What Did Nathan Read?

2023

70 books

Tudor Children cover

Dec 29

Tudor Children

Nicholas Orme

Church History in Plain Language cover

Dec 28

Church History in Plain Language

Bruce L. Shelley

Terrace Story cover

Dec 27

Terrace Story

Hilary Leichter

Ghost Season cover

Dec 26

Ghost Season

Fatin Abbas

The Mirage Factory: Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles cover

Dec 25

The Mirage Factory: Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles

Gary Krist

The Aleph and Other Stories cover

Dec 23

The Aleph and Other Stories

Jorge Luis Borges

Great Expectations (Penguin Drop Caps) cover

Dec 17

Great Expectations (Penguin Drop Caps)

Charles Dickens

How to Build a Boat cover

Dec 6

How to Build a Boat

Elaine Feeney

Lectures on Dostoevsky cover

Dec 1

Lectures on Dostoevsky

Joseph Frank

1984 cover

Nov 24

1984

George Orwell

Tom Lake cover

Nov 15

Tom Lake

Ann Patchett

Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life cover

Nov 10

Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life

Luke Burgis

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold cover

Nov 6

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

John Le Carré

Stanton: Lincoln's Staunch Secretary of War cover

Nov 1

Stanton: Lincoln's Staunch Secretary of War

Walter Stahr

The Heart of the Matter cover

Oct 28

The Heart of the Matter

Graham Greene

The Story of Russia cover

Oct 22

The Story of Russia

Orlando Figes

The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth cover

Oct 14

The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth

Jonathan Rauch

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall cover

Oct 11

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Anne Brontë

The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams cover

Oct 6

The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams

Philip Zaleski

The Fraud cover

Oct 1

The Fraud

Zadie Smith

Banyan Moon cover

Sep 24

Banyan Moon

Thao Thai

Rules of Civility cover

Sep 20

Rules of Civility

Amor Towles

Dostoevsky: The Stir of Liberation, 1860-1865 cover

Sep 16

Dostoevsky: The Stir of Liberation, 1860-1865

Joseph Frank

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories cover

Sep 16

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

Angela Carter

Time Shelter cover

Sep 10

Time Shelter

Georgi Gospodinov

The Rabbit Hutch cover

Sep 8

The Rabbit Hutch

Tess Gunty

Dune cover

Sep 5

Dune

Frank Herbert

The Shipping News cover

Sep 2

The Shipping News

Annie Proulx

Christianity & Liberalism: 100th Anniversary Edition cover

Aug 31

Christianity & Liberalism: 100th Anniversary Edition

J. Gresham Machen

The Bee Sting cover

Aug 30

The Bee Sting

Paul Murray

Sun House cover

Aug 27

Sun House

David James Duncan

Sophocles: The Complete Plays (Signet Classics) cover

Aug 14

Sophocles: The Complete Plays (Signet Classics)

Sophocles

Culture: The Story of Us, From Cave Art to K-Pop cover

Aug 9

Culture: The Story of Us, From Cave Art to K-Pop

Martin Puchner

The Epistle to the Romans cover

Aug 7

The Epistle to the Romans

Karl Barth

Eugene Onegin cover

Jul 30

Eugene Onegin

Alexander Pushkin

The Novel, Who Needs It? cover

Jul 26

The Novel, Who Needs It?

Joseph Epstein

Many Things Under a Rock: The Mysteries of Octopuses cover

Jul 23

Many Things Under a Rock: The Mysteries of Octopuses

David Scheel

This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War cover

Jul 17

This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War

Drew Gilpin Faust

Worst. President. Ever.: James Buchanan, the POTUS Rating Game, and the Legacy of the Least of the Lesser Presidents cover

Jul 8

Worst. President. Ever.: James Buchanan, the POTUS Rating Game, and the Legacy of the Least of the Lesser Presidents

Robert Strauss

Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral cover

Jul 6

Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral

Ben Smith

Halcyon cover

Jul 3

Halcyon

Elliot Ackerman

Wonder Confronts Certainty: Russian Writers on the Timeless Questions and Why Their Answers Matter cover

Jul 3

Wonder Confronts Certainty: Russian Writers on the Timeless Questions and Why Their Answers Matter

Gary Saul Morson

Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir #1) cover

Jul 1

Titanium Noir (Titanium Noir #1)

Nick Harkaway

Code of the Hills (Mick Hardin, #3) cover

Jun 25

Code of the Hills (Mick Hardin, #3)

Chris Offutt

The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes #5) cover

Jun 20

The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes #5)

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Marriage Portrait cover

Jun 18

The Marriage Portrait

Maggie O'Farrell

On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden and Gift of Living cover

Jun 15

On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden and Gift of Living

Alan Noble

The Scarlet Letter: A Guide to Reading and Reflecting (Read and Reflect with the Classics) cover

Jun 4

The Scarlet Letter: A Guide to Reading and Reflecting (Read and Reflect with the Classics)

Karen Swallow Prior

Fractal Noise (Fractalverse, #0) cover

May 29

Fractal Noise (Fractalverse, #0)

Christopher Paolini

Demon Copperhead cover

May 24

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

Trust cover

May 13

Trust

Hernan Diaz

War and Peace cover

May 10

War and Peace

Leo Tolstoy

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder cover

May 2

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

David Grann

Reading for the Love of God cover

May 2

Reading for the Love of God

Jessica Hooten Wilson

True Grit cover

Apr 22

True Grit

Charles Portis

Horse cover

Apr 15

Horse

Geraldine Brooks

How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion cover

Apr 10

How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion

David McRaney

Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us cover

Mar 31

Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us

Russell "Russ" Roberts

My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1) cover

Mar 25

My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)

P.G. Wodehouse

The Swimmers cover

Mar 13

The Swimmers

Julie Otsuka

A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century cover

Mar 12

A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

Barbara W. Tuchman

The Twilight Zone cover

Mar 8

The Twilight Zone

Nona Fernández

Essex Dogs (Essex Dogs, #1) cover

Feb 26

Essex Dogs (Essex Dogs, #1)

Dan Jones

Wise Blood cover

Feb 14

Wise Blood

Flannery O'Connor

Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1) cover

Feb 5

Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)

John Updike

Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age cover

Jan 23

Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age

Dennis Duncan

Small World cover

Jan 17

Small World

Laura Zigman

The Perfect Golden Circle cover

Jan 11

The Perfect Golden Circle

Benjamin Myers

The Message in the Bottle: How Queer Man Is, How Queer Language Is, and What One Has to Do with the Other cover

Jan 4

The Message in the Bottle: How Queer Man Is, How Queer Language Is, and What One Has to Do with the Other

Walker Percy

Eye of the Needle cover

Jan 4

Eye of the Needle

Ken Follett