward L. Bernays

Propaganda

Disquiet Gods (The Sun Eater, #6) Review coming soon
Christopher Ruocchio

Disquiet Gods (The Sun Eater, #6)

Soldier of the Mist
Gene Wolfe

Soldier of the Mist

Latro wakes up every day without his memory and must read in his scroll to understand what he needs to do, due to a curse put upon him by the Earth Mother. He meets friends, Greek gods, and more on his quest to regain his memory. A truly unique and interesting novel that I highly recommend, especially for lovers of Ancient Greece.

Children of the Alley Review coming soon
Naguib Mahfouz

Children of the Alley

Ashes of Man (The Sun Eater, #5) Review coming soon
Christopher Ruocchio

Ashes of Man (The Sun Eater, #5)

Kingdoms of Death (The Sun Eater, #4) Review coming soon
Christopher Ruocchio

Kingdoms of Death (The Sun Eater, #4)

The Hole Review coming soon
Hiroko Oyamada

The Hole

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea Review coming soon
Yukio Mishima

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

Demon Copperhead Review coming soon
Barbara Kingsolver

Demon Copperhead

Demon in White (The Sun Eater, #3) Review coming soon
Christopher Ruocchio

Demon in White (The Sun Eater, #3)

2666
Roberto Bolaño

2666

An uncanny novel that is split in 5 parts, telling loosely collected stories of people pulled into a vortex of murder and crime in Santa Teresa

Howling Dark (The Sun Eater, #2) Review coming soon
Christopher Ruocchio

Howling Dark (The Sun Eater, #2)

Empire of Silence
Christopher Ruocchio

Empire of Silence

The beginning of an epic space opera saga following Hadrian, meant to be heir to his Father's planetary rule, but sold off to the inquisition like religious order called the Chantry. Hadrian's journey with contacting the alien Cielcin race and seek peace begins here.

The Quiet American Review coming soon
Graham Greene

The Quiet American

The Melancholy of Resistance
László Krasznahorkai

The Melancholy of Resistance

A town in hungary descends into dread, riot and chaos. Meanwhile, several forces take advantage of the chaos to consolidate their own power.

Crossroads of Ravens (The Witcher, #0.1) Review coming soon
Andrzej Sapkowski

Crossroads of Ravens (The Witcher, #0.1)

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

A deeply researched exposé of a murder during the Irish Troubles that unfolds into story of how the motivations and decisions of ordinary people were made to fight for their belief of a united Ireland

Salt: A World History
Mark Kurlansky

Salt: A World History

This book will make you take salt less for granted. An amazing history of how much impact the use of salt has had in our world and every day lives from preserving meat, language and more

Project Hail Mary Review coming soon
Andy Weir

Project Hail Mary

The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1) Review coming soon
N.K. Jemisin

The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1)

The Dance and the Fire Review coming soon
Daniel Saldaña París

The Dance and the Fire

The Greek Alexander Romance
Richard Stoneman

The Greek Alexander Romance

A cross cultural set of tales, myths, and legends of the historical figure Alexandros the Great.

The Conference of the Birds Review coming soon
Attar of Nishapur

The Conference of the Birds

Hadji Murat
Leo Tolstoy

Hadji Murat

During the Caucas wars of the 1850s, all know of the living legend Hadji Murat and his exploits in battle

The Devils
Joe Abercrombie

The Devils

A supernatural cast of characters go on a quest in a medieval setting where monsters, vampires, the undead and more are among the group and among their enemies

The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas
Machado de Assis

The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas

A dead aristocrat writes his memoirs from beyond the grave in this 1881 masterclass of metafiction and dark humor that still feels shockingly modern

Suite for Barbara Loden
Nathalie Léger

Suite for Barbara Loden

Léger sets out to write a simple encyclopedia entry on the film Wanda and spirals into a strange, metafictional meditation on the impossibility of capturing another woman's life. Short, odd, and quietly rewarding.

The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #6) Review coming soon
Matt Dinniman

The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #6)

The Butcher's Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #5) Review coming soon
Matt Dinniman

The Butcher's Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #5)

The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #4) Review coming soon
Matt Dinniman

The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #4)

An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures Review coming soon
Clarice Lispector

An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures

The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #3) Review coming soon
Matt Dinniman

The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #3)

Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #2) Review coming soon
Matt Dinniman

Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #2)

Gliff
Ali Smith

Gliff

In near future Britain, you don't exist unless the state can verify you. A fragmented, language focused dystopia where doubelspeak and workplay tell many stories.

Luminous Review coming soon
Silvia Park

Luminous

Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov

Pale Fire

A 999 line poem, wrapped in an absurd foreword and commentary. Metafiction at its finest.

Jason and the Argonauts
Apollonius of Rhodes

Jason and the Argonauts

An epic where the hero is outshone by his crew and paramour

Chess (Little Clothbound Classics)
Stefan Zweig

Chess (Little Clothbound Classics)

A short story about

Mr. President
Miguel Ángel Asturias

Mr. President

The foundational Latin American malevolent dictatorship novel, establishing the genre and heavily influencing authors even to this day

Taiwan Travelogue
Yáng Shuāng-zǐ

Taiwan Travelogue

A Japanese author's translated food travelogue of Taiwan, from the subtle gaze of a Japanese colonizer who believe they are progressive

The Trojan Epic: Posthomerica Review coming soon
Quintus Smyrnaeus

The Trojan Epic: Posthomerica

The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library Review coming soon
Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie

The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library

Erasure Review coming soon
Percival Everett

Erasure

The Guns of Navarone
Alistair MacLean

The Guns of Navarone

A five man commando team takes on an impossible mission during WW2. Scale a mighty German cliff fortress and destroy the mounted naval guns.

