My Library

I love reading both fiction and non-fiction books. Here I keep a short review for each book I finish. This section is mainly for my benefit, but write me a message if you’d like to talk about books.

2024

• William B. Irvine - A Guide to the Good Life ( non-fiction , history , self-help , philosophy )
• Rob Fitzpatrick - The Mom Test ( non-fiction , business )
• Atul Gawande - The Checklist Manifesto ( non-fiction , science , self-help , productivity )
• Jornad Mechner - The Making of Prince of Persia ( non-fiction , history , software engineering )
• James Gleick - Isaac Newton ( history , science )
• Tiago Forte - Building a Second Brain ( non-fiction , writing , productivity )
• Martin Gurri - The Revolt of the Public ( non-fiction , history , rationality , philosophy , productivity )
• J. Storrs Hall - Where Is My Flying Car?: A Memoir of Future Past ( non-fiction , science , history , rationality )
• Charles T. Munger, Peter D. Kaufman - Poor Charlie's Almanack ( non-fiction , finance , history , rationality , business , investing )
• David Grann - The Wager A Tale of Shipwreck ( non-fiction , history , self-help )
• M. Mitchell Waldrop - The Dream Machine ( non-fiction , science , history , software engineering )

2023

• Isaac Asimov - Second Foundation ( fiction , sci-fi )
• Isaac Asimov - Foundation and Empire ( fiction , sci-fi )
• Isaac Asimov - Foundation ( fiction , sci-fi )
• James S.A. Corey - Leviathan Falls ( fiction , sci-fi , expanse-series , audiobook )
• James S.A. Corey - Tiamat's Wrath ( fiction , sci-fi , expanse-series , audiobook )
• James S.A. Corey - Persepolis Rising ( fiction , sci-fi , expanse-series , audiobook )
• James S.A. Corey - Babylon's Ashes ( fiction , sci-fi , expanse-series , audiobook )

2022

• James S.A. Corey - Nemesis Games ( fiction , sci-fi , expanse-series , audiobook )
• James S.A. Corey - Cibola Burn ( fiction , sci-fi , expanse-series , audiobook )
• James S.A. Corey - Abaddon's Gate ( fiction , sci-fi , expanse-series , audiobook )
• Randall Munroe - What if? 2 ( science , comedy )
• James S.A. Corey - Caliban's War ( fiction , sci-fi , expanse-series , audiobook )
• James S.A. Corey - Leviathan Wakes ( fiction , sci-fi , expanse-series , audiobook )
• Pratchett, Gaiman - Good Omens ( fiction , fantasy , comedy , audiobook )
• Andy Weir - Martian ( fiction , sci-fi , audiobook )
• Blake Crouch - Dark Matter ( audiobook , fiction , sci-fi , thriller )
• Shane Parrish - The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts ( non-fiction , rationality )
• Marc-Uwe Kling - Qualityland ( audiobook , fiction , sci-fi , comedy )
• Terry Pratchett - Making Money ( audiobook , fiction , fantasy , comedy )
• Terry Pratchett - Going Postal ( audiobook , fiction , fantasy , comedy )

2021

• Philipp Dettmer - Immune ( non-fiction , biology , science )
• Plato - Apology ( non-fiction , philosophy )
• Jim Paul - What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars ( non-fiction , finance , investing )
• Denis E. Taylor - Heaven's River ( audiobook , fiction , sci-fi )
• Nassim Taleb - The Black Swan ( non-fiction , finance , rationality )
• Andy Weir - Project Hail Mary ( audiobook , fiction , sci-fi )
• Crucial Conversations ( non-fiction , self-help )
• Frank Herbert - Dune ( audiobook , fiction , sci-fi )
• Richard P. Feynman - Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman! ( non-fiction , biography , science )
• Ursula K. Le Guin - The Lathe of Heaven ( fiction , sci-fi , science )
• Software Engineering at Google ( non-fiction , software engineering )
• J.L. Collins - The simple path to wealth ( non-fiction , finance )
• George S. Clason - The Richest Man in Babylon ( audiobook , non-fiction , finance )
• Blake Crouch - Recursion ( audiobook , fiction , sci-fi )
• Dan Vanderkam - Effective TypeScript ( non-fiction , software engineering )
• Terry Pratchett - Snuff ( audiobook , fiction , fantasy , comedy )
• Randall Munroe - What if?: serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions ( non-fiction , science , comedy )

2020

• Terry Pratchett - Night Watch ( audiobook , fiction , fantasy , comedy )
• Terry Pratchett - The Fifth Elephant ( audiobook , fiction , fantasy , comedy )
• Pierre Hadot - Philosophy as a Way of Life ( non-fiction , philosophy , biography )
• Terry Pratchett - Jingo ( audiobook , fiction , fantasy , comedy )
• Epictetus - Encheiridioin ( non-fiction , philosophy )
• Terry Pratchett - Feet of Clay ( audiobook , fiction , fantasy , comedy )
• Pierce Brown - Morning Star ( fiction , sci-fi )
• Pierce Brown - Golden Son ( fiction , sci-fi )
• Pierce Brown - Red Rising ( fiction , sci-fi )
• Douglas E. Harding - On Having No Head ( non-fiction , spirituality )
• Ryan Singer - Shape Up ( non-fiction , business )
• Terry Pratchett - Men at Arms ( audiobook , fiction , fantasy , comedy )
• Fried, Hansson - It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work ( non-fiction , business )
• David Allen - Getting Things Done ( non-fiction , self-help , productivity )
• Terry Pratchett - Guards! Guards! ( audiobook , fiction , fantasy , comedy )
• Gary Provost - 100 Ways to Improve Your Writing ( non-fiction , writing )
• Sönke Ahrens - How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers ( non-fiction , note taking , zettelkasten , slipbox )
• Richard P. Feynman - What Do You Care What Other People Think? ( non-fiction , biography , science )
• Bohumil Hrabal - I Served the King of England ( fiction , history )
• David Thomas, Andrew Hunt - The Pragmatic Programmer ( non-fiction , software engineering )
• Cal Newport - Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World ( non-fiction , self-help )
• Burton G. Malkiel - A Random Walk Down Wall Street ( non-fiction , finance )
• Amor Towles - Rules of Civility ( fiction , history )
• David Spiegelhalter - The Art of Statistics: How to Learn from Data ( non-fiction , science )
• Terry Pratchett - Small Gods ( audiobook , fiction , fantasy , comedy )
• Karel Čapek - R.U.R. ( fiction , sci-fi )
• Randall Munroe - How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems ( non-fiction , science , comedy )
• Sue Burke - Semiosis ( audiobook , fiction , sci-fi )
• Susan Basterfield, Anthony Cabraal - Better work together: How the power of community can transform your business ( non-fiction )

2016

• Scott Adams - How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life ( non-fiction , self-help )