What Books did You Start or Finish Reading this Week?: September 21, 2026

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[u/harley-farts]

Didn't finish any books. Still reading It by Stephen King. Fuck its a long book, but goood!

[u/poison_daddy]

Reading: The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson and The Long Walk, by Stephen King 

The haunting of hill house: i wasn’t expecting the humor?? The scene where they’re all introducing themselves and giving bogus backstories was hilarious. Fall weather is here and it’s the perfect time to read something scary and spooky 

The long walk: I saw the movie and had the war allegory explained to me so I was interested enough to read it. I’m very curious to know if the endings are the same. It’s depressing, but it’s written so well I don’t even mind. 

[u/Friendstastegood]

Starting:

I am waiting for so many holds at the library.

Continuing:

Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives, by Siddharth Kara

Depressing but should be required reading for anyone who owns a smartphone.

Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones

I do love when fantasy books aren't scared to be weird in the way that fairy tales are.

Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (audiobook narrated by Frankie Corzo)

This got much better in the second half! I am almost done now.

[u/clintlockwood22]

Finished:

East of Eden John Steinbeck - I really enjoyed the different stories being intertwined in the narrative. I haven’t read Steinbeck since high school with Of Mice and Men and I’ll certainly be going through his bibliography. I’m also curious how well the Netflix adaptation will hold up to this masterpiece.

Started:

Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy - I’m only a few chapters in as a partner read aloud with my wife but it’s given an interesting backstory for Franny as it’s had the plot get going. I’m getting some Smilla’s Sense of Snow vibes from it in this early going. However, that’s likely just because of the Greenland starting point and the fact that I finished that book last month.

[u/lollyf93]

Started: Whalefalll, by Daniel Kraus

Been meaning to read this one since it came out and never got round to it. The movie coming out soon has spurred me on. I'm not very far through but the premise is intriguing. The very short chapters are a bit off-putting for me though.

Continued: Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir

Listening to this one slowly on audiobook and loving it. I watched the movie so I know the plot and was convinced by a few people to read the book anyway

[u/Maleficent-Artist568]

Finished: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Started: Middlemarch by George Eliot

[u/dlt-cntrl]

Finished:

A Big Boy Did It And Ran Away by Christopher Brookmyre

This started with a literal bang, I had to sit and think about it for a while. When we got into the body of the story, I found it hard to get into, I'd forgotten how ranty CB is in his earlier work. I also found it hard to get to know the main character, there was a lot going on. As things got really going, I started to enjoy it, there were some great characters.

Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie

This is the last Miss Marple novel, written well before AC's death but published afterwards. The writing and plot were as good as always. I remembered who dun' it and why, it was great to see all the clues come together.

I've read some of the short stories, but I won't go through them here.

Started:

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

This has been on my TBR for ages, and when a friend said that they were reading it and enjoying it, I thought why not read it now.

It's a slower paced book than I'm used to, but I'm finding it absorbing. I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes, I haven't seen the TV series or read anything about it, so it'll be a surprise.

[u/robcollier]

Finished: Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood - Started: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

[u/JupiterOnTheHorizon]

Finished Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

[u/SirGhost09Z]

Finished Ullysess by james joyce

[u/StraightUpSeven]

Finished: Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison

Started: Dubliners, by James Joyce

[u/Silver-Description29]

Finished:

There is No Antimimetics Division by qntm (4⭐️, really enjoyed)

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (4⭐️, re-read)

Started:

Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo (re-read)

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood (re-read)

[u/living_contradiction]

Finished: The Count of Monte Cristo

Started: Red Rising

On-going: Dungeon Crawler Carl (audiobook)

[u/nothanks211 → u/living_contradiction]

I’m getting ready to start The count of monte cristo! Any advice lol?

[u/living_contradiction → u/nothanks211]

It was released as a weekly periodical originally so you can take it slow and just read a chapter each day. I’d also do a little research into Alexandre Dumas and his father since it’s loosely based on him.

And don’t give up when you get to Rome. It gets a bit slow, but it’s all building to something.

[u/HotCanary]

Finished: The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson

[u/s_walsh]

I finished reading:

My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman. This book was a step down from A Man Called Ove by the same writer. It had some great parts and I did like it overall, but it spent too much time storytelling within the story. I understand what it was going for but it did feel tiresome to read at times.

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. I saw the 2005 movie when it first came out, and haven't read or watched anything since. This was a very pleasant read with some cool world building, and it is an extremely quick read

I think my next book will be World War Z by Max Brooks

[u/Neat-Arm2242]

Just finished Under Story by Chloe Benjamin. I wanted to like it more than I did. The concept was creative and interesting but it dragged on and on and wasn’t as engaging to me as I had hoped. The love story was definitely a central theme and romance isn’t my favorite genre. It resonated enough with me that I finished it, though.

I’m listening to Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel and I’m enjoying it when I’m not freaking out about the dystopian elements becoming reality.

I’m also reading Taipei Story by R. F. Kuang and The Good Eye by Jess Gibson. Taipei story is very different from Babel and Katabasis (I haven’t read the Poppy War trilogy yet), more along the lines of Yellowface. As usual, Kuang is perceptive and intelligent, so there are larger points to be made, but on the surface it’s a coming of age story. I’m enjoying it so far!

The Good Eye is a collection of short stories and I’m not very far in. To be honest, I picked this book up because the author is Margaret Atwood’s daughter, and Atwood is a great author. I’m not sure I would have read it otherwise. But so far, I’m not regretting it!

[u/Guilty-Pigeon]

Finished Night Shift by Stephen King and loved it. I'm still very slowly making my way through his entire catalog in order. Next is The Stand.

Started As I Lay Dying by Faulkner. It's a challenge, but I'm enjoying it.

Also reading Bro Doll by J. De Saint. I have no shame lol.

[u/Gwaur]

Bastard Birds - And How to Avoid Them, by Nina Pommelin

Started and Finished. My eyes just happened to glance at this at the library and I immediately had to borrow it; the title was evocative and the cover was beautiful. The subject matter is decently entertaining and the artwork is excellent.

Foundation and Earth, by Isaac Asimov

Continuing.

[u/emre461]

Finished: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Started: Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens

[u/bklingler89]

Finished: Sphere, by Michael Crichton

Started: The Andromeda Strain, by Michael Crichton

[u/PDSkibidibop]

Finished:

The Body in the Lake, by Matthew Costello & Neil Richards - murder mystery - it was OK - 3 stars

Dragons at Crumbling Castle, by Terry Pratchett - comedic fantasy short story collection - hilarious and sweet - 5 stars

Bullets in the Briar, by Kimber Silver - murder mystery - very good - 4 stars

Dark Matter, by Michelle Paver - horror - really good - 4 stars

The Peepshow: The Murders at 10 Rillington Place, by Kate Summerscale - true crime - not bad but suffered from not being told in chronological order - 3 stars

No Brainer, by Jeff Kinney - comedy - hilarious - 5 stars

What’s the Point?, by Norman Warren - religious fearmongering disguised as philosophy - terrible - 1 star

Jaggy Splinters, by Christopher Brookmyre - comedic short story collection of various genres - mostly brilliant with one dud and one that wasn’t my bag due to the subject matter being football, which I hate - 4 stars

Murder on the Italian Riviera, by T.A. Williams - murder mystery - not bad but with a slightly bizarre ending that came out of nowhere - 3 stars

Started:

Nation, by Terry Pratchett - fantasy - nearly halfway through, excellent so far

Cobra Traitor, by Timothy Zahn - science fiction - only started it this morning, it’s OK so far

Whew! I didn’t realise I’d read so much this week until I wrote it all down! 😂

[u/Ok-Abbreviations-967]

Finished: The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

Started/continued: Doctor Sleep by Stephen King

Great so far! I started it some time back but kind of fell off it cause if life been happening 😭 but I’m back on and it’s good

[u/Pugilist12]

Finished: Of Human Bondage (Maugham) - Pretty amazing piece of work. I love this guys writing. It's a very "Dickensian" type story, but he writes with such clarity that it doesn't feel like its over 100 years old. Definitely a masterpiece of the coming of age genre.

Started: Damascus Station (McCloskey) - As much as I enjoyed Of Human Bondage, I needed a change of pace. I enjoy a good spy thriller occasionally to liven things up. This seems to come highly recommended but so far its fairly standard stuff, imo. Hopefully it picks up as it goes. Not bad, just hasnt really gripped me.

[u/Last_Library_6052]

Started and finished:

Piranesi, by Suzanna Clarke
A Short Stay in Hell, by Steven L Peck

Started:

Yesteryear, by Caro Claire Burke

[u/Icy-Respond-4425]

Finished:

Halt's Peril (Ranger's Apprentice #9) by John Flanagan - I really liked the banter of this book, tho it does not have much else going on. I liked that they showed some snippets of Halt's past. Overall just an enjoyable book. 4/5

Dead Man's Walk (Lonesome Dove series #1) by Larry Mcmurtry - I loved it so much. It was so brutal, it felt so short even if it was like 12 hours or 8? You get so attached to the characters, I love Gus, Call and Matilda so much. Poor Johnny I felt so bad for him, that scene in part 3 was so depressing and the part where they need to get the white or black ball (I forgot what it was). Ugh I want to jump to the second book right now so badly. But because have like 4 months left to end the year, it's better to just put 1 book per month. 4.5/5

You deserve each other by Sarah Hogle - A very jarring transition of books. Well, I really liked the first half, but the second half was very meh. Still an enjoyable book. 4/5

Current:

Penrod Jashber by Booth Tarkington - I liked they put a lot of illustrations in this book, I really love the style. Well its Penrod so I don't know what else to say. Booth Tarkington bibliography looks really interesting, I want to read the growth trilogy once I finish my tbr.

I will probably read this week:

The Odyssey by Homer

The ranger's apprentice book 10 that I forgot the name

And whatever appears in the wheel later, I will probably read Farewell Summer to continue the Green Town series by Ray Bradbury

[u/Arnthor_Phillipson]

Finished:

Billions and Billions, by Carl Sagan

Bendigo Shafter, by Louis L'Amour

The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien

Killing Floor, by Lee Child

Started:

Seven Pillars of Wisdom, by T.E. Lawrence

Água Viva, by Clarice Lispector

The Stranger, by Albert Camus

[u/forfunmydude]

Finished: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg

Started: The Long Walk by Stephen King

[u/WantedR5]

Currently -> Les Miserables, Victor Hugo

[u/riuvenn]

Finished: A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. Le Guin

Started: Dawn, by Octavia E. Butler

[u/Imnotsureanymore8]

Finished

The Stand, by Stephen King

Starting

Wizard and Glass, by Stephen King

[u/lilpotdecreme]

Finished
John of John, by Douglas Stuart
Caliban’s War, by James S.A. Corey

Started
Switzy, by Emma Cline

Still reading
Huck Finn, by Mark Twain

It has been a really fun week of reading! I loved both of the finished books, and am barely started in Switzy as I try to get through some of the booker nominations. The Huck Finn read through is to give context before reading James by Percival Everett which has been on my TBR for way too long!!

[u/MeterologistOupost31]

Finished:

Hippolytos by Euripides trans. James Morwood : Phaedra is probably the most interesting character here which is unfortunate because she doesn't last all that long. Grade: A*

The Din of Celestial Birds by Brian Evenson : This definitely feels like it was written before Evenson really found his groove, so it's pretty mid. Grade: C

Winter Trees by Sylvia Plath : It's Plath so naturally it's great, even if it doesn't reach Ariel's heights. Grade: A*

Root Rot by Sylvia Nislow : A lot of great, visceral imagery but the characterization wasn't the strongest. Grade: B

Rubáiyát by Omar Khayyam (twitter forces me to use the Epstein Fury flag lol) trans. Edward Fitzgerald: Really good use of language and imagery (points off for "Willy-nilly") Grade: A*

Helen by Euripides trans. James Morwood: The first Euripides to disappoint. "Helen spent the whole Trojan war in Egypt and what everybody saw at Troy was a ghost" might just be the worst plot device of all time. Grade: C

Stung with Love by Sappho trans. Aaron Poochigan: I have to say these were a lot less lesbian than I was expecting. Grade: A

Ajax by Sophocles trans. David Raeburn : A definite improvement on Electra. Marred by having the first act basically take place off-screen. Grade: A

Currently reading: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Achilles and the Tortoise by Jorge Luis Borges

[u/ett-hus-i-skogen]

Finished:

Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley

My Dark Vanessa, by Kate Elizabeth Russell

Started:

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself, by Harriet Jacobs

[u/accentadroite_bitch]

Finished: The House of Mirth, by Edith Wharton

Started: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, by Ken Kesey

[u/KieranK695]

Finished Red Rising

Started Golden son.

I enjoyed it insofar as it's the equivalent of a popcorn flick, but some of the infallible protagonist/deus ex machina is annoying me now. I had heard it was mostly in the first book, but it's happening again in the second now too ..

[u/vixissitude]

Finished: Stepford Wives by Ira Levin

Started: City of Brass by Shannon Chakraborty

[u/Coolhandluke325]

Mort by Terry Pratchett

[u/Obvious_Question9222]

Finished - Sag Harbor - Colson Whitehead

Reading -

Homage to Catalonia - George Orwell

The Sixth Extinction - Elizabeth Kolbert

[u/bignoseyouknows]

Finished House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski. 8/10

Started the final book of the Sekret Machines - God's, Man and War series (Volume 3 - War) by Tom Delonge and Peter Levenda. Loved this non fiction series and the Fiction series (Sekret Machines) was also fantastic.

[u/Larielis]

Finished-

The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig

Started-

The Knave and the Moon by Rachel Gillig

[u/Overall_Sandwich_848]

Finished:

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshphegh - lacked purpose and I wouldn’t recommend it. ⭐️⭐️

Started:

The Stain by Rikki Ducornet - I’m about 70 pages in and it seems to be an absurdist take on an exorcism. The writing is literary and easy to digest.

The Executioner’s Song by Norman Mailer - after about 30 pages I know I’m going to be hooked, but it also has me feeling apprehensive.

[u/CaptainCorpse666]

Finished: Forrest Gump Started: The Darktower: The Gunslinger

[u/lazyhazyeye]

Finished: Light in August by William Faulkner and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie.

