Let's Talk Books

My favorite comic books of 2026 so far

Let's talk comic books

Jun 16 • Ryan

1

When religion does not keep its promise

The gospel of Baldwin

Jun 2 • Ryan

3

1

May 2026

Reading Fight Club, 30 years later

You are not your khakis

May 19 • Ryan

1

3

How to win at everything

Strategy in war, politics, business, and life

May 5 • Ryan

2

4

April 2026

A circle in the fire

Notes from a Plains boy

Apr 21 • Ryan

2

Only the good are strong

Cicero's advice to young men in troubled times

Apr 7 • Ryan

4

7

March 2026

Reading the Qur'an

What I found

Mar 3 • Ryan

2

3

February 2026

5 things Ridley Scott's Napoleon left out about Josephine

She dined with an orangutan

Feb 3 • Ryan

2

2

January 2026

The LLM Narcissus trap

Unraveling the threads of language, mind, and life

Jan 6 • Ryan

3

2

3

December 2025

My favorite books of 2025

See you next year!

Dec 2, 2025 • Ryan

2

2

November 2025

The Epic of Gilgamesh is a cautionary tale

And the Flood myth too

Nov 4, 2025 • Ryan

10

6

October 2025

The Ottoman way of power

Slavery + conversion + meritocracy

Oct 7, 2025 • Ryan

4

6

2