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Books I have read

Personal reading log spanning fiction and nonfiction, organized by genre with works from 1908 to 2026. This list, started in late 2022, is far from complete. I'm sure I've missed some and will again.

Finished in 2026

  • The Rise of the Dragon by George R. R. Martin (2022)
  • Story Grid by Shawn Coyne (2015)
  • A Monestary Within by Gil Fronsdal (2010)
  • Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey (1821)
  • Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs (1959)

Fiction

  • The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, 1908
  • The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany, 1924
  • Foundation by Isaac Asimov, 1951
  • Casino Royale by Ian Fleming, 1953
  • The Star Diaries by Stanisław Lem, 1957
  • A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr., 1959
  • Tarnsman of Gor by John Norman, 1966
  • The Winds of Gath by E.C. Tubb, 1968
  • The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin, 1974
  • The Florians by Brian Stableford, 1976
  • Hyperion by Dan Simmons, 1989
  • The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett, 1989
  • Harlot’s Ghost by Norman Mailer, 1991
  • Grognard by Loren Wiseman, 1992
  • March or Die by Andrew Keith & William H. Keith Jr., 1992
  • Honor and Fidelity by Andrew Keith & William H. Keith Jr., 1992
  • Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, 1992
  • Cohort of the Damned by Andrew Keith & William H. Keith Jr., 1993
  • Distress by Greg Egan, 1995
  • Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan, 2002
  • Jennifer Government by Max Barry, 2003
  • Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon, 2009
  • Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel, 2009
  • The Singer’s Gun by Emily St. John Mandel, 2009
  • The Lola Quartet by Emily St. John Mandel, 2012
  • Manna by Marshall Brain, 2012
  • Quarter Share by Nathan Lowell, 2012
  • Captain’s Share by Nathan Lowell, 2013
  • Double Share by Nathan Lowell, 2013
  • Fire with Fire by Charles E. Gannon, 2013
  • Full Share by Nathan Lowell, 2013
  • Half Share by Nathan Lowell, 2013
  • Abaddon’s Gate by James S. A. Corey, 2013
  • Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, 2014
  • Cibola Burn by James S.A. Corey, 2014
  • Owner’s Share by Nathan Lowell, 2014
  • South Coast by Nathan Lowell, 2014
  • Rogues by George R.R. Martin et al., 2014
  • Nemesis Games by James S.A. Corey, 2015
  • In Ashes Born by Nathan Lowell, 2015
  • Babylon’s Ashes by James S.A. Corey, 2016
  • Milk Run by Nathan Lowell, 2016
  • To Fire Called by Nathan Lowell, 2017
  • Persepolis Rising by James S.A. Corey, 2017
  • Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado, 2017
  • In Darkness Forged by Nathan Lowell, 2018
  • Forever and a Day by Anthony Horowitz, 2018
  • Home Run by Nathan Lowell, 2018
  • The Overstory by Richard Powers, 2018
  • Suicide Run by Nathan Lowell, 2018
  • Fortuna by Kristyn Merbeth, 2019
  • Tiamat’s Wrath by James S.A. Corey, 2019
  • Widowed by Chris A. Jackson, 2019
  • The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel, 2020
  • Finwell Bay by Nathan Lowell, 2020
  • Cape Grace by Nathan Lowell, 2020
  • Ghouls by Richard Lee Byers, 2020
  • Wet Work by Chris A. Jackson, 2020
  • Leviathan Falls by James S.A. Corey, 2021
  • Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel, 2022
  • Little Rabbit by Alyssa Songsiridej, 2022
  • Hard Knocks by Nathan Lowell, 2023
  • Working Class by Nathan Lowell, 2023
  • School Days by Nathan Lowell, 2023

Nonfiction

  • The Anatomy of a Golf Course by Tom Doak, 1992
  • The Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram, 1996
  • The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch, 2011
  • The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt, 2012
  • The Venetians by Paul Strathern, 2013
  • Rising Strong by Brené Brown, 2015
  • The Case Against Reality by Donald Hoffman, 2019
  • In Praise of Walking by Shane O’Mara, 2019
  • Breath by James Nestor, 2020
  • The Four Foundations of Golf by Jon Sherman, 2022