Nicholas Whyte 白怀珂
@nwhyte.bsky.social
He/him. International affairs strategist & expert, science fiction fan, psephologist; posts personal. Will block rude people and bigots.
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2025 book 272: The Decline of the English Murder, and other essays, by George Orwell
November 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
2025 book 272: The Decline of the English Murder, and other essays, by George Orwell
My top book of 1893:
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle (published in 1893 though first edition is dated 1894)
(shout out to Pelléas et Mélisande, by Maurice Maeterlinck)
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle (published in 1893 though first edition is dated 1894)
(shout out to Pelléas et Mélisande, by Maurice Maeterlinck)
November 17, 2025 at 9:51 AM
My top book of 1893:
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/february-boo...
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle (published in 1893 though first edition is dated 1894)
(shout out to Pelléas et Mélisande, by Maurice Maeterlinck)
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/february-boo...
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle (published in 1893 though first edition is dated 1894)
(shout out to Pelléas et Mélisande, by Maurice Maeterlinck)
My top book of 1892:
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle
(and an "ugh!" for Bruges-la-Morte, by Georges Rodenbach)
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle
(and an "ugh!" for Bruges-la-Morte, by Georges Rodenbach)
November 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
My top book of 1892:
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/february-boo...
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle
(and an "ugh!" for Bruges-la-Morte, by Georges Rodenbach)
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle
(and an "ugh!" for Bruges-la-Morte, by Georges Rodenbach)
My top book of 1891:
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Gösta Berling's Saga, by Selma Lagerlöf
(shout outs to The Light that Failed, by Rudyard Kipling, and Tess of the d'Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy)
(Conscious that this list is turning out to be rather male - it gets better from 1901)
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Gösta Berling's Saga, by Selma Lagerlöf
(shout outs to The Light that Failed, by Rudyard Kipling, and Tess of the d'Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy)
(Conscious that this list is turning out to be rather male - it gets better from 1901)
November 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
My top book of 1891:
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Gösta Berling's Saga, by Selma Lagerlöf
(shout outs to The Light that Failed, by Rudyard Kipling, and Tess of the d'Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy)
(Conscious that this list is turning out to be rather male - it gets better from 1901)
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/may-books-28...
Gösta Berling's Saga, by Selma Lagerlöf
(shout outs to The Light that Failed, by Rudyard Kipling, and Tess of the d'Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy)
(Conscious that this list is turning out to be rather male - it gets better from 1901)
My top book of 1890:
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The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde
(shout outs to Hunger, by Knut Hamsun, and The Sign of Four, by Arthur Conan Doyle)
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The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde
(shout outs to Hunger, by Knut Hamsun, and The Sign of Four, by Arthur Conan Doyle)
November 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
My top book of 1890:
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The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde
(shout outs to Hunger, by Knut Hamsun, and The Sign of Four, by Arthur Conan Doyle)
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/april-books-...
