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2026


jean baudrillard //
simulacra and simulation
//1981.
byung-chul han //
psychopolitics
// 2017.
re-read mark fisher //
capitalist realism
// 2009.

2025


gerald murnane //
the plains
// 1982.
alexis wright //
carpentaria
// 2006.
shaun prescott //
the town
// 2017.
tim winton //
breath
// 2008.
re-read joan lindsay //
picnic at hanging rock
// 1967.
joan lindsay //
picnic at hanging rock
// 1967.
ashley hay //
gum: the story of eucalypts and their champions
// 2021.
re-read pat barker //
regeneration
// 1991.
jay winter //
sites of memory, sites of mourning: the great war in european cultural history
// 1995.
sophie strand //
the body is a doorway: a journey beyond healing, hope, and the human
// 2025.
naomi klein //
doppelganger: a trip into the mirror world
// 2023.
joan didion //
the year of magical thinking
// 2005.
annie ernaux //
a woman's story
// 1988.
brandon sanderson //
words of radiance
// 2014.
chris bain & patrick weekes [eds.] //
tevinter nights
// 2020.

2024


marian keyes //
grown ups
// 2020.
martin macinnes //
in ascension
// 2024.
oisín mckenna //
evenings and weekends
//2024.
kate morton //
homecoming
// 2023.
ian mcewan //
on chesil beach
// 2007.
brandon sanderson //
the way of kings
// 2010.

2023


eva baltasar //
boulder
// 2020.
sally rooney //
conversations with friends
// 2017.
joyce carol oates //
we were the mulvaneys
// 1996.
sarah waters //
the paying guests
// 2014.
catherine lacey //
biography of x
// 2023.
j.g. farrell //
the singapore grip
// 1978.
julia armfield //
our wives under the sea
// 2022.
violet kupersmith //
build your house around my body
// 2021.
benjamin myers //
the gallows pole
// 2017.
james s.a. corey //
leviathan falls
// 2021.

2022


james s.a. corey //
tiamat's wrath
// 2019.
james s.a. corey //
persepolis rising
// 2017.
james s.a. corey //
babylon's ashes
// 2016.
james s.a. corey //
nemesis games
// 2015.
james s.a. corey //
cibola burn
// 2014.
james s.a. corey //
abaddon's gate
// 2013.
james s.a. corey //
caliban's war
// 2012.
james s.a. corey //
leviathan wakes
// 2011.
graeme macrae burnet //
case study
// 2021.
michelle hoover //
the quickening
// 2010.
hervé le tellier //
the anomaly
// 2020.
julia phillips //
disappearing earth
// 2019.
melissa lucashenko //
mullumbimby
// 2013.
ko-eun yun //
the disaster tourist
// 2020.
jane pek //
the verifiers
// 2022.
barbara kingsolver //
the poisonwood bible
// 1998.
colleen mccollough //
the thorn birds
// 1977.
karen joy fowler //
the sweetheart season
// 1996.
fannie flagg //
fried green tomatoes at the whistlestop cafe
// 1987.
naguib mahfouz //
palace walk
// 1956.
joseph o'connor //
star of the sea
// 2002.
eleanor catton //
the luminaries
// 2013.
gerd theißen //
the shadow of the galilean
// 1986.
sarah waters //
fingersmith
// 2002.
michael faber //
the crimson petal and the white
// 2002.
alison rumfitt //
tell me i'm worthless
// 2021.
grace lavery //
please miss: a heartbreaking work of staggering penis
// 2022.
elizabeth smart //
by grand central station i sat down and wept
// 1945.
re-read madeline miller //
the song of achilles
// 2011.
frank herbert //
god emperor of dune
// 1981.
frank herbert //
children of dune
// 1976.
morgan robin //
dry your smile
// 1987.
kamila shamsie //
a god in every stone
// 2014.
frank herbert //
dune messiah
// 1969.

2021


re-read frank herbert //
dune
// 1965.
hilary mantel //
wolf hall
// 2009.
didier eribon //
returning to reims
// 2009.
jonathan cane //
civilising grass: the art of the lawn on the south african highveld
// 2019.
ahmed bouanani //
the shutters
// 1980.
perry anderson //
the h-word: the peripeteia of hegemony
// 2017.