The Cypria: Reconstructing the Lost Prequel to Homer's Iliad (Reconstructing the Lost Epics of the Trojan War) Review coming soon
D.M. Smith

The Cypria: Reconstructing the Lost Prequel to Homer's Iliad (Reconstructing the Lost Epics of the Trojan War)

The Coin
Yasmin Zaher

The Coin

A wealthy Palestinian woman that reminds me of Holly Golightly, unraveling in New York City.

A Companion to the Iliad: Based on the Translation by Richmond Lattimore
Malcolm M. Willcock

A Companion to the Iliad: Based on the Translation by Richmond Lattimore

If you are reading the Iliad, then you should read the companion novel. There are so many references and points that give more context to the poem and its story. Its so rich given the additional commentary.

The Iliad: A New Translation by Caroline Alexander Review coming soon
Homer

The Iliad: A New Translation by Caroline Alexander

The Untouchable Review coming soon
John Banville

The Untouchable

Wind and Truth (The Stormlight Archive, #5) Review coming soon
Brandon Sanderson

Wind and Truth (The Stormlight Archive, #5)

Weaveworld Review coming soon
Clive Barker

Weaveworld

The Sellout Review coming soon
Paul Beatty

The Sellout

So Many Olympic Exertions Review coming soon
Anelise Chen

So Many Olympic Exertions

Blood Over Bright Haven Review coming soon
M.L. Wang

Blood Over Bright Haven

Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)
Matt Dinniman

Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)

Aliens turn Earth into an intergalactic survival gameshow, and Carl and his talking cat Donut have to level up through the dungeon to survive. Think Survivor with Final Fantasy mechanics. Not a masterpiece, but a blast.

History in English Words Review coming soon
Owen Barfield

History in English Words

The Wilderness Review coming soon
Aysegül Savas

The Wilderness

Sixth of the Dusk (The Cosmere) Review coming soon
Brandon Sanderson

Sixth of the Dusk (The Cosmere)

An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong

An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

The extraordinary sensory worlds of animals, a transformative book that changes how you see every living creature.

Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell Review coming soon
Brandon Sanderson

Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell

The Hope of Elantris (Elantris, #1.5) Review coming soon
Brandon Sanderson

The Hope of Elantris (Elantris, #1.5)

Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive, #4) Review coming soon
Brandon Sanderson

Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive, #4)

The Anthropologists Review coming soon
Aysegül Savas

The Anthropologists

The Bright Sword
Lev Grossman

The Bright Sword

A brilliant take on Arthurian legend exploring the aftermath of Arthur's death and the cost of heroism.

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness Review coming soon
Jonathan Haidt

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

Sourdough Culture: A History of Bread Making from Ancient to Modern Bakers Review coming soon
Eric Pallant

Sourdough Culture: A History of Bread Making from Ancient to Modern Bakers

Dawnshard (The Stormlight Archive, #3.5) Review coming soon
Brandon Sanderson

Dawnshard (The Stormlight Archive, #3.5)

Edgedancer (The Stormlight Archive, #2.5) Review coming soon
Brandon Sanderson

Edgedancer (The Stormlight Archive, #2.5)

Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3)
Brandon Sanderson

Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3)

The third installment of The Stormlive Archive has a focus on Dalinar's past as the brutal warlord known Blackthorne and his transformation into his present day self. Oathbringer explores more behind the curtains of the cosmic entities at play on Roshar and a major confrontation with Odium, the embodiment of Passion, and how power can be seducing.

Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)
Brandon Sanderson

Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)

If you thought Way of Kings was epic, then sit tight for the follow up: Words of Radiance. We get to see the characters start to meet and more of the lore of Roshar opens up to the reader. This one is a delightful follow up, a sequel nailed right.

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
Julian Jaynes

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

An astonishing theory of how we developed our consciousness and how it works

Shogun
James Clavell

Shogun

An epic historical novel immerses readers in feudal Japan through masterful political maneuvering and cultural exploration.

Shinto: A History Review coming soon
Helen Hardacre

Shinto: A History

Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories Review coming soon
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories

Kojiki
Ō no Yasumaro

Kojiki

Everything you ever wanted to know about the Japan mythology, perhaps just read the parts about the myths and skip the record of genealogies. You'll read about the various dieties and how they were formed and how they formed more dieties, the prized emperor treasures, the underworld, and heroic figures such as Yamato Takeru.

Martyr! Review coming soon
Kaveh Akbar

Martyr!

The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
Brandon Sanderson

The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)

A masterclass in character development, worldbuilding, and earned progression that justifies every one of its 1,000+ pages.

