View by book, by book cover, by year or just my favorites.

Classics

A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
Les MisΓ©rables by Victor Hugo - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Moby Dick by Herman Melville - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
Bleak House by Charles Dickens - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……

Epics and Poetry

The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
The Odyssey by Homer - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……

Essays and Memoirs

H Is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
New York Sketches by E.B. White - Β β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
Self-reliance and Other Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
The Best American Essays 2024 by Wesley Morris (editor) - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
Creative Nonfiction: The Final Issue by Lee Gutkind - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
The Comfort of Crows by Margaret Renkl - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett - Β β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Somehow by Anne Lamott - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
Here is New York by E. B. White - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
Consolations by David Whyte - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
The Night Country by Loren C Eiseley - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
The Glorious American Essay by Phillip Lopate - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
Will by Will Smith - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……

Graphic Novels

The Walking Dead Compendium 2 by Robert Kirkman - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
The Walking Dead Compendium 1 by Robert Kirkman - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…

History

The Last Lion: Alone by William Manchester - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
The Age of Napoleon by Will Durant - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Fallen Leaves by Will Durant - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
Rousseau and Revolution by Will Durant - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
The Age of Voltaire by Will Durant - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
The Age of Louis XIV by Will Durant - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
The Age of Reason Begins by Will Durant - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
The Reformation by Will Durant - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
The Renaissance by Will Durant - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
The Age of Faith by Will Durant - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
Caesar and Christ by Will Durant - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
The Life of Greece by Will Durant - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
Our Oriental Heritage by Will Durant - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
Trust the Plan by Will Sommer - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
The Last Lion by William Manchester - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
The Lessons of History by Will Durant - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…

Horror

Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†Β …
Bag of Bones by Stephen King - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Nightmares and Dreamscapes by Stephen King - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Gerald’s Game by Stephen King - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
Just After Sunset by Stephen King - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Needful Things by Stephen King - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
Rose Madder by Stephen King - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
You Like It Darker by Stephen King - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
The Regulators by Stephen King - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
Desperation by Stephen King - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
Holly by Stephen King - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Christine by Stephen King - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Blaze by Stephen King - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
Skeleton Crew by Stephen King - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
Lisey’s Story by Stephen King - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Night Shift by Stephen King - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
Elevation by Stephen King - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
Cujo by Stephen King - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
The Dead Zone by Stephen King - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Insomnia by Stephen King - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…

Literary Fiction

Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
My Friends by Fredrik Backman - β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†…
Chess Story by Stefan Zweig - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
A Century of Fiction in The New Yorker - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) by Solvej Balle - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Brightness Falls by Jay McInerney - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
A Short Stay in Hell by Steven Peck - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
James by Percival Everett - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
The Spectator Bird by Wallace Stegner - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
How to Read a Book by Monica Wood - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Table for Two by Amor Towles - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
The Queen’s Gambit by Walter Tevis - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
Wednesday’s Child by Yiyun Li - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
The Silentiary by Antonio Di Benedetto - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home by Lorrie Moore - β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†…
The Big Rock Candy Mountain by Wallace Stegner - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
Mr Ives’ Christmas by Oscar Hijuelos - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson - β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†…
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
Fat City by Leonard Gardner - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…

Mystery and Suspense

We Live Here Now by Sarah Pinborough - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
Maximum Bob by Elmore Leonard - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
London Rules by Mick Kerron - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
The Godfather by Mario Puzo - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
A Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Spook Street by Mick Herron - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
City of Glass by Paul Auster - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
Real Tigers by Mick Herron - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Dead Lions by Mick Herron - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Slow Horses by Mick Herron - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
A Perfect Spy by John le CarrΓ© - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
The Deep Blue Good-by by John D MacDonald - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
The Rubber Band by Rex Stout - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
The Colorado Kid by Stephen King - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Dead Calm by Charles Williams - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
Death Without Company by Craig Johnson - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Until Proven Guilty by J.A. Jance - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…

Philosophy and Spirituality

Stillness Is the Key by Ryan Holiday - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
Laozi’s Dao De Jing by Lao Tzu - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
Consolations by David Whyte - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
The Book by Alan Watts - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
The Art of Living by Thich Nhat Hanh - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
On Friendship by Marcus Cicero - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
How to Live by Derek Sivers - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Existentialism Is a Humanism by Jean-Paul Sartre - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……

Reading and Writing

The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Carroll - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
The Notebook by Roland Allen - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
The Work of Art by Adam Moss - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Thinking on Paper by V.A. Howard, J.H. Barton - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
A System for Writing by Bob Doto - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
Show Your Work by Austin Kleon - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
The Public Library by Robert Dawson - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
The Private Library by Reid Byers - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
Writing Tools by Roy Peter Clark - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Storycraft by Jack Hart - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
Wordcraft by Jack Hart - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Essayism by Brian Dillon - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
To Show and to Tell by Phillip Lopate - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…

Science and Psychology

The School of Life by Alain de Botton - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Quiet by Susan Cain - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Your Brain on Art by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Selfless by Brian Lowery - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
How Do We Know Ourselves by David G Myers - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Attention Span by Gloria Mark - β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†…
Probable Impossibilities by Alan Lightman - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
Basin and Range by John McPhee - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Quit by Annie Duke - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
The Night Country by Loren C Eiseley - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
Grieving Dad by Mark Seidman - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
This Is What It Sounds Like by Susan Rogers - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
Finding Meaning by David Kessler - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……

Science Fiction and Fantasy

Babel by R.F. Kuang - β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†β˜†…
The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
The Death of Grass by John Christopher - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Dune by Frank Herbert - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜……
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Fairy Tale by Stephen King - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
The Peripheral by William Gibson - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…

Sports, Health and Sobriety

On Boxing by Joyce Carol Oates - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
At the Fights by George Kimball - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Thrive in Retirement by Eric Thurman - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
How to Retire Happy by Stan Hinden - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
We Are the Luckiest by Laura Mckowen - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Four Kings by George Kimball - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
Dry by Augusten Burroughs - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…

Travel and Nature

H Is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
The Comfort of Crows by Margaret Renkl - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Move on Down to Mexico by Nicholas Grant - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†β˜†…
Sibley’s Birding Basics by David Allen Sibley - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
The Vagabond’s Way by Rolf Potts - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
Going Back to Bisbee by Richard Shelton - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…
The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜†…

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