library
faves
mar 2026
rebecca solnit
about the invention of instantaneous photography and railroad travel and how that shaped the broader narrative of the bay area, california, and the west.
jan 2026
wuthering heights
Emily Brontë
read bc of the new movie adaptation. truly amazing how bad the characters suck and how much you end up rooting for their downfall
jan 2026
Larry McMurtry
wow. story of cowboys moving their cattle from texas to california at the precipice of change in the west. you're just along for the ride then suddenly sobbing at the end 900 pages later.
dec 2025
recursion, dark matter, upgrade
blake crouch
fun sci-fi quick reads
oct 2025
★
rejection
Tony Tulathimutte
if you are like me and spend way too much time on the internet you will recognize every single character in this book and also yourself a little bit and that will make you sick to your stomach.
oct 2025
in universes
emet north
still thinking about the universe where the women become hordes of animals
oct 2025
the lathe of heaven
ursula k. le guin
sep 2025
the employees
olga ravn
jul 2025
sally rooney
liked more than her other books (aside from normal people) because it's finally a different story. endearing characters
may 2025
candy house
jennifer egan
continues the thread of the goon squad with more of a modern technological angle/commentary on social media.
may 2025
★
a visit from the goon squad
Jennifer Egan
i love a good book with multiple characters and perspectives and timelines that all lightly touch each other. such a fun read.
apr 2025
martyr!
Kaveh Akbar
mar 2025
Walt Whitman
read on cross country amtrak at the recommendation of patrick bringley who kindly responded to my email.
dec 2024
patrick bringley
memoir from a guy who loses his brother and decides to become a security guard at the met and his notes on the art and the people he watches. loved going to the met after and hunting down all his references. also i emailed the author after reading because it was such a good book and he responded in a day with such kindess.
dec 2024
benjamin hoff
sweet nuggets of wisdom about play and simplicity but i never really read pooh as a kid so didn't stick as much as it could've.
dec 2024
never let me go
kazuo ishiguro
sep 2024
richard powers
i dont think richard powers believes in happy endings. book was a little too real and i almost threw up crying at the end.
sep 2024
ithaca, house of odysseus, the last song of penelope
claire north
greek mythology always a place in my heart. great trilogy from perspective of penelope waiting on ithaca for odysseus.
aug 2024
thich nhat hanh
made me want to become a buddhist. great material on my great shelf of post-catholicism spirtituality
jul 2024
severance
ling ma
jul 2024
★
1Q84
haruki murakami
read on trip through japan with now ex. somehow kept me hooked for 1100 pages and motivated enough to carry around this brick everywhere.
mar 2024
the first fifteen lives of harry august, the gameshouse
claire north
quick read recommendations from papa
mar 2024
i who have never known men
jaqueline harpman
now this book is blowing up. was engrossed in the world but a little disappointed by the ending. maybe that's how it goes.
mar 2024
★
an immense world
ed yong
fun fact central on every page. like walking through a museum with thousands of perfectly fascinating plaques on the wall. think of it all the time.
jan 2024
★
saving time
jenny odell
jenny odell is my bible and everything she writes is profound
jan 2024
How to Tell a Story
the moth
jan 2024
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Jane Jacobs
dec 2023
stay true
hua hsu
oct 2023
writing a woman's life
carolyn heilbrun
aug 2023
emotion by design
greg hoffman
aug 2023
the mountain in the sea
ray nayler
aug 2023
killers of the flower moon
david grann
aug 2023
tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
gabrielle zevin
jul 2023
cultish
amanda montell
jul 2023
maus
art spiegelman
jul 2023
★
stories of your life and others
ted chiang
arrival is my favorite movie of all time so it's fitting that i also loved the short story it was based on. faves were thus "Story of Your Life" but also "Hell Is the Absence of God"
jun 2023
the guest
emma cline
apr 2023
klara and the sun
kazuo ishiguro
apr 2023
exhalation
ted chiang
fave story was "Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom" and "the great silence"
dec 2022
untamed
glennon doyle
some good nuggets to take away but overall not sure you can trust advice from someone writing about how they've abandoned all their previous advice.
dec 2022
the three body problem
cixin liu
jul 2022
the unbearable lightness of being
milan kundera
jul 2022
first person singular
haruki murakami
fave story is the one about the monkey in the hot springs that steals people's names.
apr 2022
jia tolentino
jaya recommended this to me and i'm immediately obsessed with everything jia tolentino will ever write or recommend ever again.
mar 2022
jenny odell
the book that got me hooked on jenny odell and the concept of attention.
mar 2022
bad feminist
roxane gay
feb 2022
paul kalanithi
i finished this right before a class and walked in with mascara stains covering my mask from crying in the d.school. the ending ripped me in half.
jan 2022
song of achilles
madeline miller
jan 2022
the body keeps the score
bessel van der kolk
dec 2021
normal people
sally rooney
aug 2021
daniel boorstin
insanely relevant predictions from the 1960s about images and the synthesis and commodification of experience that i think about literally every day