Dansite Reading Journal

Dan Jewett's chronological reading record.

Cover of Fictions
Book, read July 18, 2025
Fictions (1962)
by Jorge Luis Borges • translated by Andrew Hurley
Literary Fiction Stories
Cover of Oedipus the King
Play, read July 15, 2025
Oedipus the King (429 BCE)
by Sophocles • translated by David Greene
Classic Literature
Cover of Two Strange Stories: The Maid
Short Story, read July 9, 2025
Two Strange Stories: The Maid (2013)
by Robert Walser
Stories
Cover of Walking
Book, read July 7, 2025
Walking: One Step at a Time (2019)
by Erling Kagge • translated by Becky L. Crook
How to Be Nature Writing Non-Fiction
Cover of Moby Dick
Book, read June 23, 2025
Moby Dick: or, The Whale (1851)
by Herman Melville
American Literature Classic Literature Literary Fiction Top Pick
Cover of Chocky
Book, read June 10, 2025
Chocky (1968)
by John Wyndham
Science Fiction
Cover of The Crying of Lot 49
Book, read June 8, 2025
The Crying of Lot 49 (1965)
by Thomas Pynchon
American Literature Literary Fiction
Cover of The Scarlet Letter
Book, read May 30, 2025
The Scarlet Letter: A Romance (1850)
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
American Literature Classic Literature Literary Fiction Top Pick
Cover of Disremembering
Book, read May 11, 2025
Disremembering (2021)
by Michelle Joy Gallagher Soffe
Poetry
Cover of All Systems Red
Book, read April 15, 2025
All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries, No. 1 (2017)
by Martha Wells
Ebook Fun Science Fiction
Cover of Changing Planes
Book, read February 13, 2025
Changing Planes (2003)
by Ursula K. Le Guin
Fun Science Fiction Stories
Cover of Death of a Salesman
Play, read February 7, 2025
Death of a Salesman (1949)
by Arthur Miller
American Literature Pulitzer Prize Stageplay
Cover of Letters to a Young Poet
Book, read January 19, 2025
Letters to a Young Poet (1929)
by Rainer Maria Rilke • translated by Charlie Louth
Classic Literature Non-Fiction
Cover of Anything You Want
Book, read October 20, 2024
Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur
by Derek Sivers
How to Be Non-Fiction
Cover of Git For Humans
Book, read September 23, 2024
Git For Humans (2016)
by David Demaree
Computer-Web Tech Non-Fiction
Cover of East of Eden
Book, read August 25, 2024
East of Eden (1952)
by John Steinbeck
American Literature Literary Fiction Top Pick
Cover of Tao Te Ching: A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way
Book, read June 13, 2024
Tao Te Ching: A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way (400 BCE)
by Lao Tzu • translated by Ursula K. Le Guin
Classic Literature How to Be
Cover of In Pharaoh's Army
Book, read June 4, 2024
In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War (1994)
by Tobias Wolff
Ebook Memoir Vietnam War
Cover of Empire of Silence
Book, read June 1, 2024
Empire of Silence: The Sun Eater, Book 1 (2023)
by Christopher Ruocchio
Ebook Science Fiction
Cover of Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Book, read May 25, 2024
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less (2014)
by Greg McKeown
How to Be Non-Fiction