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
B
- Becoming Little Shell a Landless Indian's Journey Home
- The Beginning Comes After the End Notes on a World of Change
- Berlin by Bea Setton
- 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
- Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
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
- 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
- Go As A River by Shelley Read
- Great Founders Write by Ben Putano
H
- The Hitch by Sara Levine
- House of Day House of Night by Olga Tokarczuk
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
- Marcella Says... Italian Cooking Wisdom From the Legendary Teacher's Master Classes
- Margo's Got Money Problems
- Martyr!
- Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
R
- Rebel Girl by Kathleen Hanna
- Reflections on The Antidote by Karen Russell
- The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI How to Think About Artificial Intelligence—Before It's Too Late
- 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
- 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
- Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
- Success and Luck by Robert Frank
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
Y
- The Year in Tech 2026 by Harvard Business Review