If it’s got sci-fi, history, a little Southern Gothic flare, or folks figuring life out — I’m probably into it.
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The Phallus in Nature by Augusta Reilly (Fiction → Humor → Absurdist Desert Comedy)
A gloriously oddball comedy set in Moab, Utah, where a struggling tiny-duplex owner, a cheerful phallic-nature photographer, and a cast of eccentric desert neighbors collide in a story about chaos, friendship, and finding your people.
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The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (Fiction → Historical Gothic Fiction → Dracula & Vampire Mystery)
A richly atmospheric literary mystery that blends history, scholarship, travel, and the legend of Dracula into a generations-spanning search for the truth behind Vlad the Impaler.
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The Entire Original Maupassant Short Stories Collection by Guy de Maupassant (Fiction → Literary Classics → 19th-Century European Short Stories)
A sweeping collection of sharp, elegant short stories from one of the masters of the form, filled with irony, social observation, human weakness, desire, class tension, and the often cruel turns of fate.
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The Truth About Muhammad: Founder of the World's Most Intolerant Religion by Robert Spencer (Nonfiction → Religion & History → Islamic Origins & Religious Criticism)
A provocative and controversial examination of Muhammad's life and the origins of Islam, drawing on the Quran, hadith, and early Islamic biographies to challenge traditional narratives and explore the relationship between religious teachings, political power, warfare, and the modern Islamic world.
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Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories by Ambrose Bierce (Fiction → Classic Horror → Ghost Stories & Weird Tales)
A dark collection of eerie, psychologically sharp ghost stories from one of America’s great masters of the macabre, full of hauntings, dread, irony, and unsettling turns.
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Connections by James Burke (Nonfiction → History of Science & Technology → Innovation & Systems Thinking)
A fascinating look at how inventions, accidents, ideas, and discoveries connect across centuries, showing that human progress is rarely linear and often depends on unexpected links between seemingly unrelated things.
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Man’s Search for Ultimate Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl (Nonfiction → Psychology & Philosophy → Meaning, Faith & Human Purpose)
Frankl expands his search for meaning beyond survival and psychology into the deeper questions of conscience, faith, suffering, transcendence, and what it means to live with purpose.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (Fiction → Gothic Literature → Decadence & Moral Corruption)
A dark, elegant classic about beauty, vanity, temptation, and the terrible bargain of preserving outward perfection while the soul rots in secret.
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A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes by Adam Rutherford (Nonfiction → Popular Science → Genetics & Human History)
A lively, mind-expanding look at what DNA can—and cannot—tell us about ancestry, migration, race, disease, sex, and the tangled human story written into our genes.
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The White Pill: A Tale of Good and Evil by Michael Malice (Nonfiction → History & Politics → Soviet Communism & Totalitarianism)
A gripping and often darkly humorous history of the rise, brutality, and eventual collapse of Soviet communism, told as a reminder that even the most entrenched totalitarian systems can—and do—fall.
- The Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury (Fiction)
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Done Deal!: The Real Estate Agent's Guide to Mastering Negotiations by Seth Weissman and Katharine Oates (Nonfiction → Real Estate → Negotiation & Deal Strategy)
A practical guide to negotiation strategy, client psychology, and problem-solving that helps real estate agents navigate difficult transactions and achieve stronger outcomes for their clients.
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Saoirse: An Irish Adventure by P. Z. Walker (Fiction → Naturist Fantasy → Celtic / Irish Mythology Adventure)
Irish mythology, portals between worlds, and a strong naturist theme make this a surprisingly fun adventure that feels like a Celtic fairy tale for modern readers.
