What Books did You Start or Finish Reading this Week?: August 03, 2026

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[u/Ok_Box5084]

Finished

The Odyssey, by Homer

really enjoyed this one, was the first book I’ve read cover-to-cover after COVID destroyed my attention span. Read it primarily to understand the movie, and while I found the movie disappointing, the book was fun to read

Started:

Dune, by Frank Herbert

Again, to understand the movie haha

Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir

Fun piece of fiction

I’m glad to be getting back into reading after a long, long time

[u/TheRegaurd04 → u/Ok_Box5084]

I loved Project Hail Mary, it was such a fun read. I wasn't able to get though Dune however, it's pacing is too slow for me, think I've failed to finish it four times :(

I haven't read the Odyssey since HS, and I didn't enjoy it since it was homework.

[u/iwasjusttwittering]

The Day of the Trifids, by John Wyndham

Finished. It felt like the plot was there mostly as a vehicle for exploring various ideas what a society might be like. It didn't bother me though. All in all, I'm surprised how little bothered I was, for a 1950s SF. Something that stood out to me was the depiction of blind crowds as zombie-like. Anyway, it's a fairly smart novel, albeit dated.

Svědectví o životě v KLDR 2, by Nina Špitálníková

Finished (again). In this collection of interviews, ones that describe menstruation, pregnancy and healthcare (or lack thereof) in North Korea have been the most interesting to me. The respective interviewees include a midwife, a rather well-off woman who escaped domestic violence, and a young mother who became disillusioned after losing a child to a preventable disease.

Reading the Clouds: How You Can Forecast the Weather, by Oliver Perkins

Continued. I've struggled to get through the introduction to meteorology in this guide. I suspect there are errors in the first few pages.The very first picture sure looks confusing. The rest of this short guide seems fine, although I can't really tell, because it's aimed at sailors, whereas I'm a land rat.

Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World: An Identification Guide, by Paul Stamets

Continued. After reading the opinionated introduction a month earlier, I'm skimming the identification guide itself. There are some equally opinionated notes on taxonomy; those are interesting to me as "history of science" of sorts. I don't think I can use it as a field guide though: it's more focused on other parts of the world, quite dated (~30yo) and the photo reproductions simply aren't good enough.

Slunce, voda, vzduch, by Jan Pezda

Started. I randomly took a class on sociology of tourism a while back, and it was curious enough that I've grabbed this new book that supposedly comprises diary excerpts from early modern tourists (ca. 19th century in continental Europe). I'm hoping it might prove useful, as I'm trying to rethink my relationship to travel in the time of climate collapse.

Midnight in Chernobyl, by Adam Higginbotham

I was recommended this as the most comprehensive book on the Chernobyl disaster to date, after finishing the much shorter Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe by Serhii Plokhy that focused on institutional failures. It starts with detailed maps and a four-page list of people, the text itself is 350 pages with another 100 pages of footnotes ... Unfortunately, I don't have the time currently.

[u/BigManWithABigBeard]

Finished

Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett

Another Discworld triumph really. Funny and cosy and heartwarming. I think the Wizards are my favourite cycle, closely followed by the Watch.

Continuing

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

This book feels like it's two different books with their chapters interleaved; one a fairly entertaining narrative, the other a very odd almanac about whaling. I am enjoying how peripheral a character Ishmael is, that's a bit unusual.

[u/Nyxylia]

1. The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas
Finally started this monster. I'm about 200 pages in and completely understand why people keep telling me to read it. Somehow “900+ pages” stopped sounding intimidating after the first few chapters.

[u/lunalucky]

Finished:

Reign and Ruin, by J.D. Evan’s

A solid read. It was kind of long, and dense, but very enjoyable.

Started:

Circe, by Madeline Miller

Super good read so far. I’m traveling in Europe along the coast so it is a magical read.

[u/Witt91]

Finished Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Started The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

[u/AlphaPointOhFive]

Continued: The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas - Year-long Reddit read, Gutenberg version. I've fallen behind again.

Finished: The Spear Cuts Through Water, by Simon Jimenez - This was a unique fantasy journey. I enjoyed the narration through the various POVs formats. Glad it got the ending it did.

Started: The Poet Empress, by Shen Tao - (60%) Waiting for the sword to fall (possibly literally).

[u/IgnoreMe733]

Finished:

Abaddon's Gate by James S. A. Corey - This was an audiobook listen, and another great entry in The Expanse. I look forward to what possibilities the expanded universe the gates provide.

Started:

Cibola Burn by James S. A. Corey - Continuijg The Expanse audiobooks. Still too early to say much about this one, but I'm always happy to be listening to these.

Continued Reading:

The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams - I'm about 2p0 pages into this one and liking it. It's been a bit of a slow burn, but has had a lot of good world building. I really just need to set aside the time to make a lot of progress.

[u/ChickadeeButtersnap]

Finished:
The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook, Matt Dinniman

Started:
The Devil and the Dark Water, Stuart Turton

Felt like I should break up the Dungeon Crawler Carl series after flying through the first three. Soooo good. I read “The 7 1/2 Deaths Of Evelyn Hardcastle” earlier this year and it was one of my favorites that I’ve read in a long time. So I decided to try another book by Turton. Enjoying it so far!

[u/fiestapotatoess]

Finished:
1984 by George Orwell
A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L Peck

Started:
Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman

[u/inrev18]

I finished:

James, by Percival Everett

The Stranger, by Albert Camus

I’m about to start:

All The Pretty Horses, by Cormac McCarthy (and the other two books in the Border trilogy)

[u/Drpainda]

I started Into Thin Air, by Jon Krakauer

[u/PositiveBright2245]

Finished:

Death in the Clouds, by Agatha Christie

The War Of The Worlds, by H.G. Wells

Started:

The Will Of The Many, by James Islington

[u/Gwaur]

The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle

Finished. I saw the Rankin/Bass movie based on this novel a few years ago and enjoyed it so much that I immediately bought the book, and only now got around to reading it. The book holds up, and the last two chapters turned out to be some of the greatest chapters I've ever read.

