2026

• The Problem of Philosophy Bertrand RussellJan.
• What We Can Know Ian McEwanJan.
• The Story of Philosophy Will DurantJan.
• Blood Meridian Cormac McCarthyFeb.
• The Cost of Ambition Miroslav VolfFeb.
• A History of Western Philosophy Bertrand RussellMarch
• An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding David HumeMay
• Confession of a Philosopher Bryan MageeJune
• Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Robert Louis StevensonJune

2025

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

• Pride and Prejudice Jane AustenJan.
• How to Read and Why Harold BloomJan.
• Thomas Jefferson, American Sphinx Joseph EllisJan.
• The Da Vinci Code Dan BrownJan.
• Clouds of Glory, The Life and Legend of Robert E. Lee Michael KordaFeb.
• The Enlightenment in America Henry F. MayFeb.
• The Cave and the Light Arthur L. HermanFeb.
• The Intentional Father Jon TysonFeb.
• Why We Work Dorothy SayersFeb.
• Heretics G.K. ChestertonMarch
• Orthodoxy G.K. ChestertonMarch
• The Lessons of History Will and Ariel DurantMarch
• Collected Essays Bertrand RussellApril
• Nietzsche J.P. SternMay
• What is History? E.H. CarrMay
• A Coffin for Dimitrios Eric AmblerJune
• The Pursuit of Happiness Jeffrey RosenJuly
• The Western Front Nick LloydAug.
• History Matters David McCulloughOct.
• Emma Jane AustenNov.
• The Universe Next Door James W. SireNov.
• The Lord of the Flies William GoldingDec.
• Kant: A Very Short Introduction Roger ScrutonDec.
• Aquinas F.C. CoplestonDec.

2024

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

• Why Empires Fall Peter Heather & John RapleyJan.
• Goodbye Eastern Europe Jacob MikanowskiFeb.
• Man's Search for Meaning Viktor FranklFeb.
• 1776 David McCulloughMarch
• Practicing the Way John Mark ComerApril
• The Armchair Economist Steven LandsburgApril
• The First 90 Days Michael D. WatkinsMay
• The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry John Mark ComerJune
• Foolishness to the Greeks Lesslie NewbiginJune
• A Tale of Two Cities Charles DickensJuly
• The Hobbit J.R.R. TolkienJuly
• American Ulysses Ronald WhiteAug.
• A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled HosseiniSept.
• To Kill a Mockingbird Harper LeeOct.
• Dominion Tom HollandOct.
• The Big Sleep Raymond ChandlerOct.
• Fighting Shadows Tyson & BethkeNov.
• Deep Work Cal NewportNov.
• The Coming of the Third Reich Richard J. EvansDec.
• A Gentleman in Moscow Amor TowlesDec.
• Russian Revolution 1917–1991 Orlando FigesDec.
• O Pioneers! Willa CatherDec.
• Nietzsche: A Philosophical Biography Rüdiger SafranskiDec.

2023

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

• How to Win Friends and Influence People Dale CarnegieJan.
• The Spy Who Came In From The Cold John le CarréFeb.
• The True Measure of a Man Richard Simmons IIIMarch
• Strange New World Carl TruemanMarch
• John Adams David McCulloughApril
• Thoughts for Young Men J.C. RyleMay
• The Square and the Tower Niall FergusonJune
• The Worldly Philosophers Robert HeilbronerJuly
• The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar WildeJuly
• What Made the Founders Different Gordon WoodAug.
• The Hitler Myth Ian KershawSept.
• More Than Conquerors William HendriksenOct.
• Are They Reliable? F.F. BruceNov.
• The Brothers Karamazov Fyodor DostoevskyNov.
• The Guns of August Barbara TuchmanDec.
• My Phantoms Gwendoline RileyDec.

2022

• The Gallery of Miracles and Madness Charlie EnglishJan.
• The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross John M. AllegroJan.
• The Meaning of Marriage Timothy KellerFeb.
• Novus Ordo Seclorum Forrest McDonaldMarch
• The Screwtape Letters C.S. LewisAug.
• Misquoting Truth Timothy Paul JonesSept.
• Mere Christianity C.S. LewisOct.
• Chasing Contentment Erik RaymondNov.
• Are We Together? R.C. SproulDec.

2021

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

• The Man Who Solved the Market Gregory ZuckermanJan.
• White Guilt Shelby SteeleJan.
• His Excellency, George Washington Joseph J. EllisJan.
• Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt VonnegutFeb.
• The Innocent Ian McEwanFeb.
• Notes from Underground Fyodor DostoevskyFeb.
• Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk Peter BernsteinMarch
• Alexander Hamilton Ron ChernowMarch
• The Splendid and the Vile Erik LarsonApril
• Liberty's First Crisis Charles SlackApril
• Meditations Marcus AureliusApril
• How to Change Your Mind Michael PollanMay
• Jane Eyre Charlotte BrontëMay
• Portnoy's Complaint Philip RothJune
• The Art of Power: Thomas Jefferson Jon MeachamJune
• Empire of the Sun J.G. BallardJune
• Nudge Thaler & SunsteinJuly
• Six Brief Lessons on Physics Carlo RovelliJuly
• The Wages of Guilt Ian BurumaAug.
• Moonwalking with Einstein Joshua FoerAug.
• Atonement Ian McEwanAug.
• Einstein Walter IsaacsonSept.
• Letters to a Young Poet Rainer RilkeSept.
• Empire of the Summer Moon S.C. GwynneOct.
• Mere Christianity C.S. LewisNov.
• To Hell and Back Ian KershawNov.
• Wild at Heart John EldredgeNov.
• Founding Brothers Joseph EllisDec.
• Benjamin Franklin: An American Life Walter IsaacsonDec.

2020

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

• Lord of the Flies William Golding
• In the Garden of Beasts Erik Larson
• All the Pretty Horses Cormac McCarthy
• 1984 George Orwell
• Catch-22 Joseph Heller
• Animal Farm George Orwell
• The Feast of the Goat Mario Vargas Llosa
• The Undercover Economist Tim Harford
• Zero to One Peter Thiel
• The New Market Wizards Jack Schwager
• The Outsiders William N. Thorndike Jr.
• The Rings of Saturn W.G. Sebald
• Intellectuals and Society Thomas Sowell
• A Struggle for Power Theodore Draper
• The Leopard Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
• Hitch-22 Christopher Hitchens
• The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger
• Animal Spirits George Akerlof & Robert J. Shiller
• Thomas Jefferson: Author of America Christopher Hitchens
• Austerlitz W.G. Sebald
• Why We Sleep Matthew Walker
• Lincoln Conspiracy Brad Meltzer
• Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoevsky
• 12 Rules for Life Jordan Peterson
• The Rise and Fall of Nations Ruchir Sharma
• Essentialism Greg McKeown
• How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps Ben Shapiro
• Tropic of Cancer Henry Miller
• The Plot Against America Philip Roth
• The Cosmic Serpent Jeremy Narby
• Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife Bart Ehrman
• The War of Art Steven Pressfield
• On the Road Jack Kerouac
• Unconventional Wisdom Tom Standage
• Beyond Good and Evil Friedrich Nietzsche