2020


terry eagleton //
ideology: an introduction
// 1988.
aimee nezhukumatathil //
oceanic
// 2018.
angela davis //
if they come in the morning...: voices of resistance
// 1971.
a.m. gittlitz //
i want to believe: posadism, UFOs and apocalypse communism
// 2020.
brian teare //
doomstead days
// 2019.
alex vitale //
the end of policing
// 2017.
tommy pico //
nature poem
// 2017.
gustavo gutiérrez //
a theology of liberation
// 1971.
david graeber //
the utopia of rules: on technology, stupidity, and the secret joys of bureaucracy
// 2013.
frank lloyd wright //
the disappearing city
// 1932.
frances ryan //
crippled: austerity and the demonization of disabled people
// 2020.
thom van dooren //
flight ways: life and loss at the edge of extinction
// 2014.
mark fisher //
capitalist realism
// 2009.
paulo friere //
pedagogy of the oppressed
// 1968.
preti taneja //
we that are young
// 2017.
william shakespeare //
king lear
// 1605.
tara westover //
educated
// 2018.
mary talbot //
the red virgin and the vision of utopia
// 2016.
ayisha malik //
this green and pleasant land
// 2019.
richard powers //
the overstory
// 2018.
joanna pocock //
surrender
// 2019.

2019


rafael alberti //
returnings: poems of love and distance
// 2016.
eduardo kohn //
how forests think: toward an anthropology beyond the human
// 2013.
saskia sassen //
expulsions: brutality and complexity in the global economy
// 2014.
mark perryman //
why the olympics aren't good for us, and how they can be
// 2012.
martin mowforth //
the violence of development: resource depletion, environmental crises and human rights abuses in central america
// 2014.
oli mould //
against creativity
// 2018.
mike isaac //
super pumped: the battle for uber
// 2019.
eric hazan //
a walk through paris: a radical exploration
// 2016.
jay hopler //
the abridged history of rainfall
// 2016.
roberto bolaño //
2666
// 2004.
david france //
how to survive a plague: the story of how activists and scientists tamed AIDS
// 2016.
colson whitehead //
the underground railroad
// 2016.
larry tremblay //
the orange grove: a novel
// 2013.
kim stanley robinson //
2312
// 2012.
mary doria russell //
the sparrow
// 1996.
kayo chingonyi //
kumukanda
// 2017.
min jin lee //
pachinko
// 2017.
alan hollinghurst //
the sparsholt affair
// 2017.
cixin liu //
death's end
// 2010.
macarena gomez-barris //
the extractive zone: social ecologies and decolonial perspectives
// 2017.
kathryn yusoff //
a billion black anthropocenes or none
// 2018.
max horkheimer //
eclipse of reason
// 1933.
slavoj žižek //
violence
// 2007.
nancy fraser //
unruly practices: power, discourse and gender in contemporary social theory
// 1989.
david harvey //
rebel cities: from the right to the city to the urban revolution
// 2012.
zygmunt bauman //
modernity and ambivalence
// 1991.
giorgio agamben //
state of exception
// 2003.
shulamith firestone //
the dialectic of sex: the case for feminist revolution
// 1970.
hannah arendt //
on violence
// 1970.
cixin liu //
the dark forest
// 2008.
laboria cuboniks //
the xenofeminist manifesto: a politics for alienation
// 2015.
saleem haddad //
guapa
// 2016.
brett christophers //
the new enclosure: the appropriation of public land in neoliberal britain
// 2018.
cixin liu //
the three-body problem
// 2006.
susan sontag //
illness as metaphor and AIDs and its metaphors
// 1989.
isaac butler //
the world only spins forward: the ascent of angels in america
// 2018.

2018


michel foucault //
security, territory, population: lectures at the collège de france, 1977-1978
// 2004.
michel foucault //
the birth of biopolitics: lectures at the collège de france, 1978-1979
// 2004.
mario mieli //
towards a gay communism: elements of a homosexual critique
// 1977.
steven saylor //
the triumph of caesar
// 2008.
re-read steven saylor //
the judgement of caesar
// 2004.
re-read steven saylor //
a mist of prophecies
// 2002.
re-read steven saylor //
last seen in massilia
// 2000.
re-read steven saylor //
rubicon
// 1999.
re-read steven saylor //
a murder on the appian way
// 1996.
re-read steven saylor //
the venus throw
// 1995.
re-read steven saylor //
catilina's riddle
// 1993.
re-read steven saylor //
a gladiator dies only once
// 2005.
re-read steven saylor //
arms of nemesis
// 1992.
re-read steven saylor //
the house of the vestals
// 1997.
re-read steven saylor //
roman blood
// 1991.
alys fowler //
hidden nature: a voyage of discovery
// 2017.
madeline miller //
the song of achilles
// 2011.
ron chernow //
alexander hamilton
// 2004.
alice bloch //
sans papiers: the social and economic lives of young undocumented migrants
// 2014.
marian keyes //
the break
// 2018.
john carreyrou //
bad blood: secrets and lies in a silicon valley startup
// 2018.
maja lunde //
the history of bees
// 2015.
j.r.r. tolkien //
the lord of the rings
// 1954.
amy goldstein //
janesville: an american story
// 2017.
ruby tandoh //
eat up: food, appetite and eating what you want
// 2018.
ha-joon chang //
23 things they don't tell you about capitalism
// 2010.
ciara cremin //
man-made woman: the dialectics of cross-dressing
// 2017.
ann jones //
they were soldiers: how the wounded return from america's wars
// 2013.
cédric durand //
fictitious capital: how finance is appropriating our future
// 2014.

2017


david grann //
killers of the flower moon: oil, money, murder and the birth of the FBI
// 2017.
sheelah kolhatkar //
black edge: inside information, dirty money, and the quest to bring down the most wanted man on wall street
// 2017.
sarah gailey //
taste of marrow
// 2017.
sarah gailey //
river of teeth
// 2017.
kamila shamsie //
home fire
// 2017.
david gerard //
attack of the 50 foot blockchain: bitcoin, blockchain, ethererum & smart contracts
// 2017.
eric hazan //
a history of the barricade
// 2013.
gretchen henderson //
ugliness: a cultural history
// 2015.
s.j. sindu //
i once met you but you were dead
// 2016.
patricia lockwood //
priestdaddy
// 2017.
kim stanley robinson //
aurora
// 2015.
tony kushner //
angels in america
// 1995.
gabby rivera //
juliet takes a breath
// 2016.
naomi klein //
no is not enough
// 2017.
roxane gay //
hunger: a memoir of [my] body
// 2017.
juliet jacques //
trans: a memoir
// 2015.
eyal weizman //
the least of all possible evils: humanitarian violence from arendt to gaza
// 2012.
mark o'connell //
to be a machine: adventures among cyborgs, utopians, hackers, and the futurists solving the modest problem of death
// 2017.
laura james //
odd girl out
// 2017.
david brin //
existence
// 2012.
adrian tchaikovsky //
children of time
// 2015.
deni ellis béchard //
into the sun
// 2016.
louisa ermelino //
malafemmena
// 2016.
lynne segal //
out of time: the pleasures and the perils of ageing
// 2013.
maggie nelson //
the argonauts
// 2015.
gabriel garcía márquez //
clandestine in chile: the adventures of miguel littín
// 1986.
alex nunn //
the candidate: jeremy corbyn's improbable path to power
// 2016.
angela palm //
riverine: a memoir from anywhere but here
// 2016.
erin wunker //
notes from a feminist killjoy: essays on everyday life
// 2016.
peter lehner //
in deep water: the anatomy of a disaster, the fate of the gulf, and how to end our oil addiction
// 2010.
maría angélica bosco //
death going down
// 1954.
arlie russell hochschild //
strangers in their own land: anger and mourning on the american right
// 2016.
michelle tea //
black wave
// 2016.
luciana castellina //
discovery of the world: a political awakening in the shadow of mussolini
// 2011.
jonathan rabb //
among the living
// 2016.
james gleick //
time travel: a history
// 2016.
david renton //
fascism: theory and practice
// 1999.
frank herbert //
dune
// 1965.
charles glass //
syria burning: a short history of a catastrophe
// 2015.
raja shehada //
occupation diaries
// 1985.
naomi klein //
this changes everything
// 2014.

