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1. Emily Dickinson, Famous Gardener February 4, 2018
2. How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia (review) April 25, 2014
3. The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction (review) April 20, 2014
4. Third Class Superhero (review) April 20, 2014
5. Njál's Saga (review) December 23, 2013
6. My Struggle (review) December 16, 2013
7. The Antidote (review) June 1, 2013
8. This Is Running for Your Life (review) May 12, 2013
9. The Art of Fielding December 23, 2012
10. Religion for Atheists (review) June 21, 2012
11. Mindless Eating (review) May 20, 2012
12. The First 20 Minutes (review) May 20, 2012
13. Private Empire (review) May 8, 2012
14. The Gift of Fear (review) April 24, 2012
15. Extra Lives (review) February 8, 2012
16. The Authenticity Hoax (review) January 29, 2012
17. Meditations (review) January 9, 2012
18. The Age of the Infovore (review) July 26, 2011
19. On Being Ill (review) July 25, 2011
20. Decoded (review) July 9, 2011
21. In Pursuit of Happiness (review) June 25, 2011
22. What I've been reading, vol. iv November 29, 2010
23. The Book of Basketball (review: 5/5) November 4, 2010
24. On Kindness (review: 4/5) November 4, 2010
25. What I've been reading, vol. iii September 28, 2010
26. The Happiness Hypothesis (review: 5/5) July 13, 2010
27. Then We Came to the End (review: 3.5/5) April 28, 2010
28. What I've been reading, vol. ii April 13, 2010
29. Vocabulary and the reading diet April 6, 2010
30. The Unlikely Disciple (review: 4/5) March 22, 2010
31. Finishing books vs. finishing movies March 22, 2010
32. Up in the Air (review: 3/5) March 16, 2010
33. What I've been reading February 11, 2010
34. The Happiness Project (review: 3/5) January 28, 2010
35. Bicycle Diaries (review: 3/5) December 28, 2009
36. Manhood for Amateurs (review: 4/5) November 12, 2009
37. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (review: 5/5) October 14, 2009
38. Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior (review: 4/5) July 27, 2009
39. Love Is a Mixtape (review: 4/5) July 7, 2009
40. April 23, 2009 April 23, 2009
41. Oblivion (review: 4/5) March 31, 2009
42. In which a metaphor is discerned March 24, 2009
43. A Theory of Capitalism & Socialism (review: 4.5/5) March 4, 2009
44. American Nerd (review: 3/5) February 10, 2009
45. Miles on Miles (review: 4/5) February 3, 2009
46. December 18, 2008 December 18, 2008
47. December 3, 2008 December 3, 2008
48. The Bin Ladens (review: 5/5) December 2, 2008
49. December 2, 2008 December 2, 2008
50. Crisis & Leviathan (review: 5/5) November 26, 2008
51. November 17, 2008 November 17, 2008
52. November 3, 2008 November 3, 2008
53. November 3, 2008 November 3, 2008
54. How Beautiful It Is and How Easily It Can Be Broken (review: 3.5/5) October 23, 2008
55. The Best American Crime Reporting 2007 (review: 3/5) October 19, 2008
56. Umberto Eco on "How I Write" October 5, 2008
57. A Romance on Three Legs (review: 4/5) October 5, 2008
58. Super Spy (review: 3.5/5) September 25, 2008
59. September 23, 2008 September 23, 2008
60. September 23, 2008 September 23, 2008
61. September 2, 2008 September 2, 2008
62. August 27, 2008 August 27, 2008
63. The Best American Science Writing 2007 (review: 3/5) August 15, 2008
64. August 3, 2008 August 3, 2008
65. Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street (review: 4/5) August 3, 2008
66. July 16, 2008 July 16, 2008
67. Standard Operating Procedure (review: 4/5) July 10, 2008
68. July 8, 2008 July 8, 2008
69. July 7, 2008 July 7, 2008
70. July 6, 2008 July 6, 2008
71. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (review: 2.5/5) June 24, 2008
72. Things I've Learned from Women Who've Dumped Me (review: 2/5) June 17, 2008
73. No Country for Old Men (review: 4/5) June 17, 2008
74. Travels with Herodotus (review: 3.5/5) June 3, 2008
75. The New Kings of Nonfiction (review: 3/5) June 1, 2008
76. The Back of the Napkin (review: 3.5/5) May 19, 2008
77. Highbrow/Lowbrow: The Emergence of Cultural Hierarchy in America (review: 5/5) May 12, 2008
