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10 Days to Great Self Esteem — Dr David Burns
10 Days to Great Self Esteem
Dr David Burns 
Made in America — Bill Bryson
Made in America
Bill Bryson Audiobook
Mythologies — Roland Barthes
Mythologies
Roland Barthes 

Read in 2021

Fiction
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World — Elif Shafak
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World
Elif Shafak 
All Quiet on the Western Front — Erich Maria Remarque
All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque 
A Wizard of Earthsea — Ursula K. Le Guin
A Wizard of Earthsea
Ursula K. Le Guin  Recommended
Beartown — Fredrik Backman
Beartown
Fredrik Backman 
Beyond Black — Hilary Mantel
Beyond Black
Hilary Mantel  Recommended
Blindness — José Saramago
Blindness
José Saramago 
Blood Meridian — Cormac McCarthy
Blood Meridian
Cormac McCarthy  Recommended
Bodies of Light — Sarah Moss
Bodies of Light
Sarah Moss  Recommended
Clockers — Richard Price
Clockers
Richard Price 
Cloud Atlas — David Mitchell
Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell 
Coraline — Neil Gaiman
Coraline
Neil Gaiman 
Dark Season — Russell T. Davies
Dark Season
Russell T. Davies 
Devil in a Blue Dress — Walter Mosley
Devil in a Blue Dress
Walter Mosley 
Drive — James Sallis
Drive
James Sallis 
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead — Olga Tokarczuk
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Olga Tokarczuk 
Dune — Frank Herbert
Dune
Frank Herbert 
Flaubert's Parrot — Julian Barnes
Flaubert's Parrot
Julian Barnes 
For Your Eyes Only — Ian Fleming
For Your Eyes Only
Ian Fleming 
Gone Girl — Gillian Flynn
Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn 
Hamnet — Maggie O'Farrell
Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell 
Harlem Shuffle — Colson Whitehead
Harlem Shuffle
Colson Whitehead 
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
J. K. Rowling Audiobook
House of Leaves — Mark Z. Danielewski
House of Leaves
Mark Z. Danielewski  Recommended
Human Traces — Sebastian Faulks
Human Traces
Sebastian Faulks 
Indignation — Philip Roth
Indignation
Philip Roth Audiobook
Jake's Thing — Kingsley Amis
Jake's Thing
Kingsley Amis 
Lance — Vladimir Nabokov
Lance
Vladimir Nabokov 
Lucky Jim — Kingsley Amis
Lucky Jim
Kingsley Amis  Recommended
Milkman — Anna Burns
Milkman
Anna Burns  Recommended
Mother Night — Kurt Vonnegut
Mother Night
Kurt Vonnegut 
Nazi Literature in the Americas — Roberto Bolaño
Nazi Literature in the Americas
Roberto Bolaño 
No One Is Talking About This — Patricia Lockwood
No One Is Talking About This
Patricia Lockwood 
Normal People — Sally Rooney
Normal People
Sally Rooney 
Paper Towns — John Green
Paper Towns
John Green 
Perfidious Albion — Sam Byers
Perfidious Albion
Sam Byers 
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer — Patrick Süskind
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Patrick Süskind 
Portnoy's Complaint — Philip Roth
Portnoy's Complaint
Philip Roth 
Property: A Collection — Lionel Shriver
Property: A Collection
Lionel Shriver 
Silence of the Lambs — Thomas Harris
Silence of the Lambs
Thomas Harris  Recommended
Station Eleven — Emily St. John Mandel
Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel  Recommended
The Aleph and Other Stories — Jorge Luis Borges
The Aleph and Other Stories
Jorge Luis Borges 
The Amber Spyglass — Philip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass
Philip Pullman 
The Complete Adventures of Tintin — Hergé
The Complete Adventures of Tintin
Hergé  Recommended
The Crying of Lot 49 — Thomas Pynchon
The Crying of Lot 49
Thomas Pynchon 
The Day of the Jackal — Frederick Forsyth
The Day of the Jackal
Frederick Forsyth 
The Day of the Triffids — John Wyndham
The Day of the Triffids
John Wyndham 
The Dispossessed — Ursula K. Le Guin
The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin  Recommended
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August — Claire North
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
Claire North  Recommended
The Godfather — Mario Puzo
The Godfather
Mario Puzo 
The Goldfinch — Donna Tartt
The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt  Recommended
The Loney — Andrew Hurley
The Loney
Andrew Hurley 
The Lost Weekend — Charles Jackson
The Lost Weekend
Charles Jackson 
The Only Story — Julian Barnes
The Only Story
Julian Barnes  Recommended
The Plot Against America — Philip Roth
The Plot Against America
Philip Roth 
The Remains of the Day — Kazuo Ishiguro
The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro  Recommended
The Road — Cormac McCarthy
The Road
Cormac McCarthy  Recommended
The Searcher — Tana French
The Searcher
Tana French 
The Secret Commonwealth — Philip Pullman
The Secret Commonwealth
Philip Pullman 
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold — John le Carré
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
John le Carré 
The Subtle Knife — Philip Pullman
The Subtle Knife
Philip Pullman 
The Thursday Murder Club — Richard Osman
The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman 
The Trespasser — Tana French
The Trespasser
Tana French 
The Wall — John Lanchester
The Wall
John Lanchester  Recommended
The Waterworks — E. L. Doctorow
The Waterworks
E. L. Doctorow 
The Wych Elm — Tana French
The Wych Elm
Tana French 
Time Out of Joint — Philip K. Dick
Time Out of Joint
Philip K. Dick 
Time's Arrow — Martin Amis
Time's Arrow
Martin Amis 
Truth of the Divine — Lindsay Ellis
Truth of the Divine
Lindsay Ellis 
Turtles All the Way Down — John Green
Turtles All the Way Down
John Green 
Vertigo — Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac
Vertigo
Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac 
Weather — Jenny Offill
Weather
Jenny Offill 
We Need to Talk About Kevin — Lionel Shriver
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Lionel Shriver 
Year of Wonders — Geraldine Brooks
Year of Wonders
Geraldine Brooks  Recommended
Young Indiana Jones Omnibus (Book 1) — William McCay
Young Indiana Jones Omnibus (Book 1)
William McCay 
Classics
A Clergyman's Daughter — George Orwell
A Clergyman's Daughter
George Orwell 
A Clockwork Orange — Anthony Burgess
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess  Recommended
A Tale of Two Cities — Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens 
Bartleby, the Scrivener — Herman Melville
Bartleby, the Scrivener
Herman Melville 
Breakfast at Tiffany's — Truman Capote
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Truman Capote Audiobook
Death in Venice — Thomas Mann
Death in Venice
Thomas Mann 
Doctor Glas — Hjalmar Söderberg
Doctor Glas
Hjalmar Söderberg 
Double Indemnity — James M. Cain
Double Indemnity
James M. Cain 
Gulliver's Travels (Abridged) — Jonathan Swift
Gulliver's Travels (Abridged)
Jonathan Swift Audiobook
Heart of Darkness — Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad  Recommended
Murder on the Orient Express — Agathie Christie
Murder on the Orient Express
Agathie Christie 
Nineteen Eighty-Four — George Orwell
Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell  Recommended
Notes from Underground — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Notes from Underground
Fyodor Dostoevsky Audiobook Recommended
Pale Fire — Vladimir Nabokov
Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov 
Rebecca — Daphne du Maurier
Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier  Recommended
Tender is the Night — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tender is the Night
F. Scott Fitzgerald 
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Abridged) — Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Abridged)
Mark Twain Audiobook
The Age of Innocence — Edith Warton
The Age of Innocence
Edith Warton 
The Big Sleep — Raymond Chandler
The Big Sleep
Raymond Chandler 
The Catcher in the Rye — J. D. Salinger
The Catcher in the Rye
J. D. Salinger 
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
F. Scott Fitzgerald Audiobook
The Death of Ivan Ilyich — Leo Tolstoy
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
Leo Tolstoy Audiobook
The Gambler — Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Gambler
Fyodor Dostoevsky Audiobook
The Great Gatsby — F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald 
The Kreutzer Sonata — Leo Tolstoy
The Kreutzer Sonata
Leo Tolstoy Audiobook Recommended
The Maltese Falcon — Dashiell Hammett
The Maltese Falcon
Dashiell Hammett 
The Metamorphosis — Franz Kafka
The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka Audiobook
The Picture of Dorian Gray — Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde Audiobook Recommended
The Postman Always Rings Twice — James M. Cain
The Postman Always Rings Twice
James M. Cain 
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Robert Louis Stevenson
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson Audiobook
The Third Man and Other Stories — Graham Greene
The Third Man and Other Stories
Graham Greene 
The Trial — Franz Kafka
The Trial
Franz Kafka 
The Turn of the Screw & The Aspern Papers — Henry James
The Turn of the Screw & The Aspern Papers
Henry James 
The Victim — Saul Bellow
The Victim
Saul Bellow 
We — Yevgeny Zamyatin
We
Yevgeny Zamyatin 
Non-fiction
Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation — Thomas Rid
Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation
Thomas Rid Audiobook
A Little History of Poetry — John Carey
A Little History of Poetry
John Carey  Recommended
Authentocrats: Culture, Politics and the New Seriousness — Joe Kennedy
Authentocrats: Culture, Politics and the New Seriousness
Joe Kennedy 
Blockchain Chicken Farm: And Other Stories of Tech in China's Countryside — Xiaowei Wang
Blockchain Chicken Farm: And Other Stories of Tech in China's Countryside
Xiaowei Wang 
Class: A Guide to the American Status System — Paul Fussell
Class: A Guide to the American Status System
Paul Fussell  Recommended
Debt: The First 5000 Years — David Graeber
Debt: The First 5000 Years
David Graeber Audiobook
Digital Minimalism — Cal Newport
Digital Minimalism
Cal Newport 
Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain — Sathnam Sanghera
Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain
Sathnam Sanghera 
Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies — The Secret Barrister
Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies
The Secret Barrister Audiobook Recommended
Fierce Bad Rabbits: The Tales Behind Children's Picture Books — Clare Pollard
Fierce Bad Rabbits: The Tales Behind Children's Picture Books
Clare Pollard 
Follow Me, Akhi — Hussein Kesvani
Follow Me, Akhi
Hussein Kesvani 
Hidden Valley Road — Robert Kolker
Hidden Valley Road
Robert Kolker Audiobook Recommended
How Democracy Ends — David Runciman
How Democracy Ends
David Runciman Audiobook
How to Be a Conservative — Roger Scruton
How to Be a Conservative
Roger Scruton Audiobook
Illness as Metaphor — Susan Sontag
Illness as Metaphor
Susan Sontag 
In the Swarm: Digital Prospects — Byung-chul Han
In the Swarm: Digital Prospects
Byung-chul Han 
Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape — Cat Flyn
Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
Cat Flyn Audiobook Recommended
K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished Writings of Mark Fisher — Mark Fisher
K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished Writings of Mark Fisher
Mark Fisher  Recommended
Left Out: The Inside Story of Labour Under Corbyn — Gabriel Pogrund and Patrick Maguire
Left Out: The Inside Story of Labour Under Corbyn
Gabriel Pogrund and Patrick Maguire 
Listen, Liberal — Thomas Frank
Listen, Liberal
Thomas Frank 
Meditations — Marcus Aurelius
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius 
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil — John Berendt
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
John Berendt 
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire — Akala
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
Akala Audiobook
No One Left to Lie To: The Triangulations of William Jefferson Clinton — Christopher Hitchens
No One Left to Lie To: The Triangulations of William Jefferson Clinton
Christopher Hitchens Audiobook
Notes on Camp — Susan Sontag
Notes on Camp
Susan Sontag 
One-Dimensional Man — Herbert Marcuse
One-Dimensional Man
Herbert Marcuse 
One Dimensional Woman — Nina Power
One Dimensional Woman
Nina Power  Recommended
On the Shortness of Life — Seneca
On the Shortness of Life
Seneca 
Postmodernism: Or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism — Frederic Jameson
Postmodernism: Or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
Frederic Jameson 
Scoff — Pen Vogler
Scoff
Pen Vogler  Recommended
Strongmen: How They Rise, Why They Succeed, How They Fall — Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Strongmen: How They Rise, Why They Succeed, How They Fall
Ruth Ben-Ghiat Audiobook Recommended
The Anatomy of Fascism — Robert O. Paxton
The Anatomy of Fascism
Robert O. Paxton Audiobook Recommended
The Anthropocene Reviewed — John Green
The Anthropocene Reviewed
John Green Audiobook
The Circle of the Snake: Nostalgia and Utopia in the Age of Big Tech — Grafton Tanner
The Circle of the Snake: Nostalgia and Utopia in the Age of Big Tech
Grafton Tanner 
The Decadent Society — Ross Douthat
The Decadent Society
Ross Douthat Audiobook Recommended
The Establishment: And how they get away with it — Owen Jones
The Establishment: And how they get away with it
Owen Jones 
The Good, The Bad and the Multiplex — Mark Kermode
The Good, The Bad and the Multiplex
Mark Kermode 
The Hedgehog and the Fox — Isaiah Berlin
The Hedgehog and the Fox
Isaiah Berlin  Recommended
The King's English — Kingsley Amis
The King's English
Kingsley Amis 
The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House — Audre Lorde
The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House
Audre Lorde 
The Myth of the Blitz — Angus Calder
The Myth of the Blitz
Angus Calder 
The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilised Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't — Robert Sutton
The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilised Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't
Robert Sutton 
The Nolan Variations — Tom Shone
The Nolan Variations
Tom Shone 
The Only Plane in the Sky — Garrett M. Graff
The Only Plane in the Sky
Garrett M. Graff 
The People vs Tech: How the internet is killing democracy — Jamie Bartlett
The People vs Tech: How the internet is killing democracy
Jamie Bartlett Audiobook
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism — Max Weber
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
Max Weber 
The Shallows — Nicholas Carr
The Shallows
Nicholas Carr 
The Story of Craft Beer — Pete Brown
The Story of Craft Beer
Pete Brown 
The Trial of Henry Kissinger — Christopher Hitchcns
The Trial of Henry Kissinger
Christopher Hitchcns Audiobook
The Twittering Machine — Richard Seymour
The Twittering Machine
Richard Seymour Audiobook
The Unusual Suspect — Ben Machell
The Unusual Suspect
Ben Machell Audiobook Recommended
This Land: The Struggle for the Left — Owen Jones
This Land: The Struggle for the Left
Owen Jones 
Twilight of Democracy — Anne Applebaum
Twilight of Democracy
Anne Applebaum Audiobook Recommended
What Good are the Arts? — John Carey
What Good are the Arts?
John Carey  Recommended
What is Art? — Leo Tolstoy
What is Art?
Leo Tolstoy Audiobook
Wolf Hall Companion — Lauren Mackay
Wolf Hall Companion
Lauren Mackay 
Memoir/biography
Beethoven: A Life in Nine Pieces — Laura Tunbridge
Beethoven: A Life in Nine Pieces
Laura Tunbridge  Recommended
Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to Happiness — Bill Bailey
Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to Happiness
Bill Bailey 
Chaos Monkeys: Inside the Silicon Valley Money Machine — Antonio Garcia Martinez
Chaos Monkeys: Inside the Silicon Valley Money Machine
Antonio Garcia Martinez 
George Orwell: A Life — Bernard Crick
George Orwell: A Life
Bernard Crick  Recommended
Giving up the Ghost — Hilary Mantel
Giving up the Ghost
Hilary Mantel 
Letter from Birmingham Jail — Martin Luther King Jr.
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King Jr. 
Man's Search For Meaning — Victor E. Frankl
Man's Search For Meaning
Victor E. Frankl 
Priestdaddy: A Memoir — Patricia Lockwood
Priestdaddy: A Memoir
Patricia Lockwood 
Sea State — Tabitha Lasley
Sea State
Tabitha Lasley Audiobook Recommended
The Man in the Red Coat — Julian Barnes
The Man in the Red Coat
Julian Barnes Audiobook Recommended
The Unexpected Professor: An Oxford Life in Books — John Carey
The Unexpected Professor: An Oxford Life in Books
John Carey 
We Learn Nothing — Tim Kreider
We Learn Nothing
Tim Kreider Audiobook
Why Orwell Matters — Christopher Hitchens
Why Orwell Matters
Christopher Hitchens 

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