Books I've Read

A running log of books I’ve read over the years — fiction, essays, comics, the occasional physics textbook. Notes are quick impressions, not full reviews. I’ll keep adding to this one as I go.

Cover	Year	Title	Author	Notes
	2025	L’Attentat	Yasmina Khadra	Set in Israel, this book follows an Arab surgeon who witnesses a terrorist attack — only to discover the terrorist was his wife. What led her to do so? A great story about the difficulty of being integrated as an Arab in Israel.
	2024	Le Procès	Kafka	A book that takes you through an imaginary and helpless trial and fills you with frustration.
	2024	Siddharta	Hermann Hesse	A book that guides through different lives embodied by the young Siddharta, who is seeking Nirvana.
	2024	Neutron Physics	Paul Reuss	Physics of neutrons in a nuclear reactor.
	2024	Histoire de Jérusalem	Vincent Lemire - Christophe Gaultier	A comic that retraces the story of Jerusalem from 2000 BCE to now. Good reading to understand today’s issues in the Middle East.
	2024	La coscienza di Zeno (La conscience de Zeno)	Italo Svevo (Ettore Schmitz)	A kind of autobiographical story of a businessman from Trieste who tries to ponder his life and his acts.
	2023	L’archipel d’une autre vie	Andreï Makine	A Russian soldier is sent into the depths of Russia and tries to escape the army. Beautiful sceneries.
	2022	1984	George Orwell	This book depicts a society in which an entity called Big Brother watches over every move you make — and beyond moves, analyzes every thought you have. History is rewritten, and some words become forbidden.
	2020	Plan de Transformation de l’Economie Française	The Shift Project	A book that explains how we can slowly (but steadily) re-plan and shift our economy towards a more sustainable one.
	2020	L’Assemblée des Femmes	Aristophane	This play depicts a city that tries to change its social norms. A group of women takes power and enforces new rules, notably a share of all goods and the right for the least sought-after women to choose a partner.
	2020	Songe d’une nuit d’été (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)	Shakespeare	Confusion and love in ancient Greece.
	2020	Le Banquet	Platon	Several guests explore the nature of Love during a feast.
	2020	The Plot Against America	Philip Roth	This book depicts the rise of fascism and antisemitism in 1940s America, in an alternate history where Charles Lindbergh becomes president.
	2018	Bonjour Tristesse	Françoise Sagan	Cécile, her father Raymond, and his mistress Elsa are on vacation in the South of France. Cécile likes spending time with Elsa, but Raymond suddenly brings Anne home. Her seriousness and discipline impact the trio, and her influence makes Raymond leave Elsa for her. But things are not so simple.
	2016	Le joueur d’échecs	Stefan Zweig	A man has played chess in his head for several years due to an arrest, and tries to play against the world champion.
	2014	Se questo è un uomo (Si c’est un homme)	Primo Levi	Primo Levi enlightens us on what life is like in concentration camps.
	2013	À l’ouest rien de nouveau	Erich Maria Remarque	Erich Maria Remarque enlightens us on what life is like in the trenches during WWI.