Reading Log
2026
- What Art Does by Brian Eno . Feb-Mar 2026.
- Strata: Stories from Deep Time by Laura Poppick. Jan-Mar 2026.
- Do Not Sell At Any Price by Amanda Petrusich. Jan 2026. First reread. (First: 2021)
- 11/22/63 by Stephen King. Nov 2025-Jan 2026.
2025
- Roughing It by Mark Twain. ?-Nov.
- Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain. Jun-?
- Naked Lunch by William F. Burroughs. Jun.
- American Pastoral by Philip Roth. Mar-May.
- Reader Come Home: The Reading Brain in the Digital World by Maryanne Wolf. Mar-Apr.
- The Typewriter Revolution by Richard Polt. Mar-Apr.
- Who's in Charge? by Michael S. Gazzaniga. Mar.
- When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut. Mar.
- James by Percival Everett. Feb-Mar.
- Dylan Goes Electric by Elijah Wald. Jan-Feb.
- The Brothers Karamozov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Sep-Jan.
2024
- The Ongoing Moment by Geoff Dyer. Aug- (abandoned)
- Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy. Sep 2024.
- The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy. Aug-Sep 2024.
- Casino Royale by Ian Flemming. Aug 2024.
- The Maltese Falcon by Dashell Hammett. Jul-Aug 2024.
- All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy. Jun-Jul 2024.
- The First World War by John Keegan. Jun - ?. - Second or third try. Abandoning again for now.
- Children of Dune by Frank Herbert. May-Jun 2024.
- Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert. Apr-May 2024.
- To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf. Feb-Mar 2024.
- Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy. Feb 2024.
- How to Live: A Life of Montaigne by Sarah Bakewell. Jan-Feb 2024.
- Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr. Dec 2023-Jan 2024.
2023
- The Institute by Stephen King. Nov-Dec 2023.
- The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Nov 2023.
- Tess of the D’Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy. Sep-Nov 2023.
- Hands of Time by Rebecca Struthers. Sep 2023.
- Persuasion by Jan Austin. Aug-Sep 2023.
- Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. Aug 2023. Didn’t finish.
- Humanly Possible by Sarah Bakewell. Jun-Jul 2023.
- The Big Money by John Dos Passos. Jun 2023. Didn’t finish.
- Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari. Apr-Jun 2023. Second time. First time was on audiobook.
- A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway. May-Jun 2023.
- How to do Nothing by Jenny Odell. Jun 2023.
- 1919 by John Dos Passos. Apr-Jun 2023.
- Macbeth by Shakespeare. Mar-Apr 2023.
- Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare. Feb-May 2023.
- Walden selections by Henry David Thoreau. Mar 2023.
- The Song of the Cell by Siddhartha Mukherjee. Feb-Mar 2023.
- 42nd Parallel by John Dos Passos. Dec 2022-Jan 2023.
- The Best American Essays 2020. Mar 2022-Jan 2023.
2022
- Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison. Nov-Dec 2022.
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. Nov 2022.
- Night by Elie Wiesel. Nov 2022. Second reading.
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard. Oct 2022.
- Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. Sep-Oct 2022.
- The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kid. Jul-Sep 2022.
- Annals of the Former World by Jim McPhee. Aug 2022- not finished.
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. Jul 2022.
- The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorn. Jul 2022.
- The Unvanquished by William Faulkner. Jun - Jul 2022.
- 1491 by Charles C. Mann. Jun - STOPPED.
- Look Homeward Angel by Thomas Wolfe. Jun 2022, abandoned 150 pages in.
- Sense and Sensibility by Jan Austin. May-Jun 2022.
- Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel. Apr 2022.
- Routes Between Raindrops by Dan Weincek. Poetry. FebApr 2022.
- Tulips & Chimneys by e.e. cummings. Poetry. Mar 2022.
- Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens. Mar. - Apr.
- 95 Poems by e.e. cummings. poetry. Feb-Mar. 2022
- Aimless Love by Billy Collins. poetry. Feb 2022.
- Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell. Feb 2022. Abandoned 200 pages in.
- Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. Jan 2022.
- The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad. Jan 2022.
2021
- Bel Canto by Ann Patchet. Dec 2021.
- Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. Nov-Dec 2021. Lost count of how many times read. First read in high school.
- The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. Nov 2021.
