Dansite Reading Journal

📚 Books On the Waiting List

18 books waiting to be read
Penguin Modern Classics cover of "The Town and the City" by Jack Kerouac, showing a black-and-white photo of a lone figure walking down a city street's centerline.
Book, added July 18, 2026
The Town and the City (1950)
by Jack Kerouac
American Literature
Book cover for "Gardens of the Moon" by Steven Erikson, showing a dark stone tower atop a jagged cliff beneath a full moon and stormy sky.
Book, added July 16, 2026
Gardens of the Moon: The Malazan Book of the Fallen, No. 1 (1999)
by Steven Erikson
Fantasy
Bold cartoon illustration of a braided redhead in a pink dress, shown twice sitting back-to-back, drawing with pencils on a clipboard amid green foliage.
Article, added July 14, 2026
Song of Our Cells

The New York Reivew of Books, July 23, 2026

by David Quammen
Book Review
Colored pencil portrait of a person at a red table strewn with crumpled papers and a mug, Tower Bridge visible in a misty background.
Article, added July 14, 2026
The Late Bohemian

The New York Review of Books, July 23, 2026

by Mark Ford
Book Review
added July 14, 2026
The Late b
Portrait of a person wearing a light blue winged helmet with four orange, cross-hatched panels, rendered in dense colored pen linework.
Article, added July 14, 2026
Space Oddity

The New York Review of Books, July 23, 2026

by Mark O'Connell
Book Review
Cover of "The Sorrow of War" by Bao Ninh. Color photo of a green forest scene above, a brown band with the subtitle, and a black-and-white photo of vietnamese people looking at a burning village in the distance below.
Book, added June 9, 2026
The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam (1993)
by Bao Ninh
Historical Fiction Vietnam War
Cover of "Stalingrad" by Vasily Grossman shows a soldier on snowy battlefield beside a tank. Text includes translator names Robert and Elizabeth Chandler.
Book, added May 29, 2026
For a Just Cause (Stalingrad) (1952)
by Vassily Grossman • translated by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler
Historical Fiction Russian Literature Translation World War II
Cover of "Life and Fate" by Vasily Grossman shows two blurred silhouettes in a war-torn cityscape. Title in bold, with an introduction by Robert Chandler.
Book, added May 29, 2026
Life and Fate (1959)
by Vassily Grossman
Historical Fiction Russian Literature Translation World War II
Normandy beach landing scene with soldiers wading ashore, boats in view. Cover text reads: “Iliad. Homer.” Tone is intense and dramatic.
Book, added May 25, 2026
Iliad (1997)
by Homer • translated by Stanlely Lombardo
Classic Literature Poetry Translation
Cover of "Odyssey" by Homer, translated by Stanley Lombardo. Features a black background with Earthrise over the moon. Text appears in white and tan.
Book, added May 25, 2026
Odyssey (2000)
by Homer • translated by Stanlely Lombardo
Classic Literature Poetry Translation
Front cover of "The Passion According to G.H." by Clarice Lispector, featuring a close-up of a woman's face in a grainy, orange-colored texture.
Book, added November 2, 2025
The Passion According to G.H. (1964)
by Clarice Lispector • translated by Idra Novey
Literary Fiction
Cover of Willam Morris
Book, added October 7, 2025
Willam Morris: A Life For Our Time (1994)
by Fiona MacCarthy
Biography
Cover of Moderan
Book, added September 27, 2025
Moderan (2018)
by David R. Bunch
Science Fiction Stories
Cover of Gilead
Book, added September 26, 2025
Gilead (2004)
by Marilynne Robinson
American Literature Literary Fiction Pulitzer Prize
Cover of The Things They Carried
Book, added September 21, 2025
The Things They Carried (1990)
by Tim O'Brien
American Literature Literary Fiction Memoir Pulitzer Prize Finalist Stories Vietnam War
Cover of Faust - Part One
Play, added August 20, 2025
Faust - Part One (1806)
by Johann Wolfgang Goethe • translated by David Luke
Classic Literature Stageplay
Cover of The Book of Disquiet
Book, added August 16, 2025
The Book of Disquiet (1982)
by Fernando Pessoa • translated by Margaret Jull Costa
Classic Literature
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