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."
Caleb Williams
William Godwin
Call for the Dead (George Smiley, #1)
John Le Carré
Capital in the 21st Century
Thomas Piketty
Captive Prince (Captive Prince #1)
C.S. Pacat
Casanova, Vol. 1: Luxuria
Matt Fraction
Cat's Cradle
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Catch-22 (Catch-22, #1)
Joseph Heller
Cathedral
Raymond Carver
Chaotique #1
Chris Dreyer
Charles Dickens
Michael Slater
Children of Dune (Dune Chronicles #3)
Frank Herbert
Cities of the Plain (The Border Trilogy, #3)
Cormac McCarthy
Cities of Tomorrow: An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design Since 1880
Peter Geoffrey Hall
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
Cassandra Clare
Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age
Clay Shirky
Complaint!
Sara Ahmed
Concrete, Volume 1: Depths
Paul Chadwick
Concrete, Volume 2: Heights
Paul Chadwick
Concrete, Volume 3: Fragile Creature
Paul Chadwick
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
John Perkins
Continental Drift
Russell Banks
Creative Evolution
Henri Bergson
Creditworthy: A History of Consumer Surveillance and Financial Identity in America
Josh Lauer
Made me think about:
- Looking Backward 2000-1887
- The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy
- Privacy in Context: Technology, Policy, and the Integrity of Social Life
Critical Trauma Studies: Understanding Violence, Conflict, and Memory in Everyday Life
Monica J. Capser (ed.),
Eric Wertheimer (ed.)
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Made me think about:
- Intersectionality
Cruel Optimism
Lauren Berlant
Cryptonomicon
Neal Stephenson
Cybernetic Revolutionaries: Technology and Politics in Allende's Chile
Eden Medina
Made me think about:
- Repression in the Digital Age: Surveillance, Censorship, and the Dynamics of State Violence
- Looking Backward 2000-1887