A reading life, made visible
Here’s the evidence of the obsession.
2,614 books. 4,644 passages underlined. Hundreds of words traced back to their roots. This page is the data behind the delight — proof that language isn’t just something to use, it’s something to live inside.
“The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.”
— Voltaire
2,614
Books in the library
4,644
Passages underlined
285
Books finished with highlights
293+
Words documented with full etymology
Most underlined
Top highlighted books
Genres in the collection
What I read
Non-fiction 28%
~730 books
Psychology 12%
~313 books
Sci-fi / Fantasy 7%
~183 books
Word origins
Languages in the collection
Languages represented in documented word etymologies. Most English words trace through multiple languages — this shows their oldest known root.
The word collection
By the numbers
Longest word
Sesquipedalianism
The habit of using long words. 17 letters. Delightfully self-referential.
Most loved ✦
Sonder
Consistently the most saved and shared word in the collection.
Rarest find
Vellichor
Coined in 2013 — youngest word in the collection by centuries.
Most languages
Serendipity
Traces through Persian, Arabic, Italian, and English before landing here.
Oldest root
Melancholy
From Ancient Greek melas (black) + kholé (bile) — 2,500 years of sadness.
Most surprising
Salary
From Latin salarium — Roman soldiers were paid in salt. Worth its salt, indeed.
Kindle achievements
Reading milestones
📚
Bibliophile
Read 100+ books on Kindle
⚡
Speed Reader
Finished a book in a single sitting
🌙
Night Owl
Reading past midnight — regularly
🔥
On a Streak
Consecutive days reading
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From the margins
Passages worth keeping
Only 36 percent of the people we tested are able to accurately identify their emotions as they happen. This means that the majority of us are not aware of what we are feeling most of the time.
The more functional the family, the more they encourage their children to develop a full range of emotions — including the difficult ones. Emotional neglect is invisible, but its effects are not.
When we want to know if someone is interested in us, we put an enormous amount of effort into decoding every tiny interaction. We are, in short, terrible at knowing.
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