2016


stephen baxter //
ultima
// 2014.
stephen baxter //
proxima
// 2013.
cynthia bond //
ruby
// 2014.
emma rathbone //
losing it
// 2016.
becky chambers //
the long way to a small angry planet
// 2014.
elizabeth mckenzie //
the portable veblen
// 2016.
deborah levy //
hot milk
// 2016.
amin maalouf //
on identity
// 1998.
tim spector //
the diet myth: the real science behind what we eat
// 2015.
david graeber //
the democracy project
// 2013.
james meek //
private island: why britain now belongs to someone else
// 2014.
dambisa moyo //
dead aid: why aid is not working and how there is a better way for africa
// 2009.
marlon james //
a brief history of seven killings
// 2014.
rebecca solnit //
men explain things to me: and other essays
// 2014.
franco berardi //
heroes: mass murder and suicide
// 2015.
jeremy gavron //
a woman on the edge of time: a son's search for his mother
// 2015.
melissa gira grant //
playing the whore: the work of sex work
// 2014.
linsey mcgoey //
no such thing as a free gift: the gates foundation and the price of philanthropy
// 2015.
margaret atwood //
cat's eye
// 1988.
albertine sarrazin //
astragal
// 1965.
mike savage //
social class in the 21st century
// 2015.
jeanette winterson //
oranges are not the only fruit
// 1985.
roxane gay //
bad feminist
// 2014.
jonathan powell //
talking to terrorists: how to end an armed conflict
// 2013.

2015


elena ferrante //
story of the lost child
// 2014.
elena ferrante //
those who leave and those who stay
// 2013.
elena ferrante //
the story of a new name
// 2012.
elena ferrante //
my brilliant friend
// 2011.
cesca major //
the silent hours
// 2015.
anita diamant //
the boston girl
// 2014.
grégoire chamayou //
drone theory
// 2013.
richard flanagan //
the narrow road to the deep north
// 2013.
joël dicker //
the truth about the harry quebert affair
// 2012.
lee child //
personal
// 2014.
hanya yanagihara //
a little life
// 2015.
chang-rae lee //
on such a full sea
// 2014.
neil gaiman //
neverwhere
// 1996.
david brinson //
dead south
// 2014.
geraldine brooks //
people of the book
// 2008.
adele parks //
spare brides
// 2014.
jon krakauer //
missoula: rape and the justice system in a college town
// 2015.
jon ronson //
them: adventures with extremists
// 2001.
heidi julavits //
the uses of enchantment
// 2001.
nigel williams //
unfaithfully yours
// 2013.
emily st. john mandel //
station eleven
// 2014.
sarai walker //
dietland
// 2015.
michael oliver //
the new politics of disablement
// 2012.
christine bigby //
social work practice and intellectual disability: working to support change
// 2009.
j.k. rowling //
the casual vacancy
// 2012.
alfred bester //
the stars my destination
// 1956.
david vann //
caribou island
// 2010.
rivka galchen //
atmospheric disturbances
// 2008.
joseph shapiro //
no pity: people with disabilities forging a new civil rights movement
// 1993.
owen jones //
the establishment: and how they get away with it
// 2014.
david gaider //
the stolen throne
// 2009.
chris hedges //
i don't believe in atheists
// 2008.
aliya whitely //
the beauty
// 2014.
jean hanff korelitz //
you should have known
// 2014.
marian keyes //
the woman who stole my life
// 2014.
helen fielding //
mad about the boy
// 2013.
alice sebold //
lucky
// 1999.

