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2025

Reading Books AnnualBookList Dgplug

Note to self, for this year: Read less, write more notes. Abandon more books.

January
#

  1. Murder at the Vicarage, Agatha Christie*
  2. The Body in the Library, Agatha Christie*
  3. The Moving Finger, Agatha Christie*
  4. Sleeping Murder, Agatha Christie*
  5. A Murder Is Announced, Agatha Christie*
  6. They Do It with Mirrors, Agatha Christie*
  7. My Horrible Career, John Arundel*†
  8. The Veiled Lodger, Sherlock & Co. Podcast*
  9. Hardcore History, Mania for Subjugation II, Episode 72*†
  10. A Pocket Full of Rye, Agatha Christie*
  11. 4.50 from Paddington, Agatha Christie*
  12. The Mirror Crack’d From Side to Side, Agatha Christie*
  13. As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride, Cary Elwes & Joe Layden*†
  14. A Caribbean Mystery, Agatha Christie*
  15. At Bertram’s Hotel, Agatha Christie*
  16. Nemesis, Agatha Christie*
  17. Miss Marple’s Final Cases, Agatha Christie*

February
#

  1. A Shadow in Summer, Daniel Abraham*
  2. Black Peter, Sherlock & Co. Podcast, Season 25*
  3. On Writing with Brandon Sanderson, Episodes 1-4, Brandon Sanderson*‡
  4. A Betrayal in Winter, Daniel Abraham*
  5. I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf, Grant Snider*
  6. The Art of Living, Grant Snider*
  7. The Shape of Ideas, Grant Snider*
  8. For the Love of Go, John Arundel*‡
  9. Powerful Command-Line Applications in Go, Ricardo Gerardi*‡
  10. Learning Go, Jon Bodner*‡
  11. An Autumn War, Daniel Abraham*
  12. The Price of Spring, Daniel Abraham*
  13. Math for English Majors, Ben Orlin (Notes)*†
  14. Empire Podcast, The Three Kings, Episodes 212–214*†#

March
#

  1. Companion to the Count, Melissa Kendall*
  2. Wisteria Lodge, Sherlock & Co. Podcast, Season 26*
  3. A Story of Love, Minerva Spencer*
  4. The Etiquette of Love, Minerva Spencer*
  5. A Very Bellamy Christmas, Minerva Spencer*
  6. Empire Podcast, The Rise and Fall of the Mughal Empire, Episodes 205–211, 215-222*†#
  7. Empire Podcast, Britain’s Last Colony, Episodes 229-230*†#
  8. Head First Java (3rd edition), Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates & Trisha Gee*‡
  9. Head First Go, Jay McGavren*‡
  10. The Rest is History, The French Revolution (Part II), Episodes 503–507*†#
  11. The Rest is History, The French Revolution (Part III), Episodes 544-547*†#
  12. Morris Chang & TSMC, Spring 2025, Episode 1, Acquired Podcast*†#
  13. Rolex, Spring 2025, Episode 2, Acquired Podcast*†#
  14. Head First C, Dawn Griffiths & David Griffiths*‡

April
#

  1. Head First Learn to Code, Eric Freeman*‡
  2. On Writing with Brandon Sanderson, Episodes 4.5-8, Brandon Sanderson*‡
  3. Spellfire Thief, Sarah Hawke*
  4. Thinking About Thinking, Grant Snider*
  5. The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax, Sherlock & Co. Podcast, Season 28*
  6. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 01-10*†#
  7. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 11-20*†#
  8. Unlovable, Darren Hayes*†

May
#

  1. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 21-30*†#
  2. Dick Barton and the Secret Weapon, Edward J Mason*#
  3. Dick Barton and the Paris Adventure, Edward J Mason*#
  4. Dick Barton and the Cabatolin Diamonds, Edward J Mason*#
  5. Kill the Pharaoh, Victor Pemberton*#
  6. On Writing with Brandon Sanderson, Episodes 8-12, Brandon Sanderson*‡
  7. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 31-40*†#
  8. Trial & Error (The Hardy Boys), Franklin W. Dixon
  9. Understanding APIs and RESTful APIs Crash Course, Kalob Taulien (Udemy)*‡#
  10. System Collapse, Martha Wells*
  11. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 31-40*†#
  12. A Sham Engagement, Fil Reid
  13. A Hint of Scandar, Fil Reid
  14. Gideon the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir*#
  15. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 41-50*†#
  16. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 51-60*†#
  17. Harrow the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir*#

June
#

  1. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 61-70*†#
  2. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 71-80*†#
  3. Apple in China, Patrick McGee*†
  4. Dreaming of Elisabeth, Camilla Lackberg*
  5. An Elegant Death, Camilla Lackberg*
  6. Steve Ballmer, Summer 2025, Episode 1, Acquired Podcast†#
  7. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 81-90*†#
  8. The Rest is History, Warlords of the West, The Rise and Fall of the Franks, Episodes 520-525*†#
  9. The Rest is History, Heart of Darkness, Horror in the Congo, Episodes 538-541*†#
  10. Antifragile, Nassim Nicholas Taleb*†
  11. A Man and a Woman, Robin Schone*
  12. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 91-100*†#
  13. A Scandal in Bohemia, Sherlock & Co. Podcast, Season 30*
  14. How to Read a Book, Mortimer J. Adler*‡
  15. The Secret Rules of the Terminal, Julia Evans*‡
  16. The Lover, Robin Schone
  17. Slide:ology, Nancy Duarte*‡

