Reading is my vice. Not enough time, too many books :)
My Lindy list is here.
All the rest, are below the handy dandy legend in the next para.
Most books are fiction and unmarked
¶ for Lindy books
* for the ones I love
† for most non fiction
‡ for tech / work / study / reference stuff
# for alternate media (like video or audio)
numbers are footnotes
Some book titles might be repeated (in addition to the annual Lindy reads :) )
After all, we are what we re-read :)
2022
- White Fire, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- Blue Labyrinth, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- Crimson Shore, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- The Obsidian Chamber, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- City of Endless Night, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- Verses for the Dead, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- Crooked River, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- Bloodless, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- Thunderhead, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- The Scorpion’s Tail, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- Old Bones, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- The Art of PostgreSQL, Dimitri Fontaine‡
- Hourly Billing Is Nuts, Jonathan Stark†
- Drive, James S. A. Corey*
- The Churn, James S. A. Corey*
- The Butcher of Anderson Station, James S. A. Corey*
- Leviathan Wakes, James S. A. Corey*
- Caliban’s War, James S. A. Corey*
- Gods of Risk, James S. A. Corey*
- Nemesis Games, James S. A. Corey*
- Babylon’s Ashes, James S. A. Corey*
- Strange Dogs, James S. A. Corey*
- Persepolis Rising, James S. A. Corey*
- Auberon, James S. A. Corey*
- Tiamat’s Wrath, James S. A. Corey*
- Leviathan Falls, James S. A. Corey*
- Memory’s Legion, James S. A. Corey*
- Django for Beginners, William S. Vincent*‡
- Django for APIs, William S. Vincent*‡
- Django for Professionsals, William S. Vincent*‡
- Domesticate Your Badgers: Become a Better Writer through Deliberate Practice, Michael W. Lucas*‡
- How I Use Cliffhangers, Michael W. Lucas*‡
- How I Use Footnotes, Michael W. Lucas*‡
- The Heart and the Bottle, Oliver Jeffers*
- Farewell, My Lovely, Raymond Chandler
- Devil in a Blue Dress, Walter Mosley
- The Personal Librarian, Victoria Christopher Murray, Marie Benedict
- Dirty Pretty Things, Michael Faudet
- Bitter Sweet Love, Michael Faudet
- Code, Charles Petzold*‡
- The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden, Jonas Jonasson*
- The Bootstrap 4 Bootcamp, Colt Steele*‡#
- Milk and Honey, Rupi Kaur*
- The Sun and Her Flowers, Rupi Kaur*
- Home Body, Rupi Kaur*
- Mastery, Robert Greene*‡
- Human Resources (Hardcore History 68), Dan Carlin*†#
- Mad Max: Fury Road, George Miller, Nico Lathouris & Mark Sexton*
- Ultimate Go Programming, William Kennedy (Video Course on O’Reilly Safari)*‡#
- The Kraken Project, Douglas Preston*
- Blasphemy, Douglas Preston
- Hugo in Action, Atishay Jain‡
- The Codex, Douglas Preston
- Learn C the Hard Way, Zed Shaw*‡
- How DNS Works, Julia Evans*‡
- Programming in ANSI C, E Balagurusamy*‡
- Gideon’s Sword, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- Gideon’s Corpse, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- The Lost Island, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- Writing Habit Mastery, S. J. Scott‡
- Embrace the Struggle, Zig Ziglar†
- The Affinity Bridge, George Mann
- The Osiris Ritual, George Mann
- The Immorality Engine, George Mann
- Beyond the Ice Limit, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- The Pharoah Key, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- Digital Minimalism, Cal Newport*‡
- Buddha in Blue Jeans, Tai Sheridan*†
- Recession Proof Graduate, Charlie Hoehn*‡
- Guide to Markdown Mode for Emacs, Jason Blevins*‡
- The (Illustrated) Children’s Guide to Kubernetes, Matt Butcher, Karen Chu & Bailey Beougher*‡
- Phippy Goes to the Zoo, A Kubernetes Story, Matt Butcher, Karen Chu & Bailey Beougher*‡
- The Lincoln Lawyer, Michael Connelly*
- Admiral Bash’s Island Adventure, By Simon Forster, John Forman, Robert Glenn & Danielle Cook*‡
- From 00-K8S, With Love, Matt Butcher, Karen Chu, Lachlan Evenson, Loretta Ford*‡
- Phippy and Zee Go to the Mountains, Dave, Boden, and Zenna Cadwallader*‡
- Phippy in Space, Citlali Tolia & Yuiza Turey Martínez Rivera*‡
- Phippy’s Quest for Cloud Native Transformation*‡
- How I Built This, Guy Raz*‡
- How to Take Smart Notes, Sören Ahrens*‡
- Org Mode Compact Guide‡
- Org-roam User Manual‡
- The Brass Verdict, Michael Connelly
- The Reversal, Michael Connelly
- Digital Zettelkasten: Principles, Methods & Examples, David Kadavy*‡
- The Fifth Witness, Michael Connelly
- The Gods of Guilt, Michael Connelly
- Law of Innocence, Michael Connelly
- Is This Anything, Jerry Seinfeld†
2021
