Cailyn Hansen

be bold, take risks, make change
Updated: Feb. 19, 2026

Reading List

Follow along with the pieces that help shape my thinking about the world or just enjoy as a way to destress. Note that it's very much an abridged list. Sometimes I share my thoughts.

Novels

- Lost Children Archive
by Valeria Luiselli
TBD

- Babel, or the Necessity of Violence
by R. F. Kuang
Dark academia meets social justice praxis discussion, overall very good.

- Parable of the Sower
by Octavia Butler
My second favorite book. Highly recommend reading it alongside Emergent Strategy by Adrienne Marie Brown.

- Dawn
by Octavia Butler
My ABSOLUTE FAVORITE book of all time.

Nonfiction

- The Impossible Community: Realizing Communatarian Anarchism
by John P. Clark
An exploration of communitarian anarchism and its practical applications.

- Emergent Strategy
by Adrienne Marie Brown
The perfect companion to Parable of the Sower.