Started: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

[u/Sure_Requirement_899]

Finished: Yesteryear
Started: The Covenant of water

[u/DifficultDisaster919]

Finished: The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, by S.A. Chakraborty

Started: The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak

[u/Pikawoohoo]

Leviathan Falls

9th and final book of the Expanse series. Man, what a journey. I haven't read much sci-fi but they had me hooked. I definitely recommend it.

And now the satisfied but empty feeling of finishing a series... Sigh. I probably won't start another book today.

[u/arcoiris2]

Finished

Everyone Here is Lying by Shari Lapena

The Name of The Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

Started (ongoing between other books)

Daring Greatly by Brene Brown

Poirot Loses a Client by Agatha Christie

I will be starting later this week (when they arrive at the library)

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

What Happened to You? by Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D. and Oprah Winfrey

[u/willys_wasteland]

finished:

The Giver, by Lois Lowry

Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke

started/currently reading:

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, by Shannon Chakraborty

Our Perfect Storm, by Carley Fortune

[u/ConflictGullible392]

Finished: Do Not Say We Have Nothing, by Madeleine Thien

Started and finished: Writers and Lovers, by Lily King

Started and finished: Good People, by Patmeena Sabit

Started and finished: Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel

Started: Heart the Lover, by Lily King 

[u/irishhooligan72]

Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurtry

[u/iwasjusttwittering]

The Long March, by William Styron

Slowly continued (50%). A serious anti-military classic; Styron wanted us to know that reservists should be with their families instead of in the military [training]. There was a time and place for this, namely the post-WWII US, but it doesn't seem all that relevant otherwise. In other parts of the world, the military isn't so glorified, at least not universally, and people more often [have to] join to actually defend their country, sometimes even from the Americans.

Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, by Eliezer Yudkowsky

Continued (90%). It's fun, although the science parts take a backseat near the finale. I had to get over the author's problematic philosophy earlier, it doesn't bother me anymore though. It's not like JKR isn't problematic either, and this take on the story makes a lot more sense too.

The Burnout Society, by Byung-Chul Han

Finished. Byung-Chul Han regularly makes rounds in the media, usually because of his main thesis that contemporary society is an "achievement society" wherein individuals have internalized a limitless growth mindset that leads to burnout. That feels true, but unfortunately when I checked out his first book-essay (published in 2010), I was strongly disappointed. Nowhere does Han back up his claim that the society actually is an achievement society. Instead, it's an abstract polemic with Arendt, Agamben and other philosophers, with some literary arguments here and there. He doesn't grapple with actual events, anthropology, politics etc. that run counter to his thesis.

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[u/A_Guy195]

Finished:

The Horror from the Hills and Other Lovecraftian Tales, by Frank Belknap Long

 Started:

The Right to Be Lazy, by Paul Lafargue

[u/lexiebeef]

I finished The Memory Police, just started Flowers for Algernon.

So far I’m enjoying it a lot! I did start reading it because of Its Always Sunny, which is hilarious to me.

Next on the list is “I Who Have Never Known Men”

[u/DJBudGreen]

Finished: The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters

Great first outing by the author.

Finished: The Book Of Joy by the the 14th Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu and Douglas Abrams

Just an amazing book to listen to these two great leaders talking about there paths to finding joy in the every day world.

Finished: Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov

I read the entire robot into foundation series mashup in the timeline of that universe. While I appreciate the books, Asimov didn't need to force the two book series of foundation and robot to fit in the same universe.

Started: Yearly reread of The Lord of the Rings trilogy by JRR Tolkien.

A fall into winter favorite. Like wrapping yourself in a well loved blanket.

Started: bookclub reread of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

One of our group has never read it and that became top on our list. I cannot recommend this enough if you've gotten through life this far and haven't read it.

Starting next week: Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep by Paul Tremblay

I put it on hold on my library and was told 10 months wait. It was highly recommended to listen to the audiobook for the sound effects by a friend in her creepy fall book reads so I'll have to spring for it at the place with the smile on the boxes.

[u/canadia80]

Finished: Duma Key, by Stephen King - this is my 15th title in a row and it was good but not in my top half, which I wasn't expecting because so many people really like it. It was still a good read, tho!

Started: Under the Dome, by Stephen King - I'm only about 70 pages into this one (1100 pages) and I already like it a LOT more than Duma Key. I don't think I can finish in a week tho, so might miss this thread next week.

[u/MarmadukeTheGreat]

Finished The Turn of the Screw, by Henry James I enjoyed the tone of this but really felt it didn't stick the landing. The ratcheting claustrophobia of the manor was very well done but really I didn't feel the plot backed it up. 6/10 probably Moved onto Good Behaviour, by Molly Keane Only about 50 pages in and enjoying it so far. Very sharp and witty

[u/Snoo-87472]

Started: Neuromancer, by William Gibson

Probably my toughest read, first cyberpunk genre book and got it in English as a non-native speaker. Jargon, idioms, all those things alongside Gibson using complex descriptions of otherwise simple objects had me using the dictionary a lot during the first chapters.

I’m starting to get the hang of it ~120 pages in.

[u/flouronmypjs]

Finished:

King of Assassins, by R.J. Barker - the weakest book of the trilogy for me, but a very satisfying conclusion nonetheless.

Daughter of the Forest, by Juliet Marillier - a nearly perfect book for me. My one hang up was the age gap in the romance subplot. That really irked me.

Started:

Wonders of the Invisible World, by Patricia A. McKillip - a lovely book of short stories.

[u/tommyshelby1986]

Finished Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson

Started The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson

I'm trying out fantasy as I was focusing on classic literature. Mistborn started off a bit basic, but it was actually a great read. Propulsive, fun, and Im actually interested in the world and characters. Excited for book 2.

[u/letreonehpets]

Finished: Sphere by Michael Crichton

Started: A Southern Bookclub Guide’s to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

Audiobook: The Fisherman by John Langan

[u/Happysushi30]

Finished monstrous regiment by terry pratchett
Started independence by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

[u/Several-Support2201]

Finished: 

Therese Raquin by Emile Zola

Started:

Redwall by Brian Jacques

But of whiplash with this one!

[u/IgnoreMe733]

Finished:

Scion by James Islington - Overall an enjoyable book. Completely opposite of what I expect from Islington, but I still had a good time, and hope he comes back to this at some point in the future.

Started:

Songs of the Dead by Brandon Sanderson and Peter Orullian - I'm about 50 pages in and... I'm just not feeling it right now. Like, it isn't bad. There isn't necessarily anything wrong with it. I just don't think it's what I'm in the mood for right now, so will probably be putting it aside.

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski - I've been wanting to reread this one for a few years now, and finally started it up again last night. Not to far, but I'm looking forward to the experience again. It's been long enough that, while I remember a lot of the major story points, the finer details are blurry.

Continued Reading:

Berserk Deluxe Edition Volume 1 by Kentaro Miura - I bought this a while ago and never got around to reading it until now. I'm only four chapters in but have been enjoying it. The art is amazing and grotesque. The story so far has largely been Guts goes someplace. Guts kills a lot of people. I'm going to stick with it through at least the end of this book, and probably a bit further on. I just found out I can check out digital copies of the manga from my library, so I'll be doing that when I get to the end of this.

