Reading
This is my personal reading log. On it you'll find the books I've read, the book I am currently reading, as well as some information on each one.
Currently Reading
(1)
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The Fall of Hyperion
Dan Simmons
As war engulfs humanity, the pilgrimage's secrets unravel and the fate of the Hegemony is decided
- Start Date
- 2026-01-08
- Finish Date
- —
- Release date
- 1990-03-01
- Word count
- 169,059
science fiction
fiction
fantasy
space opera
2026
(1)
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Hyperion
Dan Simmons
5Seven pilgrims share their intertwined stories on a journey across time and space to an enigmatic world
- Start Date
- 2025-12-27
- Finish Date
- 2026-01-07 (11 days)
- Release date
- 1989-05-26
- Word count
- 163,500 (14,864 words per day)
science fiction
fiction
fantasy
space opera
2025
(12)
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The Border
Don Winslow
4An epic conclusion to the Power of the Dog trilogy, confronting the human cost of the drug war with unflinching realism
- Start Date
- 2025-11-11
- Finish Date
- 2025-12-24 (43 days)
- Release date
- 2019-02-26
- Word count
- 221,952 (5,162 words per day)
fiction
crime
thriller
drama
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Animal Farm
George Orwell
3A sharp political satire exposing the corrupting nature of power through allegory
- Start Date
- 2025-11-02
- Finish Date
- 2025-11-11 (9 days)
- Release date
- 1945-08-17
- Word count
- 46,812 (5,201 words per day)
classics
fiction
political satire
allegory
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Blood Meridian
Cormac McCarthy
2Blood Meridian charts a relentless journey across the borderlands, exposing humanity’s darkest hunger for violence and power.
- Start Date
- 2025-09-15
- Finish Date
- 2025-10-30 (45 days)
- Release date
- 1985-04-28
- Word count
- 110,214 (2,449 words per day)
fiction
historical fiction
westerns
classics
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The Cartel
Don Winslow
5A gripping, ripped-from-the-headlines epic story of power, corruption, revenge, and justice spanning the past decade of the Mexican-American drug wars
- Start Date
- 2025-08-21
- Finish Date
- 2025-09-11 (21 days)
- Release date
- 2015-05-22
- Word count
- 178,024 (8,477 words per day)
fiction
crime
thriller
mystery
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The Salt Path
Raynor Winn
1The uplifting "true" tale of the couple who lost everything and embarked on a journey of salvation across the windswept South West coastline
- Start Date
- 2025-07-25
- Finish Date
- 2025-08-21 (27 days)
- Release date
- 2018-03-22
- Word count
- 72,000 (2,667 words per day)
nonfiction
memoir
travel
nature
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The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen
3A gripping espionage tale and political thriller exploring identity, war, and betrayal in post-war Vietnam
- Start Date
- 2025-05-29
- Finish Date
- 2025-07-24 (56 days)
- Release date
- 2015-04-02
- Word count
- 87,927 (1,570 words per day)
fiction
historical fiction
war
asia
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The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho (Translator: Alan R. Clarke)
4A philosophical adventure about following your dreams and listening to your heart
- Start Date
- 2025-05-19
- Finish Date
- 2025-05-28 (9 days)
- Release date
- 1988-04-15
- Word count
- 59,696 (6,633 words per day)
fiction
fantasy
philosophy
self help
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The Power Of The Dog
Don Winslow
4A blistering narco-epic of corruption, vengeance, and the cost of the drug war across borders
- Start Date
- 2025-02-28
- Finish Date
- 2025-05-19 (80 days)
- Release date
- 2005-04-26
- Word count
- 156,638 (1,958 words per day)
fiction
crime
thriller
mystery
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The North Water
Ian McGuire
4A visceral, brutal Arctic thriller set on a doomed whaling expedition
- Start Date
- 2025-02-20
- Finish Date
- 2025-02-23 (3 days)
- Release date
- 2016-02-11
- Word count
- 73,695 (24,565 words per day)
historical fiction
fiction
thriller
historical
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You Dreamed of Empires
Álvaro Enrigue (Translator: Natasha Wimmer)
5A hallucinatory, revelatory, colonial revenge story that reimagines the fall of Tenochtitlan
- Start Date
- 2025-02-12
- Finish Date
- 2025-02-20 (8 days)
- Release date
- 2022-10-13
- Word count
- 68,640 (8,580 words per day)
fiction
historical fiction
magical realism
historical
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1984
George Orwell
3A chilling dystopian vision of totalitarianism, surveillance, and truth
- Start Date
- 2025-02-05
- Finish Date
- 2025-02-12 (7 days)
- Release date
- 1949-06-08
- Word count
- 122,176 (17,454 words per day)
classics
fiction
science fiction
dystopia
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Code Dependent
Madhumita Murgia
3An investigation into how AI is reshaping power, work, and identity in the modern world
- Start Date
- 2024-08-01
- Finish Date
- 2025-01-27 (179 days)
- Release date
- 2024-03-21
- Word count
- 80,000 (447 words per day)
nonfiction
technology
artificial intelligence
science
2024
(2)
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Material World
Ed Conway
4A sweeping exploration of the raw materials powering the foundations of our global economy
- Start Date
- 2024-02-20
- Finish Date
- 2024-08-01 (163 days)
- Release date
- 2023-06-15
- Word count
- 154,000 (945 words per day)
nonfiction
science
history
economics
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Hypermedia Systems
Carson Gross, Mike Amundsen, Adam Stepinski, Deniz Akşimşek
4A modern guide to building evolvable, distributed software with hypermedia and web-native design
- Start Date
- 2024-01-01
- Finish Date
- 2024-01-17 (16 days)
- Release date
- 2023-07-16
- Word count
- 123,000 (7,688 words per day)
programming
technology
software
engineering
2023
(5)
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Sixty Harvests Left
Philip Lymbery
3A powerful call to transform our food systems and restore harmony with nature before time runs out
- Start Date
- 2023-07-22
- Finish Date
- 2023-07-30 (8 days)
- Release date
- 2022-08-18
- Word count
- 107,700 (13,463 words per day)
nonfiction
environment
nature
food
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Less Is More
Jason Hickel
4A radical reimagining of prosperity and progress in an age of ecological crisis
- Start Date
- 2023-07-18
- Finish Date
- 2023-07-21 (3 days)
- Release date
- 2020-01-13
- Word count
- 100,800 (33,600 words per day)
nonfiction
economics
politics
environment
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Ultra-Processed People
Chris van Tulleken
3A gripping investigation into the industrialised foods reshaping our bodies, brains, and world
- Start Date
- 2023-07-11
- Finish Date
- 2023-07-17 (6 days)
- Release date
- 2023-04-27
- Word count
- 115,200 (19,200 words per day)
nonfiction
health
science
food
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Ravenous
Henry Dimbleby, Jemima Lewis
3A bold manifesto for fixing the broken food system to benefit both people and the planet
- Start Date
- 2023-06-29
- Finish Date
- 2023-07-05 (6 days)
- Release date
- 2023-03-23
- Word count
- 100,800 (16,800 words per day)
nonfiction
food
health
science
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Living in Data
Jer Thorp
5An insightful guide to understanding data’s role in shaping society and empowering citizens
- Start Date
- 2023-06-20
- Finish Date
- 2023-06-28 (8 days)
- Release date
- 2021-05-04
- Word count
- 96,000 (12,000 words per day)
nonfiction
technology
science
politics