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These are only categorized chronologically and not by subject or genre. I haven't implemented a rating system other than, if it says DNF underneath...
I should probably come up with a flag for books I thought were truly awful.

Cover of Changing Planes

Changing Planes

Ursula K. Le Guin

February 13, 2025

Cover of Death of a Salesman

Death of a Salesman

Arthur Miller

February 7, 2025

Cover of In Ascension

In Ascension

Martin MacInnes

On Deck

Cover of Moby Dick

Moby Dick

Herman Melville

On Deck

Cover of Valis

Valis

Philip K. Dick

On Deck

Cover of The Dispossesd

The Dispossesd

Ursula K. Le Guin

In Progress

Cover of Gravity’s Rainbow

Gravity’s Rainbow

Thomas Pynchon

In Progress

Cover of Letters to a Young Poet

Letters to a Young Poet

Rainer Maria Rilke

January 19, 2025

Cover of Something in the Woods Loves You

Something in the Woods Loves You

Jarod K. Anderson

In Progress

Cover of Hell Yeah or No

Hell Yeah or No

Derek Sivers

In Progress

Cover of Anything You Want

Anything You Want

Derek Sivers

October 20, 2024

Cover of Git For Humans

Git For Humans

David Demaree

September 23, 2024

Cover of East of Eden

East of Eden

John Steinbeck

In Progress

Cover of Tao Te Ching

Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu, Ursula K. Le Guin, trans.

June 13, 2024

Cover of In Pharaoh’s Army

In Pharaoh’s Army

Tobias Wolff

June 4, 2024

Cover of Empire of Silence

Empire of Silence

Christopher Ruocchio

June 1, 2024

Cover of Essentialism

Essentialism

Greg McKeown

May 25, 2024

Cover of The Notebooks of Sonny Rollins

The Notebooks of Sonny Rollins

Sonny Rollins, Sam V. H. Reese, Ed.

May 3, 2024

Cover of Flowers For Algernon

Flowers For Algernon

Daniel Keyes

May 1, 2024

Cover of Stoner

Stoner

John Williams

April 9, 2024

Cover of Roadside Picnic

Roadside Picnic

Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky, Olena Bormashenko

March 9, 2024

Cover of Children of Time

Children of Time

Adrian Tchaikovsky

March 2, 2024

Cover of Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

February 11, 2024

Cover of Solaris

Solaris

Stanislaw Lem

January 25, 2024

Cover of Shadow & Claw

Shadow & Claw

Gene Wolfe

January 18, 2024

Cover of Red Rising

Red Rising

Pierce Brown

January 6, 2024

Cover of Hyperion

Hyperion

Dan Simmons

November 25, 2023

Cover of We Who Are About To…

We Who Are About To…

Joanna Russ

October 29, 2023

Cover of Camera Man

Camera Man

Dana Stevens

February 28, 2022

Cover of Bear

Bear

Staffan Gnosspelius

February 28, 2022

Cover of Blue Horses

Blue Horses

Mary Oliver

September 25, 2021

Cover of Rowing Faster

Rowing Faster

Volker Nolte

September 20, 2021

Cover of Evidence

Evidence

Mary Oliver

September 20, 2021

Cover of The Metaphysical Club

The Metaphysical Club

Louis Menand

August 26, 2021

Cover of Atomic Habits

Atomic Habits

James Clear

July 6, 2021

Cover of Harrow the Ninth

Harrow the Ninth

Tamsyn Muir

June 18, 2021

Cover of Postcolonial Love Poem

Postcolonial Love Poem

Natalie Diaz

June 17, 2021

Cover of Gideon the Ninth

Gideon the Ninth

Tamsyn Muir

June 5, 2021

Cover of How to Take Smart Notes

How to Take Smart Notes

Sönke Ahrens

May 20, 2021

Cover of Klara and the Sun

Klara and the Sun

Kazuo Ishiguro

May 19, 2021

Cover of The Overstory

The Overstory

Richard Powers

April 25, 2021

Cover of Something Wicked This Way Comes

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Ray Bradbury

April 8, 2021

Cover of Dancing at the Rascal Fair

Dancing at the Rascal Fair

Ivan Doig

April 7, 2021

Cover of The Peace of Wild Things

The Peace of Wild Things

Wendell Berry

April 4, 2021

Cover of The Cosmic Purr

The Cosmic Purr

Aaron Poochigian

April 3, 2021

Cover of Gasoline

Gasoline

Gregory Corso

April 3, 2021

Cover of Angle of Repose

Angle of Repose

Wallace Stegner

March 31, 2021

Cover of Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Joan Didion

March 19, 2021

Cover of The Phantom Tollbooth

The Phantom Tollbooth

Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer, illus.

March 16, 2021

Cover of The Best of Saki

The Best of Saki

Saki

March 16, 2021

Cover of A Coney Island of the Mind

A Coney Island of the Mind

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

March 15, 2021

Cover of House Made of Dawn

House Made of Dawn

N. Scott Momaday

March 15, 2021

Cover of On Writing

On Writing

Stephen King

January 15, 2021

Cover of The Captive Mind

The Captive Mind

Czeslaw Milosz

January 12, 2021

Cover of Farewell, My Lovely

Farewell, My Lovely

Raymond Chandler

November 10, 2020

Cover of The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep

Raymond Chandler

November 1, 2020

Cover of A Gentleman in Moscow

A Gentleman in Moscow

Amor Towles

August 12, 2020

Cover of The Fifth Risk

The Fifth Risk

Michael Lewis

July 27, 2020

Cover of The Boy From the Woods

The Boy From the Woods

Harlan Coben

July 24, 2020

Cover of Foundation

Foundation

Isaac Asimov

June 10, 2020

Cover of How to Disappear

How to Disappear

Akiko Busch

June 9, 2020

Cover of Rising From the Plains

Rising From the Plains

John McPhee

June 7, 2020

Cover of To a God Unknown

To a God Unknown

John Steinbeck

May 25, 2020

Cover of In Suspect Terrain

In Suspect Terrain

John McPhee

May 13, 2020

Cover of Desert Solitaire

Desert Solitaire

Edward Abbey

April 26, 2020

Cover of Basin and Range

Basin and Range

John McPhee

April 8, 2020

Cover of Deep Work

Deep Work

Cal Newport

March 7, 2020

Cover of Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë

March 5, 2020

Cover of Holy the Firm

Holy the Firm

Annie Dillard

March 2, 2020

Cover of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

Annie Dillard

February 21, 2020

Cover of I Heard the Owl Call My Name

I Heard the Owl Call My Name

Margaret Craven

February 18, 2020

Cover of Walden and Civil Disobedience

Walden and Civil Disobedience

Henry David Thoreau

February 8, 2020

Cover of A Canticle for Leibowitz

A Canticle for Leibowitz

Walter M. Miller

January 4, 2020

Cover of Texas Flood

Texas Flood

Alan Paul, Andy Aledort

September 19, 2019

Cover of Trick Mirror

Trick Mirror

Jia Tolentino

August 30, 2019

Cover of The Silent World

The Silent World

Jacques Cousteau

August 12, 2019

Cover of Radical Atheism

Radical Atheism

Martin Hägglund

August 11, 2019

Cover of On Democracy

On Democracy

E.B. White

August 9, 2019

Cover of Fall, or Dodge in Hell

Fall, or Dodge in Hell

Neal Stephenson

August 3, 2019

Cover of Climate Justice

Climate Justice

Mary Robinson

July 7, 2019

Cover of This Life

This Life

Martin Hägglund

July 6, 2019

Cover of Future Home of the Living God

Future Home of the Living God

Louise Erdrich

June 20, 2019

Cover of Goin’ to Kansas City

Goin’ to Kansas City

Nathan W. Pearson, Jr.

June 10, 2019

Cover of The Uninhabitable Earth

The Uninhabitable Earth

David Wallace-Wells

June 10, 2019

Cover of Living the Secular Life

Living the Secular Life

Phil Zuckerman

May 30, 2019

Cover of Falter

Falter

Bill McKibben

April 28, 2019

Cover of The Sixth Extinction

The Sixth Extinction

Elizabeth Kolbert

March 1, 2019

Cover of The Destiny Thief

The Destiny Thief

Richard Russo

August 17, 2018

Cover of The Odyssey

The Odyssey

Homer

July 26, 2018

Cover of The Giver

The Giver

Lois Lowry

July 3, 2018

Cover of No Time to Spare

No Time to Spare

Ursula K. Le Guin

May 14, 2018

Cover of Draft No. 4

Draft No. 4

John McPhee

April 23, 2018

Cover of The Sense of Style

The Sense of Style

Steven Pinker

April 20, 2018

Cover of Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens

April 20, 2018

Cover of 1984

1984

George Orwell

February 1, 2018

Cover of The Age of Reason

The Age of Reason

Jean-Paul Sartre

November 14, 2017

Cover of The Gunslinger

The Gunslinger

Stephen King

November 2, 2017

Cover of The Imperfect Environmentalist

The Imperfect Environmentalist

Sara Gilbert

September 22, 2017

Cover of The American Spirit

The American Spirit

David McCullough

September 2, 2017

Cover of Leaving the Atocha Station

Leaving the Atocha Station

Ben Lerner

August 28, 2017

Cover of Books for Living

Books for Living

Will Schwalbe

August 28, 2017

Cover of At the Foundling Hospital

At the Foundling Hospital

Robert Pinsky

August 28, 2017

Cover of Ergonomics of Worry

Ergonomics of Worry

W.E. Leathem

August 28, 2017

Cover of The Fire This Time

The Fire This Time

Jesmyn Ward

August 28, 2017

Cover of What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

Haruki Murakami

August 28, 2017

Cover of The Varieties of Religious Experience

The Varieties of Religious Experience

William James

August 28, 2017

Cover of Killing Floor

Killing Floor

Lee Child

August 28, 2017

Cover of Wonder

Wonder

R.J. Palacio

August 28, 2017

Cover of Bartleby, the Scrivener

Bartleby, the Scrivener

Herman Melville

August 28, 2017

Cover of An Unquiet Mind

An Unquiet Mind

Kay Redfield Jamison

August 28, 2017

Cover of A Gift From the Sea

A Gift From the Sea

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

August 28, 2017

Cover of Stuart Little

Stuart Little

E.B. White

August 28, 2017

Cover of The Rain in Portugal

The Rain in Portugal

Billy Collins

August 28, 2017

Cover of Rethink

Rethink

Steven Poole

August 28, 2017

Cover of White Egrets

White Egrets

Derek Walcott

August 28, 2017

Cover of Fast

Fast

Jorie Graham

August 19, 2017

Cover of On Tyranny

On Tyranny

Timothy Snyder

August 15, 2017

Cover of Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

August 15, 2017

Cover of Do I Make Myself Clear?

Do I Make Myself Clear?

Harold Evans

August 12, 2017

Cover of Check These Out

Check These Out

Gina Sheridan

August 5, 2017

Cover of The Last Great Walk

The Last Great Walk

Wayne Curtis

August 4, 2017

Cover of Man’s Search for Meaning

Man’s Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

June 19, 2017

Cover of All the Pretty Horses

All the Pretty Horses

Cormac McCarthy

Cover of All the Names

All the Names

José Saramago