Books
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I’ve read 13 books so far in 2025:
True Grit
Charles Portis
Dates read: August 2, 2025 to August 16, 2025
Genres: Fiction, western
Year published: 1968
Pages: 228
The Penelopiad
Margaret Atwood
Dates read: July 28, 2025 to August 1, 2025
Genres: Fiction, mythology
Year published: 2005
Pages: 198
The King in Yellow
Robert W. Chambers
Dates read: June 25, 2025 to July 28, 2025
Genres: Short stories, horror, fiction
Year published: 1895
Pages: 224
The Odyssey
Homer
Dates read: June 17, 2025 to July 19, 2025
Genres: Classics, poetry
Year published: 2017 (translation)
Pages: 582
Translated by: Emily Wilson
Rejection
Tony Tulathimutte
Dates read: May 11, 2025 to June 16, 2025
Genres: Short stories, fiction, contemporary
Year published: 2024
Pages: 272
One of my favorites this year!
A Certain Hunger
Chelsea G. Summers
Dates read: June 1, 2025 to June 15, 2025
Genres: Horror, fiction, thriller, contemporary
Year published: 2019
Pages: 240
Red Rising
Pierce Brown
Dates read: May 11, 2025 to June 1, 2025
Genres: Sci-fi, fantasy, fiction, dystopia
Year published: 2014
Pages: 382
Yr Dead
Sam Sax
Dates read: May 1, 2025 to May 11, 2025
Genres: Fiction, queer, poetry, contemporary
Year published: 2024
Pages: 281
The Overstory
Richard Powers
Dates read: March 4, 2025 to May 1, 2025
Genres: Fiction, nature, contemporary
Year published: 2018
Pages: 502
Night Sky with Exit Wounds
Ocean Vuong
Dates read: January 25, 2025 to March 30, 2025
Genres: Poetry, queer, contemporary
Year published: 2016
Pages: 89
The You You Are: A Spiritual Biography of You
Ricken Lazlo Hale
Dates read: March 6, 2025 to March 27, 2025
Genres: Fiction, humor, self help
Year published: 2022
Pages: 39
The Lexington Letter
Anonymous
Dates read: February 14, 2025 to March 6, 2025
Genres: Fiction, sci-fi, dystopia
Year published: 2022
Pages: 43
The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese
Dates read: January 15, 2025 to March 3, 2025
Genres: Historical fiction, literary fiction
Year published: 2023
Pages: 795
The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov
Dates read: December 23, 2024 to January 15, 2025
Genres: Classic, Russian lit.
Year published: 1967
Pages: 402
The Salt Grows Heavy
Cassandra Khaw
Dates read: January 6, 2025 to January 7, 2025
Genres: Fantasy, horror
Year published: 2023
Pages: 106
I read 22 books in 2024:
Parade
Hiromi Kawakami
Dates read: December 29, 2024
Genres: Fiction, short stories, magical realism
Year published: 2004
Pages: 96
Translated by: Allison Markin Powell
Strange Weather in Tokyo
Hiromi Kawakami
Dates read: December 23, 2024 to December 29, 2024
Genres: Fiction, romance, contemporary
Year published: 2001
Pages: 176
Translated by: Allison Markin Powell
House of Bone and Rain
Gabino Iglesias
Dates read: November 23, 2024 to December 23, 2024
Genres: Horror, fiction, magical realism
Year published: 2024
Pages: 345
Gratitude
Oliver Sacks
Dates read: December 22, 2024
Genres: Nonfiction, memoir
Year published: 2015
Pages: 49
Ankle Snatcher
Grady Hendrix
Dates read: December 22, 2024
Genres: Horror, short stories
Year published: 2023
Pages: 29
What is Metaphysics?
Martin Heidegger
Dates read: December 22, 2024
Genres: Philosophy, metaphysics, nonfiction
Year published: 1929
Pages: 30
The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt
Dates read: October 1, 2024 to December 12, 2024
Genres: Contemporary, literary fiction
Year published: 2013
Pages: 771
Hurricane Season
Fernanda Melchor
Dates read: October 3, 2024 to November 13, 2024
Genres: Horror, contemporary, fiction
Year published: 2017
Pages: 224
Translated by: Sophie Hughes
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin
Dates read: September 16, 2024 to October 1, 2024
Genres: Contemporary, fiction, romance
Year published: 2022
Pages: 401
Prophet Song
Paul Lynch
Dates read: August 18, 2024 to September 16, 2024
Genres: Literary fiction, dystopia
Year published: 2023
Pages: 259
Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert
Dates read: July 23, 2024 to August 18, 2024
Genres: Sci-fi
Year published: 1969
Pages: 304
Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?
