Reading List
A frequently updated log of books I’ve read going back to January 2025.
Links are to Bookshop.org (affiliate), which supports local bookstores. If a book is not available on Bookshop, I link to Amazon, also affiliate.
For those looking for romance novel recommendations, I don’t generally read the genre anymore, but favorite authors include Nora Roberts, Lisa Kleypas, Judith McNaught, Julie James, Sandra Brown, Kristan Higgins (early work, before she pivoted to women’s fiction), Julia Quinn, Vivienne Lorret, and Eloisa James.
2026 Reads
Favorite read of the year so far: The Courage to Be Happy
Women Without Kids by Ruby Warrington
Making Art and Making a Living by Mason Currey
The Art of the Personal Essay by Phillip Lopate
The New Perimenopause by Dr. Mary Claire Haver
Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
It’s a Long Story by Willie Nelson with David Ritz
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Extinction of Experience by Christine Rosen
The Courage to Be Happy by Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga
Little Alleluias by Mary Oliver
Mark Twain by Ron Chernow
1177 by Eric H. Cline
We Need Your Art by Amie McNee
The Secret Life of Plants by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird
2025 Reads
Favorite read of 2025: The Sailing of the Intrepid
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
The Sailing of the Intrepid by Montel Williams + Davis Fisher
Remembrance of Things Paris by Ruth Reichl
The Ode Less Travelled by Stephen Fry
Montaigne by Stefan Zweig
Titan by Ron Chernow
Wisdom Takes Work by Ryan Holiday
Living a Quiet Life by Vanessa Marie Dewsbury
Thoughts of a Philosophical Fighter Pilot by James Stockdale
The Vietnam War: A Military History by Geoffrey Wawro
Material Girl in a Mystical World by Ruby Warrington
Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper by Allen Roland
The Fourth Turning Is Here by Neil Howe
Million Dollar Weekend by Noah Kagan
