Open Notes

Reading Log

This is a running log of books I have read. I’m currently reading at least one book. I also track reading on Literal.club

February 2023

Stop Saving the Planet! by Jenny Price

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

January 2023

Sourdough by Robin Sloan

December, 2022

December 6 by Martin Cruz Smith

Archive Fever: A Freudian Impression by Jaques Derrida

One Green Thing by Heather White

November, 2022

The Persuaders by Anand Giridharadas

October, 2022

The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

September, 2022

All We Can Save edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson & Katherine K. Wilkinson

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

August, 2022

The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations by Mike Figgis

July, 2022

Mao II, by Don DeLillo

June, 2022

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

May, 2022

Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami

Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman

April, 2022

The Feminist Utopia Project, edited by Alexandra Brodsky

March 2022

February 2022

For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway

January 2022

The Millionth Circle by Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD

December 2021

The Making of a Counterculture Chef by Alice Waters

Lexicon by Max Barry

Industrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John Kaczinski

The Cold Start Problem by Andrew Chen

November 2021

No Archive Will Restore You by Julietta Singh

Revisiting The Inner Work of Racial Justice by Rhonda V. Magee

Poison for Breakfast by Lemony Snicket

October 2021

Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler (did not finish)

September 2021

What Technology Wants by Kevin Kelly

August 2021

Revisiting Click Here to Kill Everybody by Bruce Schneier

July 2021

The Good Ancestor by Roman Krznaric

Humankind by Rutger Bregman

June 2021

The Silence by Don DeLillo

Stephen Hawking: A Memoir of Friendship and Physics by Leonard Mlodinow

May 2021

The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd

The New Wilderness by Diane Cook

April 2021

The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu

The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson (did not finish)

March 2021

The First Men in the Moon by H.G. Wells

February 2021

The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa

January 2021

Becoming by Michelle Obama

December 2020

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

October 2020

Andrew’s Brain by E.L. Doctorow

Capital Is Dead - Is This Something Worse? By McKenzie Wark

September 2020

Neuromancer by William Gibson

August 2020

How to Be an Anti-Racist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi

July 2020

Infinite Detail by Tim Maughan

White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany

June 2020

Meander , Spiral, Explode by Jane Alison

Severance by Ling Ma (did not finish)

Spying on Whales by Nick Pyenson

May 2020

You Say to Brick by Wendy Lesser

Shanti by Vikram Chandra

Following are books from Goodreads that I’ve imported into micro.blog.

The Singularities
by John Banville

Stop Saving the Planet!
by Jenny Price

Time and Again
by Jack Finney

6-Dec
by Martin Cruz Smith

Sourdough
by Robin Sloan

Book Lovers
by Emily Henry

The Glass Sentence
by S. E. Grove

The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations
by Mike Figgis

The Left Hand of Darkness
by Ursula K. Le Guin

Mao II
by Don DeLillo

Killing Commendatore
by Haruki Murakami

The Feminist Utopia Project
by Alexandra Brodsky

How to Destroy the Universe
by Paul Parsons

The Difference Engine
by William Gibson

The Persuaders
by Anand Giridharadas

Archive Fever
by Jacques Derrida

Industrial Society and Its Future
by Theodore John Kaczynski

The Good Ancestor: A Radical Prescription for Long-Term Thinking
by Roman Krznaric

The Silence
by Don DeLillo

Stephen Hawking: A Memoir of Friendship and Physics
by Leonard Mlodinow

The Book of Longings: A Novel
by Sue Monk Kidd

The New Wilderness
by Diane Cook

Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook
by Alice Waters

Blue Angel: A Novel
by Francine Prose

Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security and Survival in a Hyper-connected World
by Bruce Schneier

Parallel Universes: The Search for Other Worlds
by Fred Alan Wolf

The Soul of Leadership: Unlocking Your Potential for Greatness
by Deepak Chopra

Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
by Steve Martin

Invitation to a Beheading
by Vladimir Nabokov

The Great Railway Bazaar
by Paul Theroux

Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious
by Gerd Gigerenzer

Wabi-Sabi: For Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
by Leonard Koren

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
by Robert B. Cialdini

The Referral Engine: Teaching Your Business to Market Itself
by John Jantsch

Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World
by Bruce Schneier

Norwegian Wood
by Haruki Murakami

The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future
by Chris Guillebeau

Grit
by Angela Duckworth

The Crowdfunding Revolution: How to Raise Venture Capital Using Social Media
by Kevin Lawton

You Say to Brick: The Life of Louis Kahn
by Wendy Lesser

The Gift
by Lewis Hyde

Steve Jobs
by Walter Isaacson

Escape from the Ivory Tower: A Guide to Making Your Science Matter
by Nancy Baron

A Life Worth Breathing: A Yoga Master's Handbook of Strength, Grace, and Healing
by Max Strom

The Story of Timmy Sprite
by Wharton Biddle

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Díaz

Program or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age
by Douglas Rushkoff

Stein on Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of Our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies
by Sol Stein

Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer
by Steven Millhauser

Zero K
by Don DeLillo

Telegraph Avenue
by Michael Chabon

How to Grow a Novel: The Most Common Mistakes Writers Make and How to Overcome Them
by Sol Stein

Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
by Michael Pollan

Oranges
by John McPhee

The Great International Paper Airplane Book
by Jerry Mander

Maximum City
by Suketu Mehta

The Green Man
by Kingsley Amis

The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
by Oscar Hijuelos

Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
by Francine Prose

10 Days to a Less Defiant Child: The Breakthrough Program for Overcoming Your Child's Difficult Behavior
by Jeffrey Bernstein

McSweeney's #54: The End of Trust
by Dave Eggers

Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
by Jaron Lanier