Julie Smith
Dates read: August 1, 2024 to August 13, 2024
Genres: Nonfiction, self help, psychology
Year published: 2001
Pages: 368
Unsettling: Surviving Extinction Together
Elizabeth Weinberg
Dates read: July 23, 2024 to August 1, 2024
Genres: Nonfiction, environment, queer
Year published: 2022
Pages: 201
The Zone of Interest
Martin Amis
Dates read: June 18, 2024 to July 23, 2024
Genres: Historical fiction, war
Year published: 2014
Pages: 306
Memory Theater
Simon Critchley
Dates read: July 15, 2024 to July 21, 2024
Genres: Philosophy, literary fiction
Year published: 2014
Pages: 112
Greek Lessons
Han Kang
Dates read: May 12, 2024 to June 18, 2024
Genres: Contemporary, literary fiction
Year published: 2011
Pages: 192
Translated by: Deborah Smith & Emily Yae Won
This Is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
Dates read: March 3, 2024 to May 11, 2024
Genres: Sci-fi, romance, fantasy
Year published: 1965
Pages: 209
Dune
Frank Herbert
Dates read: March 8, 2024 to May 3, 2024
Genres: Sci-fi
Year published: 1965
Pages: 694
The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett
Dates read: April 24, 2024 to April 29, 2024
Genres: Historical fiction
Year published: 2020
Pages: 343
Last to Leave the Room
Caitlin Starling
Dates read: February 4, 2024 to March 3, 2024
Genres: Horror, sci-fi, thriller
Year published: 2023
Pages: 312
Where Reasons End
Yiyun Li
Dates read: January 4, 2024 to February 7, 2024
Genres: Fiction, contemporary
Year published: 2019
Pages: 170
Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century
Kim Fu
Dates read: December 24, 2023 to February 4, 2024
Genres: Short stories, fiction, magical realism
Year published: 2022
Pages: 232
I read 11 books in 2023:
Piranesi
Susanna Clarke
Dates read: December 29, 2023
Genres: Fiction, fantasy
Year published: 2020
Pages: 272
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
Dates read: November 22, 2023 to December 23, 2023
Genres: Fiction, dark academia
Year published: 1992
Pages: 559
The Four Agreements
Miguel Ruiz
Dates read: November 3, 2023 to November 22, 2023
Genres: Self help, spirituality, nonfiction
Year published: 1997
Pages: 152
The Decagon House Murders
Yukito Ayatsuji
Dates read: November 11, 2023 to November 22, 2023
Genres: Mystery, fiction, whodunnit
Year published: 1987
Pages: 228
Translated by: Ho-Ling Wong
The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern
Dates read: September 30, 2023 to November 11, 2023
Genres: Fantasy, fiction
Year published: 2011
Pages: 506
The Trayvon Generation
Elizabeth Alexander
Dates read: November 3, 2023 to November 11, 2023
Genres: Nonfiction, essays, race, history
Year published: 2022
Pages: 146
Fairy Tale
Stephen King
Dates read: October 20, 2023 to November 2, 2023
Genres: Fantasy, fiction
Year published: 2022
Pages: 607
The Burning Girls
C.J. Tudor
Dates read: October 6, 2023 to October 19, 2023
Genres: Horror, thriller, mystery
Year published: 2021
Pages: 333
All the Beauty in the World
Patrick Bringley
Dates read: September 30, 2023 to October 5, 2023
Genres: Nonfiction, memoir, art
Year published: 2023
Pages: 240
Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks
Patrick Radden Keefe
Dates read: September 7, 2022 to June 24, 2023
Genres: Nonfiction, true crime, history
Year published: 2022
Pages: 368
The Midnight Library
Matt Haig
Dates read: January 19, 2023 to February 7, 2023
Genres: Fiction, fantasy
Year published: 2020
Pages: 288
I read 21 books in 2022:
Unmask Alice
Rick Emerson
Dates read: November 22, 2022 to November 27, 2022
Genres: Nonfiction, true crime
Year published: 2022
Pages: 349
Lapovna
Mottessa Moshfegh
Dates read: November 10, 2022 to November 20, 2022
Genres: Horror, historical fiction
Year published: 2022
Pages: 313
Black Panther
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Dates read: August 28, 2022 to November 6, 2022
Genres: Self help, spirituality, nonfiction
Year published: 2018 – 2021
Pages: 34
The Defining Decade
Meg Jay
Dates read: October 23, 2022 to November 1, 2022
Genres: Nonfiction, self help
Year published: 2012
Pages: 273
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
Nikole Hannah-Jones
