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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. My homeboy Steve Reich won a Pulitzer 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. "Science fiction lovers tend to be closet romantics" December 18, 2008
47. Charlie Rose talks with Steve Coll about The Bin Ladens December 3, 2008
48. The Bin Ladens (review: 5/5) December 2, 2008
49. Emmet Connolly collected a bunch of worthy quotes December 2, 2008
50. Crisis & Leviathan (review: 5/5) November 26, 2008
51. negative review of Malcolm Gladwell's newest book, Outliers November 17, 2008
52. Play creates order, is order November 3, 2008
53. Hand Shadows to Be Thrown upon the Wall by Henry Bursill 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. Appalachian Pages September 23, 2008
60. The latest MacArthur Fellows got their genius grants today September 23, 2008
61. Chandler Burr currently writes about perfume for the New York Times September 2, 2008
62. Deciding whether to read a book August 27, 2008
63. The Best American Science Writing 2007 (review: 3/5) August 15, 2008
64. My 100th Book Review August 3, 2008
65. Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street (review: 4/5) August 3, 2008
66. A picture of the Jefferson Bible July 16, 2008
67. Standard Operating Procedure (review: 4/5) July 10, 2008
68. HARPERCOLLINS TO PUBLISH COLLECTION OF NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT POEMS! July 8, 2008
69. Dan Roam has shared the Napkin Tools from his book July 7, 2008
70. I stumbled on a couple music reading lists on Amazon 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. Michael Pollan talked with Google last month May 11, 2008
79. Also via DesignNotes, a new Flickr group for Tables of Contents May 11, 2008
80. interview with Bill Bishop May 5, 2008
81. Gemma Bovery (review: 4/5) April 30, 2008
82. Against Happiness (review: 2.5/5) April 28, 2008
83. A collection of 100 great opening lines 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. Shakespeare in the Bush April 8, 2008
87. interview with Philip Gourevitch April 4, 2008
88. fictional Paris Review Interview with Constance Eakins April 1, 2008
89. Der Weg der Menschen (review: 3/5) March 30, 2008
90. The Thurber & White send-up on the knee phenomenon March 30, 2008
91. Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water (review: 5/5) March 30, 2008
92. The seven deadly words of book reviewing March 29, 2008
93. Frans Masereel March 29, 2008
94. The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures March 27, 2008
95. Die Stadt (review: 3.5/5) March 25, 2008
96. Die Sonne (review: 4/5) March 21, 2008
97. You want to be able to produce a lot of joy, a paper joy March 16, 2008
98. The Definitive Drucker (review: 2.5/5) March 11, 2008
99. Tony Danza Reads “The Barber’s Unhappiness” February 29, 2008
100. Scott Rosenberg is giving away paperback editions of his book, Dreaming in Code February 25, 2008
101. Chuck Klosterman 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. When characters in books get hit, they tend to get hit in the solar plexus 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. Heather Armstrong has a book coming out in a few months January 30, 2008
110. The Catcher in the Rye January 21, 2008
111. Charlie Rose talks with Alex Ross 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. Lapham's Quarterly looks like a worthy new periodical 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. Faint Praise: The Plight of Book Reviewing in America December 4, 2007
119. woodcuts from the Otto Nückel book, Destiny: A Novel in Pictures December 3, 2007
120. The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century (review: 5/5) November 29, 2007
121. An excellent essay on John Updike and the work of book reviewing 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. Man, The Rest Is Noise was a great book November 15, 2007
127. Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean (review: 4/5) November 11, 2007
128. In ninth grade I looked like Gollum November 8, 2007
129. A Rothko book November 4, 2007
130. Undisciplined reading November 1, 2007
131. The Rest Is Noise by Alex Ross I've been pining for this book since March October 26, 2007
132. Fancy Coffins to Make Yourself, a woodworking guide by Dale Power October 24, 2007
133. Theatre directors don't review plays 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. BibliOdyssey October 18, 2007
137. An interview with Alex Ross 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. Alex Ross talks with Robert Siegel on NPR about 20th century music October 13, 2007
141. Microtrends: The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow's Big Changes 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. A Memory of Light 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. Brian Dettmer September 18, 2007
