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1 | last updated: 3/23/26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | TITLE | AUTHOR | PUBLISH DATE | DATE READ | RATING (/5) | NOTES | REREAD | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Lost Lambs | Madeline Cash | 2026 | 3/23/2026 | 4 | if ottessa mosfegh and wes anderson wrote and directed (respectively) little women | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Play It As It Lays | Joan Didion | 1970 | 2/16/2026 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Ubik | Philip K Dick | 1969 | 1/18/2026 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Forbidden Nation: A History of Taiwan | Jonathan Manthorpe | 2008 | 11/29/2025 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch | Philip K Dick | 1964 | 11/19/2025 | 4 | took every fiber of my being to try to understand what was going on | ||||||||||||||||||||
8 | What is Cinema? | Andre Bazin | 1967 | 11/1/2025 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | The Ministry of Time | Kaliane Bradley | 2024 | 10/17/2025 | 3 | screams fanfiction | ||||||||||||||||||||
10 | The Vegetarian | Han Kang | 2007 | 9/21/2025 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Breakneck | Dan Wang | 2025 | 8/31/2025 | 3.5 | felt the front half was much better than the back half from a pure education perspective | ||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Trust | Hernan Diaz | 2022 | 7/20/2025 | 3.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Getting Lost | Annie Ernaux | 2001 | 7/1/2025 | 4 | first thing ive read/watched in awhile that made me feel *less* insane in comparison | ||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Speculative Communities: Living with Uncertainty in a Financialized World | Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou | 2023 | 6/19/2025 | 4.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath | 1963 | 6/8/2025 | 4.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | See Friendship | Jeremy Gordon | 2025 | 4/22/2025 | 3.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Oscar Wilde | 1890 | 4/20/2025 | 3.5 | sneaky reread before watching the sarah snook play! | Y | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | Lesser Ruins | Mark Haber | 2024 | 4/10/2025 | 4 | i dont understand how anyone other than an absolute crazy person could write a book like this | ||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Breakfast of Champions | Kurt Vonnegut | 1973 | 2/28/2025 | 3.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Martyr! | Kaveh Akbar | 2024 | 2/8/2025 | 5 | very few books have felt as meaningful | ||||||||||||||||||||
21 | The Hour of the Star | Clarice Lispector | 1977 | 2/8/2025 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | The Siren's Call | Chris Hayes | 2025 | 2/1/2025 | 3.5 | great first half lol | ||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Connie: A Memoir | Connie Chung | 2024 | 1/25/2025 | 4.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Biography of X | Catherine Lacey | 2023 | 1/19/2025 | 4.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Warcross | Marie Lu | 2017 | 1/5/2025 | 3.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Jade City | Fonda Lee | 2017 | 12/30/2024 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
27 | Bad Behavior | Mary Gaitskill | 1988 | 12/13/2024 | 4.5 | im gonna throw up | ||||||||||||||||||||
28 | The Society of the Spectacle | Guy Debord | 1967 | 11/26/2024 | 4 | on plane | ||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Internet for the People | Ben Tarnoff | 2022 | 11/26/2024 | 4 | reread on plane | Y | |||||||||||||||||||
30 | Outline | Rachel Cusk | 2014 | 11/23/2024 | 3.5 | beautiful prose but is that enough? | ||||||||||||||||||||
31 | The Inugami Curse | Seishi Yokomizo | 1972 | 10/20/2024 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
32 | The Setting Sun | Osamu Dazai | 1947 | 10/9/2024 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Rejection | Tony Tulathimutte | 2024 | 10/6/2024 | 3.5 | searing | ||||||||||||||||||||
34 | On the Edge | Nate Silver | 2024 | 9/27/2024 | 3.5 | they really let this man write about whatever he wants huh (hes not bad at it) | ||||||||||||||||||||
