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2025
- The Notebook by Roland Allen
- Fallen Leaves by Will Durant
- The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
- Laozi’s Dao De Jing by Lao Tzu
- Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
- Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
- Brightness Falls by Jay McInerney
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Self-reliance and Other Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- New York Sketches by E.B. White
- Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li
- Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
- Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
2024
- Dune by Frank Herbert
- The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry
- Slow Horses by Mick Herron
- Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
- To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
- Stories of Books and Libraries by Jane Holloway (editor)
- David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
- Consolations by David Whyte
- Here is New York by E. B. White
- The Age of Reason Begins by Will Durant
- The Queen’s Gambit by Walter Tevis
- The Age of Louis XIV by Will Durant
- The Spectator Bird by Wallace Stegner
- The Age of Voltaire by Will Durant
- Rousseau and Revolution by Will Durant
2023
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
- The Glorious American Essay by Phillip Lopate
- The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
- Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley
- Our Oriental Heritage by Will Durant
- The Big Rock Candy Mountain by Wallace Stegner
- Cujo by Stephen King
- The Odyssey by Homer
- Wordcraft by Jack Hart
- Night Shift by Stephen King
- Storycraft by Jack Hart
- Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane
- The Life of Greece by Will Durant
- Caesar and Christ by Will Durant
- The Art of Living by Thich Nhat Hanh
- The Age of Faith by Will Durant
- The Private Library by Reid Byers
2022
- Bleak House by Charles Dickens
- Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
- The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
- Will by Will Smith
- Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine by Alan Lightman
- Moby Dick by Herman Melville
- No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
- Treason’s Harbour by Patrick O’Brian
- Finding Meaning by David Kessler
2021
The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson
On Writing Well by William Zinsser
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat
Middlemarch by George Eliot
Shadow Box by George Plimpton
Anything You Want by Derek Sivers
Time Regained by Marcel Proust
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson
True Grit by Charles Portis
Emma by Jane Austen
Educated by Tara Westover
2020
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
The Only Plane in the Sky by Garrett M. Graff
Seeing with Fresh Eyes by Edward R. Tufte
Smiley’s People by John Le Carré
The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday
Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman
Goodbye To All That by Joan Didion
The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy
The Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Factfulness by Hans Rosling
The Reading Life by C.S. Lewis
2019
The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
The Gifts of Reading by Robert Macfarlane
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Die Trying by Lee Child
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
The Absolute Sandman, Volume 1 by Neil Gaiman
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
Exit Strategy by Martha Wells
The Fight by Norman Mailer
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John Le Carré
A Velocity of Being by Maria Popova
On the Shortness of Life by Seneca
Misery by Stephen King
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
2018
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Blue at the Mizzen by Patrick O’Brian
The Yellow Admiral by Patrick O’Brian
Bad Blood by John Carreyrou
Pet Sematary by Stephen King
Fer-de-Lance (Nero Wolfe, #1) by Rex Stout
This Naked Mind by Annie Grace
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
The Naturalist by Andrew Mayne
How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clayton M. Christensen
2017
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio
Prior to 2017 (before Tracking)
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Maiden Voyage by Tania Aebi
Getting Things Done by David Allen
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) by Margaret Atwood
Illusions by Richard Bach
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
Flaubert’s Parrot by Julian Barnes
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Little Big Man by Thomas Berger
Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernières
Blue Sloop at Dawn by Richard Bode
First You Have to Row a Little Boat by Richard Bode
The Most Beautiful Libraries in the World by Jacques Bosser
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
A Pirate Looks at Fifty by Jimmy Buffett
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Double Indemnity by James M. Cain
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays by Albert Camus
The Plague by Albert Camus
The Stranger by Albert Camus
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
The Alienist by Caleb Carr
Call for the Dead by John Le Carré
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John Le Carré
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
The Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler
The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler
The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
Family Houses by the Sea by Alexandra D’Arnoux
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
Your Money or Your Life by Joe Dominguez
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
For Those In Peril On The Sea by Colin M. Drysdale
Go, Dog. Go! by P.D. Eastman
At Home with Books by Estelle Ellis
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Sentimental Education by Gustave Flaubert
The Key to Rebecca by Ken Follett
The Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Neverwhere (London Below, #1) by Neil Gaiman
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1) by William Gibson
This Naked Mind by Annie Grace
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
A Drinking Life by Pete Hamill
Mythology by Edith Hamilton
The Chess Garden by Brooks Hansen
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
Pompei by Robert Harris
Wanderer by Sterling Hayden
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway by Ernest Hemingway
Dune by Frank Herbert
The Jesus Incident by Frank Herbert
All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
A Bell for Adano by John Hersey
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos
The Iliad by Homer
Wool – Holston (Wool, #1) by Hugh Howey
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
The World According to Garp by John Irving
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Airborne: A Sentimental Journey by William F. Buckley Jr.