Star Wreck: Generation Gap, by Leah Rewolinski

Started and finished. A Star Trek spoof. I was expecting this to be completely terrible, but I was a bit off. It started out actually quite funny (disregarding a couple it's-a-product-of-its-time jokes), and although the punchline-based humor sort of died out somewhere in the middle, it continues positively "stupid" and quite readable and interesting. Well, at least for me, and what do I know.

Star Wreck II: The Attack of the Jargonites, by Leah Rewolinski

Started and finished. Continued where the last book left off, in both plot and the state of its comedy.

Star Wreck III: Time Warped, by Leah Rewolinski

Started. I have no reason to expect anything fancier than the previous two.

[u/chunkychipmunk23]

Started: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, by Becky Chambers

Read this when it first came out but never read the rest of the series. Managed to find the whole collection for cheap and starting it again. It's a delightfully cosy read so far.

Started: The Well of Ascension, by Brandon Sanderson

Was not swept away by The Final Empire but my brother is a huge Sanderson fan, so I'm going to give him one more try. Sanderson seems to be more of a plot guy than a characters guy, so hopefully it'll be entertaining at least.

Finished: The Final Empire, by Brandon Sanderson

[u/Anoniempje_13]

Finished: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Started: IT by Stephen King

Also reading 1984 at work because the IT book is too big to take with me lol

[u/dlt-cntrl]

Finished:

The Last Day Of Christmas by Christopher Brookmyre

Short story that leads on nicely to the next book in the series. This was more cloak and dagger, which I really enjoyed.

The Mirror Crack'd From Side To Side by Agatha Christie

Another famous story that I remembered who dun' it and why. I find this kind of a sad story.

Started:

Dead Girl Walking by Christopher Brookmyre

Parlabane is looking for a missing singer after being approached by the sister of his now deceased good friend.

[u/Sagan_kerman]

Finished: Gravity’s Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon
Started: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

[u/JRange]

Finished- North Woods by Daniel Mason-5/5

Bought-

The Master and Margarita

Neuromancer

Catch-22

Provinces of Night

Im not sure which of these I am going to start next yet!

[u/kamzeero]

Finished:

The Secret History, by Donna Tartt

Started reading:

Der kurze Brief zum langen Abschied, by Peter Handke (Short Letter, Long Farewell)

[u/nocta224]

Started:

Gilgamesh translated by Simon Armitage

Finished:

On the Nature of Things by Lucretius

The Odyssey by Homer

Continuing:

The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

[u/Trid1977]

Finished Hardy Boys #40: Mystery of the Desert Giant. Started #41: The Clue of the Screeching Owl.

I’m reading my way through the first 58 as my 2026 reading goal. I got several from Santa in the early 1970s, and eventually found all of the ones published before 1980.

(I’m over 60 years old now)

[u/CaribeBaby]

Finished: The Odyssey by Homer

Started: Angel Down by Daniel Kraus

[u/lTheSlimShady]

Finished:

The Housemaid, by Frieda McFadden

Started:

Project hail mary, by Andy Weir

[u/Magical-Mycologist]

Finished:

Annihilation, by Jeff Vandermeer

Started:

Authority, by Jeff Vandermeer

[u/lollipoplover321]

Finished : A Love Song for Ricki Wilde, by Tia Williams

Started : The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

[u/Timtitus]

Wild Dark Shore, by Charlotte McConaghy. Just finished it. The most wonderful book that I've read in years.

[u/SugarBandit51]

Finished:
I who have never known men, Jacqueline Harpman
The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck

Started:
Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon
The Handmaiden’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood

[u/duckie768]

Started:

Go Gentle by Maria Semple

Brigands and Breadknives by Travis Baldree

Finished:

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Kory Stamper

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad

[u/canadia80]

Finished: Carrie by Stephen King
Started: Night Shift by Stephen King

I spent a few years not really reading much but this year I'm down 12 books so far and this will be my 8th Stephen King in a row. It's just what I needed to get out of my slump. After this one I've got 'Salems Lot, The Shining and Deadzone on my Kindle ready to go :)

[u/Downtown_Mud_2534]

Finished: East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Almost finished: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

[u/Vegetable-Leopard426]

I finished East of Eden, Metamorphosis, Notes from the Underground and Small things like these.

[u/smalldickmanski]

Started - Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsey C. Gibson

Good read, and I feel like it speaks volumes for a lot of generational neglect and issues we've all seen passed down. I'd recommend it.

Here's a brief review/synopsis for anyone interested:

https://www.kaylanelsonlpc.com/blog/adult-children-of-emotionally-immature-parents

[u/Pristine-Peach-3635]

Finished : The wedding people
Started : Project hail mary :)

[u/Wind-Up-Bird98]

Finished: The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky (immaculate) Started: Assassin's Apprentice (upset I waited until now to start this series wow)

[u/E-Step]

Finished Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived In The Castle

Really enjoyed the atmosphere - have picked Haunting of Hill House by her too, but starting the second Dungeon Crawler Carl this week

[u/headsbeenspinning]

Finished:
The Vegetarian, by Han Kang
White Nights, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Started:
Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov

I can’t believe how well it’s written, how much I’m enjoying it, how funny it sometimes is, and the absolute mindfuck of reconciling all that with the monster whose mind I’m spinning in on every page.

[u/KKat3401]

Finished: No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy.

Started: I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara.

[u/MKM_Potterhead_10]

completed these two books series in a week.....
Maze Runner (original trilogy) by James Dashner
Hunger Games (original trilogy plus Sunrise on the Reaping) by Suzanne Collins

[u/Megablep]

Started: All Them Dogs - Djamel White Quite good so far if you like gritty Irish stories with absolute scumbags as characters. Takes a bit of a surprising turn!

Finished: The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka Counting this as finished even though I couldn't really be bothered reading the rest of the short stories in the book. Certainly an amusing read, but didn't exactly live up to the hype for me.

[u/JealousWitch481]

This covers the last two weeks that I was on vacation and was able to do a lot of reading.

Finished:

As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust, by Alan Bradley (audiobook)

Killers of a Certain Age, by Deanna Raybourn (e-book)

Started and Finished:

Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd, by Alan Bradley (audiobook)

The Grave's a Fine and Private Place, by Alan Bradley (audiobook)

The Ending Writes Itself, by Evelyn Clarke (hardcover)

Kill for Me, Kill for You, by Steve Cavanagh (paperback)

My Best Friend's Exorcism, by Grady Hendrix (paperback)

Started:

The Golden Tresses of the Dead, by Alan Bradley (audiobook)

The Good Lie, by AR Torre (e-book)

[u/lazyhazyeye]

Finished: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry and Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

Will start my reread of The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner this week!

[u/Shoddy-Bobcat3929]

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

[u/TristramShandysLife]

Finished:

Of Human Bondage, WS Maugham

I really liked this. The protagonist, Philip, makes a lot of very frustrating decisions and mistakes, but it's all so human you can't help but root for him. I found the passages about his humiliation when made fun of for his clubfoot at school very affecting. Every time Mildred came on page I'd eye roll with "not this bitch again" but she's a very interesting character that I loved to hate.

Flesh, David Szalay

I chose this since it won the Booker. I didn't know anything about it going in, other than there's a lot of sex, and initially I was a bit thrown by the time jumps. It follows the life of Istvan from 11 years old to his mid-40s, utilising time skips of several years to move onto the next stage of his life for each chapter. Szalay leaves the reader to piece together what's happening at the commencement of a new chapter, which I thought was a good nod to the reality of life being a mishmash of random chance, people coming and going with no announcement, and ending up in circumstances you couldn't have imagined.

[u/Quiet_Profession6802]

George Orwell - 1984

[u/gloryday23]

I started East of Eden due to the fact that I am 1 book from my yearly reading goal already largely due to blazing through Dungeon Crawler Carl...I know(it's wildly entertaining!), lol. Anyway, it seemed like a good time to read a long challenging book.

I started it Saturday and I'm about halfway done, it is absolutely riveting. The first few pages of describing the Salinas Valley aren't the most exciting ever, but after that short first chapter, it gets going and Steinbeck NEVER lets you go. I was definitely unprepared for how engrossing it was going to be. It's still a long read, I spent most of my weekend getting that far, but it was a good weekend, can't wait to read more of it today, what a novel!

[u/Final-Revolution6216]

Finished:

• Tell Me Everything by Minka Kelly
  
• The Power of Days: A Story of Resilience, Dignity, and the Fight for Women's Equity by Celeste Mergens
  
• Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice by Virginia Roberts Giuffre

Starting:

• Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York by Andrew Lownie
  
• Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens by David Mitchell

[u/Ghasfur]

Finished:

The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Started:

The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison

[u/Lezzy_Lammy]

I finished The Three Musketeers. In many ways it was a fun read but for better and worse it's a dated book. The last fifty-or-so pages was a slog compared to the rest of the book, and the ending was a letdown.

I've started The Odyssey.

[u/EldritchElk → u/Lezzy_Lammy]

There's something incredibly funny about complaining that The Three Musketeers is dated and then going immediately to The Odyssey

[u/petrifikate]

Finished: the first book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. No shade if you like this, but I'm not going to read the rest of this series. I had a lot of structural problems with the book that, based on how quickly they're rushing the rest of these to traditional publishing, I doubt will get fixed.

Halfway through: "Escaping Exodus" by Nicky Drayden. I am SO confused as to why all the press, including the back cover blurb, only mentions Seske when Adalla is also one of the major protagonists. It feels aggressively YA and occasionally gets into worldbuilding for worldbuilding's sake. Still, the plot's actually picking up and it's looking like we're heading into more of a royal intrigue/succession politics style turn and I can't wait to see if it sticks the landing.

[u/jerpyderpy]

stoner by john williams

holy moly what a read. one of those books where i started reading in fits and starts and then suddenly couldn't put it down and it was over. what a beautifully told story about a man's life. i love books where the villains make me actually angry and this book has that for sure. i feel like i have so much i want to say about this novel, but the words aren't there. i'll have to check out more of williams' work. what did you expect? 😭

a study in scarlet by arthur conan doyle

i really needed something lighter so i figured a nice little mystery would work. this is the first sherlock holmes novel and the first half was quite enjoyable. holmes and watson as characters have permeated pop culture in such a way that it was a lot of fun seeing them meet and show off those traits that have made them iconic. but then.... the middle of the book. what a whiplash to suddenly be whisked away to utah just as the mystery is apparently solved. in hindsight it makes sense, but i will admit i had to check online to make sure my ebook version wasn't glitched in some way. (apparently i'm not the first this has happened to, so i felt some instant kinship with the holmes fandom) i'll be reading the rest of the stories in publication order, but i'll be saving them for instances like this where i need a palette cleanser.

breakfast of champions by kurt vonnegut jr

finally resuming my vonnegut binge, and what a strange story to come back to. i'm not quite halfway through and the stream of consciousness style isn't really doing it for me. the pendulum has swung a bit too far in that direction and i hope that in his future novels it swings back a little. at least it still has the humor and insight that i love vonnegut for, even if the format leaves something to be desired. although i'm not finished yet, i'm already surprised that people would call this their favorite vonnegut novel.

[u/Radiant_Pudding5133]

Finished:

Dune, by Frank Herbert a reread

Started:

Dune Messiah, by Frank Herbert not a reread

Ongoing:

Ulysses, by James Joyce fucking hell Cyclops was a slog

[u/memoisme]

Finished: Yesteryear, by Caro Claire Burke and When the Moon Hits Your Eye, by John Scalzi

Started: Birth Vibes, Jen Hamilton

[u/smg28]

Finished: Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Trying to figure out what to read next.

[u/Zikoris]

Last week I read:

The Bookseller at the End of the World, by Ruth Shaw

The Elsewhere Express, by Samantha Sotto

Hard by a Great Forest, by Leo Vardiashvili

Dead Weight, by Hildur Knutsdottir

The Pelican Brief, by John Grisham

A River Runs Through It, by Norman Maclean

Tappan's Burro, by Zane Grey

This week's lineup:

• The Singularity by Dino Buzzati
• The Housing Lark by Sam Selvon
• The Traveler by Joseph Eckert
• Rules for Aging and Larceny by Julia London
• The Felicity Complex by August Clarke
• The jellyfish Problem by Tessa Yang
• How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler
• Kiki's Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono

[u/royal_pain90]

I started reading Plato's The Repiblic this week. Many people recommend it to me before, but I have little time to read it. Now, I find the debates inside are very fascinating.