- Rulers of Evil: Useful Knowledge About Governing Bodies by F. Tupper Saussy (Nonfiction → Political Theory / Alternative History)
- The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley (Fiction)
- The Tunnel Under the World by Frederik Pohl (Science Fiction / Dystopian)
- The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell (Nonfiction → Mythology / Comparative Religion)
- Marie: An Episode in the Life of the Late Allan Quatermain by H. Rider Haggard (Fiction → Classic Adventure / Historical Romance)
- Our Friends from Frolix 8 by PK Dick (Sci-Fi)
- How to Build a 7 Figure Real Estate Team by Shannon Watkins (Business/Real Estate)
- Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (Fiction → Science Fiction / Cyberpunk)
- Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut (Fiction → Anti-War Novel / Postmodern Literature)
- The Dreams in the Witch House and Other Weird Stories by HP Lovecraft (Fiction → Horror / Supernatural / Weird Fiction)
- Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Mx Brooks (Horror / Science Fiction)
- Hitch-22: A Memoir by Christopher Hitchens (literary memoir / political autobiography / intellectual history)
- Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C Clarke (Classic Sci-fi)
- Andrew Carnegie by David Nasaw (Biography)
- Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars by Scotty Bowers (Memoir)
- Randomize: Forward Collection by Andy Weir (Science Fiction / Technothriller)
- Some Future Day: How AI Is Going to Change Everything by Marc Beckman (Non-fiction → Technology & Society / Artificial Intelligence)
- Clementine: A Novel of the Clockwork Century by Cherie Priest (science-fiction / steampunk / alternate-history adventure)
- The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell(Nonfiction → Mythology / Comparative Religion / Psychology)
- The River of Kings by Taylor Brown (Fiction → Adventure / Historical Fiction / Southern Nature Saga)
- A Hunter Gatherer's Guide To The 21st Century by Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein (Popular Science / Evolutionary Psychology) (
- Male 2.0: Cracking the Code to Limitless Health and Vitality by Tracy Gapin MD (Nonfiction → Health & Fitness / Men’s Health / Personal Optimization)
- Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration, and the Future of White Majorities by Eric Kaufmann (Nonfiction → Sociology / Political Science / Demography)
- Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (Science Fiction / Military / Psychological)
- Switch Bitch by Roald Dahl (Fiction)
- Roughing It by Mark Twain (Fiction)
- Why are My Nuts in the Toilet Water? and Other Questions Older Men Need Answered by Allen F Mahon (Non Fiction)
- Go Free: A Guide to Aligning with the Archetype of Westernkind by Jason Köhne (Political/Ideological/Identity-Oriented Self-Help / Political Philosophy)
- Israel Disarmed: What the October 7 Attack Teaches Americans About the Right to Bear Arms by Mark W. Smith (Non Fiction)
- Mystery At Camp Osihapi by R B Mears (Naturist Fiction)
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Hyperion by Dan Simmons (Sci-Fi / Classic)
Seven pilgrims share their stories on a journey toward the mysterious Shrike in one of science fiction's most ambitious novels.
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Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (Sci-Fi / Classic)
A lone astronaut races to save Earth while forming an unexpected friendship with an alien scientist.
- The Fin Chasers by Richard Smith (Fiction)
- Two Seats To Mars by Richard Smith (Sci-Fi)
- Four and Twenty Blackbirds by Cherie Priest (Fiction/Southern Gothic)
- To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis (Sci-Fi)
- Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog by Jerome K Jerome (Fiction)
- The Man Who Saw Seconds by Alexander Boldizar (Fiction)
- God's Little Acre by Erskine Caldwell (Fiction/Southern Gothic)
- The Estate Sale Business Kit by Lisa Kroese (Business/Real Estate)
- How To Change Someone's Mind by Mike Slater (Psychology/Communication)
- NAKED CAME THE HUNTER by M. J. Edington (Naturist Fiction)
- Daughter Of The Legend by Jesse Stuart (Historical Fiction)
- Song of the Sea Witch by Will Forest (Naturist Fiction)
- HELP US by Jim Hamilton (Sci-Fi/Short Story)
- Queers: Eight Monologues (NHB Modern Plays) by Mark Gattis (Drama → Modern British Theatre / LGBTQ+ Monologues)
- Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life by Neil Strauss (Nonfiction → Memoir / Survivalism / Adventure Journalism)
- The Palace at Midnight: The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume Five by Robert Silverberg (Fiction)
- Meditations: A New Translation by Marcus Aurelius, Gregory Hays (Nonfiction → Philosophy / Classical / Stoicism)
- Skinners (The Skinners Series Book 1) by Will Forest (Naturist Fiction)
- First They Came for the Gun Owners: The Campaign to Disarm You and Take Your Freedoms by Mark W. Smith (Nonfiction → Political Science / Constitutional Law / Gun Rights)
- Foundation by Isaac Asimov (Sci-Fi / Classic)
- Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl (Psychology / Holocaust Memoir)
- The War on Whites: How Hating White People Became the New National Sport by Ed Brodow (Nonfiction → Political Science / Cultural Commentary / Social Issues)
- The Road by Jack London (Nonfiction → Memoir / Autobiography / Travel Writing)
- YE OLDE RUFF & TUMBLE: Romein De Hooge Translated by MP Lynch (Nonfiction → Martial Arts / Self-Defense)
- The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ by Joseph Smith (Religious Fiction)
- What is Programming?: A harmony of people. Code that runs the world. And the individual behind the keyboard.
by Edaqa Mortoray (Nonfiction → Software Engineering / Programming Profession)