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A compilation of books I wish to read

status: Growing

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certainty: certain

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The confidence tag expresses how well-supported the content is, or how likely its overall ideas are right. This uses a scale from "impossible" to "certain", based on the Kesselman List of Estimative Words: 1. "certain" 2. "highly likely" 3. "likely" 4. "possible" 5. "unlikely" 6. "highly unlikely" 7. "remote" 8. "impossible" Even ideas that seem unlikely may be worth exploring if their potential impact is significant enough.

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importance: 7/10

Importance Rating

The importance rating distinguishes between trivial topics and those which might change your life. Using a scale from 0-10, content is ranked based on its potential impact on: - the reader - the intended audience - the world at large For example, topics about fundamental research or transformative technologies would rank 9-10, while personal reflections or minor experiments might rank 0-1.
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The Theory of the Leisure Class
The Theory of the Leisure Class
Thorstein Veblen, Alan Wolfe
2.8
320pp
1899
Chaotic Logic: Language, Thought, and Reality from the Perspective of Complex Systems Science
Chaotic Logic: Language, Thought, and Reality from the Perspective of Complex Systems Science
Ben Goertzel
304pp
1994
Against Method
Against Method
Paul Karl Feyerabend, Ian Hacking
3.8
296pp
1975
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky, John Bayley
4
566pp
1878
War and Peace
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
4.1
1273pp
1865
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment
Leonard Stanton, James D. Hardy Jr., Sidney Monas, Robin Feuer Miller, Fyodor Dostoevsky
4.3
536pp
1866
A Room of One's Own
A Room of One's Own
Virginia Woolf
4.1
148pp
1903
Dracula
Dracula
Bram Stoker
3.9
422pp
1896
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley, Maurice Hindle
3.9
352pp
1818
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
3.8
304pp
2000
Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West
Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West
Cormac McCarthy
4.1
0pp
1985
Infinite Jest
Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace
4.2
1079pp
1985
TitleAuthorPagesRatingAdded
The Theory of the Leisure ClassThorstein Veblen, Alan Wolfe3202.82026.07.18
Chaotic Logic: Language, Thought, and Reality from the Perspective of Complex Systems ScienceBen Goertzel3042026.03.12
Against MethodPaul Karl Feyerabend, Ian Hacking2963.82026.03.11
Anna KareninaLeo Tolstoy, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky, John Bayley56642026.03.06
War and PeaceLeo Tolstoy12734.12026.03.06
Crime and PunishmentLeonard Stanton, James D. Hardy Jr., Sidney Monas, Robin Feuer Miller, Fyodor Dostoevsky5364.32026.03.06
A Room of One's OwnVirginia Woolf1484.12026.03.06
DraculaBram Stoker4223.92026.03.06
FrankensteinMary Shelley, Maurice Hindle3523.92026.03.06
Never Let Me GoKazuo Ishiguro3043.82026.03.06
Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the WestCormac McCarthy04.12026.03.06
Infinite JestDavid Foster Wallace10794.22026.03.06

About the Want to Read Page

This is my to-read list - books and content I'm planning to read in the future. Items are tracked through StoryGraph and other reading platforms.

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