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Currently reading (3)
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Nonsense Novels by Stephen Leacock

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

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

Read recently
Frankenstein by Junji Ito
The World's Worst Assistant by Sona Movsesian
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

To-Read Pile
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Lone Wolf and Cub, Omnibus 6 by Kazuo Koike
Garson Kanin's Hollywood: Stars and Starlets, Tycoons and Flesh-Peddlers, Moviemakers and Moneymakers, Frauds and Geniuses, Hopefuls and Has-Beens, Great Lovers and Sex Symbols by Garson Kanin
Garson Kanin's Hollywood: Stars and Starlets, Tycoons and Flesh-Peddlers, Moviemakers and Moneymakers, Frauds and Geniuses, Hopefuls and Has-Beens, Great Lovers and Sex Symbols
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Garson Kanin
The Nothing Man by Jim Thompson
My Life and Hard Times by James Thurber

Owned Books

Challenges

2025 Reading Goal

50 books

38% (19 books)

2025 Pages Goal

10,000 pages

28% (19 books), 2,774 pages

2025 Hours Goal

250 hours

28% (19 books), 70.35 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 | 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 | 13 participants

Reading Jim Thompson

37 books | 1 participant

Reading Richard Matheson

35 books | 1 participant