Light Bringer (Red Rising Saga, #6) Review coming soon
Pierce Brown

Light Bringer (Red Rising Saga, #6)

Dark Age (Red Rising Saga, #5) Review coming soon
Pierce Brown

Dark Age (Red Rising Saga, #5)

Iron Gold (Red Rising Saga, #4) Review coming soon
Pierce Brown

Iron Gold (Red Rising Saga, #4)

2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1) Review coming soon
Arthur C. Clarke

2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

Tokyo Ueno Station Review coming soon
Yū Miri

Tokyo Ueno Station

Dionysiaca, Books 36-48 (Loeb Classical Library, #356) Review coming soon
Nonnus of Panopolis

Dionysiaca, Books 36-48 (Loeb Classical Library, #356)

Dionysiaca, Books 16-35 (Loeb Classical Library, #354) Review coming soon
Nonnus of Panopolis

Dionysiaca, Books 16-35 (Loeb Classical Library, #354)

The Dionysiaca
Nonnus

The Dionysiaca

The longest Greek epic you've never heard of. Dionysus conquers India with wine, madness, and a pinecone staff. 48 books of baroque excess that rewrites what an epic can be.

Temple Folk Review coming soon
Aaliyah Bilal

Temple Folk

Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity Review coming soon
Peter Attia

Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity

Death and the Dervish
Meša Selimović

Death and the Dervish

A descent into Ottoman bureaucracy, moral paralysis, and the cost of detachment

The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession Review coming soon
Michael Finkel

The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession

Outline Review coming soon
Rachel Cusk

Outline

The Inferno
Dante Alighieri

The Inferno

Finally took the time to descend into hell with Dante and Virgil

A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2) Review coming soon
Arkady Martine

A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)

The Chapter: A Segmented History from Antiquity to the Twenty-First Century Review coming soon
Nicholas Dames

The Chapter: A Segmented History from Antiquity to the Twenty-First Century

A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1) Review coming soon
Arkady Martine

A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)

Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2) Review coming soon
Rebecca Yarros

Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)

Kitchen Review coming soon
Banana Yoshimoto

Kitchen

The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2) Review coming soon
Mary Renault

The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2)

Lucian's A True Story Review coming soon
Lucian of Samosata

Lucian's A True Story

Witch King (The Rising World, #1) Review coming soon
Martha Wells

Witch King (The Rising World, #1)

The Siege of Krishnapur Review coming soon
J.G. Farrell

The Siege of Krishnapur

Fire from Heaven Review coming soon
Mary Renault

Fire from Heaven

Small Gods (Discworld, #13) Review coming soon
Terry Pratchett

Small Gods (Discworld, #13)

The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1) Review coming soon
Seishi Yokomizo

The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1)

Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3) Review coming soon
Pierce Brown

Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)

Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2) Review coming soon
Pierce Brown

Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)

Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) Review coming soon
Pierce Brown

Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)

The Monkey's Paw Review coming soon
W.W. Jacobs

The Monkey's Paw

Loot Review coming soon
Tania James

Loot

The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1) Review coming soon
James Islington

The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1)

Masters of Death Review coming soon
Olivie Blake

Masters of Death

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter (Hoid's Travails, #2) Review coming soon
Brandon Sanderson

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter (Hoid's Travails, #2)

Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1) Review coming soon
Rebecca Yarros

Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)

Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies Review coming soon
Geoffrey B. West

Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies

Human Diversity: The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class Review coming soon
Charles Murray

Human Diversity: The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class

The Emerald Light in the Air Review coming soon
Donald Antrim

The Emerald Light in the Air

Men in the Sun Review coming soon
Ghassan Kanafani

Men in the Sun

Friday Black Review coming soon
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Friday Black

The Iron Dragon's Daughter (The Iron Dragon's Daughter #1) Review coming soon
Michael Swanwick

The Iron Dragon's Daughter (The Iron Dragon's Daughter #1)

Strange Beasts of China Review coming soon
Yan Ge

Strange Beasts of China

The Luminaries Review coming soon
Eleanor Catton

The Luminaries

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1) Review coming soon
Shannon Chakraborty

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)

The Rabbit Hutch Review coming soon
Tess Gunty

The Rabbit Hutch

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas Review coming soon
Ursula K. Le Guin

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

The Word for World Is Forest Review coming soon
Ursula K. Le Guin

The Word for World Is Forest

The Plague Review coming soon
Albert Camus

The Plague

Tress of the Emerald Sea (Hoid's Travails, #1) Review coming soon
Brandon Sanderson

Tress of the Emerald Sea (Hoid's Travails, #1)

No Longer Human Review coming soon
Osamu Dazai

No Longer Human

The Fall of Babel (The Books of Babel, #4) Review coming soon
Josiah Bancroft

The Fall of Babel (The Books of Babel, #4)

The Hod King (The Books of Babel, #3) Review coming soon
Josiah Bancroft

The Hod King (The Books of Babel, #3)

Arm of the Sphinx (The Books of Babel, #2) Review coming soon
Josiah Bancroft

Arm of the Sphinx (The Books of Babel, #2)

Senlin Ascends (The Books of Babel, #1) Review coming soon
Josiah Bancroft

Senlin Ascends (The Books of Babel, #1)

The Memory Police Review coming soon
Yōko Ogawa

The Memory Police

Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks Review coming soon
Patrick Radden Keefe

Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks

A Fine Balance Review coming soon
Rohinton Mistry

A Fine Balance

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Review coming soon
Gabrielle Zevin

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

The Annotated Arabian Nights: Tales from 1001 Nights Review coming soon
Yasmine Seale

