Member: cornerhouse

CollectionsYour library (1,729), Currently reading (3), Borrowed from MPL (403), Borrowed from UW Libraries (1), Read in 2012 - Steve (18), Read in 2012 - Karen (23), Read in 2011 - Steve (110), Read in 2011 - Karen (86), Read in 2010 - Steve (96), Read in 2010 - Karen (106), Read in 2009 - Steve (115), Read in 2008 - Steve (179), Read in 2007 - Steve (170), Open Letter Books (19), Library of America (76), Everyman's Library (104), On Loan (1), Cookbooks (64), Knitting Books (22), ARCs (20), De-accessioned (224), eBook (20), All collections (2,383)

Reviews41 reviews

Tagsfiction (945), 20th century (659), british (452), american (406), history (253), 19th century (220), 21st century (196), essays (189), philosophy (124), poetry (116) — see all tags

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Groups75 Books Challenge for 2012, Baker Street and Beyond, Books on Books, Everyman's Library, friends of Maugham, Lingua Latina, The Diogenes Club, The Turk's Head

Favorite authorsJane Austen, Paul Auster, John Banville, Samuel Beckett, Jorge Luis Borges, A.S. Byatt, Italo Calvino, J. M. Coetzee, Bernard Cornwell, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Arthur Conan Doyle, Umberto Eco, T. S. Eliot, Penelope Fitzgerald, Edward Gorey, A. C. Grayling, Milan Kundera, David Lodge, W. Somerset Maugham, John McPhee, Rohinton Mistry, Alice Munro, Vladimir Nabokov, Patrick O'Brian, George Orwell, Salman Rushdie, Neal Stephenson, Anthony Trollope (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresAvol's Bookstore, Paul's Bookstore

Favorite librariesMemorial Library at the University of Wisconsin, Madison

About my libraryThis library is a combination of my and my wife's books, which is why you'll find both the complete works of Samuel Beckett and a bunch of knitting books.

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Member sinceApr 20, 2006

Currently readingThe Roman Triumph by Mary Beard
Thinking of Answers: Questions in the Philosophy of Everyday Life by A C Grayling
Soul Music by Terry Pratchett