78. May 11, 2008 May 11, 2008
79. May 11, 2008 May 11, 2008
80. May 5, 2008 May 5, 2008
81. Gemma Bovery (review: 4/5) April 30, 2008
82. Against Happiness (review: 2.5/5) April 28, 2008
83. April 21, 2008 April 21, 2008
84. The Best American Science & Nature Writing 2007 (review: 3.5/5) April 18, 2008
85. How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read (review: 3/5) April 9, 2008
86. April 8, 2008 April 8, 2008
87. April 4, 2008 April 4, 2008
88. April 1, 2008 April 1, 2008
89. Der Weg der Menschen (review: 3/5) March 30, 2008
90. March 30, 2008 March 30, 2008
91. Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water (review: 5/5) March 30, 2008
92. March 29, 2008 March 29, 2008
93. March 29, 2008 March 29, 2008
94. March 27, 2008 March 27, 2008
95. Die Stadt (review: 3.5/5) March 25, 2008
96. Die Sonne (review: 4/5) March 21, 2008
97. March 16, 2008 March 16, 2008
98. The Definitive Drucker (review: 2.5/5) March 11, 2008
99. February 29, 2008 February 29, 2008
100. February 25, 2008 February 25, 2008
101. February 21, 2008 February 21, 2008
102. Free for All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library (review: 3/5) February 21, 2008
103. Faint Praise: The Plight of Book Reviewing in America (3.5/5) February 19, 2008
104. February 16, 2008 February 16, 2008
105. The Party of the First Part: The Curious World of Legalese (review: 3/5) February 16, 2008
106. Why Mars & Venus Collide (review: 3/5) February 11, 2008
107. (What I learned about craftsmanship in) The Violin Maker (review: 4/5) February 4, 2008
108. The Braindead Megaphone (review: 4.5/5) January 31, 2008
109. January 30, 2008 January 30, 2008
110. January 21, 2008 January 21, 2008
111. January 16, 2008 January 16, 2008
112. Clyde Fans: Book One (review: 5/5) January 3, 2008
113. Top Books for 2007 December 31, 2007
114. The Road (review: 5/5) December 30, 2007
115. December 19, 2007 December 19, 2007
116. Flash Fiction Forward: 80 Very Short Stories (review: 3.5/5) December 16, 2007
117. You Don't Love Me Yet (review: 3.5/5) December 7, 2007
118. December 4, 2007 December 4, 2007
119. December 3, 2007 December 3, 2007
120. The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century (review: 5/5) November 29, 2007
121. November 27, 2007 November 27, 2007
122. A Whole New Mind (review: 2.5/5) November 24, 2007
123. Now and Forever: Somewhere a Band Is Playing & Leviathan 99 (review: 3/5) November 23, 2007
124. The Baseball Economist: The Real Game Exposed (review: 3.5/5) November 21, 2007
125. Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader (5/5) November 18, 2007
126. November 15, 2007 November 15, 2007
127. Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean (review: 4/5) November 11, 2007
128. November 8, 2007 November 8, 2007
129. A Rothko book November 4, 2007
130. Undisciplined reading November 1, 2007
131. October 26, 2007 October 26, 2007
132. October 24, 2007 October 24, 2007
133. October 24, 2007 October 24, 2007
134. He's Just Not That Into You (review: 4/5) October 21, 2007
135. The Pinball Theory of Apocalypse (review: 1.5/5) October 18, 2007
136. October 18, 2007 October 18, 2007
137. October 16, 2007 October 16, 2007
138. The Best American Comics 2006 (review: 4/5) October 14, 2007
139. The Elements of Style (review: 3/5) October 13, 2007
140. October 13, 2007 October 13, 2007
141. October 8, 2007 October 8, 2007
142. The Devil in the White City (review: dnf) October 7, 2007
143. Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture (review: 2/5) October 7, 2007
144. Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game (review:3.5/5) October 2, 2007
145. September 30, 2007 September 30, 2007
146. The letters of Flannery O'Connor and Betty Hester September 27, 2007
147. Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures (review: dnf) September 24, 2007
148. The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game (review: 4/5) September 22, 2007
149. The Book on the Bookshelf (review: 4/5) September 21, 2007
