- Non-fiction: Memoirs, Personal Reflections, and Identity
- A Different Kind of Power–Jacinda Ardern
- The Bookseller at the End of the World–Ruth Shaw
- Every Day I Read–Hwang Bo-reum
- Out Standing in the Field–Sandra Perron
- Nala’s World–One Man, His Rescue Cat, and a Bike Ride around the Globe–Dean Nicholson
- Had I Known–Barbara Ehrenreich
- Real Estate–Deborah Levy
- Ces esprits qui dorment dans les semences–Boucar Diouf
- Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar–Cheryl Strayed
- Unnatural Causes. The Life and Many Deaths of Britain’s Top Forensic Pathologist–Richard Shepherd
- An Astronaut’s Guide to Life–Chris Hadfield
- I Am I Am I Am–Maggie O’Farrell
- In Love. A Memoir of Love and Loss–Amy Bloom
- *A Promised Land–Barack Obama
- *Becoming–Michelle Obama
- *The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times–Michelle Obama
- *Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist–Judith Heumann
- The Grit Factor: Courage, Resilience, and Leadership in the Most Male-Dominated Organization in the World–Shannon Huffman Polson
- *Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on the Decision Not to Have Kids–Meghan Daum
- *Aftershock–T.J. Mitchell, Judy Melinek
- *Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner–T.J. Mitchell, Judy Melinek
- Rental Person Who Does Nothing–Shoji Morimoto
- Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related–Jenny Heijun Wills
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and Other Lessons from the Crematory–Caitlin Doughty
- The Other Family Doctor: A Veterinarian Explores What Animals Can Teach Us About Love, Life, and Mortality–Karen Fine
- Things I Don’t Want to Know–Deborah Levy
- Une langue venue d’ailleurs–Akira Mizubayashi
- *Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church–Megan Phelps-Roper
- *How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question–Michael Shur
- *L’Appart: The Delights and Disasters of Making My Paris Home–David Lebovitz
- *Crying in H Mart: A Memoir–Michelle Zauner
- One Doctor: Close Calls, Cold Cases, and the Mysteries of Medicine–Brendan Reilly
- *The Trauma Cleaner–Sarah Krasnostein
- *Tuesday’s Promise: One Veteran, One Dog, and Their Bold Quest to Change Lives–Luis Carlos Montalvan
- *Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir–Ruth Reichl
- *Every Day Is a Gift: A Memoir–Tammy Duckworth
- Abroad in Japan–Chris Broad
- Be Ready When Luck Happens–Ina Garten
- The Best of Me–David Sedaris
- *Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood–Trevor Noah
- Mon assassin–Daniel Pennac
- The Cost of Living–Deborah Levy
- Code Name: Pale Horse. How I Went Undercover to Expose America’s Nazis–Scott Payne
- *Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise–Ruth Reichl
- L’impossible retour–Amélie Nothomb
- *Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed–Lori Gottlieb
- *The Stone Frigate–Kate Armstrong
- Non-fiction: Power, People, History, Culture, Science, and Public Life
- The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race–Walter Isaacson
- Impossible City–Simon Kuper
- The Algebra of Happiness–Scott Galloway
- Across the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of the Crossword Puzzle–Natan Last
- The Secret Life of Secrets–Michael Slepian
- Your Brain on Art–Susan Magsamen & Ivy Ross
- Gulp–Adventures on the Alimentary Canal–Mary Roach
- Seven Brief Lessons on Physics–Carlo Rovelli
- The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger–Marc Levinson
- Troublemaker–John Cho
- How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend–A Scientist’s Guide to a Healthier, Happier Life–Rachel Barr
- No Stone Unturned: The True Story of the World’s Premier Forensic Investigators–Steve Jackson
- Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II–Elyse Graham
- Mangez les riches: La lutte des classes passe par l’assiette–Nora Bouazzouni