Nemisis Games by James S. A. Corey - This has been a hell of a read. The writers keep finding new ways to surprise me, and I'm always itching to see what happens next. I pretty often can only read two or three books by the same writer before needing a break from them, but I've been chugging along since starting the first book earlier this year, and I just don't see myself stopping until they're all done.

[u/Shoe_boooo]

Going through depression big time, but managed to finish two pages of Five Little Pigs by Christie 🥰

[u/Impossible_Bus8014]

Finished Lapvona by Ottesa Moshfegh

Started Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantell

[u/ChoiceBet2997]

Finished-
Guess Again, by Charlie Donlea
3.5*

Started-
Yesteryear, by Caro Claire Burke
About half way through. Enjoying it so far!

[u/nocta224]

Started:

The Art Thief by Michael Finkel

Finished:

The Fall of Babel by Josiah Bancroft

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar

[u/Awatto_boi]

Finished: The Dentist, by Tim Sullivan

First in the series. Detective Sergeant George Cross is investigating the murder of a homeless man who was apparently in a fight and had been strangled. The body is laying on the ground along with a carrier bag containing 6 cans of strong cider. There is no identification found on the body. Cross is a stickler for detail and procedure and the first thing he needs is an identification. Cross suffers from ASD, Autism Spectrum Disorder and his condition makes it difficult to deal with him, so he is not a favorite coworker. His current reluctant partner DS Josie Ottey has been tasked with keeping him from trouble although she has learned to deal with his quirks, and respects his unmatched skills in getting cases solved. When the pathologist’s examination of the body is complete Cross insists on going over it in detail and examining the corpse himself. Cross points out that the homeless man was wearing a pair of rare scleral contact lenses that the pathologist had missed completely. A search of local and outlying ophthalmologist’s records lead to the man’s identification. Surprisingly the dead homeless man is identified as a successful dentist whose wealthy family had declared him dead years before, and his wife was also a murder victim shortly before he disappeared. An intriguing murder mystery that I was drawn into right away, and the character of DS George Cross was so entertaining that I will definitely look at the other books in this British series.

Started: The Collaborators, by Michael Idov

[u/OmegaNave]

Finished Nine Goblins, by T. Kingfisher

Started The Way of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson

Nine Goblins was a fun little read. I know it’s just a novella, but I really wish it were a bit longer.

After finishing both Mistborn eras, I’m finally starting the Stormlight Archive. It’s a bit daunting, even after getting through all seven Mistborn novels, but I’m excited to experience a whole new world.

[u/TrafficNo5486]

Finished:
The Greet Dot, by Madeleine Gray

Part of Your World, by Abby Jimenez

Started / Continuing:
The Things We Never Say, by Elizabeth Strout

Yours Truly, by Abby Jimenez

The Green Dot took me forever (for me) to read. I liked it. I liked the humor and understood the “bleakness of corporate life”. It just didn’t get me to pick it up easily.

What I call “cartoon cover romances,” aren’t necessarily my thing. I’d rather pick up a contemporary or historical fiction but, when I’m in a rut, I feel they’re easy reads that I fly through and keep me going.

[u/modernistl9118]

Finished: Disgrace by JM Coetzee

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I finished Orbital and really wasn’t a fan. I didn’t really connect with the author’s attempts at profundity, and without that there was really nothing else to grasp onto. Nothing happens and the characters aren’t interesting - I can manage with one of those things but not both.

I also finished ‘I who have never known men’ and absolutely loved it. The eerie existential absurdism of the setting had me entranced.

[u/GanymedeBlu35]

Finished Dead Man's Walk, by Larry McMurtry. Great character development in how Gus and Call were completely green in their first outings as Rangers but with a lot of luck and steady nerves, you see how they develop into the respected characters they are in Lonesome Dove. 

Also finished The Wide Wide Sea, by Hampton Sides. Another fascinating slice of history that Sides captures. 

Started reading Comanche Moon, by Larry McMurtry and Children of Time, by Adrian Tchaikovsky. 

[u/gigilovesgsds]

Finished second book of Power of the Dog by Don Winslow. Started the third. Also, watching Narcos:Mexico and I am obsessed. The books are outstanding.

[u/lizwithhat]

Finished:

To The Far Blue Mountains, by Louis L'Amour

Continuing with the prequels to the main Sackett Family series. This one has more of L'Amour's beautiful landscape prose, but also a lot of the same flaws as the first instalment, including an overly Romantic view of colonialism.

Bakunins Töchter, by Elisabeth Lexer

Fluchttiere, by Elisabeth Lexer

I don't think either of these have been translated into English from the original German. The titles translate to Bakunin's Daughters and Flight Animals, respectively. They both deal in different ways with idealism, the search for a better life, and the inevitable disappointment when plan contacts reality. I enjoyed them both a lot.

Vampires Never Get Old: Tales with Fresh Bite, by Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker (eds)

I didn't find these as fresh as the title and blurb imply, but there are some good ones nonetheless. The standout for me was "A Guidebook for the Newly Sired Desi Vampire" by Samira Ahmed.

Started:

Die Mauer Steht Am Rhein: Deutschland nach dem Sieg des Sozialismus, by Christian v. Ditfurth. As far as I can tell, this also has not been translated into English. The title would be The Wall Stands on the Rhine: Germany after the Victory of Socialism. As you might guess, it's an alternate history in which East Germany absorbs West Germany on reunification instead of the other way around.

Het Geschenk/Das Geschenk, by Gaea Schoeters. Again, no English translation available that I could find. The title means The Gift and refers to a "present" of 20,000 elephants that the president of Botswana has made to the German people in a performative anticolonial stunt. It's delightfully absurd so far, while also making some serious points.

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The Silent Patient

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Finished Butchers Crossing

Started reading East of Eden last

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Finished: The Stranger by Albert Camus

Started: Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather

[u/Legitimate_Emu_3614]

Finished Fahrenheit 451 and started Children if Time. Big Sci-fi nerd here

[u/TeaForMerricat]

Finished: Frankenstein: The 1818 Text, by Mary Shelley

Man truly devoted to running from responsibility. 5/5

[u/KeyDig7639]

Finished
Unmasking Autism by Devon Price, PhD
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
Triple Sec by TJ Alexander

Started
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

[u/zeppelincheetah]

I finished Sand by Hugh Howey. I got it as an impulse purchase at a thrift store 4 or 5 years ago and it had gathered dust with the rest of my backlog until now. It's actually a pretty decent story. I finished it today. I already put its sequel, Across the Sand on hold at my library. I started the next book in my backlog (arranged from shortest to longest) The Real Lincoln By Thomas DiLorenzo.

I almost never post in these weekly topics because I genuinely read at a slow pace and usually catch these when I am somewhere in the middle of a book (or a few books). It just so happened that I finished Sand today. And no I have never read the Silo Trilogy before. Picking up Sand was a completely random impulse purchase with no prior knowledge of the author or his works.

Edit: since I see people also list what they are in the middle of reading I will do that:

Books I read with my wife (I read them out loud to her; the O.G. way to read a book):

Dracula by Bram Stoker

A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin (we are going very slow, we started reading ASOIAF together 3 years ago and are only on book 2! She's never read it and I am trying to savor because we all know George is never going to finish Winds.)

