reading

currently

• Berger, John. (2015). Portraits: John Berger on Artists.
• Various. (2017). In the Shape of a Human Body I am Visiting the Earth.
• Bachelard, Gaston. (1938). The Psychoanalysis of Fire.
• Dostoevsky, Fyodor. (1864). Notes from Underground.
• Wilson, Jason. (2011). Jorge Luis Borges.
• Benedict, Nora & Balderston, Daniel. (2024). The Oxford Handbook of Jorge Luis Borges.

recently finished

• Calvino, Italo. (1988). Six Memos for the Next Milennium. (rated 5/5)
• Munger, Charlie. (1986). How to Guarantee a Life of Misery. (rated 4/5)
• Thompson, Hunter S. (1994). He Was a Crook. (rated 4/5)
• Hollis, James. (1993). The Middle Passage: From Misery to Meaning in Midlife. (rated 4/5)
• Nhat Hanh, Thich. (1975). The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation. (rated 3/5)
• Rosenberg, Marshall. (2015). Nonviolent Communication. (rated 3/5)
• Homer. (2017). The Odyssey (Wilson translation). (rated 3/5)

favorite all-time

• Calvino, Italo. (1988). Six Memos for the Next Milennium.
• Steinbeck, John. (1952). East of Eden.
• Bachelard, Gaston. (1958). The Poetics of Space.
• Borges, Jorge Luis. (1944). Ficciones.
• Borges, Jorge Luis. (1968). This Craft of Verse.
• Thompson, Hunter S. (1970). The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved.
• Frege, Gottlob. (1884). The Foundations of Arithmetic: A Logico-Mathematical Enquiry into the Concept of Number.
• Cooley, Peter. (1975). The Company of Strangers: Poems.
• Joyce, James. (1922). Ulysses.
• Eco, Umberto. (2009). The Infinity of Lists.

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unread (queue)