- The Half-Inch Himalayas, Agha Shahid Ali
- Drive, James S. A. Corey
- The Churn, James S. A. Corey
- The Butcher of Anderson Station, James S. A. Corey
- Reacher Said Nothing; Lee Child and the Making of Make Me, Andy Martin†
- The Golden Spider, Anne Renwick
- The Silver Skull, Anne Renwick
- The Iron Fin, Anne Renwick
- Ask Gary Vee, Gary Vaynerchuk†
- Aidan Redding Against the Universes, Michael W Lucas
- Sticky Supersaturation, Michael W Lucas
- No More Lonesome Blue Rings, Michael W Lucas
- Cashflow for Creators, Michael W Lucas‡
- The Total Money Makeover, Dave Ramsey†
- Pirate Latitudes, Michael Crichton
- Dying Every Day, James Romm†
- Atomic Habits, James Clear¶*†‡
- Habeas Data, Cyrus Farivar†
- The MaxCoders Guide To Finding Your Dream Developer Job, Charles Max Wood‡
- Art Matters, Neil Gaiman & Chris Riddell*†
- The Curse of Capistrano, Johnston McCulley
- Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir*
- The Mongol Empire, Craig G. Benjamin, The Great Courses*†#
- Shadow and Bone, Leigh Bardugo
- Siege and Storm, Leigh Bardugo
- Ruin and Rising, Leigh Bardugo
- The Language of Thorns, Leigh Bardugo
- The Lives of Saints, Leigh Bardugo
- The Demon in the Wood, Leigh Bardugo
- The Tailor, Leigh Bardugo
- Early Retirement Extreme, Jakob Lund Fisker*‡
- Total Recall, Arnold Schwarzenegger†
- Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder‡
- The Overstory, Richard Powers¶*
- The Other Black Girl, Zakiya Dalila Harris
- A World Without Email, Cal Newport‡
- Influence: Science and Practice, Robert B. Cialdini‡
- Six of Crows, Leigh Bardugo*
- Crooked Kingdom, Leigh Bardugo*
- King of Scars, Leigh Bardugo*
- Rule of Wolves, Leigh Bardugo*
- The Comfort Crisis, Michael Easter†
- Super Thinking, Gabriel Weinberg & Lauren McCann†
- A Mathematician’s Lament, Paul Lockhart†
- Swimming Across, Andrew S. Grove†
- The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, Stuart Turton
- One–On–One with Andy Grove, Andrew S. Grove‡
- The Devil and the Dark Water, Stuart Turton
- This is Water, David Foster Wallace†
- On Reading and Books, Arthur Schopenhauer‡
- How to Pronounce Knife, Souvankham Thammavongsa*
- Brave Enough, Cheryl Strayed¶*†
- Wham!, George Michael, and Me: A Memoir, Andrew Ridgeley*†
- Liftoff, Eric Berger†
- Draft No. 4, John McPhee‡
- Rethinking Your Job Search in Tech, Jon Jackson‡
- How to Retire Early in India, M Pattabiraman‡
- Planet of the Apes: Caesar’s Story (by Maurice), Greg Keyes*
- The Science of Interstellar, Kip Thorne*†
- Don’t be a Tourist in Paris: The Messy Nessy Chic Guide, Vanessa Grall*†
- Infinite Powers, Steven Strogatz*†
- The Calculus of Friendship, Steven Strogatz†
- The Joy of X, Steven Strogatz*†
- Letters to a Young Mathematician, Ian Stewart†
- Supernova in the East, I-VI, Dan Carlin*†
- Out of Bedlam, Stephen Gallagher
- The Kingdom of Bones, Stephen Gallagher
- Invent and Wander, Jeff Bezos†
- Fire & Blood, George R. R. Martin & Doug Wheatley
- The Ultimate Deliberate Practice Guide: How to Be the Best, Shane Parrish‡
- The World of Ice & Fire, George R. R. Martin, Elio Garcia & Linda Antonsson
- Needle Points, Tablet’s exploration into the sources and nature of vaccine hesitancy, Norman Doidge (for Tablet Magazine)†1
- The Year Without Pants: Wordpress.com and the Future of Work, Scott Berkun†
- So Good They Can’t Ignore You, Cal Newport¶*‡
- Little Bets, Peter Sims†
- The Missing Readme: A Guide for the New Software Engineer, Chris Riccomini & Dmitriy Ryaboy‡
- Company of One, Paul Jarvis†
- Discipline Equals Freedom, Jocko Willink¶†
- How to Fight a Hydra, Josh Kaufman*
- The Personal MBA, Josh Kaufman*‡
- 24 Hour Mindfullness, Rohan Gunatillake†
- 30 Covert Emotional Manipulation Tactics, Adelyn Birch†
- What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Haruki Murakami*†
- End of Life Guideline Series, Barbara Karnes*†
- The Final Act of Living, Barbara Karnes*†
- Finish What You Start, Peter Hollins†
- What Makes This Book So Great, Jo Walton*†
- Challenging the Cult of Speed, Shane Parrish†
- Crush It, Gary Vaynerchuk†
- In Praise of Slowness, Carl Honore†
- The Story of Us, Tim Urban†
- Relic, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- Extraction, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- Reliquary, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- The Cabinet of Curiosities, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- Still Life With Crows, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- Brimstone, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- Dance of Death, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- The Book of the Dead, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- The Wheel of Darkness, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- Cemetery Dance, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- Fever Dream, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- Cold Vengeance, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- Two Graves, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- Learning Path Go Programming Basics, O’Reilly Safari‡#