- If It Bleeds by Stephen King. Oct 2021.
- 180 Days by Kelly Gallagher and Penny Kittle. Sep 2021.
- The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. Sep 2021.
- The Kite Runner by Khamed Hosseini. Aug-Sep 2021.
- The 35mm Handbook
- The Best American Poetry 2020 ed. Paisley Rekdal David Lehman. ongoing from Aug 2021.
- The Best American Short Stories 2020. ongoing from Aug 2021.
- Do Not Sell At Any Price by Amanda Petrusich. Aug 2021.
- East of Eden by John Steinbeck. Jul-Aug 2021.
- How to be Idle by Tom Hodgekinson. Jul-Aug 2021.
- James Dean Revisited by Dennis Stock. Jul 2021.
- Later by Stephen King. Jul 2021.
- How To Be an Explorer of the World by Keri Smith. Jun 2021.
- The Reivers by William Faulkner. Jun-Jul 2021.
- No Country for Old Men by Cormic McCarthy May-Jun 2021
- Peace is Every Step by Thich Naht Hahn. May 2021. re-read seletions.
- To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Apr-May 2021. re-read.
- In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway. Apr 2021. in Complete Short Stories.
- Bleak House by Charles Dickens. Jan-Apr 2021.
- The Silence by Don DeLillo. Jan 2021.
- Dylan's Visions of Sin by Christopher Ricks. Jan 2021. second try not completed.
- Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot. Jan 2021. Second time.
- Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie. Dec 2020-Jan 2021.
2020
- Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. Novmber-Decmber 2020.
- Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. Octber 2020.
- Dune by Frank Herbert. Sepmber-Decmber 2020. Read aloud with fam.
- Dubliners by James Joyce. Octber-Novmber 2020.
- Billy Bud by Herman Melville. Sepmber-Octber 2020.
- The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom. Sepmber 2020.
- Population 285 by Michael Perry. Sepmber 2020.
- Feed by M. T. Anderson. AugSepmber 2020.
- True Grit by Charles Portis. Aug2020.
- The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead. Aug 2020.
- Beloved by Toni Morrison. Jun-Aug 2020.
- In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick. Jul 2020.
- Moby-Dick by Herman Melville. Jun-Jul 2020.
- House of Mirth by Edith Wharton. May-Jun 2020
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. Mar-May 2020.
- Emma by Jan Austin. Mar 2020.
- The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien. Feb-Mar. 2020.
- The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien. Jan-Feb 2020.
- Up Jumped the Devil by Bruce Conforth and Gayle Dean Wardlow. Dec 2019-Jan 2020.
- The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien. Dec 2019-Jan 2020.
2019
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Dec 2019.
- The Shining by Stephen King. Second time. Reading during SSR at school. Sep2019. Didn’t finish.
- The Extended Phenotype by Richard Dawkins. Nov 2019. Didn’t finish.
- Complete Short Stories by Ernest Hemingway. Jun-Aug 2019.
- The Gold Bug Variations by Richard Powers. Aug - Nov 2019.
- The Outsider by Stephen King. Aug 2019.
- There There by Tommy Orange. Aug 2019.
- SPQR by Mary Beard. Jul-Aug2019.
- The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. Got to p. 194—about half way—and gave up. Annoyed by the writing style and constant false suspense. Would rather read a straight-forward account of the Chicago fair without all the literary drama and serial killers. May-Jul 2019.
- The Overstory by Richard Powers. Jun-Jul 2019.
- Betrayal by Harold Pinter. play. Jul 2019.
- The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt. Jun 2019.
- The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam trans. Edward Fitzgerald. Jun 2019.
- De rerum natura by Lucretius. selections in The Portable Roman Reader. Jun 2019.
- The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton. May-Jun 2019. Read aloud in class.
- Death’s End by Cixin Liu. May-Jun 2019.
- Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. Audiobook. Didn’t finish.
- Dark Forest by Cixin Liu. Apr-May 2019.
- The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu. Mar-Apr 2019.
- The Stand by Stephen King. Feb-Mar 2019.
- The Perfectionists by Simon Winchester. Jan-Feb 2019.
- The Outer Limits of Reason by Noon Yanofsky. Started didn’t get far. Jan 2019.
2018
- Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. Dec 2018-Jan 2019.
- Jailbird by Kurt Vonnegut. started didn’t feel like another Vonnegut. Dec 2018.
- Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker. Audiobook. Aug-Sep 2018.
- The Iliad translated by Robert Fagles. Oct 2018.
- Circe by Madeline Miller. Sep-Oct 2018.
- Everyman by Philip Roth. Sep 2018.
- Longitude by Dava Sobel. second time; first read in the 1990s. Aug-Sep 2018.
- Deadeye Dick by Kurt Vonnegut. Aug 2018.
- Why Bob Dylan Matters by Richard F. Thomas. Aug 2018.
- Wabi-Sabi for Artists Designers, Poets, & Philosophers by Leonard Koren. Aug 2018.
- Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon. May-Jul 2018.
- Benjamin Franklin by Walter Isaacson. Apr-Jun 2018 audiobook.
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. Mar-Apr 2018 .
- Chaos: Making A New Science by James Gleick. Audiobook. Mar-Apr 2018.
- The Pearl by John Steinbeck. Mar 2018.
- The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris. Dec 2017-Mar 2018 audiobook.
- Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut. Second reading. Mar 2018.
- Bob Dylan in America by Sean Wilenz. Feb 2018.
- Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger. Second reading. Feb 2018.
- “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” in Nine Stories by J. D. Salinger. Jan 2018.
- Selected Stories by Anton Checkov. Jan 2018.
- Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut. Dec 2017-Jan 2018.
2017
- Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegut. Decmber 2017.
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Professor Yuval Noah Harari. Decmber 2017 audiobook.
- A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman. Decmber 2017.
- Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel. Novmber-Decmber 2017.
- Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard. Aug2017.
- A History of the World in Six Glasses by Tom Standage. Aug2017-?; didn’t finish.
- The Information by James Gleick. Sep 2017; audiobook.
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Aug2017; audiobook.
- Doctor Sleep by Stephen King. Aug2017. Read on Maine trip.
- Ghost World by Daniel Clowes
- The 12-Bottle Bar by David Solmonson
- The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. Jul 2017; reread.
- A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway. Jun 2017; reread.
- Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot
- Dylan’s Visions of Sin Christopher Ricks. began, stopped.
- Don Quixote Cervantes. Mar 2017-?; paused.
- Looking for Alaska by John Green
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
- Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
- The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life Meaning, and the Universe Itself, by Sean Carroll. Jan 2017-? Finished. Wonderful book.
- The Stuff of Thought by Steven Pinker. Dec 2016-?; stopped reading - got bored - also, only read in bed and kept falling asleep.
- This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald. started, didn’t like, didn’t finish. Feb 2017.
- Time Travel: A History by James Gleick. Jan 2017.
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. Jan 2017. Sylvia read out loud to us.
2016
- A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
- Friday Night Lights by H. G. Bissinger. Aug 2016.
- To Teach: The Journey In Comics, by William Ayers. Aug 2016.
- Roadside Geology of Wisconsin. selections. Aug2016.
- Time’s Arrow Time's Cycle, by Stephen Jay Gould. Jul 2016.
- Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. Jul 2016.
- Night by Elie Wiesel. Jul 2016.
- Where Dead Voices Gather by Nick Tosches. Jun 2016.
- Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah. Jun 2016.
- Notes from Underground by Dostoyevsky. Jun 2016.
- The Curious Incident of the Dog at Midnight by Mark Haddon. Jun 2016.
- Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
2015
- Walt Whitman: A Cultural Biography by David S. Reynolds. 2015-abandoned.
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- The Giver by Lois Lowry
- 1984 by George Orwell
- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Jul 2015.
- The Contaminants. Jun 2015.
- Dandelion Wine. Jun 2015.
- I Am The Messenger. Mar 2015-? Never finished.
- A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines. Febuary 2015.
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Jan 2015.
- The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Jan 2015.
- The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien. Jan 2015.
2014
- The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. Decmber 2014.
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Dec 2014-. Aloud with Sylvia.
- Good Poems for Hard Times edited by Garrison Keillor. Dec 2014-.
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Decmber 2014.
- The Martian by Andy Weir. Novmber-Decmber 2014.
- The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate. Novmber 2014.
- Canary Row by John Steinbeck. Novmber 2014.
- A Separate Peace by John Knowles. Novmber 2014.
- To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Aug2014.
- A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold. Aug2014.
