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Every­thing I've fin­ished, newest first, plus what­ever is open «on my desk» right now. I read slowly and in three lan­guages, so the list is shorter than I'd like and stranger than I expect — exer­cise phys­i­ol­ogy next to Hasidic phi­los­o­phy, with a novel wedged in between.

Noth­ing here is a review. If a book made me write some­thing, that some­thing lives in writings.

Read­ing now

3 open
Book cover with a minimalist cream-and-beige vertical striped design. Black Russian text reads: “Massimo Pigliucci, Gregory Lopez. Stoicism as a Way of Life: 52 Weeks of Self-Improvement.” The Bombora publisher logo appears in the lower-right corner.
Title
Стоицизм как образ жизни. 52 недели самосовершенствования
Author
Грегори Лопес, Массимо Пильюччи
Started
2026-07-30
Pages
432
Language
ru
Format
audio
Why?
There’s no point in reading anything without putting it into practice, but I don’t want to come up with exercises of my own just yet, so I’ll try taking something from here.
Book cover in pale gray and white, featuring a softly blurred close-up of a classical marble face resting against one hand. Russian text reads: “The Good Life: Stoic Philosophy for the Twenty-First Century” by William Irvine.
Title
Радость жизни. Философия стоицизма для XXI века
Author
Уильям Ирвин
Started
2026-07-28
Pages
295
Language
ru
Format
ebook
Why?
One of those books that every stoicism books overview describes as a simple, modern introduction to Stoicism. I’ve started it, and it really is simple — too simple — but I’ll try to finish it.
Book cover for the fourth edition of Advanced Marathoning by Pete Pfitzinger and Scott Douglas. A marathon runner crosses a rain-soaked course with both arms raised, while other runners follow behind. The cover notes a foreword by Emily Sisson.
Title
Advanced Marathoning
Author
Pete Pfitzinger, Scott Douglas
Started
2026-06-01
Pages
296
Language
en
Format
ebook
Why?
One of the books you have to read if you are into running.
This year: 1 books
All time: 1 books
Reading now: 3
Average book: 70 pages
Longest: 70 pages
Abandoned: 1
ru 100%
audio 100%

Fin­ished

Newest first, grouped by the year I closed the book. The square left of each title is my rating out of five — green is a keeper, amber a fair read, coral a book I fin­ished out of stub­born­ness.

2026
1 books · 70 pages
Book cover on a turquoise-blue background featuring a seated classical marble philosopher in a contemplative pose. Russian text reads: “Daniel Townsend. Find inner stability. Stoicism: A guide to a happy and mindful life.”
2
Стоицизм. Руководство к счастливой и осознанной жизни
Дэниел Таунсенд
70 p · ru · Jul 2026 · audio
Rating
4–5 · keeper 3 · fair 1–2 · stubbornness
Format
paper · ebook · audio
Row
pages · language · month finished · format