# My Book Reviews [^note]: Note: There are books listed here whose views I do not endorse. I try to break beyond my bubble and understand others. If you're interested in my current beliefs, feel free to [email me](mailto:hello@taylor.town). | | | | | ----: | :--------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ★★★ | 2026-09-13 | _One Day All of This Will Be Yours_ :: Adrian Tchaikovsky | | ★★★★ | 2026-09-13 | _The Days of Abandonment_ :: Elena Ferrante | | ★★★★ | 2026-09-12 | _The Collapse of Complex Societies_ :: Joseph A. Tainter | | ★★ | 2026-09-04 | _The Caesars Palace Coup_ :: Max Frumes & Sujeet Indap | | ★★★ | 2026-09-02 | _Steppenwolf_ :: Herman Hesse | | ★★★★ | 2026-08-29 | _Amusing Ourselves to Death_ :: Neil Postman | | ★★★★ | 2026-08-15 | _The Professor and the Madman_ :: Simon Winchester | | ★★★ | 2026-08-11 | _Martha Wells_ :: The Wizard Hunters | | ★★★ | 2026-07-27 | _The Family Firm_ :: Emily Oster | | ★★★★ | 2026-07-27 | _The Character of Physical Law_ :: Richard Feynman | | ★★★ | 2026-07-22 | _The Chrysalids_ :: John Wyndham | | ★★★★ | 2026-07-20 | _There is No Antimimetics Division_ :: qntm | | ★★★ | 2026-07-12 | _Inherent Vice_ :: Thomas Pynchon | | ★★★ | 2026-07-12 | _Gap Selling_ :: Keenan | | ★★★★ | 2026-07-11 | _Two Cheers For Anarchism_ :: James C. Scott | | ★★★ | 2026-07-10 | _Super Thinking_ :: Gabriel Weinberg | | ★★★★★ | 2026-07-09 | _The Power Broker_ :: Robert A. Caro | | ★★★★ | 2026-06-22 | _Thinking in Bets_ :: Annie Duke | | ★★★ | 2026-06-18 | _The Crowfolk_ :: Mark Stay | | ★★★ | 2026-06-08 | _Think Faster, Talk Smarter_ :: Matt Abrahams | | ★★★★ | 2026-05-29 | _Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory_ :: Raphael Bob-Waksberg | | ★★★ | 2026-05-18 | _Trick Mirror_ :: Jia Tolentino | | ★★★★★ | 2026-05-17 | _A Wizard of Earthsea_ :: Ursula K. Le Guin | | ★★★★ | 2026-05-16 | _Heart of Darkness_ :: Joseph Conrad | | ★★ | 2026-05-15 | _Think Big, Act Small_ :: Jason Jennings | | ★★ | 2026-05-14 | _First Love, Last Rites_ :: Ian McEwan | | ★★★ | 2026-05-13 | _I Deliver Parcels in Beijing_ :: Hu Anyan | | ★★★★ | 2026-05-03 | _The Secret Life of Groceries_ :: Benjamin Lorr | | ★★★★★ | 2026-04-29 | _The New Me_ :: Halle Butler | | ♡ | 2026-04-27 | _Useful Not True_ :: Derek Sivers | | ★★★★★ | 2026-04-25 | _Childhood's End_ :: Arthur C. Clarke | | ★★ | 2026-04-21 | _The Daydreamer_ :: Ian McEwan | | ★★ | 2026-04-21 | _Normal People_ :: Sally Rooney | | ★★★ | 2026-04-18 | _Prey_ :: Michael Chrichton | | ★★ | 2026-04-18 | _Kindred_ :: Octavia Butler | | ★★★ | 2026-03-23 | _The Deficit Myth_ :: Stephanie Kelton | | ★★★ | 2026-03-23 | _Understanding Power_ :: Noam Chomsky | | ★★★ | 2026-03-23 | _How to Hide an Empire_ :: Daniel Immerwahr | | ★★★ | 2026-03-16 | _Oranges_ :: John