- English Grammar for Students of Latin by Norma Goldman. Aug2014.
- The Giver by Louis Lowry. Jul 2014.
- The Accidental Universe by Alan Lightman. Jul 2014.
- The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkein. out lout with family. May - Jul 2014.
- Free Will by Sam Harris. Jul 2014. Read about half and got freaked out.
- The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth by Alexandra Robbins. Jul 2014. school.
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Jul 2014. school.
- The Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi. Jun 2014. school.
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. Jun 2014. school.
- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Apr 2014-May 2014—1/3 of the way through, stopped for school.
- The Wisdom of Insecurity by Allen Watts. Apr 2014.
- Winesburg Ohio, by Sherwood Anderson. early 2014-May 2014.
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Apr 2014.
- iDisorder by Larry Rosen. Mar 2014, selections for school.
- The Shallows by Nicholas Carr. Mar 2014, re-read selections for school.
- Hamlet's Blackberry by William Powers. Mar 2014, re-read selections for school.
- How to Train a Wild Elephant and Other Adventures in Mindfulness by JanChozen Bays. Early 2014. Only read opening chapter.
- How To Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie. Early 2014.
2013
- Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. Dec 2013-Jan 2014.
- Your Memory: How It Works and How To Improve It by Kenneth Higbee. Sep 2013-?.
- Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Reread. Abandoned. Read 30 or 40 pages, got really annoyed by character of Lord Henry. Nov 2013.
- Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Nov 2013.
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. Oct 2013.
- What the Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula. Aug-Sep 2013.
- Call of the Wild by Jack London. Sep 2013.
- A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle. Sep 2013. Abandoned. Tired of it.
- The Art of Simple Food by Alice Waters. Aug 2013. soon abandoned.
- Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. Jul 2013. didn’t get far into “Song of Myself” and forgot about it.
- Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human by Harold Bloom. selections: intro, “Two Gentlemen of Verona,” “Hamlet”. Jun-Aug 2013.
- Hamlet by Shakespeare. Jul 2013.
- Preface to Shakespeare by Johnson. Jul 2013.
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Jun 2013.
- Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare. Jun 2013.
- David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. Dec 2012 - Jun 2013.
- The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkein. out loud with family. Sylvia lost interest. Not ready. Dec 2012-Jan 2013.
- Peace is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh. second time. Feb 2013 - continuing.
- The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh. occasionally second time. Jan 2013 - continuing.
- Mindfulness in Plain English by Henepola Gunaratana. Feb 2013.
2012
- The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkein. out loud with family. Oct 2012 - Dec 2012
- The Sisters Grimm: The Fairy-Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley. Dec 2012.
- Please Don’t Come Back From The Moon by Dean Bakopoulos. Nov 2012.
- “The Cask of Amontillado” by Poe. Nov 1.
- “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe. Read out loud over breakfast table Oct 31, 2012, to Alissa and Sylvia.
- The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh. appendix. Oct 2012.
- The Early History of Rome by Livy or Histories Books 1-5. Sep - Nov 2012.
- The Immense Majesty by Africa. Apr 2012 - Sep 2012.
- “The Village Blacksmith”. poem. by Longfellow Sep 2012.
- Prisoners of the Sun by Herge. The Adventures of Tintin graphic novel. Aug 2012.
- The Seven Crystal Balls by Herge. The Adventures of Tintin graphic novel. Aug 2012.
- Cigars of the Pharaoh by Herge. The Adventures of Tintin graphic novel. Jul 2012.
- Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury. Didn’t finish, had to return to library. Resumed and finished mid-Aug. Jun-Aug 2012.
- Walden by Thoreau. Jul-Aug 2012. Started on California vacation.
- The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh. Jun 2012. Didn’t read appendix yet.
- Red Rackham’s Treasure by Herge. The Adventures of Tintin graphic novel. Aug 2012.
- The Secret of the Unicorn by Herge. The Adventures of Tintin graphic novel. Aug 2012.
- A River Runs Through It by Normal Maclean. Jun 2012 second read.
- Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton. Mar 2012. Started and stopped after 1 or 2 chapters.
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Mar 2012 - Apr 2012.
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Feb - Mar 2012.
- Peace is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh. Feb 2012.
- The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow. Feb 2012.
- Dominic by William Steig. Aloud with family Feb 2012.
