My reading list

This is a list of books that I have read since July, 2023. I’ve read a lot throughout my life, but I never thought to keep a record until I saw the list that Jamie Todd Rubin has kept since 1996.

For books that I’ve read before 2023, see this list of undated entries.

Currently reading

• Skogen susar by Verner von Heidenstam; 181 pp; Swedish; started on 2025-06-15
• Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami; 1148 min; English; started on 2025-06-23

2023

1. Om Livets Korthet by Seneca; 91 pp; Swedish; finished on 2023-07-12
2. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius; 170 pp; English; finished on 2023-07-15
3. Om Tyranni by Timothy Snyder; 94 pp; Swedish; finished on 2023-07-17
4. What Kind of Creatures are We? by Noam Chomsky; 127 pp; English; finished on 2023-07-20
5. File of Facts by Steve Morton; 81 pp; English; finished on 2023-07-27
6. The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien; 456 pp; English; finished on 2023-08-05
7. The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien; 368 pp; English; finished on 2023-08-13
8. The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien; 464 pp; English; finished on 2023-08-19
9. The Fall of Gondolin by J.R.R. Tolkien; 304 pp; English; finished on 2023-08-20
10. On Anger by Seneca; 240 pp; English; finished on 2023-08-27
11. The Children of Húrin by J.R.R. Tolkien; 320 pp; English; finished on 2023-09-02
12. Beren and Luthien by J.R.R. Tolkien; 288 pp; English; finished on 2023-09-04
13. The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien; 448 pp; English; finished on 2023-09-14
14. Little Birds by Anaïs Nin; 144 pp; English; finished on 2023-09-15
15. Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin; 240 pp; English; finished on 2023-09-19
16. Industrial Society and its Future by Ted Kaczynski; 34 pp; English; finished on 2023-09-21
17. Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco; 560 pp; English; finished on 2023-10-01
18. Svenska skrivregler by Språkrådet; 308 pp; Swedish; finished on 2023-10-24
19. Röde Orm by Frans G. Bengtsson; 588 pp; Swedish; finished on 2023-10-28
20. Den Svarta Boken by Magnus Västerbro; 213 pp; Swedish; finished on 2023-11-06
21. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien; 384 pp; English; finished on 2023-12-22

2024

22. Onda Själar by Eino Hanski; 171 pp; Swedish; finished on 2024-01-07
23. 1901–1939 by Tage Erlander; 320 pp; Swedish; finished on 2024-03-16
24. Hemsöborna by August Strindberg; 150 pp; Swedish; finished on 2024-05-09
25. Det nya riket by August Strindberg; 132 pp; Swedish; finished on 2024-05-10
26. Sagor by August Strindberg; 86 pp; Swedish; finished on 2024-05-12
27. Blomstermålningar och djurstycken by August Strindberg; 64 pp; Swedish; finished on 2024-05-12
28. Svenska öden och äventyr I by August Strindberg; 300 pp; Swedish; finished on 2024-05-17
29. Phantastes by George MacDonald; 202 pp; English; finished on 2024-05-19
30. Svenska öden och äventyr II by August Strindberg; 290 pp; Swedish; finished on 2024-05-24
31. Skärkarlsliv by August Strindberg; 173 pp; Swedish; finished on 2024-05-29
32. Lilith by George MacDonald; 264 pp; English; finished on 2024-06-13
33. Your Brain on Porn by Gary Wilson; 208 pp; English; finished on 2024-09-07
34. Svält by Knut Hamsun; 175 pp; Swedish; finished on 2024-09-21

2025

35. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka; 122 min; English; finished on 2025-05-19
36. The Trial by Franz Kafka; 486 min; English; finished on 2025-05-31
37. The Dunwich Horror by H.P. Lovecraft; 96 min; English; finished on 2025-05-31
38. The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft; 67 min; English; finished on 2025-06-01
39. At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft; 290 min; English; finished on 2025-06-03
40. The Shadow Over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft; 119 min; English; finished on 2025-06-04
41. The Colour Out of Space and Other Stories by H.P. Lovecraft; 477 min; English; finished on 2025-06-12
42. At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald; 342 pp; English; finished on 2025-06-14
43. A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami; 559 min; English; finished on 2025-06-19