- TDD with Django, from scratch: a beginner’s intro to testing and web development, Harry J.W. Percival‡#
- Linux Shell Scripting: A Project-Based Approach to Learning, Jason Cannon‡#
- Django Girls Tutorial‡#
- Javascript: The Good Parts, Douglas Crockford‡
- Python Django Dev To Deployment, Brad Traversy‡#
- Dealing with Toxic People, Dean Wesley Smith*‡#
- Starving to Successful: How to Become a Full-Time Writer, Jeff Goins‡#
- Effective E-mail and Newsletter Marketing, Jeff Goins‡#
- Python for Everybody, Dr. Chuck Severance*‡#
- Django for Everybody, Dr. Chuck Severance*‡#
- PostgreSQL for Everybody, Dr. Chuck Severance*‡#
2020
- Presto!: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales, Penn Jillette†
- Revolution in The Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made, Andy Hertzfeld†
- Fanocracy, David & Reiko Scott
- The Muscle & Strength Pyramid: Nutrition, Eric Helms, Andrea Valdez, and Andy Morgan‡
- The Muscle & Strength Pyramid: Training, Eric Helms, Andrea Valdez, and Andy Morgan‡
- Convict Conditioning, Paul Wade‡
- A Life in Parts, Bryan Cranston
- Happy For No Reason, Mandira Bedi
- Altered Carbon, Richard Morgan
- Run Spy, Run (Nick Carter Killmaster #1)
- The Case of the Amorous Aunt (Perry Mason), Erle Stanley Gardner
- The Case of the Angry Mourner (Perry Mason), Erle Stanley Gardner
- The Case of the Beautiful Beggar (Perry Mason), Erle Stanley Gardner
- The Case of the Bigamous Spouse (Perry Mason), Erle Stanley Gardner
- The Case of the Baited Hook (Perry Mason), Erle Stanley Gardner
- The Case of the Black Eyed Blonde (Perry Mason), Erle Stanley Gardner
- Stillness is the Key, Ryan Holiday*‡
- The Wit and Wisdom of Downton Abbey, Emma Marriott*
- Study Less, Study Smart, Marty Lobdell*‡
- Forest 404, BBC Sounds*#
- Ben-Hur, Lew Wallace*
- David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell‡
- The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas¶*
- The Skystone (Camulod Chronicles), Jack Whyte
- The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
- Butterick’s Practical Typography, Matthew Butterick
- 1984, George Orwell
- A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
- We Need to Talk About the British Empire, Afua Hirsch#
- Asterix and the Chariot Race*
- Asterix and the Missing Scroll*
- Asterix and the Picts*
- Asterix and Obelix’s Birthday – the Golden Book*
- Asterix and the Falling Sky*
- Asterix and the Class Act*
- Asterix and the Actress*
- Asterix and Obelix All at Sea*
- Asterix and the Secret Weapon*
- Asterix and the Magic Carpet*
- Asterix and Son*
- Asterix and the Magic Carpet*
- Asterix and the Black Gold*
- Asterix and the Great Divide*
- Asterix in Belgium*
- Obelix and Co.*
- Asterix and the Great Crossing*
- Asterix and Caesar’s Gift*
- Asterix in Corsica*
- Asterix and the Soothsayer*
- Tiny Habits, BJ Fogg*†
- The Biggest Bluff, Maria Konnikova†
- Finish What You Start, Peter Hollins†
- The Science of Self Discipline, Peter Hollins†
- The Science of Self Learning, Peter Hollins†
- The Last Nazi, Andrew Turpin
- Chop Wood, Carry Water, Joshua Medcalfe
- Prince of Thorns, Mark Lawrence
- King of Thorns, Mark Lawrence
- Emperor of Thorns, Mark Lawrence
- Change is the Only Constant, Ben Orlin*†‡
- Made in India, Milind Soman
- The Street Lawyer, John Grisham
- The Undoing Project, Michael Lewis*†
- Age of Aztec, James Lovegrove
- The Secret Runners of New York, Matthew Reilly
- Death: The Hight Cost of Living, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol III), Neil Gaiman
- Death Talks About Life, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol III), Neil Gaiman*
- Death: The Time of Your Life, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol III), Neil Gaiman*
- The Sandman: The Dream Hunters (Novel), (Sandman Omnibus, Vol III), Neil Gaiman*
- The Sandman: The Dream Hunters (Comic), (Sandman Omnibus, Vol III), Neil Gaiman*
- The Sandman: Endless Nights, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol III), Neil Gaiman*
- The Sandman: Overture, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol III), Neil Gaiman*
- Death: A Winter’s Tale, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol III), Neil Gaiman*
- Fear of Falling, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol II), Neil Gaiman*
- Convergence: The Hunt, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol II), Neil Gaiman*
- The Flowers of Romance, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol II), Neil Gaiman*
- Convergence: Soft Places, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol II), Neil Gaiman*
- How They Met Themselves, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol II), Neil Gaiman*
- Convergence: The Parliament of Rooks, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol II), Neil Gaiman*
- The Castle, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol II), Neil Gaiman*
- Brief Lives, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol II), Neil Gaiman*
- Distant Mirrors: Ramadan, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol II), Neil Gaiman*
- A Tale of Two Cities, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol II), Neil Gaiman*
- Cluracan’s Tale, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol II), Neil Gaiman*
- Hob’s Leviathan, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol II), Neil Gaiman*
- The Golden Boy, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol II), Neil Gaiman*
- Cerements, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol II), Neil Gaiman*
- Worlds’ End, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol II), Neil Gaiman*
- The Kindly Ones, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol II), Neil Gaiman*
- The Wake, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol II), Neil Gaiman*
- Exiles, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol II), Neil Gaiman*
- The Tempest, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol II), Neil Gaiman*
- The Last Sandman Story, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol II), Neil Gaiman*
- Sleep of the Just, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol I), Neil Gaiman*
- Imperfect Hosts, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol I), Neil Gaiman*
- Dream a Little Dream of Me, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol I), Neil Gaiman*
- A Hope in Hell, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol I), Neil Gaiman*
- Passengers, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol I), Neil Gaiman*
- 24 Hours, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol I), Neil Gaiman*
- Sound and Fury, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol I), Neil Gaiman*
- The Sound of Her Wings, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol I), Neil Gaiman*
- Tales in the Sand, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol I), Neil Gaiman*
- The Doll’s House, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol I), Neil Gaiman*
- Moving In, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol I), Neil Gaiman*
- Men of Good Fortune, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol I), Neil Gaiman*
- Collectors, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol I), Neil Gaiman*
- Into the Night, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol I), Neil Gaiman*
- Lost Hearts, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol I), Neil Gaiman*
- Calliope, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol I), Neil Gaiman*
- A Dream of a Thousand Cats, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol I), Neil Gaiman*
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol I), Neil Gaiman*
- Façade, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol I), Neil Gaiman*
- Season of Mists, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol I), Neil Gaiman*
- Distant Mirrors, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol I), Neil Gaiman*
- A Game of You, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol I), Neil Gaiman*
- The Song of Orpheus, (Sandman Omnibus, Vol I), Neil Gaiman*
- The Complete Yes Minister & Yes Prime Minister, Jonathan Lynn & Anthony Jay*
- Fight Club, Chuck Pahlaniuk
- You are Awesome, Neil Pasricha†
- How to Get Back Up, Neil Pasricha†
- Small Wars, Lee Child
- Second Son, Lee Child
- Not a Drill, Lee Child
- High Heat, Lee Child
- Deep Down, Lee Child
- Killing Floor, Lee Child
- Die Trying, Lee Child
- Tripwire, Lee Child
- Running Blind, Lee Child
- Echo Burning, Lee Child
- Without Fail, Lee Child
- Persuader, Lee Child
- The Enemy, Lee Child
- One Shot, Lee Child
- The Hard Way, Lee Child
- Bad Luck and Trouble, Lee Child
- Nothing to Lose, Lee Child
- Gone Tomorrow, Lee Child
- Sixty-One Hours, Lee Child
- Worth Dying For, Lee Child
- The Affair, Lee Child
- The Great Zoo of China, Matthew Reilly
- The Four Legendary Kingdoms, Matthew Reilly
- The Three Secret Cities, Matthew Reilly
- Jack West Jr. and the Chinese Splashdown, Matthew Reilly
- The Two Lost Mountains, Matthew Reilly
- Aurelia, Angel Rosen
- A Wanted Man, Lee Child
- High Heat, Lee Child
- Personal, Lee Child
- Night School, Lee Child
- The Midnight Line, Lee Child
- Morgan’s Run, Colleen McCullough¶*
- (Lindy Book. Comfort book. Stoicism in action. Personal fiction favourite. Read and reread a million times over the past twenty years. The book that has gotten me through, and been by my side through all the tough times in my life.)
- Past Tense, Lee Child
- How to Live on 24 Hours a Day, Arnold Bennett¶*†
- The Last Neanderthal, Claire Cameron
- The Wit & Wisdom of Tyrion Lannister, George R. R. Martin*
- Grokking Algorithms*‡
- Python Regular Expressions*‡#
- Introducing Regular Expressions*‡#
- Inside the Machine, Jon Stokes*‡
- The History of Python†
- Bite Size Bash, Julia Evans*‡
- How Containers Work, Julia Evans*‡
- Bash Scripting Fundamentals, Sander van Vugt*‡#
- Advanced Bash Scripting, Sander van Vugt*‡#
- Mastering Regular Expressions, Jeffrey Friedl‡
- Mastering Ansible, James Spurin‡
- Go Programming Basics, John Graham-Cumming‡
- Introduction to SQLite Databases for Python Programming, John Elder‡
- The Definitive Guide to SQLite, Grant Allen & Mike Owens‡
- Creating a Database with SQLite, Allen Taylor‡
- Introducing SQL and Relational Databases, Allen Taylor‡
- Intermediate to Advanced SQL: Move Beyond the Basics to Master Complex Concepts, Allen Taylor‡
- Become a SELECT Star, Julia Evans*‡
- Web Almanac, 2020 Edition, the HTTP Archive†
- Modern HTML Email, Jason Rodriguez‡
- Ace Python Interviews, Reuven Lerner*‡#
- Practice Makes Regexp, Reuven Lerner*‡
- Python for Non-programmers, Reuven Lerner*‡#
- Intro Python: Fundamentals, Reuven Lerner*‡#
- Intro Python: Functions, Reuven Lerner*‡#
- Object Oriented Python, Reuven Lerner*‡#
- Iterators and Generators, Reuven Lerner*‡#
- Comprehending Comprehensions, Reuven Lerner*‡#
- Advanced Python Functions, Reuven Lerner*‡#
- Advanced Python Objects, Reuven Lerner*‡#
- Advanced Python Data Structures, Reuven Lerner*‡#
- Decorators, Reuven Lerner*‡#
- Practice Makes Python, Reuven Lerner*‡
2019
- That Will Never Work, Marc Randolph
- Can’t Hurt Me, David Goggins*†
- The 33 Marks of Maturity, Brett & Kate McKay†
- Our Magnificient Bastard Tongue, John McWhorter*†
- The Perpetual Beginner, Dave Isaacs†
- The Revelation Space Omnibus, Alastair Reynolds*
- Retire Inspired, Chris Hogan†
- The Greatest Trade Ever, Gregory Zuckerman†
- The Odessa File, Frederick Forsyth
- The Deceiver, Frederick Forsyth
- Avenger, Frederick Forsyth*
- The Day of the Jackal, Frederick Forsyth
- The Fox, Frederick Forsyth
- The Kill List, Frederick Forsyth
- The Fist of God, Frederick Forsyth
- The Afghan, Frederick Forsyth
- The Cobra, Frederick Forsyth
- Icon, Frederick Forsyth
- The Dogs of War, Frederick Forsyth
- The Biafra Story, Frederick Forsyth
- The Outsider, Frederick Forsyth
- The Proximity Principle, Ken Coleman‡
- Forever and Ever, Amen, Randy Travis*†
- The Body, A Guide for Occupants, Bill Bryson
- Morgan’s Run, Colleen McCullough¶*
- Everyday Millionaires, Chris Hogan†
- The Veteran, Frederick Forsyth*
- Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage, John McWhorter*†
- Ultralearning, Scott H Young*‡
- Memories, Lang Leav*
- The Universe of Us, Lang Leav*
- Dissent on Aadhaar, compilation, Reetika Khera (editor)†
- Love Looks Pretty on You, Lang Leav*
- Working, Robert Caro*‡
- The Fifth Season, The Broken Earth Trilogy, N. K. Jemisin*
- The Obelisk Gate, The Broken Earth Trilogy, N. K. Jemisin*
- The Stone Sky, The Broken Earth Trilogy, N. K. Jemisin*
- The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, The Inheritance Trilogy, N. K. Jemisin*
- The Broken Kingdoms, The Inheritance Trilogy, N. K. Jemisin*
- The Kingdom of Gods, The Inheritance Trilogy, N. K. Jemisin*
- The Song of the Bird, Anthony de Mello*†
- The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Poirot #1), Agatha Christie*
- Epigrams on Men, Women and Love, Honoré de Balzac
- Mother American Night, John Perry Barlow†
- Word by Word, Anne Lamott*‡
- Indian Love Poems, Peter Pauper Press
- Love Poems and Love Letters for All the Year, Peter Pauper Press
- Flower Thoughts, Peter Pauper Press
- Thoughts for a Good Life, Peter Pauper Press
- Epigrams by Oscar Wilde, Peter Pauper Press*
- Murder on the Links (Poirot #2), Agatha Christie*
- The Great Mental Models, Shane Parrish*‡
- Coraline, Neil Gaiman*
- Keep Going, Austin Kleon*†
- Chocolate Wars, Deborah Cadbury*†
- Titan’s Wrath, Rhett C Bruno
- Never Grow Up, Jackie Chan*†
- Company of One, Paul Jarvis†
- Titan’s Son, Rhett C Bruno
- Digital Minimalism, Cal Newport*‡
- Never Eat Alone, Keith Ferrazzi & Tal Raz†
