Bookshelf
Some literary recommendations, in no particular order—click for reviews
June '25
When We Cease to Understand the World
Benjamín Labatut

Exhalation
Ted Chiang

When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi

The Overstory
Richard Powers

The Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett

East of Eden
John Steinbeck

Lincoln
David Herbert Donald

Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin

The Anthropocene Reviewed
John Green

The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas

Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
David Epstein

Tress of the Emerald Sea
Brandon Sanderson

Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir

Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy

The Illustrated Man
Ray Bradbury

The Poppy War
R.F. Kuang

Dune
Frank Herbert

The Fifth Season
N.K. Jemisin

All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr

11/22/63
Stephen King

The Nix
Nathan Hill

The Story of Your Life
Ted Chiang

Leonardo da Vinci
Walter Isaacson

The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson

The Paper Menagerie
Ken Liu

The Chip War
Chris Miller

Anything You Want
Derek Sivers

This Side of Paradise
F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Last Lecture
Randy Pausch

Life on Mars
Tracy K. Smith

The Grid
Gretchen Bakke