Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
to-read
(328)
currently-reading (2)
read (142)
did-not-finish (1)
fiction (41)
favorites (24)
fantasy (16)
classic (15)
comic-books (13)
gothic (11)
romance (10)
currently-reading (2)
read (142)
did-not-finish (1)
fiction (41)
favorites (24)
fantasy (16)
classic (15)
comic-books (13)
gothic (11)
romance (10)
young-adult
(10)
classical (9)
horror (7)
irish-lit (7)
non-fiction (7)
japanese-lit (5)
manga (5)
science-fiction (5)
academic-literature (4)
mystery (4)
poetry (4)
classical (9)
horror (7)
irish-lit (7)
non-fiction (7)
japanese-lit (5)
manga (5)
science-fiction (5)
academic-literature (4)
mystery (4)
poetry (4)
progress:
(page 74 of 208)
"Interestingly enough, I feel like the movie improved on some details from the book. Still super cute, though." — Jul 17, 2026 05:02AM
"Interestingly enough, I feel like the movie improved on some details from the book. Still super cute, though." — Jul 17, 2026 05:02AM
“What if the meaning of life on earth is not eternal progress toward some unspecified goal—the engineering and production of more and more powerful technologies, the development of more and more complex and abstruse cultural forms? What if these things just rise and recede naturally, like tides, while the meaning of life remains the same always—just to live and be with other people?”
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
“You know why people pair up into couples? Because being a human is fucking terrifying. But it's a hell of a lot easier if you're not doing it by yourself.”
― Loveless
― Loveless
“Within relationships, the desire to have sex and the desire not to have sex are so often treated unequally because of the common belief that entering a relationship requires giving up a measure of consent.”
― Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
― Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
“I was tired, it was late, I was sitting half-asleep in the back of a taxi, remembering strangely that wherever I go, you are with me, and so is he, and that as long as you both live the world will be beautiful to me.”
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
“Maybe we're just born to love and worry about the people we know, and to go on loving and worrying even when there are more important things we should be doing. And if that means the human species is going to die out, isn't it in a way a nice reason to die out, the nicest reason you can imagine? Because when we should have been reorganising the distribution of the world's resources and transitioning collectively to a sustainable economic model, we were worrying about sex and friendship instead. Because we loved each other too much and found each other too interesting. And I love that about humanity, and in fact it's the very reason I root for us to survive - because we are so stupid about each other.”
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
Nikolai’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Nikolai’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
326 books
|
6 friends
663 books
|
1 friend
396 books
|
35 friends
457 books
|
9 friends
1,086 books
|
59 friends
265 books
|
19 friends
176 books
|
2 friends
215 books
|
15 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Nikolai
Lists liked by Nikolai