I like to read. I also like making lists; so I have combined the two below! I try to read regularly, but sometimes life gets in the way.

Currently Reading

  • Software Requirements, by Karl Wiegers, Joy Beatty 📓

2025

  1. Sad Cypress, by Agatha Christie 📓
  2. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, by Agatha Christie 📓
  3. My Dream Time, by Ash Barty 📘
  4. Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World, by Anne-Laure Le Cunff 📓
  5. Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us, by Michael Moss 📓
  6. User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development, by Mike Cohn 📓
  7. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley 📓
  8. Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software, by Charles Petzold 📓
  9. Evil Under the Sun, by Agatha Christie 📓
  10. Why We Eat (Too Much): The New Science of Appetite, by Andrew Jenkinson 📓
  11. Lean Habits For Lifelong Weight Loss, by Georgie Fear 📓
  12. Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings: The rise and fall of Sierra On-Line, by Ken Williams 📓
  13. The Age of Intelligent Machines, by Ray Kurzweil 📓
  14. The Age of Spiritual Machines, by Ray Kurzweil 📓
  15. What Does It All Mean?: A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy, by Thomas Nagel 📓
  16. Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy, by Simon Blackburn 📓
  17. Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever, by Joseph Cox 📓
  18. The Hollow, by Agatha Christie 📓
  19. The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten: 100 Experiments for the Armchair Philosopher, by Julian Baggini 📓
  20. Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning, by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger, Mark A. McDaniel 📓

2024

  1. There Is No Antimemetics Division, by qntm 📓
  2. The Three-Body Problem, by Liu Cixin 📓
  3. The Dark Forest, by Liu Cixin 📓
  4. The Thursday Murder Club, by Richard Osman 📓
  5. Death's End, by Liu Cixin 📓
  6. Three Act Tragedy, by Agatha Christie 📓
  7. Death in the Clouds, by Agatha Christie 📓
  8. The Sparrow, by Mary Doria Russell 📓
  9. Murder in Mesopotamia, by Agatha Christie 📓
  10. Cards on the Table, by Agatha Christie 📓
  11. Murder in the Mews, by Agatha Christie 📓
  12. Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations, by Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, Gene Kim 📓
  13. Dumb Witness, by Agatha Christie 📓
  14. Atomic Habits, by James Clear 📓
  15. Dungeon Crawler Carl, by Matt Dinniman 🎧
  16. The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error, by Sidney Dekker 📓
  17. A Promised Land, by Barack Obama 🎧
  18. Agile Estimating and Planning, by Mike Cohn 📓
  19. Thinking In Systems: A Primer, by Donella H. Meadows, Diana Wright 📓
  20. Children of God, by Mary Doria Russell 📓
  21. Appointment with Death, by Agatha Christie 📓
  22. Hercule Poirot's Christmas, by Agatha Christie 📓

2023

  1. The Return of the King, by J.R.R. Tolkien 📘
  2. Daily Rituals: How Artists Work, by Mason Currey 📓
  3. Spelunky, by Derek Yu 📓
  4. The Big Four, by Agatha Christie 📓
  5. The Mystery of the Blue Train, by Agatha Christie 📓
  6. I'm Glad My Mom Died, by Jennette McCurdy 🎧
  7. The Well of Ascension, by Brandon Sanderson 📓
  8. The Hero of Ages, by Brandon Sanderson 📓
  9. Cover Story, by Susan Rigetti 📓
  10. Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?, by Michael J. Sandel 📓
  11. Peril at End House, by Agatha Christie 📓
  12. Lord Edgware Dies, by Agatha Christie 📓

2022

  1. Leviathan Falls, by James S.A. Corey 📓
  2. Anxious People, by Fredrik Backman 📓
  3. Poirot Investigates, by Agatha Christie 📓
  4. Accounting Game: Basic Accounting Fresh from the Lemonade Stand, by Darrell Mullis, Judith Orloff 📓
  5. On Stranger Tides, by Tim Powers 📓
  6. The Now Habit, by Neil A. Fiore 📓
  7. Stories of Your Life and Others, by Ted Chiang 📓