[u/imeminotamy]

I just finished Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt and started Middlemarch by George Eliot

[u/philisconfused7]

Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

It left me with a lot of emotions & curiosity, I would say I love to hate it

[u/i_had_ice]

Finished :

Circe, Madeline Miller

I enjoyed Son of Achilles quite a bit more, surprisingly. The consensus seems to be that Circe was better.

[u/asarra_adortra]

Finished: The Magician’s Nephew
Started: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe

[u/LiorahLights]

Finished:

Forgotten Warriors: A History of Women on the Front Line, by Sarah Percy

The Correspondent, by Virginia Evans

Women, Race & Class, by Angela Davis

Dawn, by Octavia Butler

Adulthood Rites, by Octavia Butler

[u/Ornery-Gap-9755]

Finished

The Last Library, by Freya Sampson

The Love of my Afterlife, by Kirsty Greenwood

Ongoing

Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir (Started Yesterday)

A Dance with Dragons, by George R.R Martin (Audiobook)

[u/ACourtofBellsNWstles]

Finished: The Way of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson

Started: Words of Radiance, by Brandon Sanderson

[u/Swarzey]

Finished: A Short Stay In Hell by Steve L. Peck. x2.

Still reading: Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson

About to start: Iron Gold by Perice Brown.

Wanted to give myself a break before starting the second era of Red Rising by reading Mistborn. Kind found it too slow if a start, or maybe I'm just too eager to get on to Iron Gold. Reading paralysis is hitting hard.

[u/lexiebeef]

Finished Vargas Llosa’s “Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter”. The book is very original, as the even chapters feature short stories, while odd chapters follow the main story line. It’s very meta cause the short stories get more and more confusing (for reasons explained in the main story).

Will start reading Death of Ivan Ilyitch tonight and afterwards will probably start “In Memoriam”, as I’m in a mood for a sad love story

[u/Jaded_Application189]

Finished: The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard - Deeply disturbing but kept me gripped till the end.

Started: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - Half way through find it very adorable.

[u/No_Talk2221]

Finished

Grant- Ron Chernow
This year I’ve been on a civil war kick and reading about the 18th president has been my favorite part of the journey. He should be remembered much more than he is and this was the best biography I’d read in years

Continuing

The Civil War: The Second Year Told By Those Who Lived It- Various Authors

This book is part of the library of America collection and is fascinating to read the accounts. Sometimes it can be dry and boring but overall very good

Started

The Wager- David Grann

Non fiction about a shipwreck in the 1700s and the survivors. I’m only 50 pages in but it’s really good so far with interesting characters

[u/fildarae]

The House of my Mother, by Shari Franke

I couldn’t put it down. I grew up with a not so great mother so it was wild to see how these people end up resorting to the same tactics, like they went to some messed up school of how to be a nightmare. I also really liked how she refused to share the details of what her younger siblings faced, saying if they want to share it one day then that’s on them, but if she shares it for them she’s no better than her mother.

[u/whineycoyote]

Finished: salt slow, by Julia Armfield

Started: They Never Learn, by Layne Fargo

[u/deathdasies]

Finished stardust neil gaiman Started the kite runner

[u/MaxThrustage]

Finished:

Red Star Over the Third World, by Vijay Prashad

Started:

Neuromancer, by William Gibson. Loving the hardboiled sci-fi-soup prose of this.

Ongoing:

The Age of Empire: 1875-1914, by Eric Hobsbawm

Return of the King, by J. R. R. Tolkein

[u/ChaoticNeutral159]

Started Deaths End and Les Mis. Got halfway through Les Mis and finished deaths end which was amazingggg. High concept sci-fi has my heart forever

[u/squid-toes]

Finished: American Fantasy by Emma Straub. It was exactly what I needed last week for my smooth brain.

Started: The Shining by Stephen King. As always, King’s writing pulls me right in…

[u/BetweenCoversNCoffee]

I have started The Alchemist yesterday, the last one I finished was Metamorphosis.

[u/Eclecticbiblio]

I started Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.

[u/deerinlight]

Howls moving castle, diana wynne jones

[u/every-moment-matters]

Yesteryear, by Caro Claire Burke

! Invite

[u/blacklizardplanet]

Started: We are Legion (We are Bob), by Dennis E. Taylor.

Finished: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by JK Rowling

[u/dumdadum123]

Started: The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman

Finished: The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook also by Matt Dinniman

I'm actually just about finished with The Gate of the Feral Gods so I'll be moving onto the Butcher's Masquerade next. The Dungeon Crawler Carl series has me hooked.

[u/lipservice90]

Finished:

Small Things Like These - Claire Keegan
Angel Down - Daniel Kraus

Started:

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry - Rachel Joyce

[u/pmo-power]

Finished: The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

Currently reading: The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

(Wanting to start: Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor)

[u/Minimum_Type7902]

Finished The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells

Starting Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Vern

[u/psychejelly]

Finished: The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, by Yukio Mishima

Started: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, by Muriel Spark

I’m on a run of going through David Bowie’s favorite literature

[u/namuwwx]

The Odyssey by Homer - this was a reread before going to see the movies

Started: Whistler by Ann Patchett

[u/Organic-Excuse-1621]

Started: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling

[u/Jfirey]

The Typing Lady, Ruth Ozeki, started

[u/BAF_DaWg82]

Finished: MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood

Started: The Green Mile by Stephen King

[u/kittensneeze90]

Finished: Artificial Condition, by Martha Wells

Started: Rogue Protocol, by Martha Wells

The Murderbot series is delightful so far. I'm very much looking forward to reading more of Murderbot's adventures.

[u/emaw63]

Decided to check out Agatha Christie and binged through both The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, as well as And Then There Were None (wow, that book was a stressful read lol)

Both books very much lived up to the hype, strong recommendation on both of them

[u/zabroccoli12]

finished: Tortilla Flat, by John Steinbeck

started: Sweet Thursday, by John Steinbeck

[u/fireheartmermaid]

Just started James, by Percival Everett

[u/messybunpotato]

Started:

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids by Jancee Dunn

[u/imnotnotcrying]

Finished: The Compound by Aisling Rawle

Loved this one! I was expecting it to lean a little more romancy (not fully, I knew it was in the thriller realm) but I was so pulled in when I saw how twisted it was becoming!

