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I tend to be a voracious reader, and I read widely. This list has its origins in an old signature file which I would update periodically with the current book that I was reading. That gradually transmogrified itself into the current massive archive with brief reviews.
| What I've been reading lately |
| Number of books read and reviewed each year | |
|---|---|
| 1995* |  (28) |
| 1996 | (47) |
| 1997 | (74) |
| 1998 | (61) |
| 1999 | (62) |
| 2000 | (27) |
| 2001 | (51) |
| 2002 | (60) |
| 2003 | (37) |
| 2004 | (36) |
| 2005 | (32) |
| 2006 | (46) |
| 2007 | (109) |
| 2008 | (78) |
| 2009 | (65) |
| 2010 | (68) |
| 2011 | (98) |
| 2012 | (129) |
| 2013 | (114) |
| 2014 | (101) |
| 2015 | (88) |
| 2016 | (82) |
| 2017 | (76) |
| 2018 | (67) |
| 2019 | (95) |
| 2020 | (90) |
| 2021 | (85) |
| 2022 | (101) |
| 2023 | (124) |
| 2024 | (154) |
| 2025 |  (68) |
| * Partial year | |
[Finished 27 June 2025] I honestly don’t know how this ended up on my reading list. It’s well-written enough, but a bit disjoint (some sections were clearly originally published as essays).
Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional
by Isaac Fitzgerald
[Finished 23 June 2025] I’ve somehow ended up reading a few memoirs in succession. This one ended up on my list because Fitzgerald lived in the Catholic Worker for a while as a child, but he talks very little about that part of his life and most of what he talks about, to be honest, kind of bores me. Do other people find accounts of drug and alcohol abuse compelling?
Death of the Author
by Nnedi Okorafor
[Finished 20 June 2025] A brilliant book, blending elements of sci fi and literary fiction. Easily Okorafor’s best book thusfar.
Los funerales de la Mamá Grande
by Gabriel García Márquez
[Finished 18 June 2025] Unos cuentos tempranos de GGM. Me gustaría traducir estes cuentos para emprender más como GGM escribe.
The Edge of Every Day: Sketches of Schizophrenia
by Marin Sardy
[Finished 17 June 2025] A bit less interesting than I hoped. I was hoping for more of a first-person account of schizophrenia, rather than one from a writer whose brother and mother have schizophrenia, although there is a fair amount of interesting detail.
La mala hora
by Gabriel García Márquez
[Finished 13 June 2025] Estaba leyendo más García Márquez temprano en el camino a Macondo. Me gusta este libro y puedo ver la maturación del estilo de GGM aquí.
The Passenger Seat
by Vijay Khurana
[Finished 11 June 2025] An unsettling story of violence and emotional disconnection told about two boys on the edge of adulthood taking a road trip into nihilism.
Lud-in-the-Mist
by Hope Mirrlees
[Finished 7 June 2025] An early fantasy novel that was apparently very influential, and I can see some of that, although it didn’t really hit for me.
Mr. Peanut
by Adam Ross
[Finished 3 June 2025] I heard an interview with Ross on a podcast and the discussion of this book intrigued me. That said, it was a challenging read, with the uxoricidal urges of every male character in the book being a bit offputting, but Ross stuck the landing at the end, saving it from being a disappointment.
El coronel no tiene quien le escriba
by Gabriel García Márquez
[Finished 1 June 2025] Continuing my deep dive into García Márquez alongside reading a critical appreciation of his Maconda works. This is a not-quite-Maconda book, although Coronel Aurelio Buendía does get a mention in the story. I found the writing here easier to follow thanks to the lack of shifting perspectives that were present in the previous book and overall, it was a good read.