Library

Currently reading

Updated: 21 Nov 2022

• The Burnout Society / Byung-Chul Han, Erik Butler
• The Four Horsemen: The Conversation That Sparked an Atheist Revolution / Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett
• The Archer / Paulo Coelho
• The Clothing of Books / Jhumpa Lahiri

On hold

At the Existentialist Cafe / Sarah Bakewell

• The Seven Ages of Death: A Forensic Pathologist’s Journey Through Life / Dr. Richard Shepherd

Next up reading list

1. The Burnout Society / Byung-Chul Han
2. The Paliative Society / Byung-Chul Han
3. Capitalism and the Death Drive / Byung-Chul Han
4. The Scent of Time / Byung-Chul Han
5. Kindfulness / Ajahn Brahm

Next-next up

1. Under the Whisphering Door / T.J Klune
2. The Sublime Object of Ideology / Slavoj Zizek
3. Circe / Madeline Miller
4. The Midnight Library / Matt Haig
5. When We Were Birds / Ayanna Lloyd Banwo

Key

⭑ - favorite, will re-read

2022

1. A Little Life / Hanya Yanagihara
2. Deep Work / Cal Newport
3. The House in the Cerulean Sea / T.J Klune ⭑
4. Outgrowing God / Richard Dawkins
5. They Both Die at the End / Adam Silvera
6. The Song of Achilles / Madeline Miller
7. Gang Fit: Freedom & Strength / Guru Anaerobic ⭑
8. Normal People / Sally Rooney
9. How to Take Smart Notes / Dr. Sönke Ahrens

2021

Apparently I read nothing in 2021?! Very concerning…

2020

1. Wayward Son / Rainbow Rowell
2. Manage Your Day-to-Day / Jocelyn Glei
3. Discipline Equals Freedom / Jocko Willink
4. Die with Zero / Bill Perkins
5. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine / Gail Honeyman
6. The Places That Scare You / Pema Chödrön
7. Can’t Hurt Me / David Goggins
8. City of Ghosts / Victoria Schwab
9. The Great Alone / Kristin Hannah ⭑
10. Unnatural Causes / Dr. Richard Shepherd

2019

1. Carry On / Rainbow Rowell ⭑
2. 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World / Elif Shafak
3. Convenience Store Woman / Sayaka Murata
4. Being Aware of Being Aware / Rupert Spira
5. Vaster Than Sky, Greater Than Space / Mooji
6. The Four Agreements / Miguel Ruiz

2018

1. Muse of Nightmares / Laini Taylor ⭑
2. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them / J.K. Rowling
3. Strange the Dreamer / Laini Taylor ⭑
4. The Language of Thorns / Leigh Bardugo
5. Homegoing / Yaa Gyasi
6. Written in the Stars / Aisha Saeed
7. I Am Not Your Negro

2017

1. Call Me by Your Name / André Aciman
2. Waking up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion / Sam Harris
3. Zen and the Art of Happiness / Chris Prentiss ⭑
4. Minimalism: Essential Essays / Joshua Fields Millburn
5. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe / Benjamin Alire Sáenz
6. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda / Becky Albertalli

2016

1. Big Magic / Elizabeth Gilbert ⭑
2. The Alchemist / Paulo Coelho
3. When Breath Becomes Air / Dr. Paul Kalanithi
4. How to Win Friends and Influence People / Dale Carnegie
5. Strange Girl / Christopher Pike
6. The War of Art / Steven Pressfield
7. Steal Like an Artist / Austin Kleon
8. The Outsider / Albert Camus
9. Eating Animals / Jonathan Safran Foer
10. Walk Like a Buddha / Lodro Rinzler
11. The Good Luck of Right Now / Matthew Quick

2015

1. Falling / Christopher Pike
2. Living Buddha, Living Christ / Thich Nhat Hanh

2014

1. To Die For / Christopher Pike
2. Chain Letter / Christopher Pike
3. Sati / Christopher Pike

2013

1. The Power of Now / Eckhart Tolle
2. A New Earth / Eckhart Tolle
3. The Prophet / Kahlil Gibran
4. Siddhartha / Herman Hesse
5. Thirst No. 5: The Sacred Veil / Christopher Pike ⭑

2011

1. Remember Me / Christopher Pike ⭑
2. Thirst No. 1: The Last Vampire, Black Blood and Red Dice / Christopher Pike ⭑
3. Thirst No. 2: Phantom, Evil Thirst and Creatures of Forever / Christopher Pike ⭑
4. Thirst No. 3: The Eternal Dawn / Christopher Pike ⭑
5. Thirst No. 4: The Shadow of Death / Christopher Pike ⭑
6. The Story of My Face / Kathy Page
7. The Lords of the Underworld Series / Gena Showalter
8. Graceling / Kristin Cashore