The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.
The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis
11/22/63 by Stephen King
Bag of Bones by Stephen King
Dreamcatcher by Stephen King
On Writing by Stephen King
Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
Song of Susannah by Stephen King
The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King
The Gunslinger by Stephen King
The Shining by Stephen King
The Stand by Stephen King
The Waste Lands by Stephen King
Wizard and Glass by Stephen King
Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King
Odd Thomas (Odd Thomas, #1) by Dean Koontz
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
At the Mercy of the Sea by John Kretschmer
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Moneyball by Michael Lewis
The Big Short by Michael Lewis
The Company by Robert Littell
The Natural by Bernard Malamud
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
Afloat by Guy de Maupassant
A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle
The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney
Looking for a Ship by John McPhee
Billy Budd, Sailor by Herman Melville
Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley
The Boat Who Wouldn’t Float by Farley Mowat
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
A Voyage for Madmen by Peter Nichols
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Desolation Island by Patrick O’Brian
H.M.S. Surprise by Patrick O’Brian
Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brian
Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey/Maturin Series by Patrick O’Brian
Post Captain by Patrick O’Brian
The Commodore by Patrick O’Brian
The Far Side of the World by Patrick O’Brian
The Fortune of War by Patrick O’Brian
The Hundred Days by Patrick O’Brian
The Ionian Mission by Patrick O’Brian
The Letter of Marque by Patrick O’Brian
The Mauritius Command by Patrick O’Brian
The Nutmeg of Consolation by Patrick O’Brian
The Reverse of the Medal by Patrick O’Brian
The Surgeon’s Mate by Patrick O’Brian
The Thirteen-Gun Salute by Patrick O’Brian
The Truelove by Patrick O’Brian
The Wine-Dark Sea by Patrick O’Brian
The Rook by Daniel O’Malley
1984 by George Orwell
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Blown Away by Herb Payson
Gormenghast (Gormenghast, #2) by Mervyn Peake
The Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan Poe
Competitive Strategy by Michael E. Porter
A Short Guide to a Happy Life by Anna Quindlen
How Reading Changed My Life by Anna Quindlen
Passage to Juneau by Jonathan Raban
Crooked by Cathryn Jakobson Ramin
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke by Rainer Maria Rilke
Royce’s Sailing Illustrated, Vol. 1 by Patrick M. Royce
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
Healing Back Pain by John E. Sarno
Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
Zoe’s Tale (Old Man’s War, #4) by John Scalzi
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Horton Hears a Who! by Dr. Seuss
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1) by Dan Simmons
Sailing Alone around the World by Joshua Slocum
Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1) by John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Outerbridge Reach by Robert Stone
Darkness Visible by William Styron
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Walden and Other Writings by Henry David Thoreau
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
Beautiful Evidence by Edward R. Tufte
Envisioning Information by Edward R. Tufte
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward R. Tufte
Visual Explanations by Edward R. Tufte
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Candide by Voltaire
All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren
The Martian by Andy Weir
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
The Essays of E.B. White by E.B. White
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Voyages of Discovery by Lynne Withey
Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe
Selected Poems by W.B. Yeats