The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde
(shout outs to Hunger, by Knut Hamsun, and The Sign of Four, by Arthur Conan Doyle)
My top book of 1889:
Three Men in a Boat, by Jerome K. Jerome
(seems to be the only book first published in full in 1889 that I have read, but I love it)
Three Men in a Boat, by Jerome K. Jerome
(seems to be the only book first published in full in 1889 that I have read, but I love it)
November 16, 2025 at 10:06 AM
My top book of 1889:
Three Men in a Boat, by Jerome K. Jerome
(seems to be the only book first published in full in 1889 that I have read, but I love it)
Three Men in a Boat, by Jerome K. Jerome
(seems to be the only book first published in full in 1889 that I have read, but I love it)
My top book of 1888:
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Looking Backward: from 2000 to 1887, by Edward Bellamy
(shout outs to The Happy Prince, by Oscar Wilde, and Under the Yoke, by Ivan Vazov)
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Looking Backward: from 2000 to 1887, by Edward Bellamy
(shout outs to The Happy Prince, by Oscar Wilde, and Under the Yoke, by Ivan Vazov)
November 16, 2025 at 10:04 AM
My top book of 1888:
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Looking Backward: from 2000 to 1887, by Edward Bellamy
(shout outs to The Happy Prince, by Oscar Wilde, and Under the Yoke, by Ivan Vazov)
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Looking Backward: from 2000 to 1887, by Edward Bellamy
(shout outs to The Happy Prince, by Oscar Wilde, and Under the Yoke, by Ivan Vazov)
My top book of 1887:
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A Study in Scarlet, by Arthur Conan Doyle
(shout out to The Magic Fishbone, by Charles Dickens, and to Fortunata and Jacinta, by Benito Pérez Galdós)
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A Study in Scarlet, by Arthur Conan Doyle
(shout out to The Magic Fishbone, by Charles Dickens, and to Fortunata and Jacinta, by Benito Pérez Galdós)
November 15, 2025 at 10:24 AM
My top book of 1887:
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A Study in Scarlet, by Arthur Conan Doyle
(shout out to The Magic Fishbone, by Charles Dickens, and to Fortunata and Jacinta, by Benito Pérez Galdós)
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/february-boo...
A Study in Scarlet, by Arthur Conan Doyle
(shout out to The Magic Fishbone, by Charles Dickens, and to Fortunata and Jacinta, by Benito Pérez Galdós)
My top book of 1886:
Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson
(shout out to The Death of Ivan Ilyich, by Leo Tolstoy, and The Story of the Heavens, by Robert Stawell Ball)
Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson
(shout out to The Death of Ivan Ilyich, by Leo Tolstoy, and The Story of the Heavens, by Robert Stawell Ball)
November 15, 2025 at 10:22 AM
My top book of 1886:
Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson
(shout out to The Death of Ivan Ilyich, by Leo Tolstoy, and The Story of the Heavens, by Robert Stawell Ball)
Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson
(shout out to The Death of Ivan Ilyich, by Leo Tolstoy, and The Story of the Heavens, by Robert Stawell Ball)
My top book of 1885:
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After London by Richard Jefferies
(shout out to A Child's Garden of Verses, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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After London by Richard Jefferies
(shout out to A Child's Garden of Verses, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
November 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
My top book of 1885:
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After London by Richard Jefferies
(shout out to A Child's Garden of Verses, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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After London by Richard Jefferies
(shout out to A Child's Garden of Verses, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
2025 book 271: The Year Before Yesterday, by Brian W. Aldiss
November 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
2025 book 271: The Year Before Yesterday, by Brian W. Aldiss
2025 book 270: The Great Hunger: Ireland, 1845-1849
November 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
2025 book 270: The Great Hunger: Ireland, 1845-1849
My top book of 1884:
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
(shout out to Flatland, by E.E. Abbott)
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
(shout out to Flatland, by E.E. Abbott)
November 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
My top book of 1884:
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
(shout out to Flatland, by E.E. Abbott)
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
(shout out to Flatland, by E.E. Abbott)
My top book of 1883:
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Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson
(shout outs to Pinocchio, by Carlo Collodi, and The Black Arrow, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson
(shout outs to Pinocchio, by Carlo Collodi, and The Black Arrow, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
November 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
My top book of 1883:
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/december-boo...
Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson
(shout outs to Pinocchio, by Carlo Collodi, and The Black Arrow, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson
(shout outs to Pinocchio, by Carlo Collodi, and The Black Arrow, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
My top book of 1882
Bevis: the Story of a Boy, by Richard Jefferies
(seems to be the only book first published in full in 1882 that I have read, but I have fond memories)
Bevis: the Story of a Boy, by Richard Jefferies
(seems to be the only book first published in full in 1882 that I have read, but I have fond memories)
November 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
My top book of 1882
Bevis: the Story of a Boy, by Richard Jefferies
(seems to be the only book first published in full in 1882 that I have read, but I have fond memories)
Bevis: the Story of a Boy, by Richard Jefferies
(seems to be the only book first published in full in 1882 that I have read, but I have fond memories)
#ThursdayArt
The Tree of Life (1952), by Hans Petri, a monument to the Second World War and to the Liberation, in Park Merwestein in the town of Dordrecht, where we saw it in 2019.