• Lillard, Angeline Stoll. (2017). Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius. (recommended by Julian P.)
• El-Mohtar, Amal. (2019). This Is How You Lose the Time War. (recommended by Dustin D.)
• Jacobs, Jane. (1969). The Economy of Cities.
• Various. (2026). McSweeney's #81.
• Waller-Bridge, Phoebe. (2019). Fleabag: The Scriptures. (recommended by Julian P.)
• Laing, R.D.. (1977). Conversations with Adam and Natasha.
• Junger, Sebastian. (2016). Tribe.
• Watson, Arthur C. (1929). The Long Harpoon.
• Hughes, Langston. (1930). Not Without Laughter.
• Scott, Bonnie Kime. (1984). Joyce and Feminism.
• Mason, Ellsworth. (1959). The Critical Writings of James Joyce.
• Levine, Amir. (2010). Attached. (recommended by Julian P.)
• Brosterman, Norman. (1997). Inventing Kindergarten. (recommended by Julian P.)
• Whitman, Walt. (1982). Whitman: Poetry and Prose. (recommended by Julian P.)
• Neruda, Pablo. (1993). Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair.
• Ryan, Kay. (2010). The Best of It.
• Pynchon, Thomas. (2025). Shadow Ticket.
• Donne, John. (1992). Poems of Love.
• Wistawa, Szymborska. (1997). Nothing Twice.
• Gilbert, Stuart. (1966). Letters of James Joyce (Vol. 1-3).
• Dracher, Jacob. (1978). Id-Grids and Ego-Graphs.
• Joyce, James. (1951). Exiles.
• Leader, Zachary. (2025). Ellmann's Joyce: The Biography of a Masterpiece and its Maker.
• Bingham, Hiram. (1951). Lost City of the Incas.
• Lewis, David K. (2001). On the Plurality of Worlds.
• Heller, Steven. (2018). IBM - Graphic Design Guide From 1969 To 1987.
• Nolan, Daniel. (2005). David Lewis.
• Steinbeck, John. (1961). The Winter of Our Discontent.
• Noble, David E. (1993). Progress Without People: In Defense of Luddism. (recommended by Artem P.)
• Steinbeck, John. (1969). Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters.
• Steinbeck, John. (1939). The Grapes of Wrath.
• Steinbeck, John. (1945). Cannery Row.
• Kristof, Nicholas D. (2024). Chasing Hope: A Reporter's Life. (recommended by Cynthia P.)
• Bechdel, Alison. (2025). Spent: A Comic Novel. (recommended by Catherine P.)
• McHugh, Roland. (1976). The Sigla of Finnegans Wake.
• Cooley, Peter. (2021). The Room Where Summer Ends.
• Cooley, Peter. (1992). The Astonished Hours.
• Cooley, Peter. (1998). Sacred Conversations.
• Cooley, Peter. (1983). Nightseasons.
• Solomon, Margaret C. (1969). Eternal Geomater: The Sexual Universe of Finnegans Wake.
• Cooley, Peter. (2009). Divine Margins.
• McHugh, Roland. (1980). Annotations to Finnegans Wake.
• Cooley, Peter. (2003). A Place Made of Starlight.
• Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich. (2004). Introductory Lectures on Aesthetics. (recommended by Julian P.)
• Joyce, James. (1959). Giacomo Joyce.
• Joyce, James. (1981). cartes de amor a nora barnacle.
• Carpenter, Don. (1966). Hard Rain Falling. (recommended by Jack S.)
• Delacroix, Eugene. (1853). The Journal of Eugene Delacroix. (recommended by Julian P.)
• Albers, Anni. (2001). Selected Writings on Design. (recommended by Julian P.)
• di Prima, Diane; Wade, Francesca; Lewis, Sophie. (1968). Revolutionary Letters. (recommended by Julian P.)
• McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern. (2024). Manifesto. (recommended by Carrie N.)
• Rooney, Sally. (2024). Intermezzo. (recommended by Julian P.)
• Sante, Lucy. (2024). I Heard Her Call My Name. (recommended by Julian P.)
• Monocle; Various. (2023). Fifty Ideas for a Better World. (recommended by Carrie N.)
• Peters, Torrey. (2021). Detransition, Baby. (recommended by Julian P.)
• Nelson, Maggie. (2009). Bluets. (recommended by Julian P.)
• Carson, Anne. (1998). Autobiography of Red. (recommended by Julian P.)
• Calloway, Colin. (2003). One Vast Winter Count.
• Lincoln, James F. Foundation. (2003). Procedure Handbook of Arc Welding.
• Blodgett, Omer W.. (1968). Design of Welded Structures.
• Woodcock, George. (1962). Anarchism: A History of Libertarian Ideas and Movements.
• Searle, John R.. (1983). Intentionality: An Essay in the Philosophy of Mind. (recommended by Lee P.)
• NASA. (1972). XB-70 Aircraft Study Final Report.
• Heilbroner, Robert L.. (1953). The Worldly Philosophers.
• Team, Monocle Editorial. (2020). The Monocle Companion Fifty Ideas Better Cities.
• Kingsolver, Barbara. (2009). The Lacuna. (recommended by Amber W.)
• Krogerus, Mikael & Tschäppeler, Roman. (2011). The Decision Book: 50 Models for Strategic Thinking.
• Kingsolver, Barbara. (2000). Prodigal Summer. (recommended by Amber W.)
• Reed, Em. (2023). More Bugs.
• Mangnall, Richmal. (1798). Mangnall's Historical Questions.
• Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr. (1973). Gulag Archipelago.
• Klaas, Brian. (2024). Fluke. (recommended by Catherine P.)
• Tufte, Virginia. (2006). Artful Sentences.
• hooks, bell. (1999). All About Love. (recommended by Julian P.)
• Márquez, Gabriel García. (1967). One Hundred Years of Solitude.
• Gioia, Ted & Gleason, Ralph J. & Gleason, Toby. (2016). Conversations in Jazz: The Ralph J. Gleason Interviews.
• Egan, Kieran. (1997). The Educated Mind: How Cognitive Tools Shape Our Understanding.
• Searle, John R.. (2002). Consciousness and Language. (recommended by Lee P.)
• Hossenfelder, Sabine. (2018). Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray.
• Daumal, Rene. (1990). Pataphysical Essays.
• Woodcock, George. (1950). The Anarchist Prince: A Biographical Study of Peter Kropotkin.
• Various & Various. (2012). The Cynic Philosophers: From Diogenes to Julian.
• Weber, Max. (1994). Weber: Political Writings.
• Covey, Stephen M. R.. (2006). The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything.
• Lorenzo, Mark Jones. (2017). The Paper Computer Unfolded.
• Khaldun, Ibn. (1377). The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History.
• Knuth, Donald Ervin. (2009). The MMIX Supplement.
• Barry, John M.. (2004). The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History. (recommended by Cynthia P.)
• Raymond, Eric S.. (2003). The Art of UNIX Programming.
• Hamming, Richard. (1997). The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn.
• Knuth, Donald Ervin. (2011). The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 4A: Combinatorial Algorithms, Part 1.
• Knuth, Donald Ervin. (1973). The Art of Computer Programming: Volume 3: Sorting and Searching.
• Knuth, Donald Ervin. (1969). The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 2: Seminumerical Algorithms.
• Knuth, Donald Ervin. (1968). The Art of Computer Programming: Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms.
• Brown, Peter C.. (2014). Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning.
• Ellmann, Richard. (1959). James Joyce.
• Llinás, Rodolfo R.. (2001). I of the Vortex: From Neurons to Self. (recommended by Lee P.)
• Lovecraft, H.P.. (1930). Fungi from Yuggoth.
• Petzold, Charles. (2000). Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software. (recommended by Ari M.)
• Griffiths, Tom & Christian, Brian. (2016). Algorithms to Live by: The Computer Science of Human Decisions. (recommended by Ari M.)
• Taylor, John. (1948). African Rifles & Cartridges.

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