Miscellanea
- Name: Domenico Mergoni
- Email: d.mergoni -at- lse.ac.uk
- Work: London School of Economics
Amongst the things I like: Books, Movies, Cooking.
Books
I like reading books. This is a great website to find your next read (I also like my own analysis of this list). I have used a lot the platform Audible.
I interrupted my readings between Feb and Dec 2024 to improve my Spanish (was A2-B1, currently C1), and my Portuguese (currently B1). I am planning to write a page on how I learn languages, as it’s something I’m passionate about and have some experience doing.
| Title | Author | Status | Compl. on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf Hall | Hilary Mantel |  |
Jan ’25 |
| O Natal de Poirot | Agatha Christie |  |
Jan ’25 |
| A noite das bruxas | Agatha Christie | |
Jan ’25 |
| Title | Author | Status | Compl. on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flights | Olga Tokarczuk | |
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| I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | Maya Angelou | |
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| Notes from Underground | Fyodor Dostoevsky | |
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| The Call of the Wild | Jack London | |
Feb ’24 |
| Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland | Lewis Carroll | |
Jan ’24 |
| The Metamorphosis | Franz Kafka | |
Jan ’24 |
| Bartleby, the Scrivaner | Herman Melville | |
Jan ’24 |
| White Nights | Fyodor Dostoevsky | |
Jan ’24 |
| The Idiot | Fyodor Dostoevsky | |
Jan ’24 |
| Title | Author | Status | Compl. on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Il fu Mattia Pascal | Luigi Pirandello | |
Dec ’23 |
| First Love | Ivan Turgenev | |
Dec ’23 |
| The Kreutzer Sonata | Leo Tolstoy | |
Dec ’23 |
| The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Robert L. Stevenson | |
Dec ’23 |
| The Death of Ivan Ilyich | Leo Tolstoy | |
Dec ’23 |
| Murtagh | Cristopher Paolini | |
Nov ’23 |
| Emma | Jane Austen | |
Nov ’23 |
| Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen | |
Nov ’23 |
| Persuasion | Jane Austen | |
Oct ’23 |
| Uno, nessuno e centomila | Luigi Pirandello | |
Oct ’23 |
| Macbeth | William Shakespeare | |
Oct ’23 |
| Sphere | Michael Crichton | |
Sep ’23 |
| The Buried Giant | Kazuo Ishiguro | |
Sep ’23 |
| La Storia | Elsa Morante | |
Sep ’23 |
| Oedipus at Colonus | Sophocles | |
Aug ’23 |
| Baol | Stefano Benni | |
Aug ’23 |
| Oedipus Rex | Sophocles | |
Aug ’23 |
| Pantera | Stefano Benni | |
Aug ’23 |
| Blues in Sedici | Stefano Benni | |
Aug ’23 |
| The Pastures of Heaven | John Steinbeck | |
Aug ’23 |
| The Remains of the Day | Kazuo Ishiguro | |
Jul ’23 |
| The Return of the King | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
Jul ’23 |
| Swimming in the Dark | Tomasz Jedrowski | |
Jul ’23 |
| The Two Towers | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
Jun ’23 |
| The Fellowship of the Ring | J.R.R. Tolkien | |
Jun ’23 |
| Il Bar sotto il Mare | Stefano Benni | |
May ’23 |
| 2001: A Space Odyssey | Arthur C. Clarke | |
May ’23 |
| Never let Me go | Kazuo Ishiguro | |
May ’23 |
| Nocturnes | Kazuo Ishiguro | |
May ’23 |
| The Time Machine | H.G. Wells | |
May ’23 |
| A little Life | Hanya Yanagihara | |
May ’23 |
| A Room with a View | E.M. Forster | |
Apr ’23 |
| Drive your Plow over the Bones of the Dead | Olga Tokarczuk | |
Mar ’23 |
Next up (Suggestions appreciated)
| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| Ensaio sobre a cegueira | José Saramago |
| To the Lighthouse | Virginia Woolf |
| Atonement | Ian McEwan |
| The Sense of an Ending | Julian Barnes |
| Howards End | E.M. Forster |
| War of the Worlds | H. G. Wells |
| The Line of Beauty | Alan Hollinghurst |
Movies
I love watching movies. I am a proud owner of an Odeon membership, (which I stronly suggest to any UK-resident movie lover). I am also happy to pass along a list of good movies which was indicated to me from a dear cinephilic friend.
If you want to follow my film-watching, you can add me on Letterboxd (it’s like a Facebook for movies, super nice website).