Books to Read

Books that are in the ever growing backlog of aspirations.

Cover for Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by Anne Rice

Cover for The Dark Forest (The Three-Body Problem, #2)The Dark Forest (The Three-Body Problem, #2)
by Liu Cixin

Cover for The Ringworld Engineers (Ringworld #2)The Ringworld Engineers (Ringworld #2)
by Larry Niven

Cover for Homicide: A Year on the Killing StreetsHomicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
by David Simon

Cover for Baltimore: A Political HistoryBaltimore: A Political History
by Matthew A. Crenson

Cover for Revolution in The Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was MadeRevolution in The Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made
by Andy Hertzfeld

Cover for The Black Butterfly: The Harmful Politics of Race and Space in AmericaThe Black Butterfly: The Harmful Politics of Race and Space in America
by Lawrence T. Brown

Cover for What the Dead KnowWhat the Dead Know
by Laura Lippman

Cover for A Clockwork OrangeA Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess

Cover for We Speak for Ourselves: How Woke Culture Prohibits ProgressWe Speak for Ourselves: How Woke Culture Prohibits Progress
by D. Watkins

Cover for The Baseball EconomistThe Baseball Economist
by J.C. Bradbury

Cover for Charm City (Tess Monaghan, #2)Charm City (Tess Monaghan, #2)
by Laura Lippman

Cover for The HistorianThe Historian
by Elizabeth Kostova

Cover for The Rules of the RoadThe Rules of the Road
by C.B. Jones

Cover for An Enquiry Concerning Human UnderstandingAn Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
by David Hume

Cover for The Feather ThiefThe Feather Thief
by Kirk Wallace Johnson

Cover for How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic CalamitiesHow Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities
by John Cassidy

Cover for Baltimore Blues (Tess Monaghan, #1)Baltimore Blues (Tess Monaghan, #1)
by Laura Lippman

Cover for Attempting NormalAttempting Normal
by Marc Maron

Cover for The Gripping Hand (Moties, #2)The Gripping Hand (Moties, #2)
by Larry Niven

Cover for A Generation of Sociopaths: How the Baby Boomers Betrayed AmericaA Generation of Sociopaths: How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America
by Bruce Cannon Gibney

Cover for The Rise of Endymion (Hyperion Cantos, #4)The Rise of Endymion (Hyperion Cantos, #4)
by Dan Simmons

Cover for FantasticLandFantasticLand
by Mike Bockoven

Cover for This Is a Call: The Life and Times of Dave GrohlThis Is a Call: The Life and Times of Dave Grohl
by Paul Brannigan

Cover for Trainspotting (Mark Renton, #2)Trainspotting (Mark Renton, #2)
by Irvine Welsh

Cover for HorrorstörHorrorstör
by Grady Hendrix

Cover for Bad Sports: How Owners Are Ruining the Games We LoveBad Sports: How Owners Are Ruining the Games We Love
by Dave Zirin

Cover for MonstrilioMonstrilio
by Gerardo Sámano Córdova

Cover for A Brief History of Vice How Bad Behavior Built CivilizationA Brief History of Vice How Bad Behavior Built Civilization
by Robert Evans

Cover for iWoz - Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing ItiWoz - Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It
by Steve Wozniak

Cover for Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal ScienceNaked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science
by Charles Wheelan

Cover for 7 Dirty Words: The Life and Crimes of George Carlin7 Dirty Words: The Life and Crimes of George Carlin
by James Sullivan

Cover for All the Devils are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial CrisisAll the Devils are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis
by Bethany McLean

Cover for Satiristas: Comedians, Contrarians, Raconteurs & VulgariansSatiristas: Comedians, Contrarians, Raconteurs & Vulgarians
by Paul Provenza

Cover for The Shadow over InnsmouthThe Shadow over Innsmouth
by H.P. Lovecraft

Cover for The Library at Mount CharThe Library at Mount Char
by Scott Hawkins

Cover for The Institutional Revolution: Measurement and the Economic Emergence of the Modern World (Markets and Governments in Economic History)The Institutional Revolution: Measurement and the Economic Emergence of the Modern World (Markets and Governments in Economic History)
by Douglas W. Allen

Cover for The Edge of Space-TimeThe Edge of Space-Time
by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Cover for Before the Lights Go Out: Conquering the Energy Crisis Before It Conquers UsBefore the Lights Go Out: Conquering the Energy Crisis Before It Conquers Us
by Maggie Koerth-Baker

Cover for The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated AmericaThe Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
by Richard Rothstein

