Recently read books by year.

2025

• No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku, 1948) by Osamu Dazai
• The Secret Garden (1911)The Secret Garden (1911): Very good
• Lord of the Flies (1954)
  • I didn’t like it that much, the language was unexpectedly difficult and somehow the story did not have the needed impact.

2024

• Lady with the Dog (short story)
• Greasy Lake (short story): (!)
• Antimemetics

2023

• The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu
• The Reluctant FundamentalistThe Reluctant Fundamentalist: Nice
• God Emperor of Dune: Nice
• Pachinko: Pretty good, but I couldn’t extract any “learnings” from it.

2022

• Dune Messiah: Good
• Children of Dune
• Hannibal (1999 novel)Hannibal (1999 novel)

2021

• Dune (1965 novel)Dune (1965 novel): Excellent

2019

• Belgariad: Reread the five books. I read these translated when I was a kid.

Older

• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (author)Douglas Adams (author)