Bookshelf
My digital archive of finished, current, and upcoming reads
By the Numbers
Now Reading
Currently reading 0 books
On Deck
- How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi 🎧
Queued/Future Reads
- The Ministry for the Future: A Novel by Kim Stanley Robinson
- The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
- The Alienist by Caleb Carr
- Klara and the Sun: A Novel by Kazuo Ishiguro
- Everything in Its Place: First Loves and Last Tales by Oliver Sacks
Recently Read
- Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
- The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus by Richard Preston
- Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson
- 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created by Charles C. Mann
- The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells
- The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design by Roman Mars, Kurt Kohlstedt
- Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts by Carol Tavris, Elliot Aronson
- You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters by Kate Murphy
- Architecture: Art by Philip Jodidio
- The Art of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms and Beyond by Christopher Finch
Recommendations
Explore the Past
Recommendations for diving into world history and the Human era:
- 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
- 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created by Charles C. Mann
- Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson
Climate Change
Recommendations about how our world is changing around us:
- The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here by Hope Jahren
- The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells
American History
Recommendations for understanding inequality and the roots of modern conflict in America:
- Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
- The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
- These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore
The Human Body
Recommendations for learning what makes us tick, tock, and eventually topple:
- Breath: the new science of a lost art by James Nestor
- Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance by Alex Hutchinson
- I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us And A Grander View Of Life by Ed Yong
- Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don't Have To by David A. Sinclair
- The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson