Reading List

I usually have at least one book I’m reading (or listening to) — often more than one. As I walk around the city or work out in the gym, audiobooks keep me company. And curling up in bed with a book and a glass of whiskey is often the end of my day.


Currently reading:

  • White Butterfly by Walter Mosley (audiobook)
  • The Language of the Night by Ursula K Le Guin

2025 Books:

  • Tombland by CJ Sansom (audiobook)
  • Listening Woman by Tony Hillerman (audiobook)

2024 Books:

  • Absolution by Jeff Vandermeer (audiobook)
  • Less by Andrew Greer
  • Lamenation by C.J. Sansom (audiobook)
  • Revelation by C.J. Sansom (audiobook)
  • Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
  • Sovereign by C.J. Sansom (audiobook)
  • The Burning God by R.F. Kuang (audiobook)
  • Dark Fire by C.J. Sansom (audiobook)
  • On Becoming a Novelist by John Gardiner
  • Alien Worlds by Lisa Kaltenegger
  • This is Happiness by Niall Williams (audiobook)
  • The Mercy of Gods by James S.A. Corey (audiobook)
  • Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang (audiobook)
  • The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler (audiobook)
  • A Red Death by Walter Mosley (audiobook)
  • A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
  • Killer in the Rain by Raymond Chandler
  • Dissolution by C.J. Sansom (audiobook)
  • A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders
  • The Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler (audiobook)
  • The High Window by Raymond Chandler (audiobook)
  • Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley (auidiobook)
  • The Poppy Wars by R.F. Kuang (audiobook)
  • The Changeling by Victor LaValle (audiobook)
  • Bunny by Mona Awad
  • Playback by Raymond Chandler (audiobook)
  • The Hunter by Tana French (audiobook)
  • Moonglow by Michael Chabon (audiobook)
  • The Searcher by Tana French (audiobook)
  • Babel by R.F. Kuang (audiobook)
  • Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett (audiobook)
  • Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead (audiobook)
  • Women Talking by Miram Toews
  • Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead (audiobook)
  • The Turn of the Screw by Henry James (audiobook)
  • Thud! by Terry Pratchett (audiobook)
  • The Annotated Arabian Nights, Yasmine Seale (translator), Paulo Lemos Horta (annotations)
  • Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill (audiobook)
  • Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (full cast audiobook)
  • Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas (audiobook)
  • The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (audiobook)
  • Making Money by Terry Pratchett (audiobook)
  • Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray (audiobook)
  • Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng (audiobook)

2023 Books:

  • Going Postal by Terry Pratchett (audiobook)
  • Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane (audiobook)
  • The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler (audiobook)
  • Farewell My Lovely by Raymond Chandler (audiobook)
  • The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler (audiobook)
  • The Power by Naomi Alderman (audiobook)
  • The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon (audiobook)
  • The Terror by Dan Simmons (audiobook)
  • The Truth by Terry Pratchett (audiobook)
  • A Pelican at Blandings by P.G. Wodehouse (audiobook)
  • Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson (audiobook)
  • The World of Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
  • Master of the Revels by Nicole Galland (audiobook)
  • The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett (audiobook)
  • Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett (audiobook)
  • Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino (audiobook)
  • Trust by Hernan Díaz (audiobook)
  • A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine (audiobook)
  • American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin (audiobook)
  • The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton (audiobook)
  • A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine (audiobook)
  • Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett (audiobook)
  • The First Scientist: Anaximander and His Legacy by Carlo Rovelli
  • Right Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse (audiobook)
  • Aunts Aren’t Gentlemen by P.G. Wodehouse (audiobook)
  • Much Obliged, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse (audiobook)
  • My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse (audiobook)
  • Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett (audiobook)
  • Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith (audiobook)
  • Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos, et al. (graphic novel)
  • Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai (audiobook)
  • The Invention of Tomorrow: A Natural History of Foresight by Thomas Suddendorf, Jonathan Redshaw, Adam Bulley
  • Big Sky by Kate Atkinson (audiobook)
  • Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson (audiobook)
  • The Case Against Perfection by Michael Sandel
  • Welcome Lunar Colonist by Jared Moore
  • Time and Free Will by Henri Bergson
  • Invisible Things by Mat Johnson (audiobook)
  • The Best American Short Stories 2022 edited by Andrew Sean Greer
  • Saints of the Republic by Chip Livingston
  • The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz (audiobook)
  • The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don’t by Julia Galef (audiobook narrated by the author)
  • Forbidden City by Vanessa Hua (audiobook)

2022 Books:

  • Museum of False Starts by Chip Livingston
  • The World We Make by N.K. Jemisin (audiobook narrated by Robin Miles)
  • A Thousand Suns: A New Theory of Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins (audiobook)
  • Acceptance by Jeff Vandermeer (audiobook)
  • Authority by Jeff Vandermeer (audiobook)
  • Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer (audiobook)
  • The Sandman, Act III by Neil Gaiman and Dirk Maggs (full cast audio version)
  • When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson (audiobook)
  • One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson (audiobook)
  • No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories by Miranda July
  • Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (audiobook)
  • Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
  • The Two Greatest Ideas: How Our Grasp of the Universe and Our Minds Changed Everything by Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski
  • Crazy Brave: A Memoir by Joy Harjo
  • A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin
  • The Insider’s Guide to Culture Change: Creating a Workplace That Delivers, Grows, and Adapts by Siobhan McHale
  • Small Gods by Terry Pratchett (audiobook narrated by Andy Serkis)
  • Normal People by Sally Rooney (audiobook)
  • Beyond Humanity? by Allen Buchanan
  • The Power of the Dog by Thomas Savage (audiobook)
  • Rationality by Steven Pinker (audiobook)
  • Feeling and Knowing: Making Minds Conscious by Antonio Damasio
  • The Story of English in 100 Words by David Crystal (audiobook)
  • The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow (audiobook)
  • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk
  • Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age by Annalee Newitz (audiobook)

2021 Books:

  • Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson (audiobook)
  • The Last Shadow by Orson Scott Card (audiobook)
  • Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
  • Leviathan Falls by James S.A. Corey (audiobook narrated by the superb Jefferson Mays)
  • The Myth of Artificial Intelligence: Why Computers Can’t Think the Way We Do by Erik J. Larson
  • The Sandman, Act II by Neil Gaiman and Dirk Maggs (full cast audio version)
  • From Where You Dream: The Process of Writing Fiction by Robert Olen Butler
  • Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
  • The Strange Case of Eliza Doolittle by Timothy Miller
  • The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson (audiobook)
  • Elements of Fiction by Walter Mosley
  • Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett
  • A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (audiobook)
  • The Sandman, Act I by Neil Gaiman and Dirk Maggs (full cast audio version)
  • The Neil Gaiman Reader by Neil Gaiman (audiobook narrated by the author)
  • Entanglements: A System of Philosophy by Crispin Sartwell
  • On Trails: An Exploration by Robert Moore
  • The Knowledge Machine – How Irrationality Created Modern Science by Michael Strevens
  • The Hidden Spring – A Journey to the Source of Consciousness by Mark Solms
  • The Shadow Thieves by Anne Ursu
  • Queen of Hearts by Colleen Oakes
  • City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
  • The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
  • A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe
  • Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (audiobook narrated by Chiwetel Ejiofor)

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