Bookshelf

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

When We Cease to Understand the World

Benjamín Labatut

Exhalation

Exhalation

Ted Chiang

When Breath Becomes Air

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

The Overstory

The Overstory

Richard Powers

The Pillars of the Earth

The Pillars of the Earth

Ken Follett

East of Eden

East of Eden

John Steinbeck

Lincoln

Lincoln

David Herbert Donald

Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin

The Anthropocene Reviewed

The Anthropocene Reviewed

John Green

The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

David Epstein

Tress of the Emerald Sea

Tress of the Emerald Sea

Brandon Sanderson

Project Hail Mary

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy

The Illustrated Man

The Illustrated Man

Ray Bradbury

The Poppy War

The Poppy War

R.F. Kuang

Dune

Dune

Frank Herbert

The Fifth Season

The Fifth Season

N.K. Jemisin

All the Light We Cannot See

All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr

11/22/63

11/22/63

Stephen King

The Nix

The Nix

Nathan Hill

The Story of Your Life

The Story of Your Life

Ted Chiang

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

Walter Isaacson

The Way of Kings

The Way of Kings

Brandon Sanderson

The Paper Menagerie

The Paper Menagerie

Ken Liu

The Chip War

The Chip War

Chris Miller

Anything You Want

Anything You Want

Derek Sivers

This Side of Paradise

This Side of Paradise

F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Last Lecture

The Last Lecture

Randy Pausch

Life on Mars

Life on Mars

Tracy K. Smith

The Grid

The Grid

Gretchen Bakke