reading

to read

  • Busy Doing NothingRekka Bellum; Devine Lu Linvega
  • The Master and MargaritaMikhail Bulgakov
  • The PlagueAlbert Camus
  • Tai-PanJames Clavell
  • The Gate of the Feral GodsMatt Dinniman
  • The Butcher's MasqueradeMatt Dinniman
  • The Eye of the Bedlam BrideMatt Dinniman
  • This Inevitable RuinMatt Dinniman
  • The Will of the ManyJames Islington
  • Howl's Moving CastleDiana Wynne Jones
  • Ultramarathon ManDean Karnazes
  • KatabasisR. F. Kuang
  • The Magic MountainThomas Mann
  • Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the WorldHaruki Murakami
  • Kafka on the ShoreHaruki Murakami
  • Super-Frog Saves TokyoHaruki Murakami
  • The Strange LibraryHaruki Murakami
  • The Pale KingDavid Foster Wallace

read

2026

  • Carl's Doomsday ScenarioMatt Dinniman
  • Dungeon Crawler CarlMatt Dinniman
  • The Poppy WarR. F. Kuang
  • Babel, or The Necessity of ViolenceR. F. Kuang
  • Lords of UncreationAdrian Tchaikovsky
  • Eyes of the VoidAdrian Tchaikovsky
  • Shards of EarthAdrian Tchaikovsky
  • Morning StarPierce Brown

2025

  • Make (Sneaky) ArtNishant Jain
  • Tiny ExperimentsAnne-Laure Le Cunff
  • ShōgunJames Clavell
  • The FountainheadAyn Rand
  • The BeachAlex Garland
  • MusashiEiji Yoshikawa
  • High FidelityNick Hornby
  • Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and TomorrowGabrielle Zevin
  • The Count of Monte CristoAlexandre Dumas

2024

  • Thérèse RaquinÉmile Zola
  • 488 Rules for LifeKitty Flanagan
  • MetamorphosisFranz Kafka
  • Mozart in ItalyJane Glover
  • Walking. One Step at a TimeErling Kagge
  • MeditationsMarcus Aurelius
  • Project Hail MaryAndy Weir
  • The Remains of the DayKazuo Ishiguro
  • The Three MusketeersAlexandre Dumas
  • Ready Player TwoErnest Cline
  • The FoxFrederick Forsyth
  • CreativityJohn Cleese
  • Made in ScotlandBilly Connolly
  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective AgencyDouglas Adams
  • The Midwich CuckoosJohn Wyndham
  • DustHugh Howey
  • The Subtle KnifePhilip Pullman
  • ShiftHugh Howey
  • WoolHugh Howey
  • Northern LightsPhilip Pullman
  • The TreesAli Shaw
  • Blade RunnerPhilip K. Dick
  • Never Let Me GoKazuo Ishiguro
  • American KingpinNick Bilton
  • Dance Dance DanceHaruki Murakami
  • Fahrenheit 451Ray Bradbury
  • Klara and the SunKazuo Ishiguro
  • Men Without WomenHaruki Murakami
  • Hear the Wind SingHaruki Murakami
  • Novelist as a VocationHaruki Murakami
  • FoundationIsaac Asimov
  • Golden SonPierce Brown
  • The Three-Body ProblemLiu Cixin
  • Red RisingPierce Brown
  • Norwegian WoodHaruki Murakami
  • A System for WritingBob Doto
  • What I Talk About When I Talk About RunningHaruki Murakami
  • Last ShotJock Zonfrillo
  • Animal FarmGeorge Orwell
  • 1Q84Haruki Murakami
  • Dune MessiahFrank Herbert
  • The Wind-Up Bird ChronicleHaruki Murakami
  • We Are Legion (We Are Bob)Dennis E. Taylor

2023

  • Consider PhlebasIain M. Banks
  • SOLOJenny Tough
  • My Year of Running DangerouslyTom Foreman
  • This Is WaterDavid Foster Wallace
  • The Fall of HyperionDan Simmons
  • HyperionDan Simmons

2022

  • Born to Run 2Christopher McDougall & Eric Orton
  • This Much is TrueMiriam Margolyes
  • The Windup GirlPaolo Bacigalupi
  • Children of TimeAdrian Tchaikovsky
  • One DharmaJoseph Goldstein
  • Building a Second BrainTiago Forte
  • Leadership Is LanguageL.David Marquet
  • The Cuckoo's EggClifford Stoll

2021

  • What If?Randall Munroe
  • The Rise of the Ultra RunnersAdharanand Finn
  • The StandStephen King
  • Born to RunChristopher McDougall
  • Elon MuskAshlee Vance
  • The Way of the RunnerAdharanand Finn
  • Infinite JestDavid Foster Wallace
  • MarathonHal Higdon
  • Running with the KenyansAdharanand Finn
  • Masters of DoomDavid Kushner

2020

  • The GoalEliyahu M. Goldratt
  • DuneFrank Herbert
  • GreenlightsMatthew McConaughey
  • Galloway's 5K and 10K RunningJeff Galloway
  • Quiet Mind, TheJohn Coleman

2017

  • Issue at HandGil Fronsdal

2015

  • ArmadaErnest Cline

2014

  • Ready Player OneErnest Cline
  • Ghost in the WiresKevin D. Mitnick

2013

  • The Diamond AgeNeal Stephenson

2010

  • StarmanSara Douglass
  • EnchanterSara Douglass

2009

  • BattleaxeSara Douglass
  • Faerie TaleRaymond E. Feist

2008

  • The Color of MagicTerry Pratchett

2007

  • The Da Vinci CodeDan Brown

2006

  • Stupid White MenMichael Moore

2003

  • A Darkness At SethanonRaymond E. Feist
  • Prince of the BloodRaymond E. Feist
  • SilverthornRaymond E. Feist

1998

  • Wizard's First RuleTerry Goodkind
  • MagicianRaymond E. Feist
  • The OdysseyHomer

1997

  • Lord of the FliesWilliam Golding

1992

  • The HobbitJ.R.R. Tolkien

abandoned

  • The UnconsoledKazuo Ishiguro
  • Bleak HouseCharles Dickens
  • Project Hail MaryAndy Weir
  • East of EdenJohn Steinbeck