A Little Light Reading
Libraries are a treasure, especially in the modern age when your library card lets you check out titles digitally. I do a lot of urban exploration, on foot or by bike, and I generally like to listen to audiobooks when I’m out & about. Here’s a sample of some of what I’ve read & listened to over the past few years:
- Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks (2026-03-02, Libby)
- From Russia With Love by Ian Fleming (2026-02-13, Hoopla)
- Moonraker by Ian Fleming (2026-02-07, Hoopla)
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard (2026-02-07, Libby)
- Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming (2026-02-05, Hoopla)
- The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton (2026-02-03, Hoopla)
- Casino Royale by Ian Fleming (2026-02-03, Hoopla)
- Katabasis by R. F. Kuang (2026-01-23, Libby)
- Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman (2026-01-23, Libby)
- Yellowface by R. F. Kuang (2026-01-22, Libby)
- Common Sense by Thomas Paine (2026-01-16, Hoopla)
- Death’s End by Cixin Liu (2026-01-10, Libby)
- Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (2026-01-05, Libby)
- The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu (2025-12-30, Libby)
- The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (2025-12-25, Libby)
- Carl’s Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman (2025-12-25, Libby)
- The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (2025-12-19, Libby)
- The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver (2025-11-30, Libby)
- Our Time Is Now by Stacey Abrams (2025-11-26, Libby)
- Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins (2025-11-24, Libby)
- 1776 by David McCullough (2025-11-19, Libby)
- An Immense World by Ed Yong (2025-11-15, Libby)
- A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn (2025-10-29, Libby)
- Who Is Government? by Michael Lewis (2025-10-27, Libby)
- House by Tracy Kidder (2025-10-17, Hoopla)
- The Death and Life of Great American Cities (50th Anniversary Edition) by Jane Jacobs (2025-10-03, Libby)
- The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett (2025-10-01, Libby)
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (2025-09-18, Libby)
- American Bloomsbury by Susan Cheever (2025-09-18, Libby)
- Leviathan Falls by James S. A. Corey (2025-09-15, Libby)
- Tiamat's Wrath by James S. A. Corey (2025-09-06, Hoopla)
- A Paradise of Small Houses by Max Podemski (2025-09-02, Libby)
- Persepolis Rising by James S. A. Corey (2025-08-28, Libby)
- Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (2025-08-24, Libby)
- Tiamat’s Wrath by James S. A. Corey (2025-08-20, Libby)
- The Testaments by Margaret Atwood (2025-08-20, Libby)
- Strange Dogs by James S. A. Corey (2025-08-16, Libby)
- Babylon’s Ashes by James S. A. Corey (2025-08-13, Libby)
- Nemesis Games by James S. A. Corey (2025-08-04, Libby)
- Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein (2025-08-01, Libby)
- The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett (2025-07-24, Libby)
- The Butcher of Anderson Station by James S. A. Corey (2025-07-15, Libby)
- The Princess Bride by William Goldman (2025-07-14, Hoopla)
- The Odyssey by Homer (2025-07-12, Libby)
- Dubliners by James Joyce (2025-07-10, Libby)
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (2025-07-07, Hoopla)
- The Children's Hour by Lillian Hellman (2025-07-07, Hoopla)
- Douglas Adams: The Ends of the Earth by Arvind Ethan David (2025-07-07, Hoopla)
- Contact by Carl Sagan (2025-06-29, Hoopla)
- Drive by James S. A. Corey (2025-06-28, Libby)
- What If? 2 by Randall Munroe (2025-06-19, Libby)
- The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett (2025-06-16, Libby)
- What If? by Randall Munroe (2025-06-13, Libby)
- Cibola Burn by James S. A. Corey (2025-06-05, Libby)
- John Dies at the End by Jason Pargin (2025-06-02, Libby)
- The Churn by James S. A. Corey (2025-05-31, Libby)
- How To by Randall Munroe (2025-05-28, Libby)
- Gods of Risk by James S. A. Corey (2025-05-28, Libby)
- Abaddon’s Gate by James S. A. Corey (2025-05-20, Libby)
- I’m Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom by Jason Pargin (2025-05-16, Libby)
- Caliban’s War by James S. A. Corey (2025-05-10, Libby)
- The Minority Report and Other Stories by Philip K. Dick (2025-05-07, Hoopla)
- The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien (2025-05-06, Hoopla)
- The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien (2025-04-26, Hoopla)
- The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien (2025-04-15, Hoopla)
- The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien (2025-04-05, Hoopla)
- The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien (2025-03-24, Hoopla)
- Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey (2025-03-17, Libby)