- Citizenship–Dimitry Kochenov
- The Improbability Principle–Why Coincidences, Miracles, and Rare Events Happen Every Day–David J. Hand
- The Chancellor. The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel–Kati Marton
- Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs–Kerry Howley
- The War Below. Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives–Ernest Scheyder
- *Girls Who Stepped Out of Line–Mari K. Eder
- Get Well Soon–Jennifer Wright
- *The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks–Rebecca Skloot
- *The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story–Lily Koppel
- *The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference–Malcom Gladwell
- *Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking–Malcom Gladwell
- *Indigenous Writes–Chelsea Vowel
- *First Cut–Judy Melinek, T.J. Mitchell
- Dr. Seuss and the Art of War–Montgomery McFate
- Une Femme en contre-jour–Gaëlle Josse
- Cities in the Sky–Jason M. Barr
- *The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon’s Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I–Lindsey Fitzharris
- *The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters–Priya Parker
- FI Racing Confidential–Giles Richards
- The Lego Story–Jens Andersen
- Never Split the Difference–Chris Voss
- Speculative Futures and Tech Realities
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Law, Ethics, and Policy of Artificial Intelligence–Nathalie Smuha
- Playground–Richard Powers
- The Legal Singularity: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Law Radically Better–
- Fahrenheit 451–Ray Bradbury
- Fantasia : Contes et légendes de l’intelligence artificielle–Laura Sibony
- Going Zero–Anthony McCarten
- Communicative AI: A Critical Introduction to Large Language Models–Mark Coeckelbergh & David J. Gunkel
- More Than Words: How to Think About Writing In the Age of AI–John Warner
- I, Robot–Isaac Asimov
- Klara and the Sun–Kazuo Ishiguro
- Shades of Grey–Jasper Fforde
- Engines of Engagement: A Curious Book About Generative AI–
- Algorithms
- The Handmaid’s Tale–Margaret Atwood
- *The Measure–Nikki Erlick
- Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI–Ethan Mollick
- *Possible Minds: 25 Ways of Looking at AI–John Brockman
- Fiction: Historical
- What is the What–Dave Eggers
- Le Rêve du jaguar–Miguel Bonnefoy
- 8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster–Mirinae Lee
- Final Orbit–Chris Hadfield
- News of the World–Paulette Jiles
- A Woman Is No Man–Etaf Rum
- Band of Sisters–Lauren Willig
- The German Wife–Kelly Rimmer
- The Women–Kristin Hannah
- The Sentence–Louise Erdrich
- *The Rose Code–Kate Quinn
- *The Last Runaway–Tracy Chevalier
- Dubliners–James Joyce
- Le Traducteur de lettres d’amour–Lynne Kutsukake
- Trust–Hernan Diaz
- *The White Lady–Jacqueline Winspear
- Marzahn mon amour–Katja Oskamp
- The Other Side of Darkness–Colum McCann
- Witness: Stories–Jamel Brinkley
- Bournville–Jonathan Coe
- This Other Eden–Paul Harding
- *Perspective(s)–Laurent Binet
- *The Vietri Project–Nicola DeRobertis-Theye
- *How to Pronounce Knife: Stories–Souvankham Thammavongsa
- Looping–Alexia Stresi
- *La petite-fille–Bernhard Schlink
- Absolution–Alice McDermott
- *Wish You Were Here–Jodi Picoult
- *Au revoir là-haut–Pierre Lemaitre
- *The Last Green Valley–Mark Sullivan
- *Safety Tips for Living Alone–Jim Shepard, Joshua Ferris
- Cabane–Abel Quentin
- Girls of Flight City–Lorraine Heath
- Les ombres et les lumières–Sylvie Lasalle
- Fiction: Literary
- My Brilliant Life–Ae-ran Kim
- Farewell My Orange–Iwaki Kei
- Less–Andrew Sean Greer
- The perks of being a wallflower–Stephen Chbosky
- The Correspondent–Virginia Evans
- Touch–Olaf Olafsson
- The Café With No Name–Robert Seethaler
- Kiss Myself Goodbye–Ferdinand Mount
- The Uncommon Reader–Alan Bennett
- Fifteen Dogs–André Alexis
- The Housekeeper and the Professor–Yoko Ogawa
