Books

My interests trend towards historical and contemporary fiction. Looking back on it, this list is dominated by books that have made me cry, which is an interesting revealed preference.

5wBooks

Calypso (David Sedaris)

8wBooks

A Gentleman In Moscow (Amor Towles)

12wBooks

Carly

The Magicians (Lev Grossman)

$12.99

13wBooks

The Safekeep (Yael van der Wouden)

$13.99

16wBooks

Aubrey / Maturin novels

20wBooks

The Buried Giant

$9.99

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22wBooks

Middlemarch

23wBooks

Cahokia Jazz

23wIn re

Einstein (Walter Isaacson)

$14.99

27wBooks

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom (Cory Doctorow)

$2.99

31wCo-signed

endo

Never Let Me Go

40wBooks

Flesh (David Szalay)

$14.10

42wBooks

Endling (Maria Reva)

$25

42wBooks

The City & The City (China Mieville)

$6.99

42wBooks

Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)

$11

47wBooks

Small Things Like These (Claire Keegan)

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Books

Calypso (David Sedaris)

A Gentleman In Moscow (Amor Towles)

The Magicians (Lev Grossman)

The Safekeep (Yael van der Wouden)

Aubrey / Maturin novels

The Buried Giant

Become a member to unlock every recommendation

Middlemarch

Cahokia Jazz

Einstein (Walter Isaacson)

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom (Cory Doctorow)

Never Let Me Go

Flesh (David Szalay)

Endling (Maria Reva)

The City & The City (China Mieville)

Pachinko (Min Jin Lee)

Euphoria (Lily King)

10:04 (Ben Lerner)

The Overstory (Richard Powers)

Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)

Wolf Hall Trilogy (Hilary Mantel)

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (David Mitchell)

Freedom (Jonathan Franzen)

A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)

Intermezzo (Sally Rooney)

Small Things Like These (Claire Keegan)

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