https://bencrowder.net/reading/ List of books read. Tue, 22 Sep 2026 03:08:11 GMT en-US https://bencrowder.net/ https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-dead-wake https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-dead-wake Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Dead Wake (published 2015, history), by Erik Larson. Finished 2026-09-18.]]> https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-the-blue-castle https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-the-blue-castle Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Blue Castle (published 1926, fiction), by L. M. Montgomery. Finished 2026-09-15.]]> https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-david-copperfield https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-david-copperfield Mon, 14 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT David Copperfield (published 1850, fiction), by Charles Dickens. Finished 2026-09-14.]]> https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-say-nothing-a-true-story-of-murder-and-memory-in-northern-ireland https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-say-nothing-a-true-story-of-murder-and-memory-in-northern-ireland Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland (published 2018, history), by Patrick Radden Keefe. Finished 2026-09-11.]]> https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-sister-svangerd-and-the-not-quite-dead https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-sister-svangerd-and-the-not-quite-dead Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Sister Svangerd and the Not Quite Dead (published 2026, fantasy), by K. J. Parker. Finished 2026-09-08.]]> https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-maintenance-of-everything-part-one https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-maintenance-of-everything-part-one Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Maintenance: Of Everything, Part One (published 2026, nonfiction), by Stewart Brand. Finished 2026-09-07.]]> https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-the-war-lovers-roosevelt-lodge-hearst-and-the-rush-to-empire-1898 https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-the-war-lovers-roosevelt-lodge-hearst-and-the-rush-to-empire-1898 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The War Lovers: Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst, and the Rush to Empire, 1898 (published 2010, history), by Evan Thomas. Finished 2026-09-04.]]> https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-everything-is-tuberculosis-the-history-and-persistence-of-our-deadliest-infection https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-everything-is-tuberculosis-the-history-and-persistence-of-our-deadliest-infection Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection (published 2025, nonfiction), by John Green. Finished 2026-09-04.]]> https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-on-the-calculation-of-volume-i https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-on-the-calculation-of-volume-i Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT On the Calculation of Volume I (published 2020, tr. 2024, science fiction), by Solvej Balle, tr. Barbara J. Haveland. Finished 2026-08-31.]]> https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-blue-nights https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-blue-nights Sat, 29 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Blue Nights (published 2011, memoir), by Joan Didion. Finished 2026-08-29.]]> https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-parallel-lives-five-victorian-marriages https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-parallel-lives-five-victorian-marriages Sat, 29 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Parallel Lives: Five Victorian Marriages (published 1983, biography), by Phyllis Rose. Finished 2026-08-29.]]> https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-the-shadow-of-vesuvius-a-life-of-pliny https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-the-shadow-of-vesuvius-a-life-of-pliny Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny (published 2019, biography), by Daisy Dunn. Finished 2026-08-28.]]> https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-john-aubrey-my-own-life https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-john-aubrey-my-own-life Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT John Aubrey: My Own Life (published 2015, biography), by Ruth Scurr. Finished 2026-08-21.]]> https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-agatha-christie-an-elusive-woman https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-agatha-christie-an-elusive-woman Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman (published 2022, biography), by Lucy Worsley. Finished 2026-08-18.]]> https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-hamnet https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-hamnet Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Hamnet (published 2020, historical fiction), by Maggie O’Farrell. Finished 2026-08-13.]]> https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-hitler https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-hitler Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Hitler (published 1973, biography), by Joachim C. Fest, translated by Richard and Clara Winston. Finished 2026-08-06.]]> https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-the-yiddish-policemen’s-union https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-the-yiddish-policemen’s-union Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Yiddish Policemen’s Union (published 2007, science fiction), by Michael Chabon. Finished 2026-08-04.]]> https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-unto-this-last https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-unto-this-last Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Unto This Last (published 1862, essays), by John Ruskin. Finished 2026-08-01.]]> https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-the-canterbury-tales https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-the-canterbury-tales Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Canterbury Tales (published c. 1400, translation published 1951, poetry), by Geoffrey Chaucer, translated by Nevill Coghill. Finished 2026-07-31.]]> https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-the-marne https://bencrowder.net/reading/#2026-the-marne Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Marne (published 1918, fiction), by Edith Wharton. Finished 2026-07-30.]]>