MacPhee | | | 2026-03-15 | _Wittgenstein's Mistress_ :: David Markson | | | 2026-03-14 | _Middle C_ :: William H. Gass | | ★★★★ | 2026-03-12 | _Careless People_ :: Sarah Wynn-Williams | | ★★★★ | 2026-03-10 | _The Decadent Society_ :: Ross Douthat | | ★★★ | 2026-03-08 | _Dawn_ :: Octavia Butler | | ★★★ | 2026-02-20 | _Uncommon Carriers_ :: John MacPhee | | ★★★★ | 2026-02-20 | _Beginning of Infinity_ :: David Deutsch | | ★★★★ | 2026-02-18 | _Sphere_ by Michael Chrichton | | ♡ | 2026-01-19 | _The Infinite Library_ :: Alexander Wales | | ♡ | 2026-01-12 | _Building Strongholds_ :: Alexander Wales | | ★★ | 2025-12-27 | _The Hard Thing About Hard Things_ :: Ben Horowitz | | ★★★ | 2025-12-27 | _The Man Who Broke Capitalism_ :: David Gelles | | ♡ | 2025-12-24 | _Trust and Consequences_ :: Alexander Wales | | ★★ | 2025-12-20 | _Eragon_ :: Christopher Paolini | | ♡ | 2025-12-11 | _Through Adversity_ :: Alexander Wales | | ★★★★★ | 2025-12-06 | _House of Suns_ :: Alastair Reynolds | | ★★★ | 2025-11-10 | _Version Control_ :: Dexter Palmer | | ★★★ | 2025-11-10 | _Meditations for Mortals_ :: Oliver Burkeman | | ★★★ | 2025-10-13 | _Matrix_ :: Lauren Groff | | ★★★ | 2025-10-05 | _The Wizard and the Prophet_ :: Charles C. Mann | | ★★★★ | 2025-10-04 | _Blindsight_ :: Peter Watts | | | 2025-10-03 | _Vellum_ :: Hal Duncan | | ★★★ | 2025-09-24 | _Breakneck_ :: Dan Wang | | ★★★★★ | 2025-09-21 | _Klara and the Sun_ :: Kazuo Ishiguro | | ★★ | 2025-09-20 | _The Curse of the Mogul_ :: Jonathan Knee, Bruce Greenwald, and Ava Seave | | ★★★ | 2025-09-19 | _Gideon the Ninth_ :: Tamsyn Muir | | ★★★ | 2025-09-17 | _Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned_ :: Kenneth O. Stanley and Joel Lehman | | ★★★★ | 2025-09-14 | _Characteristics of Games_ :: George Skaff Elias, Richard Garfield, and K. Robert Gutschera | | ★★★★ | 2025-09-07 | _Children of Time_ :: Adrian Tchaikovsky | | ★★ | 2025-09-02 | _Good to Great_ :: Jim C. Collins | | ★★★ | 2025-09-02 | _Devil Take the Hindmost_ :: Edward Chancellor | | ★★★ | 2025-09-02 | _The Grid_ :: Gretchen Bakke | | ★★★★ | 2025-08-30 | _The Wisdom of Insecurity_ :: Alan Watts | | ★★★ | 2025-08-30 | _What Makes Sammy Run?_ :: Buddy Schulberg | | ★★★★ | 2025-08-10 | _The Wager_ :: David Grann | | ★★★★ | 2025-08-05 | _Black Rednecks and White Liberals_ :: Thomas Sowell | | ★★★ | 2025-08-01 | _Waybound_ :: Will Wight | | ★★★ | 2025-07-29 | _Dreadgod_ :: Will Wight | | ★★ | 2025-07-26 | _Reaper_ :: Will Wight | | ★★★★ | 2025-07-23 | _Bloodline_ :: Will Wight | | ★★ | 2025-07-23 | _Can't Hurt Me_ :: David Goggins | | ★★★★ | 2025-07-23 | _Become What You Are_ :: Alan Watts | | ★★★★ | 2025-07-19 | _Wintersteel_ :: Will Wight | | ★★★ | 2025-07-11 | _Uncrowned_ :: Will Wight | | ★★★★ | 2025-07-09 | _How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia_ :: Mohsin Hamid | | ★★★ | 2025-07-08 | _Underlord_ :: Will Wight | | ★★★ | 2025-07-07 | _The Wealth of Humans_ :: Ryan Avent | | ★★★ | 2025-07-06 | _Ghostwater_ :: Will Wight | | ★★ | 2025-07-06 | _Skysworn_ :: Will Wight | | ★★★ | 2025-07-05 | _Blackflame_ :: Will Wight | | ★★★ | 2025-07-01 | _Soulsmith_ :: Will Wight | | ★★★★ | 2025-07-01 | _Everything is Tuberculosis_ :: John Green | | ★★★ | 2025-06-25 | _An Absolutely Remarkable Thing_ :: Hank Green | | ★★★ | 2025-06-23 | _Unsouled_ :: Will Wight | | ★★★★ | 2025-06-23 | _Steve Jobs_ :: Walter Isaacson | | ★★ | 2025-05-10 | _Zen and the Art of Happiness_ :: Chris Prentiss | | ★★ | 2025-05-10 | _The The Prime Number Conspiracy_ :: Thomas Lin | | ★★ | 2025-05-10 | _Soulhome_ :: Sarah Lin | | ★★★ | 2025-04-30 | _Good Inside_ :: Dr. Becky Kennedy | | ★★★ | 2025-04-29 | _Factfulness_ :: Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund | | ★★ | 2025-04-27 | _Give and Take_ :: Adam Grant | | ★★★ | 2025-04-21 | _On Bullshit_ :: Harry G. Frankfurt | | ★★★ | 2025-04-17 | _An Elegant Puzzle_ :: Will Larson | | ★★ | 2025-04-16 | _How Innovation Works_ :: Matt Ridley | | ★★★★★ | 2025-04-16 | _Musashi_ :: Eiji Yoshikawa | | ★★★ | 2025-03-20 | _The Mom Test_ :: Rob Fitzpatrick | | ★★★★ | 2025-03-09 | _Motivational Interviewing_ :: William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick | | ★★★★★ | 2025-03-06 | _The Golden Compass_ :: Philip Pullman | | ★★★ | 2025-03-04 | _Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids_ :: Bryan Caplan | | ★★★★ | 2025-03-03 | _Three Laws of Nature_ :: R. Stephen Berry | | ★★★ | 2025-02-28 | _Sirens & Muses_ :: Antonia Angress | | ★★★ | 2025-02-14 | _Creation Lake_ :: Rachel Kushner | | ★★ | 2025-02-07 | _Ministry of Time_ :: Kaliane Bradley | | ★★★ | 2025-02-14 | _Complexity: A Guided Tour_ :: Melanie Mitchell | | ★★★ | 2025-02-13 | _Supercommunicators_ :: Charles Duhill | | ★★ | 2025-02-10 | _How Evil Are Politicians_ :: Bryan Caplan | | ★★★★ | 2025-02-10 | _The Spider's War_ :: Daniel Abraham | | ★★★ | 2025-02-09 | _The Case Against Education_ :: Bryan Caplan | | ★★★ | 2025-02-09 | _Radical Abundance_ :: K. Eric Drexler | | ★★★★ | 2025-02-09 | _How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk_ :: Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish | | ★★★ | 2025-02-08 | _The Widow's House_ :: Daniel Abraham | | ★★★★★ | 2025-02-06 | _A Naked Singularity_ :: Sergio de la Pava | | ★★★★ | 2025-02-01 | _A General Theory of Oblivion_ :: José Eduardo Agualusa | | ★★★ | 2025-01-25 | _The Impossible Man_ :: Patchen Barss | | ★★★ | 2025-01-20 | _The Tyrant's Law_ :: Daniel Abraham | | ★★★★★ | 2025-01-06 | _The Road_ :: Cormac McCarthy | | ★★★ | 2025-01-01 | _Prisoners of