Cover for Wrong Place Wrong TimeWrong Place Wrong Time
by Gillian McAllister

Cover for Fall; or, Dodge in HellFall; or, Dodge in Hell
by Neal Stephenson

Cover for The Arabian NightsThe Arabian Nights
by Anonymous

Cover for The ShadowsThe Shadows
by Alex North

Cover for ChesapeakeChesapeake
by James A. Michener

Cover for Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of PunkPlease Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
by Legs McNeil

Cover for If You Love Baltimore, It Will Love You Back: 171 Short, But True StoriesIf You Love Baltimore, It Will Love You Back: 171 Short, But True Stories
by Ron Cassie

Cover for Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction AnthologyNever Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
by Shane Hawk

Cover for 53 Days - How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy53 Days - How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy
by Timothy W. Ryback

Cover for Not in My Neighborhood: How Bigotry Shaped a Great American CityNot in My Neighborhood: How Bigotry Shaped a Great American City
by Antero Pietila

Cover for The Cook Up: A Crack Rock MemoirThe Cook Up: A Crack Rock Memoir
by D. Watkins

Cover for Oil on WaterOil on Water
by Helon Habila

Cover for The Nerd ReichThe Nerd Reich
by Gil Durán

Cover for All Your Base Are Belong to Us: How Fifty Years of Videogames Conquered Pop CultureAll Your Base Are Belong to Us: How Fifty Years of Videogames Conquered Pop Culture
by Harold Goldberg

Cover for Fate of Worlds (Fleet of Worlds #5; Ringworld #5)Fate of Worlds (Fleet of Worlds #5; Ringworld #5)
by Larry Niven

Cover for Machine of Death: A Collection of Stories About People Who Know How They Will Die (Machine of Death, #1)Machine of Death: A Collection of Stories About People Who Know How They Will Die (Machine of Death, #1)
by Ryan North

Cover for Endymion (Hyperion Cantos, #3)Endymion (Hyperion Cantos, #3)
by Dan Simmons

Cover for The ExorcistThe Exorcist
by William Peter Blatty

Cover for The Martian A NovelThe Martian A Novel
by Andy Weir

Cover for EducatedEducated
by Tara Westover

Cover for The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
by Margaret Atwood

Cover for Capital in the Twenty First CenturyCapital in the Twenty First Century
by Thomas Piketty

Cover for The FuryThe Fury
by Alex Michaelides

Cover for The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly ImprobableThe Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Cover for The Shadow of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #1)The Shadow of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #1)
by John Gwynne

Cover for The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New YorkThe Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
by Robert A. Caro

Cover for For the WinFor the Win
by Cory Doctorow

Cover for LifeLife
by Keith Richards

Cover for Lucifer's HammerLucifer's Hammer
by Larry Niven

Cover for Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
by Liu Cixin

Cover for City of ThievesCity of Thieves
by David Benioff

Cover for Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human SocietiesGuns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond

Cover for ArtemisArtemis
by Andy Weir

Cover for Snow CrashSnow Crash
by Neal Stephenson

Cover for The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
by Dan Simmons

Cover for The Mote in God's Eye (Moties, #1)The Mote in God's Eye (Moties, #1)
by Larry Niven

Cover for ReamdeReamde
by Neal Stephenson

Cover for The Ringworld Throne (Ringworld #3)The Ringworld Throne (Ringworld #3)
by Larry Niven

Cover for Ringworld's Children (Ringworld #4)Ringworld's Children (Ringworld #4)
by Larry Niven

Cover for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by Stieg Larsson

Cover for The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)
by Stieg Larsson

Cover for The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
by Stieg Larsson

Cover for Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of CryptocurrencyTracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency
by Andy Greenberg

Cover for HauntedHaunted
by Chuck Palahniuk

Cover for Project Hail MaryProject Hail Mary
by Andy Weir

Cover for The Denial of DeathThe Denial of Death
by Ernest Becker

Cover for Retail Gangster: The Insane, Real-Life Story of Crazy EddieRetail Gangster: The Insane, Real-Life Story of Crazy Eddie
by Gary Weiss

Cover for An Economist Gets Lunch: New Rules for Everyday FoodiesAn Economist Gets Lunch: New Rules for Everyday Foodies
by Tyler Cowen

Cover for The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
by Arthur Conan Doyle

Cover for The Hobbit, or There and Back AgainThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again
by J.R.R. Tolkien

Cover for God Bless You, Mr. RosewaterGod Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Cover for Lovecraft Country (Lovecraft Country, #1)Lovecraft Country (Lovecraft Country, #1)
by Matt Ruff

Cover for The Destroyer of Worlds (Lovecraft Country, #2)The Destroyer of Worlds (Lovecraft Country, #2)
by Matt Ruff

Cover for How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus AureliusHow to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
by Donald J. Robertson

Cover for The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
by Liu Cixin

Cover for Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the WestBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
by Cormac McCarthy