Library


Currently reading

Updated: 03 May 2023

Fiction

  • Crime and Punishment / Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  • Under the Whispering Door / TJ Klune

Non-fiction

  • Mating in Captivity / Esther Perel

On hold

  • At the Existentialist Cafe / Sarah Bakewell
  • The Seven Ages of Death: A Forensic Pathologist’s Journey Through Life / Dr. Richard Shepherd
  • The Burnout Society / Byung-Chul Han, Erik Butler
  • The Four Horsemen: The Conversation That Sparked an Atheist Revolution / Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett
  • The Archer / Paulo Coelho
  • Unscripted – The Great Rat-Race Escape / MJ DeMarco

Next up

  1. The Paliative Society / Byung-Chul Han
  2. Capitalism and the Death Drive / Byung-Chul Han
  3. The Scent of Time / Byung-Chul Han
  4. Kindfulness / Ajahn Brahm

Next-next up

  1. The Sublime Object of Ideology / Slavoj Zizek
  2. Circe / Madeline Miller
  3. The Midnight Library / Matt Haig
  4. When We Were Birds / Ayanna Lloyd Banwo

Key

⭐️ – favorite, will re-read

Underlined book titles link to a brief book summary and notes

Years

2022

Reading progress: 11/24

  1. A Little Life / Hanya Yanagihara
  2. Deep Work / Cal Newport
  3. The House in the Cerulean Sea / T.J Klune ⭐️
  4. Outgrowing God / Richard Dawkins
  5. They Both Die at the End / Adam Silvera
  6. The Song of Achilles / Madeline Miller
  7. Gang Fit: Freedom & Strength / Guru Anaerobic ⭐️
  8. Normal People / Sally Rooney
  9. How to Take Smart Notes / Dr. Sönke Ahrens
  10. Open / Rachel Krantz
  11. Digital Minimalism / Cal Newport ⭐️
  12. The Clothing of Books / Jhumpa Lahiri

2021

Apparently I read nothing in 2021?! Very concerning…

2020

  1. Wayward Son / Rainbow Rowell
  2. Manage Your Day-to-Day / Jocelyn Glei
  3. Discipline Equals Freedom / Jocko Willink
  4. Die with Zero / Bill Perkins
  5. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine / Gail Honeyman
  6. The Places That Scare You / Pema Chödrön
  7. Can’t Hurt Me / David Goggins
  8. City of Ghosts / Victoria Schwab
  9. The Great Alone / Kristin Hannah ⭐️
  10. Unnatural Causes / Dr. Richard Shepherd

2019

  1. Carry On / Rainbow Rowell ⭐️
  2. 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World / Elif Shafak
  3. Convenience Store Woman / Sayaka Murata
  4. Being Aware of Being Aware / Rupert Spira
  5. Vaster Than Sky, Greater Than Space / Mooji
  6. The Four Agreements / Miguel Ruiz

2018

  1. Muse of Nightmares / Laini Taylor ⭐️
  2. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them / J.K. Rowling
  3. Strange the Dreamer / Laini Taylor ⭐️
  4. The Language of Thorns / Leigh Bardugo
  5. Homegoing / Yaa Gyasi
  6. Written in the Stars / Aisha Saeed
  7. I Am Not Your Negro

2017

  1. Call Me by Your Name / André Aciman
  2. Waking up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion / Sam Harris
  3. Zen and the Art of Happiness / Chris Prentiss ⭐️
  4. Minimalism: Essential Essays / Joshua Fields Millburn
  5. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe / Benjamin Alire Sáenz
  6. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda / Becky Albertalli

2016

  1. Big Magic / Elizabeth Gilbert ⭐️
  2. The Alchemist / Paulo Coelho
  3. When Breath Becomes Air / Dr. Paul Kalanithi
  4. How to Win Friends and Influence People / Dale Carnegie
  5. Strange Girl / Christopher Pike
  6. The War of Art / Steven Pressfield
  7. Steal Like an Artist / Austin Kleon
  8. The Outsider / Albert Camus
  9. Eating Animals / Jonathan Safran Foer
  10. Walk Like a Buddha / Lodro Rinzler
  11. The Good Luck of Right Now / Matthew Quick

2015

  1. Falling / Christopher Pike
  2. Living Buddha, Living Christ / Thich Nhat Hanh

2014

  1. To Die For / Christopher Pike
  2. Chain Letter / Christopher Pike
  3. Sati / Christopher Pike

2013

  1. The Power of Now / Eckhart Tolle
  2. A New Earth / Eckhart Tolle
  3. The Prophet / Kahlil Gibran
  4. Siddhartha / Herman Hesse
  5. Thirst No. 5: The Sacred Veil / Christopher Pike ⭐️

2011

  1. Remember Me / Christopher Pike ⭐️
  2. Thirst No. 1: The Last Vampire, Black Blood and Red Dice / Christopher Pike ⭐️
  3. Thirst No. 2: Phantom, Evil Thirst and Creatures of Forever / Christopher Pike ⭐️
  4. Thirst No. 3: The Eternal Dawn / Christopher Pike ⭐️
  5. Thirst No. 4: The Shadow of Death / Christopher Pike ⭐️
  6. The Story of My Face / Kathy Page
  7. The Lords of the Underworld Series / Gena Showalter
  8. Graceling / Kristin Cashore