I'm going to record the books I read here so that I have a log of my progress. It also might spark some interesting conversations in the real world if there are any overlaps between what you and I are reading.
There are Amazon affiliate links to each book, or a publisher subscription link.
January 2021
The Misfit Manifesto (TED 2) - Lidia Yuknavitch (Amazon Link)
December 2020
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories - Ken Liu (Amazon Link)
The Wisdom of Psychopaths - Dr Kenneth Dutton (Amazon Link)
In Cold Blood : A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences - Truman Capote (Amazon Link)
Smiling in Slow Motion: Journals, 1991–1994 (The Journals of Derek Jarman) - Derek Jarman (Amazon Link)
May 2019
Granta - The Magazine of New Writing - Animalia (142) (Amazon Link)
April 2019
The Lost Art of Walking: The History, Science, Philosophy, Literature, Theory and Practice of Pedestrianism - Geoff Nicholson (Amazon Link)
Ruined by Design: How Designers Destroyed the World, and What We Can Do to Fix It Kindle Edition - Mike Monteiro (Amazon Link)
A Field Guide To Getting Lost - Rebecca Solnit (Amazon Link)
A Philosophy of Walking - Frederic Gros (Amazon Link)
Walking Home - Simon Armitage (Amazon Link)
March 2019
Handmade: Creative Focus in the Age of Distraction Paperback - Gary Rogowski (Amazon Link)
How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics Hardcover - Michael Pollan (Amazon Link)
February 2019
The War of Art - Steven Pressfield (Amazon Link)
Digital Minimalism: On Living Better with Less Technology Paperback - Cal Newport (Amazon Link)
January 2019
Zen and the Birds of Appetite - Thomas Merton (Amazon Link)
July 2017
Gordon White, Star.Ships: A Prehistory of the Spirits (Amazon Link)
Granta 140: The Mind (Amazon Link) (Granta Subscription)
Tom and David Kelly, Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All (Amazon Link)
Rudi_ Esch, Electri_City: The Dusseldorf School of Electronic Music (Amazon Link)
June 2016
Carl Newport, Deep Work- Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World (Amazon Link)
Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation (Amazon Link)
Noah Levine, Against the Stream - A Buddhist Manual for Spiritual Revolutionaries (Amazon Link)
Noah Levine, Dharma Punx - A Memoir (Amazon Link)
May 2016
Thomas M Sterner, The Practicing Mind (Amazon Link)
January 2015
Mason Currey, Daily Rituals (Amazon Link)
December 2014
Karl Ove Knausgaard , A Death in the Family: My Struggle Book 1 (Amazon Link)
Eugen Herrigel, Zen in the Art of Archery: Training the Mind and Body to Become One (Arkana) (Amazon Link)
Robert Pirsig, Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance: 40th Anniversary Edition (Amazon Kindle Edition)
Paul Auster, Winter Journal (Amazon Link)
November 2014
Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing (Amazon Link)
Bob Mazzer, Underground (Amazon Link)