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Currently reading (2)
Dr. Bloodmoney by Philip K. Dick
The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America by Thomas King

Mainly reads fiction books that are reflective, dark, and informative.

Typically chooses medium-paced books that are <300 pages long.

Read recently
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler by David I. Kertzer
Phule's Company by Robert Lynn Asprin
Bartleby, The Scrivener A Story of Wall-Street by Herman Melville

To-Read Pile
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Being There by Jerzy Kosiński
Cotton Comes to Harlem by Chester Himes
The White Album by Joan Didion
Preacher Book One by Garth Ennis

Owned Books

Challenges

2025 Reading Goal

50 books

22% (11 books)

2025 Pages Goal

10,000 pages

14% (11 books), 1,361 pages

2025 Hours Goal

250 hours

13% (11 books), 32.88 hours

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Hosted challenges
Authors I Have Challenged Myself to Read in 2025

21 prompts | 3 participants | 44 books added

10 Authors To Read For The First Time--2025 Edition

10 prompts | 1 participant | 41 books added

Reading Stanislaw Lem

25 books | 5 participants

Reading Italo Calvino

21 books | 7 participants

A Dance To The Music of Time by Anthony Powell

12 books | 1 participant

Reading Patricia Highsmith

22 books | 3 participants

Reading the Travis McGee Series

21 books | 1 participant

Reading Martin Amis

27 books | 2 participants

Reading Leigh Brackett

20 books | 1 participant

Reading James Ellroy

21 books | 2 participants

The Best Noir Authors

14 prompts | 1 participant | 7 books added

Reading Philip K. Dick

52 books | 12 participants

Reading Jim Thompson

37 books | 1 participant

Reading Richard Matheson

35 books | 1 participant