Discover new books on Goodreads

See if your friends have read any of Tom Ipri's books

534 ratings | 44 reviews | avg rating:4.03

Tom’s Year In Books

Tom’s 2025 Year in Books

Take a look at Tom’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.

Go to Tom’s 2025 Year in Books

Tom Ipri’s Followers (47)

Tom’s Bookshelves

to-read (331)
currently-reading (2)
read (553)
did-not-finish (0)
9-11 (3)
for-work (0)
movies (9)

Tom’s Friends (230)

Joy Weese Moll

2,000 books | 1,441 friends

Laurel

377 books | 1,693 friends

Roberto Scarlato

1,091 books | 2,092 friends

Jenny

590 books | 38 friends

Alicia

10,588 books | 441 friends

Olivia

1,004 books | 96 friends

Cory

4,085 books | 69 friends

Elizabeth

2,856 books | 160 friends

More friends…

Tom Ipri

Goodreads Author

Born

in Philadelphia, PA, The United States

Website

https://tomipri.com

Twitter

thomasipri

Genre

Fiction, Film, Photography

Member Since

June 2008

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/tomipri

edit data

Tom Ipri is a mid-career librarian, mid-life person, writer, reader, film buff, photographer, and food and drink enthusiast living and working in Philadelphia, PA.

His short stories have appeared in Monday Night, Ayris Magazine, Compose: A Journal of Simply Good Writing, The Casserole, Contraposition, and The Penmen Review.

In addition to his fiction, Tom has had poetry published in Small Brushes, Superior Poetry News and The Vermillion Literacy Project.
...more

Combine Editions
Tom Ipri’s books

Average rating: 4.4 · 5 ratings · 0 reviews · 2 distinct works

	King's Long Search 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kindred Spirits: Stories it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

Tom is Currently Reading

Tom is currently reading

Python's Kiss

by Louise Erdrich

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

23 hours, 12 min ago

Tom is currently reading

Infinite Jest

by David Foster Wallace

bookshelves: currently-reading

read in June 2010

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Jun 18, 2010 10:03PM

rss
Tom’s Recent Updates

Tom is currently reading Python's Kiss by Louise Erdrich	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23 hours, 12 min ago · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Python's Kiss by Louise Erdrich. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Python's Kiss by Louise Erdrich <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Tom liked Cory’s status update Cory started reading The God of the Woods
23 hours, 13 min ago · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The God of the Woods by Liz Moore. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The God of the Woods by Liz Moore <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Tom rated a book it was amazing It Will Come Back to You: Collected Stories by Sigrid Nunez	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23 hours, 14 min ago · like
Tom liked Cory’s status update Cory started reading Rental House
Jul 21, 2026 04:12PM · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Rental House by Weike Wang. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Rental House by Weike Wang <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Tom rated a book really liked it Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jul 21, 2026 04:11PM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Tom rated a book it was amazing A Working Girl Can't Win by Deborah Garrison	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jul 19, 2026 04:10PM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of A Working Girl Can't Win by Deborah Garrison. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — A Working Girl Can't Win by Deborah Garrison <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Tom rated a book liked it Slow Learner: Early Stories by Thomas Pynchon	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jul 18, 2026 03:47PM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Slow Learner by Thomas Pynchon. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Slow Learner by Thomas Pynchon <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Tom is currently reading Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jul 18, 2026 08:32AM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Tom is currently reading A Working Girl Can't Win by Deborah Garrison	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jul 18, 2026 08:31AM · like · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of A Working Girl Can't Win by Deborah Garrison. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — A Working Girl Can't Win by Deborah Garrison <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Tom entered a giveaway To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery by Neil deGrasse Tyson (Goodreads Author) 25 copies available, ends on August 04, 2026 Enter to win »
Jul 17, 2026 06:20AM · like · see giveaway · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of To Infinity and Beyond by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — To Infinity and Beyond by Neil deGrasse Tyson <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">

More of Tom's books…

Quotes by Tom Ipri (?)

“Verisimilitude is not my ambition. Everything I do is façade.”
― Tom Ipri, King's Long Search

2 likes

Tom’s Quotes

“Verisimilitude is not my ambition. Everything I do is façade.”
― Tom Ipri, King's Long Search

2 likes

“Everybody gets told to write about what they know. The trouble with many of us is that at the earlier stages of life we think we know everything- or to put it more usefully, we are often unaware of the scope and structure of our ignorance.”
― Thomas Pynchon, Slow Learner: Early Stories

tags: writing

196 likes

Tom’s Friend Comments

No comments have been added yet.

Tom Ipri’s Followers (47)

Tom Ipri

Goodreads Author

rssTom’s Recent Updates

See a Problem?

Preview — Python's Kiss by Louise Erdrich

See a Problem?

Preview — The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

See a Problem?

Preview — Rental House by Weike Wang

See a Problem?

Preview — Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay

See a Problem?

Preview — A Working Girl Can't Win by Deborah Garrison

See a Problem?

Preview — Slow Learner by Thomas Pynchon

See a Problem?

Preview — Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay

See a Problem?

Preview — A Working Girl Can't Win by Deborah Garrison

See a Problem?

Preview — To Infinity and Beyond by Neil deGrasse Tyson

rss
Tom’s Recent Updates