The Motherlode Reading Library

MOTHERLODE ::: BOOKS

The Motherlode book section is a living archive—part library, part séance—where essential texts, lost volumes, and future classics sit side by side. These books aren’t arranged by genre or era but by influence, disruption, and the strange electricity they still carry. Read closely: this shelf isn’t about what was written—it’s about what keeps happening.

ESSAY

Delights of Incognito
Louise Imogen Guiney

Louise Imogen Guiney

A modern twist on Boston Visionist Louise Guiney's 1893 essay, "On The Delights of Incognito."

RECOMMENDED

The Sweet 16
David Bowie

16 Books David Bowie Wants You To Read

David Bowie left behind a list of 100 books one should read. We've boiled it down to our favorite 16.

NON-FICTION

Klit Killingworth
Mucholapka

Charles Crane Paints Alphose Mucha

Presidents and world leaders are often looked upon as the entities that control our world. In ways they do and in other ways, they are just another pretty face.

FICTION

As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner

As I Lay Dying - William Faulkner

A Southern funeral becomes a polyphonic descent into madness and grief. Each voice tells a different truth, and none of them are stable.