Reading
A running list of what I'm reading and what I've recently finished. Mostly books, occasionally essays or papers. Sometimes with a short note.
Currently Reading
Heaven's River
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Up Next
Children of Strife
Not Till We Are Lost
Treasure Island
Recently Finished
All These Worlds
Science Fiction
For We Are Many
Science Fiction
We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
Science Fiction
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows
Essay
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies
Essay
World War Z
Horror
Very different from the movie, and much better!
The Testaments
Fiction
The Handmaid's Tale
Fiction
Everyone This Christmas Has A Secret
Mystery
The 3rd book in the Everyone series. A fun, festive, and twisty mystery set on Christmas Eve.
A Promised Land
Biography & Memoir
Insightful and candid memoir by the former President of the United States.
Klara and the Sun
Science Fiction
Thought-provoking and beautifully written exploration of artificial intelligence and human nature.
The Coming Wave
Technology
Source Code
Biography & Memoir
The Caves of Steel
Science Fiction
Elephants Can Remember
Mystery
The House at Pooh Corner
Fiction
Meditations
Philosophy
Returns to the bedside table every year. The original commonplace book.
Seveneves
Science Fiction
The Count of Monte Cristo
Classic Literature
Necronomicon
Horror
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Classic Literature
A Hanging
Essay
You Like It Darker
Horror
Shooting an Elephant
Essay
The Fry Chronicles
Biography & Memoir
The Redemption of Time
Science Fiction
Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect
Mystery
Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone
Mystery
Coming Up for Air
Classic Literature
The Lion and the Unicorn
Essay
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Classic Literature
A Farewell to Arms
Classic Literature
Elon Musk
Biography & Memoir
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Classic Literature
The Dispossessed
Science Fiction
The Unreal and the Real - Selected Stories
Science Fiction
Lady with the Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896-1904
Classic Literature
A Spy Alone
Mystery
Letters from a Stoic
Philosophy
The Great Gatsby
Classic Literature
War and Peace
Classic Literature
The Unreal and the Real - Selected Stories
Science Fiction
Artemis
Science Fiction
Kant: Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Philosophy
The Lincoln Highway
Classic Literature
Fry's Ties
Biography & Memoir
The Odyssey
Classic Literature
Thank you, Jeeves
Humour
On Sparta
History
The Complete Poetry & Prose of William Blake
Poetry & Drama
A Guide to the Good Life
Self-Help
Gumption
Biography & Memoir
The Tao of Pooh
Philosophy
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
Biography & Memoir
The Diary of a Young Girl
Biography & Memoir
Leviathan
Philosophy
The Testaments
Fiction
The Handmaid's Tale
Fiction
The Modern Gentleman's Handbook
Style
Plato : Five Dialogues
Philosophy
A New Stoicism
Philosophy
Hamlet: No Fear Shakespeare
Poetry & Drama
From Tailors with Love (hardback)
Style
Romeo and Juliet
Poetry & Drama
Just Good Manners
Style
Help I S*xted My Boss
Humour
Brief Answers to the Big Questions
Science
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin
Graphic Novel
Gentleman Lookbook
Style
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...
Essay
The Old Man and the Sea
Classic Literature
The World of Jeeves
Humour
The Works of Rudyard Kipling
Poetry & Drama
Style and the Man
Style
Dressing the Man
Style
Gentleman
Style
All the Light We Cannot See
Fiction
H. G. Wells
Science Fiction
Accessory to War
Science
Mythos
History
Heroes
History
Troy
History
How the World Really Works
Science
Discourses, Fragments, Handbook
Philosophy
Nineteen Eighty-four
Science Fiction
Animal Farm
Fiction
Debrett's New Guide to Etiquette & Modern Manners
Style
Odyssey
History
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Science Fiction
A Gentleman in Moscow
Classic Literature
Austen - Pride and Prejudice. English Edition
Classic Literature
Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Gray. English Edition
Classic Literature
Starry Messenger
Science
The Four Horsemen
Philosophy
Shards of Earth
Science Fiction
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Poetry & Drama
The Singularity Is Nearer
Technology
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Science Fiction
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Science Fiction
Quantum Supremacy
Science
Death's End
Science Fiction
The Dark Forest
Science Fiction
The Three-Body Problem
Science Fiction
Beyond Good and Evil
Philosophy
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Classic Literature
Cunk on Everything
Humour
The Ernest Hemingway Collection
Classic Literature
Animal Farm & 1984
Science Fiction
Ghost Stories
Fiction
Happy
Self-Help
The ABC Murders
Mystery
Children of Memory
Science Fiction
Children of Ruin
Science Fiction
Children of Time
Science Fiction
Hallowe'en Party
Mystery
Slaughterhouse-Five
Science Fiction
Life, the Universe, and Everything
Science Fiction
The Biggest Ideas in the Universe
Science
Conspiracy
Science
The End of the Affair
Classic Literature
Mythos
History
How the World Really Works
Science
Dracula
Horror
The Hippopotamus
Fiction
Making History
Fiction
I, Robot
Science Fiction
The Art of Deception
Technology
Permanent Record
Biography & Memoir
Ghost in the Wires
Biography & Memoir
The Art of Invisibility
Technology
Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection
Mystery
The Hobbit
Fantasy
The Fellowship of the Ring
Fantasy
The Two Towers
Fantasy
The Return of the King
Fantasy
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Fantasy
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Fantasy
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Fantasy
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Fantasy
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Fantasy
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Fantasy
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Fantasy
Ready Player One
Science Fiction
Ready Player Two
Science Fiction
Cosmic Queries
Science
Pale Blue Dot
Science
The God Delusion
Philosophy
Project Hail Mary
Science Fiction
The Room Next Door
Fiction
Becoming
Biography & Memoir
Spaceman
Biography & Memoir
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Burglar
Mystery
Endurance
Biography & Memoir
Purgatory
Poetry & Drama
The Inferno of Dante
Poetry & Drama
The Martian
Science Fiction
Black Hole Survival Guide
Science
Good Clean Fun
Self-Help
Daemon
Science Fiction
Foundation
Science Fiction
Einstein's Cosmos
Science
Letters from an Astrophysicist
Science
Undeniable
Science
Paddle Your Own Canoe
Biography & Memoir
Jukebox Joyride
Fiction
Alien III
Science Fiction
Every Tool's a Hammer
Self-Help
Dune
Science Fiction
Dune Messiah
Science Fiction
Children of Dune
Science Fiction
God Emperor of Dune
Science Fiction
Heretics of Dune
Science Fiction
Chapterhouse: Dune
Science Fiction
The Greatest Story Ever Told — So Far
Science
A Brief History of Time
Science
The Art of War
Philosophy
The Selfish Gene
Science
Armada
Science Fiction
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Science
Don't Hang Up
Mystery
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Science Fiction
Death by Black Hole
Science
The Future of the Mind
Science
My Outdoor Life
Biography & Memoir
Play Money
Technology
Come Together
Fiction
P.G. Wodehouse Volume 1: The Jeeves Collection
Humour
Pride and Prejudice
Classic Literature