Books
A reading log with thoughts and highlights from books in my library. I've flagged my favorites with a β .
Currently Reading
| A Pattern Language | Christopher Alexander | 1977 |
| The Everlasting Man | G.K. Chesterton | 1925 |
| The Golden Thread, Vol. I | Allen Guelzo and James Hankins | 2025 |
| Shift | Hugh Howey | 2013 |
| The Strength of the Few | James Islington | 2025 |
| In the Garden of Beasts | Erik Larson | 2011 |
| That Hideous Strength | C. S. Lewis | 1945 |
| The Master and His Emissary | Iain McGilchrist | 2009 |
| The Complete Essays of Montaigne | Michel de Montaigne | 1600 |
| Images of Organization | Gareth Morgan | 1986 |
| The Republic | Plato | 375 BC |
| Hamlet | William Shakespeare | 1603 |
| The Rise of Endymion | Dan Simmons | 1997 |
| The Shadow of the Torturer | Gene Wolfe | 1980 |
Bookshelf
| Dune Messiah | Frank Herbert | Jul 2026 | 1969 | |
| The Odysseyβ | Homer | Jun 2026 | 800 BC | |
| Where Good Ideas Come From | Steven Johnson | May 2026 | 2010 | |
| Endymion | Dan Simmons | May 2026 | 1996 | |
| After Humanity | Michael Ward | May 2026 | 2021 | |
| Taking Religion Seriously | Charles Murray | Apr 2026 | 2025 | |
| The Soul of the World | Roger Scruton | Apr 2026 | 2014 | |
| Anathem | Neal Stephenson | Mar 2026 | 2008 | |
| Maintenance, Of Everythingβ | Stewart Brand | Feb 2026 | 2025 | |
| The Timeless Way of Buildingβ | Christopher Alexander | Feb 2026 | 1979 | |
| Non-Things | Byung-Chul Han | Jan 2026 | 2021 | |
| Perelandra | C.S. Lewis | Dec 2025 | 1943 | |
| Frankenstein | Mary Shelley | π | Dec 2025 | 1818 |
| The Will of the Many | James Islington | Nov 2025 | 2023 | |
| Saint Thomas Aquinas | G.K. Chesterton | Nov 2025 | 1923 | |
| Crime and Punishment | Fyodor Dostoevsky | π | Nov 2025 | 1866 |
| How to Be a Conservative | Roger Scruton | Nov 2025 | 2014 | |
| Out of the Silent Planet | C.S. Lewis | Oct 2025 | 1938 | |
| Against the Machine | Paul Kingsnorth | Oct 2025 | 2025 | |
| The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | C.S. Lewis | Oct 2025 | 1952 | |
| Mere Christianityβ | C.S. Lewis | π | Sep 2025 | 1952 |
| Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World | RenΓ© Girard | Sep 2025 | 1978 | |
| The Conservative Mind | Russell Kirk | Aug 2025 | 1953 | |
| The Roots of American Orderβ | Russell Kirk | π | Aug 2025 | 1974 |
| Works and Days | Hesiod | Jul 2025 | 700 BC | |
| Theogony | Hesiod | May 2025 | 700 BC | |
| The Screwtape Letters | C.S. Lewis | May 2025 | 1942 | |
| Prince Caspian | C.S. Lewis | May 2025 | 1951 | |
| The Great Debateβ | Yuval Levin | π | Apr 2025 | 2013 |
| The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe | C.S. Lewis | Apr 2025 | 1950 | |
| Believe | Ross Douthat | Mar 2025 | 2025 | |
| American Covenantβ | Yuval Levin | Mar 2025 | 2024 | |
| Notes Towards the Definition of Culture | T.S. Eliot | π | Mar 2025 | 1948 |
| Turning Pro | Steven Pressfield | π | Feb 2025 | 2012 |
| The Fall of Hyperion | Dan Simmons | Feb 2025 | 1990 | |
| Letters to a Young Poet | Rainer Maria Rilke | Nov 2024 | 1929 | |
| The Pathless Path | Paul Millerd | Nov 2024 | 2022 | |
| Beauty | Roger Scruton | Nov 2024 | 2011 | |
| The War of Artβ | Steven Pressfield | Nov 2024 | 2002 | |
| The Mom Test | Rob Fitzpatrick | Nov 2024 | 2019 | |
| Valuable Humans in Transit | qntm | Oct 2024 | 2022 | |
| The Clock of the Long Now | Stewart Brand | Oct 2024 | 1999 | |
| Make to Know | Lorne Buchman | Oct 2024 | 2021 | |
| Orthodoxyβ | G.K. Chesterton | Sep 2024 | 1908 | |
| The Iliad | Homer | Sep 2024 | 800 BC | |
| Heretics | G.K. Chesterton | Aug 2024 | 1905 | |
| Informed Common Sense | Albert Jay Nock | Aug 2024 | 2013 | |
| Filterworld | Kyle Chayka | Aug 2024 | 2024 | |
| How to Listen to Jazz | Ted Gioia | π | Aug 2024 | 2016 |
| Hyperionβ | Dan Simmons | Jul 2024 | 1989 |
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