- Dans le fossé–Sladjana Nina Perković
- Native Speaker–Chang-rae Lee
- The Road–Cormac McCarthy
- Tom Lake–Ann Patchett
- The Wedding People–Alison Espach
- Bonsoir la rose–Chi Zijian
- Le Très-Bas–Christian Bobin
- The Celebrants–Steven Rowley
- *Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance–Gyles Brandreth
- The Dutch House–Ann Patchett
- *Hotel Silence–Audur Ava Olafsdottir
- Dear Edward–Ann Napolitano
- Lessons in Chemistry–Miranda Raison
- *Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine–Gail Honeyman
- *Gods in Alabama–Joshilyn Jackson
- *The Book of Two Ways–Jodi Picoult
- Âme brisée–Akira Mizubayashi
- Greek Lessons–Han Kang
- Nagasaki–Éric Faye
- *The Chinese Groove–Kathryn Ma
- *The Violin Conspiracy–Brendan Slocumb
- *Qaanaaq–Mo Malø
- *Miss Iceland–Audur Ava Olafsdottir
- *The Forgers–Bradford Morrow
- The Alternatives–Caoilinn Hughes
- *La septième fonction du language–Laurent Binet
- En souvenir d’André
- Fiction: Mystery, Crime, Feel Good, and Light Reading
- Conclave–Robert Harris
- The Rosie Project–Graeme Simsion
- The Darkness Knows–Arnaldur Indridason
- Evil Bones–Kathy Reichs
- Murder on the Orient Express–Agatha Christie
- Skipping Christmas–John Grisham
- The Grey Wolf–Louise Penny
- Ten Big Ones–Janet Evanovich
- *The Apollo Murders–Chris Hadfield
- This Time Tomorrow–Emma Straub
- Dial A for Aunties–Jesse Q. Sutanto
- Starter Villain–John Scalzi
- Nothing to See Here–Kevin Wilson
- To the Nineth–Janet Evanovich
- The Women in Black–Madeleine St John
- Le vagabon de Séoul–Kim Ho-Yeo
- The Women in Black–Madeleine St John
- The Devotion of Suspect X–Keigo Higashino
- The Thursday Murder Club–Richard Osman
- The Chessmen–Peter May
- Reykjavik: A Crime Story–Ragnar Jónasson, Katrín Jakobsdóttir
- The Blackhouse–Peter May
- The Black Loch–Peter May
- The Right Sort of Man–Allison Montclair
- The Travelling Cat Chronicles–Hiro Arikawa,
- Miséricorde–Jussi Adler-Olsen
- L’écho des morts–Johan Theorin
- The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece–Tom Hanks
- The Man Who Died– Antti Tuomainen
- Fire and Bones–Kathy Reichs
- Hard Eight–Janet Evanovich
- Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers–Jesse Q. Sutanto
- Snowblind–Will Damron
- The Gun Seller–Hugh Laurie
- We’ll Prescribe You a Cat–Syou Ishida
- Piglet–Lottie Hazell
- The Maid–Nita Prose
- The Guncle–Steven Rowley
- The Soulmate–Sally Hepworth
- *Bain de sang–Jean-Jacques Pelletier
- *Cold, Cold Bones–Kathy Reichs
- *A Conspiracy of Bones–Kathy Reichs
- The Bone Hacker–Kathy Reichs
- *The Bone Code–Kathy Reichs
- *The Lewis Man–Peter May
- *Extraordinary People–Peter May
- Thank You for Listening–Julia Whelan
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy–Douglas Adams
- *Anxious People–Fredrik Backman
- *Murder in Old Bombay–Nev March
- *State of Terror–Louise Penny, Hillary Rodham Clinton
- *Rubbernecker–Belinda Bauer
- *Exit–Belinda Bauer
- *Before She Knew Him–Peter Swanson
- *Le liseur du 6h27–Jean-Paul Didierlaurent
- *The Midnight Library–Matt Haig
- *Un amour en si mineur–Elodie Nowodazkij
- *The Beautiful Mystery–Louise Penny
- *A World of Curiosities–Louise Penny
- *All the Devils Are Here–Louise Penny
- The Brutal Telling–Louise Penny
- *Demain j’arrête !–Gilles Legardinier
- *My Name Is Lucy Barton–Elizabeth Strout
- Le promeneur de chèvres–Francine Ruel
- *The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend–Katarina Bivald
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Last updated March 19, 2026
Hehe, I'm glad you like my annoyed rants and mild invectives :)
I like when we are told to grow up and the « for Pete’s sake » sounds like the icing…
Yes, and the fact that cassette tapes were replaced by CDs soon after helped a lot, too :)
Making such a mistake can happen to everyone. You were lucky to have never had to reveal that secret 🙂…
Yes, there’s definitely a lobster intervening every Tuesday 🙂