A shelf of things worth finishing — kept honestly, updated slowly.
Nothing here is a recommendation. It is a record of what was read, when, and whether
it held up on a second pass. Entries move to Finished only after the second pass.
In progress
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
Richard Rhodes · started March · 480 of 886 pages
Seeing Like a State
James C. Scott · started May · slow going, worth it
The Soul of a New Machine
Tracy Kidder · reread · nearly done
Finished this year
The Shipping News
Annie Proulx · February · held up
A Canticle for Leibowitz
Walter M. Miller Jr. · January · held up
Working
Studs Terkel · April · better in pieces than in one sitting