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Books I’ve finished, shelved by the year I read them. Scroll the shelf or use the timeline; a red square opens my review.

265 books · 27 years

509 books · 27 years

    • Animal Farmby George Orwell
    • Cat's Cradleby Kurt Vonnegut
    • Gender Troubleby Judith Butler, Favorite
    • The Giverby Lois Lowry
    • Nightby Elie Wiesel
    • Of Mice and Menby John Steinbeck
    • The Old Man and the Seaby Ernest Hemingway
    • The Pearlby John Steinbeck
    • To Kill a Mockingbirdby Harper Lee

    2000 9 books9 books

    • 2001by Arthur C. Clarke
    • Brave New Worldby Aldous Huxley
    • The Catcher in the Ryeby J.D. Salinger
    • Ender's Gameby Orson Scott Card
    • The Fountainheadby Ayn Rand
    • Holesby Louis Sachar
    • Nineteen Eighty-Fourby George Orwell
    • Siddharthaby Hermann Hesse

    2001 8 books8 books

    • Crime and Punishmentby Fyodor Dostoevsky, Favorite
    • The Glass Bead Gameby Hermann Hesse
    • God Bless You, Mr. Rosewaterby Kurt Vonnegut
    • Good Omensby Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
    • I, Claudiusby Robert Graves
    • Trout Fishing in Americaby Richard Brautigan
    • An Unfortunate Womanby Richard Brautigan, Favorite

    2002 7 books7 books

    • Assassination Vacationby Sarah Vowell
    • Being Thereby Jerzy Kosiński
    • Foundationby Isaac Asimov
    • Jitterbug Perfumeby Tom Robbins
    • The Perks of Being a Wallflowerby Stephen Chbosky
    • The Sirens of Titanby Kurt Vonnegut
    • Skinny Legs and Allby Tom Robbins
    • Still Life with Woodpeckerby Tom Robbins
    • The Sun Also Risesby Ernest Hemingway

    2003 9 books9 books

    • The Da Vinci Codeby Dan Brown
    • Down and Out in Paris and Londonby George Orwell
    • Four Novels of the 1960sby Philip K. Dick, Favorite
    • Hyperionby Dan Simmons
    • The Master and Margaritaby Mikhail Bulgakov
    • The Phantom Tollboothby Norton Juster
    • The Postmanby David Brin
    • Rabbit, Runby John Updike
    • Ubikby Philip K. Dick, Favorite

    2004 9 books9 books

    • American Prometheusby Kai Bird
    • Duneby Frank Herbert, Favorite
    • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stoneby J.K. Rowling
    • The Jesus Incidentby Frank Herbert
    • Kafka on the Shoreby Haruki Murakami, Favorite
    • Life of Piby Yann Martel
    • Prodigal Summerby Barbara Kingsolver
    • The Santaroga Barrierby Frank Herbert
    • A Scanner Darklyby Philip K. Dick
    • Whipping Starby Frank Herbert, Favorite

    2005 10 books10 books

    • The Dosadi Experimentby Frank Herbert
    • The Fortress of Solitudeby Jonathan Lethem, Favorite
    • The Last Samuraiby Helen DeWitt, Favorite
    • Motherless Brooklynby Jonathan Lethem
    • Nine Storiesby J.D. Salinger, Favorite
    • Only Forwardby Michael Marshall Smith
    • Radio Free Albemuthby Philip K. Dick

    2006 7 books7 books

    • At Swim-Two-Birdsby Flann O'Brien, Favorite
    • The Bone Peopleby Keri Hulme
    • No Country for Old Menby Cormac McCarthy
    • Watchmen #1by Alan Moore, Favorite
    • What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questionsby Randall Munroe, Favorite

    2007 5 books5 books

    • After Many a Summer Dies the Swanby Aldous Huxley
    • The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clayby Michael Chabon, Favorite
    • Black Snowby Mikhail Bulgakov
    • The Book of Laughter and Forgettingby Milan Kundera
    • Cloud Atlasby David Mitchell
    • A Confederacy of Duncesby John Kennedy Toole, Favorite
    • Cosmopolisby Don DeLillo
    • The Grapes of Wrathby John Steinbeck
    • The Journey of Ibn Fattoumaby Naguib Mahfouz
    • Pninby Vladimir Nabokov
    • Selected Short Storiesby Franz Kafka, Favorite
    • Underworldby Don DeLillo, Favorite
    • The White Castleby Orhan Pamuk, Favorite