2014


karen joy fowler //
we are all completely beside ourselves
// 2013.
harriet lane //
her
// 2014.
maggie o'farrell //
instructions for a heatwave
// 2013.
pat barker //
toby's room
// 2012.
john scalzi //
lock in
// 2014.
barbara demick //
nothing to envy, ordinary lives in north korea
// 2009.
shauna singh baldwin //
what the body remembers
// 1999.
jasper fforde //
the eyre affair
// 2001.
javier marías //
the infatuations
// 2011.
charles bukowski //
post office
// 1971.
manil suri //
the city of devi
// 2013.
owen jones //
chavs: the demonization of the working class
// 2011.
alena graedon //
the word exchange
// 2014.
irvine welsh //
the sex lives of siamese twins
// 2014.
victor hugo //
les misérables
// 1862.
stanley fish //
how to write a sentence: and how to read one
// 2011.
jane austen //
persuasion
// 1817.
howard mittelmark //
how not to write a novel
// 2008.
china miéville //
kraken
// 2010.
emma donoghue //
room
// 2010.
annelise freisenbruch //
the first ladies of rome: the women behind the caesars
// 2010.
steven saylor //
the judgement of caesar
// 2004.
steven saylor //
a mist of prophecies
// 2002.
steven saylor //
last seen in massilia
// 2000.
steven saylor //
rubicon
// 1999.
steven saylor //
a murder on the appian way
// 1996.
steven saylor //
the venus throw
// 1995.
steven saylor //
catilina's riddle
// 1993.
adam roberts //
by light alone
// 2011.
sam byers //
idiopathy
// 2013.
a.j. jacobs //
the year of living biblically
// 2007.
mhairi mcfarlane //
here's looking at you
// 2013.
lee child //
never go back
// 2013.
alexander mccall smith //
trains and lovers
// 2012.
richard english //
irish freedom: the history of nationalism in ireland
// 2007.
lee child //
the visitor
// 2000.
primo levi //
if this is a man • the truce
// 1987.
john wyndham //
the midwich cuckoos
// 1957.
john wyndham //
the day of the triffids
// 1951.
lisa lutz //
heads you lose
// 2011.
brendan behan //
borstal boy
// 1958.

2013


stieg larsson //
the girl with the dragon tattoo
// 2005.
rosamund lupton //
sister
// 2010.
anne mcaneny //
raveled
// 2013.
julia heaberlin //
lie still
// 2013.
a.s.a. harrison //
the silent wife
// 2013.
scott lynch //
the republic of thieves
// 2013.
re-read scott lynch //
red seas under red skies
// 2007.
re-read scott lynch //
the lies of locke lamora
// 2006.
steven saylor //
arms of nemesis
// 1992.
steven saylor //
the house of the vestals
// 1997.
mira grant //
blackout
// 2012.
mira grant //
deadline
// 2011.
mira grant //
feed
// 2010.
piper kerman //
orange is the new black
// 2010.
gillian flynn //
dark places
// 2009.
gillian flynn //
sharp objects
// 2006.
gillian flynn //
gone girl
// 2012.
rachel joyce //
the unlikely pilgrimage of harold fry
// 2012.
sue townsend //
the woman who went to bed for a year
// 2012.
marian keyes //
last chance saloon
// 1999.
marian keyes //
the mystery of mercy close
// 2012.
ian thomson //
primo levi: a life
// 1999.
primo levi //
if this is a man
// 1947.
george r.r. martin //
a dance with dragons
// 2011.
george r.r. martin //
a feast for crows
// 2005.
george r.r. martin //
a storm of swords
// 2000.
george r.r. martin //
a clash of kings
// 1998.
george r.r. martin //
a game of thrones
// 1996.
natasha walter //
living dolls: the return of sexism
// 2008.
steven saylor //
roman blood
// 1991.

2012


graham bowley //
no way down
// 2010.
howard jacobson //
the finkler question
// 2010.
graham ratcliffe //
a day to die for
// 2011.
jonathan safran foer //
extremely loud & incredibly close
// 2005.
max brooks //
world war z: an oral history of the zombie war
// 2006.
michael ward //
the narnia code: c.s. lewis and the secret of the seven heavens
// 2010.
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updated: 23-06-26