- Music from the True Vine: Mike Seeger’s Life and Musical Journey by Bill Malone. Began had to return to library after 2 chapters, Feb 2012.
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Jan 2012 - Feb 2012.
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K Rowling. Dec 2011 - Jan 2012.
2011
- Captains Courageous- by Rudyard Kipling. Dec 2011.
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Dec 2011. Never finished because I hate reading on the iPad.
- Romana Familia. ongoing began Dec 2011-Mar 2012.
- Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. Nov 2011.
- How to Train Your Dragon. Aloud with family Nov 2011.
- Whitlock’s Latin. Ongoing began Oct 2011.
- Beginning Latin Reader. Ongoing began Oct 2011.
- Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brian. Oct2011.
- Henry V. Sep 2011.
- Henry IV Part 2. Aug 2011.
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Aloud. Aug 2011.
- Henry IV Part 1. Aug 14-20 2011.
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Aloud. Aug 2011.
- Richard II. Aug 5-12 2011.
- Othello. 7/30/11-8/3/11.
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Aloud. Jul 2011.
- Wonderful Life by Stephen Jay Gould 4/23/11-7/27/11.
- Woody Guthrie: A Life by Joe Klein. 3/20/11-4/23/11 library book.
- Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. 2/11-3/20.
- Little House in the Big Woods by Wilder. 12/10-1/11 Aloud with A. & S.
- Sentimental Education by Flaubert. 12/10-2/11.
2010
- Can’t Buy Me Love by Jonathan Gould. Nov - Dec 2010.
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. Oct - Nov2010. Aloud with Alissa and Sylvia.
- “The Raven” and “The Premature Burial” by Poe. Oct 31 2010.
- Hamlet’s Blackberry. Oct 2010.
- The Shallows by Nicholas Carr. Nov 2010.
- You Are Not A Gadget. Skimmed. Read first 20 pages, not interested. Nov 2010.
- Hemingway’s Short Stories. read half; will return to rest someday; old paperback split in two. Aug-Nov 2010.
- The Omnivore’s Dilemma Michael Pollan. May-Jul 2010.
- Lord Jim Joseph Conrad. Mar-May 2010.
- The Rest is Noise Alex Ross. DecMar 2010.
2009
- Ulysses Joyce. 3rd time through. Jun 2009-Dec 2009.
- The Compleat Angler Izaak Walton. May 2009.
- The Selfish Gene Richard Dawkins. Apr-May 2009.
- The Republic Plato. Nov 2008-Mar. 2009.
2008
- Crito Plato. Nov 2008.
- Apology Plato. Nov 2008.
- Gilead Marilynne Robinson. Oct 2008.
- The Dharma Bums Jack Kerouac. Sep 2008.
- The Road Cormic McCarthy. Aug 2008.
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream Shakespeare. Jun 2008.
- Escaping the Delta Elijah Wald. Apr 2008.
- In Search of Schrodiger’s Cat John Gribbon. Mar 2008.
- Pride and Prejudice Jan Austin. Feb 2008.
- The Norton Psychology Reader. selections. Jan 2008.
- Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte. second reading. Jan 2008.
2007
- Bluegrass: A History Neil Rosenberg. 2007.
- Folk Music: The Basics Ronald Cohen. 2007.
- Godel Escher, Bach David Hostetler. Unfinished. 2007.
- God Bless You Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut. Second reading. 2007
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Fifth reading. 2007.
- Foundation by Isaac Asimov. second reading. 2007.
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2003
- Ubik by Philip K. Dick
- Idiot’s Guide to Programming Basics
- Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
- Songs of Distant Earth by Arthur C. Clarke
- The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin
- Existentialism and Human Emotions by Jean-Paul Sartre
- Big Road Blues by David Evans
- Idiot’s Guide to Career in Computer Programming
- Java 4
- The First World War by John Keenan. didn’t finish.
- Hamlet by William Shakespeare
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
- The Tempest by Shakespeare
- The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker
2002
- Lost Highway: Journeys and Arrivals of American Musicians by Peter Guralnick
- The Elegant Universe by Brian Green
- How to Read and Why by Harold Bloom
- The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
- How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren
- The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde
- The Oresteia by Aeschylus
- Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
- Five Lectures on Psycho-Analysis by Sigmund Freud
- The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero by Robert Kaplan
- Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Country Music USA by Bill Malone