151. The 4 Hour Workweek (review: 3/5) September 18, 2007
152. Personal MBA Recommended Reading List September 14, 2007
153. Galileo's sunspot illustrations September 10, 2007
154. Cosmopolis (review: 1/5) August 26, 2007
155. In Believer Magazine August 23, 2007
156. Seven Types of Ambiguity (review: 3.5/5) August 23, 2007
157. A brief interview with William Gibson August 20, 2007
158. Amazon interview with Douglas Wolk August 20, 2007
159. Octavo publishes old, significant books in digital form 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. ultra-condensed summary of Beowulf 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. good profile July 29, 2007
166. Spook Country July 25, 2007
167. cool posters from the Works Progress Administration July 24, 2007
168. Bit Literacy: Productivity in the Age of Information and E-mail Overload July 23, 2007
169. Plates from George Catlin's 1844 North American Indian Portfolio July 23, 2007
170. A simple infographic about Snape's cultural/emotional heritage July 21, 2007
171. Sean calls it Pötterdämmerung July 21, 2007
172. Jane Austen enthusiast ripped a few chapters from her books July 20, 2007
173. Whither our literary arbiters? July 18, 2007
174. Animal Farm (review: 0/5) July 18, 2007
175. Mickey Smith's photographs of bound journals July 18, 2007
176. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (review: 4/5) July 17, 2007
177. OCLC Top 1000 April 5, 2007
178. I just found Moon River a few days ago April 3, 2007
179. called out Oprah Winfrey April 3, 2007
180. Batman: Year 100 (review: 2/5) April 2, 2007
181. The Trouble with Physics (review: dnf) April 1, 2007
182. An interview with Jonathan Lethem March 29, 2007
183. A0 magazine is a photojournal March 28, 2007
184. The Starfish & the Spider (review: 3/5) March 28, 2007
185. A brief interview with Alex Ross March 28, 2007
186. Interaction of Color (review: 4.5/5) March 27, 2007
187. The Bibliochase is both a chair and a bookshelf March 26, 2007
188. David Friedman did these sketches of people enjoying libraries March 26, 2007
189. The Enlightened Bracketologist: The Final Four of Everything March 23, 2007
190. The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism March 23, 2007
191. Hypnerotomachia Poliphili March 22, 2007
192. Alex Ross has a book coming out this fall March 21, 2007
193. The political cartoons of Dr. Seuss March 20, 2007
194. The Surrogates (review: 4/5) March 19, 2007
195. Tom Swifty is a kind of wordplay 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. An essay on microtypography and dictionary design March 14, 2007
199. Tom Lutz reviews books about how to read, and inevitably, what to read March 13, 2007
200. Manuale Tipografico 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. The pages of the Manuale Typographicum by Hermann Zapf March 7, 2007
204. I like these spindly bookshelves from pogoHome March 5, 2007
205. A list of names of books combined with names of bands March 5, 2007
206. 99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style March 3, 2007
207. Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything (review: 2.5/5) February 28, 2007
208. My name is Sherlock Holmes February 26, 2007
209. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values 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. How to break in a new book 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. A video about adjusting to a new technology called a book February 13, 2007
216. Signal v. Noise pointed to a couple cool things the other day February 12, 2007
217. The Readius looks like it could be a worthy contender against Sony's Reader February 12, 2007
218. An interview with Cory Doctorow, digesting his new book 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. Ellen Lupton and her students wrote a little handbook all about indie publishing January 31, 2007
223. Anarchy and the Law: The Political Economy of Choice January 31, 2007
224. Letter to a Christian Nation (review: 3.5/5) January 31, 2007
225. Umberto Eco's 1994 essay on the Future of the Book January 29, 2007
226. 50 Things Every Young Gentleman Should Know (review: 3/5) January 29, 2007
227. The New York Times has a good profile of comics writers Robert and Aline Crumb January 29, 2007
228. The God Delusion (review: dnf) January 28, 2007
229. Cory Doctorow writes about giving away his books for free January 28, 2007
230. comics, games, and world-building January 28, 2007
231. Astrology: A New and Complete Illustration of the Occult Sciences January 28, 2007
232. Lisa Carver on the current batch of chick January 26, 2007
233. Myth versus truth in the Harry Potter case January 26, 2007
234. links to several places January 23, 2007
235. A Scale Replica of the Battle of Helms Deep Made Mostly from Candy January 19, 2007
236. worst book covers January 17, 2007
237. they have to succeed as literature or art, not as not superheroes January 17, 2007
238. extensive speculation on Batman's religion January 12, 2007
239. The British Library lets you browse some classic primary texts online January 11, 2007
240. Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (review: 3/5) January 11, 2007
241. A Flickr photo collection of vintage children's books January 10, 2007
242. We don't need another anthology of feminist essays January 10, 2007
243. Marjane Satrapi January 6, 2007
244. An interview with Steven Johnson January 5, 2007
245. BookSwim is aiming to be the Netflix for literature January 4, 2007
246. Wikipedia has a list of fictional books January 2, 2007
247. These Are a Few of My Favorite Things from 2006 December 31, 2006
248. I just learned about Open Culture yesterday December 28, 2006
249. I'm always looking for a new perspective on GTD December 27, 2006
250. The library at Chicago State University uses December 26, 2006
251. Just for Fun (review: 3/5) December 26, 2006
252. A very good, and very critical review of Richard Dawkins' book The God Delusion December 26, 2006
253. Take a Nap! Change Your Life (review: 3.5/5) December 26, 2006
254. Comics for People Who Hate Comics December 22, 2006
255. The graphic novel has been a’legitimate' art form for a while now December 22, 2006
256. Jodi Picoult Will Write Wonder Woman Comics December 21, 2006
257. Mick Crowley, who turns out to be a child rapist December 20, 2006
258. The God Delusion December 20, 2006
259. Three Laws of Robotics 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. WPopac made an even bigger splash after winning a Mellon prize recently December 6, 2006
264. Blankets (review 3.5/5) December 5, 2006
265. It's quite beautiful for a textbook December 4, 2006
266. Housekeeping vs. The Dirt (review: 3.5/5) December 1, 2006
267. DC is about to make a serious move to attract teen females to graphic novels November 30, 2006
268. Ghost World (review: 3/5) November 30, 2006
269. Photos from an incredible little selection of pop-up books for children 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. The New York Times offers a list of this year's most notable books November 26, 2006
274. Discover magazine highlights the 25 Greatest Science Books of All Time November 19, 2006
275. "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman (review: 2.5/5) November 16, 2006
276. The 2006 National Book Awards have been announced November 15, 2006
277. Henry Darger is one of the more notable creators of outsider art November 15, 2006
278. Booksport November 14, 2006
279. Reinventing Comics (review: 3/5) November 13, 2006
280. Steven Johnson November 11, 2006
281. Publisher's Weekly suggests the best books of 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. The Worldchanging book was released today 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. Scott Rosenberg interviews Steven Johnson about his latest book, The Ghost Map October 31, 2006
287. The 9/11 Report: A Graphical Adaptation (review: 2/5) October 30, 2006
288. 37 Signals’book Getting Real is now available for free October 26, 2006
289. Understanding Comics (review: 4.5/5) October 22, 2006
290. Cover Browser October 22, 2006
291. Worldchanging: A User's Guide October 22, 2006
292. Ordinary People (review: 4.5/5) October 22, 2006
293. Envisioning Information (review: 4/5) October 19, 2006
294. An absolutely fantastic interview with Neil Gaiman over at Bookslut October 16, 2006
295. Banned Books Week October 11, 2006
296. A worldwide collection of book covers for Philip K Dick's novels October 11, 2006
297. More Tufte October 10, 2006
298. Beautiful Evidence (review: 4.5/5) October 10, 2006
299. Did you know October 9, 2006
300. The Wisdom of Crowds (review: 4/5) October 8, 2006
301. I just picked up The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation from the library today October 4, 2006
302. Michael Rogers questions the future value of reading September 24, 2006
303. sending you a couple minutes worth of the story each day September 19, 2006
304. William Chace's recent article September 13, 2006
305. an odd little opinion piece in the New York Times September 7, 2006
306. A cool collection of photos of books, almost like good portraiture September 4, 2006
307. A new book about Nazi-era humor September 4, 2006
308. provides free, user-recorded audiobooks for works in the public domain August 28, 2006
309. The 9-11 Report: A Graphical Adaptation August 27, 2006
310. Red-Hot and Filthy Library Smut August 24, 2006
311. The Law (review: 5/5) August 24, 2006
312. The Tipping Point (review: 2/5) August 23, 2006
313. An interview with Sebastian Junger August 23, 2006
314. Nick Hornby writes about How to Read 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. Advertising Has Forgotten How to Be Subtle July 25, 2006