Stuff I've Been Reading Books in Order

A slim, very funny first selection of 'Stuff I’ve Been Reading' pieces, The Polysyllabic Spree records a year of Hornby’s reading. He contrasts the aspirational towers of books he buys with the handful he truly loves and finishes.

Bringing together the first years of Hornby’s Believer columns, this omnibus tracks his reading life from 2003 to 2006. Each month he lists books bought and read, then riffs on why some stories stick, others don’t, and how life keeps intervening.

A follow-up to The Polysyllabic Spree, this collection continues Hornby’s monthly chronicles of books bought and read. He moves cheerfully from crime novels to poetry and history, always more interested in honest enthusiasm than in tearing writers down.

This third volume of 'Stuff I’ve Been Reading' pieces gathers Hornby’s columns from the mid-2000s, charting his crushes on certain authors, his resistance to doorstop biographies and the way football and family keep stealing time from his books.

Collecting 'Stuff I’ve Been Reading' columns from 2010–2011, this slim book finds Hornby juggling parenthood, screenwriting work and football seasons with an ever-growing stack of books. His reflections turn a simple reading log into a funny, addictive portrait of a reader’s life.

Drawing from his long-running column, this volume collects Hornby’s book-lover diaries from the 2000s and 2010s. He chats about everything he’s reading—from classics to comics—while admitting the gap between the books he buys and the ones he actually finishes.

A decade’s worth of Hornby’s 'Stuff I’ve Been Reading' columns, this book is part reading diary, part memoir. Month by month he lists the books he buys and actually finishes, reflecting on family life, football and the pleasures of reading.