2026

• The Problem of PhilosophyBertrand Russell
  Jan.
• What We Can KnowIan McEwan
  Jan.
• The Story of PhilosophyWill Durant
  Jan.
• Blood MeridianCormac McCarthy
  Feb.
• The Cost of AmbitionMiroslav Volf
  Feb.
• A History of Western PhilosophyBertrand Russell
  March
• An Enquiry Concerning Human UnderstandingDavid Hume
  May
• Confession of a PhilosopherBryan Magee
  June
• Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeRobert Louis Stevenson
  June
• The Radicalism of the American RevolutionGordon S. Wood
  Aug.

2025

Favourite: The Western Front — Nick Lloyd  ·  Least favourite: The Da Vinci Code

• Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen
  Jan.
• How to Read and WhyHarold Bloom
  Jan.
• Thomas Jefferson, American SphinxJoseph Ellis
  Jan.
• The Da Vinci CodeDan Brown
  Jan.
• Clouds of Glory, The Life and Legend of Robert E. LeeMichael Korda
  Feb.
• The Enlightenment in AmericaHenry F. May
  Feb.
• The Cave and the LightArthur L. Herman
  Feb.
• The Intentional FatherJon Tyson
  Feb.
• Why We WorkDorothy Sayers
  Feb.
• HereticsG.K. Chesterton
  March
• OrthodoxyG.K. Chesterton
  March
• The Lessons of HistoryWill and Ariel Durant
  March
• Collected EssaysBertrand Russell
  April
• NietzscheJ.P. Stern
  May
• What is History?E.H. Carr
  May
• A Coffin for DimitriosEric Ambler
  June
• The Pursuit of HappinessJeffrey Rosen
  July
• The Western FrontNick Lloyd
  Aug.
• History MattersDavid McCullough
  Oct.
• EmmaJane Austen
  Nov.
• The Universe Next DoorJames W. Sire
  Nov.
• The Lord of the FliesWilliam Golding
  Dec.
• Kant: A Very Short IntroductionRoger Scruton
  Dec.
• AquinasF.C. Copleston
  Dec.

2024

Favourites: Dominion · A Gentleman in Moscow · A Thousand Splendid Suns  ·  Least favourite: Why Empires Fall

• Why Empires FallPeter Heather & John Rapley
  Jan.
• Goodbye Eastern EuropeJacob Mikanowski
  Feb.
• Man's Search for MeaningViktor Frankl
  Feb.
• 1776David McCullough
  March
• Practicing the WayJohn Mark Comer
  April
• The Armchair EconomistSteven Landsburg
  April
• The First 90 DaysMichael D. Watkins
  May
• The Ruthless Elimination of HurryJohn Mark Comer
  June
• Foolishness to the GreeksLesslie Newbigin
  June
• A Tale of Two CitiesCharles Dickens
  July
• The HobbitJ.R.R. Tolkien
  July
• American UlyssesRonald White
  Aug.
• A Thousand Splendid SunsKhaled Hosseini
  Sept.
• To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee
  Oct.
• DominionTom Holland
  Oct.
• The Big SleepRaymond Chandler
  Oct.
• Fighting ShadowsTyson & Bethke
  Nov.
• Deep WorkCal Newport
  Nov.
• The Coming of the Third ReichRichard J. Evans
  Dec.
• A Gentleman in MoscowAmor Towles
  Dec.
• Russian Revolution 1917–1991Orlando Figes
  Dec.
• O Pioneers!Willa Cather
  Dec.
• Nietzsche: A Philosophical BiographyRüdiger Safranski
  Dec.

2023

Favourite: The Guns of August — Barbara Tuchman  ·  Least favourite: My Phantoms

• How to Win Friends and Influence PeopleDale Carnegie
  Jan.
• The Spy Who Came In From The ColdJohn le Carré
  Feb.
• The True Measure of a ManRichard Simmons III
  March
• Strange New WorldCarl Trueman
  March
• John AdamsDavid McCullough
  April
• Thoughts for Young MenJ.C. Ryle
  May
• The Square and the TowerNiall Ferguson
  June
• The Worldly PhilosophersRobert Heilbroner
  July
• The Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wilde
  July
• What Made the Founders DifferentGordon Wood
  Aug.
• The Hitler MythIan Kershaw
  Sept.
• More Than ConquerorsWilliam Hendriksen
  Oct.
• Are They Reliable?F.F. Bruce
  Nov.
• The Brothers KaramazovFyodor Dostoevsky
  Nov.
• The Guns of AugustBarbara Tuchman
  Dec.
• My PhantomsGwendoline Riley
  Dec.

