Derek Driggs

675 ratings (3.75 avg)
676 reviews

Derek Driggs

Sign in to Goodreads to learn more about Derek.

Sign In

Derek’s favorite books

The Master by Colm Tóibín

White Teeth by Zadie Smith

Nobody Knows My Name by James Baldwin

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X

Strength to Love by Martin Luther King Jr.

Selected Poems by Langston Hughes

The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante

An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures by Clarice Lispector

On Writing by Stephen King

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

More…

Derek’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (1040)
currently-reading‎ (1)
read‎ (680)
favorite‎ (97)
queer‎ (95)
spiritual-to-me‎ (52)

best-nonfiction‎ (49)
drama-drama‎ (48)
fantasy-i-liked‎ (39)
best-british-irish‎ (37)
religion‎ (31)
best-gay-novels‎ (30)

best-first-person-pov‎ (28)
family-drama‎ (28)
best-translated-fiction‎ (26)
best-contemporary-newish‎ (22)
campus-novels‎ (21)
good-scifi‎ (20)

priority-to-read‎ (5)
best-airport-books‎ (3)
dystopian‎ (0)

Stats | More…

Derek is Currently Reading

Tess of the D'Urb...

Derek Driggs is currently reading

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy

bookshelves: priority-to-read, currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Oct 25, 2025 09:12PM

Derek’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for Strange Weather in Tokyo

Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami

I’ve resigned myself to such gracelessness.

See Derek Driggs’s 9 books with notes and highlights…

2025 Reading Challenge

Img rccompleted

2025 Reading Challenge

Derek Driggs has read 202 books of his goal of 100!

202%

Derek’s Year In Books

year in books

Derek’s 2024 Year in Books

Take a look at Derek’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.

Go to Derek’s 2024 Year in Books

Derek’s Friends (404)

Mackie

Mackie

1,758 books | 154 friends

Connie G

Connie G

4,857 books | 550 friends

Stephen...

Stephen the Bookworm

1,041 books | 382 friends

Meike

Meike

2,671 books | 302 friends

Gaurav ...

Gaurav Sagar

2,780 books | 2,623 friends

Left Co...

Left Coast Justin

859 books | 156 friends

Erika S...

Erika Shore

543 books | 60 friends

Mark

Mark

999 books | 701 friends

More friends…

50 people are following Derek

Polls voted on by Derek

Lists liked by Derek