Reading List

I like to read. I also like making lists; so I have combined the two below! My current goal is to read roughly three books each month.

Currently Reading

• A Promised Land, by Barack Obama 🎧
• There Is No Antimemetics Division, by qntm 📓

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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