Genesis, Creation, and Early Man by Seraphim Rose

Victory in the Unseen Warfare by Jack N. Sparks

Books I am reading by myself (other than those mentioned) :

Philokalia Vol 2

My Life in Christ by St John of Kronstadt

The Arena by Ignatius Bryanchaninov

Audiobook:

Counsels From The Holy Mountain by St Ephraim

[u/Icy_Zookeepergame148]

Started Cannery Row by John Steinbeck

[u/Fit_Protection2031]

Finished -

•This woven Kingdom, Tahereh Mafi. 

• Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes.

• The Travelling Cat Chronicles, Hiro Arikawa.

• Martyr!, Kaveh Akbar.

Current read - 

•Empire of Pain : The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty, Patrick Radden Keefe.

[u/jgsjgs5]

Finished:

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

Started:

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

[u/servicetellers]

Finished: In Memoriam by Alice Winn.

Started: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee.

[u/TheTitan99]

Finished Klara and the Sun, by Kazuo Ishiguro. Like, I just finished it, so I'm still thinking it through.

Went in completely blind, to the extent of not even knowing the genre. It was funny being like "Wait, is this sci-fi? I think this might be sci-fi!" I've liked this author before, so I just wanted to see what else he'd made. And I... think I liked this?

It's a rather odd book. I've read a lot of sci-fi that overexplains everything. The reader clearly must be an idiot, so the author just explains every last detail, leaving nothing to the imagination. This book feels like the opposite. So much of it is kept vague and unexplained, from how the world works to character motivations to events. It feels like a small, small, small slice of a larger picture. Not 100% sure how I feel on that yet. It may have actually been too ambiguous for me.

I do know the individual moments worked for me, even if I'm not sure on how I feel about the entire picture. It's been a bit since I last read a book which made my heart sink like this one did in some points. So I certainly know I enjoyed parts of it, even if I'm still thinking over the entire whole.

I'll probably check out more of his works later.

[u/TheTea-Rex]

Started:
Sula, by Toni Morrison
You Are Here, by David Nicholls

Finished:
Giovanni’s Room, by James Baldwin
The Big Sleep, by Raymond Chandler

[u/MistyMoose98]

Finished: Jamaica Inn, by Daphne du Maurier

Loved it! Yet to read of a book of hers that I haven't enjoyed.

Started: Drive Your Plow Over The Bones of the Dead, by Olga Tokarczuk

[u/Hot-Aide3843]

Finished The Lies of Locke Lamora and Gunmetal Gods. Currently reading The Sword of Kaigen and Conqueror’s Blood (sequel to Gunmetal Gods).

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Finished: Hollow Bones, by Jodi Picoult

Starting: What Does it Feel Like, by Sophie Kinsella (reread)

[u/WhaleboneMalone]

Finished: Whalefall by Daniel Kraus

Started: Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
Started: Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

[u/boat_fucker724]

Just finished The Human Stain by Philip Roth.

Just starting: The Tunnel by William Gass (I'm scared )

[u/Post-Scarcity-Pal]

Finished "After the Fall" by Edward Ashton and it was pretty bad. Would NOT recommend

[u/pablo16x]

Finished The Blacktongue Thief (8/10), Train Dreams (9/10), and Circe (9/10)

Starting Angel Down and True Grit

[u/tekkenjin]

I’ve been reading you and me on vacation since beginning of September and finally completed it at 2:30am today

[u/RipleysHeart]

Finished: Middle of the Night - Riley Sager

[u/Ornery-Gap-9755]

Finished

Night Theatre, by Vikram Paralkar

The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook, by Matt Dinniman

Ongoing

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

The Jinn Daughter, by Rania Hanna (Started Yesterday)

[u/Prestigious-Air-2103]

Finished: The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

Started: A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett

Had a lot of fun reading this book cause I was in a bit of a slump but I ended up finishing it in less than 2 days. Combines 2 of my favorite genres, fantasy and murder mystery so highly recommend

[u/Roboglenn]

Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra: World Conquest Starts with the Civilization of Ruin, Volume 2, by Fehu Kazuno

The slow burn civilization builder continues, least for now. Cuz at the end of the volume it seems things are about to come to a head with the first actual threat they're gonna face. And I must say, coming from a gamer myself, the idea of just what this RTS Game civilization is gearing to be going up against sounds super interesting.

But up until that point. Well, like I said. Slow burn for the most part. Got some notable new characters introduced. Two of them in particular being the stars of the magnum opus part of this volume. One which really helps grind in the idea that you can be a nice person but also be evil in a kind of deep down sense. Kinda like Hank Scorpio from that one episode of the Simpsons. I mean Atou demonstrated that in the previous volume at one point, but given the situation that happened here, well...

As for the other new notable character. Maaaaaaaan, she only came in near the tail end of the volume but what she kinda ended up bringing to the table and the role she started to play in light of everything about her. It was just so funny.

[u/jaffatwo]

Finished: The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

Started: The Lady Elizabeth by Alison Weir

[u/Raineythereader]

Finished: Tales Accursed, by Richard Wells (ed.), a collection of folk horror stories ranging from J.S. Le Fanu to Shirley Jackson. There were a few old favorites that I'd read before (e.g. "Celui-Lá" by Eleanor Scott), but also several great ones that were new to me ("The Temple" by E.F. Benson, Jackson's "The Man in the Woods," etc). "The Country-Side," which I had criticized in my last update for being draggy, did have a payoff, but I don't know that it was worth the amount of time spent getting there. Also, my suspicion that H. Russell Wakefield had Some Issues regarding women remains as strong as ever, but the result was quite effective in this case.

Started: Silk and Sinew, by Kristy Park Kulski (ed.), another folk horror collection, but focusing specifically on Asian diaspora authors (-American, -Australian, -Canadian, etc). So far, most of the stories have been very good, but one or two have been a waste of paper. (The introductory poem didn't do anything for me either, but I put that down to my own tastes in poetry.) On the more positive side, my favorite entries so far have been "Mother's Mother's Daughter," a witchcraft story set in Traditional Chinese Folktale Setting, and "If I Am to Earn My Tether," a dark satire of economic development set in and around Singapore.

[u/LFS_1984]

Finished:

The Widow Hamilton by Mollie Ann Cox- a little long and the ending was disappointing. One of the subplots was glazed over.

Perestroika In Paris by Jane Smiley-a sweet a little sad story with animals walking (and swimming) around Paris, but with a sweet ending.

Alexander Hamilton's Guide to Life-Jeff Wilser-Pretty fun way to inspire people with the modern world sprinkled in.

Ongoing: Rise to Rebellion by Jeff Shaara

[u/razvangry]

Ongoing: Abaddon's Gate (The Expanse book3) and Seveneves by Neal Stephenson

[u/kimtenisqueen]

Finished: The Hobbit-JRR Tolkien

Started (and will finish today): The Pearl- John Steinbeck

After this I’m doing The complete sonnets of Shakespeare on Audio read by Patrick Stewart.

Then The second book in the Savage Lands series Stacy Marie Brown

[u/ZoraNealeThirstin]

Finished:

The Notebook, The Proof, The Third Lie by Ágota Kristóf - Strictly speaking these are three separate books, but after The Notebook Kristóf revisited the characters and story twice more over the years and built upon it. All three individually are pretty short, and while you could read The Notebook as a standalone story, I think reading all three together as one volume is the better way to experience the work. It's very gritty, with graphic descriptions of child abuse (physical, emotional and sexual), beastiality, war, and gore so maybe not for everyone, but ultimately the three books are an exploration of trauma and personal responses to it. I'd recommend going in blind if anyone's interested.