2022

• The Gallery of Miracles and MadnessCharlie English
  Jan.
• The Sacred Mushroom and the CrossJohn M. Allegro
  Jan.
• The Meaning of MarriageTimothy Keller
  Feb.
• Novus Ordo SeclorumForrest McDonald
  March
• The Screwtape LettersC.S. Lewis
  Aug.
• Misquoting TruthTimothy Paul Jones
  Sept.
• Mere ChristianityC.S. Lewis
  Oct.
• Chasing ContentmentErik Raymond
  Nov.
• Are We Together?R.C. Sproul
  Dec.

2021

Favourite: Alexander Hamilton — Ron Chernow  ·  Least favourite: Nudge

• The Man Who Solved the MarketGregory Zuckerman
  Jan.
• White GuiltShelby Steele
  Jan.
• His Excellency, George WashingtonJoseph J. Ellis
  Jan.
• Slaughterhouse-FiveKurt Vonnegut
  Feb.
• The InnocentIan McEwan
  Feb.
• Notes from UndergroundFyodor Dostoevsky
  Feb.
• Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of RiskPeter Bernstein
  March
• Alexander HamiltonRon Chernow
  March
• The Splendid and the VileErik Larson
  April
• Liberty's First CrisisCharles Slack
  April
• MeditationsMarcus Aurelius
  April
• How to Change Your MindMichael Pollan
  May
• Jane EyreCharlotte Brontë
  May
• Portnoy's ComplaintPhilip Roth
  June
• The Art of Power: Thomas JeffersonJon Meacham
  June
• Empire of the SunJ.G. Ballard
  June
• NudgeThaler & Sunstein
  July
• Six Brief Lessons on PhysicsCarlo Rovelli
  July
• The Wages of GuiltIan Buruma
  Aug.
• Moonwalking with EinsteinJoshua Foer
  Aug.
• AtonementIan McEwan
  Aug.
• EinsteinWalter Isaacson
  Sept.
• Letters to a Young PoetRainer Rilke
  Sept.
• Empire of the Summer MoonS.C. Gwynne
  Oct.
• Mere ChristianityC.S. Lewis
  Nov.
• To Hell and BackIan Kershaw
  Nov.
• Wild at HeartJohn Eldredge
  Nov.
• Founding BrothersJoseph Ellis
  Dec.
• Benjamin Franklin: An American LifeWalter Isaacson
  Dec.

2020

Favourite: Crime and Punishment — Fyodor Dostoevsky  ·  Least favourite: Tropic of Cancer

• Lord of the FliesWilliam Golding
• In the Garden of BeastsErik Larson
• All the Pretty HorsesCormac McCarthy
• 1984George Orwell
• Catch-22Joseph Heller
• Animal FarmGeorge Orwell
• The Feast of the GoatMario Vargas Llosa
• The Undercover EconomistTim Harford
• Zero to OnePeter Thiel
• The New Market WizardsJack Schwager
• The OutsidersWilliam N. Thorndike Jr.
• The Rings of SaturnW.G. Sebald
• Intellectuals and SocietyThomas Sowell
• A Struggle for PowerTheodore Draper
• The LeopardGiuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
• Hitch-22Christopher Hitchens
• The Catcher in the RyeJ.D. Salinger
• Animal SpiritsGeorge Akerlof & Robert J. Shiller
• Thomas Jefferson: Author of AmericaChristopher Hitchens
• AusterlitzW.G. Sebald
• Why We SleepMatthew Walker
• Lincoln ConspiracyBrad Meltzer
• Crime and PunishmentFyodor Dostoevsky
• 12 Rules for LifeJordan Peterson
• The Rise and Fall of NationsRuchir Sharma
• EssentialismGreg McKeown
• How to Destroy America in Three Easy StepsBen Shapiro
• Tropic of CancerHenry Miller
• The Plot Against AmericaPhilip Roth
• The Cosmic SerpentJeremy Narby
• Heaven and Hell: A History of the AfterlifeBart Ehrman
• The War of ArtSteven Pressfield
• On the RoadJack Kerouac
• Unconventional WisdomTom Standage
• Beyond Good and EvilFriedrich Nietzsche