    2008 13 books13 books

    • The Alchemistby Paulo Coelho
    • Eat, Pray, Loveby Elizabeth Gilbert
    • The Enormous Roomby E.E. Cummings
    • Lonely Planet Thailand's Islands & Beachesby Andrew Burke
    • Lonely Planet Vietnamby Nick Ray
    • Love in the Time of Choleraby Gabriel García Márquez, Favorite
    • One Hundred Years of Solitudeby Gabriel García Márquez, Favorite
    • The Savage Detectivesby Roberto Bolaño, Favorite
    • The Sorrow of Warby Bảo Ninh
    • The Sunset Limitedby Cormac McCarthy
    • Survival in the Killing Fieldsby Haing Ngor
    • The Unbearable Lightness of Beingby Milan Kundera
    • Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos & the Greater Mekongby Nick Ray
    • The Way of Tarotby Alejandro Jodorowsky And Marianne Costa, Favorite

    2009 14 books14 books

    • The Book of Basketballby Bill Simmons
    • The Collected Stories of Lydia Davisby Lydia Davis, Favorite
    • Divisaderoby Michael Ondaatje
    • A Farewell to Armsby Ernest Hemingway
    • Invisibleby Paul Auster
    • Moscow to the End of the Lineby Venedikt Erofeev
    • On the Roadby Jack Kerouac
    • The Roadby Cormac McCarthy

    2010 8 books8 books

    • Bluetsby Maggie Nelson
    • Coeur de Lionby Ariana Reines, Favorite
    • The Cowsby Lydia Davis
    • The Crying of Lot 49by Thomas Pynchon
    • It Thenby Danielle Collobert, Favorite
    • Maldoror and Poemsby Comte de Lautréamont, Favorite
    • The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Briggeby Rainer Maria Rilke, Favorite
    • Thomas the Obscureby Maurice Blanchot, Favorite
    • Zealotby Reza Aslan

    2011 9 books9 books

  1. 2012 14 books14 books

    • The Age of Wire and Stringby Ben Marcus, Favorite
    • Atlassedby Jane Unrue
    • Avatarby Evan Lavender-Smith
    • The Lost Onesby Samuel Beckett
    • Pride and Prejudiceby Jane Austen, Favorite
    • Saga, Vol. 1by Brian K. Vaughan
    • The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop.by Robert Coover

    2013 7 books7 books

    • The Cageby Martin Vaughn-James, Favorite
    • Ecce Homoby Friedrich Nietzsche, Favorite
    • Letters from the Earthby Mark Twain, Favorite
    • Treasure Islandby Robert Louis Stevenson

    2014 4 books4 books

    • Citizenby Claudia Rankine, Favorite
    • A Clash of Kingsby George R.R. Martin
    • A Dance with Dragonsby George R.R. Martin
    • A Feast for Crowsby George R.R. Martin
    • A Game of Thronesby George R.R. Martin
    • It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Workby Jason Fried
    • Nonviolent Communicationby Marshall B. Rosenberg, Favorite
    • A Storm of Swordsby George R.R. Martin

    2015 8 books8 books

    • Anna Kareninaby Leo Tolstoy, Favorite
    • Dispatch from the Futureby Leigh Stein
    • Fun Homeby Alison Bechdel
    • The Magiciansby Lev Grossman
    • A Sand Bookby Ariana Reines
    • When Science Goes Wrongby Simon Levay

    2016 6 books6 books

    • Big Questionsby Anders Nilsen, Favorite
    • Black Holeby Charles Burns
    • The Design of Everyday Thingsby Don Norman
    • The Guardiansby Sarah Manguso
    • Hatching Twitterby Nick Bilton
    • Normalby Warren Ellis
    • Rage of Poseidonby Anders Nilsen, Favorite
    • Run Studio Runby Eli Altman
    • Selected Crónicas/Chroniclesby Clarice Lispector, Favorite
    • Very Casualby Michael DeForge, Favorite

    2017 10 books10 books

    • Ablationby Danika Stegeman Lemay
    • The Body Keeps the Scoreby Bessel van der Kolk
    • The Fire Next Timeby James Baldwin
    • Half of a Yellow Sunby Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Favorite
    • The Handmaid's Taleby Margaret Atwood
    • Just Enough Researchby Erika Hall
    • The Mysterious Strangerby Mark Twain
    • Sapiensby Yuval Noah Harari
    • The Shape of Designby Frank Chimero
    • To See Your Love Sufferby Tyann Prentice, Favorite

    2018 10 books10 books

    • (The Book)by Alan Sepinwall & Matt Zoller Seitz
    • Basketball (and Other Things)by Shea Serrano
    • Come as You Areby Marcia Yagoda & Emily Nagoski
    • Parable of the Sowerby Octavia E. Butler, Favorite
    • Themystery.Docby Matthew Mcintosh
    • Underground Railroadby Colson Whitehead, Favorite
    • Ungulaby Garrett Strickland, Favorite

    2019 7 books7 books

    • The Adventures of Tom Sawyerby Mark Twain, Favorite
    • Ant Colonyby Michael DeForge, Favorite
    • A Brief History of Seven Killingsby Marlon James, Favorite
    • Dog Earby Erica Baum
    • The End of Policingby Alex S. Vitale, Favorite
    • High Ground Cowardby Alicia Mountain
    • How Infrastructure Worksby Deb Chachra
    • How to Do Nothingby Jenny Odell
    • Huckleberry Finnby Mark Twain, Favorite
    • The Hundred Thousand Kingdomsby N.K. Jemisin
    • Lincoln in the Bardoby George Saunders, Favorite
    • On the Shortness of Lifeby Seneca
    • A Place Beyondby Garrett Strickland, Favorite
    • Ruined by Designby Mike Monteiro

    2020 14 books14 books

    • The Broken Kingdomsby N.K. Jemisin
    • A Childhoodby Harry Crews, Favorite
    • The Conquest of Happinessby Bertrand Russell
    • Dare to Leadby Brené Brown
    • Deacon King Kongby James McBride, Favorite
    • A Face Like Glassby Frances Hardinge
    • Feeling Goodby David D. Burns
    • Harlem Shuffleby Colson Whitehead
    • The Kingdom of Godsby N.K. Jemisin
    • Ministry for the Futureby Kim Stanley Robinson
    • Moby Dickby Herman Melville, Favorite
    • Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexualsby Patricia Lockwood
    • Nausicaäby Miyazaki
    • The Night Bookmobileby Audrey Niffenegger
    • Puddlesby Tomas Cisternas

