# Title Author Rating
1 Rocannon’s World Ursula K. Le Guin ⭑⭑⭑½
2 Redshirts John Scalzi ⭑⭑⭑⭑
3 Dear Edward Ann Napolitano ⭑⭑⭑⭑
4 The Psychology of Money Morgan Housel ⭑⭑⭑⭑
5 The Candy House Jennifer Egan ⭑⭑⭑⭑
6 Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry
7 Practical Doomsday Michal Zalewski
8 Dinosaurs Lydia Millet
9 It was he best of sentences, it was the wrost of sentences June Casagrande
10 Nettle & Bone T. Kingfisher
11 Sea of Tranquility Emily St. John Mandel
12 Under the Wave at Waimea Paul Theroux
13 The Power of Habit Charles Duhigg
14 Galatea Madeline Miller
15 Station Eleven Emily St. John Mandel
16 The Sisters Brothers Patrick deWitt
17 Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger
18 The Visual Display of Quantitative Information Edward R. Tufte
19 Blue Latitudes Tony Horwitz
20 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin
21 King Lear (New Folger Library Shakespeare) William Shakespeare
22 The Nineties Chuck Klosterman
23 Second Nature Michael Pollan
24 Consider This: Moments in My Writing Life after Which Everything Was Different Chuck Palahniuk
25 Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver ⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑
26 The Biggest Bluff Maria Konnikova
27 No Country for Old Men Cormac McCarthy
28 Heartburn Nora Ephron ⭑⭑⭑⭑½
29 Lincoln Highway Amor Towles
30 Apology (Harvard Classics: Vol 2) Plato
31 Real Work Adam Gopnik
32 The Devil’s Teeth Susan Casey
33 This Is How You Lose the Time War Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone ⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑
34 The Secret History Donna Tartt
35 Starter Villain John Scalzi
36 How to think Alan Jacobs
37 Fugitive Telemetry Martha Wells
38 The Yiddish Policemen’s Union Michael Chabon
39 Thornhedge T. Kingfisher
40 What We Talk About When We Talk About Love Raymond Carver ⭑⭑⭑⭑½
41 Networking for Systems Administrators Michael W Lucas
42 Hello Beautiful Ann Napolitano ⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑
43 The Stranger in the Woods Michael Finkel
44 Exhalation Ted Chiang ⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑
45 The Topeka School Ben Lerner
46 Richard II, Part 1 (New Folger Library Shakespeare) William Shakespeare
47 King Henry IV, Part 1 (New Folger Library Shakespeare) William Shakespeare
48 Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore Robin Sloan
49 How to Keep House While Drowning KC Davis
50 System Collapse Martha Wells