Readings 2025

Nonfiction 2025

1. Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Cost of the Perfect Playlist - Liz Pelly, 2025
2. And They All Sang: Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey - Studs Terkel, 2005
3. Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America's Justice Department - Carol Leonnig, 2025
4. Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife - Bart Ehrman, 2020
5. Lawless: How the Supreme Courts Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories and Bad Vibes - Leah Litman, 2025
6. Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed and Lost Idealism - Sarah Wynn-Williams, 2025
7. Impresario: The Life and Times of Ed Sullivan - James McGuire, 2006
8. St Mark's Is Dead: The Many Lives of America's Hippest Street - Ada Calhoun, 2015
9. Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974 - Kevin Kruse, 2019
10. Lynch on Lynch - David Lynch, 1997
11. Abundance - Erza Kline, 2025
12. Fire and Rain: The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSN&Y and The Lost Story of 1970 - David Brown, 2011
13. The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump - Clay Cane, 2024
14. The Mayor of MacDougal Street: A Memoir - Dave Van Ronk, 2005
15. Waste Land: A World in Permanent Crises - Robert D. Kaplan, 2025
16. The Nineties - Chuck Klosterman, 2022
17. The Unexpected President: The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur - Scott Greenberg, 2017
18. Autocracy, Inc. - Anne Applebaum, 2024
19. Land Between the Rivers: A 5,000 Year History of Iraq - Bartle Bull, 2024

Fiction 2025

1. The Drowned - John Banville, 2024
2. Wolves of Winter - Dan Jones, 2023
3. Murder in Pitigliano - Camilla Trinchieri, 2025
4. Murder On The Quai - Cara Black, 2016
5. Havana Bay - Martin Cruz Smith, 1999
6. Essex Dogs - Dan Jones, 2022
7. Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, 2021
8. Death's End - Cixin Liu, 2010
9. Red Square - Martin Cruz Smith, 1992
10. Murder on Washington Square - Victoria Thompson, 2002
11. The Strange Accounts of Germantown and Other Peculiar Phenomena - Kay Synclaire & Dominique White, 2022
12. Polar Star - Martin Cruz Smith, 1989
13. Gorky Park - Martin Cruz Smith, 1981
14. When Will There Be Good News? - Kate Atkinson, 2008
15. The Patriarch - Martin Walker, 2015
16. The Girl in the Eagle's Talons - Karin Smirnoff, 2022
17. Codename Villenelle - Luke Jennings, 2014
18. Killing Orders - Sara Peretsky, 1985
19. Bloodhounds - Peter Lovesey, 1996
20. Dune - Frank Herbert, 1965
21. Babel-17 - Samuel L. Delaney, 1966
22. The Summons - Peter Lovesey, 1995
23. The God of the Woods - Liz Moore, 2024
24. Murder on the Champ de Mars - Cara Black, 2015
25. Murder in Pigalle - Cara Black, 2014
26. The Girl Who Lived Twice - David Lagercrantz, 2019
27. Diamond Solitaire - Peter Lovesey, 1992
28. The Chrysalids - John Wyndham, 1955
29. The Lock-Up - John Banville, 2023
30. The Last Detective - Peter Lovesey, 1991
31. Taras Bulba - Nikolai Gogol, 1875
32. The Ministry For the Future - Kim Stanley Robinson, 2020
33. Creation Lake - Rachel Kushner, 2024
34. One Good Turn - Kate Atkinson, 2006
35. Case Histories - Kate Atkinson, 2004
36. The Lost Continent - Edgar Rice Burroughs, 1916
37. The Detective Up Late - Adrian McKinty, 2018
38. The Poison Machine - Robert Lloyd, 2022
39. The Children Return - Martin Walker, 2014
40. Buffalo Lockjaw - Greg Ames, 2009
41. Murder Below Mountparnasse - Cara Black, 2013

1. Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Cost of the Perfect Playlist - Liz Pelly, 2025
2. And They All Sang: Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey - Studs Terkel, 2005
3. The Drowned - John Banville, 2024
4. Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America's Justice Department - Carol Leonnig, 2025
5. Wolves of Winter - Dan Jones, 2023
6. Murder in Pitigliano - Camilla Trinchieri, 2025
7. Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife - Bart Ehrman, 2020
8. Murder On The Quai - Cara Black, 2016
9. Havana Bay - Martin Cruz Smith, 1999
10. Lawless: How the Supreme Courts Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories and Bad Vibes - Leah Litman, 2025
11. Essex Dogs - Dan Jones, 2022
12. Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed and Lost Idealism - Sarah Wynn-Williams, 2025
13. Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, 2021
14. Impresario: The Life and Times of Ed Sullivan - James McGuire, 2006
15. Death's End - Cixin Liu, 2010
16. Red Square - Martin Cruz Smith, 1992
17. St Mark's Is Dead: The Many Lives of America's Hippest Street - Ada Calhoun, 2015
18. Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974 - Kevin Kruse, 2019
19. Murder on Washington Square - Victoria Thompson, 2002
20. The Strange Accounts of Germantown and Other Peculiar Phenomena - Kay Synclaire & Dominique White, 2022
21. Polar Star - Martin Cruz Smith, 1989
22. Gorky Park - Martin Cruz Smith, 1981
23. When Will There Be Good News? - Kate Atkinson, 2008
24. Lynch on Lynch - David Lynch, 1997
25. The Patriarch - Martin Walker, 2015
26. The Girl in the Eagle's Talons - Karin Smirnoff, 2022
27. Codename Villenelle - Luke Jennings, 2014
28. Abundance - Erza Kline, 2025
29. Killing Orders - Sara Peretsky, 1985
30. Bloodhounds - Peter Lovesey, 1996
31. Dune - Frank Herbert, 1965 (3x)
32. Fire and Rain: The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSN&Y and The Lost Story of 1970 - David Brown, 2011
33. Babel-17 - Samuel L. Delaney, 1966
34. The Summons - Peter Lovesey, 1995
35. The God of the Woods - Liz Moore, 2024
36. The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump - Clay Cane, 2024
37. Murder on the Champ de Mars - Cara Black, 2015
38. Murder in Pigalle - Cara Black, 2014
39. The Girl Who Lived Twice - David Lagercrantz, 2019
40. Diamond Solitaire - Peter Lovesey, 1992
41. The Chrysalids - John Wyndham, 1955
42. The Lock-Up - John Banville, 2023
43. The Last Detective - Peter Lovesey, 1991
44. The Mayor of MacDougal Street: A Memoir - Dave Van Ronk, 2005
45. Taras Bulba - Nikolai Gogol, 1875
46. Waste Land: A World in Permanent Crises - Robert D. Kaplan, 2025
47. The Ministry For the Future - Kim Stanley Robinson, 2020
48. The Nineties - Chuck Klosterman, 2022
49. Creation Lake - Rachel Kushner, 2024
50. One Good Turn - Kate Atkinson, 2006
51. Case Histories - Kate Atkinson, 2004
52. The Lost Continent - Edgar Rice Burroughs, 1916
53. The Unexpected President: The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur - Scott Greenberg, 2017
54. The Detective Up Late - Adrian McKinty, 2018
55. The Poison Machine - Robert Lloyd, 2022
56. Autocracy, Inc. - Anne Applebaum, 2024
57. The Children Return - Martin Walker, 2014
58. Buffalo Lockjaw - Greg Ames, 2009
59. Land Between the Rivers: A 5,000 Year History of Iraq - Bartle Bull, 2024
60. Murder Below Mountparnasse - Cara Black, 2013