2021

  1. Cosmos, by Carl Sagan 📓
  2. Persepolis Rising, by James S.A. Corey 📓
  3. Auberon, by James S.A. Corey 📓
  4. The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien 📘
  5. Play Winning Chess, by Yasser Seirawan, Jeremy Silman 📓
  6. The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't, by Nate Silver 📓
  7. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, by Nate Silver 📓
  8. Designing Data-Intensive Applications, by Martin Kleppmann 📓
  9. The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide, by Jenna Fischer 📓
  10. Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software, by Eric Evans 📓
  11. Tiamat's Wrath, by James S.A. Corey 📓
  12. Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World, by Jason Hickel 📓
  13. A Bigger Picture, by Malcolm Turnbull 🎧
  14. The Final Empire, by Brandon Sanderson 📓
  15. The Two Towers, by J.R.R. Tolkien 📘
  16. Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea, by Barbara Demick 📓
  17. The Mysterious Affair at Styles, by Agatha Christie 📓
  18. We Are Legion (We Are Bob), by Dennis E. Taylor 🎧
  19. The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig 🎧
  20. The Murder on the Links, by Agatha Christie 📓
  21. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster, by Jon Krakauer 📓
  22. Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir 📓

2020

  1. The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K. Le Guin 📓
  2. Leviathan Wakes, by James S.A. Corey 📓
  3. The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood 📘
  4. Rework, by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson 📓
  5. The Butcher of Anderson Station, by James S.A. Corey 📓
  6. 11.22.63, by Stephen King 🎧
  7. Caliban's War, by James S.A. Corey 📓
  8. How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading, by Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren 📓
  9. Whistleblower: My Journey to Silicon Valley and Fight for Justice at Uber, by Susan Fowler 📓
  10. Gods of Risk, by James S.A. Corey 📓
  11. A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess 📘
  12. Abaddon's Gate, by James S.A. Corey 📓
  13. The Churn, by James S.A. Corey 📓
  14. Boy Swallows Universe, by Trent Dalton 🎧
  15. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, by John Carreyrou 📓
  16. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by Robert M. Pirsig 📘
  17. Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson 📘
  18. Cibola Burn, by James S.A. Corey 📓
  19. Death on the Nile, by Agatha Christie 📓
  20. Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov 📘
  21. The Stand, by Stephen King 🎧
  22. This is esports : An Insider’s Guide to the World of Pro Gaming, by Paul Chaloner 📓
  23. Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes 📓
  24. Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ, by Giulia Enders 🎧
  25. Nemesis Games, by James S.A. Corey 📓
  26. The Vital Abyss, by James S.A. Corey 📓
  27. Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, by David Simon 📓
  28. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley 📓
  29. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, by Anthony Bourdain 📓
  30. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick 📓
  31. The Resilience Project: Finding Happiness through Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness, by Hugh van Cuylenburg 📓
  32. Five Little Pigs, by Agatha Christie 📓
  33. The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less, by Barry Schwartz 📓
  34. Babylon's Ashes, by James S.A. Corey 📓
  35. So You've Been Publicly Shamed, by Jon Ronson 📓
  36. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy 📓
  37. The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance, by W. Timothy Gallwey 📓
  38. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 📓
  39. The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution, by Walter Isaacson 📓
  40. The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. Le Guin 📓
  41. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, by Bryan Stevenson 📓
  42. Shōgun, by James Clavell 🎧
  43. A Scanner Darkly, by Philip K. Dick 📓
  44. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, by Robin Wall Kimmerer 📓
  45. Strange Dogs, by James S.A. Corey 📓
  46. Self-Published Kindling: Memoirs of a Homeless Bookstore Owner, by Mik Everett 📓
  47. Ready Player Two, by Ernest Cline 🎧
  48. Exhalation: Stories, by Ted Chiang 📓

