Reading

I try to read every day, and my goal this year is 50 books (about 4 per month), or 15,000 pages. I try to read a wide variety of books, fiction and non-fiction, old and new, different genres, male and female authors, owned and borrowed, paper and ebook, and so on. But I keep coming back to SciFi and Fantasy.

Here is what I've read recently. Talk to me about any of them!

2026

The Word for World is Forest
Ursula K. Le Guin
176 pages
★★★★☆

Several People Are Typing
Calvin Kasulke
244 pages
★★★★★

Carl's Doomsday Scenario
Matt Dinniman
366 pages
★★★★★

Hiver Nucléaire 2
Caroline Breault
83 pages
★★★☆☆

Hiver Nucléaire
Caroline Breault
76 pages
★★★☆☆

The Lord of the Rings Book V
J. R. R. Tolkien
154 pages
★★★☆☆

This Story Might Save Your Life
Tiffany Crum
347 pages
★★★★★

Emma
Jane Austen read by Mary Jane Wells
526 pages
★☆☆☆☆

Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman
437 pages
★★★★★

The Murder on the Links
Agatha Christie
231 pages
★★★★☆

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
Cory Doctorow
160 pages
★★★★☆

A Shadow Full of Stars
Rob Cornell
311 pages
★★☆☆☆

The Lord of the Rings Book IV
J. R. R. Tolkien
144 pages
★★★☆☆

Envole-toi, Mikun
Moira-Uashteskun Bacon
84 pages
★★★☆☆

Too Like the Lightning
Ada Palmer
520 pages
★★★★☆

The Lord of the Rings Book III
J. R. R. Tolkien
194 pages
★★★☆☆

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
Chris Hadfield
297 pages
★★★☆☆

Paul au parc
Michel Rabagliati
117 pages
★★★★☆

A Drink Before the War
Dennis Lehane read by Jonathan Davis
264 pages
★★★★☆

For the Sun After Long Nights
Fatemeh Jamalpour & Nilo Tabrizy
256 pages
★★★☆☆

The Lord of the Rings Book II
J. R. R. Tolkien
193 pages
★★★☆☆

Life After Cars
Sara Goodyear, Doug Gordon, and Aaron Naparstek
231 pages
★★★☆☆

One Summer in Little Penhaven
Angela Britnell read by Francine Brody
245 pages
★☆☆☆☆

A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Shakespeare
48 pages
★★★☆☆

$ git sync murder
Michael Warren Lucas
310 pages
★★★★☆

Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
70 pages
★★★☆☆

The Lord of the Rings Book I
J. R. R. Tolkien
219 pages
★★★★☆

Paul a un travail d'été
Michel Rabagliati
145 pages
★★★★★

Dear Ana
i.i.e. read by Angela Goethals
448 pages
★★★☆☆

Always Remember Your Name: A True Story of Family and Survival in Auschwitz
Andra & Tatiana Bucci translated by Ann Goldstein read by Gabrielle de Cuir
133 pages
★★★★☆

The Courage of Birds
Pete Dunne read by Madison Niederhauser
182 pages
★☆☆☆☆

Moby Dick
Herman Melville
730 pages
★★★★☆

La complicité des fjords
Victor Begin
184 pages
★★☆☆☆

2025

Simon the Fiddler
Paulette Jiles read by Grover Gardner
349 pages
★★★☆☆

The Hobbit
J. R. R. Tolkien
357 pages
★★★☆☆

Isles of the Emberdark
Brandon Sanderson
419 pages
★★★★☆

Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
255 pages
★★★★☆

The Canadian Miracle
Cory Doctorow
12 pages
★★★★☆

The Life of Birds
David Attenborough
299 pages
★★☆☆☆

Breakaway: The PWHL and the Women Who Changed the Game
Karissa Donkin
221 pages
★★★☆☆

Ukkusiksalik: The People's Story
David F. Pelly
208 pages
★★☆☆☆

Gödel's Proof
Ernest Nagel and James R. Newman
100 pages
★★★☆☆

The Berry Pickers
Amanda Peters
292 pages
★★★★☆

In a House of Lies
Ian Rankin read by James MacPherson
349 pages
★★★★☆

White Fang
Jack London
232 pages
★★★★☆

The Call of the Wild
Jack London
99 pages
★★★☆☆

The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin
343 pages
★★★★★

Jeeves Stories
P. G. Wodehouse
577 pages
★★★☆☆

A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
461 pages
★★☆☆☆

$ git commit murder
Michael Warren Lucas
271 pages
★★★☆☆

A Memory of Light
Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
1147 pages
★★★★★

