recommendations

actually good beach reads

10 vacation-worthy recommendations

Aug 16 •

my reading taste in star ratings

the very best to the very worst

Aug 8 •

The best books of 2025

the greatest reads of the first 7/12s of this year

Aug 2 •

how to read more classics

bringing project long classics onto substack

Jul 26 •

low-rated books I love

20 books I'm right about and everyone else...isn't

Jul 19 •

short books to break your slump

good, real reads at 100 pages or less

Jul 4 •

books that made me cry

emotions so devastating even I can feel them

Jun 27 •

underrated books

or at least ones that should be talked about more

May 24 •

the 0.1% of what I read where I wouldn't change a thing!

May 17 •

springtime recommendations

what to read as spring turns to summer

May 3 •

my very favorite authors

Auto-buy ride-or-dies

Apr 16 •

every book I've ever 5 starred

all 0.48% of them

Apr 4 •

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