Geography_ :: Tim Marshall | | ★★★★ | 2024-12-31 | _The King's Blood_ :: Daniel Abraham | | ★★★★★ | 2024-12-17 | _Cadillac Desert_ :: Marc Reisner | | ★★★ | 2024-12-16 | _Welcome to the Hyanam-dong Bookshop_ :: Hwang Bo-Reum | | ★★★★ | 2024-12-16 | _Thinking with Type_ :: Ellen Lupton | | ★★★ | 2024-12-15 | _James Acaster's Guide to Quitting Social Media_ :: James Acaster | | ★★★ | 2024-12-14 | _Fab_ :: Neil Gershenfeld | | | 2024-11-28 | _Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead_ :: Olga Tokarczuk Antonia Lloyd | | ★★★★ | 2024-11-27 | _Tyll_ :: Daniel Kehlmann | | ★★★ | 2024-11-22 | _Glucose Revolution_ :: Jessie Inchauspe | | ★★★★ | 2024-11-20 | _The Idiot_ :: Elif Batuman | | ★★★★ | 2024-11-19 | _The Dragon's Path_ :: Daniel Abraham | | ★★★★ | 2024-11-13 | _Oblivion: Stories_ :: David Foster Wallace | | ★★★★ | 2024-11-13 | _The Dream Machine_ :: M. Mitchell Waldrop | | ★★★ | 2024-11-04 | _Heaven_ :: Mieko Kawakami | | ★★★★★ | 2024-11-04 | _The Employees_ :: Olga Ravn | | ★★★★ | 2024-11-03 | _Convenience Store Woman_ :: Sayaka Murata | | ★★★ | 2024-11-01 | _Nexus_ :: Yuval Noah Harari | | ★★★ | 2024-10-31 | _Capitalist Realism_ :: Mark Fisher | | ★★★★★ | 2024-10-24 | _No Country for Old Men_ :: Cormac McCarthy | | ★★★ | 2024-10-21 | _The Strangest Man_ :: Graham Farmelo | | ★★★★★ | 2024-10-18 | _Trust_ :: Hernan Diaz | | ★★★★★ | 2024-10-17 | _Pastoralia_ :: George Saunders | | ★★★★★ | 2024-10-16 | _Atonement_ :: Ian McEwan | | ★★★★ | 2024-10-15 | _When We Cease to Understand the World_ :: Benjamín Labatut | | ★★ | 2024-10-11 | _The Friend_ :: Signid Nunez | | | 2024-10-10 | _Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage_ :: Alice Munroe | | ★★★★ | 2024-10-09 | _The Soul of a New Machine_ :: Tracy Kidder | | ★★★★ | 2024-10-06 | _Seeing Like a State_ :: James C. Scott | | ★★★ | 2024-09-25 | _Stay True_ :: Hua Hsu | | ★★★★ | 2024-09-16 | _Evicted_ :: Matthew Desmond | | ★★★ | 2024-09-10 | _Olive Kitteridge_ :: Elizabeth Strout | | ★★★★ | 2024-09-04 | _A Shining_ :: Jon Fosse | | ★★★★★ | 2024-09-01 | _Outline_ :: Rachel Cusk | | ★★ | 2024-08-30 | _The Glass Cage_ :: Nicholas Carr | | ★★ | 2024-08-29 | _Volt Rush_ :: Henry Sanderson | | ★★★★ | 2024-08-28 | _Demon Copperhead_ :: Barbara Kingsolver | | ★★★★ | 2024-08-13 | _The World for Sale_ :: Javier Blas & Jack Farchy | | ★★★★★ | 2024-08-11 | _Roadside Picnic_ :: Arkady & Boris Strugatsky | | | 2024-08-06 | _The War Below_ :: Ernest Scheyder | | ★★ | 2024-08-06 | _Frostbite_ :: Nicola Twilley | | ★★★★★ | 2024-08-06 | _War with the Newts_ :: Karel Capek | | ★★★ | 2024-08-03 | _Leviathan_ :: Paul Auster | | ★★★ | 2024-08-03 | _Enchanted Objects_ :: David Rose | | ★★★★★ | 2024-07-30 | _The Long Earth_ :: Stephen Baxter & Terry Pratchett | | ★★★★ | 2024-07-29 | _The Alignment Problem_ :: Brian Christian | | ★★★★ | 2024-07-26 | _How to Have Impossible Conversations_ :: Peter Boghossian & James Lindsay | | ★★★★★ | 2024-07-23 | _The Sellout_ :: Paul Beatty | | ★★ | 2024-07-22 | _Slow Productivity_ :: Cal Newport | | ♡ | 2024-07-19 | _Quantations_ :: Joseph A. Stirt, M.D. | | ★★★★ | 2024-07-19 | _The Sparrow_ :: Mary Doria Russell | | ★★ | 2024-07-18 | _Co-Intelligence_ :: Ethan Mollick | | ★★★ | 2024-07-14 | _The Politics of Design_ :: Ruben Pater | | ★★ | 2024-07-13 | _The Overstory_ :: Richard Powers | | ★★★ | 2024-06-27 | _User-Friendly_ :: Cliff Kuang & Robert Fabricant | | ★★★ | 2024-06-19 | _The Cold Start Problem_ :: Andrew Chen | | ★★ | 2024-06-15 | _Going Infinite_ :: Michael Lewis | | ★★ | 2024-06-15 | _Build_ :: Tony Fadell | | ★★★★★ | 2024-06-14 | _The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt_ :: Edmund Morris | | ★★ | 2024-06-07 | _The Art of Product Design_ :: Hardi Meybaum | | ★★★★ | 2024-06-02 | _Speaker for the Dead_ :: Orson Scott Card | | ★★★★ | 2024-06-01 | _Ender's Game_ :: Orson Scott Card | | ★★ | 2024-05-26 | _Effortless_ :: Greg McKeown | | ★★★★ | 2024-05-26 | _The Fifth Season_ :: N. K. Jemisin | | ★★★★ | 2024-05-13 | _Distrust that Particular Flavor_ :: William Gibson | | ★★★ | 2024-05-09 | _The Player of Games_ :: Iain M. Banks | | ★★★★ | 2024-05-03 | _Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories_ :: Terry Bisson | | ★★ | 2024-05-01 | _Consider Phlebas_ :: Iain M. Banks | | ★★★★★ | 2024-04-26 | [_Notes on the Synthesis of Form_ :: Christopher Alexander](https://bookshop.org/a/100436/9780674627512) | | ★★ | 2024-04-25 | _Lawns into Meadows_ :: Owen Wormster | | ★ | 2024-04-18 | _A Court of Thorns and Roses_ :: Sarah J. Maas | | ★★★ | 2024-04-07 | _The MANIAC_ :: Benjamin Labatut | | ★★★★ | 2024-03-24 | _The Midnight Library_ :: Matt Haig | | ★★ | 2024-03-22 | _Birnam Wood_ :: Eleanor Catton | | ★★★★ | 2024-03-19 | _The Night Circus_ :: Erin Morgenstein | | ★★ | 2024-03-18 | _Nine Princes in Amber_ :: Roger Zelazny | | | 2024-03-12 | _Little, Big_ :: John Crowley | | ★★★ | 2024-03-11 | _A Soil Owner's Manual_ :: Jon Stika | | ★★★★ | 2024-03-10 | _The Dispossessed_ :: Ursula K. Le Guin | | ★★ | 2024-03-07 | _Book Thief_ :: Markus Zusak | | ★★★ | 2024-03-05 | _Paved Paradise_ :: Henry Grabar | | ★★ | 2024-03-03 | _Revolver: Sam Colt and the Six-Shooter That Changed America_ :: Jim Rasenberger, Jacques Roy, et al. | | ★★ | 2024-02-29 | _What Do You Care What Other People Think?