The Annotated Arabian Nights: Tales from 1001 Nights

Axiomatic Review coming soon
Greg Egan

Axiomatic

Babel Review coming soon
R.F. Kuang

Babel

Galatea Review coming soon
Madeline Miller

Galatea

Stories of Your Life and Others Review coming soon
Ted Chiang

Stories of Your Life and Others

The Aleph and Other Stories Review coming soon
Jorge Luis Borges

The Aleph and Other Stories

The Atlas Paradox (The Atlas, #2) Review coming soon
Olivie Blake

The Atlas Paradox (The Atlas, #2)

Between Two Fires Review coming soon
Christopher Buehlman

Between Two Fires

Palace Walk (The Cairo Trilogy #1) Review coming soon
Naguib Mahfouz

Palace Walk (The Cairo Trilogy #1)

The Hero with a Thousand Faces Review coming soon
Joseph Campbell

The Hero with a Thousand Faces

The Sword of Kaigen Review coming soon
M.L. Wang

The Sword of Kaigen

Stoner Review coming soon
John Williams

Stoner

Midnight's Children Review coming soon
Salman Rushdie

Midnight's Children

The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1) Review coming soon
Scott Lynch

The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)

The Nine Lives of Pakistan: Dispatches from a Precarious State Review coming soon
Declan Walsh

The Nine Lives of Pakistan: Dispatches from a Precarious State

All My Rage Review coming soon
Sabaa Tahir

All My Rage

Possession Review coming soon
A.S. Byatt

Possession

The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye: Five Fairy Stories
A.S. Byatt

The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye: Five Fairy Stories

A scholar of fairy tales and mythology accidentally stumbles upon a genie and handles them smartly to avoid the classic genie wish trope.

This Is How You Lose the Time War Review coming soon
Amal El-Mohtar

This Is How You Lose the Time War

Homegoing Review coming soon
Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Lord of Light Review coming soon
Roger Zelazny

Lord of Light

Exhalation Review coming soon
Ted Chiang

Exhalation

The Moon and the Sun Review coming soon
Vonda N. McIntyre

The Moon and the Sun

Pachinko Review coming soon
Min Jin Lee

Pachinko

Bones & All Review coming soon
Camille DeAngelis

Bones & All

Night Sky with Exit Wounds Review coming soon
Ocean Vuong

Night Sky with Exit Wounds

Less (Arthur Less, #1) Review coming soon
Andrew Sean Greer

Less (Arthur Less, #1)

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (The Carls, #1) Review coming soon
Hank Green

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (The Carls, #1)

The Overstory Review coming soon
Richard Powers

The Overstory

The Days of Abandonment Review coming soon
Elena Ferrante

The Days of Abandonment

The House of the Spirits (Del Valle Family #3) Review coming soon
Isabel Allende

The House of the Spirits (Del Valle Family #3)

Ring Shout
P. Djèlí Clark

Ring Shout

Clark imagines the Klan as literal demon-summoning monsters, with the fierce Sadie hunting them. The premise is a blast and the horror imagery is vivid,.

The Sirens of Titan Review coming soon
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

The Sirens of Titan

Tyranny of Merit Review coming soon
Michael J. Sandel

Tyranny of Merit

Snow Crash Review coming soon
Neal Stephenson

Snow Crash

The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and Scale Network Effects Review coming soon
Andrew Chen

The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and Scale Network Effects

Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? Review coming soon
Michael J. Sandel

Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character Review coming soon
Richard P. Feynman

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

Paradise Lost Review coming soon
John Milton

Paradise Lost

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
John Green

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

John Green conveys his thoughts on the world and takes a look into all of our souls.

A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1) Review coming soon
Naomi Novik

A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1)

Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) Review coming soon
Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)

The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race Review coming soon
Walter Isaacson

The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

These Precious Days: Essays Review coming soon
Ann Patchett

These Precious Days: Essays

Spinning Silver Review coming soon
Naomi Novik

Spinning Silver

The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor Review coming soon
Mark Schatzker

The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor

Cytonic (Skyward, #3) Review coming soon
Brandon Sanderson

Cytonic (Skyward, #3)

Uprooted Review coming soon
Naomi Novik

Uprooted

City of Thieves Review coming soon
David Benioff

City of Thieves

The Every Review coming soon
Dave Eggers

The Every

Order without Design: How Markets Shape Cities Review coming soon
Alain Bertaud

Order without Design: How Markets Shape Cities

The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3) Review coming soon
J.R.R. Tolkien

The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)

The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2) Review coming soon
J.R.R. Tolkien

The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)

The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) Review coming soon
J.R.R. Tolkien

The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)

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Lauren Groff

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Neil Gaiman

The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House

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Neil Gaiman

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Matt Haig

The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1)

The Dispossessed Review coming soon
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The Dispossessed

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A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)

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The House of Mirth

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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly Review coming soon
Anthony Bourdain

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How Do You Live? Review coming soon
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How Do You Live?