150. September 18, 2007 September 18, 2007
151. The 4 Hour Workweek (review: 3/5) September 18, 2007
152. September 14, 2007 September 14, 2007
153. Galileo's sunspot illustrations September 10, 2007
154. Cosmopolis (review: 1/5) August 26, 2007
155. August 23, 2007 August 23, 2007
156. Seven Types of Ambiguity (review: 3.5/5) August 23, 2007
157. August 20, 2007 August 20, 2007
158. August 20, 2007 August 20, 2007
159. August 20, 2007 August 20, 2007
160. The Plot: The Secret Story of the The Protocols of the Elders of Zion (review:3/5) August 9, 2007
161. August 6, 2007 August 6, 2007
162. Beowulf (review: 2/5) August 6, 2007
163. Plastic Man: Rubber Bandits (review: 5/5) August 1, 2007
164. The Paris Review Interviews, Volume I (review: 4.5/5) July 31, 2007
165. July 29, 2007 July 29, 2007
166. July 25, 2007 July 25, 2007
167. July 24, 2007 July 24, 2007
168. July 23, 2007 July 23, 2007
169. July 23, 2007 July 23, 2007
170. July 21, 2007 July 21, 2007
171. July 21, 2007 July 21, 2007
172. July 20, 2007 July 20, 2007
173. July 18, 2007 July 18, 2007
174. Animal Farm (review: 0/5) July 18, 2007
175. July 18, 2007 July 18, 2007
176. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (review: 4/5) July 17, 2007
177. April 5, 2007 April 5, 2007
178. April 3, 2007 April 3, 2007
179. April 3, 2007 April 3, 2007
180. Batman: Year 100 (review: 2/5) April 2, 2007
181. The Trouble with Physics (review: dnf) April 1, 2007
182. March 29, 2007 March 29, 2007
183. March 28, 2007 March 28, 2007
184. The Starfish & the Spider (review: 3/5) March 28, 2007
185. March 28, 2007 March 28, 2007
186. Interaction of Color (review: 4.5/5) March 27, 2007
187. March 26, 2007 March 26, 2007
188. March 26, 2007 March 26, 2007
189. March 23, 2007 March 23, 2007
190. March 23, 2007 March 23, 2007
191. March 22, 2007 March 22, 2007
192. March 21, 2007 March 21, 2007
193. March 20, 2007 March 20, 2007
194. The Surrogates (review: 4/5) March 19, 2007
195. March 16, 2007 March 16, 2007
196. When You Catch an Adjective, Kill It (review: 3.5/5) March 15, 2007
197. I Went to a Bookbinding Workshop! March 14, 2007
198. March 14, 2007 March 14, 2007
199. March 13, 2007 March 13, 2007
200. March 13, 2007 March 13, 2007
201. Dreaming in Code (review: 4.5/5) March 13, 2007
202. A Practical Handbook for the Boyfriend (review: 4/5) March 7, 2007
203. March 7, 2007 March 7, 2007
204. March 5, 2007 March 5, 2007
205. March 5, 2007 March 5, 2007
206. March 3, 2007 March 3, 2007
207. Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything (review: 2.5/5) February 28, 2007
208. February 26, 2007 February 26, 2007
209. February 21, 2007 February 21, 2007
210. What I've Learned by Reviewing Books February 20, 2007
211. The Little Book of Plagiarism (review: 3.5/5) February 20, 2007
212. February 17, 2007 February 17, 2007
213. How to Walk in High Heels (review: 1.5/5) February 16, 2007
214. The Call of the Weird: Travels in American Subcultures (review: 2.5/5) February 14, 2007
215. February 13, 2007 February 13, 2007
216. February 12, 2007 February 12, 2007
217. February 12, 2007 February 12, 2007
218. February 10, 2007 February 10, 2007
219. Curses (review: 5/5) February 9, 2007
220. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom (review: 5/5) February 9, 2007
221. Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs (review: 3.5/5) February 1, 2007
222. January 31, 2007 January 31, 2007
223. January 31, 2007 January 31, 2007
224. Letter to a Christian Nation (review: 3.5/5) January 31, 2007
225. January 29, 2007 January 29, 2007
226. 50 Things Every Young Gentleman Should Know (review: 3/5) January 29, 2007
227. January 29, 2007 January 29, 2007
228. The God Delusion (review: dnf) January 28, 2007
229. January 28, 2007 January 28, 2007
230. January 28, 2007 January 28, 2007
231. January 28, 2007 January 28, 2007
232. January 26, 2007 January 26, 2007
233. January 26, 2007 January 26, 2007
234. January 23, 2007 January 23, 2007
235. January 19, 2007 January 19, 2007
236. January 17, 2007 January 17, 2007
