Books I've read

This is a list of books I've read, starting in July 2026. It only contains books that I've found in any way remarkable. I will not record books that I found bland, boring, insignificant, badly written (etc) unless I found them to be so to a remarkable degree.

Legend

• Author: Title / language / genre (broad): genre (narrow) / enjoyment indicator / blog post link (if available)

For books in languages other than English, the language indicator is followed by an (💬) if there's an English translation available. The enjoyment indicators mean the following:

🟢 - I greatly enjoyed the book. It was very engaging or interesting.
🟡 - The book was enjoyable or interesting throughout. I generally liked reading it.
🔵 - The book was enjoyable enough. I might not have enjoyed it all the way through, but it had remarkable or interesting aspects.
⚫️ - I did not enjoy the book, but found it remarkable in some other way.

July 2026

• Susanna Clarke: Piranesi / 🇬🇧 / fiction: fantasy, mystery / 🟢 / thoughts
• Natsuo Kirino: Politikon (Part 1) / 🇯🇵 / fiction: family saga, bildungsroman / 🟡