Augusta Chapman

Associate Producer

Freakonomics Radio

Books

Reading List

What I’ve been reading, organized by year and genre.

2026

Fiction

  • The Mysterious Affair at StylesAgatha Christie

    1920

  • The Murder on the LinksAgatha Christie

    1923

  • Poirot InvestigatesAgatha Christie

    1924

  • The Murder of Roger AckroydAgatha Christie

    1926

  • The Big FourAgatha Christie

    1927

  • The Mystery of the Blue TrainAgatha Christie

    1928

  • Peril at End HouseAgatha Christie

    1932

  • Lord Edgware DiesAgatha Christie

    1933

  • HyperionDan Simmons

    1989

  • The Fall of HyperionDan Simmons

    1990

Nonfiction

  • The Money CultureMichael Lewis

    1991

  • Lenin: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of TerrorVictor Sebestyen

    2017

Manga

  • Jujutsu Kaisen, vols. 8–30Gege Akutami

    2018

2025

Fiction

  • Beware the WomanMegan Abbott

    2023

  • On the Calculation of Volume ISolvej Balle

    2020

  • Invisible CitiesItalo Calvino

    1972

  • Story of Your Life and OthersTed Chiang

    2002

  • The NarrowsMichael Connelly

    2004

  • The GamblerFyodor Dostoevsky

    1867

  • The Name of the RoseUmberto Eco

    1980

  • Less Than ZeroBret Easton Ellis

    1985

  • JamesPerceval Everett

    2024

  • My Brilliant FriendElena Ferrante

    2011

  • Fates and FuriesLauren Groff

    2015

  • Schools of MagicSarah Hilligoss

    unpublished

  • The UnconsoledKazuo Ishiguro

    1995

  • The Haunting of Hill HouseShirley Jackson

    1959

  • We Have Always Lived in the CastleShirley Jackson

    1962

  • All FoursMiranda July

    2024

  • Small Things Like TheseClaire Keegan

    2021

  • So Late in the DayClaire Keegan

    2023

  • I Love DickChris Kraus

    1997

  • The Möbius BookCatherine Lacey

    2024

  • Death in VeniceThomas Mann

    1912

  • North WoodsDaniel Mason

    2023

  • Blood MeridianCormac McCarthy

    1985

  • Ninety-Two in the ShadeThomas McGuane

    1973

  • Gideon the NinthTamsyn Muir

    2019

  • Harrow the NinthTamsyn Muir

    2020

  • Nona the NinthTamsyn Muir

    2022

  • PhaedrusPlato

    c. 370 BCE

  • PyramidsTerry Pratchett

    1989

  • All for the Game (The Foxhole Court, The Raven King, The King’s Men)Nora Sakavic

    2013–2014

  • Nine StoriesJ.D. Salinger

    1953

  • Snow CrashNeal Stephenson

    1992

  • The Raven BoysMaggie Stiefvater

    2012

  • The Dream ThievesMaggie Stiefvater

    2013

  • Fathers and SonsIvan Turgenev

    1862

  • Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMark Twain

    1884

  • Miss LonelyheartsNathanael West

    1933

  • House of MirthEdith Wharton

    1905

  • The Age of InnocenceEdith Wharton

    1920

Poetry

  • Paradise LostJohn Milton

    1667

Nonfiction

  • Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four EcologiesReyner Banham

    1971

  • Whale Hunt in the DesertDeke Castleman

    2000

  • AuthorityAndrea Long Chu

    2024

  • Barbarian DaysWilliam Finnegan

    2015

  • The Utopia of RulesDavid Graeber

    2015

  • A Brief History of TimeStephen Hawking

    1988

  • Chip WarChris Miller

    2022

  • 52 Prepper ProjectsDavid Nash

    2013

  • Orality and LiteracyWalter J. Ong

    1982

  • Recoding AmericaJen Pahlka

    2023

  • TechnopolyNeil Postman

    1992

  • The Art of WarSun Tzu

    c. 500 BCE

Manga

  • The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t A Guy At AllSumiko Arai

