Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
Andrew Cooper
https://www.goodreads.com/meester_james
to-read
(81)
currently-reading (2)
read (386)
did-not-finish (0)
english-language-fiction (105)
classics (76)
europe (75)
non-fiction (59)
russian-language (57)
history (51)
tbr (36)
european-history (35)
currently-reading (2)
read (386)
did-not-finish (0)
english-language-fiction (105)
classics (76)
europe (75)
non-fiction (59)
russian-language (57)
history (51)
tbr (36)
european-history (35)
new-classics
(34)
nyrb (23)
french-language (21)
spanish-language (19)
british-lit (16)
nobel-laureate (16)
catholic-works (14)
german-language (14)
favorites (13)
latin-america (13)
mexico (13)
scandinavian (12)
nyrb (23)
french-language (21)
spanish-language (19)
british-lit (16)
nobel-laureate (16)
catholic-works (14)
german-language (14)
favorites (13)
latin-america (13)
mexico (13)
scandinavian (12)
Andrew Cooper
is currently reading
bookshelves:
classics,
new-classics,
spanish-language,
re-read,
nobel-laureate,
currently-reading,
espanol
Reading for the 5th time
read in October 2007
“He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.”
― Les Misérables
― Les Misérables
“If there really is such a thing as turning in one's grave, Shakespeare must get a lot of exercise.”
― All Art is Propaganda: Critical Essays
― All Art is Propaganda: Critical Essays
“Like a bicycle, like a wheel that, once rolling, is stable only so long as it keeps moving but falls when its momentum stops, so the game between a man and woman, once begun, can exist only so long as it progresses. If the forward movement today is no more than it was yesterday, the game is over.”
― Cancer Ward
― Cancer Ward
“When you re-read a classic you do not see in the book more than you did before. You see more in you than there was before.”
― Any Number Can Play
― Any Number Can Play
“Bless you prison, bless you for being in my life. For there, lying upon the rotting prison straw, I came to realize that the object of life is not prosperity as we are made to believe, but the maturity of the human soul.”
― The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
― The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
Dostoyevsky's Lair: Russian Literature
— 433 members
— last activity Apr 01, 2023 02:23PM
This group explores Russian literature with an emphasis on 19th/20th century authors.
Guardian Newspaper 1000 Novels
— 570 members
— last activity 1 hour, 4 min ago
The Guardian put together an excellent list entitled '1000 Novels Everyone Must Read', and this group will read books each month from a selection of t ...more
House of LitnLife archived
— 62 members
— last activity Jul 04, 2020 08:29PM
LITnLIFE IS NO LONGER ACTIVE. WE CEASED MEETING AFTER NINE ACTIVE YEARS. LitnLife (LAL) is a small community devoted to chapter-by-chapter reading an ...more
Andrew’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Andrew’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Book Club, Classics, Cooking, Fiction, Food, Historical fiction, History, Non-fiction, Politics, Science, Science fiction, Sports, and War
Polls voted on by Andrew
Lists liked by Andrew

































