Dansite Reading Journal

Dan Jewett's chronological reading record.

Silhouette of a looming figure on a red, abstract landscape with bats flying overhead. A tower stands in the distance. Eerie and atmospheric tone.
Book, read, date unknown
Dracula
by Bram Stoker
Yellow and white striped book cover with concentric circles. Title: "Digital Minimalism" by Cal Newport. Subtext: "Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World."
Book, read, date unknown
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
by Cal Newport
How to Be Non-Fiction
Book cover of "Death Be Not Proud: A Memoir" by John Gunther. Features abstract graphics with dark blue and white shapes on textured beige background.
Book, read, date unknown
Death Be Not Proud
by John Gunther
Memoir
Cover of "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White. A young girl holds a pig next to sheep and a goose. A spider spins a web above her. The tone is warm and nostalgic.
Book, read, date unknown
Charlotte's Web
by E.B. White
American Literature Children's
Cover of "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin. Bold yellow-orange text with a silhouette of a man. Red stamp highlights it as a bestselling book. Emotive and thought-provoking tone.
Book, read, date unknown
Black Like Me
by John Howard Griffin
American Literature Memoir
Cover of "American Pastoral" by Philip Roth features a tattered American flag. Title in red, author's name in large black letters conveys a somber tone.
Short Story, read, date unknown
Bartleby, The Scrivener: A Tale of Wall Street
by Herman Melville
American Literature Story
Cover of "American Pastoral" by Philip Roth features a tattered American flag. Title in red, author's name in large black letters conveys a somber tone.
Book, read, date unknown
American Pastoral
by Philip Roth
American Literature Pulitzer Prize
Cover of "All the Pretty Horses" by Cormac McCarthy features a horse's face against a blurred landscape. A National Book Award sticker is visible.
Book, read, date unknown
All the Pretty Horses
by Cormac McCarthy
American Literature Western
Cover of "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles. Features a large, abstract tree overlapping a boy's portrait, with text highlighting its acclaim.
Book, read, date unknown
A Separate Peace
by John Knowles
American Literature
Bold book cover of "1984" by George Orwell, featuring large, colorful 3D text in orange and blue on a plain beige background with a green border.
Book, read, date unknown
1984 (1948)
by George Orwell
American Literature Classic Literature Dystopian Literature
Cover of Neuromancer
Book, read, date unknown
Neuromancer (1984)
by William Gibson
Science Fiction
Cover of Snow Crash
Book, read, date unknown
Snow Crash (1994)
by Neal Stephenson
Science Fiction
Cover of The Killer Angels
Book, read, date unknown
The Killer Angels (1975)
by Michael Shaara
Historical Fiction Pulitzer Prize Top Pick
Cover of Upstream
Book, read, date unknown
Upstream (2019)
by Mary Oliver
Essay
Cover of Aurora
Book, read, date unknown
Aurora (2016)
by Kim Stanley Robinson
Science Fiction
Cover of A Sand County Almanac
Book, read, date unknown
A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There (1949)
by Aldo Leopold
Memoir
Cover of When We Cease to Understand the World
Book, read, date unknown
When We Cease to Understand the World (2020)
by Benjamin Labatut
Non-Fiction
Cover of God is not Great
Book, read, date unknown
God is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything (2008)
by Christopher Hitchens
Non-Fiction
Cover of The Subterraneans
Book, read, date unknown
The Subterraneans (1958)
by Jack Kerouac
Literary Fiction
Woodcut-style illustration of a young man in a jacket walking with a bindle, blue-to-orange sky, "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac.
Book, read, date unknown
On the Road (1957)
by Jack Kerouac
American Literature Literary Fiction