    2021 15 books15 books

    • ABCs of Kindnessby Patricia Hegarty
    • Ada Twist, Scientistby Andrea Beaty
    • All Are Welcomeby Alexandra Penfold and Suzanne Kaufman
    • All the Worldby Liz Garton Scanlon
    • Antiracist Babyby Ibram X. Kendi
    • Baby Be Kindby Jane Cowen-Fletcher
    • Baby Feministsby Libby Babbott-Klein
    • Baby Feminists Tooby Libby Babbott-Klein
    • Be Boy Buzzby bell hooks, Favorite
    • Bear in a Squareby Stella Blackstone
    • Bedtime Bunniesby Wendy Watson
    • Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle
    • The Cars and Trucks Bookby Todd Parr
    • Cat's First Babyby Natalie Nelson
    • Chicka Chicka Boom Boomby Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault
    • Circle Under Berryby Carter Higgins
    • Climate Change for Babiesby Ferrie
    • Duck & Gooseby Tad Hills, Favorite
    • Each Peach Pear Plumby Allan Ahlberg
    • Esterhazyby Irene Dische and Hans Magnus Enzensberger
    • Families Belongby Dan Saks
    • Feminist Babyby Loryn Brantz
    • Fox in Socksby Dr. Seuss
    • The Going to Bed Bookby Sandra Boynton
    • Goodnight Moonby Margaret Wise Brown, Favorite
    • Hop on Popby Dr. Seuss
    • How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague
    • How to Be a Catby Nikki McClure
    • Hush! A Thai Lullabyby Minfong Ho, Favorite
    • I Love You, Little Pookieby Sandra Boynton
    • I Took the Moon for a Walkby Carolyn Curtis, Favorite
    • In the Night Kitchenby Maurice Sendak, Favorite
    • Leo's Treeby Debora Pearson
    • Little Blue Truckby Alice Schertle
    • Llama Llama Red Pajamaby Anna Dewdney
    • Lots of Spotsby Lois Ehlert
    • May I Bring a Friend?by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
    • Millions of Catsby Wanda Gág
    • The Monster at the End of This Bookby Jon Stone, Favorite
    • A Mother Is a Houseby Aurore Petit
    • The Mountain in the Seaby Ray Nayler
    • Music Is...by Brandon Stosuy
    • My Heartby Corinna Luyken
    • Normal Peopleby Sally Rooney
    • One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fishby Dr. Seuss
    • Ounce Dice Triceby Alastair Rei, Favorite
    • Peck Peck Peckby Lucy Cousins, Favorite
    • Press Hereby Herve Tullet, Favorite
    • Quantum Physics for Babiesby Chris Ferrie
    • The Raven Towerby Ann Leckie
    • Room on the Broomby Julia Donaldson, Favorite
    • The Runaway Bunnyby Margaret Wise Brown, Favorite
    • Shabbat Shalom!by Douglas Florian
    • The Snowy Dayby Ezra Jack Keats
    • So Many Starsby Andy Warhol
    • Some of These Are Snailsby Higgins
    • Stack the Catsby Susie Ghahremani
    • Subwayby Anastasia Suen
    • Swimmyby Leo Lionni
    • The Tale of Peter Rabbitby Beatrix Potter
    • A Tiger in the Land of Dreamsby Tiger Tateishi, Favorite
    • Togetherby Mona Damluji
    • Translation Stateby Ann Leckie, Favorite
    • The Very Hungry Caterpillarby Eric Carle
    • Winter in the Bloodby James Welch
    • You Are Lightby Aaron Becker
    • You're My Little Latkeby Natalie Marshall

