2024 Bookshelf

20. Filterworld by Kyle Chayka
19. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver ✨
18. Underworld by Don Delillo
17. Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh ✨
16. Dilla Time by Dan Charnas
15. The Fallen Star by Claudia Gray
14. Dynasty of Evil by Drew Karpyshyn
13. The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer ✨
12. Rule of Two by Drew Karpyshyn
11. Sleep to Heal by Abhinav Singh
10. The Source by Woodson Merrell 9. Path of Destruction by Drew Karpyshyn
8. The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu ✨
7. The Puzzler by A.J. Jacobs
6. Red Team Blues by Cory Doctorow
5. A History of Fake Things on the Internet by Walter Scheirer
4. The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson ✨
3. Number Go Up by Zeke Faux
2. Beloved by Toni Morrison
1. Contact by Carl Sagan ✨

A Non-Exhaustive List of All Time Favorites (Nonfiction)

Sex, Economy, Freedom and Community by Wendell Berry
The Long Loneliness by Dorothy Day
Merton’s Palace of Nowhere by James Finley
The Divide by Jason Hickel
All About Love by bell hooks
The Seven Story Mountain by Thomas Merton
Love and Living by Thomas Merton
Living Buddha, Living Christ by Thich Nhat Hanh
The Grace of Enough by Haley Stewart
The Kingdom of God is Within You by Leo Tolstoy

A Non-Exhaustive List of All Time Favorites (Fiction)

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
White Noise by Don DeLillo
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
The Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac

2023 Bookshelf

24. The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler ✨
23. Affluenza by John de Graaf, David Wann, and Thomas H. Naylor (Audiobook)
22. Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jasmyn Ward
21. The Bill of Obligations by Richard Haas
20. Under the Dome by Stephen King
19. Hoosiers: A New History of Indiana by James H. Madison ✨
18. Wild Mercy by Mirabai Starr ✨
17. Terraform by Propaganda
16. The Pale King by David Foster Wallace ✨
15. Thrawn: Treason by Timothy Zahn
14. Thrawn: Alliances by Timothy Zahn
13. The Need to be Whole by Wendell Berry ✨
12. Thrawn by Timothy Zahn
11. Xenogenesis Trilogy by Octavia Butler ✨
10. Evicted by Matthew Desmond
9. Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
8. Down the River unto the Sea by Walter Mosley
7. Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey ✨
6. Race: Challenge to Religion by Mathew H. Ahmann
5. The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty
4. The Recovering by Leslie Jamison ✨
3. Marvel Comics: The Untold Story by Sean Howe ✨
2. How To Do Nothing by Jenny Odell (Reread) (Audiobook)
1. Provocations: The Spiritual Writings of Soren Kierkegaard edited by Charles E. Moore

2022 Bookshelf

28. The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
27. Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
26. The Meaning of Marriage by Tim Keller
25. Trust Exercise by Susan Choi ✨
24. The Day The World Stops Shopping by J.B. MacKinnon
23. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
22. Long Division by Kiese Laymon ✨
21. The Rising Storm by Cavan Scott
20. The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
19. V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
18. Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut
17. The Light of the Jedi by Charles Soule
16. White Noise by Don DeLillo ✨
15. Slaughterhouse Five (re-read) by Kurt Vonnegut
14. Maus by Art Spiegelman
13. Life and Holiness by Thomas Merton
12. Tough by Terry Crews ✨
11. Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
10. All The Shah’s Men by Stephen Kinzer
9. The Likeness by Tana French ✨
8. Stolen Focus by Johann Hari ✨
7. Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson
6. The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous
5. Dawn of the New Everything by Jaron Lanier
4. The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis
3. Witches and Witch Hunts: A History of Persecution by Milton Meltzer
2. Cultish by Amanda Montell
1. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski ✨

2021 Bookshelf

27. Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen ✨
26. The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin
25. The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
24. The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
23. The Circadian Code by Satchin Panda, PhD ✨
22. Beautiful World, Where Are You? by Sally Rooney ✨
21. Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke
20. Antkind by Charlie Kaufman
19. Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov
18. Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov
17. Foundation by Isaac Asimov
16. Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons ✨
15. No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood ✨
14. Essentialism by Greg McKeown
13. Strength to Love by Martin Luther King, Jr.
12. A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
11. The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
10. Futureproof by Kevin Roose
9. Exhalation by Ted Chiang
8. Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips
7. All About Love: New Visions (re-read) by bell hooks
6. Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang ✨
5. Atomic Habits (Audiobook) James Clear ✨
4. Steve Jobs (Audiobook) by Walter Isaacson ✨
3. The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
2. On Social Justice by St. Basil the Great
1. Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson