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A list of the books I am reading, or have read. Unfortunately very incomplete due to forgetfulness and lack of record keeping. Includes data imported from GoodReads which certainly has inaccurate dates.

I list the title and author of the book, when I started and stopped reading it, and whether I finished it.

  1. The Big Short

    The Big Short

    Michael Lewis

  2. Heart of Darkness

    Heart of Darkness

    Jospeh Conrad

  3. A Year with Swollen Appendices

    A Year with Swollen Appendices

    Brian Eno

  4. The Rings of Saturn

    The Rings of Saturn

    W.G. Sebald

  5. 1Q84

    1Q84

    Haruki Murakami

  6. The collected stories of Lydia Davis

    The collected stories of Lydia Davis

    Lydia Davis

  7. 2666

    2666

    Roberto Bolaño

  8. The Buried Giant

    The Buried Giant

    Kazuo Ishiguro

  9. Either/Or

    Either/Or

    Elif Batuman

  10. The Fifth Head of Cerberus

    The Fifth Head of Cerberus

    Gene Wolfe

  11. From Bauhaus to Our House

    From Bauhaus to Our House

    Tom Wolfe

  12. Austerlitz

    Austerlitz

    W.G. Sebald

  13. Berlin Game (Bernard Samson, #1)

    Berlin Game (Bernard Samson, #1)

    Len Deighton

  14. The Great Crash 1929

    The Great Crash 1929

    John Kenneth Galbraith

  15. Mating

    Mating

    Norman Rush

  16. Tidy First?: A Personal Exercise in Empirical Software Design

    Tidy First?: A Personal Exercise in Empirical Software Design

    Kent Beck

  17. Hound of the Baskervilles [Paperback]

    Hound of the Baskervilles [Paperback]

    Arthur Conan Doyle

  18. Stay True

    Stay True

    Hua Hsu

  19. Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry

    Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry

    B.S. Johnson

  20. Crash

    Crash

    J.G. Ballard

  21. Count Zero (Sprawl, #2)

    Count Zero (Sprawl, #2)

    William Gibson

  22. The Mezzanine

    The Mezzanine

    Nicholson Baker

  23. Land is a Big Deal: Why rent is too high, wages too low, and what we can do about it

    Land is a Big Deal: Why rent is too high, wages too low, and what we can do about it

    Lars A. Doucet

  24. Pattern Recognition (Blue Ant, #1)

    Pattern Recognition (Blue Ant, #1)

    William Gibson

  25. Trip: Psychedelics, Alienation, and Change

    Trip: Psychedelics, Alienation, and Change

    Tao Lin

  26. Titus Groan (Gormenghast, #1)

    Titus Groan (Gormenghast, #1)

    Mervyn Peake

  27. The Annotated Lolita

    The Annotated Lolita

    Vladimir Nabokov

  28. The Fire Next Time

    The Fire Next Time

    James Baldwin

  29. In Praise of Shadows

    In Praise of Shadows

    Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

  30. Goodbye to Berlin

    Goodbye to Berlin

    Christopher Isherwood

  31. The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism (Wolf Brother)

    The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism (Wolf Brother)

    Kyle Chayka

  32. Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love

    Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love

    Amir Levine

  33. K-punk: The Collected and Unpublished Writings of Mark Fisher

    K-punk: The Collected and Unpublished Writings of Mark Fisher

    Mark Fisher

  34. Having and Being Had

    Having and Being Had

    Eula Biss

  35. Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

    Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)

    William Gibson

  36. Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility

    Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility

    James P. Carse

  37. Dracula

    Dracula

    Bram Stoker

  38. Pale Fire

    Pale Fire

    Vladimir Nabokov

  39. Laughter in the Dark

    Laughter in the Dark

    Vladimir Nabokov

  40. Moab Is My Washpot

    Moab Is My Washpot

    Stephen Fry

  41. The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

    The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

    Ursula K. Le Guin

  42. The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life

    The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life

    Avinash K. Dixit

  43. Breaking Smart Archives: Selected Newsletters, 2015-19

    Breaking Smart Archives: Selected Newsletters, 2015-19

    Venkatesh Rao

  44. Be Slightly Evil: A Playbook for Sociopaths (Ribbonfarm Roughs)

    Be Slightly Evil: A Playbook for Sociopaths (Ribbonfarm Roughs)

    Venkatesh G. Rao

  45. Extreme Cities: The Peril and Promise of Urban Life in the Age of Climate Change

    Extreme Cities: The Peril and Promise of Urban Life in the Age of Climate Change

    Ashley Dawson

  46. The Swimming-Pool Library

    The Swimming-Pool Library

    Alan Hollinghurst

  47. Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

    Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

    Nicole Forsgren

  48. Xenos (Eisenhorn, #1)

    Xenos (Eisenhorn, #1)

    Dan Abnett

  49. The Quest of the Simple Life

    The Quest of the Simple Life

    William James Dawson

  50. Known and Strange Things: Essays

    Known and Strange Things: Essays

    Teju Cole

  51. The Golden House

    The Golden House

    Salman Rushdie

  52. The Importance of Being Earnest

    The Importance of Being Earnest

    Oscar Wilde

  53. Venus in Furs

    Venus in Furs

    Leopold von Sacher-Masoch

  54. The Rider

    The Rider

    Tim Krabbé

  55. An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management

    An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management

    Will Larson

  56. The One-Straw Revolution

    The One-Straw Revolution

    Masanobu Fukuoka

  57. Being Ecological

    Being Ecological

    Timothy Morton

  58. Dune (Dune, #1)

    Dune (Dune, #1)

    Frank Herbert

  59. Flashman in the Great Game (Flashman Papers #5)

    Flashman in the Great Game (Flashman Papers #5)

    George MacDonald Fraser

  60. How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

    How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

    Jenny Odell

  61. Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

    Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

    Jia Tolentino

  62. Flashman at the Charge (Flashman Papers, #4)

    Flashman at the Charge (Flashman Papers, #4)

    George MacDonald Fraser

  63. The Lathe of Heaven

    The Lathe of Heaven

    Ursula K. Le Guin

  64. Ghost World

    Ghost World

    Daniel Clowes

  65. Philosophy in the Boudoir

    Philosophy in the Boudoir

    Marquis de Sade

  66. The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (Dirk Gently, #2)

    The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (Dirk Gently, #2)

    Douglas Adams

  67. Just Ride: A Radically Practical Guide to Riding Your Bike

    Just Ride: A Radically Practical Guide to Riding Your Bike

    Grant Petersen

  68. Speak, Memory

    Speak, Memory

    Vladimir Nabokov

  69. A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)

    A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)

    Ursula K. Le Guin

  70. The Left Hand of Darkness

    The Left Hand of Darkness

    Ursula K. Le Guin

  71. Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle

    Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle

    Vladimir Nabokov

  72. Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design

    Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design

    Charles Montgomery

  73. Invisible Monsters Remix

    Invisible Monsters Remix

    Chuck Palahniuk

  74. The Trial

    The Trial

    Franz Kafka

  75. Pride and Prejudice

    Pride and Prejudice

    Jane Austen

  76. Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class

    Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class

    Owen Jones

  77. King, Queen, Knave

    King, Queen, Knave

    Vladimir Nabokov

  78. Remainder

    Remainder

    Tom McCarthy

  79. The Accidental

    The Accidental

    Ali Smith

  80. Stoner

    Stoner

    John Williams

  81. The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1)

    The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1)

    John Buchan

  82. Swallowing Geography

    Swallowing Geography

    Deborah Levy

  83. On Photography

    On Photography

    Susan Sontag

  84. What We See When We Read

    What We See When We Read

    Peter Mendelsund

  85. White Noise

    White Noise

    Don DeLillo

  86. As I Lay Dying

    As I Lay Dying

    William Faulkner

  87. The Broom of the System

    The Broom of the System

    David Foster Wallace

  88. Men in Space

    Men in Space

    Tom McCarthy

  89. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

    Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

    Haruki Murakami

  90. Beautiful Mutants

    Beautiful Mutants

    Deborah Levy

  91. The Metamorphosis and Other Stories

    The Metamorphosis and Other Stories

    Franz Kafka

  92. Art and Lies

    Art and Lies

    Jeanette Winterson

  93. The Flame Alphabet

    The Flame Alphabet

    Ben Marcus

  94. C

    C

    Tom McCarthy

  95. The Yellow Wall-Paper

    The Yellow Wall-Paper

    Charlotte Perkins Gilman

  96. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland - Through the Looking-Glass

    Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland - Through the Looking-Glass

    Lewis Carroll

  97. The Outsider

    The Outsider

    Albert Camus

  98. Paris France

    Paris France

    Gertrude Stein

  99. Heading Inland

    Heading Inland

    Nicola Barker

  100. For Richer, For Poorer: A Love Affair with Poker

    For Richer, For Poorer: A Love Affair with Poker

    Victoria Coren

  101. Sons and Lovers

    Sons and Lovers

    D.H. Lawrence

  102. Five Miles from Outer Hope

    Five Miles from Outer Hope

    Nicola Barker

  103. The Cement Garden

    The Cement Garden

    Ian McEwan

  104. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently, #1)

    Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently, #1)

    Douglas Adams

  105. Poor Things

    Poor Things

    Alasdair Gray

  106. The Waves

    The Waves

    Virginia Woolf

  107. A Spy in the House of Love (Cities of the Interior, #4)

    A Spy in the House of Love (Cities of the Interior, #4)

    Anaïs Nin

  108. The King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories

    The King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories

    Robert W. Chambers

  109. Bleeding Edge

    Bleeding Edge

    Thomas Pynchon

  110. Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 05

    Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 05

    Alan Grant

  111. The Blunders of Our Governments

    The Blunders of Our Governments

    Anthony King

  112. Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1)

    Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1)

    Henry Miller

  113. Wonder Boys

    Wonder Boys

    Michael Chabon

  114. Inherent Vice

    Inherent Vice

    Thomas Pynchon

  115. Keep the Aspidistra Flying

    Keep the Aspidistra Flying

    George Orwell

  116. V.

    V.

    Thomas Pynchon

  117. The Spectre of Alexander Wolf

    The Spectre of Alexander Wolf

    Gaito Gazdanov

  118. Gravity’s Rainbow

    Gravity’s Rainbow

    Thomas Pynchon

  119. A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing

    A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing

    Eimear McBride

  120. Autobiography

    Autobiography

    Morrissey

  121. Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)

    Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)

    Hilary Mantel

  122. Kafka on the Shore

    Kafka on the Shore

    Haruki Murakami

  123. Narcopolis

    Narcopolis

    Jeet Thayil

  124. The Manhattan Projects, Vol. 1: Science. Bad.

    The Manhattan Projects, Vol. 1: Science. Bad.

    Jonathan Hickman

  125. Haroun and the Sea of Stories (Khalifa Brothers, #1)

    Haroun and the Sea of Stories (Khalifa Brothers, #1)

    Salman Rushdie

  126. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

    The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

    Michael Chabon

  127. A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)

    A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)

    George R.R. Martin

  128. A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)

    A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)

    George R.R. Martin

  129. Something Leather

    Something Leather

    Alasdair Gray

  130. By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept

    By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept

    Elizabeth Smart

  131. A Hologram for the King

    A Hologram for the King

    Dave Eggers

  132. Homage to Catalonia

    Homage to Catalonia

    George Orwell

  133. At Home: A Short History of Private Life

    At Home: A Short History of Private Life

    Bill Bryson

  134. The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction

    The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction

    Michel Foucault

  135. Norwegian Wood

    Norwegian Wood

    Haruki Murakami

  136. The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner

    The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner

    Alan Sillitoe

  137. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

    Hunter S. Thompson

  138. Vernon God Little

    Vernon God Little

    D.B.C. Pierre

  139. Swimming Home

    Swimming Home

    Deborah Levy

  140. Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)

    Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)

    Hilary Mantel

  141. Eeeee Eee Eeee

    Eeeee Eee Eeee

    Tao Lin

  142. Mrs. Dalloway

    Mrs. Dalloway

    Virginia Woolf

  143. A Storm of Swords 2: Blood and Gold (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3, Part 2 of 2)

    A Storm of Swords 2: Blood and Gold (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3, Part 2 of 2)

    George R.R. Martin

  144. A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3.1)

    A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3.1)

    George R.R. Martin

  145. A Clash of Kings  (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)

    A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)

    George R.R. Martin

  146. A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

    A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

    George R.R. Martin

  147. Darkmans (Thames Gateway, #3)

    Darkmans (Thames Gateway, #3)

    Nicola Barker

  148. The Picture of Dorian Gray

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    Oscar Wilde

  149. The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)

    The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)

    Terry Pratchett

  150. Fahrenheit 451

    Fahrenheit 451

    Ray Bradbury

  151. Lord of the Flies

    Lord of the Flies

    William Golding

  152. A Clockwork Orange

    A Clockwork Orange

    Anthony Burgess

  153. One Hundred Years of Solitude

    One Hundred Years of Solitude

    Gabriel García Márquez

  154. A Farewell to Arms

    A Farewell to Arms

    Ernest Hemingway

  155. Story of the Eye

    Story of the Eye

    Georges Bataille

  156. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

    James Joyce

  157. Lolita

    Lolita

    Vladimir Nabokov

  158. Slaughterhouse-Five

    Slaughterhouse-Five

    Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

  159. Sexing the Cherry

    Sexing the Cherry

    Jeanette Winterson

  160. The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)

    The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)

    Margaret Atwood

  161. Brave New World

    Brave New World

    Aldous Huxley

  162. Shriek: An Afterword (Ambergris, #2)

    Shriek: An Afterword (Ambergris, #2)

    Jeff VanderMeer

  163. The Master and Margarita

    The Master and Margarita

    Mikhail Bulgakov

  164. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

    The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

    Junot Díaz

  165. Memoirs of a Geisha

    Memoirs of a Geisha

    Arthur Golden

  166. Of Mice and Men

    Of Mice and Men

    John Steinbeck

  167. Catch-22

    Catch-22

    Joseph Heller

  168. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

    The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

    J.R.R. Tolkien

  169. Animal Farm

    Animal Farm

    George Orwell

  170. The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

    F. Scott Fitzgerald

  171. The Catcher in the Rye

    The Catcher in the Rye

    J.D. Salinger

  172. 1984

    1984

    George Orwell

  173. To Kill a Mockingbird

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    Harper Lee

  174. The Bell Jar

    The Bell Jar

    Sylvia Plath

  175. To the Lighthouse

    To the Lighthouse

    Virginia Woolf

  176. The Secret Agent

    The Secret Agent

    Joseph Conrad

  177. The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet

    The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet

    Reif Larsen

  178. The Stars, Like Dust (Galactic Empire, #1)

    The Stars, Like Dust (Galactic Empire, #1)

    Isaac Asimov

  179. Battle Royale

    Battle Royale

    Koushun Takami

  180. The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)

    The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)

    Suzanne Collins

  181. Down and Out in Paris and London

    Down and Out in Paris and London

    George Orwell

  182. Banvard's Folly: Thirteen Tales of People Who Didn't Change the World

    Banvard's Folly: Thirteen Tales of People Who Didn't Change the World

    Paul Collins

  183. The Unbearable Lightness of Being

    The Unbearable Lightness of Being

    Milan Kundera

  184. The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

    The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

    Angela Carter

  185. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)

    So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4)

    Douglas Adams

  186. Life, the Universe and Everything (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #3)

    Life, the Universe and Everything (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #3)

    Douglas Adams

  187. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)

    The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)

    Douglas Adams

  188. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)

    Douglas Adams

  189. The Time Machine

    The Time Machine

    H.G. Wells

  190. Foundation (Foundation, #1)

    Foundation (Foundation, #1)

    Isaac Asimov

  191. Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales

    Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales

    H.P. Lovecraft

  192. Far From the Madding Crowd

    Far From the Madding Crowd

    Thomas Hardy

  193. House of Leaves

    House of Leaves

    Mark Z. Danielewski

  194. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

    Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

    Jeanette Winterson

  195. City of Saints and Madmen (Ambergris, #1)

    City of Saints and Madmen (Ambergris, #1)

    Jeff VanderMeer

  196. Ripening Seed (English and French Edition)

    Ripening Seed (English and French Edition)

    Colette Gauthier-Villars