Indelicacy by Amina Cain - This was technically a reread for me, as I read it for the first time in 2020. I barely remembered anything about it, with the exception that it had an art gallery in it (not quite correct, it's an art museum) and that I fucking hated it. I've been clearing out my shelves and decided to give it another go before putting it up on Vinted to see if my opinion had changed. It has, though given that I previously rated it 2/5 on Goodreads, it seems I hated it even more this time.

While I enjoy novels where nothing really happens and we instead have to rely on subtext or what's not said (Milkman by Anna Burns is one of my favourite books where a common complaint is "nothing happens"), there's literally nothing going on in here. The narrator is a cleaner and likes the paintings in the gallery. She marries rich. Then she gets divorced and can write full time. The end. It's very short, the page count articifically inflated with generous line spacing and pages devoted to out-of-context ekphrasis that reads as if Cain just wanted to flex flowery descriptions and stuck some half-baked characters around to do it. The blurb says that its "lack of clear time and place" adds to the atmosphere, but really it's just Cain being lazy and avoiding having to deal with the complexities that modern technology introduces. It's very clearly set in the late 20th Century United States, probably the North East. That's not the problem, but the ambiguity is artificial and grates on me.

Started:

The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot. I went back and forth over whether I should read this or Middlemarch, and arbitrarily went for Floss. It seems Middlemarch is her most-respected novel so I'm regretting it a bit, but I can read it afterwards. I've never read anything by Eliot, so decided it was time.

[u/anniehxll]

Finished: Wise blood, by Flannery O’Connor
Started: Tobacco Road, by Erskine Caldwell

[u/JanethePain1221]

Finished: The Maid's Secret by Nita Prose; Galatea by Madeline Miller

Started: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.by Isabel Wilkerson

[u/rbnsncrs]

Finished Vertical, a.k.a. Sideways Oregon. Was planning to start Sideways Chile but wife says she'll gift it to me next month so waiting, patiently.

[u/pinbacktheband]

Endurance, which is a masterpiece non-fiction book about the Shackleton stranding in Antarctica

[u/sanders2020dubai]

Currently reading: the moon knows all the secrets of the world by Ifeanyi Ogbo

Next on my timeline : half of a yellow sun by Chimamanda Adichie

[u/Lucky_Enough]

Finished: A Parade of Horribles, by Matt Dinniman

Eighth book in the series. I started my DCC journey in mid-June and have read books 1-7 multiple times. I was putting off Parade because I knew it would be a while before he published the next one. I know it's a divisive series but it absolutely scratches that itch for me.

[u/Tand00r]

Finished
Flag in Exile, by David Weber
Network Effect, by Martha Wells

Starting
Honor Among Enemies, by David Weber
Quartered Safe Out Here, by George MacDonald Fraser

Ongoing car audiobook
Rider at the Gate, by C. J. Cherryh

[u/DemonCats666]

finished dungeon crawler carl, started carl’s doomsday scenario

[u/Roche77e]

Started:
Heart of a Stranger by Angela Buchdahl

[u/ButtHobbit]

Finished:

Blacktail by Scott Hawkins. Banger. Love the mythological feel to it, and the animal perspective is really well done with only one or two times I think it stumbled a bit.

The Unheld by Luke Larkin. Very mixed on this. Being positive, my big takeaway is potential. It definitely felt like a debut, but it has enough going for it that I'm interested to see where he goes when though this was a little underwhelming. It's slow in a way that feels unearned and unnecessary and, especially from a character perspective, unproductive. I wouldn't be surprised to see a sequel, and this book feels like it could easily be condensed down to a backstory that could've been covered in that without sacrificing much at all. But a big part of it not hitting too much for me is just that I think the classic Heavy Handed Trauma Metaphor Monster just wasn't all that interesting to me, and it and all the weird abominations from the beginning (and mentioned in the blurbs and advertising and stuff, this isn't a spoiler or anything) feel disconnected in an unsatisfying way.

Continued:

The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold. Doing the audio book. I love the Vorkosigan books, and this is my first of her fantasy stuff. Got about 5 hours left in it, enjoying it a lot so far. No real big thoughts on it, just solid fantasy. Not too crazy about the narrator though. The voice itself is fine, but he paused in unnatural places in the middle of sentences sometimes, almost like you can feel him tracking down to a new line or turning a page midsentence. It's minor, but happens often enough that it is kinda annoying.

Started:

Soldiers of Paradise by Paul Park. Only about 40 pages in and I have like no idea what's happening, but I'm liking it. Will definitely take a while to start to get what's going on with the world and stuff, but the writing is fun to read so I'm happy to take my time getting there.

[u/Peter_Falcon]

just finished Stranger from a strange land, the 600+ page version. what a great book if you can overlook the sexism and crappy rape comment. the ending was a real jaw dropper

[u/Sandra_y33]

Finished: Conclave by Robert Harris

Started: Bullet Train by Kōtarō Isaka

Started: The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki

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Finished: Day of the Owl by Leonardo Sciasica

Started: Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg

[u/BabyBug0522]

Gone Before Goodbye by Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben

[u/Substantial-Emu-1638]

Started: Seeing, Jose Saramago.

[u/Human_Resolution8378]

Books Finished:

1.God Killer by Hannah Kaner - An excellent start to the series that asks what faith demands from us and what kind of role it plays in our lives. I really enjoyed Kissen as a character.

2.Sunbringer by Hannah Kaner - I liked the second book in the series even more, its got a lot of great twists, one of which completely recasts the direction of the series. However while I liked it overall, I'm not sure I'm entirely onboard with how the aftermath was handled

3.Faithbreaker by Hannah Kaner - The final book was my favorite, the most emotionally complex of the series, its about sacrifice, forgiveness, the dangers of the state weaponizing religious faith, and I think ends on a great amount of catharsis.

4.The God of Endings by Jacqueline Holland - A vampire book that has nothing insightful or interesting to say about vampires. A shame

5.Nettle and Bone by T Kingfisher - I know this is ostensibly a horror and it does deal in very heavy topics, but I also found it a strangely comforting read. Partly because there's a happy ending in the end, but also partly because the abuse is happening to the protagonist's sister and so the horror there is at some distance removed from the audience.

Books Started:

1.The Alchemist by Paul Coelho

[u/kiyotaka_007]

Red rising. First book, honestly it was okay. Not bad Not that great as I seen it's hype.

Don't know if I start another one or not.

[u/zepqueen]

Started: Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas

Also just bought Dead Beat by Leigh Bardugo. Very excited to finish this trilogy!

