Celebrate Women's History Month
Nosemonkey
993 ratings (3.54 avg)
639 reviews

Nosemonkey

Add friend

Block Nosemonkey?

This will prevent Nosemonkey from sending you messages, friend request or from viewing your profile. They will not be notified. Comments on discussion boards from them will be hidden by default.
Sign in to Goodreads to learn more about Nosemonkey.


Nosemonkey’s favorite books

Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon How Dogs Think by Stanley Coren The Modern Mind by Peter Watson A Terrible Beauty by Peter Watson The Invisibles, Volume 1 by Grant Morrison The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt Dark Continent by Mark Mazower The Reformation by Diarmaid MacCulloch The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino London Orbital by Iain Sinclair
More…

Nosemonkey’s Bookshelves


Stats | More…

Nosemonkey is Currently Reading

India: A History
Nosemonkey is currently reading
Reading for the 2nd time
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars

progress: 
 
  (page 145 of 578)
— Feb 26, 2026 03:26PM

 
Feb 26, 2026 03:26PM
The Story of Film
Nosemonkey is currently reading
bookshelves: currently-reading
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars

progress: 
 
  (40%)
— Jan 11, 2026 05:28AM

 
Jan 11, 2026 05:28AM
The White Album: ...
Nosemonkey is currently reading
bookshelves: currently-reading
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars

 
Nov 30, 2025 01:54AM
See all 23 books that Nosemonkey is reading…

Nosemonkey’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century by Steven Pinker
5 highlights
Humans are cursed with attributing too much of their own knowledge to others (chapter 3), which means that overall there is a greater danger of prose being confusing because it has too few connectives than pedantic because it has too many. ...more
See Nosemonkey’s 12 books with notes and highlights…
Loading...

2026 Reading Challenge

Nosemonkey’s Year In Books

year in books
Nosemonkey’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Nosemonkey’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Go to Nosemonkey’s 2025 Year in Books

Nosemonkey’s Friends (75)

Erkan Saka
Erkan Saka
1,403 books | 586 friends

Robert ...
Robert Daguillard
229 books | 105 friends

Paul Evans
Paul Evans
130 books | 91 friends

Peter M...
Peter Mitchell
22 books | 9 friends

Nicola
Nicola
10 books | 18 friends

Matthew...
Matthew Humberstone
51 books | 49 friends

Mick Fe...
Mick Fealty
30 books | 327 friends

Giusepp...
Giuseppe Porcaro
188 books | 360 friends

More friends…

People Nosemonkey is Following

History...
Alistai...
Alia Pa...
Our Man...
N.K. Je...
Maria P...
17 people are following Nosemonkey

Favorite Genres

Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Non-fiction, and Science fiction


Polls voted on by Nosemonkey

Lists liked by Nosemonkey