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."
Tales from Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #5)
Le Guin, Ursula K.
Tales of the TMNT: The Collected Books, Volume 1
Murphy, Steve
Tehanu (Earthsea Cycle, #4)
Le Guin, Ursula K.
Tender is the Night
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Terrorism in the Late Victorian Novel
Melchiori, Barbara Arnett
Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism in Queer Times
Puar, Jasbir K.
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Hardy, Thomas
The Abstract: Tales of Wickedness and Sorrow
Byron, Goodloe
The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal about Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power
Mask,Deidre
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Twain, Mark
The Aesthetics of Comics
Carrier, David
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
Zuboff, Shoshana
Made me think about:
- Repression in the Digital Age: Surveillance, Censorship, and the Dynamics of State Violence
The Agile Samurai: How Agile Masters Deliver Great Software
Rasmusson, Jonathan
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Chabon, Michael
The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3)
Pullman, Philip
The Animal Estate: The English and Other Creatures in Victorian England
Ritvo, Harriet
The Annotated H.P. Lovecraft
Lovecraft, H.P.
The Ant King and Other Stories
Rosenbaum, Benjamin
Made me think about:
- Unlikely Stories, Mostly
The Assommoir
Zola, Émile|Nelson, Brian, (trans.)
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
Johnson, James Weldon
The Balkans: Nationalism, War and the Great Powers 1804 - 1999
Glenny, Misha
The Beat: Go-Go Music from Washington, D.C.
Lornell, Kip
The Beauty, Vol. 1
Haun, Jeremy
The Bell Jar
Plath, Sylvia
The Belly of Paris
Zola, Émile
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019
Machado, Carmen Maria, (ed.)
The Best American Short Stories 1988
Ravenel, Shannon
The Best American Short Stories 2004
Moore, Lorrie
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Taleb, Nassim Nicholas
The Book of Evidence
Banville, John
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
Kundera, Milan
The Border of Paradise
Wang, Esmé Weijun
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Díaz, Junot
The Brothers Karamazov
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
The Cambridge Companion to the Fin de Siècle
Marshall, Gail
The Castle of Otranto
Walpole, Horace
The Catcher in the Rye
Salinger, J.D.
The Chronology of Water
Yuknavitch, Lidia
The City & the City
Miéville, China
Made me think about:
- Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World
The City We Became
Jemisin, N.K.
The Claw: The Terrible, Beautiful Claw (Flamingo Diamond Sseries #2)
Pearson, Marc
The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays
Wang, Esmé Weijun
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Rothstein, Richard
The Companion Species Manifesto: Dogs, People, and Significant Otherness
Haraway, Donna J.
The Complete Buddy Bradley Stories from Hate Comics, Vol. 1: Buddy Does Seattle, 1990-1994
Bagge, Peter
The Complete Buddy Bradley Stories from Hate Comics, Vol. 2: Buddy Does Jersey, 1994-1998
Bagge, Peter
The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 11: Mr. Natural Committed to a Mental Institution!
Crumb, Robert
The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 1: The Early Years of Bitter Struggle
Crumb, Robert
The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 8: Featuring the Death of Fritz the Cat
Crumb, Robert
The Complete Joy of Homebrewing
Papazian, Charles
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Émile
The Corrections
Franzen, Jonathan
The Crossing (The Border Trilogy, #2)
McCarthy, Cormac
The Crow
O'Barr, James
Made me think about:
- Grief is for People
- The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes 30th Anniversary Edition
- Preludes & Nocturnes (The Sandman, #1)
- Sin City, Vol. 1: The Hard Goodbye (Sin City, #1)
- I Spit on Your Graves (Vernon Sullivan, #1)
The Crying of Lot 49
Pynchon, Thomas
The Cult of the Constitution
Franks, Mary Anne
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Haddon, Mark
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Jacobs, Jane
The Death of Artemio Cruz
Fuentes, Carlos
The Dharma Bums
Kerouac, Jack
The Difference Engine
Gibson, William
The Dog Stars
Heller, Peter
The Doll's House (The Sandman, #2)
Gaiman, Neil
The Dragon Reborn (The Wheel of Time, #3)
Jordan, Robert
The Elementary Particles
Houellebecq, Michel
The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths
Mazzucato, Mariana
The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)
Jordan, Robert
The Farthest Shore (Earthsea Cycle, #3)
Le Guin, Ursula K.
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
Tolkien, J.R.R.
The Fifth Season
Jemisin, N.K.
The First Men in the Moon
Wells, H.G.
