ReadingSome books explain the world. Some just let you leave it for a while. Not every book here will be worth your time. But each one was worth mine.★ Favorites|All years2026202520242023202220212026Play It LoudBrad Tolinski and Alan di Perna★ FavThe Name of This Band Is R.E.M.Peter Ames Carlin★ FavThe Old GuardGreg RuckaClapton: The AutobiographyEric ClaptonTravels with CharleyJohn Steinbeck★ FavLed ZeppelinBob Spitz★ FavThe Old Guard: Tales Through TimeGreg RuckaThe BeatlesBob SpitzSurrender: 40 Songs, One StoryBonoThe White TigerAravind AdigaThe Hound of the BaskervillesArthur Conan Doyle★ FavBorn to RunBruce SpringsteenLast Train to MemphisPeter GuralnickJournal of a SolitudeMay SartonBetween Two FiresChristopher BuehlmanThe Orchard KeeperCormac McCarthyLifeKeith Richards1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization CollapsedEric Cline★ FavThis Is Your Mind on PlantsMichael Pollan★ FavHamnetMaggie O'Farrell★ FavZen and the Art of Motorcycle MaintenanceRobert M. Pirsig★ FavBuckeyePatrick Ryan2025Pride and PrejudiceJane AustenHamletGareth Hinds★ FavThe Demon of UnrestErik LarsonThe Right StuffTom WolfeThe Devil in the White CityErik Larson★ FavLes MisérablesVictor HugoDon QuixoteMiguel de CervantesTerms of EndearmentLarry McMurtryHenry VDan JonesSalvage the BonesJesmyn WardMartyr!Kaveh AkbarSeabiscuitLaura Hillenbrand★ FavThe Wide Wide SeaHampton SidesA Wilder ShoreCamille PeriSackett's LandLouis L'AmourLittle WomenLouisa May AlcottTo the Far Blue MountainsLouis L'AmourViennaRichard Cockett★ FavKnifeSalman Rushdie★ FavBrideshead RevisitedEvelyn Waugh★ FavLights OnAnika Harris★ FavThe Perks of Being a WallflowerStephen Chbosky★ FavBlood and ThunderHampton SidesThe Bright SwordLev GrossmanTeam of RivalsDoris Kearns GoodwinAmerican PastoralPhilip RothThe Heart Is a Lonely HunterCarson McCullers★ FavErasurePercival EverettThe Last Human JobAllison PughThe Devil's HandJack CarrThe HobbitJ.R.R. Tolkien★ FavEast of EdenJohn SteinbeckIn the BloodJack CarrThe Bourne SupremacyRobert Ludlum★ FavScary SmartMo Gawdat★ FavThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & ClayMichael ChabonCatch-22Joseph HellerSong of the DodoDavid QuammenSPQR: A History of Ancient RomeMary BeardThe TemplarsDan Jones★ FavProject Hail MaryAndy WeirThe Art ThiefMichael FinkelThe Heart in WinterKevin BarryFour Lost CitiesAnnalee NewitzThe Last Kind Words SaloonLarry McMurtry★ FavJust KidsPatti Smith★ FavHow Music WorksDavid ByrneWorld Within a SongJeff TweedySet the Boy FreeJohnny MarrThe Jazz MenLarry Tye2024For Whom the Bell TollsErnest HemingwayWaldenHenry David ThoreauDemianHermann HesseThe Song of the CellSiddhartha Mukherjee★ FavMaster Slave Husband WifeIlyon Woo★ FavHow to LiveSarah BakewellThe Conquest of HappinessBertrand Russell★ FavHands of TimeRebecca Struthers★ FavJane EyreCharlotte BrontëBurn BookKara Swisher★ FavLongitudeDava Sobel★ FavThe Wars of the RosesDan JonesAmerican GunChris Kyle★ FavHatchetGary Paulsen★ FavThe Song of AchillesMadeline MillerWuthering HeightsEmily BrontëThe Musical HumanMichael Spitzer★ FavAge of RevolutionsFareed ZakariaThe Rise and Fall of the DinosaursSteve BrusatteThe Soul of an OctopusSy Montgomery★ FavCirceMadeline MillerThe Hunger GamesSuzanne CollinsTrials of LifeDavid AttenboroughArabs: A 3,000-Year HistoryTim Mackintosh-Smith★ FavThe Anxious GenerationJonathan Haidt★ FavLonesome DoveLarry McMurtrySuttreeCormac McCarthy★ FavThe Last Picture ShowLarry McMurtry★ FavStreets of LaredoLarry McMurtry★ FavDead Man's WalkLarry McMurtry★ FavComanche MoonLarry McMurtryAmerican PrometheusKai Bird and Martin J. SherwinYour Brain on ArtIvy Ross and Susan MagsamenOut of AfricaIsak DinesenGreen Hills of AfricaErnest HemingwayKimRudyard KiplingThe Terminal ListJack CarrTrue BelieverJack CarrSavage SonJack CarrThe GunC.J. ChiversThe Teeth of the TigerTom ClancyThe Hero with a Thousand FacesJoseph Campbell★ FavChain-Gang All-StarsNana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah★ FavSing, Unburied, SingJesmyn Ward★ FavEducatedTara Westover★ FavLet Us DescendJesmyn WardNotes of a Native SonJames BaldwinIf Beale Street Could TalkJames BaldwinNexusYuval Noah HarariFahrenheit 451Ray Bradbury★ FavGo Tell It on the MountainJames Baldwin★ FavOf Mice and MenJohn SteinbeckThe Scarlet LetterNathaniel HawthorneBig SurJack Kerouac★ FavThe Cider House RulesJohn IrvingA