Dates read: October 9, 2022 to October 19, 2022
Genres: History, nonfiction, race
Year published: 2019
Pages: 590
You’re Not Listening
Kate Murphy
Dates read: August 23, 2022 to September 10, 2022
Genres: Nonfiction, self help, psychology
Year published: 2020
Pages: 278
People From My Neighborhood
Hiromi Kawakami
Dates read: March 20, 2022 to August 27, 2022
Genres: Short stories, fiction
Year published: 2020
Pages: 121
Empire of Pain
Patrick Radden Keefe
Dates read: August 15, 2022 to August 23, 2022
Genres: Nonfiction, history
Year published: 2021
Pages: 535
Minor Feelings
Cathy Park Hong
Dates read: December 21, 2021 to August 23, 2022
Genres: Nonfiction, memoir, essays
Year published: 2020
Pages: 209
Congo
Michael Crichton
Dates read: July 30, 2022 to August 8, 2022
Genres: Sci-fi, thriller, adventure
Year published: 1980
Pages: 442
The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu
Tom Lin
Dates read: July 19, 2022 to July 30, 2022
Genres: Historical fiction, western, magical realism
Year published: 2021
Pages: 275
Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir
Dates read: June 23, 2022 to July 19, 2022
Genres: Sci-fi
Year published: 2021
Pages: 476
Recursion
Blake Crouch
Dates read: June 10, 2022 to June 23, 2022
Genres: Sci-fi, thriller
Year published: 2019
Pages: 329
Hidden Pictures
Jason Rekulak
Dates read: June 7, 2022 to June 10, 2022
Genres: Horror, thriller
Year published: 2022
Pages: 372
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Samin Nosrat
Dates read: May 13, 2022 to May 26, 2022
Genres: Cooking, food
Year published: 2017
Pages: 480
Sisters
Daisy Johnson
Dates read: March 6, 2022 to April 4, 2022
Genres: Fiction, horror
Year published: 2020
Pages: 210
Dragon Teeth
Michael Crichton
Dates read: February 25, 2022 to March 5, 2022
Genres: Historical fiction, western
Year published: 2017
Pages: 295
They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera
Dates read: February 20, 2022 to February 25, 2022
Genres: Romance, young adult, queer
Year published: 2017
Pages: 389
The Push
Ashley Audrain
Dates read: February 15, 2022 to February 19, 2022
Genres: Thriller, fiction, mystery
Year published: 2021
Pages: 307
A Darker Shade of Magic
V.E. Schwab
Dates read: January 27, 2022 to February 13, 2022
Genres: Fantasy, young adult
Year published: 2015
Pages: 400
All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr
Dates read: Decemeber 20, 2021 to January 18, 2022
Genres: Historical fiction, war
Year published: 2014
Pages: 544
I read 25 books in 2021:
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Caroline Criado Pérez
Dates read: November 30, 2021 to December 21, 2021
Genres: Nonfiction, feminism, science, politics
Year published: 2019
Pages: 349
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
Dates read: October 16, 2021 to November 21, 2021
Genres: Classics, historical fiction, war
Year published: 1961
Pages: 453
Exhalation
Ted Chiang
Dates read: October 24, 2021 to November 20, 2021
Genres: Short stories, sci-fi
Year published: 2019
Pages: 368
The Answer
Allan Pease & Barbara Pease
Dates read: July 19, 2021 to October 24, 2021
Genres: Self help, nonfiction, psychology
Year published: 2016
Pages: 304
The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Dates read: September 14, 2021 to October 16, 2021
Genres: Historical fiction, fantasy, magical realism
Year published: 2019
Pages: 416
Lakewood
Megan Giddings
Dates read: August 21, 2021 to September 7, 2021
Genres: Horror, sci-fi
Year published: 2020
Pages: 288
The Institute
Stephen King
Dates read: July 30, 2021 to August 21, 2021
Genres: Horror, fiction
Year published: 2019
Pages: 561
Watchmen
Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
Dates read: July 19, 2021 to August 8, 2021
Genres: Graphic novel, science fiction, superheroes
Year published: 1987
Pages: 416
Coraline
Neil Gaiman
Dates read: July 25, 2021 to July 27, 2021
Genres: Fantasy, horror, childrens
Year published: 2006
Pages: 176
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe
Dates read: June 22, 2021 to July 18, 2021
Genres: Nonfiction, history, true crime
Year published: 2018
Pages: 441
The Art of Taking It Easy