    2019

  • xxxHolic, vols. 1–3CLAMP

    2003

  • Chainsaw Man, vol. 1Tatsuki Fujimoto

    2018

  • In the Clear Moonlit Dusk, vols. 1–8Mika Yamamori

    2020

2024

Fiction

  • BunnyMona Awad

    2019

  • Vorkosigan Saga through A Civil CampaignLois McMaster Bujold

    1986–1999

  • The StrangerAlbert Camus

    1942

  • The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and ClayMichael Chabon

    2000

  • Lord of ScoundrelsLoretta Chase

    1995

  • The Hunger GamesSuzanne Collins

    2008

  • The Black EchoMichael Connelly

    1992

  • The Black IceMichael Connelly

    1993

  • The Concrete BlondeMichael Connelly

    1994

  • The Lincoln LawyerMichael Connelly

    2005

  • TrustHernan Diaz

    2022

  • This Is How You Lose the Time WarAmal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone

    2019

  • A Simple PassionAnnie Ernaux

    1991

  • The YearsAnnie Ernaux

    2008

  • Night SoldiersAlan Furst

    1988

  • Alphabet Series, A–KSue Grafton

    1982–1994

  • The Vaster WildsLauren Groff

    2023

  • Titanium NoirNick Harkaway

    2023

  • Death of a ThespianSarah Hilligoss

    unpublished

  • The Lathe of HeavenUrsula K. Le Guin

    1971

  • A Court of Thorns and RosesSarah J. Maas

    2015

  • Sea of TranquilityEmily St. John Mandel

    2022

  • The City & The CityChina Miéville

    2009

  • The RepublicPlato

    c. 375 BCE

  • Making MoneyTerry Pratchett

    2007

  • GileadMarilynne Robinson

    2004

  • Harry Potter, Books 1–5J.K. Rowling

    1997–2003

  • MatingNorman Rush

    1991

  • Harlem ShuffleColson Whitehead

    2021

  • Crook ManifestoColson Whitehead

    2023

  • Fire GirlsXoë

    unpublished

  • Tomorrow and Tomorrow and TomorrowGabrielle Zevin

    2022

Nonfiction

  • Notes of a Native SonJames Baldwin

    1955

  • The Final InterviewJames Baldwin

    2014

  • On the Housing CrisisJerusalem Demsas

    2024

  • The World for SaleJack Farchy & Javier Blas

    2021

  • With Bold Knife and ForkM.F.K. Fisher

    1969

  • How to FightThich Nhat Hanh

    2017

  • War Is a Force That Gives Us MeaningChris Hedges

    2002

  • The Culture of NarcissismChristopher Lasch

    1979

  • Tao Te ChingLao Tzu, trans. Ursula K. Le Guin

    1997

  • NecropoliticsAchille Mbembe

    2003

  • On Food and CookingHarold McGee

    1984

  • The Mountains of CaliforniaJohn Muir

    1894

  • What I Talk About When I Talk About RunningHaruki Murakami

    2007

  • American ZionBenjamin Park

    2024

Manga

  • Battle Angel Alita, vol. 1Yukito Kishiro

    1990

  • The Apothecary Diaries, vol. 1Minoji Kurata

    2017

  • Fairy Tail, vols. 1–5Hiro Mashima

    2006

  • My Lesbian Experience with LonelinessKabi Nagata

    2016

  • Claymore, vols. 1–21Norihiro Yagi

    2001

2023

Fiction

  • Patricia Wants to CuddleSamantha Allen

    2022

  • If Beale Street Could TalkJames Baldwin

    1974

  • Ninth HouseLeigh Bardugo

    2019

  • NevadaImogen Binnie

    2013

  • The Cruel Prince, Books 1–3Holly Black

    2018–2020

  • Shards of Honor & BarrayarLois McMaster Bujold

    1986–1991

  • What We Talk About When We Talk About LoveRaymond Carver

    1981

  • The Yiddish Policemen’s UnionMichael Chabon

