Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
to-read
(66)
currently-reading (6)
read (429)
did-not-finish (1)
french (33)
2023 (30)
aclassictheysay (29)
2024 (24)
2025 (20)
currently-reading (6)
read (429)
did-not-finish (1)
french (33)
2023 (30)
aclassictheysay (29)
2024 (24)
2025 (20)
gddcbookclub
(17)
2026 (15)
historicalfiction (14)
whodundunit (13)
cestunmystère (12)
didnotfinish (9)
nonfiction (8)
e-book (7)
intranslation (6)
2026 (15)
historicalfiction (14)
whodundunit (13)
cestunmystère (12)
didnotfinish (9)
nonfiction (8)
e-book (7)
intranslation (6)
To be sure, there was a doomed romance in the notion of republican failure, a poetry in those archetypes of futility. But Gerry Adams was not a romantic.
“A man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time”
― The Odyssey
― The Odyssey
“Few sons are like their fathers--most are worse, few better.”
― The Odyssey
― The Odyssey
“Men are so quick to blame the gods: they say
that we devise their misery. But they
themselves- in their depravity- design
grief greater than the griefs that fate assigns.”
― The Odyssey
that we devise their misery. But they
themselves- in their depravity- design
grief greater than the griefs that fate assigns.”
― The Odyssey
“I don't see myself very clearly.
Then look at the people who love you...Look into their eyes and see what they're seeing; that's all you need to know yourself.”
― The Night Listener
Then look at the people who love you...Look into their eyes and see what they're seeing; that's all you need to know yourself.”
― The Night Listener
“However complicated you think it is, everything is always more complicated than that.”
― The Power
― The Power
DB’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at DB’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
3,554 books
|
2,938 friends
796 books
|
16 friends
677 books
|
37 friends
1,074 books
|
1,145 friends
1,153 books
|
96 friends
30 books
|
2 friends
1,220 books
|
88 friends
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by DB
Lists liked by DB