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Mizuki Tsujimura

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The Bastard of Istanbul

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Olivie Blake

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Yolk Review coming soon
Mary H.K. Choi

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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty Review coming soon
Patrick Radden Keefe

Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

The Hidden Palace (The Golem and the Jinni, #2) Review coming soon
Helene Wecker

The Hidden Palace (The Golem and the Jinni, #2)

Sword of Destiny (The Witcher, #0.7) Review coming soon
Andrzej Sapkowski

Sword of Destiny (The Witcher, #0.7)

No Logo Review coming soon
Naomi Klein

No Logo

Foundation Review coming soon
Isaac Asimov

Foundation

Ariadne Review coming soon
Jennifer Saint

Ariadne

Heaven Review coming soon
Mieko Kawakami

Heaven

Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2) Review coming soon
Leigh Bardugo

Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)

Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1) Review coming soon
Leigh Bardugo

Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)

Ruin and Rising (Shadow and Bone, #3) Review coming soon
Leigh Bardugo

Ruin and Rising (Shadow and Bone, #3)

Siege and Storm (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #2) Review coming soon
Leigh Bardugo

Siege and Storm (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #2)

Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1) Review coming soon
Leigh Bardugo

Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)

My Name Is Red Review coming soon
Orhan Pamuk

My Name Is Red

Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam Review coming soon
A. Helwa

Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

The Lying Life of Adults Review coming soon
Elena Ferrante

The Lying Life of Adults

The Lions of Al-Rassan Review coming soon
Guy Gavriel Kay

The Lions of Al-Rassan

Crooked House Review coming soon
Agatha Christie

Crooked House

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Marjan Kamali

The Stationery Shop of Tehran

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It Review coming soon
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Hamnet Review coming soon
Maggie O'Farrell

Hamnet

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running Review coming soon
Haruki Murakami

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

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Olaf Caroe

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Roadmarks Review coming soon
Roger Zelazny

Roadmarks

The Merchant of Venice Review coming soon
William Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice

Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro

Klara and the Sun

A book where the main character and perspective is an AI Robot. Kazuo Ishiguro explores a world where we get to ask ourselves questions like: Can we become friends with an artificial friend / robot? How does an artificial friend think and act? What happens to these artificial friends once their usefuless is past?

Kindred Review coming soon
Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art Review coming soon
James Nestor

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

Let Me Tell You What I Mean Review coming soon
Joan Didion

Let Me Tell You What I Mean

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World Review coming soon
David Epstein

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

The Vanishing Half Review coming soon
Brit Bennett

The Vanishing Half

The Westing Game Review coming soon
Ellen Raskin

The Westing Game

After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam Review coming soon
Lesley Hazleton

After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam

Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know Review coming soon
Adam M. Grant

Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know

Reflections of a Man Review coming soon
Amari Soul

Reflections of a Man

The Alchemy of Happiness Review coming soon
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

The Alchemy of Happiness

Ego Is the Enemy Review coming soon
Ryan Holiday

Ego Is the Enemy

The Nightingale Review coming soon
Kristin Hannah

The Nightingale

The Mysterious Affair at Styles Review coming soon
Agatha Christie

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Review coming soon
Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

All the Light We Cannot See Review coming soon
Anthony Doerr

All the Light We Cannot See

Their Eyes Were Watching God Review coming soon
Zora Neale Hurston

Their Eyes Were Watching God

The Wild Iris Review coming soon
Louise Glück

The Wild Iris

No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention Review coming soon
Reed Hastings

No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention

The Goblin Emperor (The Chronicles of Osreth, #1) Review coming soon
Katherine Addison

The Goblin Emperor (The Chronicles of Osreth, #1)

How to Castrate a Bull: Unexpected Lessons on Risk, Growth, and Success in Business Review coming soon
Dave Hitz

How to Castrate a Bull: Unexpected Lessons on Risk, Growth, and Success in Business

Tigana Review coming soon
Guy Gavriel Kay

Tigana

Fortunately, the Milk Review coming soon
Neil Gaiman

Fortunately, the Milk

Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World Review coming soon
Matt Parker

Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World

Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8) Review coming soon
Agatha Christie

Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8)

The Masterpiece (Les Rougon-Macquart, #14) Review coming soon
Émile Zola

The Masterpiece (Les Rougon-Macquart, #14)

The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements Review coming soon
Sam Kean

The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements

King Lear Review coming soon
William Shakespeare

King Lear

Dark Tales Review coming soon
Shirley Jackson

Dark Tales

Flaubert in the Ruins of Paris: The Story of a Friendship, a Novel, and a Terrible Year Review coming soon
Peter Brooks

Flaubert in the Ruins of Paris: The Story of a Friendship, a Novel, and a Terrible Year

My Salinger Year Review coming soon
Joanna Rakoff

My Salinger Year

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Review coming soon
V.E. Schwab

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

Piranesi Review coming soon
Susanna Clarke

Piranesi

Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success Review coming soon
Phil Jackson

Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success

Dubliners Review coming soon
James Joyce

Dubliners

Metamorphoses Review coming soon
Ovid

Metamorphoses

The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph Review coming soon
Ryan Holiday

The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

Dark Matter Review coming soon
Blake Crouch

Dark Matter

The Age of Innocence Review coming soon
Edith Wharton

The Age of Innocence

Woodcutters (Vintage International) Review coming soon
Thomas Bernhard

Woodcutters (Vintage International)

Writers & Lovers Review coming soon
Lily King

Writers & Lovers

The Myth of Sisyphus Review coming soon
Albert Camus

The Myth of Sisyphus

Against Interpretation and Other Essays Review coming soon
Susan Sontag

Against Interpretation and Other Essays

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals Review coming soon
Michael Pollan

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism Review coming soon
Robin DiAngelo

White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

The Nickel Boys Review coming soon
Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys

Wuthering Heights Review coming soon
Emily Brontë

Wuthering Heights

The Dutch House Review coming soon
Ann Patchett

The Dutch House

Man's Search for Meaning Review coming soon
Viktor E. Frankl

Man's Search for Meaning

A Man Called Ove Review coming soon
Fredrik Backman

A Man Called Ove

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Review coming soon
Unknown

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History Review coming soon
Penny Le Couteur

Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History

Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers Review coming soon
Geoffrey A. Moore

Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History Review coming soon
Elizabeth Kolbert

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln Review coming soon
Doris Kearns Goodwin

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

The Lost Book of Adana Moreau Review coming soon
Michael Zapata

The Lost Book of Adana Moreau

The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy Review coming soon
Jon Gordon

The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy

Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18) Review coming soon
Agatha Christie

Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)

Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters Review coming soon
Richard P. Rumelt

Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters

Sleep No More: Six Murderous Tales Review coming soon
P.D. James

Sleep No More: Six Murderous Tales

What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your Business Culture Review coming soon
Ben Horowitz

What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your Business Culture

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle Review coming soon
Stuart Turton

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Warbreaker Review coming soon
Brandon Sanderson

Warbreaker

Gigi Review coming soon
Colette

Gigi

The Death of Ivan Ilyich Review coming soon
Leo Tolstoy

The Death of Ivan Ilyich

In Our Time Review coming soon
Ernest Hemingway

In Our Time

The Wolf and the Watchman Review coming soon
Niklas Natt och Dag

The Wolf and the Watchman

The ABC Murders Review coming soon
Agatha Christie

The ABC Murders

The Silent Patient Review coming soon
Alex Michaelides

The Silent Patient

The Left Hand of Darkness Review coming soon
Ursula K. Le Guin

The Left Hand of Darkness

No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
Greta Thunberg

No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

Greta Thunberg's collected climate speeches, more inspiring than literary. They sketch the scale of the crisis and left me wanting to do more.

1984
George Orwell

1984

Orwell's dystopia isn't really about plot or character. It's a warning. Read it for the situation around increased state surveillance, history being rewritten, unchecked power, and the parallels you'll keep drawing to your own world.

The Sound and the Fury Review coming soon
William Faulkner

The Sound and the Fury

Van Gogh: The Life
Gregory White Smith and Steven Naifeh

Van Gogh: The Life

The Pulitzer-winning duo behind the Pollock biography turn to Van Gogh, and to his brother Theo. Stunningly detailed on a restless, isolated, misunderstood life. You'll see Starry Night differently.

Bird by Bird
Anne Lamott

Bird by Bird

More than a writing manual. A warm pep talk about truth, perfectionism, and taking things one small assignment at a time, and it left me more confident in my own writing. Useful for anyone who writes.

The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5)
Andrzej Sapkowski

The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5)

Played the games, never read the books, and wow, the writing holds up. Each story reworks a fairy tale in Geralt's world, where nothing is what it seems. Sharp, twist-filled, and well-paced. I'll happily read on.

The Forty Rules of Love
Elif Shafak

The Forty Rules of Love

A modern love story braided with the tale of Rumi and the dervish Shams, whose forty rules thread through both. Endlessly quotable, it challenges how you think about faith and love. I'll return to it.

If Beale Street Could Talk
James Baldwin

If Beale Street Could Talk

Injustice turned intimate: the heartbreak of one family torn apart by a wrongful arrest. A story of love, family, and anger with no easy ending. Written about the 70s, and painfully still relevant.

Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
Dan Ariely

Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

Dan Ariely uses clever experiments to reveal the hidden psychological forces that shape our supposedly rational choices.

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Mary Roach

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Mary Roach transforms the morbid topic of human cadavers into an entertaining and educational exploration of what happens after we die.

The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
Barry Schwartz

The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less

The argument that more choice isn't better, and as a lifelong maximizer it hit home. It unpacks how we decide and why it drains us, then makes the case for becoming a satisficer. Relatable and genuinely useful.

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Olga Tokarczuk

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Far more cohesive than Flights. A snowbound mystery in remote Poland narrated by Janina, an eccentric astrologer railing against how we treat animals and the earth. Strange, funny, and genuinely engrossing.

Starsight (Skyward, #2)
Brandon Sanderson

Starsight (Skyward, #2)

Spensa goes undercover among the aliens, and the galaxy fills with the most interesting species in ages. M-BOT and Doomslug shine, the espionage grips, and the worldbuilding leaps ahead. Hard to believe it's YA.

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Second edition - With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility")
Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Second edition - With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility")

A study of Black Swans, the rare, high-impact events we only explain after they happen. Prickly in tone, but genuinely mind-opening about how badly we predict and how easily we fool ourselves.

Little Women
Louisa May Alcott

Little Women

The four March sisters chase their dreams and 'castles in the air' through the Civil War years. I felt like a fly on the wall of the family. Warm, memorable, still resonant, and it stays with you.

The Starless Sea
Erin Morgenstern

The Starless Sea

Gorgeous, dreamlike halls and secret libraries fill this one, and I wanted to love it after The Night Circus. But the plot is a lovely mess, hard to follow, and by the end it felt strangely empty.

Henry V (The Pelican Shakespeare)
William Shakespeare

Henry V (The Pelican Shakespeare)

The rebel prince is now a king leading outnumbered troops against France. From the Dauphin's mocking tennis balls to the St Crispin's Day speech at Agincourt, it's witty and gruesome. Hal's arc, finally at war.

Henry IV, Part 2
William Shakespeare

Henry IV, Part 2

The quieter, slower half of Hal's story. With the rebellion crushed and the king dying, the prince turns serious and casts Falstaff aside. More extension than event, but it sets the stage for Henry V.