- Thinking in Bets, Annie Duke†
- Titanborn, Rhett C Bruno
- The City & The City, China Miéville
- Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder, Nassim Nicholas Taleb¶*†
- Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott*‡
- The Warren Buffett Shareholder, compilation, Lawrence Cunningham & Stephanie Cuba, editors*†
- How To Become a Straight-A Student, Cal Newport*‡
- The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico, Miguel León-Portilla*†
- Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It, Gabriel Wyner*‡
- Boundaries, Henry Cloud & John Townsend‡
- The Walking Drum, Louis L’Amour
- Last of the Breed, Louis L’Amour
- Education of a Wandering Man, Louis L’Amour*†
- The Swerve: How the World Became Modern, Stephen Greenblatt†
- I’ll Be There for You, Kelsey Miller*†
- Playing with FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early), Scott Rieckens†
- Meet the Frugalwoods, Elizabeth Willard Thames†
- The Three Secret Cities, Matthew Reilly*
- Absolute FreeBSD, 3rd Edition, Michael W. Lucas*‡
- Learning Python, Mark Lutz*‡
- Mastering Emacs, Mickey Petersen‡
- Extreme Programming Pocket Guide, Shane Warden‡
- Python for You and Me, Kushal Das*‡
- i want 2 do project. tell me wat 2 do, Shakthi Kannan*‡
- Lauren Ipsum, Carlos Bueno*‡
2018
- This is Marketing, Seth Godin*
- Atomic Habits, James Clear¶*‡
- How to Fight a Hydra, Josh Kaufman (lovely fable! timely (for me) too!)*
- Value-Based Fees: How to Charge and Get What You’re Worth, Alan Weiss‡
- Million Dollar Maverick, Alan Weiss‡
- Million Dollar Consulting, Alan Weiss‡
- The Consulting Bible, Alan Weiss‡
- Getting Started in Consulting, Alan Weiss‡
- Million Dollar Consulting Proposals, Alan Weiss‡
- What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Haruki Murakami*†
- The Fifth Risk, Michael Lewis†
- High Output Management, Andrew S. Grove (when the master speaks, you listen with rapt attention*)*‡
- It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work, Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson†
- 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Yuval Noah Harari†
- Creative Selection, Ken Kocienda†
- Patriot Games, Tom Clancy*
- The Hunt for Red October, Tom Clancy
- The Complete Guide to Fasting, Jason Fung*‡
- Homo Deus, Yuval Noah Harari†
- The Silent Companions, Laura Purcell
- The Personal MBA, Josh Kaufman*‡
- The First 20 Hours, Josh Kaufman‡
- Titan, Ron Chernow†
- The Race for Paradise, Paul M Cobb*†
- The Art of Thinking Clearly, Rolf Dobelli†
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck, Mark Manson†
- Conspiracy, Ryan Holiday*†
- Lauren Ipsum, Carlos Bueno*‡
- Willpower, Roy Baumeister*†
- A Few Lessons from Sherlock Holmes, Peter Bevelin*†
2017
and older …
- Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder, Nassim Nicholas Taleb (this book will always be special to me. It was my first, punch above my level, quake book)¶*‡
- How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading, Mortimer J. Adler (and this book changed my life!)*‡
- The Tao of Seneca, Tim Ferriss (my introduction to stoicism)*‡
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Yuval Noah Harari*†
- Starfish, Peter Watts*
- Maelström, Peter Watts*
- Behemoth, Peter Watts*
- Firefall, Peter Watts*
- Blindsight, Peter Watts*
- Echopraxia,Peter Watts*
- The End of Jobs: Money, Meaning and Freedom Without the 9-to-5, Taylor Pearson†
- 15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management: The Productivity Habits of 7 Billionaires, 13 Olympic Athletes, 29 Straight-A Students, and 239 Entrepreneurs, Kevin Kruse†
- Hustle: The Life Changing Effects of Constant Motion, Jesse Tevelow†
- Get Some Headspace: 10 minutes can make all the difference, Andy Puddicombe*‡
- The Habitual Hustler: Daily Habits of 50 Self-Employed Entrepreneurs, Corey Breier†
- Chankya’s Chant, Ashwin Sanghi
- Dream With Your Eyes Open, Ronnie Screwvala*†
- The Mahabharata Quest: The Alexander Secret, Christopher C. Doyle
- The Lost Writings of Wu Hsin, Roy Melvyn*
- How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie*‡
- Choose Yourself: Be Happy, Make Millions, Live the Dream, James Altucher†
- Turning Pro, Steven Pressfield†
- Anything You Want, Derek Sivers†
- Read This Before Our Next Meeting, Al Pittampalli†
- Inside Apple, Adam Lashinsky†
- In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives, Steven Levy†
- Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson*†
- Presentation Zen Design, Garr Reynolds*‡
- The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience, Carmine Gallo†
- Inside Steve’s Brain, Leander Kahney*‡
- Do the Work, Steven Pressfield*‡
- The Non-Designer’s Design Book, Robin Williams*‡
- The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within, Edward R. Tufte†
- Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook: How to Tell Your Story in a Noisy Social World, Gary Vaynerchuk†
- The Art of Non-Conformity, Chris Guillebeau†
- How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life, Scott Adams†
- So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love, Cal Newport¶*‡
- The Art of Learning: A Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence, Josh Waitzkin
- Confessions of a Public Speaker, Scott Berkun*‡
- Sam Walton: Made In America, Sam Walton*†
- The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life, Alice Schroeder*†
- The Swiss Family Robinson, Johann David Wyss*
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain*
- Frankenstein, Mary Shelley*
- King Solomon’s Mines, H. Rider Haggard*
- Tarzan of the Apes, Edgar Rice Burroughs*
- Around the World in 80 Days, Jules Verne*
- The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, Howard Pyle*
- The Last of the Mohicans, James Fenimore Cooper*
- The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde*
- The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry¶*
- The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle*
- Emma, Jane Austen*
- David Copperfield, Charles Dickens*
- A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens*
- Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens*
- Dracula, Bram Stoker*
- The Lord of of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien*
- Preacher (books 1-9), by Garth Ennis
- Sin City, Frank Miller*
- Watchmen, Alan Moore*
- V for Vendetta, Alan Moore*
- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Frank Miller*
- Batman: The Killing Joke, Alan Moore*
- Batman: A Death in the Family, Jim Starlin
- The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco*
- The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
- Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden
- At Home: A Short History of Private Life, Bill Bryson
- A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson*
- The Millionaire Mind, Thomas J. Stanley
- A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail, Bill Bryson*
- Shit My Dad Says, Justin Halpern
- The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins†
- The Richest Man in Babylon, George S. Clason*‡
- I, Robot (The Robot Series), Isaac Asimov*
- The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature, Matt Ridley†
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou
- The Martian: A Novel, Andy Weir*
- Artemis, Andy Weir*
- 2001: a Space Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke
- Bicentennial Man, Isaac Asimov*
- Foundation, Isaac Asimov*
- Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton*
- Prey, Michael Crichton
- The Mote in God’s Eye, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea, Jules Verne*
- Meditations, Marcus Aurelius¶*†
- Hyperion, Dan Simmons
- The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph, Ryan Holiday
- A Princess of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs*
- The Gods of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs*
- 3001 The Final Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson
- Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor E. Frankl
- Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Richard Bach
- How to Stop Worrying and Start Living, Dale Carnegie*‡
- 2010: Odyssey Two, Arthur C. Clarke
- 2061: Odyssey Three, Arthur C. Clarke
- Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar, Cheryl Strayed*†
- The 4 Hour Body, Timothy Ferriss†
- A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra), Barbara Oakley*‡
- Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, Cal Newport¶*†