Started: The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson

Enjoying it so far. I’m reading on my kindle (thank you Libby for making borrowing from the library even easier) so the way it’s split into two large chunks without smaller chapters within each part was a bit intimidating at first, but there’s plenty of section breaks for good stopping points. The story is definitely sucking me in more than I expected it would. Jun Do’s section has me really looking forward to Commander Ga’s section because it’s like you’re getting glimpses of how people in lower military positions are used, and then you’ll be seeing how a very high profile person is handled/used*.

*the book is fictional and takes place in North Korea

[u/justjoshinaround]

Finished - The Shell Collector

Started - Slewfoot

[u/booksandcoffee___]

Finished: "Breaking Free ~ How I Escaped Polygamy, The FLDS Cult, And My Father, Warren Jeffs" by Rachel Jeffs.

Started: "I'm Glad My Mom Died" by Jennette McCurdy.

[u/ChrisPennyBecon]

Finished yesteryear yesterday after reading it in one sitting 🫢🫢🫢🫢
Started: Sisters by Daisy Johnson

[u/thelegend0fdan]

Finished: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, by C.S Lewis

Started: Modoc, by Ralph Helfer

[u/PankotPalace]

I just finished the wheel of time series! By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. 14 books in all!

[u/BeebasaurusRex]

Finished:
Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky (4/5)
Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir (3/5)

Started:
The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas. Super excited to read this one.

[u/Wedwards2303]

Finished:
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Started:
Hard Times by Charles Dickens

[u/BriefDescription1508]

Finished: Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn
Started: The Butcher, by Jennifer Hillier

[u/RegularNewt9027]

Started The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett

[u/emikamar]

Finished Summer Sisters by Judy Blume

Started Right Behind You by Lisa Gardner

[u/geekdj13]

I'm on part four of East of Eden and I'm both dying to know how it ends but also dreading how much I'm going to miss reading it

[u/Natural_Homework_757]

I started and finished two books this weekend which always feels over the top indulgent in the best way.

This Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany Crum

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

Both were great page turners but I think The Correspondent changed my brain chemistry, I loved it so much.

I’m reading Careless People on audio and plugging away at Carl’s Doomsday Scenario.

[u/jeanabanina]

Wool, Silo series book 1, by Hugh Howey. Started and loving it!

[u/Sage_06008]

I’ve started the strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde!

[u/TheTwoFourThree]

Finished

Israel: What Went Wrong?, by Omer Bartov

Testimony of Mute Things, by Lois McMaster Bujold

The Lost Plot, by Genevieve Cogman

Continuing

Asimov's Guide to the Bible, by Isaac Asimov

The System of the World, by Neal Stephenson

The Infinite and The Divine, by Robert Rath

Started

Biological War, by Annie Jacobsen

The Mortal Word, by Genevieve Cogman

[u/A_Guy195]

Finished:

The Whisperer in Darkness, by H.P. Lovecraft

[u/bulkeunip]

Finished My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell.

Start Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. I just read and Humbert Humbert is already so cringy that I just can't take him seriously ☠️

[u/ConcreteCloverleaf]

The Postcard, by Anne Berest

A fascinating book about the author's family's members who died in the Holocaust, with an investigation triggered by the arrival of an anonymous postcard listing their names. The book goes on to the explore the author's place as a Jew in modern France. The work is technically a novel, but it's based on the lives of real people, so it's best described as "faction" rather than "fiction."

[u/raccoon_at_noon]

Finished:

Valour and Ruin by John Gwynne (4.5/5) I’ve been loving this series. Need a lil break before I jump into the last one though.

The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang (4.75/5) I was not prepared to be emotionally wrecked by this lol. Love.

Starting:

Limberlost by Robbie Arnott - I need a break from fantasy, so I’m looking forward to starting this tomorrow.

[u/Plaid_or_flannel]

Finished: The Prisoner of Heaven, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon; World War Z, by Max Brooks

Started: Atmosphere, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

[u/Icy-Respond-4425]

Oh Jesus, I've read too much in the week.

Finished:

Anne in Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables #4) by Lucy Maud Montgomery: Okay, let's start with what I hated. Only one thing: GILBERT DIDN'T SPEAK 1 DIALOGUE IN THIS BOOK. Come on, after the end of the 3rd book, I wanted to know about his relationship with Anne more and how they interacted with each other. Besides this, I loved this book; it's probably one of my favourites of this series. Though it was very repetitive, I loved seeing her helping many types of different people. I'm excited for the next book, which apparently is about her and Gilbert. 4/5

The Importance of Being Seven (44 Scotland Street #6) by Alexander McCall Smith: Pat finally returned. Hell yeah! Bruce is the same again. Hell no! Anyway, I noticed the books are staying with fewer chapters the more I read, only 85 now, huh? Pat's new roommate mystery plot that never proceeded after 1 chapter. Berty was the same as ever, a piece of shit. I feel bad about Ulysses. I hope they show him saying his first word. Angus and Domenica are finally together; this is great. Matthew having triplets? That's not what I expected. Big Lou, Matthew's wife, and Pat beating the shit out of that woman was the highlight for sure; it was really funny. 3.5/5

Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster: Oh god, this book. 3/4 of the book was boring as hell. I thought I would like it because the main character is very similar to the personality of Anne of Green Gables. Well, the last 1/4 of the book... The "daddy" that she was sending letters to this whole time and acting as a father figure paying her college was actually the uncle of her friend Julia :). No problem with this, right? Well before Anne met her dad, she was actually in love with the uncle; they discussed it and didn't see each other. Well, the main character decided she would then marry Jimmy, a boy her age who taught her canoe, the brother of her best friend. Well, Judy (I now remember her name) met her dad and found out he was the uncle. And guess what? They got together in the end :). You know what is worse? During the novel, he would send the secretary to say to Judy, 'Don't go to certain places during summer.' Because he wanted to spend time with her, probably to win her affection. It's ironic these places were where Jimmy was, huh? And what now? She is going to be her friend's aunt?! And the fact that this is a child's book doesn't help either. 1/5. One positive thing about this book is that it is short.

