Recs if you like When We Cease to Understand the World...

All of his picks since 2008, both summer reading lists and yearly round-ups.

ANTI: fascism, ai, nfts, Big Tech, billionaires, surveillance states, optimization, algorithms, bot farms, technofeudalism, enshittification, exploitation, extractionism, planned obsolescence PRO: organized labor, punk, analog, solidarity, free speech, friction, degrowth, experimentation, right to privacy, right to repair, diy, material process, mutual aid, ecological living, the human hand, the human mind

*Short stories welcome. Looking for nonfiction? Check out The Big Bad Luddite List.

books featuring obsession, from the light-hearted and quirky to the dark and twisted

winners, shortlist and longlist (this will be a very long list indeed). complete from 2016-2026

In order from #1 (My Brilliant Friend) to 100 (Tree of Smoke)

A list published in 2024 by the New York Times, as voted on by 503 novelists, poets, critics, and other book lovers—with a little help from the staff of The New York Times Book Review

all longlisted books from 2018-2026

A list with ALL longlisted titles from the National Book Award for Translated Literature (USA) and the International Booker prize (UK) .

Updated once new nominees are announced.

Currently updated with: • NBA 2018-2025 • International Booker 2016-2026

according to the New York Times

The list of the 100 best books of the 21st century from the New York Times

Some books from known authors from Chile, not necessarily set in the country. Could be useful for reading around the world challenge.

Reddit's R/Truelit user voted best books of 2000-2026. They included a full series as one pick, like the Neopolitan novels. I only include the first to keep it at 100.

longlists of every year from 2016 onwards

A goal to read the 100 books rated in the 21st century (so far) as published by the New York times in 2024, list in order from 100-1 but you can find the original list on the NYT website.

This is the list of the books we discussed at the #80 Book Club meeting of O Carte pe Luna Oradea, in July 2025. The theme is Favorite Book I've Read so far in 2025. I asked all the members present at the meeting to share their favorite books from the ones they read in the first half of 2025.