Bookshelf

I read a lot — mostly non-fiction, with the occasional novel that wrecks me emotionally. This page pulls from my Goodreads library.

333 books read

Currently Reading

In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness by Peter A. Levine
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2) by Dan Simmons
Do the Work by Steven Pressfield
The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker

Top Reads

Books that changed how I think. Ordered by impact, not date.

East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

I cried. I had to walk away at points.

Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry
Little, Big by John Crowley
Leisure: The Basis of Culture by Josef Pieper
What's Our Problem? by Tim Urban
The Overstory by Richard Powers

Beauty. Live slower. We're part of something bigger than we can imagine.

Dignity by Chris Arnade

Recently Read

The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #6) by Matt Dinniman
★★★☆☆ Mar 2026
The Butcher's Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #5) by Matt Dinniman
★★★★☆ Jan 2026
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1) by Dan Simmons
★★★★☆ Mar 2026
The Strength of the Few (Hierarchy, #2) by James Islington
★★★☆☆ Jan 2026
15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership by Jim Dethmer
★★★★★ Dec 2025
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
★★★★★ Jun 2023
The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #4) by Matt Dinniman
★★★★☆ Nov 2025
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #3) by Matt Dinniman
★★★★☆ Oct 2025
Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #2) by Matt Dinniman
★★★★☆ Sep 2025
Isles of the Emberdark by Brandon Sanderson
★★★★☆ Dec 2025
Dragonsteel Prime by Brandon Sanderson
★★★☆☆ May 2025
The Givenness of Things: Essays by Marilynne Robinson
★★★☆☆ May 2025
What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies by Tim Urban
★★★★★ Jun 2025
Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1) by Matt Dinniman
★★★★☆ Aug 2025
Watership Down by Richard Adams
★★★☆☆ Nov 2025
Divine Renovation: Bringing Your Parish from Maintenance to Mission by James Mallon
Mar 2016
Summa Contra Gentiles: Book One: God by Thomas Aquinas
★★★★☆ May 2016
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0) by Suzanne Collins
★★☆☆☆ Sep 2025
Children of God (The Sparrow, #2) by Mary Doria Russell
★★★★☆ Aug 2025
Buy Then Build: How Acquisition Entrepreneurs Outsmart the Startup Game by Walker Deibel
★★★★☆ Jun 2025

All Five-Star Books

What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies — Tim Urban

Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions — Johann Hari

Light Bringer (Red Rising Saga, #6) — Pierce Brown

The Overstory — Richard Powers

Dark Age (Red Rising Saga #5) — Pierce Brown

The Goldfinch — Donna Tartt

Cathedral — Raymond Carver

Crypto Confidential: Winning and Losing Millions in the New Frontier of Finance — Nathaniel Eliason

Demon Copperhead — Barbara Kingsolver

Hannah Coulter — Wendell Berry

Liberties: Culture and Politics — Leon Wieseltier

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter — Brandon Sanderson

A Man Called Ove — Fredrik Backman

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals — Oliver Burkeman

Tress of the Emerald Sea — Brandon Sanderson

That Distant Land: The Collected Stories (Port William) — Wendell Berry

The Alloy of Law (Mistborn, #4) — Brandon Sanderson

Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive, #4) — Brandon Sanderson

Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3) — Brandon Sanderson

Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2) — Brandon Sanderson

The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1) — Brandon Sanderson

Warbreaker — Brandon Sanderson

The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3) — Brandon Sanderson

Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) — Brandon Sanderson

Forward: Notes on the Future of Our Democracy — Andrew Yang

Dune (Dune, #1) — Frank Herbert

The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction — Alan Jacobs

Jayber Crow — Wendell Berry

The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1) — Patrick Rothfuss

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption — Bryan Stevenson

Little, Big — John Crowley

A Confession and Other Religious Writings — Leo Tolstoy

You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit — James K.A. Smith

Gilead (Gilead, #1) — Marilynne Robinson

Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America — Chris Arnade

Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church — Rachel Held Evans

Making Sense of God: An Invitation to the Skeptical — Timothy J. Keller

A Brief Reader on the Virtues of the Human Heart — Josef Pieper

The Great Divorce — C.S. Lewis

Only the Lover Sings: Art and Contemplation — Josef Pieper

Manalive (Hilarious Stories) — G.K. Chesterton

Something Other than God: How I Passionately Sought Happiness and Accidentally Found It — Jennifer Fulwiler

Losing the War — Lee Sandlin

The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming — Henri J.M. Nouwen

Introduction to Christianity — Pope Benedict XVI

The Abolition of Man — C.S. Lewis

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics — Daniel James Brown

The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1) — Mary Doria Russell

How to Read a Book — Mortimer J. Adler

Toward a More Natural Science: Biology and Human Affairs — Leon R. Kass

God, Philosophy, Universities: A Selective History of the Catholic Philosophical Tradition — Alasdair MacIntyre

Leisure: The Basis of Culture: Including the Philosophical Act — Josef Pieper

The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare — G.K. Chesterton

Confessions (Works of Saint Augustine 1) — Augustine of Hippo

Spirit of Adventure: Eagle Scouts and the Making of America's Future — Alvin Townley

Crime and Punishment — Fyodor Dostoevsky

East of Eden — John Steinbeck

Les Misérables — Victor Hugo

Brave New World — Aldous Huxley

Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) — Orson Scott Card

This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life — David Foster Wallace

Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) — Brandon Sanderson

I Will Teach You to Be Rich: No Guilt. No Excuses. No BS. Just a 6-Week Program That Works — Ramit Sethi

Home (Gilead, #2) — Marilynne Robinson

The Power and the Glory — Graham Greene