Henry IV, Part 1 (The Pelican Shakespeare)
William Shakespeare

Henry IV, Part 1 (The Pelican Shakespeare)

Prince Hal wastes his youth in taverns with the incomparable Falstaff while rebellion brews around his father's crown. Livelier than Richard II, funny and sharp, with honor itself put on trial. The history plays at their best.

Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
Jia Tolentino

Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

Sharp essays on self-delusion in modern culture, from beauty and the workout-class boom to feminism read through literature. One reality-TV chapter drags, but the rest is timely, smart, and very much of the moment.

Richard II
William Shakespeare

Richard II

A reminder of how fun the history plays are. Richard II, an incapable king, grows more poetic as he loses control, set against Bolingbroke's plain, decisive speech. My first of the histories, and a witty surprise.

Flights
Olga Tokarczuk

Flights

A roving collection of stories, essays, and travel musings, all circling one idea: things in motion are the most beautiful. There's real beauty here, but the constant restlessness and shifting tone kept throwing me off.

The Shining (The Shining #1)
Stephen King

The Shining (The Shining #1)

No book has made me feel so alone. It stacks isolation and dread until they settle into your bones. This is psychological horror, not gore, the kind that follows you out long after. Read it, whoever you are.

The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3)
Brandon Sanderson

The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3)

The Mistborn trilogy lands with a conclusion that ties every thread together and feels planned from page one. Elend, Vin, and Sazed all come into their own. Satisfying, brilliant, and never rushed.

The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)
Brandon Sanderson

The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2)

The middle Mistborn book widens the world without over-complicating it. Kelsier's absence hangs heavy, and the politics of Luthadel take center stage. Slow, deep setup, but the payoff is absolutely worth it.

Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
Brandon Sanderson

Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)

Fantasy at its most accessible. Immense worldbuilding, a magic system with real limits, terrifying villains, and a heist plot I called the Ocean's Eleven of the genre. One of the best fantasy books I've read.

Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell

Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know

A string of famous cases linked by one idea: we're terrible at reading strangers, yet we default to trusting them. Eye-opening in the right context, though the book needed more of that context itself.

Meditations
Marcus Aurelius

Meditations

Required reading. A Roman emperor's private stoic notes to himself, spare on the surface but startlingly human and endlessly quotable. I've reread it many times, and each pass gives up something new.

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The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos
Anne Carson

The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos

Twenty-nine 'tangos' trace a marriage dissolving, riffing on Keats and the old link between beauty and truth. The syntax takes patience, but settle in and it moves through love and betrayal. A masterclass.

The Mezzanine
Nicholson Baker

The Mezzanine

A whole novel built from one office worker's escalator ride and the tiny, mundane thoughts we all have. Think Seinfeld in prose. A clever, funny little challenge, even if not much actually happens.

Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Robert T. Kiyosaki

Rich Dad, Poor Dad

This money classic won't hand you a formula, but its assets-versus-liabilities lens reframes how you see rent, cars, and luxuries. Come for the mindset shift, not the concrete steps.

Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens

Where the Crawdads Sing

The marsh is written so vividly it becomes the real main character. Kya, abandoned and self-reliant, grows up amid its light and creatures, with romance and a mystery threaded through. A lyrical, page-turning read.

Leonardo da Vinci
Walter Isaacson

Leonardo da Vinci

A readable life of Leonardo, the endlessly curious mind who cared more for the question than the finished work. Strong on his techniques, notebooks, and the Renaissance around him. A fine way to meet the man.

The Crying of Lot 49
Thomas Pynchon

The Crying of Lot 49

A playful romp that sends Oedipa Maas chasing a possible postal conspiracy, a sly satire on our hunger to connect dots. The writing sparkles, but the thin plot left me cold.

Nine Stories
J.D. Salinger

Nine Stories

A revelation beyond Catcher in the Rye. Nine subtle, quietly devastating stories about post-war America, trauma, and a country retelling itself. Small investment per story, and a large reward.

The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
Philip G. Zimbardo

The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil

A deep dig into how ordinary people turn cruel, anchored by the Stanford Prison Experiment. The middle drowns in detail, but the lessons on power, dehumanization, and identity reward you. Skim it and you'll gain plenty.

Man Against Himself
Karl A. Menninger

Man Against Himself

An unflinching study of self-destruction, from suicide to self-mutilation to quieter forms we rarely name. Dark and hard to read, but genuinely eye-opening about why people turn against themselves.

Number Words and Number Symbols: A Cultural History of Numbers
Karl A. Menninger

Number Words and Number Symbols: A Cultural History of Numbers

A history of how humanity invented counting, then symbols, then the language of numbers, from Rome and the Vikings to the Arab world and beyond. Dense but illuminating on how numbers and language grew up together.

W, or the Memory of Childhood
Georges Perec

W, or the Memory of Childhood

Two strands alternate: a fragmented memoir of a childhood in occupied France and a chilling fable about an island ruled by athletic obsession. The link is thin, but inventive and quietly haunting.

Play It As It Lays
Joan Didion

Play It As It Lays

The glamour stripped from Hollywood through Maria, a woman adrift in the industry. Pointed in intent, but the characters stay deliberately hollow, and I finished it with little to hold onto.