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Albom, Mitch
The Flamingo Diamond
Pearson, Marc
The Force of Nonviolence: The Ethical in the Political
Butler, Judith
Made me think about:
- Intersectionality
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Émile
The foundation for an open source city
Hibbets, Jason
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Fowles, John
The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World
Lessig, Lawrence
The Gardens of Democracy: A New American Story of Citizenship, the Economy, and the Role of Government
Liu, Eric
The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine
Plokhy, Serhii
The Girl on the Train
Hawkins, Paula
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Millennium, #3)
Larsson, Stieg
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium, #2)
Larsson, Stieg
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
Larsson, Stieg
The Giving Tree
Silverstein, Shel
The Globalizing Cities Reader
Keil, Roger
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
Pullman, Philip
The Great Gatsby
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2)
Jordan, Robert
The Guermantes Way (In Search of Lost Time, #3)
Proust, Marcel
The Handmaid's Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
Atwood, Margaret
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
McCullers, Carson
The Hidden History of Burma: Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century
Myint-U, Thant
The History of Love
Krauss, Nicole
The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction
Foucault, Michel
The House of Mirth
Wharton, Edith
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Skloot, Rebecca
The Imperfectionists
Rachman, Tom
The Incredible Hulk: Prelude To Planet Hulk
Way, Daniel
The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption
Johnson, Clay A.
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
Gleick, James
The Internet of Garbage
Jeong, Sarah
The Invisible Man
Wells, H.G.
The Island of Dr Moreau
Wells, H.G.
The Issue At Hand: Essays On Buddhist Mindfulness Practice
Fronsdal, Gil
A thoughtful and practical guide to American Buddhist mindfulness and meditation practices more >>
The Kill: La Curée
Zola, Émile
The Kite Runner
Hosseini, Khaled
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1
Moore, Alan
The Left Hand of Darkness (Hainish Cycle #4)
Le Guin, Ursula K.
The letters of Madame de Sévigné, with an introduction by A. Edward Newton, Volume 1 of 7
Sévigné, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal de
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
Alexie, Sherman
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (Dirk Gently, #2)
Adams, Douglas
The Long Take
Robertson, Robin
The Lost World (Jurassic Park #2)
Crichton, Michael
The Lowland
Lahiri, Jhumpa
The Lurker at the Threshold
Derleth, August
The Maiden Tribute Of Modern Babylon: The Report Of The Secret Commission
Simpson, Antony E.
The Martian
Weir, Andy
Made me think about:
- Red Mars
The Maxx, Vol. 1
Kieth, Sam
The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk
Shilts, Randy
The Meditations: A New Translation (Revised)
Aurelius,Marcus|Hays,Gregory, (trans.)
Made me think about:
- The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
- Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching: A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
Kafka, Franz
The Monk
Lewis, Matthew Gregory
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Heinlein, Robert A.
Made me think about:
- Red Mars
The Mother's Recompense
Wharton, Edith
The Mysteries of Udolpho
Radcliffe, Ann
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
Camus, Albert|O'Brien, Justin, (trans.)
Made me think about:
- The Meditations: A New Translation (Revised)
The North Water
McGuire, Ian
The Obelisk Gate
Jemisin, N.K.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Gaiman, Neil
The Old Man and the Sea
Hemingway, Ernest
The Origins of Totalitarianism
Arendt, Hannah
Made me think about:
- Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond Productivity Culture
- Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World
The Overstory
Powers, Richard
The Painted Drum
Erdrich, Louise
The Pale King
Wallace, David Foster
The Palestinine Laboratory
Loewenstein, Antony
Made me think about:
- Repression in the Digital Age: Surveillance, Censorship, and the Dynamics of State Violence
The People's Republic of Walmart: How the World's Biggest Corporations Are Laying the Foundation for Socialism
Phillips, Leigh|Rozworski, Michal
Made me think about:
- Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work
The Peripheral (The Peripheral #1)
Gibson, William
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Wilde, Oscar
The Popol Vuh
Bazzett, Michael, (trans.)
The Power and the Glory
Greene, Graham
The Precariat: The Dangerous New Class
Standing, Guy
The Prisoner and the Fugitive (In Search of Lost Time #5)
Proust, Marcel
The Professor's House
Cather, Willa
The Quick and the Dead
L'Amour, Louis
The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde
Holland, Merlin
The Red Tent
Diamant, Anita
The Reindeer People: Living with Animals and Spirits in Siberia
Vitebsky, Piers
The Remains of the Day
Ishiguro, Kazuo
The Return of the Native
Hardy, Thomas
The Revenge of Analog: Real Things and Why They Matter
Sax, David
The Rey Chow Reader
Chow, Rey|Bowman, Paul, (ed.)
The Road
McCarthy, Cormac
The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes 30th Anniversary Edition
Gaiman, Neil|Keith, Sam
Made me think about:
- The Crow
The Sandman Vol. 2: The Doll's House 30th Anniversary Edition
Gaiman, Neil|Dringenberg, Mike
The Sandman Vol. 3: Dream Country 30th Anniversary Edition
Gaiman, Neil|Jones, Kelley
The Satanic Verses
Rushdie, Salman
The Saturated World: Aesthetic Meaning, Intimate Objects, Women?s Lives, 1890?1940
Gordon, Beverly
The Savage Detectives
Bolaño, Roberto
The Sea Wolf
London, Jack
The Sea
Banville, John
The Secret Agent
Conrad, Joseph
The Secret Ninja Cucumber Scrolls
Florinier, David de
The Secret to Superhuman Strength
Bechdel, Alison
The Sense of Order (Wrightsman Lectures 9)
Gombrich, E.H.
The Serious Pleasures of Suspense: Victorian Realism and Narrative Doubt
Levine, Caroline
The Sin of Abbe Mouret
Zola, Émile|Minogue, Valerie Pearson, (trans.)
The Skating Rink
Bolaño, Roberto
The Social Construction of American Realism
Kaplan, Amy
The Songs of Trees: Stories from Nature's Great Connectors
Haskell, David George
Made me think about:
- Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond Productivity Culture
The Spoils of Poynton
James, Henry
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Greenlee, Sam
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Le Carré, John
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 >>
The Stand
King, Stephen
The Stone Sky
Jemisin, N.K.
The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)
Pullman, Philip
The Sun Also Rises
Hemingway, Ernest
The Surrogates
Venditti, Robert
The Terraformers
Newitz, Annalee
Made me think about:
- How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past #1)
Cixin, Liu
The Time Machine
Wells, H.G.
The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
Le Guin, Ursula K.
The Toughest Indian in the World
Alexie, Sherman
The Ultimates, Volume 1: Super-Human
Millar, Mark
The Ultimates, Volume 2: Homeland Security
Millar, Mark
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Kundera, Milan
The Unraveling
Rosenbaum, Benjamin
Made me think about:
- Lady Chatterley's Lover & A Propos of Lady Chatterley's Lover
The Utopian Vision of H.G. Wells
Busch, Justin E.A.
The Vanishing Half
Bennett, Brit
The Victorian Internet
Standage, Tom
The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
Kirkman, Robert
The Walking Dead, Vol. 2: Miles Behind Us
Kirkman, Robert
The Walking Dead, Vol. 3: Safety Behind Bars
Kirkman, Robert
The Walking Dead, Vol. 4: The Heart's Desire
Kirkman, Robert
The Walking Dead, Vol. 5: The Best Defense
Kirkman, Robert
The Walking Dead, Vol. 6: This Sorrowful Life
Kirkman, Robert
The Walking Dead, Vol. 7: The Calm Before
Kirkman, Robert
The Walking Dead, Vol. 8: Made to Suffer
Kirkman, Robert
The War against Cliché: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000
Amis, Martin
The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring
Preston, Richard
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Murakami, Haruki
The Wisdom of Crowds
Surowiecki, James
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
Friedman, Thomas L.
The Year of Magical Thinking
Didion, Joan
I just finished reading Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking and of course it’s all the things the everyone says: direct, heartbreaking, wise, necessary. One review included at the end of the edition I read says that it is vital reading “for any one who has lost some one... more >>
The_Future_is_Now / Neon_Rising (v2.3)
Gonzalez, Josan
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Then and Now: Safe House Short Stories
Haysom, Simone|Lamwaka, Beatrice|Komba, Neema|Edozien, Chike Frankie
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
Abdurraqib, Hanif
Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality
Freud, Sigmund
Time Travel: A History
Gleick, James
To Kill a Mockingbird
Lee, Harper
Tokyo Ueno Station
Miri, Yu|Giles, Morgan, (trans.)
Tokyo Year Zero (Tokyo Trilogy, #1)
Peace, David
Tour de France: The Complete History of the World's Greatest Cycle Race
Lazell, Marguerite
Tragic Design: The True Impact of Bad Design and How to Fix It
Shariat, Jonathan
Transmetropolitan, Vol. 1: Back on the Street
Ellis, Warren
Transmetropolitan, Vol. 2: Lust for Life
Ellis, Warren
Transmetropolitan, Vol. 3: Year of the Bastard
Ellis, Warren
Transmetropolitan, Vol. 4: The New Scum
Ellis, Warren
True Biz
Nović,Sarah
True Confessions
Dunne, John Gregory
True Grit
Portis, Charles
Trump Sky Alpha
Doten, Mark
Made me think about:
- And Then the World Blew Up
Two Early Tudor Lives: The Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey by George Cavendish, The Life of Sir Thomas More by William Roper
Cavendish, George