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Alfred Lansing
331 pages
★★★★☆

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson
556 pages
★★★★☆

New Hampshire
Robert Frost
92 pages
★★☆☆☆

You Sexy Thing
Cat Rambo
233 pages
★★☆☆☆

The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide
Douglas Adams
794 pages
★★★★★

Random in Death
J. D. Robb
357 pages
★★☆☆☆

Kinauvit?: What's Your Name?
Norma Dunning
152 pages
★★★☆☆

The Way the Crow Flies
Ann-Marie MacDonald
805 pages
★★★★☆

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon
225 pages
★★★☆☆

Gödel, Escher, Bach
Douglas Hofstadter
705 pages
★★☆☆☆

Towers of Midnight
Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
1218 pages
★★★★☆

Around the World in Eighty Days
Jules Verne
228 pages
★★★★☆

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum
131 pages
★★★☆☆

Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
Cory Doctorow
359 pages
★★★☆☆

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
334 pages
★★★☆☆

All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr
492 pages
★★★★★

The Sign of the Four
Arthur Conan Doyle
136 pages
★★★☆☆

2024

The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster
215 pages
★★★☆☆

Pirate Cinema
Cory Doctorow
323 pages
★★★★☆

The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
Neal Stephenson
497 pages
★★★☆☆

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
Charles Yu
220 pages
★★☆☆☆

The Cactus League
Emily Nemens
269 pages
★★★☆☆

The Worst Journey in the World
Apsley Cherry-Garrard
811 pages
★★★★★

Long Chills and Case Dough
Brandon Sanderson
41 pages
★★★☆☆

The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Agatha Christie
204 pages
★★★★☆

The Gathering Storm
Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
1071 pages
★★★★☆

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie
245 pages
★★★★★

A Study in Scarlet
Arthur Conan Doyle
142 pages
★★★☆☆

Red Rising
Pierce Brown
375 pages
★★★★☆

The End of Mr. Y
Scarlett Thomas
500 pages
★★★★☆

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
Brandon Sanderson
435 pages
★★★★☆

The Well of Lost Plots
Jasper Fforde
375 pages
★★★★☆

A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle
226 pages
★★★☆☆

Arctic Convoys: Bletchley Park and the War for the Seas
David Kenyon
268 pages
★★★☆☆

Turtles All the Way Down
John Green
286 pages
★★★★☆

Hazards of Time Travel
Joyce Carol Oates
299 pages
★★☆☆☆

American Dirt
Jeanine Cummins
378 pages
★★★★★

Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World
Henry Grabar
284 pages
★★★☆☆

The Sunlit Man
Brandon Sanderson
433 pages
★★★☆☆

Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
507 pages
★★★★☆

Colossus: Bletchley Park's Greatest Secret
Paul Gannon
506 pages
★★★★☆

Sabriel
Garth Nix
491 pages
★★★☆☆

Lost in a Good Book
Jasper Fforde
399 pages
★★★★★

The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson
494 pages
★★★★☆

Trust
Hernan Diaz
366 pages
★★★☆☆

Enigma: The Battle for the Code
Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
353 pages
★★☆☆☆

2023

The Princess Bride
William Goldman
458 pages
★★★★☆

Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman
305 pages
★★★★☆

An Abundance of Katherines
John Green
224 pages
★★☆☆☆

This is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
198 pages
★★★★★

Good Omens
Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
394 pages
★★☆☆☆

Anathem
Neal Stephenson
932 pages
★★★★★

The Windup Girl
Paolo Bacigalupi
359 pages
★★★★☆

Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr
425 pages
★★★★★

The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)
Katie Mack
215 pages
★★★☆☆

The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England
Brandon Sanderson
355 pages
★★★★☆

Knife of Dreams
Robert Jordan
836 pages
★★★☆☆

A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
Hank Green
449 pages
★★★★☆

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson
631 pages
★★★★★

Tress of the Emerald Sea
Brandon Sanderson
415 pages
★★★★☆

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
Hank Green
327 pages
★★★★★

Snow Crash
Neal Stephenson
557 pages
★★★★☆

2022

Fall; or, Dodge in Hell
Neal Stephenson
857 pages
★★★★★

The Eyre Affair
Jasper Fforde
374 pages
★★★★★

The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.
Nicole Galland and Neal Stephenson
742 pages
★★★★★

Crossroads of Twilight
Robert Jordan
823 pages
★★★☆☆

The Hero of Ages
Brandon Sanderson
528 pages
★★★★★

Homeland
Cory Doctorow
324 pages
★★★☆☆