sydney claire

favorites

  • Too Like the Lightning
    Too Like the Lightning
    Ada Palmer
  • Development as Freedom
    Development as Freedom
    Amartya Sen
  • A Canticle for Leibowitz
    A Canticle for Leibowitz
    Walter M. Miller Jr.
  • The Glass Bead Game
    The Glass Bead Game
    Hermann Hesse
  • Klara and the Sun
    Klara and the Sun
    Kazuo Ishiguro
  • Laurus
    Laurus
    Eugene Vodolazkin
  • The Great Divorce
    The Great Divorce
    C.S. Lewis
  • Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy
    Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy
    Matthew Scully
  • The Once and Future King
    The Once and Future King
    T.H. White
  • Diaspora
    Diaspora
    Greg Egan
  • The Complete Book of the New Sun
    The Complete Book of the New Sun
    Gene Wolfe
  • Roadside Picnic
    Roadside Picnic
    Arkady Strugatsky

fiction

  • Grace
    Grace
    Paul Lynch
  • Ficciones
    Ficciones
    Jorge Luis Borges
  • The Days of Abandonment
    The Days of Abandonment
    Elena Ferrante
  • The Greenlanders
    The Greenlanders
    Jane Smiley
  • My Ántonia
    My Ántonia
    Willa Cather
  • Brideshead Revisited
    Brideshead Revisited
    Evelyn Waugh
  • The Sound and the Fury
    The Sound and the Fury
    William Faulkner
  • The Master and Margarita
    The Master and Margarita
    Mikhail Bulgagov
  • The Secret History
    The Secret History
    Donna Tartt
  • Suttree
    Suttree
    Cormac McCarthy

science fiction

  • The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
    The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
    Ken Liu
  • Anathem
    Anathem
    Neal Stephenson
  • Snow Crash
    Snow Crash
    Neal Stephenson
  • Hard to Be a God
    Hard to Be a God
    Arkadi Strugatski
  • The Three-Body Problem
    The Three-Body Problem
    Liu Cixin
  • Oryx and Crake
    Oryx and Crake
    Margaret Atwood
  • Hyperion
    Hyperion
    Dan Simmons
  • Children of Time
    Children of Time
    Adrian Tchaikovsky
  • Stories of Your Life and Others
    Stories of Your Life and Others
    Ted Chiang
  • Unsong
    Unsong
    Scott Alexander
  • Bloodchild and Other Stories
    Bloodchild and Other Stories
    Octavia E. Butler
  • The Sparrow
    The Sparrow
    Mary Doria Russell
  • The Left Hand of Darkness
    The Left Hand of Darkness
    Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Blindsight
    Blindsight
    Peter Watts

nonfiction

  • A Concise History of the Catholic Church
    A Concise History of the Catholic Church
    Thomas Bokenkotter
  • Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: A Cultural History, Vol. I)
    Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: A Cultural History, Vol. I)
    David Hackett Fischer

philosophy

  • Turning East: Contemporary Philosophers and the Ancient Christian Faith
    Turning East: Contemporary Philosophers and the Ancient Christian Faith
    Rico Vitz
  • The Edge of Sentience: Risk and Precaution in Humans, Other Animals, and AI
    The Edge of Sentience: Risk and Precaution in Humans, Other Animals, and AI
    Jonathan Birch
  • Anarchy, State and Utopia
    Anarchy, State and Utopia
    Robert Nozick

economics & finance

  • The Technology Trap: Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation
    The Technology Trap: Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation
    Carl Benedikt Frey
  • Secrets of the Temple
    Secrets of the Temple
    William Greider
  • Stubborn Attachments: A Vision for a Society of Free, Prosperous, and Responsible Individuals
    Stubborn Attachments: A Vision for a Society of Free, Prosperous, and Responsible Individuals
    Tyler Cowen
  • Slouching Toward Utopia: An Economic History of the 21st Century
    Slouching Toward Utopia: An Economic History of the 21st Century
    Brad deLong

cookbooks

  • Flour Water Salt Yeast: The Fundamentals of Artisan Bread and Pizza
    Flour Water Salt Yeast: The Fundamentals of Artisan Bread and Pizza
    Ken Forkish
  • Xi'an Famous Foods: The Cuisine of Western China, from New York's Favorite Noodle Shop
    Xi'an Famous Foods: The Cuisine of Western China, from New York's Favorite Noodle Shop
    Jason Wang
  • Bien Cuit: The Art of Bread
    Bien Cuit: The Art of Bread
    Zachary Golper