A room without books is like a body without a soul.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Currently Reading

Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
The Frolic of the Beasts

I love discovering other people's reading lists, so here's mine. This is a selection of books I recommend, with those I found particularly impactful marked with a ★. These recommendations have shaped my thinking and I hope you might find something worthwhile among them.

My full reading list can be found on Goodreads.

Western Literature

  1. The Magic Mountain, Thomas Mann
  2. Soumission, Michel Houellebecq

Asian Literature

  1. Beauty and Sadness, Yasunari Kawabata
  2. The Complete Stories of Lu Xun, Lu Xun
  3. Ramayanam, Valmiki
  4. Norwegian Wood, Haruki Murakami
  5. Runaway Horses, Yukio Mishima