35 | A Wizard of Earthsea | Ursula Le Guin | 1968 | 8/25/2024 | 3.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
36 | Cold Enough for Snow | Jessica Au | 2022 | 8/2/2024 | 4.5 | really excellent prose | ||||||||||||||||||||
37 | Bliss Montage | Ling Ma | 2022 | 7/27/2024 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
38 | Beautyland | Marie-Helen Bertino | 2024 | 7/12/2024 | 4.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Dune | Frank Herbert | 1975 | 6/9/2024 | 4 | this book was great and everything but did not need 5 hours worth of films | ||||||||||||||||||||
40 | Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories | Ryunosuke Akutagawa | 1914 | 3/30/2024 | 4 | green onions + rashomon + the headless horse! | ||||||||||||||||||||
41 | Kappa | Ryunosuke Akutagawa | 1927 | 2/11/2024 | 3.5 | cute :) | ||||||||||||||||||||
42 | Read Write Own | Chris Dixon | 2024 | 2/4/2024 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
43 | Filterworld | Kyle Chayka | 2024 | 2/3/2024 | 3.5 | felt like a long list of recommendations more than anything else tbh | ||||||||||||||||||||
44 | White Nights | Fyodor Dostoevsky | 1848 | 1/27/2024 | 3.5 | :O | ||||||||||||||||||||
45 | Seeing is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees | Lawrence Weschler | 2008 | 1/20/2024 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
46 | The Little Prince | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | 1943 | 1/7/2024 | 4 | Y | ||||||||||||||||||||
47 | The Collected Schizophrenias | Esme Weijun Wang | 2019 | 12/30/2023 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
48 | Anna Karenina | Leo Tolstoy | 1878 | 12/23/2023 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
49 | Short Talks | Anne Carson | 1992 | 12/3/2023 | 4.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
50 | The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea | Yukio Mishima | 1963 | 10/13/2023 | 4 | sandlot but creepy japanese boys | ||||||||||||||||||||
51 | After the Banquet | Yukio Mishima | 1960 | 9/17/2023 | 5 | stunning | ||||||||||||||||||||
52 | Internet for the People | Ben Tarnoff | 2022 | 9/8/2023 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
53 | Rap Capital | Joe Coscarelli | 2022 | 8/6/2023 | 4 | this book made me a drake stan | ||||||||||||||||||||
54 | Status and Culture | W. David Marx | 2022 | 7/29/2023 | 3.5 | re-read | Y | |||||||||||||||||||
55 | When We Cease to Understand the World | Benjamin Labatut | 2020 | 7/8/2023 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
56 | Nocturnes | Kazuo Ishiguro | 2009 | 6/24/2023 | 4.5 | god i love music!!!!!!!! | ||||||||||||||||||||
57 | Sea of Tranquility | Emily St John Mandel | 2022 | 6/19/2023 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
58 | Hit Parade of Tears | Izumi Suzuki | 2023 | 6/5/2023 | 3 | finally confirming that im just not into izumi suzuki | ||||||||||||||||||||
59 | Yellowface | RF Kuang | 2023 | 5/22/2023 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
60 | The Poppy War | RF Kuang | 2018 | 5/12/2023 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
61 | No Longer Human | Osamu Dazai | 1948 | 4/29/2023 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
62 | The Flowers of Buffoonery | Osamu Dazai | 1935 | 4/22/2023 | 4.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
63 | Dilla Time | Dan Charnas | 2022 | 4/2/2023 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
64 | Lolita | Vladimir Nabokov | 1955 | 3/27/2023 | 3.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
65 | Private Citizens | Tony Tulathimutte | 2016 | 3/5/2023 | 3.5 | undeniably good writing; dense and indulgent | ||||||||||||||||||||
66 | Sour Heart | Jenny Zhang | 2017 | 2/19/2023 | 3.5 | re-read; original read still remains (sour), though i appreciate the writing much more now | Y | |||||||||||||||||||
67 | Central Places | Delia Cai | 2023 | 2/3/2023 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
68 | The Remains of the Day | Kazuo Ishiguro | 1989 | 1/29/2023 | 5 | so much layered within a very simple book | ||||||||||||||||||||
69 | White Noise | Don DeLillo | 1985 | 1/1/2023 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
70 | The Lathe of Heaven | Ursula K. Le Guin | 1971 | 12/21/2022 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
71 | Men Without Women | Haruki Murakami | 2014/2017 | 12/4/2022 | 3.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
72 | Debt: The First 5000 Years | David Graeber | 2011 | 11/28/2022 | 3.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
73 | The Year of Magical Thinking | Joan Didion | 2005 | 11/9/2022 | 3.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
74 | Status and Culture | W. David Marx | 2022 | 10/29/2022 | 3.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
75 | Stay True | Hua Hsu | 2022 | 10/1/2022 | 4.5 | friendship time youth loss berkeley the 90s! the most elegant writing | ||||||||||||||||||||
76 | The Argonauts | Maggie Nelson | 2015 | 9/21/2022 | 3.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
77 | Bluets | Maggie Nelson | 2009 | 8/25/2022 | 5 | absolutely incredible, stirring | ||||||||||||||||||||
78 | Disorientation | Elaine Hsieh Chou | 2022 | 7/28/2022 | 3 | i Get It but not a huge fan of this style of writing (interior chinatown) | ||||||||||||||||||||
79 | A Little Life | Hanya Yanagihara | 2015 | 7/25/2022 | 4.5 | have never had to put a book down simply because the content was too intense before, but also weirdly very easy to read purely mechanically | ||||||||||||||||||||
80 | Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow | Gabrielle Zevin | 2022 | 7/18/2022 | 5 | devoured, one of the best books ive ever read | ||||||||||||||||||||
81 | Pedagogy of the Oppressed | Paulo Freire | 1968 | 7/17/2022 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
82 | Crime and Punishment | Fyodor Dostoevsky | 1866 | 7/13/2022 | 3.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
83 | The Agony of Eros | Byung-Chul Han | 2012 | 7/9/2022 | 5 | embracing the Other, negative space -- avoiding a life of pure positivity/consumption | ||||||||||||||||||||
84 | What My Bones Know | Stephanie Foo | 2022 | 6/25/2022 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
85 | All About Love: New Visions | bell hooks | 1999 | 6/5/2022 | 3.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
86 | Capitalist Realism | Mark Fisher | 2009 | 5/28/2022 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
87 | 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows | Ai Weiwei | 2021 | 5/12/2022 | 3.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
88 | No One is Talking About This | Patricia Lockwood | 2021 | 4/18/2022 | 3 | the whole nonsensical thing gets old | ||||||||||||||||||||
89 | My Year of Rest and Relaxation | Ottessa Moshfegh | 2018 | 3/30/2022 | 3.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
90 | Takedown | Farah Nayeri | 2022 | 3/28/2022 | 4 | modern art + controversies in funding and protest; nothing groundbreaking but sequenced well | ||||||||||||||||||||
91 | The Midnight Library | Matt Haig | 2020 | 2/25/2022 | 3.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
92 | Convenience Store Woman | Sayaka Murata | 2016 | 2/18/2022 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
93 | Homesick for Another World | Ottessa Moshfegh | 2017 | 2/14/2022 | 4 | interesting balance of super weird (ala vonnegut) but still easy/fun to read | ||||||||||||||||||||
94 | The Loneliest Americans | Jay Caspian Kang | 2021 | 1/30/2022 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
95 | Detransition, Baby | Torrey Peters | 2021 | 1/12/2022 | 4.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
96 | Terminal Boredom | Izumi Suzuki | 2021 | 1/2/2022 | 3 | reads in an odd way that didnt sit very well with me but yet felt very familiarly japanese | ||||||||||||||||||||
97 | Why We’re Polarized | Ezra Klein | 2020 | 12/25/2021 | 3.5 | weaker parties, stronger polarization | ||||||||||||||||||||
98 | The Dispossessed | Ursula Le Guin | 1974 | 12/22/2021 | 4 | the last ~20% went pretty downhill | ||||||||||||||||||||
99 | Life for Sale | Yukio Mishima | 1968 | 11/20/2021 | 4.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
100 | Future Tense Fiction | Various | 2019 | 11/20/2021 | 3.5 | overvalued by mark stasenko was the best |