[u/alicedied]

Finished:

Mistakenly Saving the Villain vol. 1, by Feng Yu Nie

Takopi’s Original Sin, by Taizan5

Sleeping on Paper Boats vol. 1, by Teki Yatsuda

Sleeping on Paper Boats vol. 2, by Teki Yatsuda

Started:

Mort, by Terry Pratchett

[u/huphelmeyer]

Finished Skeleton Crew, by Stephen King

and The Indifferent Stars Above, by Daniel James Brown

Started The Power Broker, by Robert A. Caro

[u/Zikoris]

Last week I read:

Kumukanda, by Kayo Chingonyi

Taipei Story, by R.F. Kuang

The Reimagining of Thornwood House, by Jaleigh Johnson

We Chase Shadows, by Richard Osman

Self-Help from the Middle Ages, by Peter Jones

Ensign: Year One, by Joe Durham

This week's lineup pre-trip, but then I'm heading out at the end of the week for a trip that has its own reading list:

• Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me by Django Wexler
• Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams
• Island Witch by Amanda Jayatissa
• Midwives by Chris Bohjalian
• Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
• Winterveil by Ava Reid

Goals Progress:

1. 365 Book Challenge: 271/365
2. Nonfiction Challenge: 38/50
3. Monte Cristo Challenge: Chapter 85, on track with the group read.
4. Around the World Challenge: 92/195
5. Relevant Reads Travel Challenge: 16 HK/Cambodia books read, Utah/Nevada trip imminent.

[u/Mindfulme5]

Started Land by Maggie O'Farrell.

[u/brokenbridge]

Finished:
* The Dog Stars by Peter Heller, The book was okay kind of anticlimatic. I wanted to read it before seeing the movie. Once I read it the casting of the movie no longer interested me.
* Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Kind of got swept up into this one. Ending had some tiny cringe moments but was totally invested in the main characters.
* Atonement by Ian McEwan, Well written
* Stories of your life and others by Ted Chiang, Read it because the story Arrival is based on is the title story. Struggled at first but really ended up enjoying the compilation of short stories. Was surprised by some of the observations made a quarter of century ago
* Convenience Store Women by Sayaka Murata, A short weird story

Started:
* The Body by Bill Bryson
* I choose my beginning by Nadia Murad
* Flashlight by Susan Choi

[u/Lovealltigers]

Finished: Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green. Never thought I’d sob at a non fiction book, but I did. Probably one of my favorite books, this was amazing. I believe this is a book that every person should read.

Warrior Cats: The New Prophecy #4-5 by Erin Hunter. As I’m continuing to reread my favorite childhood series, I will say the last few books haven’t been as good. Maybe my excitement for rereading the series is wearing off and I’m becoming more critical of the books lol. I feel quite annoyed with the characters decisions.

Started: Warrior Cats: The New Prophecy #6 by Erin Hunter. I’m excited to get this arc done and move on the next one, which I remember liking a lot more. (Warrior Cats is split into several different arcs, each containing 6 books.)

I try to read more adult books alongside the Warriors series but haven’t been able to connect with one.

I DNFd Bromantasy by Maire Roche, the characters felt very juvenile for being 30 and there was too much modern lingo while also trying to have lingo from the past, it was a weird combination and not for me.

I’ve also tried Silvercloak by LK Steven but I haven’t felt any motivation to read it, so I might soft DNF this one and come back to it later. Hopefully more holds at my library become available!

[u/ed_63]

The Iliad by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson - it’s interesting to read storytelling from ancient history but boy does it lack compared to modern literature. The plot is basic, and the characters undeveloped. They are mostly just bickering and fighting the whole time. By the end, I wanted them all to die, including the lousy gods.

[u/locallygrownmusic]

Finished: Ulysses by James Joyce (after a month and a half)

Started: Tehanu by Ursula K. LeGuin

[u/Zealousideal-Fill-60]

I just finished "The Man in the Brown Suit" by Agatha Christie.

Going to the next Christie with "The Secret of Chimneys", along with rereading Yokomizo Seishi's "The Village of Eight Graves", and studying "Hook Point" by Brendan Kane for my work.

[u/Readingknitter]

Finished:
Burn for Me, by Ilona Andrews

Started:
The Three Body Problem, by Cixin Liu

Ongoing:
A Parade of Horribles, by Matt Dinniman (audio)

[u/BigManWithABigBeard]

Finished: Black Bag by Luke Kennard

A bit of absurdist fun. I'm the same age as the narrator, so a lot of his views on the world map onto my life situation and outlook.

Started: Dr. Faustus by Thomas Mann

Enjoying this so far. I'm fairly early on, so it's still in the Thomas Mann loves 19th century Germany vibe.

Continuing: Good Behaviour by Molly Keane

Sassy aul narrator here.

[u/Aerynethe]

I just DNFd 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene. Made it to like Law 33 or something and decided it was too frustrating

So I went and started Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky. Because I guess I need to be frustrated in an entirely different way. 

Edited to add - my book club is starting Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton this week so im excited about that

[u/anitalahuerfanita_]

You and Me de Tal Bauer. Lloré y reí y volví a llorar.

[u/mockdogmoon]

Started:

• The Long Walk, by Stephen King

Finished:

• Monsters in the Archives, by Caroline Bicks

[u/GingeRael]

Finished

• The Night Circus
• A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot #1)

Currently Reading

• A Prayer for thr Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot #2)
• Wool (Silo #1)

[u/DepartureHot468]

Finished - Obscene Bird of Night by Jose Donoso (truly a mindfuck)

Started - Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak

[u/brappbrap]

I finiahed Ubik by Philip K Dick which I absolutely loved

And started The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin which I'm having a bit of trouble with. I'm 150 pages in and finally beginning to wrap my head around it so I will persevere

[u/AdministrationNo8177]

I have started Big Little Truths by Liane Moriarty. I am enjoying it, and yes it took a bit to get all the characters straight again. I didn't watch the series so no confusion with that.

[u/Billobill12]

Finished: The Corrections, by Jonathan Franzen Started: Red Sorghum, by Mo Yan

[u/identity420]

Finished Do Androids dream of electric sheep? by Philip K Dick. Giving this a 4 out of 5.
Currently reading If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura.

[u/RedShiftX1148]

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

[u/NoRefrigerator2272]

Finished: Lightbringer by Pierce Brown
Started: The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie

[u/Burnerphreak44]

Finished Ninth House, by Leigh Bardugo.

Terrific twist setting a detective novel in a world of dark academia.

[u/Broad-Meringue4584]

Finished:
Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke
Saltcrop, by Yume Kitasei

[u/MrMagpie91]

Started: The Lions of Al-Rassan, by Guy Gavriel Kay

[u/clevelandpoet]

Finished: Severance by Ling Ma

Listening to: We Promised You a Great Main Event: An Unauthorized WWE History by Bill Hanstock

Next read is probably: It Came From Neverland by Cynthia Pelayo

[u/mommaOfWildThings]

Finished A Witch's Guide to Magical Inn Keeping. Started Starling House

[u/Useful-Address-5117]

Finished:

Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil, by Drew Karpyshyn

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, by J. K. Rowling (rereading this one)

[u/tkinsey3]

In the midst of:

‘Ilium’ by Dan Simmons

[u/Adorable-Radish-Here]

(also from last week)

Finished: Of One Blood, Or the Hidden Self, by Pauline Hopkins. Pretty good, part southern gothic, part proto-Afro-futurism from 1903.

Finished: Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson. Enjoyed this also, good easy read, exciting pirate adventure.

Started: Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurtry. I wanted to give a western a try and this is great so far. Might try some Zane Grey later.

[u/Ella_Richter]

Finished: The sound of a wild Snail eating

It was a recommendation in a thread about obscure or weird lit I think and I decided I needed something short but poignant and quiet. This was exactly it and it confirmed to me that snails are fucking cool creatures.