    2022 5 books67 books

    • 100 Mighty Dragons All Named Broccoliby David LaRochelle
    • Ada Twistby Andrea Beaty and David Roberts
    • Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Dayby Judith Viorst
    • All Kinds of Kissesby Nancy Tafuri
    • Baby Loves Angular Momentum on Hanukkah!by Ruth Spiro
    • A Bedtime for Bearby Bonny Becker
    • Bedtime for Boby Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold, Favorite
    • The Bee Treeby Patricia Polacco
    • Benita and the Night Creaturesby Mariana Llanos, Favorite
    • Binti: The Complete Trilogyby Nnedi Okorafor
    • Blueberries for Salby Robert McCloskey
    • Bluey 5-Minute Storiesby Joe Brumm
    • Bodies Are Coolby Tyler Feder
    • The Boring Bookby Shinsuke Yoshitake
    • Bubbe Isabella And The Sukkot Cakeby Kelly Terwilliger
    • Bug Cityby Dahlov Ipcar
    • The Cat in the Hatby Dr. Seuss
    • Catch Meby Anders Arhoj, Favorite
    • The Chemistry of Joyby Henry G. Burger
    • Circleby Mac Barnett, Favorite
    • Dim Sum Palaceby X. Fang, Favorite
    • Everything in the Universe is Unfinishedby Yoko Ono
    • Fearless Firemoose!by Golden Books
    • The Feelings Bookby Todd Parr
    • Find Meby Anders Arhoj, Favorite
    • Gallop!by Rufus Butler Seder
    • Ganesha's Sweet Toothby Emily Haynes and Sanjay Patel
    • The Gas We Passby Shinta Cho
    • Go Away, Big Green Monster!by Ed Emberley, Favorite
    • Hands Are Not for Hittingby Martine Agassi
    • Harry the Dirty Dogby Gene Zion and Margaret Bloy Graham
    • Hooray for Birds!by Lucy Cousins, Favorite
    • Horizontal Parentingby Michelle Woo
    • Horton Hears a Who!by Dr. Seuss
    • The House in the Nightby Susan Marie Swanson, Favorite
    • I Use Kind Words. I Do Not Hit!by Suzanne T Christian
    • I'll Love You Till the Cows Come Homeby Kathryn Cristaldi
    • In the Half Roomby Carson Ellis
    • Invisible Thingsby Andy J. Miller and Sophie Miller
    • It Might Be an Appleby Shinsuke Yoshitake, Favorite
    • Jabari Jumpsby Gaia Cornwall, Favorite
    • Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrellby Susanna Clarke, Favorite
    • Joseph Had a Little Overcoatby Simms Taback
    • Julián Is a Mermaidby Jessica Love, Favorite
    • The Keeping Quiltby Patricia Polacco
    • Last Stop on Market Streetby Matt de la Peña
    • Little Fur Familyby Margaret Wise Brown, Favorite
    • Llama Llama Mad at Mamaby Anna Dewdney
    • Make Way for Ducklingsby Robert McCloskey
    • Mighty Mobyby Barbara DaCosta
    • My First Jewish Baby Bookby Julie Merberg
    • My Very Own Special Particular Private and Personal Catby Sandol Stoddard Warburg, Favorite
    • The Night Watchmanby Louise Erdrich, Favorite
    • Nutshell Libraryby Maurice Sendak, Favorite
    • Octopuses Have Zero Bonesby Anne Richardson and Andrea Antinori
    • Outside Inby Underwood and Derby
    • Rainbow Goblinsby Ul de Rico
    • Sammy Spider's First Yom Kippurby Sylvia A. Rouss
    • Sharkblockby Christopher Franceschelli
    • Should I Share My Ice Cream?by Mo Willems
    • Skydanceby Faith Hubley
    • Squareby Mac Barnett
    • The Story of Ferdinandby Munro Leaf
    • Sukkot Is Coming! Sukkot Is Coming!by Tracy Newman
    • Sunday Fundayby Halligan. Verona
    • Tails Are Not for Pullingby Elizabeth Verdick
    • There's a Wocket in My Pocket!by Dr. Seuss
    • This Little Wonderby Joan Holub
    • Triangleby Mac Barnett
    • The Velveteen Rabbitby Margery Williams Bianco
    • Waiting Is Not Easy!by Mo Willems
    • We Are Still Here!by Traci Sorell
    • We Are Water Protectorsby Carole Lindstrom
    • What to Do When You Feel Like Hittingby Cara Goodwin
    • Where the Wild Things Areby Maurice Sendak
    • Won't You Be My Neighbor?by Fred Rogers
    • Woo Hoo! You're Doing Great!by Sandra Boynton
    • Yertle the Turtleby Dr. Seuss
    • Yoga for Stiff Birdsby Marion Deuchars
    • You Broke It!by Liana Finck, Favorite
    • Z is for Mooseby Bingham and Zelinsky
    • Zen Shortsby Jon J Muth