_ :: Richard P. Feynman | | ★★★ | 2024-02-29 | _Genius at Play: The Curious Mind of John Horton Conway_ :: Siobhan Roberts | | ★★★★★ | 2024-02-25 | [_The World According to Garp_ :: John Irving](https://bookshop.org/a/100436/9780593186879) | | ★★★★★ | 2024-02-20 | [_Educated_ :: Tara Westover](https://bookshop.org/a/100436/9780399590528) | | ★★ | 2024-02-18 | _The Upcycle_ :: William McDonough and Michael Braungart | | ★★ | 2024-02-17 | _From Here to Eternity_ :: _Caitlin Doughty_ | | ★ | 2024-02-17 | _Among Others_ :: _Jo Walton_ | | ★★★ | 2024-02-09 | _Faster_ :: _James Gleick_ | | ★★★★ | 2024-02-05 | _Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!_ :: _Richard Feynman_ | | ★★★ | 2024-02-01 | _How to be Alone_ :: _Jonathen Franzen_ | | ★★★ | 2024-01-29 | _Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself_ :: David Lipsky | | ★★ | 2024-01-29 | _Bringing Nature Home_ :: Douglas W. Tallamy | | ★★★ | 2024-01-27 | _Salvation_ :: Peter F. Hamilton | | | 2024-01-25 | _So Long, See You Tomorrow_ :: William Maxwell | | ★★★★ | 2024-01-22 | _Chronicle of a Death Foretold_ :: Gabriel García Márquez | | ★★★ | 2024-01-20 | _The Information_ :: James Gleick | | ★★★★ | 2024-01-16 | _Cradle to Cradle_ :: William McDonough and Michael Braungart | | ★★★ | 2024-01-13 | _One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich_ :: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn | | ★★ | 2024-01-13 | _No Such Thing as Bad Weather_ :: Linda Åkeson McGurk | | ★★★★ | 2024-01-13 | _Hunt, Gather, Parent_ :: Michaeleen Doucleff | | ★★ | 2024-01-10 | _The Joy of X_ :: Steven Strogatz | | ★★ | 2024-01-08 | _Rainbow's End_ :: Vernor Vinge | | ★★★★ | 2024-01-06 | _The Hour of the Star_ :: Clarice Lispector | | ★★★★★ | 2024-01-03 | [_The Library at Mt. Char_ :: Scott Hawkins](https://bookshop.org/a/100436/9780553418620) | | ★★ | 2023-12-31 | _Breakfast at Tiffany's_ :: Truman Capote | | ★★★★ | 2023-12-30 | _Working_ :: Robert A. Caro | | ★★ | 2023-12-30 | _Moll Flanders_ :: Daniel Dafoe | | ★★ | 2023-12-28 | _The Gift of Therapy_ :: Irvin Yalom | | ★★★★★ | 2023-12-27 | [_Of Mice and Men_ :: John Steinbeck](https://bookshop.org/a/100436/9780140177398) | | ★★★★ | 2023-12-26 | _Kitchen_ :: Banana Yoshimoto | | ★★★★ | 2023-12-24 | _We Have Always Lived In The Castle_ :: Shirley Jackson | | ★★★ | 2023-12-21 | _Radical Acceptance_ :: Tara Brach | | ★★ | 2023-12-19 | _Turn of the Screw_ :: Henry James | | ★★★★ | 2023-12-12 | _Train Dreams_ :: Denis Johnson | | ★★★★★ | 2023-12-09 | [_White Teeth_ :: Zadie Smith](https://bookshop.org/a/100436/9780375703867) | | ★★★ | 2023-11-26 | _The Trial_ :: Franz Kafka | | ★★ | 2023-11-25 | _Lucky Jim_ :: Kingsley Amis | | ★ | 2023-11-25 | _High Rise_ :: J.G. Ballard | | ★★★ | 2023-11-25 | _Things Fall Apart_ :: Chinua Achebe | | ★★★★ | 2023-11-23 | _How to Win Friends and Influence People_ :: Dale Carnegie | | ★★★ | 2023-11-10 | _Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell_ :: Susanna Clarke | | ★★★★ | 2023-11-07 | _Piranesi_ :: Susanna Clarke | | ★★★★ | 2023-10-26 | _All The Birds In The Sky_ :: Charlie Jane Anders | | ★★★★ | 2023-10-23 | _No One Is Talking About This_ :: Patricia Lockwood | | ★★★★★ | 2023-10-20 | [_East of Eden_ :: John Steinbeck](https://bookshop.org/a/100436/9780140186390) | | ★★★ | 2023-10-12 | _The Structure of Scientific Revolutions_ :: Thomas S. Kuhn | | ★★ | 2023-10-10 | _The Body_ :: Bill Bryson | | ★★★★ | 2023-10-03 | _Storm Front_ :: Jim Butcher | | ★★★★★ | 2023-10-01 | [_Men, Machines, and Modern Times_ :: Elting E. Morison](https://bookshop.org/a/100436/9780262529310) | | ★★★ | 2023-09-16 | _Breath_ :: James Nestor | | ★★ | 2023-09-18 | _The Nature of Oaks_ :: Douglas W. Tallamy | | ★★ | 2023-09-18 | _Writing Down the Bones_ :: Natalie Goldberg | | ★★ | 2023-09-19 | _The Moon is a Harsh Mistress_ :: Robert A. Heinlein | | ★★★★★ | 2023-09-20 | [_The Timeless Way of Building_ :: Christopher Alexander](https://bookshop.org/a/100436/9780195024029) | | ★★★ | 2023-09-25 | _Accelerando_ :: Charles Stross | | ★★★ | 2023-09-28 | _Permutation City_ :: Greg Egan | | ★★★ | 2023-09-29 | _On Having No Head_ :: Douglas Edison Harding | | ★★★★ | 2023-09-15 | _When Things Fall Apart_ :: Pema Chödrön | | ★★★ | 2023-09-14 | _A Walk in the Woods_ :: Bill Bryson | | ★★★ | 2023-09-12 | _Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents_ :: Lindsay Gibson | | ★ | 2023-09-11 | _If You Could See The Sun_ :: Ann Liang | | ★★ | 2023-09-10 | _Extra Virginity_ :: Tom Mueller | | ★★★★★ | 2023-09-09 | [_Player Piano_ :: Kurt Vonnegut](https://bookshop.org/a/100436/9780385333788) | | ★★★★ | 2023-09-05 | _Restoration Agriculture_ :: Mark Shepard | | ★★★ | 2023-09-04 | _No Logo_ :: Naomi Klein | | ★★ | 2023-09-02 | _The Shadow of What Was Lost_ :: James Islington | | ★★ | 2023-09-01 | _Orbiting the Giant Hairball_ :: Gordon MacKenzie | | ★★ | 2023-08-23 | _So You've Been Publicly Shamed_ :: Jon Ronson | | ★★★ | 2023-08-22 | _The Left Hand of Darkness_ :: Ursula K. Le Guin | | ★★★★★ | 2023-08-21 | [_The Omnivore's Dilemma_ :: Michael Pollan](https://bookshop.org/a/100436/9780143038580) | | ★★★★ | 2023-08-18 | [_The Design of Everyday Things_ :: Don Norman](https://bookshop.org/a/100436/9780465050659) | | ★★★★ | 2023-08-12 | [_The Inner Game of Tennis_ :: W. Timothy Gallwey](https://bookshop.org/a/100436/9780679778318) | | ★ | 2023-08-09 | _Triumph of Seeds_ :: Thor Hanson | | ★★ | 2023-08-08 | _Bird by Bird_ :: Anne Lamott | | ★★★★★ | 2023-08-08 | [_The Diamond Age_ :: Neal Stephenson](https://bookshop.org/a/100436/9780553380965) | | ★★ | 2023-08-02 | _Zen in the Art of Writing_ :: Ray Bradbury | | ★ | 2023-08-01 | _How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor_ :: Thomas C. 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