The Library

Books that shaped me

Not a reading tracker — a small, curated shelf. Every volume here left a mark on how I think, work, or see the world. Pull one out.

23 volumes · always growing
Down and Out in Paris and London — cover

Down and Out in Paris and London

George Orwell

★★★★★
Master and Man — cover

Master and Man

Leo Tolstoy

★★★★★
The Orange Girl — cover

The Orange Girl

Jostein Gaarder

★★★★★
The Plague — cover

The Plague

Albert Camus

★★★★★
The Sound and the Fury — cover

The Sound and the Fury

William Faulkner

★★★★★
Notes from Underground — cover

Notes from Underground

Fyodor Dostoevsky

★★★★★
Diary of a Murderer — cover

Diary of a Murderer

Kim Young-ha

★★★★★
Anna Karenina — cover

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy

★★★★★
The Metamorphosis — cover

The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka

★★★★★
The Midnight Library — cover

The Midnight Library

Matt Haig

★★★★★
Veronika Decides to Die — cover

Veronika Decides to Die

Paulo Coelho

★★★★★
Animal Farm — cover

Animal Farm

George Orwell

★★★★★
The Death of Ivan Ilyich — cover

The Death of Ivan Ilyich

Leo Tolstoy

★★★★★
The Tenant — cover

The Tenant

Roland Topor

★★★★★
The Gambler — cover

The Gambler

Fyodor Dostoevsky

★★★★★
The Picture of Dorian Gray — cover

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

★★★★★
The Girl from Brooklyn — cover

The Girl from Brooklyn

Guillaume Musso

★★★★★
The Stranger — cover

The Stranger

Albert Camus

★★★★★
1984 — cover

1984

George Orwell

★★★★★
The Suicide Shop — cover

The Suicide Shop

Jean Teulé

★★★★★
Eat Him If You Wish — cover

Eat Him If You Wish

Jean Teulé

★★★★★
The Fall — cover

The Fall

Albert Camus

★★★★★
Crime and Punishment — cover

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky

★★★★★