Canine Book Club
Welcome to the Canine Book Club (CBC)! This is a list of the books I have read or want to (re)read.
I have read more books than are on this list, but admittedly I haven't kept track of the titles, so I've mostly forgotten what I've read already... in the case that I remember one I'll add it to the list of "want to read" books so I can give it a fresh read!
The status column of the table contains the current status of the
book, which can be one of queued (have not started yet),
requeued (read before, would like to read again) reading (currently reading), and read (finished).
please feel free to give me some recommendations to add to the list!!
reviews may contain spoilers! continue at your own risk
| title | author(s) | year | why | status | started | finished | review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Around the World in Eighty Days | Jules Verne | 1873 | Watched the PBS show and loved it! In hindsight I probably should have read the book first, but oh well.. | reading | 2026-07-08 | ||
| Codename Revolution | Steven E. Jones and George K. Thiruvathukal | 2012 | Given as a Christmas present! | read | 2025-12-25 | 2026-02-21 | Pretty okay! It was a bit boring at times admittedly, but the authors did a great job laying out the Wii’s history, and they brought up some interesting stuff about Nintendo’s marketing strategy. Solid 8/10! |
| Jurassic Park | Michael Crichton | 1990 | Dad rec! | read | 2026-06-02 | 2026-07-08 | Like most movie adaptations, a ton of events in the book were completely different in the movie, haha. So much better to read it! 9/10 |
| The Great Gatsby | F. Scott Fitzgerald | 1925 | Required reading for AP Lang | read | 2024-10-01 | 2025-06-01 | The writing in this book was so incredibly good, and I know it’s a tragedy but it made me so sad it was painful to finish, haha… 8/10 xP |
| The Long Earth | Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter | 2012 | Dad rec! | read | 2023 | 2023 | 9/10! |
| To Kill a Mockingbird | Harper Lee | 1960 | Required reading for English | read | 2022-10-01 | 2023-06-01 | Genuinely superb book, I have no complaints! 9/10 |
| A Series of Unfortunate Events (series) | Lemony Snicket | 1999 | I remember enjoying this series a ton! | requeued | |||
| Ender’s Game | Orson Scott Card | 1985 | Dad rec! | requeued | |||
| Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams | 1980 | It’s practically a classic at this point | requeued | |||
| The Hobbit | J. R. R. Tolkien | 1937 | Need to read this again, I’ve forgotten a lot of the plot | requeued | |||
| The Long War | Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter | 2013 | Series continuation | requeued | |||
| 1984 | George Orwell | 1949 | It’s a “classic” | queued | |||
| A Tale of Two Cities | Charles Dickens | 1859 | It’s a “classic” | queued | |||
| Busy Doing Nothing | Hundred Rabbits | 2021 | Same reason as No Bears, None :) | queued | |||
| Congo | Michael Crichton | 1980 | Finished reading Jurassic Park and wanted to read another Crichton novel :) | queued | |||
| Demon Copperhead | Barbara Kingsolver | 2022 | Dad rec! | queued | |||
| Don Quixote | Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra | 1605 | Dad rec! | queued | |||
| Dracula | Bram Stoker | 1897 | It’s a “classic”. Read partially via Dracula Daily but gave up for some reason, haha | queued | |||
| Dune | Frank Herbert | 1965 | A must-read apparently?? | queued | |||
| East of Eden | John Steinbeck | 1952 | It’s a “classic” | queued | |||
| Exhalation | Ted Chiang | 2019 | Dad rec! | queued | |||
| Flowers for Algernon | Daniel Keyes | 1966 | Dad rec! | queued | |||
| Good Omens | Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman | 1990 | Dad rec! | queued | |||
| House of Leaves | Mark Z. Danielewski | 2000 | Recommended multiple times, haha | queued | |||
| Lady Into Fox | David Garnett | 1922 | Man I’d absolutely *hate* to be transformed into a fox.. | queued | |||
| Lonesome Dove | Larry McMurtry | 1985 | Overheard audiobook and thought I should give it a try..? | queued | |||
| Moby Dick | Herman Melville | 1851 | It’s a “classic” | queued | |||
| Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass | Frederick Douglass | 1845 | Learned about Frederick Douglass in AP Lang and wanted to read the full novel :P | queued | |||
| No Bears, None | Hundred Rabbits | 2026 | Hundred Rabbits is awesome, I’d love to learn more about their travels | queued | |||
| Piranesi | Susanna Clarke | 2020 | Mom rec! | queued | |||
| Project Hail Mary | Andy Weir | 2021 | Watched the movie and thought it was amazing! | queued | |||
| Scythe | Neal Shusterman | 2016 | Recommended by a classmate | queued | |||
| Simple Sabotage Field Manual | U.S. Office of Strategic Services | 1944 | Just In Case™ | queued | |||
| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Mark Twain | 1876 | It’s a “classic” | queued | |||
| The C Programming Language | Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie | 1988 | Why not? | queued | |||
| The Count of Monte Christo | Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet | 1846 | Parents liked the show, thought I’d read the book before I watch the show if I can | queued | |||
| The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger | Stephen King | 2003 | Dad rec! | queued | |||
| The Long Cosmos | Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter | 2016 | Series continuation | queued | |||
| The Long Mars | Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter | 2014 | Series continuation | queued | |||
| The Long Utopia | Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter | 2015 | Series continuation | queued | |||
| Unruly | David Mitchell | 2024 | Mom rec! | queued | |||
| War and Peace | Leo Tolstoy | 1869 | It’s a “classic” | queued |