Bookshelf

Here lies my digital bookshelf, cataloging what I’ve read over the years.

2023

March

• Growing up Queer ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

February

• Snowcrash ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

January

• A Responsible Company ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

2022

November

• Shantaram ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

September

• Civilized to Death: What Was Lost on the Way to Modernity ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

August

• Siddhartha ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Greenlights ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

July

• When Breath Becomes Air ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of Our World ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• The Death of Vivek Oji ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

June

• Fahrenheit 451 ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

May

• Slaughterhouse-Five ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

March

• Breakfast of Champions ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

January

• The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, #1) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Shadow’s Edge (Night Angel, #2) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Beyond the Shadows (Night Angel, #3) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Perfect Shadow (Night Angel, #0.5) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• I, Night Angel (Night Angel, #3.5) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

2021

December

• Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

November

• Crime and Punishment ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• We Should All Be Feminists ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

October

• How to Be an Anticapitalist in the Twenty-First Century ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

August

• Dark Emu ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Pinball, 1973 (The Rat, #2)
• Hear the Wind Sing (The Rat, #1)

July

• The Death of Ivan Ilych ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

June

• The Master and Margarita ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

May

• Cat’s Cradle ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

March

• Pachinko ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

February

• The Nickel Boys ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• A Promised Land ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

January

• The Little Prince ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

2020

October

• Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

September

• Dune (Dune #1) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

August

• Principles: Life and Work ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• The Picture of Dorian Gray ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• The Sirens of Titan ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• The Barefoot Investor: The Only Money Guide You’ll Ever Need ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

March

• The Trial ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

January

• What We Talk About When We Talk About Love ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

2019

December

• The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid’s Tale, #1) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

November

• Killing Commendatore ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

October

• The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Digital Fortress ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

September

• War and Peace ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

January

• Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

2018

December

• All the Light We Cannot See ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

August

• Kafka on the Shore ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

June

• Villa Incognito ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Men Without Women ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

February

• Animal Farm ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• The Remains of the Day ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• The Doll’s House ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

January

• The Kite Runner

2017

November

• Lord of the Flies ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

August

• The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• The Crucible ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

June

• Hamlet ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

April

• The Unbearable Lightness of Being ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• A Certain Smile ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

January

• All Quiet on the Western Front ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Dubliners ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Melting the Snow on Hester Street ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• A Thousand Splendid Suns

2016

October

• A Clockwork Orange ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Catch-22 ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• The Old Man and the Sea ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Sputnik Sweetheart ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

August

• Lolita ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

July

• The Alchemist ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

June

• Norwegian Wood ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• A Streetcar Named Desire and Other Plays
• The Miller’s Tale ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

May

• Dark Places ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• The Time Machine ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

April

• A Short History of the World ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

March

• Memoirs of a Geisha ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Dracula ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

February

• Highways to a War (Volume One of Beware of the Past) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

January

• Reasons to Stay Alive ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• The Lowest Heaven ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• The Removalists ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

2015

December

• Brave New World ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower, #7) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

November

• Song of Susannah (The Dark Tower, #6) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

October

• Wizard and Glass (The Dark Tower, #4) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Wolves of the Calla (The Dark Tower, #5) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

August

• The Waste Lands (The Dark Tower, #3) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• A Journey to the Centre of the Earth ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• The Great Gatsby ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

July

• Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• The Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower, #2) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

June

• The Girl on the Train ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• The Magic of Reality: How We Know What’s Really True ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Macbeth ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

May

• The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds, #1) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Escaping Daddy ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

April

• The Sea of Tranquility ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

March

• The Shadow of the Wind ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

February

• The End Games ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Of Mice and Men ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

January

• The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• 1Q84 Book 1 (1Q84, #1) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• 1Q84 (1Q84, #2) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• 1Q84 (1Q84, #3) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

2014

December

• Exodus 2022 ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Gone Girl ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Romeo and Juliet ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

September

• The Silmarillion ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Deltora Quest (Deltora Quest, #1-8) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Inferno (Robert Langdon, #4) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• 1984 ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Conduit (Emily Monroe #1) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• The Humans ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• The Black Book of Secrets

August

• Delirium (Delirium, #1) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Annabel (Delirium, #0.5) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

July

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
• To Kill a Mockingbird ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

June

• Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1)
• Dark Days (Skulduggery Pleasant, #4)
• Mortal Coil (Skulduggery Pleasant, #5)
• Death Bringer (Skulduggery Pleasant, #6)
• Playing with Fire (Skulduggery Pleasant, #2)
• The Faceless Ones (Skulduggery Pleasant, #3)
• Kingdom of the Wicked (Skulduggery Pleasant, #7)
• World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1)
• The Eternity Code (Artemis Fowl, #3)
• The Arctic Incident (Artemis Fowl, #2)
• The Opal Deception (Artemis Fowl, #4)
• The Lost Colony (Artemis Fowl, #5)
• City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
• City of Glass (The Mortal Instruments, #3)
• City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments, #2)
• City of Fallen Angels (The Mortal Instruments, #4)
• City of Lost Souls (The Mortal Instruments, #5)
• Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)
• Evil Genius (Genius, #1)
• The Genius Wars (Genius, #3)
• The 2nd Big Big Book of Tashi
• The Big Big Big Book of Tashi
• The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1)
• The Son of Neptune (The Heroes of Olympus, #2)
• Department Nineteen (Department 19, #1)
• The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
• The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)
• The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
• The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3)
• The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)
• The Key to Rondo (Rondo, #1)
• The Wizard of Rondo (Rondo, #2)
• The Battle for Rondo (Rondo, #3)
• The Spiderwick Chronicles Box Set (The Spiderwick Chronicles, #1-5)
• Keeper of the Grail (The Youngest Templar, #1)
• The Day the World Ended (Extinction, #1)
• The Explosive Conclusion (Extinction, #2)
• Rowan of Rin : The Journey (Rowan of Rin, #1-5)
• Human.4 (Point 4, #1)
• The Book Thief ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Crescendo (Hush, Hush, #2) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Silence (Hush, Hush, #3) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• The Wolf of Wall Street (The Wolf of Wall Street, #1) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Legend (Legend, #1) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Looking for Alibrandi ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Between Shades of Gray ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Prodigy (Legend, #2) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Life Before Legend (Legend, #0.5) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Champion (Legend, #3) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

May

• Life of Pi ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Metro 2033 (Metro, #1) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• My Place ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

April

• The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1) ⭐ ⭐
• Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Blood Promise (Vampire Academy, #4) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Mao’s Last Dancer ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Spirit Bound (Vampire Academy, #5) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Last Sacrifice (Vampire Academy, #6) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Zombiestan ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

March

• Finale (Hush, Hush, #4) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• The Fault in Our Stars ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• The Kill Order (The Maze Runner, #0.4) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• The Scorch Trials (The Maze Runner, #2) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Thomas’s First Memory of the Flare (The Maze Runner, #2.5) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• The Death Cure (The Maze Runner, #3) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Looking for Alaska ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Frostbite (Vampire Academy, #2) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

February

• Hush, Hush (Hush, Hush, #1) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

January

• Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Divergent (Divergent, #1) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Insurgent (Divergent, #2) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Allegiant (Divergent, #3) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

2013

December

• A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• The Time Paradox (Artemis Fowl #6) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Genius Squad (Evil Genius Trilogy Series #2) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Once & Then ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• The Complete Grimm’s Fairy Tales ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
• Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

November

• The Lord of the Rings ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

2011

January

• Halo: Fall of Reach
• Halo: The Cole Protocol

2010

January

• The Devil and His Boy

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