Decided to finally read this beautiful edition of Pride & Prejudice I bought years ago and have been ‘saving for later’. The edition feels wonderful in the hands and the font, layout, and illustrations give a huge sensory enhancement to the reading experience. One day, I would love to publish a special edition of The Lost Valor of Love so readers can have a similar experience. But for now, I’m enjoying living in Jane Austin’s imagination. Thank god for Jane.

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Completed November 2, 2025

“Oryx and Crake is at once an unforgettable love story and a compelling vision of the future. Snowman, known as Jimmy before mankind was overwhelmed by a plague, is struggling to survive in a world where he may be the last human, and mourning the loss of his best friend, Crake, and the beautiful and elusive Oryx whom they both loved. In search of answers, Snowman embarks on a journey–with the help of the green-eyed Children of Crake–through the lush wilderness that was so recently a great city, until powerful corporations took mankind on an uncontrolled genetic engineering ride. Margaret Atwood projects us into a near future that is both all too familiar and beyond our imagining.” - Goodreads

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Non-Fiction

Philosophy

• The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God - Carl Sagan

• Billions & Billions: Thoughts of Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium - Carl Sagan

• Physics of the Soul: The Quantum Book of Living, Dying, Reincarnation and Immortality - Amit Goswami

• Heavens on Earth: The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality, and Utopia - Michael Shermer

Science

• Cosmos - Carl Sagan

• Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors - Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan

• The Science of Interstellar - Kip S. Thorne

History

• Ramesses: Egypt’s Greatest Pharaoh - Joyce A. Tyldesley

• Nefertiti: Unlocking the Mystery Surrounding Egypt’s Most Famous and Beautiful Queen - Joyce A. Tyldesley

• War in Ancient Egypt: The New Kingdom - Anthony J. Spalinger

• The Kingdom of the Hittites - Trevor Bryce

• Life and Society in the Hittite World - Trevor Bryce

Society

• The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark - Carl Sagan

• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed - Jared Diamond

• Eating Animals - Jonathan Safran Foer

• This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate - Naomi Klein

Historical Critical Analysis

• Jesus Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible - Bart D. Ehrman

• Forged: Writing in the Name of God - Bart D. Ehrman

• Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt - Joyce A. Tyldesley

Memoir & Biography

• The Year of Magical Thinking - Joan Didion

• The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls

• Jerusalem: The Biography - Simon Sebag Montefiore

Self Improvement

• The Magic of Thinking Big - David J. Schwartz

• Honoring the Self: Self-Esteem and Personal Transformation - Nathaniel Brandon

• When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times - Pema Chödrön

• Psychopath Free: Recovering from Emotionally Abusive Relationships With Narcissists, Sociopaths, and Other Toxic People - Jackson MacKenzie

• The Self-Discipline Blueprint: A Simple Guide to Beat Procrastination, Achieve Your Goals, and Get the Life You Want - Patrik Edblad

• Secrets to Writing a Romance - K. Stanley, L. O’Donnell

Science Fiction

Hard Sci-fi

• Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir

• The Martian - Andy Wier

• Rendezvous with Rama (Rama #1) - Arthur C. Clarke

• Rama: The Omnibus - Arthur C. Clarke

• Contact - Carl Sagan

• The Time Ships - Stephen Baxter

• Manifold: Origin - Stephen Baxter

• Time (Manifold #1) - Stephen Baxter

• Space (Manifold #2) - Stephen Baxter

• Tau Zero - Poul Anderson

• Gateway - Frederik Pohl

• Eon - Greg Bear

• The Light of Other Days - Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Baxter

• Time’s Eye (A Time Odyssey #1) - Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Baxter

• Sunstorm (A Time Odyssey #2) - Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Baxter

• Firstborn (A Time Odyssey #3) - Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Baxter

Speculative

• Earth - David Brin

• Existence - David Brin

• Flood (Flood #1) - Stephen Baxter

• Ark (Flood #2) - Stephen Baxter

• The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia - Ursula K. Le Guin

• Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes

• How to Stop Time - Matt Haig

• The Testaments (The Handmaid’s Tale #2) - Margaret Atwood

Fantasy

• The Sword of Shannara Trilogy - Terry Brooks

• Thief of Time - Terry Pratchett

• Men at Arms - Terry Pratchett

• Pyramids - Terry Pratchett

• Guards! Guards! - Terry Pratchett

• Moving Pictures - Terry Pratchett

• Night Watch - Terry Pratchett

• Feet of Clay - Terry Pratchett

• The Color of Magic - Terry Pratchett

• Thorne Bay - Jeanine Croft

• Taro the Zen Cat - Jennifer J. Hunter

• Tides of Sorrow - A.J. Wright

• The Crimson Flow - A.J. Wright

• The Rise of Havel - A.J. Wright

Romance

• The Life We Share - Colleen Young

Fantasy

• A Knight in Shining Armor - Jude Deveraux

• The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller

Historical Fiction

• Katherine - Anya Seton

• Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen

• All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr

• The Visitor - Katherine Stansfield

• The Silence of the Girls - Pat Barker

• Salvation in the Sun - Lauren Lee Merewether

• The Stationery Shop - Marjan Kamali

• The Foundling - Stacey Halls

• Cloud Cuckoo Land - Anthony Doerr

Historical Fantasy Fiction

• Circe - Madeline Miller

• Galatea - Madeline Miller

• Song of Sacrifice - Janelle Rhiannon

• Ariadne - Jennifer Saint

• Medusa’s Sisters - Lauren J.A. Bear

• Atalanta - Jennifer Saint

• Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil - V.E. Schwab

• The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - V.E. Schwab

Mystery

• Falling Creatures (Cornish Mysteries #1) - Katherine Stansfield

• The Magpie Tree (Cornish Mysteries #2) - Katherine Stansfield

• The Mermaid’s Call (Cornish Mysteries #3) - Katherine Stansfield

• Widow’s Welcome (Tales of Fenest #1) - D.K. Fields

• The Stitcher and the Mute (Tales of Fenest #2) - D.K. Fields

Literary Fiction

• Play It As It Lays - Joan Didion

• The Secret History - Donna Tartt

• The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt

• Lavinia - Ursula K. Le Guin

• The Penelopiad - Margaret Atwood

• The Overstory - Richard Powers

• The Beekeeper of Aleppo - Christy Lefteri

• The Midnight Library - Matt Haig

Contemporary Fiction

• The Two Lives of Lydia Bird - Josie Silver

• The Quest for the Golden Plunger - Jackson Dickert

• Really Good, Actually - Monica Heisey

• Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend - M.J. Wassmer

Classics

• Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

• Les Liaisons dangereuses - Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

Plays

• The Complete Dramatic Works - Samuel Beckett

• The Balcony - Jean Genet

• Through the Leaves and Other Plays - Franz Xaver Kroetz

• The Birthday Party - Harold Pinter

Poetry

• Playing House - Katherine Stansfield

• This is Not a Rescue - Emily Blewitt

• Phoenix: poetry and prose - Feral Kenyon