Over the pandemic, my friends and I formed a book club that is hosted over discord. We call ourselves the “finer things club” (yes, it is from the office).
Every month, 1 of us picks a book and leads discussions for it. We try our best dividing the book into thirds to meet Wednesday nights and discuss our thoughts so far.
Although I’ll be posting about general thoughts on books, by the very nature of having an opinion on something, this might be classified as a “spoiler”. Still, I try to keep my thoughts somewhat vague and general (not trying to write an argumentative essay on here…). Though if you guys want to chat about it, comments are welcomed on here or over discord!
2026 Reading List
Favorite of 2025 – TBD
| One day, Everyone Will Have Been Against This | 5:21 | Nonfiction | Omar El Akkad | ★★★★☆ |
| All Tomorrows: The Myriad Species and Mixed Fortunes of Man | 2:04 | Science Fiction | C.M. Koseman | |
| The Thursday Murder Club | 12:26 | Mystery | Richard Osman | |
| King Sorrow | 26:04 | Fantasy | Joe Hill |
2025 Reading List
Favorite of 2025 – Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, & Hope in an American City
| A Day in the life of Abed Salama | 6:44 | Nonfiction | Nathan Thrall | ★★★★☆ |
| The Midnight Library | 8:50 | Fantasy | Matt Haig | ★★★☆☆ |
| The Man With A Load of Mischief | 9:32 | Mystery/Crime | Martha Grimes | ★★★☆☆ |
| Slow Horses | 10:46 | Espionage | Mick Herron | ★★★★☆ |
| Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, & Hope in an American City | 21:10 | Nonfiction | Andrea Elliot | ★★★★☆ |
| Player Piano | 11:31 | Dystopia | Kurt Vonnegut Jr. | ★★★★☆ |
| The Echo Machine | 7:24 | Politics | David Pakman | ★★★★☆ |
| The Tainted Cup | 13:51 | Mystery | Robert Jackson Bennett | ★★★★☆ |
| Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search for Justice | 8:32 | Nonfiction | Cristina Rivera Garza | ★★★★☆ |
| HearRational | Oliver Davis | ★★★☆☆ | ||
| Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America | 9:13 | Politics | Paola Ramos | ★★★★☆ |
| The Golden Compass | 10:33 | Fantasy | Philip Pullman | ★★★☆☆ |
2024 Reading List
Favorite of 2024 – Close battle between Solito and The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
| Dark Places | 13:44:00 | Mystery | Gillian Flynn | ★★★★☆ |
| How High We Go in the Dark | 9:20:00 | Science Fiction | Sequoia Nagamatsu | ★★★★☆ |
| Contact | 14:45:00 | Science Fiction | Carl Sagan | ★★★★☆ |
| Pushing Ice | 19:33:00 | Science Fiction | Alastair Reynolds | ★★★☆☆ |
| They Called Us Enemy | NA | Memoir | George Takei | ★★★★☆ |
| The Water Knife | 14:01:00 | Dystopian | Paolo Bacigalupi | ★★★☆☆ |
| The Wannabe Fascists | 07:46:00 | Political Science | Federico Finchelstein | ★★★★☆ |
| Blood, Sweat, and Pixels | 07:58 | Nonfiction | Jason Schreier | ★★★★☆ |
| Solito | 17:08 | Memoir | Javier Zamora | ★★★★☆ |
| The Dog Stars | 10:41 | Dystopian | Peter Heller | ★★★☆☆ |
| The Miracles of the Namiya General Store | 9:54 | Magical Realism | Keigo Higashino | ★★★★☆ |
| The Bright Sword | 23:10 | Fantasy | Lev Grossman | ★★★☆☆ |