Brian King
Dates read: June 22, 2021 to July 10, 2021
Genres: Nonfiction, self help, psychology
Year published: 2019
Pages: 256
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Olga Tokarczuk
Dates read: April 21, 2021 to June 22, 2021
Genres: Fiction, mystery, contemporary
Year published: 2009
Pages: 275
Translated by: Antonia Lloyd-Jones
Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn
Dates read: May 1, 2021 to May 23, 2021
Genres: Fiction, mystery, thriller
Year published: 2012
Pages: 415
Sharp Objects
Gillian Flynn
Dates read: April 21, 2021 to May 1, 2021
Genres: Thriller, mystery, fiction
Year published: 2006
Pages: 254
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
Ken Liu
Dates read: January 7, 2021 to April 21, 2021
Genres: Short stories, magical realism, fiction
Year published: 2016
Pages: 450
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong
Dates read: March 20, 2021 to April 12, 2021
Genres: Fiction, poetry, queer, contemporary
Year published: 2019
Pages: 246
City of Thieves
David Benioff
Dates read: March 13, 2021 to March 20, 2021
Genres: Historical fiction, war
Year published: 2008
Pages: 258
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Barack Obama
Dates read: February 1, 2021 to March 12, 2021
Genres: Nonfiction, biography, memoir
Year published: 1995
Pages: 453
The Only Good Indians
Stephen Graham Jones
Dates read: February 8, 2021 to March 5, 2021
Genres: Horror, fiction, thriller
Year published: 2020
Pages: 305
And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie
Dates read: May 14, 2020 to February 1, 2021
Genres: Mystery, fiction, whodunnit
Year published: 1939
Pages: 264
The Hilarious World of Depression
John Moe
Dates read: January 12, 2021 to January 21, 2021
Genres: Nonfiction, mental health, memoir
Year published: 2020
Pages: 304
The October Country: Stories
Ray Bradbury
Dates read: January 5, 2021 to January 16, 2021
Genres: Horror, short stories, fiction
Year published: 1955
Pages: 336
Dune
Frank Herbert
Dates read: October 3, 2020 to January 5, 2021
Genres: Sci-fi
Year published: 1965
Pages: 694
Ring Shout
P. Djèlí Clark
Dates read: December 31, 2020 to January 2, 2021
Genres: Horror, historical fiction, fantasy
Year published: 2020
Pages: 185
Annihilation
Jeff VanderMeer
Dates read: December 29, 2020 to January 2, 2021
Genres: Sci-fi, horror, fantasy
Year published: 2014
Pages: 195
I read 38 books in 2020:
The Poisonwood Bible
Barbara Kingsolver
Dates read: November 27, 2020 to December 28, 2020
Genres: Historical fiction
Year published: 1998
Pages: 546
The Memory Police
Yōko Ogawa
Dates read: October 15, 2020 to November 4, 2020
Genres: Sci-fi, dystopia, magical realism
Year published: 1994
Pages: 288
The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead
Dates read: August 17, 2020 to September 6, 2020
Genres: Historical fiction
Year published: 2019
Pages: 213
Nothing to See Here
Kevin Wilson
Dates read: August 17, 2020 to August 23, 2020
Genres: Fiction, magical realism
Year published: 2019
Pages: 288
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
Matthew Walker
Dates read: June 12, 2020 to August 17, 2020
Genres: Nonfiction, science, health
Year published: 2017
Pages: 368
The Dutch House
Ann Patchett
Dates read: August 8, 2020 to August 17, 2020
Genres: Historical fiction, contemporary
Year published: 2019
Pages: 337
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
Jenny Odell
Dates read: July 29, 2020 to August 13, 2020
Genres: Nonfiction, self help, philosophy
Year published: 2019
Pages: 225
The Sisters Brothers
Patrick deWitt
Dates read: July 31, 2020 to August 7, 2020
Genres: Historical fiction, western
Year published: 2011
Pages: 328
The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson
Dates read: July 25, 2020 to July 31, 2020
Genres: Horror, classics, gothic
Year published: 1959
Pages: 158
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Ottessa Moshfegh
Dates read: July 23, 2020 to July 27, 2020
Genres: Fiction, contemporary
Year published: 2018
Pages: 289
Man’s Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl
Dates read: July 15, 2020 to July 21, 2020
Genres: Nonfiction, psychology, philosophy, memoir
