Reading

Books: on balance, I'm for them. These are most of the ones I've read since 2007 or so. The star ratings correspond more closely to "how worth my time this felt" than "how good this is."
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L'Amour, Louis

High Lonesome

Bantam
isbn 9780553259728
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finished 08 May 2014

The Quick and the Dead

Bantam
isbn 9780553280845
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finished 08 May 2014

Lahiri, Jhumpa

The Lowland

Knopf
isbn 9780307278265
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finished 08 Oct 2017

Unaccustomed Earth

Knopf
isbn 9780676979343
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finished 12 Jun 2011

Lamwaka, Beatrice

Then and Now: Safe House Short Stories
Simone Haysom, Neema Komba, Chike Frankie Edozien

Dundrum Press
isbn 9781459738058
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finished 25 Dec 2021

Landow, George P.

Ruskin

Oxford University Press, USA
isbn 9780192876034
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finished 07 Jul 2010

Hyper/Text/Theory

Johns Hopkins University Press
isbn 9780801848384
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finished 18 Aug 2009

Hypertext: The Convergence of Contemporary Critical Theory and Technology

Johns Hopkins University Press
isbn 9780801842818
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finished 01 May 2009

Lapham, David

Stray Bullets, Vol. 2: Somewhere Out West

El Capitan
isbn 9780972714570
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finished 08 Jun 2019

Stray Bullets: Sunshine & Roses, Vol. 1

Image Comics
isbn 9781534307995
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finished 07 Jun 2019

Lariccia, Michael V.

Black Mane


isbn 9780977014309
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finished 20 Nov 2008

Larsen, Nella

Passing

Penguin
isbn 9780142437278
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finished 14 Feb 2009

Larsson, Stieg

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Millennium, #3)

Knopf
isbn 9780307269997
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finished 31 Dec 2014

The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium, #2)

Alfred A. Knopf
isbn 9780307269980
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finished 17 Dec 2014

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)

Knopf
isbn 9780307454546
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finished 04 Dec 2014

Laskey, Celia

Under the Rainbow

Riverhead Books
isbn 9780525536161
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finished 18 Apr 2021

Latour, Bruno

Down to Earth: Politics in the New Climate Regime

Polity Press
isbn 9781509530571
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finished 15 Oct 2022

Made me think about:

Lauer, Josh

Creditworthy: A History of Consumer Surveillance and Financial Identity in America

Columbia University Press
isbn 9780231216630
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finished 16 Jul 2025

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Lawrence, D. H.

Lawrence, D.H.

Women in Love

Dover Publications
isbn 9780486424583
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finished 03 Mar 2008

Lazell, Marguerite

Tour de France: The Complete History of the World's Greatest Cycle Race

Carlton
isbn 9781780974897
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finished 03 Jan 2019

Le Carré, John

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

Penguin
isbn 9780143124757
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finished 16 Dec 2023

A fun read, but. It’s interesting to read about Le Carré’s reception as the deliverer of a more “realistic” spy than James Bond at the time of publication. His anti-hero in this book is edgier but basically just reads like a nihilistic, alcoholic misogynist in largely the same mold through... more >> 

Call for the Dead (George Smiley, #1)

Penguin Books
isbn 9780143122579
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finished 16 Oct 2018

Le Guin, Ursula K.

Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching: A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way
Lao Tzu,

Shambala
isbn 9781611807240
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finished 12 Oct 2023

As a foundational text of human spirituality, philosophy, and politics, The Tao Te Ching is obviously worth reading on its own merits. Let alone that it’s beautiful and succinct. One thing I found especially interesting in reading this translation by noted badass Ursula K. Le Guin is that, as she... more >> 

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The Left Hand of Darkness (Hainish Cycle #4)

Ace
isbn 9780441478125
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finished 01 Sep 2016

A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle #1)

Bantam Spectra
isbn 9780553383041
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finished 22 Aug 2015

Tales from Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #5)

Ace
isbn 9780441011247
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finished 01 Jan 2016

Tehanu (Earthsea Cycle, #4)

Pocket Books
isbn 9781416509639
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finished 01 Jan 2016

The Farthest Shore (Earthsea Cycle, #3)

Gallery Books
isbn 9781416509646
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finished 01 Jan 2016

The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)

Gallery / Saga Press
isbn 9780689845369
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finished 01 Jan 2016

Lee, Andrea

Interesting Women: Stories

Random House Trade Paperbacks
isbn 9780812966848
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finished 15 Aug 2011

Lee, Harper

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Perennial Modern Classics
isbn 9780060935467
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finished 05 May 2008

Lermontov, Mikhail

A Hero of Our Time

Penguin Classics
isbn 9780140441765
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finished 01 Feb 2008

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Lessig, Lawrence

The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World

Vintage
isbn 9780375726446
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finished 08 Aug 2009

Leucht, Brigitte, (ed.)

Reinventing Europe: The History of the European Union, 1945 to Present
Katja Seidel (ed.), Laurent Warlouzet (ed.)

Bloomsbury Academic
isbn 9781350213074
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finished 27 Aug 2023

Levine, Caroline

The Serious Pleasures of Suspense: Victorian Realism and Narrative Doubt

University of Virginia Press
isbn 9780813922171
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finished 20 Jan 2010

Leviston, Frances

Disinformation

Picador Poetry
isbn 9781447271147
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finished 31 May 2025

Lewis, Matthew Gregory

The Monk

Penguin Classics
isbn 9780140436037
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finished 21 Feb 2009

Lewis, William Clark Meriwether

The Journals of Lewis and Clark

anboco
isbn
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finished 19 Oct 2018

Liu, Eric

The Gardens of Democracy: A New American Story of Citizenship, the Economy, and the Role of Government

Sasquatch Books
isbn 9781570618239
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finished 04 Jan 2014

Loewenstein, Antony

The Palestinine Laboratory

Verso
isbn 9781839762086
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finished 11 Oct 2024

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London, Jack

Burning Daylight

Waking Lion Press
isbn 9781600961243
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finished 15 Oct 2014

The Sea Wolf

Alan Rodgers Books
isbn 9781598184310
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finished 01 Mar 2014

Lorenz, Taylor

Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet

Simon & Schuster
isbn 9781982146863
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finished 24 Mar 2024

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Lornell, Kip

The Beat: Go-Go Music from Washington, D.C.

University Press of Mississippi
isbn 9781604732412
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finished 27 Jan 2011

Love, Heather

Underdogs: Social Deviance and Queer Theory

University of Chicago Press
isbn 9780226761107
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finished 08 Jan 2023

Lovecraft, H.P.

The Annotated H.P. Lovecraft

Dell
isbn 9780440506607
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finished 29 Jun 2008

Luciano, Dana

Arranging Grief: Sacred Time and the Body in Nineteenth-Century America

New York University Press
isbn 9780814752234
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finished 20 Aug 2020

Made me think about:

Lynd, Staughton

Labor Law for the Rank & Filer: Building Solidarity While Staying Clear of the Law, Second Edition
Daniel Gross

PM Press
isbn 9781604864199
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finished 19 Dec 2021