Prayer for Owen MeanyJohn IrvingThe Last of the MohicansJames Fenimore CooperNever Let Me GoKazuo IshiguroAmerican BuffaloSteven RinellaThe Long HuntersSteven RinellaMeat EaterSteven RinellaSeven Brief Lessons on PhysicsCarlo RovelliHelgolandCarlo RovelliA Wizard of EarthseaUrsula K. Le GuinThe Lathe of HeavenUrsula K. Le GuinThe PioneersDavid McCullough★ FavThe MessageTa-Nehisi Coates★ FavJamesPercival EverettYou Dreamed of EmpiresÁlvaro Enrigue★ FavUnbrokenLaura HillenbrandPatriot GamesTom Clancy★ FavThe Splendid and the VileErik LarsonThe Buried GiantKazuo IshiguroAtlas of the HeartBrené BrownTheir Eyes Were Watching GodZora Neale Hurston2023★ FavCities of the PlainCormac McCarthyMozart: The Reign of LoveJan SwaffordMan's Search for MeaningViktor Frankl★ FavNo Country for Old MenCormac McCarthyMeditationsMarcus Aurelius★ FavThe RoadCormac McCarthy★ FavHow to Win Friends and Influence PeopleDale CarnegieThe Sound and the FuryWilliam FaulknerEnchantmentKatherine MayA Room with a ViewE.M. ForsterReimagining DesignKevin Bethune★ FavMoby-DickHerman Melville★ FavMiles: The AutobiographyMiles Davis★ FavSorry, Sorry, SorryMarjorie Ingall and Susan McCarthyGuitar ZeroGary MarcusHuman CompatibleStuart Russell★ FavNative SonRichard Wright★ FavThe Fire Next TimeJames Baldwin★ FavDraculaBram StokerMake It New: A History of Silicon Valley DesignBarry KatzStarry MessengerNeil deGrasse TysonHis Truth Is Marching OnJon Meacham★ FavFrankensteinMary ShelleyCat's CradleKurt VonnegutThe Happiness ProjectGretchen RubinRebooting AIGary Marcus and Ernest DavisExhalationTed Chiang★ FavThe Grapes of WrathJohn Steinbeck★ FavSiddharthaHermann HesseHappy-Go-LuckyDavid SedarisTheft by FindingDavid SedarisLet's Explore Diabetes with OwlsDavid Sedaris★ FavThe World According to GarpJohn Irving★ FavCreativity, Inc.Ed Catmull★ FavThe Bonfire of the VanitiesTom Wolfe★ FavPossibilitiesHerbie Hancock★ FavHomegoingYaa GyasiI Know Why the Caged Bird SingsMaya Angelou★ FavRubyfruit JungleRita Mae BrownJazzToni Morrison12 Rules for LifeJordan Peterson★ FavBreathJames Nestor★ FavThe Fourth Turning Is HereNeil Howe★ FavOrlandoVirginia Woolf★ FavThe Bell JarSylvia PlathNot NiceDr. Aziz Gazipura★ FavCrime and PunishmentFyodor DostoevskyThe Art of Being RightArthur Schopenhauer★ FavEnd TimesPeter TurchinThe Brothers KaramazovFyodor DostoevskyThe Art of GatheringPriya ParkerOutlivePeter Attia★ FavElon MuskWalter IsaacsonThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyDouglas Adams★ FavVanderbiltAnderson CooperThe Bomber MafiaMalcolm Gladwell★ FavThe Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary ManPaul Newman★ FavThe Bluest EyeToni Morrison★ FavWhy Buddhism Is TrueRobert WrightThe AlchemistPaulo CoelhoNorse MythologyNeil Gaiman★ FavThe Tattooist of AuschwitzHeather MorrisThink AgainAdam Grant★ FavFinding the Mother TreeSuzanne SimardThink Faster, Talk SmarterMatt Abrahams2022★ FavThe FountainheadAyn RandBuildTony Fadell★ FavFour Thousand WeeksOliver Burkeman★ FavThe Black CountTom ReissThe Power of RegretDaniel H. Pink★ FavThe Intentional FatherJon TysonLifespanDavid SinclairEmotion by DesignGreg HoffmanThe Changing World OrderRay Dalio★ FavArabian NightsAnonymousHow to Do NothingJenny Odell★ FavDuneFrank HerbertThe 1619 ProjectNikole Hannah-Jones★ FavLife Is HardKieran Setiya★ FavAll the Pretty HorsesCormac McCarthy★ FavDune MessiahFrank Herbert★ FavThe TigerJohn VaillantSeven GamesOliver RoederThe Wealth of NationsAdam SmithThe Satanic VersesSalman Rushdie★ FavA Beginner's Guide to the EndBJ Miller★ FavThe PassengerCormac McCarthy★ FavStella MarisCormac McCarthy★ FavThe CrossingCormac McCarthy2021★ FavBlood MeridianCormac McCarthyRunAnn PatchettThe Sun Also RisesErnest HemingwayThe Old Man and the SeaErnest Hemingway★ FavBelovedToni MorrisonThe Second MountainDavid BrooksFoundationIsaac Asimov★ FavAnimal FarmGeorge Orwell★ FavBrave New WorldAldous Huxley★ FavThe Code BreakerWalter IsaacsonThe PremonitionMichael LewisHumankindRutger BregmanThe Call of the WildJack London★ FavThe HobbitJ.R.R. TolkienIn Defense of FoodMichael PollanHeart of DarknessJoseph Conrad★ FavA Place of My OwnMichael Pollan★ FavHow to Change Your MindMichael PollanThe Practice of GroundednessBrad StulbergThe Long GameDorie ClarkThe Dawn of EverythingDavid Graeber and David WengrowHow to Avoid a Climate DisasterBill GatesEpic MeasuresJeremy Smith