2023 Reading List
Favorite of 2023 – Tie between The Mistborn Saga #1: The Final Empire & Journey Under the Midnight Sun
| Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow | 13:52:00 | Fiction | Gabrielle Zavin | ★★★★☆ |
| Hidden Pictures | 9:29:00 | Horror | Jason Rekulak | ★★★★☆ |
| We Spread | 5:58:00 | Horror | Iain Reid | ★★★★☆ |
| The Mistborn Sage #1 The Final Empire | 24:39:00 | Fantasy | Brandon Sanderson | ★★★★☆ |
| The Shadow of the Wind | 17:44:00 | Mystery | Carlos Ruiz Zafón | ★★★★☆ |
| Kokoro | 9:23:00 | Fiction | Natsume Soseki | ★★★☆☆ |
| The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes – and Why | 9:35:00 | Nonfiction | Amanda Ripley | ★★★★☆ |
| The Devil Takes You Home | 10:10:00 | Horror | Gabino Iglesias | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Ubik | 7:56:00 | Science Fiction | Philip K. Dick | ★★★☆☆ |
| Leech | 13:07:00 | Horror | Hiron Ennes | ★★★☆☆ |
| Journey Under the Midnight Sun | 19:22:00 | Mystery | Keigo Higashino | ★★★★☆ |
| A Visit | ~1:00:00 | Short Story/Horror | Shirley Jackson | ★★★★☆ |
| The Apple Tree | ~1:00:00 | Short Story/Horror | Daphne Du Maurier | ★★★★☆ |
2022 Reading List
Favorite of 2022 – I’m Glad My Mom Died
| Tender is the Flesh | 6:44:00 | Horror | Agustina Bazterrica | ★★★☆☆ |
| Empire of Pain | 18:06:00 | Nonfiction | Patrick Radden Keefe | ★★★★☆ |
| Mox | 6:36:00 | Nonfiction | Jon Moxley | ★★★☆☆ |
| The Orphanage | 9:01:00 | Historical Fiction | Serhiy Zhandan | ★★★★☆ |
| Neuromancer | 10:31:00 | Science Fiction | William Gibson | ★★★☆☆ |
| Monday’s Not Coming | 10:07:00 | Young Adult | Tiffany D. Jackson | ★★★★☆ |
| Pachinko | 18:16:00 | Historical Fiction | Min Jin Lee | ★★★★☆ |
| The Golem and the Jinni | 19:42:00 | Fantasy | Helene Wecker | ★★★★☆ |
| I’m Glad My Mom Died | 6:50:00 | Biography/Memoir | Jennette McCurdy | ★★★★★ |
| The Only Good Indians | 8:37:00 | Horror | Stephen Graham Jones | ★★★☆☆ |
| Olympus, Texas | 10:17:00 | Adult Fiction | Stacey Swann | ★★★☆☆ |
| Rebecca | 14:48:00 | Gothic | Daphne du Maurier | ★★★☆☆ |
2021 Reading List
Favorite of 2021 – Project Hail Mary
| Shoe Dog | 13:21:00 | Biography/Memoir | Phil Knight | ★★★ |
| The Three-Body Problem | 13:26:00 | Science Fiction | Cixin Liu | ★★★ |
| Mexican Gothic | 10:39:00 | Horror | Silvia Moreno-Garcia | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Beastie Boys Book | 12:41:00 | Biography/Memoir | Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz | ★ |
| Scythe | 10:32:00 | Fantasy | Neal Shusterman | ★★★ |
| Thinking, Fast and Slow | 20:02:00 | Nonfiction | Daniel Kahneman | ★ |
| The Haunting of Hill House | 7:27:00 | Horror | Shirley Jackson | ★ |
| The Ten Year War | 15:13:00 | Nonfiction | Johnathan Cohn | ★ |
| Dark Matter | 10:08:00 | Science Fiction | Blake Crouch | ★★★ |
| Crying in H Mart | 7:23:00 | Biography/Memoir | Michelle Zauner | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Project Hail Mary | 16:10:00 | Science Fiction | Andy Weir | ★★★ |
| The Shadow of the Gods | 18:14:00 | Fantasy | John Gwynne | ★★★ |