A personal library / Madison Kean
A reading life.
Yours to explore.
Explore my personal reading history: the books I’ve read, the ones I’ve loved, and the unexpected connections between them.
01 / Patterns
Look at
the patterns.
See how a year of reading becomes a story of its own.
02 / Connections
One book
leads to another.
Find the ideas that put unlikely books in conversation.
Follow a connection03 / Places
Stories have
coordinates.
Follow a place into a book, or a book into the world.
Figures for 2026
- Books finished
- 60
- Pages
- 22,161
- Authors
- 56
- Average rating
- 3.9
2026 Reading Goal
60 / 65
As of Nov 9, 2026
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Through the years
Year explorer
Choose a year to see what you read and how it compares
- Books
- no prior year
- Pages
- no prior year
- Avg. rating
- 1 unrated
- Dated rereads
- Only repeat finishes with recorded dates
How you rated 2026
- 14
- 20
- 16
- 3
- 0
Finished in 2026, in order
Patterns
Insights
Reading patterns in the selected history
Seasonal habits · books finished per month
Select a bar or season to see books.
Northern-hemisphere seasons; Dec–Feb counts as winter.
Highest-rated authors
- 14.8 avg · 2
- 24.3 avg · 3
- 33.5 avg · 2
At least 2 rated books
Rereads
- ×2
- ×2
- ×2
The library
On the shelves
60 books match
Richard Cooke · 320 pp
4.25/5Read· Nov 2026Kevin Roose · 448 pp
4.5/5Read· Oct 2026Ethan Mollick · 240 pp
Would read again5 out of 5Read· Oct 2026Malcolm Gladwell · 190 pp
Would read again5 out of 5Read· Oct 2026Claire Stapleton · 288 pp
3.5/5Read· Oct 2026Naomi Klein · 360 pp
4.5/5Read· Oct 2026Malcolm Gladwell · 304 pp
4.5/5Read· Oct 2026Jill Lepore · 336 pp
4.75/5Read· Oct 2026Jonathan M. Metzl · 341 pp
Liked3 out of 5Read· Oct 2026Catherine Bracy · 272 pp
Would read again5 out of 5Read· Oct 2026Gil Duran · 352 pp
Would read again5 out of 5Read· Oct 2026Alexander Clapp · 391 pp
Loved4 out of 5Read· Sep 2026Angela Duckworth · 352 pp
Did not like2 out of 5Read· Sep 2026Marian Schembari · 272 pp
Would read again5 out of 5Read· Sep 2026Kristi Coulter · 384 pp
Loved4 out of 5Read· Sep 2026Sarah Jaffe · 432 pp
Loved4 out of 5Read· Sep 2026Simone Stolzoff · 272 pp
Loved4 out of 5Read· Sep 2026Jessie Daniels · 304 pp
Loved4 out of 5Read· Sep 2026Noam Scheiber · 384 pp
Liked3 out of 5Read· Sep 2026Theo Baker · 336 pp
Liked3 out of 5Read· Sep 2026Jaclyn Paul · 193 pp
UnratedRead· Sep 2026Ed Conway · 512 pp
Would read again5 out of 5Read· Aug 2026Annie Jacobsen · 406 pp
Would read again5 out of 5Read· Aug 2026Melanie Mitchell · 368 pp
Loved4 out of 5Read· Aug 2026
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