    2007

  • PiranesiSusanna Clarke

    2020

  • The Black DahliaJames Ellroy

    1987

  • The Maltese FalconDashiell Hammett

    1930

  • The Thin ManDashiell Hammett

    1934

  • Lonely Hearts Supper ClubSarah Hilligoss

    unpublished

  • Cotton Comes to HarlemChester Himes

    1965

  • The Broken Earth, Books 1–3N.K. Jemisin

    2015–2017

  • The Song of AchillesMadeline Miller

    2011

  • Equal RitesTerry Pratchett

    1987

  • MaskeradeTerry Pratchett

    1995

  • The Fifth ElephantTerry Pratchett

    1999

  • Going PostalTerry Pratchett

    2004

  • The EmployeesOlga Ravn

    2018

  • Ant FarmSimon Rich

    2007

  • Free Range ChickensSimon Rich

    2008

  • Naked Pictures of Famous PeopleJon Stewart

    1998

  • The Raven Cycle, Books 1–4Maggie Stiefvater

    2012–2016

  • AnnihilationJeff VanderMeer

    2014

  • Murderbot, Books 1–3Martha Wells

    2017–2018

  • OrlandoVirginia Woolf

    1928

Poetry

  • Judas GoatGabrielle Bates

    2023

  • If Not, Winter: Fragments of SapphoAnne Carson & Sappho

    2002

  • Romeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare

    1597

Nonfiction

  • MeditationsMarcus Aurelius

    c. 170 CE

  • trans girl suicide museumhannah baer

    2019

  • AceAngela Chen

    2020

  • The Second SexSimone de Beauvoir

    1949

  • DiscoursesEpictetus

    c. 108 CE

  • PolysecureJessica Fern

    2020

  • Prophets of WarWilliam D. Hartung

    2011

  • Steering the CraftUrsula K. Le Guin

    1998

  • Groucho and MeGroucho Marx

    1959

Comics

  • The Adventures of Tintin (selected volumes)Hergé

    1929

  • On a SunbeamTillie Walden

    2018

Manga

  • Jujutsu Kaisen (all English releases)Gege Akutami

    2018

  • ChobitsCLAMP

    2001

  • Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Omnibus vols. 1–3CLAMP

    2003

Did Not Finish

Started but didn’t complete, with the year attempted.

2025

  • SourceryTerry Pratchett

    1988

2024

  • Beowulftrans. Seamus Heaney

    c. 700 CE

  • The Rediscovery of AmericaNed Blackhawk

    2023

  • The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and ClayMichael Chabon

    2000

  • The NetanyahusJoshua Cohen

    2021

  • The Elementary ParticlesMichel Houellebecq

    1998

  • Seven CrashesHarold James

    2023

  • The True and Only HeavenChristopher Lasch

    1991

  • Black Water RisingAttica Locke

    2009

  • A Court of Mist and FurySarah J. Maas

    2016

  • The SympathizerViet Thanh Nguyen

    2015

  • White is for WitchingHelen Oyeyemi

    2009

  • My Search for Warren HardingRobert Plunket

    1983

2023

  • Chain-Gang All-StarsNana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

    2023

  • Hell BentLeigh Bardugo

    2023

  • Dykes to Watch Out ForAlison Bechdel

    1983

  • Dead GirlsAlice Bolin

    2018

  • The Postman Always Rings TwiceJames M. Cain

    1934

  • The Hero with a Thousand FacesJoseph Campbell

    1949

  • American GodsNeil Gaiman

    2001

  • Beach ReadEmily Henry

    2020

  • The Magic WordsCheryl B. Klein

    2006

  • Sea PeopleChristina Thompson

    2019

  • Rabbit, RunJohn Updike

    1960

  • City of Saints and MadmenJeff VanderMeer

    2001