Reading List

I like books! I’m always happy to exchange thoughts on any of these volumes.

Currently Reading

The Stranger - Albert Camus [a classic that i’ll be returning to]
The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov [long live behemoth]
A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole [ignatius can eat dirt]
Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky [a classic for a reason]
Stoner - John Williams [a solemn and romantic tribute to the life of an academic]
Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut [what Martyr! was trying to be, i think]
Martyr! - Kaveh Akbar [i felt like i was observing a piece in the MoMA that i just don’t get]
East of Eden - John Steinbeck [easily my favorite book]
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak [gently devastating]
The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro [a masterfully written warning]
Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro [haunting in its reflection of meekness and acceptance]
When We Cease to Understand the World - Benjamin Labatut [weird and whimsical; a penumbral line between reality and fiction]
The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown [recommended by a friend, didn’t enjoy it]
All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr [poignant and gripping]
Artemis - Andy Weir [a silly story]
Shadow Cell - Andrew and Jihi Bustamante [an indulgent autobiography written by undercover CIA agents]

Beloved - Toni Morrison
Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
Lucky Jim - Kingsley Amis
The Brain from Inside Out - György Buzsáki
The Odyssey - Homer
Doughnut Economics: 7 Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist - Kate Raworth