My reading list

Non-fiction and fiction books I’ve actually finished since ca 2020.

Does not include textbooks etc.

Recently finished books on top.

Title	Author	First published (en)	Did I like it?
Representations of the Intellectual	Edward W. Said	1994	★★★☆☆
Returning to Reims	Didier Eribon	2013	★★★★☆
East West Street	Philippe Sands	2016	★★★★★
Kidnap	Anja Shortland	2019	★★★★☆
Perfection	Vincenzo Latronico	2025	★★★★☆
If Russia Wins	Carlo Masala	2025	★★★★☆
Aftermath	Harald Jahner	2021	★★★☆☆
Berlin 1936	Oliver Hilmes	2018	★★★★☆
The Ratline	Philippe Sands	2020	★★★★★
Stoner	John Williams	1965	★★★★★
Advice to a Young Scientist	Peter Medawar	1979	★★★★☆
Advice for a Young Investigator	Santiago Ramon y Cajal	1999	★★★★☆
The Illegals	Shaun Walker	2025	★★★★★
The File	Timothy Garton Ash	1997	★★★★☆
Cafe Europa	Slavenka Drakulic	1996	★★★★★
Pnin	Vladimir Nabokov	1957	★★★★★
Parallel Lives	Iain Pears	2024	★★★★★
Man’s Search for Meaning	Viktor E Frankl	1959	★★★★☆
My Life	Marc Chagall	1965	★★★★☆
The Men With the Pink Triangle	Heinz Heger	1980	★★★★☆
The Cafe with No Name	Robert Seethaler	2024	★★☆☆☆
Feeding the Machine	James Muldoon, Mark Graham, Callum Cant	2024	★★★☆☆
Eurotrash	Christian Kracht	2024	★★☆☆☆
Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere	Jan Morris	2021	★★★★★
Last Days in Old Europe	Richard Bassett	2019	★★★★☆
Into the War	Italo Calvino	2011	★★★★☆
Naples’44	Norman Lewis	1978	★★★★☆
Hillbilly Elegy	JD Vance	2016	★★★★★
Staziland	Anna Funder	2021	★★★☆☆
Slow Productivity	Cal Newport	2024	★★★★★
We Need to Talk About Putin	Mark Galeotti	2019	★★★★☆
Second-Hand Time	Svetlana Alexievich	2016	★★★★☆
Digital Minimalism	Cal Newport	2019	★★★★☆
Thinking in Systems	Donella H. Meadows	2008	★★★★☆