Book I am currently reading - The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy

2026
The Man Who Was Thursday - G.K. Chesterton - very good, t really seems that Sunday is a counterpoint to the Judge from Blood Meridian. Or the Judge is his counterpoint, rather
Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut - First reading - good
Rising From The Plains by John McPhee - First reading - superb
The Silver Chair C.S. Lewis - First reading - medium
The Horse and His Boy C.S. Lewis - First reading - medium
The Magicians Nephew C.S. Lewis - First reading - medium
The Last Battle C.S. Lewis - First reading - good
Evangeline Longfellow - Third reading - very good
The Course Ed Miller - First reading - good

here is what i read in 2025, or some of it that i can recall from the top of my head, in no particular order
The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis - very good
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole - First reading - an absolute masterpiece and book I will always love. Best read of 2025
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien - third full reading - masterpiece
The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien - first reading - excellent
The Gay Science(The Joyful Wisdom) by Friedrich Nietzsche - very good
The Antichrist by Friedrich Nietzsche - good
On the Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche - good
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith/J.K. Rowling - very good
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Phillip K. Dick - third reading - very good
On the Shortness of life by Seneca - superb
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut - second reading - way better than i remember. Fantastic.
The Discourses by Epictetus - i have to admit they are good even though I found them boring
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut - second reading - very good
Limit Hold 'em Poker for Advanced Players by David Sklanksy and Mason Malmuth - very good
Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut - good
The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown - medium
The Anabasis by Xenophon(this may have been late 2024 but it really stuck in my mind) - superb
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius - third reading - superb
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway - fifth read - superb
The Book of Matthew from the Bible - I love the sermon on the mount