I keep the list of books I read at the books link above. Here are the highlights from the first quarter of 2026.

The Society of Unknowable Objects: This follow up to The Book of Doors mostly delivers.

Life After Cars: A depressing look at all the ways cars ruin everything, with some hopeful examples of places getting it right.

Automatic Noodle: This story of robots running a bakery in late, late stage capitalism is just delightful.

Dungeon Crawler Carl: Answers the question, what if aliens destroyed humanity to turn the planet into a D&D version of The Running Man that is broadcast to a universe-wide audience? And there is a talking cat. #TeamPrincessDonut

Carl's Doomsday Scenario: Book two in the series is even better. They are on level three of the earth dungeon, and shit is getting real.