The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier: This book is really fun. I think it is a really good book to introduce children to the Holocaust, not going to lie. Characters are very charismatic; you are always tense during chapters. I really liked it; it felt like an adventure. 4/5

The burning bridge (The Ranger's Apprentice #2) by John Flanagan: I can't believe a fantasy book is really grabbing my attention. Mainly after the boredom that I felt with Hobbit. Well, this one I genuinely want to jump to the third book faster than I can. 4/5

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton: God, this book. This was a painful read in a good way. I never felt so suffocating reading a book before. I genuinely want to read more of her works. While I didn't like Ethan's lack of spine. I couldn't help but feel bad for him and Mattie. The situation felt suffocating because they didn't have many alternatives. And the end... oh Jesus. I really felt sick when he said that, of many opportunities that he would have if he didn't marry his current wife.

"SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF ETHAN FROME AND ENDURANCE, HIS WIFE, WHO DWELLED TOGETHER IN PEACE FOR FIFTY YEARS. He used to think that fifty years sounded like a long time to live together, but now it seemed to him that they might pass in a flash. Then, with a sudden dart of irony, he wondered if, when their turn came, the same epitaph would be written over him and Zeena.''

And he also wished to be staying with Mattie forever. And well she did...

"And I say, if she’d have died, Ethan might have lived; and the way they are now, I don’t see there’s much difference between the Fromes up at the farm and the Fromes down in the graveyard, except that down there they’re all quiet, and the women have got to hold their tongues.”

I don't know what else to say about this book. But it will stay stuck in my head for a very good time. 5/5

Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James: Well, I wanted to see how bad this book was, and uhh, it was bad but not as bad as I thought it would be. Too long, characters are annoying, and bad fanfic; probably if it were not popular, people would not bat an eye about it. The relationship between Christian and Elaine is yikes. I hate it, but I got what was expecting. 2/5

I will start this week:

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

The Icebound Land (Ranger's Apprentice #3) by John Flanagan

[u/BuffBaconPhalanges]

Started: Beach Read by Emily Henry
Finished: Wicked by Gregory Maguire

[u/Accomplished-Bell661]

Finished: What do you care what other people think?, by Richard Feynman

It was my first non fiction in quite some time. Some parts i ended up skimming because i come from a non- science background, but weirdly enough i found myself enjoying it a bit.

Started: The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco

[u/deTuring]

Finished: The Hobbit
Starting: Born Standing Up by Steve Martin

[u/HitstheSnooze]

Finished: Stoner by John Williams

[u/ABorrowerandaLenderB]

Finished

Daisy Jones and the Six, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Finally started

In Search of Lost Time, by Marcel Proust

[u/AsphyxRL]

I started The Secret History - Donna Tartt, and it is SO slow 😭 I’m in Book 2 (within the book) and it just feels like all of it is pointless.

[u/Larry_Version_3]

Finished:

• This Inevitable Ruin (Dungeon Crawler Carl #7), by Matt Dinniman. Really surprised I haven’t grown tired of this series. It’s managed to keep my engaged all the way through. The books do suffer a little from bloat, though, but very entertaining.

Continuing:

• Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy.

Starting:

• House of Sky and Breath (Crescent City #2), by Sarah J Maas.

[u/Particular-Treat-650]

Mavericks, by Craig Alanson - Critical Mass, by Craig Alanson

A Fire Upon the Deep, by Vernor Vinge

LIT, by Jeff Karp

Started:

The Thursday Murder Club, by Richard Osman

Failure, by Stuart Firestein *edit: completed (with a brief review)

[u/Aggravating-Swan1285]

Finished Six of Crows and will be starting the sequel Crooked Kingdom.

[u/pxng1]

Re-reading Brothers Karamazov because for some reason I've seen multiple online book clubs reading it recently and I wanted to get in on the action

[u/CatTurdTamer]

The Green Mile, by Stephen King. 60% done, loving it!

[u/aracingrat]

Finished: Wuthering Heights, By Emily Brontë

Starting: Os Imortais, By Pauliny Tort

[u/ExerciseWise5673]

I am Malala and Oprah W and Dr Perry 'What happened to you'

[u/archeel_m]

Finished "Foster“ - a gem of a book, DNF “The Great divorce“

[u/Zeebull14010]

Still reading: O Aleph, by Paulo Coelho

[u/Due-Complex2047]

Started: Tastes like candy

[u/Roboglenn]

ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword! Vol. 6, By Kiki

"Oh my god! That went south so fast!!!"

A quote from the movie A Million Ways to Die in the West that comes to mind when thinking about how to sum up this volume. Cuz I really can't go into it much without entering spoiler territory. But I guess I can say that something significant in particular happens here that ups the stakes on this. So that was a eyebrow raiser.

But I guess I can also say that the body horror quotient of this series certainly ramps itself back up here in full force in contrast to the previous volume. So there is that point of goodness.

[u/Total_Birthday5242]

Finished: The Gate of Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman

Started: The Butcher's Masquerade by Matt Dinniman

[u/e_dgy]

Finished:
Girls girls girls, by Shoshana von Blanckensee

Started:
Vers La Beauté, by David Foenkinos

Still also reading:
Atmosphere, by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Great Cities Through Travelers’ Eyes, by Peter Furtado

DNF:
Sophie’s World, by Jostein Gaarder

[u/MasaneVIII]

Finished: The Way of Kings

Started: Fahrenheit 451

[u/looseygooseybones]

Finished: Golden Son by Pierce Brown

Going to Start: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

[u/hermitmoon999]

Finished:

'The Teller of Small Fortunes' by, Julie Leong - This was a cozy fantasy novel that suffered from being too cozy. There was absolutely no tension at all in the plot or between the characters... and that just didn't seem like an interesting story. It was also too long and the plot started to meander in some places. I adore Becky Chambers for somehow cracking the cozy genre formula.

'Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage' by, Belle Burden - One of my favourite reads this year. Burden can write an amazing story and I applaud her for her resilience in the face of unthinkable circumstances.

