The Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie. The final book in what has become one of my favorite fantasy series.

Currently, A Gentleman In Moscow. A fictional story about a royalty-adjacent man confined to live in a hotel in Moscow during and around the Bolshevik revolution. Excellent storytelling, the author is very talented as a writer.

I’m reading through The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien. It’s decent book, but but can be pretty heavy at times. This is my second time reading it.

I am on book 2 of the Expanse series (James Corey) and enjoying it!

Fiction: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles, Haruku Murakami
Non-fiction: The Way Of Chuang Tzu, Chuang Tzu

This month was a wacky selection for no good reason:

Pastoral Approach to Atheism; Pastoral Theology; Concilium Volume 23

Silver Canyon, Louis L’Amour

Compassionate Satanism: An Introduction to Modern Satanic Practice

Gateway, Frederik Pohl

Ethics 101: What Every Leader Needs To Know

Street Design: The Secret to Great Cities and Towns, Victor Dover

Babel, Kuang, R.F.

Unlikely Animals - Annie Hartnett

The quirkiness of this one balances out the very real, very heavy overarching themes.

Just finished book 1 of “Malazan: Book of the Fallen” by Steven Erikson, “Gardens of the Moon”.

Immediately started book 2, “Deadhouse Gates”. It’s a Malazan summer, all 10 books in a row! :D

Re-reading my two favorite ones by Murakami - Hard boiled wonderland and The wild sheep chase.

I’ve been reading The Recognitions (by William Gaddis) for months and I’m ready to be done with it. It’s brilliantly written, but it’s long and difficult in parts. So I’m kind of speed-reading the last 1/4 of it just because I’m losing steam. Don’t get me wrong… it’s a great book!

I just started Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb. So far a delight! By a therapist about therapy, and just the kind of humor I like in non fiction :)

The Chronicles of St Mary’s, just finished the fourth book. Fun stuff.

“The fisherman” by John Langan. I am liking it.

“How to keep house while drowning” by KC Davis

I recently finished a classic sci-fi book, Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov. It is part of The Foundation book series. I started the original first book about 7 years ago and have come back to the series every few years. They’re pretty interesting and can see why they are considered classics.