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Currently reading (3)
The World's Worst Assistant by Sona Movsesian
Nonsense Novels by Stephen Leacock
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

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

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

Read recently
Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere by Maria Bamford
The Marx Brothers Scrapbook by Groucho Marx
The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America by Thomas King
American Desperado: My Life by Jon Roberts, Mark Bramhall, Evan Wright

To-Read Pile
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Burr by Gore Vidal
Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This? by Marion Meade
Batman: Year One by Frank Miller
The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman

Owned Books

Challenges

2025 Reading Goal

50 books

34% (17 books)

2025 Pages Goal

10,000 pages

21% (17 books), 2,126 pages

2025 Hours Goal

250 hours

23% (17 books), 58.52 hours

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Hosted challenges
Ultimate Marx Brothers Reading Challenge

50 books | 1 participant

Authors I Have Challenged Myself to Read in 2025

21 prompts | 3 participants | 45 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 | 8 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