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This Year

Mainly reads fiction books that are mysterious, reflective, and adventurous. Typically chooses medium-paced books that are <300 pages long.

Currently Reading (3)

To-Read Pile (24)

Currently Reading (3)

The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk

A Century of Fiction in The New Yorker: 1925-2025 by Deborah Treisman

Poem a Day: Vol. 1: 366 Poems, Old and New - One for Each Day of the Year by Nicholas Albery, Karen McCosker

Recently Read

The Grand Babylon Hotel by Arnold Bennett

Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird: The Art of Eastern Storytelling by Henry Lien

An Accidental Death by Peter Grainger

Between Friends: The Correspondence of Hannah Arendt and Mary McCarthy, 1949-1975 by Mary McCarthy, Carol Brightman, Hannah Arendt

And Be a Villain by Rex Stout

To-Read Pile (24)

The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden

The Greek Way by Edith Hamilton

Constant Reader: The New Yorker Columns 1927–28 by Dorothy Parker

The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus, Vol. 1 by Chris Claremont

The Letters of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson

Five-Star Reads (187)

Ashenden by W. Somerset Maugham

The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain

Showa: A History of Japan, 1926-1939 by Shigeru Mizuki

Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami

Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley

2025 Reading Goals

Books

45/50 books

90%

Pages

14,525/15,000 pages

97%

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Five-Star Reads

187

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