- The Buddha in Blue Jeans Book Collection, Tai Sheridan Ph.D.†
- Rebel Code: Linux And The Open Source Revolution, Glyn Moody†
- Pandeymonium: Piyush Pandey On Advertising, Piyush Pandey†
- The Other Jesus: Stories from World Religions, Todd Outcalt†
- Coaching for Improved Work Performance, Ferdinand Fournies*‡
- Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults upon Our Language, Richard Lederer*†
- The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas¶*
- The Black Swan, Nassim Nicholas Taleb*†
- Plain Talk: Lessons from a Business Maverick, Ken Iverson*†
- The Magic of Thinking Big, David J. Schwartz*†
- Lincoln the Unknown, Dale Carnegie*†
- Morgan’s Run, Colleen McCullough¶*
- Mastery, Robert Greene*‡
- The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals, Chris McChesney†
- Embrace the Struggle: Living Life on Life’s Terms, Zig Ziglar†
- Strategy Rules: Five Timeless Lessons from Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs, David B. Yoffie†
- Zig Ziglar’s: How to Stay Motivated, Zig Ziglar*‡
- Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader, Brent Schlender*†
- Get Smarter: Life and Business Lessons, Seymour Schulich†
- Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, Jack Weatherford†
- Practicing: A Musician’s Return to Music, Glenn Kurtz†
- Money Ball, Michael Lewis†
- Flash Boys, Michael Lewis†
- The Big Short, Michael Lewis*†
- Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage, Alfred Lansing†
- Calvin and Hobbes, Bill Watterson*
- Permission Marketing: Turning Strangers into Friends and Friends into Customers, Seth Godin*†
- Zig: The Autiobiography of Zig Ziglar, Zig Ziglar*
- The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain, Bill Bryson*
- Arsene Lupin, Maurice Leblanc*
- Showstopper! the Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft, G. Pascal Zachary*†
- The Practicing Mind, Thomas M. Sterner†
- Average Is Over, Tyler Cowen†
- Cumulus, Eliot Peper
- Seveneves, Neal Stephenson
- Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike, Phil Knight*†
- Peak, Anders Ericsson*†
- Fooled by Randomness, Nassim Nicholas Taleb*†
- Ego Is the Enemy, Ryan Holiday*†
- Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future, Peter Thiel†
- Work the System, Sam Carpenter†
- Soft Skills: The software developer’s life manual, John Sonmez†
- The 10X Rule, Grant Cardone†
- Just Say No to Microsoft: How to Ditch Microsoft and Why It’s Not as Hard as You Think, Tony Bove†
- Rebel Code: Linux And The Open Source Revolution, Glyn Moody†
- The Phoenix Project, Gene Kim†
- Power of Full Engagement, Jim Loehr & Tony Schwartz‡
- Guitar Zero: The Science of Becoming Musical at Any Age, Gary Marcus†
- Retire Inspired: It’s Not an Age, It’s a Financial Number, Chris Hogan‡
- Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman†
- The Lessons of History, Will Durant*†
- The Four Legendary Kingdoms, Matthew Reilly
- The Psychology of Human Misjudgement, Charlie Munger*†
- The Daily Show (The Book): An Oral History as Told by Jon Stewart, the Correspondents, Staff and Guests, Chris Smith†#
- An Unsuitable Boy, Karan Johar†
- Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman, James Gleick*†
- Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built, Duncan Clark†
- Isaac Newton, James Gleick*†
- The Man In The High Castle, Philip K. Dick*
- Life Is Worth Losing, George Carlin*†
- Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song, Sara Bareilles*†
- Go Add Value Someplace Else, Scott Adams
- Born to Love, Cursed to Feel, Samantha King
- “What Do You Care What Other People Think?”: Further Adventures of a Curious Character, Richard P. Feynman*†
- Blackwater, Conn Iggulden
- Mycroft Holmes, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- The Heretic Queen: Heiress of Misfortune, Pharaoh’s Beloved, Michelle Moran
- Rebel Queen: A Novel, Michelle Moran
- The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution, Walter Isaacson*†
- The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms, Nassim Nicholas Taleb*†
- Way of the Warrior Kid: From Wimpy to Warrior the Navy SEAL Way: A Novel, Jocko Willink†
- Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual, Jocko Willink¶*†
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