For Whom The Bells Toll, Ernest Hemingway, October 2025
The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka, October 2025, Happy Halloween…and existential angst.
Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl, October, 2025. Re-reading, again.
The Old Man and the Sea, Hemingway, October 2025. Hits the gut.
How to Win at Chess, Levi Rozman, October 2025. It’s always smart to check in with the basics sometimes.
The Trial, Franz Kafak, October 2025. It is spooky season, afterall.
How To Be A Stoic, Massimo Pigliucci, September 2025
Secret Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, September 2025, Different than the movies led me to expect
The Alchemist, Paulo Coehlo, September 2025, very nice!
Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell, September, 2025, reading with my wife.
I Who Have Never Known Men, September, 2025, Jacqueline Harpman, rec of English Teacher
My Friends, September 2025, Fredrik Bachman - audio book, having a hard time finishing, no conflict, really.
Babbitt, August, 2025, Sinclair Lewis, nasty to its characters and depressing because still relevant
What Makes Sammy Run?, August 2025, Budd Schulberg, great dialogue
The Narrows, Michael Connelly, August 2025 (this is getting ridiculous)
Lost Light, Michael Connelley, August 2025
City of Bones, Michael Connelley, August 2025
Food for Thought, Alton Brown, August 2025 - food and food-related essays.
Why Buddhism is True, August 2025
A Darkness More Than Night, Michael Connelley, August 2025, yes, I’m binging these books
Angel’s Flight, Michael Connelley, July 2025
Ego is the Enemy, Ryan Holiday, July 2025
Trunk Music, Michael Connelley, July 2025
The Other Side, Thích Nhất Hạnh, June, 2025
The Last Coyote, Michael Connelley, June 2025
The Concrete Blonde, Michael Connelley, June 2025
The Black Ice, Michael Connelley, June 2025
The Black Echo, Michael Connelley, May 2025, detective novel. Not bad.
Quiet, Susan Cain, May 2025, I’m becoming more and more introverted
1493, Charles C. Mann, May 2025, people are infinitely adaptable.
Arithmatic, Paul Lockhart, April, 2025, I’m on a math kick.
The Mathematician’s Lament, March 2025, math is an art, schools make it a gauntlet for many
Enchiridion and parts of the Discourses, Epitetus, March 2025, I read one entry before sleep.
Little Woman, Alcot, March 2025, Nice on human insights but I prefer a plot.
The Code Breakers by Walter Isaacson, March 2025, Another Isaacson book I just couldn’t finish
The Design of Everyday Things, Feb, 2025 -
Franklin by Walter Isaacson, Feb, 2025, I checked out near the end
A Princess of Mars, Feb, 2025 - I read it as a kid and it’s much worse than I remember.
Tarzan of the Apes, Jan, 2025 - I read it as a kid and it’s better than expected.
Einstein by Walter Isaacson, Jan 2025 - I ended up not liking Einstein much