Reading

I like reading, books^* are great. I aim for about a book a week, every week. Here are a few I've read recently:

FenDaisy Johnson

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Time’s ArrowMartin Amis

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Breaking the Chains of Gravity: The Story of Spaceflight before NASA by Amy Shira Teitel cover image

Breaking the Chains of Gravity:
The Story of Spaceflight before NASAAmy Shira Teitel

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The Ballad of Syd & Morgan by Haydn Middleton cover image

The Ballad of Syd & MorganHaydn Middleton

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The River of Consciousness by Oliver Sacks cover image

The River of ConsciousnessOliver Sacks

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The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4) by Raymond Chandler cover image

The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)Raymond Chandler

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A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal by Ben Macintyre cover image

A Spy Among Friends:
Kim Philby and the Great BetrayalBen Macintyre

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Science(ish): The Peculiar Science Behind the Movies by Rick Edwards cover image

Science(ish):
The Peculiar Science Behind the MoviesRick Edwards

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Star Ship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein cover image

Star Ship TroopersRobert A. Heinlein

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The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul (Dirk Gently, #2) by Douglas Adams cover image

The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul (Dirk Gently, #2)Douglas Adams

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The Chameleon by Samuel Fisher cover image

The ChameleonSamuel Fisher

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Moral Tribes by Joshua D. Greene cover image

Moral TribesJoshua D. Greene

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Cause for Alarm by Eric Ambler cover image

Cause for AlarmEric Ambler

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The Third Man and The Fallen Idol by Graham Greene cover image

The Third Man and The Fallen IdolGraham Greene

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A History of the Middle East: 4th Edition by Peter Mansfield cover image

A History of the Middle East:
4th EditionPeter Mansfield

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Money for Nothing by P.G. Wodehouse cover image

Money for NothingP.G. Wodehouse

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BlindnessJosé Saramago

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Don't Look Behind You!: True Tales Of A Safari Guide by Peter Allison cover image

Don't Look Behind You!:
True Tales Of A Safari GuidePeter Allison

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Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson cover image

Snow CrashNeal Stephenson

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Empires of the Plain: Henry Rawlinson and the Lost Languages of Babylon by Lesley Adkins cover image

Empires of the Plain:
Henry Rawlinson and the Lost Languages of BabylonLesley Adkins

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The Internationalists: And Their Plan to Outlaw War by Oona A. Hathaway cover image

The Internationalists:
And Their Plan to Outlaw WarOona A. Hathaway

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The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett cover image

The Maltese FalconDashiell Hammett

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Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon cover image

Wonder BoysMichael Chabon

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This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay cover image

This is Going to Hurt:
Secret Diaries of a Junior DoctorAdam Kay

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Trick or Treatment?: Alternative Medicine on Trial by Simon Singh cover image

Trick or Treatment?:
Alternative Medicine on TrialSimon Singh

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DodgersBill Beverly

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High-RiseJ.G. Ballard

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A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess cover image

A Clockwork OrangeAnthony Burgess

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GreenmantleJohn Buchan

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Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada cover image

Alone in BerlinHans Fallada

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The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3) by Raymond Chandler cover image

The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)Raymond Chandler

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Brain School: Stories of Children with Learning Disabilities and Attention Disorders Who Changed Their Lives by Improving Their Cogn by Howard Eaton cover image

Brain School:
Stories of Children with Learning Disabilities and Attention Disorders Who Changed Their Lives by Improving Their CognHoward Eaton

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The Aye-Aye and I by Gerald Durrell cover image

The Aye-Aye and IGerald Durrell

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The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann cover image

The Lost City of Z:
A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the AmazonDavid Grann

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Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science-and the World by Rachel Swaby cover image

Headstrong:
52 Women Who Changed Science-and the WorldRachel Swaby

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The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood cover image

The Handmaid's TaleMargaret Atwood

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The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid cover image

The Reluctant FundamentalistMohsin Hamid

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The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time by Douglas Adams cover image

The Salmon of Doubt:
Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last TimeDouglas Adams

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The Elephant Whisperer: The Extraordinary Story Of One Man's Battle To Save His Herd by Lawrence Anthony cover image

The Elephant Whisperer:
The Extraordinary Story Of One Man's Battle To Save His HerdLawrence Anthony

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Viking Economics: How the Scandinavians Got It Right-And How We Can, Too by George Lakey cover image

Viking Economics:
How the Scandinavians Got It Right-And How We Can, TooGeorge Lakey

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Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2) by Raymond Chandler cover image

Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)Raymond Chandler

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Ten Physicists who Transformed our Understanding of Reality by Brian Clegg cover image

Ten Physicists who Transformed our Understanding of RealityBrian Clegg

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Dead Souls (Inspector Rebus, #10) by Ian Rankin cover image

Dead Souls (Inspector Rebus, #10)Ian Rankin

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Hide and Seek (Inspector Rebus, #2) by Ian Rankin cover image

Hide and Seek (Inspector Rebus, #2)Ian Rankin

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Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgliesh #1) by P.D. James cover image

Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgliesh #1)P.D. James

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Casino Royale by Ian Fleming cover image

Casino RoyaleIan Fleming

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The Night Manager by John le Carré cover image

The Night ManagerJohn le Carré

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The Tale of the Duelling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery by Sam Kean cover image

The Tale of the Duelling Neurosurgeons:
The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and RecoverySam Kean

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The Hittites and Their Contemporaries in Asia Minor by J.G. MacQueen cover image

The Hittites and Their Contemporaries in Asia MinorJ.G. MacQueen

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Titus Groan (Gormenghast, #1) by Mervyn Peake cover image

Titus Groan (Gormenghast, #1)Mervyn Peake

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* I'm not a fan of Kindles or eBooks. I worry that I'll like them too much if I try them, then all my tree-books will be redundant. I know it's silly. Sorry.