237. January 17, 2007 January 17, 2007
238. January 12, 2007 January 12, 2007
239. January 11, 2007 January 11, 2007
240. Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (review: 3/5) January 11, 2007
241. January 10, 2007 January 10, 2007
242. January 10, 2007 January 10, 2007
243. January 6, 2007 January 6, 2007
244. January 5, 2007 January 5, 2007
245. January 4, 2007 January 4, 2007
246. January 2, 2007 January 2, 2007
247. These Are a Few of My Favorite Things from 2006 December 31, 2006
248. December 28, 2006 December 28, 2006
249. December 27, 2006 December 27, 2006
250. December 26, 2006 December 26, 2006
251. Just for Fun (review: 3/5) December 26, 2006
252. December 26, 2006 December 26, 2006
253. Take a Nap! Change Your Life (review: 3.5/5) December 26, 2006
254. December 22, 2006 December 22, 2006
255. December 22, 2006 December 22, 2006
256. December 21, 2006 December 21, 2006
257. December 20, 2006 December 20, 2006
258. December 20, 2006 December 20, 2006
259. December 19, 2006 December 19, 2006
260. I made a book December 11, 2006
261. Farewell Summer (review: 2/5) December 9, 2006
262. The Perfect Thing: How the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture, and Coolness (review: 3.5/5) December 8, 2006
263. December 6, 2006 December 6, 2006
264. Blankets (review 3.5/5) December 5, 2006
265. December 4, 2006 December 4, 2006
266. Housekeeping vs. The Dirt (review: 3.5/5) December 1, 2006
267. November 30, 2006 November 30, 2006
268. Ghost World (review: 3/5) November 30, 2006
269. November 29, 2006 November 29, 2006
270. Noise (review: 1.5/5) November 29, 2006
271. In the Shadow of No Towers (review 2.5/5) November 28, 2006
272. The Ghost Map (review: 4/5) November 27, 2006
273. November 26, 2006 November 26, 2006
274. November 19, 2006 November 19, 2006
275. "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman (review: 2.5/5) November 16, 2006
276. November 15, 2006 November 15, 2006
277. November 15, 2006 November 15, 2006
278. Booksport November 14, 2006
279. Reinventing Comics (review: 3/5) November 13, 2006
280. November 11, 2006 November 11, 2006
281. November 9, 2006 November 9, 2006
282. Lincoln Unmasked (review: 2.5/5) November 7, 2006
283. Making Comics (review: 4.5/5) November 4, 2006
284. November 1, 2006 November 1, 2006
285. Small is the New Big: and 183 Other Riffs, Rants, and Remarkable Business Ideas (review: 3.5/5) October 31, 2006
286. October 31, 2006 October 31, 2006
287. The 9/11 Report: A Graphical Adaptation (review: 2/5) October 30, 2006
288. October 26, 2006 October 26, 2006
289. Understanding Comics (review: 4.5/5) October 22, 2006
290. October 22, 2006 October 22, 2006
291. October 22, 2006 October 22, 2006
292. Ordinary People (review: 4.5/5) October 22, 2006
293. Envisioning Information (review: 4/5) October 19, 2006
294. October 16, 2006 October 16, 2006
295. October 11, 2006 October 11, 2006
296. October 11, 2006 October 11, 2006
297. More Tufte October 10, 2006
298. Beautiful Evidence (review: 4.5/5) October 10, 2006
299. October 9, 2006 October 9, 2006
300. The Wisdom of Crowds (review: 4/5) October 8, 2006
301. October 4, 2006 October 4, 2006
302. September 24, 2006 September 24, 2006
303. September 19, 2006 September 19, 2006
304. September 13, 2006 September 13, 2006
305. September 7, 2006 September 7, 2006
306. September 4, 2006 September 4, 2006
307. September 4, 2006 September 4, 2006
308. August 28, 2006 August 28, 2006
309. August 27, 2006 August 27, 2006
310. August 24, 2006 August 24, 2006
311. The Law (review: 5/5) August 24, 2006
312. The Tipping Point (review: 2/5) August 23, 2006
313. August 23, 2006 August 23, 2006
314. August 22, 2006 August 22, 2006
315. Heidi Klum's Body of Knowledge (review: 3/5) August 15, 2006
316. The Time Traveler's Wife (review: 3.5/5) August 15, 2006
317. Everything Bad is Good for You (review: 4/5) August 10, 2006
318. The Works (review: 4/5) August 2, 2006
319. The Botany of Desire (review: 3.5/5) July 30, 2006
320. July 25, 2006 July 25, 2006