Year published: 1946
Pages: 165
The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien
Dates read: July 12, 2020 to July 18, 2020
Genres: Fantasy, classics, adventure
Year published: 1937
Pages: 297
So You Want to Talk About Race
Ijeoma Oluo
Dates read: July 7, 2020 to July 14, 2020
Genres: Nonfiction, race
Year published: 2018
Pages: 256
A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles
Dates read: July 4, 2020 to July 13, 2020
Genres: Historical fiction
Year published: 2016
Pages: 466
Philosophy 101
Paul Kleinman
Dates read: June 28, 2020 to July 13, 2020
Genres: Philosophy, nonfiction
Year published: 2013
Pages: 288
The Liars’ Asylum
Jacob M. Appel
Dates read: July 2, 2020 to July 8, 2020
Genres: Short stories, fiction
Year published: 2017
Pages: 176
A Brief History of Thought: A Philosophical Guide to Living
Luc Ferry
Dates read: June 27, 2020 to July 8, 2020
Genres: Philosophy, nonfiction, history
Year published: 1996
Pages: 304
The Return of the King
J.R.R. Tolkien
Dates read: June 28, 2020 to July 4, 2020
Genres: Fantasy, adventure
Year published: 1955
Pages: 410
Atomic Habits
James Clear
Dates read: June 13, 2020 to June 29, 2020
Genres: Nonfiction, self help
Year published: 2018
Pages: 319
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
Dates read: June 21, 2020 to June 26, 2020
Genres: Classics, sci-fi, dystopia
Year published: 1953
Pages: 190
The Body: A Guide for Occupants
Bill Bryson
Dates read: May 30, 2020 to June 25, 2020
Genres: Nonfiction, science, health
Year published: 2019
Pages: 478
The Two Towers
J.R.R. Tolkien
Dates read: June 16, 2020 to June 20, 2020
Genres: Fantasy, fiction, adventure
Year published: 1954
Pages: 734
When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi
Dates read: June 13, 2020 to June 16, 2020
Genres: Nonfiction, memoir, medicine
Year published: 2016
Pages: 208
The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien
Dates read: June 7, 2020 to June 14, 2020
Genres: Fantasy, fiction, adventure
Year published: 1954
Pages: 407
The Symposium
Plato
Dates read: June 9, 2020 to June 13, 2020
Genres: Philosophy, classics, nonfiction
Year published: 381
Pages: 90
Translated by: Christopher Gill
Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
K. Anders Ericsson
Dates read: May 15, 2020 to June 10, 2020
Genres: Psychology, nonfiction, self help
Year published: 2016
Pages: 336
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcolm X & Alex Haley
Dates read: June 2, 2020 to June 8, 2020
Genres: Nonfiction, biography, history
Year published: 1965
Pages: 527
Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami
Dates read: May 27, 2020 to June 6, 2020
Genres: Fiction, magical realism
Year published: 2002
Pages: 467
I Am Legend
Richard Matheson
Dates read: May 27, 2020 to May 30, 2020
Genres: Horror, sci-fi
Year published: 1954
Pages: 146
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Douglas Adams
Dates read: May 25, 2020 to May 27, 2020
Genres: Sci-fi, humor
Year published: 1980
Pages: 255
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
Dates read: May 22, 2020 to May 25, 2020
Genres: Sci-fi, humor
Year published: 1979
Pages: 208
No Longer Human
Osamu Dazai
Dates read: May 21, 2020 to May 22, 2020
Genres: Classics, fiction
Year published: 1948
Pages: 177
The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury
Dates read: May 17, 2020 to May 21, 2020
Genres: Sci-fi, classics, short stories
Year published: 1950
Pages: 241
The Road
Cormac McCarthy
Dates read: May 14, 2020 to May 17, 2020
Genres: Fiction, dystopia, post apocalyptic
Year published: 2006
Pages: 287
The Trial and Death of Socrates
Plato
Dates read: April 1, 2020
Genres: Philosophy, classics nonfiction
Year published: 401
Pages: 58
The Time Machine
H.G. Wells
Dates read: March 1 ,2020
Genres: Sci-fi, classics, time travel
Year published: 1895
Pages: 118
Kindred
Octavia E. Butler
Dates read: February 1, 2020
Genres: Historical fiction, time travel
Year published: 1979
Pages: 288
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
Charles Yu
Dates read: January 1, 2020
Genres: Sci-fi, time travel
Year published: 2010
Pages: 256