2019

  1. Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish, by James Scott Bell 📘
  2. High Fidelity, by Nick Hornby 📘
  3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, by Ken Kesey 📘
  4. The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America’s Wealthy, by Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko 📓
  5. Freedom™, by Daniel Suarez 🎧
  6. Common Sense on Mutual Funds: New Imperatives for the Intelligent Investor, by John C. Bogle 📓
  7. Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation, by Edward Chancellor 📘
  8. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams, by Matthew Walker 🎧
  9. The Great Depression: A Diary, by Benjamin Roth 📓
  10. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman 🎧
  11. Your Money and Your Brain, by Jason Zweig 📓
  12. How a Second Grader Beats Wall Street: Golden Rules Any Investor Can Learn, by Allan S. Roth 📓
  13. All about Asset Allocation, by Richard A. Ferri 📓
  14. The Design of Everyday Things, by Donald A. Norman 📓
  15. The Last Wish, by Andrzej Sapkowski 📓
  16. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, by Yuval Noah Harari 🎧
  17. Sword of Destiny, by Andrzej Sapkowski 📓
  18. Blood of Elves, by Andrzej Sapkowski 📓
  19. Artemis, by Andy Weir 🎧
  20. The Time of Contempt, by Andrzej Sapkowski 📓
  21. Bossypants, by Tina Fey 🎧
  22. Baptism of Fire, by Andrzej Sapkowski 📓
  23. The Tower of Swallows, by Andrzej Sapkowski 📓
  24. Columbus Day, by Craig Alanson 🎧
  25. Lady of the Lake, by Andrzej Sapkowski 📓
  26. Season of Storms, by Andrzej Sapkowski 📓
  27. Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson 📓
  28. The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts, by Gary Chapman 📓
  29. And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie 📓
  30. On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction, by William Zinsser 📘
  31. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman 🎧
  32. About a Boy, by Nick Hornby 📘
  33. Molly’s Game, by Molly Bloom 📘
  34. The Silver Linings Playbook, by Matthew Quick 📘
  35. The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins 📘
  36. Hyperion, by Dan Simmons 🎧
  37. Big Little Lies, by Liane Moriarty 📘
  38. House of Cards, by Michael Dobbs 📘
  39. To Play the King, by Michael Dobbs 📘
  40. Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold, by Stephen Fry 🎧
  41. The Final Cut, by Michael Dobbs 📘
  42. Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, by Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman, Julie Sussman 📓
  43. The Fall of Hyperion, by Dan Simmons 🎧
  44. A Dream About Lightning Bugs, by Ben Folds 📘
  45. Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis 📓
  46. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, by Stephen King 📓
  47. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, by Agatha Christie 📓
  48. The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, by Frederick P. Brooks Jr. 📘
  49. Endymion, by Dan Simmons 🎧
  50. Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, by Michael Lewis 📓
  51. Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture, by David Kushner 🎧
  52. The Dead Zone, by Stephen King 📓
  53. Remote: Office Not Required, by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson 📓
  54. The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions, by Jason Hickel 📓
  55. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones, by James Clear 📓
  56. The ABC Murders, by Agatha Christie 📓
  57. The Rise of Endymion, by Dan Simmons 🎧
  58. The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World, by Melinda Gates 📓

2018

  1. Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson 📘
  2. Solving the Procrastination Puzzle: A Concise Guide to Strategies for Change, by Timothy A. Pychyl 📘
  3. The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien 📘
  4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson 📘
  5. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner 📘
  6. The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles, by Steven Pressfield 📘
  7. Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems, by by Betsy Beyer, Chris Jones, Jennifer Petoff, Niall Richard Murphy 📘
  8. The Casual Vacancy, by J.K. Rowling 📘
  9. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain 📘
  10. The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde 📘
  11. The Girl Who Played with Fire, by Stieg Larsson 📘
  12. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, by Stieg Larsson 📘

2017

  1. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, by Cal Newport 🎧
  2. Catch-22, by Joseph Heller 🎧
  3. Don’t Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, by Steve Krug 📘
  4. American Gods, by Neil Gaiman 🎧
  5. Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl 📘
  6. A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. Le Guin 🎧
  7. Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman 📘
  8. Farewell, My Lovely, by Raymond Chandler 🎧
  9. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change, by Stephen R. Covey 📘
  10. The Princess Diarist, by Carrie Fisher 🎧
  11. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky 🎧
  12. Northern Lights, by Philip Pullman 📘
  13. How to Stop Worrying and Start Living, by Dale Carnegie 🎧
  14. The Subtle Knife, by Philip Pullman 📘
  15. The Amber Spyglass, by Philip Pullman 📘
  16. A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy, by William B. Irvine 🎧
  17. Thrawn, by Timothy Zahn 🎧
  18. The Barefoot Investor: The Only Money Guide You’ll Ever Need, by Scott Pape 🎧
  19. Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn 🎧
  20. Daemon, by Daniel Suarez 🎧

2016

  1. Dune, by Frank Herbert 🎧
  2. A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson 🎧
  3. Vurt, by Jeff Noon 🎧
  4. World War Z, by Max Brooks 🎧
  5. The Master of Whitestorm, by Janny Wurts 🎧
  6. The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win, by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford 🎧
  7. The Shining, by Stephen King 🎧
  8. The Big Sleep, by Raymond Chandler 🎧
  9. Murder on the Orient Express, by Agatha Christie 🎧
  10. You’re Never Weird on the Internet, by Felicia Day 🎧
  11. Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions, by Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths 🎧

2015

  1. The Martian, by Andy Weir 🎧
  2. The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives, by Leonard Mlodinow 🎧
  3. Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline 🎧

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