Seidchen’s 2024 Books

The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work by Simone Stolzoff
Nonfiction: sociology, journalism
21st century, American
Audiobook (library)
Finished January 4, 2024

The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli
Nonfiction: physics, science, philosophy, time
21st century, Italian
Public library
Finished January 13, 2024

Almost Everything: Notes on Hope by Anne Lamott
Nonfiction: writing, psychology, religion
21st century, American
Audiobook (library)
Finished January 19, 2024

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
Nonfiction: medicine, psychology, aging, death, hospice
21st century, American
Audiobook (library)
Finished February 2024

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
Fiction: children’s
21st century, British
Our library (read with IMK)
Finished February 2024

In the Eye of the Wild by Nastassja Martin
Nonfiction: memoir, anthropology, philosophy, bear attack, animism
21st century, French
Public library
Finished March 1, 2024

The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
Nonfiction: memoir, race, military, coming of age (CA common read)
21st century, American
Our library
Finished March 2, 2024

The Beauty by Jane Hirshfield
Poetry
21st century, American
Public library
Finished March 8, 2024

Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Quarterly, winter 2023, The Teacher & The Student
Nonfiction: periodical, Buddhism, Zen, teacher-student relationships
Our library
Finished March 9, 2024

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy
Fiction: illustrated, graphic novel, children’s, love, friendship, philosophy, spirituality
21st century, British
Public library
Finished March 12, 2024

What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry
Nonfiction: trauma, psychology
21st century, American
Audiobook (library)
Finished March 12, 2024

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
Fiction: children’s
21st century, American
Our library
Finished April 2024 (read with IMK)

The Witches by Roald Dahl
Fiction: novel, children's
20th century, British
Our library
Finished April 2024 (read with IKK)

Living by Vow: A Practical Introduction to Eight Essential Zen Chants and Texts by Shohaku Okumura
Nonfiction: Zen, Buddhism
21st century, Japanese, American
Our library
Finished May 4, 2024

How Can I Help? Stories and Reflections on Service by Ram Dass and Paul Gorman
Nonfiction: service, spirituality
20th century, American
Public library
Finished May 13, 2024

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Fiction: novel, children's
20th century, British
Our library
Finished May 16, 2024 (read with IKK)

Ordinary Beast by Nicole Sealey
Poetry
21st century, American
Public library
Finished May 17, 2024