Started: Between two fires

I love medieval horror and this pops up all the time on here. Saw that it is now being translated into German so I decided I'd give it a try. 🙂‍↕️

[u/e_paradoxa]

Finished:

The Intrigue, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Big Bad Wolf, by Laurie Gilmore

[u/JustSwimmingBy6]

Started:

All Systems Red by Martha Wells, Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

[u/Cellpool_]

Been bad with my reading recently, keep picking up duds that really discourage me from reading

Dnf "Gideon the ninth", dreadful book lmfao

Started reading "there is no anti memetics division" incredible book so far!!

[u/pearliewolf]

Finished The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel and started Woodworking by Emily St. James. Funny that the authors have such similar names.

[u/ArimuRyan]

Finished

Wuthering Heights, by Emily Brontë

I think I liked but this I really found myself tuning out a lot.

Started

The Rouse, by China Miéville

Been waiting for this one a while. As expected a confusing, slow burner but an interesting atmosphere so far.

[u/Bassoon_day]

Finished:

• Carl’s Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman

Started:

• The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook by Matt Dinniman
  
• Learn Faster Perform Better by Molly Gebrian (I’m a music teacher)

[u/Shroudweaver]

Finished:

Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones.

Was Beethoven a Birdwatcher? by David Turner

Started:

The Deptford Mice trilogy by Robin Jarvis. Read these years ago, but been wanting to reread them recently.

[u/Dirk_diggler22]

Finished Green river running red , started Hyperion

[u/bobby_heart149]

Finished last week: On the calculation of volume III

Started: The God of Small Things

[u/nothanks211]

Finished: Mood Machine by Liz Pelly

Started: Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake

Ongoing: Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle

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[u/Sleeppaw]

Finished the novel Mill Girl by Sue Reid, and starting to read The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

[u/buginarugsnug]

Finished :

When I Sing, Mountains Dance, by Irene Sola - 2/5*, it was okay and I enjoyed some parts, but the blurb was very misleading and I hate misleading blurbs!

There Is No Antimemetics Division, by qntm - 3/5*, I loved the first half, but the second half was a bit too fast for me, I would have loved more explanation on different unknowns.

Exit Party, by Emily St John Mandel - 4/5*, really enjoyed this - I wish there was more!

Started:

Slow Gods by Claire North

[u/benoitkesley]

Started:

The Fate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman

[u/mixedmediamadness]

I've been in a slump with a long string of dnfs but I just picked up Wild by Cheryl Strayed

[u/Beginning-Tutor-2813]

Finished: In the Dreamhouse by Carmen Maria Machado

Started: Sigh, gone by Phuc Tran

[u/Cool-beans95]

Still reading: Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors

[u/crue_auprey31]

A Dogs Purpose! ive seen the movie and i cant believe it took me this long to read the book, it was great :)

[u/plaguedmilk]

Lapvona

[u/probablecoz]

Started Laughable Loves my Milan Kundera

[u/FourSes]

Bump, Set, Sparks, by Jennifer Moffatt

Finished. I picked this one up because I have recently become a volleyball fan and because I wanted to go outside of my comfort zone by reading my first romance novel. Though I have nothing to compare it to as far as making a recommendation goes, I mostly enjoyed it. It gave me butterflies in my stomach.

[u/CJ_Thompson]

Started “Death in the Dark” by Emily Kimmelman

[u/stephkempf]

Currently Reading:

Voice of the Ocean, by Kelsey Impicciche

Fourth Wing, by Rebecca Yarros

Great Lakes Collisions, Wrecks & Disasters Ships 400-998 ft, by Wayne Louis Kadar

[u/Federal_Hand_6350]

currently- hooked by asako yuzuki

[u/FuzzyOddball410]

Started: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

[u/LesbianCanvas]

Currently Reading: The Anarchists Cookbook by Matt Dinniman (Book 3) & Shifting Gears by Jazz Forrester

Finished: A Collection of Letters by Jane Austen, Carl’s Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman & Here We Go Again by Alison Cochran

[u/IceBear826]

Started and Finished

Atalanta, by Jennifer Saint

Started

Emerald Green, by Kerstin Gier

[u/Ok-Duck2568]

Finished - The Good Sister
Currently reading - Dungeon Crawler Carl

[u/JSB19]

Finished- Wind through the Keyhole by Stephen King, decent interquel hobbled by the fact that the title story is the least interesting part.

She’s a Doll by Barbara Truelove, weird and wild horror tale about a murder victim seeking revenge by possessing a doll body.

Starting- Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King

Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove

[u/Gopuleius]

Finished:

The Return of Ellie Black, by Emiko Jean

Started:

Before You Were Anne, by Emiko Jean

[u/kaeleep]

Finished: Culpability by Bruce Holsinger Started: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemison Started: Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made by Kristin Kobes du Mez Started: 1776 by David McCullough

[u/sleepypandacub]

Books Finished:- 1. The Family Friend by Clare Douglas 2. Lies and Bones by RJ Law 3. Brain damage by Freida Mcfadden 4. Incidents around the house by Josh Malerman 5. The Long Shoe by Bob Mortimer

[u/thenightking6969]

Started - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch Finished - The palace of illusion

[u/Enough-Western-5116]

For the last 9 days it was None of this is True by Lisa Jewell. I been busy between my bday and other stuff 

[u/begaydategrimes]

Just finished Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke. What a book, damn. Now I've got the hots for Jonathan and I'm not sure how to process these feelings. 

[u/Asher_the_atheist]

Finished:

The Glass Hotel, by Emily St. John Mandel (dreamy and meandering, this is a melancholy tale of the ways that people find a modicum of peace in their broken lives)

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth, by Andrew Joseph White (well, that was harrowing 😳)

Magic, Lies, and Deadly Pies, by Misha Popp (the author tries to combine a cozy found family story of pie lovers with a Dexter-esque serial killer, but doesn’t quite manage to make it work; it either needed to be much funnier or much angrier, when instead it was earnest and saccharine and hand-wavy about “I’m totally not a serial killer because…”)

The Wild Inside, by Christine Carbo (I liked the cover and the setting and the exploration of bear-related PTSD, but the MC was infuriating; worse, what is with these books that can’t pass the Bechdel test, despite being written by women? Every female character was relegated to the background and either constantly insisting on feeding and cleaning up after the men, obsessing over children, or being judged by their attractiveness; congrats, Christine, on really capturing the male gaze 🙄; and if you were hoping this approach would make the female killer more shocking, no luck there—even I knew it was her and I never figure out whodunnit )

Started:

Raising Hare, by Chloe Dalton

The Vanishing Place, by Zoë Rankin

You’ll Never Know, by Caleb Stephens

[u/pb_mcbreezy]

Finished: The Martian

Started: We are Legion (We are Bob) and Dungeon Crawler Carl (audiobook)

[u/LogicalCalendar9366]

I just finished a buddy read of Project Hail Mary. It was a fantastic read, I can see why it's so highly recommended. Space as a setting can be hit or miss for me, but I was locked in from start to finish, and didn't get lost throughout descriptions. After finishing the book my partner and I were sad because we wanted more of Rocky and Grace..

I'm starting The Night Circus today, a reread of a favorite I've read only once before.