    2023 6 books82 books

    • All Foursby Miranda July
    • Animal Land Where There Are No Peopleby Sybil Corbet and Katharine Corbet
    • Animals Showing Offby National Geographic Kids
    • A Bargain for Francesby Russell Hoban
    • Based on a True Storyby Norm Macdonald
    • Boobies Go Bye-Byeby Nikki Osei-Barrett and Cyana Riley
    • The Borrowed Hanukkah Latkesby Linda Glaser
    • Bread and Jam for Francesby Russell Hoban
    • Breastsby Genichiro Yagyu
    • The Cantankerous Crowby Lennart Hellsing
    • The Cat at Nightby Dahlov Ipcar
    • The Cat Owner's Manualby Eric Allan And Lynda Bonning
    • Crocodile Tearsby André François
    • Daniel Finds a Poemby Micha Archer
    • Death Valleyby Melissa Broder
    • Do Not Lick This Bookby Ben Barak and Frost
    • Don't Eat Me, Chupacabra!by Kyle Sullivan
    • Dragons Love Tacosby Rubin and Salmieri
    • Du Iz Tak?by Carson Ellis, Favorite
    • The Earby Riret Raud
    • Everyone Poopsby Taro Gomi
    • Exhalationby Ted Chiang
    • Exploring the Elementsby Isabel Thomas, Favorite
    • George and Marthaby James Marshall
    • The Giant Jam Sandwichby John Vernon Lord
    • Goodnight Bubbalaby Sheryl Haft
    • Goodnight Loonby Abe Sauer
    • Goodnight Moominby Tove Jansson
    • Green Eggs and Hamby Dr. Seuss
    • Here We Go Round the Mullery Bushby Cabrera
    • The History of Bonesby John Lurie
    • I Am Dreaming of… Animals of the Native Northwestby Melaney Gleeson-Lyall
    • I Want My Hat Backby Jon Klassen
    • I Want That Loveby Tatsuya Miyanishi, Favorite
    • The King of Circlesby Shuntaro Tanikawa and Kiyoshi Awazu
    • Lake Street Usaby Wing Young Huie
    • The Little Islandby Margaret Wise Brown
    • Llama Llama Gram and Grandpaby Anna Dewdney
    • Martha Speaksby Susan Meddaugh
    • Moominby Tove Jansson
    • Moonboundby Robin Sloan
    • Morris and the Magic of Storiesby Didier Lévy
    • Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?by Dr. Seuss
    • My Shadowby Robert Louis Stevenson
    • My Sister Is Sleepingby Devora Busheri
    • The Odysseyby Homer and Emily Wilson, Favorite
    • Ookpikby Bruce Hiscock
    • Papa, Please Get the Moon for Meby Eric Carle
    • Piranesiby Susanna Clarke, Favorite
    • Playing with Lanternsby Wang Yage
    • Pokko and the Drumby Matthew Forsythe
    • Raymondby Yann Le Bec and Gwendal Le Bec
    • Richard Scarry's Best Picture Dictionary Everby Richard Scarry
    • Richard Scarry's The Supermarket Mysteryby Richard Scarry
    • The School for Catsby Esther Averill
    • The Shortest Dayby Susan Cooper
    • The Silly Parade and Other Topsy-Turvy Poemsby Anne Dwyer
    • Skeletownby Rhode Montijo
    • The Skullby Jon Klassen, Favorite
    • Sleepy Storiesby Mario Levrero, Favorite
    • Stars Before Bedtimeby Claire Grace and Dr. Jessamy Hibberd
    • The Steadfast Tin Soldierby Andersen
    • There Is a Bird on Your Head!by Mo Willems
    • There Must Be More Than That!by Shinsuke Yoshitake
    • There's a Bear on My Chairby Ross Collins
    • This Book Is a Planetariumby Kelli Anderson
    • The Three Water Drop Brothersby Lee Yun
    • The Three-Body Problemby Cixin Liu
    • The Ultimate Book of Vehiclesby Anne-Sophie Baumann
    • Under My Hijabby Hena Khan
    • What Is a Narwhal?by Ginger Swift
    • When the Storm Comesby Linda Ashman
    • The Wizard of Opby Ed Emberley
    • The Wonderful Fluffy Little Squishyby Beatrice Alemagna, Favorite
    • The Wonky Donkeyby Craig Smith
    • You Are My Best Friendby Tatsuya Miyanishi