The Tree of Life (1952), by Hans Petri, a monument to the Second World War and to the Liberation, in Park Merwestein in the town of Dordrecht, where we saw it in 2019.
November 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
#ThursdayArt
The Tree of Life (1952), by Hans Petri, a monument to the Second World War and to the Liberation, in Park Merwestein in the town of Dordrecht, where we saw it in 2019.
The Tree of Life (1952), by Hans Petri, a monument to the Second World War and to the Liberation, in Park Merwestein in the town of Dordrecht, where we saw it in 2019.
November 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
My top book of 1880:
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Washington Square, by Henry James
(shout outs to Ben-Hur, and A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain)
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Washington Square, by Henry James
(shout outs to Ben-Hur, and A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain)
November 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
My top book of 1880:
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Washington Square, by Henry James
(shout outs to Ben-Hur, and A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain)
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Washington Square, by Henry James
(shout outs to Ben-Hur, and A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain)
November 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
My top book of 1878:
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Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy
(shout out to An Inland Voyage, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy
(shout out to An Inland Voyage, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
November 12, 2025 at 11:35 AM
My top book of 1878:
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Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy
(shout out to An Inland Voyage, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy
(shout out to An Inland Voyage, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
My top book of 1877:
Black Beauty, by Anna Sewell
(seems to be the only book first published in full in 1877 that I have read)
Black Beauty, by Anna Sewell
(seems to be the only book first published in full in 1877 that I have read)
November 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
My top book of 1877:
Black Beauty, by Anna Sewell
(seems to be the only book first published in full in 1877 that I have read)
Black Beauty, by Anna Sewell
(seems to be the only book first published in full in 1877 that I have read)
My top book of 1876:
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain
(shout outs to Daniel Deronda, by George Eliot, and The Hunting of the Snark, by Lewis Carroll)
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain
(shout outs to Daniel Deronda, by George Eliot, and The Hunting of the Snark, by Lewis Carroll)
November 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
My top book of 1876:
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain
(shout outs to Daniel Deronda, by George Eliot, and The Hunting of the Snark, by Lewis Carroll)
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain
(shout outs to Daniel Deronda, by George Eliot, and The Hunting of the Snark, by Lewis Carroll)
2025 book 269: Gitanjali, by Rabindranath Tagore
November 12, 2025 at 7:47 AM
2025 book 269: Gitanjali, by Rabindranath Tagore
My top book of 1875:
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The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne
(From 1875, I have only read this, and Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott, and to be honest I didn't think either was great; but Verne is more my thing.)
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The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne
(From 1875, I have only read this, and Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott, and to be honest I didn't think either was great; but Verne is more my thing.)
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
My top book of 1875:
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The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne
(From 1875, I have only read this, and Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott, and to be honest I didn't think either was great; but Verne is more my thing.)
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/the-mysterio...
The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne
(From 1875, I have only read this, and Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott, and to be honest I didn't think either was great; but Verne is more my thing.)
My top book of 1874:
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I think I want Middlemarch again, for its first book publication.
(not really a fan of Far From the Madding Crowd, by Thomas Hardy)
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I think I want Middlemarch again, for its first book publication.
(not really a fan of Far From the Madding Crowd, by Thomas Hardy)
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
My top book of 1874:
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I think I want Middlemarch again, for its first book publication.
(not really a fan of Far From the Madding Crowd, by Thomas Hardy)
fromtheheartofeurope.eu/middlemarch-...
I think I want Middlemarch again, for its first book publication.
(not really a fan of Far From the Madding Crowd, by Thomas Hardy)