2026 Reading List

In Progress

• [soft DNF] Why Marx Was Right – Terry Eagleton
• [soft DNF] A People's History of the United States – Howard Zinn
• [soft DNF] The Anatomy of Story – John Truby
• The Emotional Craft of Fiction – Donald Maass
• How to Read Marx – Peter Osborne
• No Sweeter Paradise – Penelope Neri
• Story Genius – Lisa Cron

What is a soft DNF? I’m a mood reader and the mood passed for these books, but I want to finish them eventually.

Finished

1. The ABCs of Socialism – The Jacobin Editors
2. Save The Cat Writes a Novel – Jessica Brody
3. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This – Omar El Akkad
4. Dare to Lead – Brene Brown
5. Reading Like a Writer – Francine Prose
6. How to Write a Novel That Matters – Mike Klaassen
7. Blackshirts and Reds – Michael Parenti
8. Romancing the Beat – Gwen Hayes
9. The Scene Trope Solution – Michelle Pennington
10. Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird – Henry Lien
11. A Writer’s Guide to Active Setting – Mary Buckham
12. Craft in the Real World – Matthew Salesses
13. Marx: A Very Short Introduction – Peter Singer

DNF

• Star Shipped – Cat Sebastian

Maybe Next

• Bird by Bird – Anne Lamott
• Socialism… Seriously – Danny Katch
• Let This Radicalize You – Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba