79,510 books
—
296,331 voters
Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
FOR SOME reason the cherubim, those chubby, rosy-cheeked little boys that throng the paintings of the late Renaissance and Baroque period, have stuck in our consciousness as the true image of angels. And it may not be a complete
...more
“Someone had said, and Wilhelm agreed with the saying, that in Los Angeles all the loose objects in the country were collected, as if America had been tilted and everything that wasn’t tightly screwed down had slid into Southern California.”
― Seize the Day
― Seize the Day
“It's begun,' Lenin replied. 'I'm dizzy. From being on the run to supreme power--that's too much---and according to Trotsky made the sign of the Cross.”
― Lenin the Dictator
― Lenin the Dictator
“Mass movements are always so unhip. That’s what was great about punk. It was an antimovement, because there was knowledge there from the very beginning that with mass appeal comes all those tedious folks who need to be told what to think. Hip can never be a mass movement. And culturally, the gay liberation movement and all the rest of the movements were the beginning of political correctness, which was just fascism to us. Real fascism. More rules.”
― Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
― Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
“Intellectuals are naturally attracted by the idea of a planned society, in the belief that they will be in charge of it.”
― Fools, Frauds and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left
― Fools, Frauds and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left
“Overnight, punk had become as stupid as everything else. This wonderful vital force that was articulated by the music was really about corrupting every form—it was about advocating kids to not wait to be told what to do, but make life up for themselves, it was about trying to get people to use their imaginations again, it was about not being perfect, it was about saying it was okay to be amateurish and funny, that real creativity came out of making a mess, it was about working with what you got in front of you and turning everything embarrassing, awful, and stupid in your life to your advantage.”
― Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
― Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
Spanish Learning books
— 154 members
— last activity Nov 03, 2025 12:04PM
A group for sharing literature in Spanish that's suited to learning the language at a beginner and intermediate level. ...more
Miracles live in books.
— 29 members
— last activity Dec 15, 2020 01:23PM
This group is about our greatest power and tool. Imagination! The capacity to create worlds, through writing, through reading, through images we creat ...more
Leabhair i nGaeilge - Books in Irish
— 10 members
— last activity Jun 19, 2023 04:33PM
Find your next book to read in Irish. We're here to help one another with reviews and discussions of books in Irish/Gaeilge/Irish Gaelic. All levels o ...more
The book you like most
— 51122 members
— last activity 8 hours, 50 min ago
This group (ranked in the TOP 100 most popular groups on Goodreads) is dedicated to the "Vision and Story" project. Additionally, the group THE BOOK ...more
Theology, Meaning, and Morality
— 326 members
— last activity 2 hours, 59 min ago
A space for thoughtful discussion on theology and beyond: meaning, morality, and the depths to understanding human life. This group welcomes diverse ...more
John ’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at John ’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,681 books
|
19 friends
742 books
|
503 friends
948 books
|
155 friends
3,695 books
|
172 friends
519 books
|
278 friends
5,735 books
|
686 friends
552 books
|
760 friends
3,447 books
|
2,796 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Classics, Fiction, History, Literary Fiction, Music, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Religion, Travel, and War
Polls voted on by John
Lists liked by John