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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 white background and a spiral of olive-branch leaves running diagonally from top to bottom. Black bold text reads: 'How to Be a Stoic' with the subtitle 'Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life' at top and 'Massimo Pigliucci' at the bottom.
Title
How to Be a Stoic
Author
Massimo Pigliucci
Started
2026-08-24
Pages
288
Language
en
Format
ebook
Why?
Continuing to cover popular contemporary interpretations of Stoic philosophy, building up my knowledge base.
Book cover for Epictetus: The Complete Works — Handbook, Discourses & Fragments, edited and translated by Robin Waterfield. The minimalist design uses soft beige and gray tones with blurred vertical shadows and elegant black-and-white typography.
Title
The Complete Works: Handbook, Discourses, and Fragments
Author
Epictetus
Started
2026-08-03
Pages
476
Language
en
Format
ebook
Why?
Turns out reading rehashed modern takes isn’t all that interesting, so I decided to start with the originals.
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: 3 books
All time: 3 books
Reading now: 3
Average book: 218 pages
Longest: 295 pages
Abandoned: 1
en 33% · ru 67%
ebook 67% · audio 33%

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
3 books · 653 pages
Book cover for A Complaint Free World by Will Bowen, with a bright yellow background and a purple wristband reading “Stop Complaining” and “Start Living.” The cover describes it as a revised and updated international bestseller.
4
A Complaint Free World: Stop Complaining, Start Living
Will Bowen
288 p · en · Aug 2026 · ebook
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.
3
Радость жизни. Философия стоицизма для XXI века
Уильям Ирвин
295 p · ru · Aug 2026 · ebook
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

Aban­doned

1 gave up on
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
Gave up
2026-08-27
Pages
432
Language
ru
Format
audio
Why?
Turned out to be impossible to properly absorb a practical text full of exercises and instructions in audio format.