2023 reading log



favorite reads
title author format genre pub date original language
chess story stefan zweig novella fiction 1941 german
operators and things barbara o'brien book nonfiction 1958 english
invitation to a beheading vladimir nabokov book fiction 1959 russian
wisconsin death trip michael lesy book nonfiction 1973 english
the sponsored life leslie savan book nonfiction 1994 english
no logo naomi wolf book nonfiction 1999 english
the last days of judas iscariot stephen adly guirgis play drama 2005 english
an oresteia anne carson/aiskhylos/sophokles/euripides play drama 2009 ancient greek
the seventh function of language laurent binet book fiction 2017 french
real life brandon taylor book fiction 2020 english
piranesi susanna clarke book fiction/fantasy 2020 english
h of h playbook anne carson book fiction 2021 english
to walk alone in the crowd antonio munoz molina book nonfiction 2021 spanish
trust hernan diaz book fiction 2022 english
the salt grows heavy cassandra khaw novella fiction/horror 2023 english
babel r.f. kuang book fiction/fantasy 2022 english
y/n esther yi book fiction 2023 english
people collide isle mcelroy book fiction 2023 english
white cat, black dog kelly link collection/short story fiction/horror 2023 english
our share of night mariana enriquez book fiction/horror 2023 spanish
the curator owen king book fiction/fantasy 2023 english

books by cover color

books by original language
ancient greek · danish · english · french · german · hungarian · japanese · russian · spanish

publication timeline

c. 450 bc: prometheus bound by aiskhylos

1881: ghosts by henrik ibsen

1895: the king in yellow by robert w. chambers

1941: chess story by stefan zweig

1949: crooked house by agatha christie

1958:

  • caligula by albert camus
  • the misunderstanding by albert camus
  • operators and things by barbara o'brien

1959: invitation to a beheading by vladimir nabokov

1973: wisconsin death trip by michael lesy

1975: amphigorey too by edward gorey

1983: amphigorey also by edward gorey

1994: the sponsored life by leslie savan

1999: no logo by naomi klein

2002: if not, winter: fragments of sappho by anne carson

2005:

  • kafka on the shore by haruki murakami
  • the lightning thief by rick riordan
  • the last days of judas iscariot by stephen adly guirgis

2006: the sea of monsters by rick riordan

2007: the titan's curse by rick riordan

2008: the battle of the labyrinth by rick riordan

2009:

  • the last olympian by rick riordan
  • an oresteia by anne carson

2012:

  • the understanding monster by theo ellsworth
  • the witness for the prosecution and other stories by agatha christie

2013: london falling by paul cornell

2014: horrorstor by grady hendrix

2015:

  • exquisite corpse by penelope bagieu
  • the new deal by jonathan case

2016: the ballad of black tom by victor lavalle

2017:

  • bakkhai by anne carson/euripides
  • the seventh function of language by laurent binet

2018: the poppy war by r.f. kuang

2019:

  • the thousand doors of january by alix e. harrow
  • ninth house by leigh bardugo
  • space invaders by nona fernandez
  • until you continue to behave by carter amelia davis
  • the servant by robin maugham
  • mary ventura and the ninth kingdom by sylvia plath
  • an unauthorized fan treatise by lauren james

2020:

  • piranesi by susanna clarke
  • harrow the ninth by tamsyn muir
  • antkind by charlie kaufman
  • real life by brandon taylor

2021:

  • h of h playbook by anne carson
  • liminal zone by junji ito
  • the haunting season, stories by various authors
  • to walk alone in the crowd by antonio munoz molina
  • after the rain by nnedi okorafor/john jennings
  • call me estaban by lejla kalamujic

2022:

  • babel by r.f. kuang
  • the black maybe by attila veres
  • acid nun by corinne halbert
  • the atlas six by olivie blake
  • the atlas paradox by olivie blake
  • trust by hernan diaz
  • jawbone by monica ojeda
  • laserwriter ii by tamara shopsin
  • the lemon by s.e. boyd

2023:

  • y/n by esther yi
  • emily wilde's encyclopedia of fairies by heather fawcett
  • the crane husband by kelly regan barnhill
  • house of cotton by monica brashears
  • our share of night by mariana enriquez
  • the death of us by lori rader-day
  • ascension by nicholas binge
  • the last word by taylor adams
  • people collide by isle mcelroy
  • white cat, black dog by kelly link
  • the curator by owen king
  • hell bent by leigh bardugo
  • a house with good bones by t. kingfisher
  • the fraud by zadie smith
  • the militia house by john milas
  • the insatiable volt sisters by rachel eve moulton
  • solomon's crown by natasha siegel
  • the salt grows heavy by cassandra khaw
  • silver nitrate by silvia moreno garcia