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Early Notes

The Venture of Islam vol 1 - Hodgson: Appropriate to historians in the 1970s, he cites nothing and makes plenty of poorly elaborted general claims about civilizational evolution that don't actually matter very much. Still seems foundational enough, and well written enough, to keep reading.
Stream Ecology - Allan et al: Re-reading this textbook from an old class in hopes that it can inform some aspects of natural area management at work.
Tools of the Trade - Sally: Working through some of these very elementary exercises in mathematical-logical thinking is very refreshing.

To-Read Lists

These lists are meant to be suggestive of the topics I'm interested in. They are not comprehensive.

Biology, Evolution, Ecology, and other Natural Sciences
1. Wetland Ecology - Keddy
2. Songbird Behavior and Conservation in the Anthropocene - Proppe et al
3. Evolution - Zimmer
4. On the Origin of Species - Darwin
5. Annals of the Former World - McPhee
6. Life Fantastic - Gould
7. Tools of the Trade - Sally

History and Politics
1. The River, the Plain, and the State - Zhang
2. Nature's Metropolis - Cronon
3. Ecological Imperialism - Crosby
4. Fanshen - Hinton
5. Rice in the Time of Sugar - Perez
6. Carbon Technocracy - Seow
7. Capitalism in the Web of Life - Moore
8. Sweetness and Power - Sidney Mintz

Theory, Criticism, and Philospohy
1. Capital - Marx
2. Science of Logic - Hegel
3. Clear Serenity, Quiet Insight - Zhiyi

Literature and Film
1. Wizard of the Crow - Ngugi wa Thiongo
2. Petersberg - Andrei Bely
3. Native Son - Richard Wright
4. Paradiso - Jose Lezama Lima
5. Collected Poetry - Derek Walcott
6. The English Understand Wool - Helen DeWitt
7. The Red and the Black - Stendhal
8. The Carnival Trilogy - Wilson Harris
9. Gargantua and Pantagruel - Rabelais
10. Poems - Elizabeth Bishop
11. Crab Ship Cannery - Takiji Kobayashi
12. Water Margin - Shi Nai'an