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (2025-03-16, Hoopla)
- Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (2025-03-16, Hoopla)
- Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (2025-02-26, Libby)
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker (2025-01-30, Libby)
- Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (2025-01-25, Hoopla)
- Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (2025-01-08, Libby)
- Ball Lightning by Cixin Liu (2025-01-02, Hoopla)
- The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett (2024-12-26, Hoopla)
- Good Omens by Neil Gaiman (2024-12-26, Libby)
- Zoey Is Too Drunk for This Dystopia by Jason Pargin (2024-12-25, Hoopla)
- Death's End by Cixin Liu (2024-12-18, Hoopla)
- The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu (2024-12-03, Hoopla)
- Dune by Frank Herbert (2024-12-02, Libby)
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (2024-11-09, Libby)
- The Secret Pilgrim by John Le Carré (2024-11-06, Hoopla)
- Smiley's People by John Le Carré (2024-10-20, Hoopla)
- The Honourable Schoolboy by John Le Carré (2024-09-26, Hoopla)
- Greater Good by Timothy Zahn (2024-09-03, Libby)
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John Le Carré (2024-08-18, Hoopla)
- The Looking Glass War by John Le Carré (2024-08-14, Hoopla)
- The Spy Who Came in From the Cold by John Le Carré (2024-08-11, Hoopla)
- A Murder of Quality by John Le Carré (2024-08-09, Hoopla)
- Call for the Dead by John Le Carré (2024-08-07, Hoopla)
- Essential Vonnegut Interviews by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (2024-08-06, Hoopla)
- Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (2024-08-04, Hoopla)
- 48 Hours in Greater Denver by Lonely Planet (2024-08-02, Libby)
- Chaos Rising by Timothy Zahn (2024-07-26, Libby)
- Foundation by Isaac Asimov (2024-07-04, Libby)
- Krakatoa by Simon Winchester (2024-06-29, Libby)
- Cosmos by Carl Sagan (2024-06-29, Libby)
- World Travel by Anthony Bourdain (2024-06-22, Libby)
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (2024-06-21, Libby)
- Thrawn: Treason by Timothy Zahn (2024-06-12, Libby)
- Standing by the Wall by Mick Herron (2024-04-13, Hoopla)
- Bad Actors by Mick Herron (2024-04-06, Hoopla)
- Slough House by Mick Herron (2024-03-31, Hoopla)
- The Catch by Mick Herron (2024-03-29, Hoopla)
- Joe Country by Mick Herron (2024-03-18, Hoopla)
- Pet Sematary by Stephen King (2024-03-07, Libby)
- Different Seasons by Stephen King (2024-03-07, Libby)
- London Rules by Mick Herron (2024-03-04, Hoopla)
- Greater Good by Timothy Zahn (2024-02-19, Libby)
- Spook Street by Mick Herron (2024-02-09, Hoopla)
- Real Tigers by Mick Herron (2024-01-28, Hoopla)
- The List by Mick Herron (2024-01-25, Hoopla)
- Dead Lions by Mick Herron (2024-01-07, Hoopla)
- Slow Horses by Mick Herron (2023-12-26, Libby)
- Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brian (2023-10-21, Hoopla)
- Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brian (2023-10-07, Libby)
- Hornblower and the "Atropos" by C. S. Forester (2023-10-04, Hoopla)
- Hornblower and the Hotspur by C. S. Forester (2023-09-28, Libby)
- Dust by Hugh Howey (2023-09-20, Libby)
- The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien (2023-09-10, Libby)
- Shift by Hugh Howey (2023-08-28, Libby)
- Wool by Hugh Howey (2023-08-20, Libby)
- Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn (2023-07-28, Libby)
- Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (2023-06-03, Libby)
- Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (2023-06-01, Libby)
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (2023-05-29, Libby)
- Lesser Evil by Timothy Zahn (2022-12-30, Libby)
- Thrawn: Alliances by Timothy Zahn (2022-12-04, Libby)
- Thrawn by Timothy Zahn (2022-11-29, Libby)
- Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman (2022-11-13, Libby)
- Discover Great Britain by Lonely Planet (2022-11-04, Libby)
- Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan (2022-10-09, Libby)
- Watership Down by Richard Adams (2022-09-25, Libby)
- The Girl on the Boat by P. G. Wodehouse (2021-01-17, Libby)
- Jeeves and the Wedding Bells by Sebastian Faulks (2021-01-10, Libby)
- All the President’s Men by Bob Woodward (2021-01-10, Libby)
- Thank You Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse (2020-12-29, Libby)
- Walden by Henry David Thoreau (2020-10-11, Libby)
- The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams (2020-10-10, Libby)
- Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams (2020-10-04, Libby)
- The Last Jedi by Jason Fry (2018-07-13, Libby)
- The Force Awakens by Michael Kogge (2018-04-29, Libby)
- The Art of Rivalry by Sebastian Smee (2018-04-11, Libby)
- Your Song Changed My Life by Bob Boilen (2018-03-23, Libby)