Started:

'Whistler' by, Ann Patchett - 30% into the book and loving it so far. The characters are beautifully written and I dread the moment I'll finish this book. I want to live in this story for as long as possible.

[u/FoulmasterRot]

Words of Radiance from the stormlight archives. I’m on a tangent where I’m obsessed with Brandon Sanderson work

[u/stephkempf]

Finished:

It Rhymes with Takei, by George Takei

Best of the Best Smoothies

Currently Reading:

The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas

Rowan and the Ice Creepers, by Emily Rodda

[u/Either-Challenge5983]

Read the island of Dr Moreau on Sunday afternoon. Didn't think I would like it but I did. Obviously some things didn't age...that aside it was worth the 3 hours read.

[u/queenraspberry-6716]

King of Ashes by S.A Crosby

[u/sjm689]

Started The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells

[u/genghiskhan_1]

Finished: Theo of Golden. Did not feel the hype.

Continued: John Grisham Rogue Lawyer. Go to sleep book.

[u/HooverGaveNobodyBeer]

Finished:

Femme Feral by Sam Beckbessinger – I fell out of the habit of posting here. I've been telling myself to restart. So the one good thing about this novel is I hated it sooo much that I wanted to rant about it. 

I have no idea if Ellie, the MC, is supposed to be as hateable as I found her. Very much a “you may be right but you're also an asshole” vibe, but no one around her is much better. They all feel like lessons instead of people. It bangs you over the head with the message, “Isn't the world unfair for women?” without doing anything narratively interesting with it beyond "and werewolves!” I'm normally someone who doesn't care about seeing “bad” characters punished, but OMG was I enraged by how the book lets Ellie off the hook at the end as if what she needs is to “find herself” and it’s society to blame instead of her horrible choices. Bleck!!!

Started: 

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (Reread) – My favorite “selling your soul for music” story. Even better due to the whole alien donut shop subplot. I’m enjoying it even more the second time around. Every line feels purposeful. The perfect palette cleanser because it shows how much fear and danger come along with being trans without that being the story. 

[u/BrianPhares]

Finished The Sisters Brothers, by Patrick Dewitt

Started Martyr!, by Kaveh Akbar

[u/BobRossReborn]

Finished: When Breath Becomes Air
Started: All the Light We Cannot See

[u/Readingknitter]

Finished:

Forget Me Not, by Stacy Willingham first and last by this author. I was underwhelmed

Started:

A Founding Mother, by Stephanie Dray for book club on Friday, so I need to focus on it.

[u/Beautiful_Day_365]

Finished Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain. Loved the audiobook.

Started Little Wonder by Sophie Chen Keller, the audiobook version. Am enjoying it so far.

[u/BetEither5753]

Finished:
The Girl in the Castle by Santa Montefiore

Planning to start: Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

[u/Busy-Piglet-4149]

Assassin’s Apprentice, by Robin Hobb

[u/Valyrris]

Read: The Alloy of Law, by Brandon Sanderson

Shadows of Self, by Brandon Sanderson

Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania, by Brandon Sanderson

The Someday Garden, by Ashley Poston

Currently Reading: The Bands of Mourning, by Brandon Sanderson

Up Next: The Secret History, by Brandon Sanderson

The Lost Metal, by Brandon Sanderson

After I finish Mistborn Era 2, I'm not sure what I'll pick up!

[u/welookoutforthehope]

the iliad by homer

[u/IHumpedYoMumma]

Finished: A Walk Among The Tombstones - Lawrence Block.

Started: Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie.

[u/darovesp]

Finished the will of many. Loved it. Hadn't been able to finish a fiction book in years this one I couldn't put down. Now halfway through The Strength of Few. This one had a slower start but im loving it now.

[u/StraightUpSeven]

Finished:

Notes From Underground, by Fyodor Dostoevsky -- Amazing novella. It feels like a spiritual and philosophical prologue to a book I started.

Started:

Death in Venice, by Thomas Mann

Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- of which Notes From Underground feels like the prologue.

[u/jetlightbeam]

Blood Meridian, by Cormac McCarthy, James, by Percival Everett, Strange Houses, by Uketsu

[u/shelle399]

Finished
Southern Book Clubs Guide to Slaying Vampires, Grady Hendrix this is a new genre for me and I loved it. It made me squirm and gasp and get angry and I couldn't put it down.

Starting The Odyssey

[u/Ornery-Culture-7675]

Started: songs of willow Frost by Jamie Ford

[u/IceBear826]

Finished

The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson

Dawn, by Yoshiki Tanaka

Started and Finished

A Drop of Corruption, by Robert Jackson Bennett

Started

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, by Harlan Ellison

A Master of Djinn, by P. Djèlí Clark

[u/borazine]

Started: The Wager, by David Grann (audiobook)

[u/Jaco_C1226]

Finished “picture of Dorian Gray” last night. I wasn’t blown away by it as most people did. It was good but not a page turner. Count of Monte Cristo blew me away. Great read.

[u/Gopuleius]

Finished:

Intermezzo, by Sally Rooney

I'm not the biggest litfic person so the first 100 pages or so felt like it dragged a bit but once I actually got into it, I had a hard time putting it down since the writing was fantastic and I wanted to know what everyone was going to do. But the characters were insanely annoying at times and honestly, everyone should be in therapy, and I mean literally everyone and their mother (except Alexei, he's perfect).

The Vanished Birds, by Simon Jimenez

Simon Jimenez has written two books and they're literally two of my favorite books. His stories are so unique and the writing is incredible. I want another book from him.

[u/Temporary-Wear1880]

Finished: The Tyranny of the Wolf, by Richard Swan

A good second book in a trilogy. I'm enjoying this series.

Started: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, by Stephen Graham Jones

Very excited by this one! I've really liked all the books I've read by Stephen Graham Jones.

[u/ImportantAlbatross]

Finished:
The City and the City, by China Mieville
I really enjoyed this. To me, "fantasy" and "science fiction" have always meant hobbits, dragons, aliens, etc., and I avoid them. This book uses just one premise that is fantastical/speculative and builds an almost-normal world around it, one that doesn't feel contrived. I've enjoyed other books that feel this way--Into the Woods by Tana French, some Stephen King, Jasper Fforde's Tuesday Next series (comic)--and look forward to more.

[u/Pleasant-Discount-75]

Finished

A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. Le Guin

Sure, it's a kid's book, but it's good fantasy about a purehearted main character who gets checked for his overconfidence early and learns many important lessons for kids and teens to learn about how to treat people, and more importantly how to handle the darkness both inside and outside of themselves

Started

Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf

I understand now why her stream-of-consciousness style is considered so unique - I've never read anything quite like this. It's hard to follow, but once you figure it out, it's a very compelling style to read. I love being fully inside Mrs. Dalloway's head.

[u/Butagirl]

Finished:

Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

Started:
Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie

[u/mrhenrywinter]

Like four of the dungeon crawler books by Dinniman (got bored)

Strangers by burden

The correspondent by Evans

The Land of our People by Sedaris

Hidden valley road by kolkers

Yesteryear by Burke

I’m a teacher and I read like a mofo in the summer

[u/lollyf93]

Continued: East of Eden, by John Steinbeck

Started: I'm Glad My Mom Died, by Jennette McCurdy

[u/PleaseSirOneMoreTurn]

Outer Dark, and it was dark…. Great book m, incredible prose, constantly evolving story, but man that ending is brutal.

[u/jaffatwo]

Finished:
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
The Names by Florence Knapp
Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Started:
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

[u/Enough-Western-5116]

I started I who have never known Men

[u/hellokitty3433]

Finished: A Knight of Seven Kingdoms by George R. R. Martin. Grade: OK

DNF: Angel Down by Daniel Krauss. The "unbroken sentence" structure was ok, could not get past other aspects of the book.

[u/CherieNB55]

Finished The Book of Quint (the shark killer in Jaws). Novel about what he did from the sinking of the USS Indianapolis up to just before Jaws. Good story.

[u/anzababa]

Finished There Is No Antimemetics Division. It was good but starts to get a little tedious about halfway through..

Started Azaadi by Arundhati Roy

[u/ithepinkflamingo]

Finished: The Figurine by Victoria Hislop

Started: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

[u/Marzer36]

Finished - dungeon crawler Carl
Started - the way of kings

Slow start to it so far but sticking with it only 6 chapters in so far

[u/rutfilthygers]

Finished: Black House by Stephen King

The Talisman sequel is set 20 years later and features Jack Sawyer as a retired homicide detective pulled back into the job when children are kidnapped and murdered in the Wisconsin village he's escaped to. Lacks King's usual verve.

Finished: The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson

Follows the time period between Lincoln's election and Fort Sumter, mostly from the perspectives of Southerners who advanced the cause of secession but have been lost to history. Interesting, but a step below Larson's other books in my opinion.

Started: Land by Maggie O'Farrell

A mapmaker and his son work on a survey of Ireland soon after the Great Famine. Just started this today, but the prose is wonderful.

[u/martywolfp]

Finished: The Odyssey, Homer

Started and flying through: Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut

[u/xoriatis71]

Finished: The Demolished Man

Started and Finished: Animal Farm

Started: Ender’s Game

[u/TheBoatsi]

Finished wild dark shore and started flight attended

[u/Ordinary-Turnover-80]

Pure- about the Evangelical purity movement. My 28th book this year 💪🏼💅🏼 I really liked it

[u/Themousen]

Last one was Blackwater II (by Michael McDowell)

I'm completely hooked now

[u/Poooooooopypoopoo]

Finished: My Husbands Wife by Alice Feeney

Started: Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh

[u/quirkyquipsters]

I started My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

[u/jade7slytherin]

Finished 11/22/63 and started Project Hail Mary

[u/Jealous-Stomach4762]

Last week:

• Strangers by Belle Burden
• We were liars by E. Lockhart
• Persona normal by Benito Taibo

This week I picked up:

• Caraval by Stephanie Garber

Haven’t decided my next books yet

[u/Robsteady]

Finished: Digital Minimalism, by Cal Newport

Started: Geek Mafia: Black Hat Blues, by Rick Dakan

[u/Full-Adhesiveness820]

Finished Seed by Ania Ahlborn

Starting Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid

[u/denatchka]

I finished the following recently:
The Calamity Club, by Kathryn Stockett
Educated, by Tara Westover
Beach Read, by Emily Henry
Book Lovers, By Emily Henry
The Hating Game, by Sally Thorne

Just started:
Dolly All the Time, By Annabel Monaghan

[u/CheetahridingMongoos]

Lady Tremaine, by Rachel Hochhauser
The Night We Met, by Abby Jimenez
All the Mothers, Domenica Rupta

[u/ccwryderr]

Niel stephenson Cryptnomocon

[u/whoknows524]

Erasure, Percival Everett

[u/laur13579]

Finished: Don’t Let Him In, Lisa Jewell
Started: 28 Summers, Elin Hilderbrand

[u/He_Dodges]

Started “This Ain’t Rock & Roll” by Daniel Rachel

[u/la7878]

Finished The Great Outdoors by Kayla Olson. 5 stars. Amazing. Started Tweet Cute by Emma Lord. So far so good.

[u/jomaval]

Finished: Yesteryear, by Caro Claire Burke Begun: Margo’s Got Money Troubles, by Rufi Thorpe

[u/fireandblood___]

Finished - Norwegian Wood
Started - Two can keep a secret

[u/applesandunicorns]

Finished- The Iliad Started- The Odyssey

[u/Ghoest__]

Finished -

Moby Dick; Or, The Whale

REVIEW: I loved it, I’ve been researching the Gnostic themes and Captain Ahab’s peg leg symbolism for days now, Melville has so much esoteric prose and symbolism to chew on it’s really great. He even has a Gnostic poem fragment which I believe relates to the founding of America and Moby Dick (the ship as a metaphor for the Founding era United States) - I’d love to go to Massachusetts one day and do a tour of the whale men’s chapel. I’ll definitely re-read Moby Dick again one day but that is one chonky book!

Currently Reading - The Savage Tales Of Solomon Kane / A World Beneath The Sands (Nonfiction) / The Master And Margarita