Book Mentions, Reviews, Reading Notes, and Highlights
A working list of books read, reviewed, and marked up. Notes, highlights, and marginalia from slow reading across fiction and nonfiction.
A
- A Peoples History of the United States by Howard Zinn
- A System for Writing How an Unconventional Approach to Note-Making Can Help You Capture Ideas Think Wildly and Write Constantly by Bob Doto
- Animal Farm by George Orwell
- Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez
- The Antidote by Karen Russell
- The Atavists by Lydia Millet
B
- Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian's Journey Home by Chris La Tray
- The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change by Rebecca Solnit
- Berlin by Bea Setton
- The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love by Alice Hoffman (Editor)
- Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino
- Blood Test by Charles Baxter
- Brawler: Stories by Lauren Groff
- Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber
C
- Cape Fever by Nadia Davids
- The Coin by Yasmin Zaher
- The Colony by Annika Norlin
- Come What May: Life-Changing Lessons for Coping with Crisis by Lucy Easthope
- Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
- Cosmopolis by Don Delillo
D
- Damnificados by J.J. Amaworo Wilson
- The Dog of the South by Charles Portis
F
- The Feeling of Iron by Giaime Alonge
- Fever Beach by Carl Hiaasen
- The French in New Mexico Four Centuries of Explorations Adventure and Influence by François-Marie Patorni
- The Friend by Sigrid Nunez
G
- Generation Priced Out by Randy Shaw
- Ghost Work by Mary L. Gray and Siddharth Suri
- Girl Warrior: On Coming of Age by Joy Harjo
- Go As A River by Shelley Read
- Good Work by Paul Millerd
- Great Founders Write by Ben Putano
H
- Helen of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman
- Hetty: The Genius and Madness of America's First Female Tycoon by Charles Slack
- The Hitch by Sara Levine
- House of Day House of Night by Olga Tokarczuk
I
- I'm Always Looking Up and You're Jumping by Hanif Abdurraqib
J
- John of John by Douglas Stuart
L
- Last Night in Brooklyn by Xochitl Gonzalez
M
- Mammoth by Eva Baltasar
- The Man Who Could Move Clouds by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
- Man's Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl
- Marcella Says Italian Cooking Wisdom from the Legendary Teacher's Master Classes by Marcella Hazan
- Margo's Got Money Problems by Rufi Thorpe
- Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
- Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
N
- Native Nations: A Millennium in North America by Kathleen DuVal
P
- Pasta Grannies The Official Cookbook The Secrets of Italy's Best Home Cooks by Vicky Bennison
- Python's Kiss: Stories by Louise Erdrich
R
- Rebel Girl by Kathleen Hanna
- The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI: How to Think About Artificial Intelligence Before It's Too Late by Cory Doctorow
- The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett
S
- The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game by C. Thi Nguyen
- Service by John Tottenham
- Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon
- Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York by Gail Parent
- Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
- Soothe: Restoring Your Nervous System from Stress, Anxiety, Burnout, and Trauma by Nahid de Belgeonne
- Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
- Success and Luck by Robert Frank
- Sucker Punch by Scaachi Koul
T
- The Talisman of Happiness by Ada Boni
- Trip by Amie Barrodale
V
- Vigil by George Saunders
- Villa Coco by Andrew Sean Greer
W
- What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
- When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
- Wild Mind: Living The Writers Life by Natalie Goldberg
Y
- The Year in Tech 2026 by Harvard Business Review
- You Are Here by David Nicholls