    2024 11 books76 books

    • All About Penisesby Dorian Solot and Marshall Miller
    • All About Vulvas and Vaginasby Dorian Solot and Marshall Miller
    • Allie All Alongby Sarah Lynne Reul
    • Almost Nothing, Yet Everythingby Hiroshi Osada
    • Ancillary Justiceby Ann Leckie
    • Ancillary Swordby Ann Leckie
    • Animal Albums from A to Zby Cece Bell
    • At the Drop of a Catby Fontenaille and Lópiz
    • The Book with No Picturesby B.J. Novak
    • Can I Play Too?by Mo Willems
    • Catwingsby Ursula K. Le Guin
    • The Circus In The Mistby Bruno Munari
    • Curious George and the Puppiesby H.A. Rey
    • Darkness Visibleby William Styron
    • Dead Soulsby Nikolai Gogol, Favorite
    • Debtby David Graeber, Favorite
    • Demon Copperheadby Barbara Kingsolver
    • Dr. Noby Percival Everett
    • Drawing the Sunby Bruno Munari
    • Ed Emberley's Complete Funprint Drawing Bookby Ed Emberley
    • Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Trucks and Trainsby Ed Emberley
    • Eichmann in Jerusalemby Hannah Arendt, Favorite
    • Every Man for Himself and God Against Allby Werner Herzog
    • Frederick Douglassby David W. Blight, Favorite
    • Health and Safetyby Emily Witt
    • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxyby Douglas Adams
    • Homeby Carson Ellis
    • Hug Machineby Scott Campbell
    • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacksby Rebecca Skloot
    • The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseauby Jon Agee
    • Jamesby Percival Everett
    • Jenny's Moonlight Adventureby Esther Averill
    • Let's Cruise!by Frank Berrios
    • The Minpinsby Roald Dahl
    • My UnderSlumberBumbleBeastby Zoje Stage, Favorite
    • The New Roosterby Rilla Alexander
    • Peopleby Blexbolex
    • Pete the Cat Giant Sticker Bookby James Dean
    • Sinclair, the Velociraptor Who Thought He Was a Chickenby Douglas Rees
    • So Cold!by John Coy
    • Something from Nothingby Phoebe Gilman
    • Spooky Tricksby Rose Wyler
    • The Story About Pingby Marjorie Flack
    • Stuckby Oliver Jeffers
    • Suppose You Met a Witchby Ian Serraillier, Favorite
    • The Utter Zooby Edward Gorey
    • Yes! No!by Megan Madison and Jessica Ralli
    • Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do Itby Geoff Dyer
    • ZigZagby Julie Paschkis

    2025 15 books49 books

    • All Systems Redby Martha Wells
    • American Godsby Neil Gaiman
    • Artificial Conditionby Martha Wells
    • Bartleby, the Scrivenerby Herman Melville, Favorite
    • Don't Trust Fishby Neil Sharpson
    • Exit Strategyby Martha Wells
    • Fortunately, the Milkby Neil Gaiman
    • Go Tell It on the Mountainby James Baldwin
    • Gormenghastby Mervyn Peake, Favorite
    • The Holeby Hiroko Oyamada
    • How to Catch a Unicornby Adam Wallace
    • I Who Have Never Known Menby Jacqueline Harpman and Ros Schwartz
    • The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogyby Mervyn Peake, Favorite
    • Into the Wildby Jon Krakauer
    • Inverted Worldby Christopher Priest
    • Kitchen Confidentialby Anthony Bourdain
    • Lightby M. John Harrison, Favorite
    • Like Lava in My Veinsby Derrick Barnes
    • Magic for Beginnersby Kelly Link
    • Matrixby Lauren Groff
    • The Owl Witchby Myriam Dahman and Nicolas Digard
    • Rogue Protocolby Martha Wells
    • The Sentenceby Louise Erdrich
    • Speakby Louisa Hall
    • The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurstby Nicholas Tomalin and Ron Hall
    • The Strangerby Albert Camus
    • Titus Aloneby Mervyn Peake
    • Titus Groanby Mervyn Peake, Favorite, read the review
    • Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrowby Gabrielle Zevin
    • Touch the Skyby Stephanie Lucianovic
    • Transcriptionby Ben Lerner
    • The Wonderful Wisdom of Antsby Philip Bunting

    2026 25 books32 books

Reviews

Nights

H.D. · 2012

Gotta remember I don't terribly like Victorian/provincial stuff, no matter the quality of construction.

Treasure Island!!!

Sara Levine · 2012

I wish I were obsessed with Treasure Island.

Vicky Swanky Is a Beauty

Diane Williams · 2012

The Emporium is especially delicious. After that, a few other stories are gems and the rest are mostly just confounding. Not that I mind; amidst all that confusion are countless sentences that make my mind leap a little. But woo, boy. That emporium.

Titus Groan

Mervyn Peake · 2026

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