Blue Nights
Joan Didion

Blue Nights

A mother reflects on her late daughter, on aging, and on the way memory bends over time. Quieter and more inward than The Year of Magical Thinking, and it stays with you long after.

Normal People
Sally Rooney

Normal People

Marianne and Connell, two mismatched people, keep circling back to each other despite the social pressures pulling them apart. Quietly observed, with characters that get under your skin.

Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom
Sylvia Plath

Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom

A short story that boards a train bound for the Ninth Kingdom, the realm of frozen will. Eerie and heavy with symbolism, it builds a dread you can't quite shake. A single unsettling sitting.

The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

Two civil-rights-era essays that land with rare confidence and bravery, naming White America's fear plainly and refusing easy comfort. Written decades ago and, sadly, still essential. Read it, whoever you are.

Conversations with Friends
Sally Rooney

Conversations with Friends

Four people, two best friends and an older married couple, tangle into a story of vulnerability and blurred lines. The characters feel painfully real. I admired the writing more than where it went.

The Gambler
Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Gambler

A quick, captivating dive into the compulsions of a gambler. Alexei runs the full range of cynicism, arrogance, and regret. Not a major work, but a sharp sliver the faithful will enjoy.

Notes from Underground
Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Notes from Underground

A spiteful, self-loathing narrator opens his skull and dares you to disagree. Uncomfortable, because you catch your own mind nodding along. Cynical, brilliant, and rightly called required reading.

The World According to Garp: A Novel
John Irving

The World According to Garp: A Novel

A funny, frank, sprawling novel about Garp and his fiercely independent mother Jenny, who becomes a feminist icon. Full of irony and sharp social commentary, the kind of book that rewards a second reading.

11/22/63
Stephen King

11/22/63

Time travel, history, romance, and suspense collide as Jake Epping goes back to stop the Kennedy assassination. I tore through it in three days, undone by how deeply it writes love.

How to Be Both
Ali Smith

How to Be Both

Two stories, a grieving teenager and a Renaissance painter, braided into a playful meditation on art, history, and how we see. Inventive and challenging, with a mother whose lines quietly steal it.

Jackson Pollock: An American Saga
Gregory White Smith and Steven Naifeh

Jackson Pollock: An American Saga

One of the best biographies I've read. A Pulitzer-winning portrait of Pollock and the early New York art scene, richly researched and vivid about the forces, and the antics, that drove him over the edge.

A Place for Us
Fatima Farheen Mirza

A Place for Us

An Indian Muslim American family strains across the fault lines of culture, faith, and generation. Amar, the least understood child, is its aching heart. The time-jumping structure tested my patience.

The Ballad of Black Tom
Victor LaValle

The Ballad of Black Tom

A novella that reworks Lovecraft from a Black perspective in 1920s Harlem. Coming in without any Lovecraft background, I struggled to connect, and it didn't leave much of a mark on me.

Skyward (Skyward, #1)
Brandon Sanderson

Skyward (Skyward, #1)

A YA sci-fi adventure about Spensa, a fierce would-be pilot, and M-BOT, her snarky ship. Fast, fun, and exciting, with a real message about finding your own calling. The standard the genre deserves.

Ficciones
Jorge Luis Borges

Ficciones

These short fictions bend time, perception, and reality until the world arrives back to you upside down. Not exactly light reading, but endlessly rewarding. For anyone who loves Black Mirror or the Twilight Zone.

A Moveable Feast
Ernest Hemingway

A Moveable Feast

A memoir of lean, luminous years in 1920s Paris, with Fitzgerald along for the ride. Rosy and rueful at once. I read it in Paris myself, then walked to Shakespeare and Company.

Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West
Cormac McCarthy

Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West

The brutality of the West rendered in plain, masterful prose, setting unspeakable violence against beautiful americana. The Judge, sadistic and learned and almost supernatural, is one of fiction's great antagonists.

The Emperor's Soul (The Cosmere)
Brandon Sanderson

The Emperor's Soul (The Cosmere)

A novella that follows Shai, a Forger imprisoned and forced to pull off the impossible. Short but rich, with a heroine proud of her craft even in captivity. Remarkable depth in so few pages.

Elantris (Elantris, #1)
Brandon Sanderson

Elantris (Elantris, #1)

A near-perfect entry point into the Cosmere. Rich worldbuilding, characters you quickly love, and a plot that escalates beautifully, with threads on politics, race, and class. The book that made me a fan.

The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
Adam Braun

The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change

The story of building Pencils of Promise, full of grounded, first-hand advice for anyone chasing a big goal. Warm and motivating, with small reframes that stick. A quick, encouraging read.

Turtles All the Way Down
John Green

Turtles All the Way Down

Aza's struggle with intrusive thoughts and OCD is written with real tenderness, and the knack for quotable, existential lines is on full display. The plot runs thin, but Aza stays with you.

Death's End (Remembrance of Earth's Past, #3)
Liu Cixin

Death's End (Remembrance of Earth's Past, #3)

The finale pushes into new universes, lightspeed manipulation, and physics itself as a weapon. Light on character, but staggering on ideas. A series unlike anything I'd read, and one that may inspire tomorrow's science.

The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth's Past, #2)
Liu Cixin

The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth's Past, #2)

A sequel that lays bare how vulnerable humanity is. How do you save a generation your descendants will never meet? Cryogenics, the dark forest theory, doom four centuries away, hope and despair by turns.

The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth's Past, #1)
Liu Cixin

The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth's Past, #1)

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