July
#

  1. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 101-110*†#
  2. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 111-120*†#
  3. The Rest is History, 1066: The Norman Conquest of England, Episodes 548-557*†#
  4. Emacs Writing Studio, Peter Prevos*‡
  5. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 121-130*†#
  6. Empire Podcast, The History of Ireland, Episodes 231-246*†#
  7. The Priory School, Sherlock & Co. Podcast, Season 32*
  8. The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need, Daniel H. Pink*‡
  9. The Sketchnote Handbook, Mike Rohde*‡
  10. Business Etiquette, Ann Marie Sabath*‡
  11. Dare to Tempt an Earl This Spring, Sara Adrien & Tanya Wilde*
  12. How to Lose Prince This Summer, Sara Adrien & Tanya Wilde*
  13. Empire Podcast, Victorian Narcos (The Opium Wars), Episodes 248-255*†#
  14. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 131-140*†#
  15. Lost Islamic History, Firas Alkhateeb*†
  16. Empire Podcast, Canada, Episodes 267-272*†#
  17. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 141-150*†#
  18. 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings, Sarah Cooper*†

August
#

  1. Empire Podcast, The Panama Canal, Episodes 273-277*†#
  2. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 151-160*†#
  3. Dick Barton and the Smash and Grab Raiders, Edward J Mason*#
  4. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 161-170*†#
  5. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 171-180*†#
  6. Empire Podcast, Partitions (The Breakup of the Britisth Indian Empire), Episodes 278-283*†#
  7. I Do Everything I’m Told, Megan Fernandes*
  8. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 181-190*†#

September
#

  1. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 191-200*†#
  2. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 201-210*†#
  3. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 211-220*†#
  4. 300, Frank Miller*
  5. V for Vendetta, Alan Moore*
  6. The Killing Joke, Frank Miller*
  7. Watchmen, Alan Moore*
  8. Nona the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir*#
  9. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 221-240*†#
  10. Empire Podcast, The Suez Crisis, Episodes 284-288*†#
  11. Empire Podcast, The Cholas, Episodes 289-290*†#
  12. Vivian Maier: Street Photographer, John Maloof*†
  13. Vivian Maier: Out of the Shawdows, Richard Cahn & Michael Williams*†
  14. Mastering Fujifilm Camera Menus, Joshua Chard*‡#
  15. Learn Manual Mode Photography in Under 1 Hour!, David Eastwell*‡#
  16. Street Photography Masterclass, Adam Tan*‡#

October
#

  1. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 241-250*†#
  2. The Rest is History, The First World War (1914–15), Episodes 594-599*†#
  3. Picture Perfect Posing, Roberto Valenzuela*‡
  4. Picture Perfect Practice, Roberto Valenzuela*‡
  5. Alien Overlords Series, Theodora Taylor & Eve Vaughn
  6. The Rest is History, Greek Myths, Episodes 602-605*†#
  7. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 251-270*†#
  8. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 271-290*†#
  9. Abbey Grange, Sherlock & Co. Podcast, Season 33*
  10. The Mazarin Stone, Sherlock & Co. Podcast, Season 34*
  11. The Missing Three-Quarter, Sherlock & Co. Podcast, Season 35*
  12. The Rest is History, Greek Myths, Episodes 602-605*†#
  13. Talk Python in Production, Michael Kennedy *‡
  14. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 291-310*†#
  15. Classics of British Literature, John Sutherland (The Great Courses) Lectures 1-10*‡#
  16. Bootstrapping Microservices, Ashley Davis*‡
  17. The Book of Kubernetes, Alan Hohn*‡
  18. Google, Summer 2025, Episodes 2 & 4 and Fall 2025, Episode 1, Acquired Podcast†#
  19. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 311-330*†#
  20. Empire Podcast, Gaza! The History, Episodes 291-301*†#
  21. The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas*

November
#

  1. Kathryn, Minerva Spencer*
  2. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 331-350*†#
  3. Classics of British Literature, John Sutherland (The Great Courses) Lectures 11-31*‡#
  4. Trader Joe’s, Fall 2025, Episode 2, Acquired Podcast†#
  5. GitOps, Florian Beetz, Anja Kammer & Simon Harrer*‡
  6. GitOps Cookbook, Natale Vinto & Alex Soto Bueno*‡
  7. GitOps and Kubernetes, Yuen, Matyshentsev, Ekenstam & Suen*‡
  8. Argo CD: Up & Running, Andrew Block & Christian Hernandez*‡
  9. Leveraging Kustomize for Kubernetes Manifests, Brent Laster*‡
  10. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 331-350*†#
  11. Classics of British Literature, John Sutherland (The Great Courses) Lectures 32-49*‡#
  12. Learning Helm, Butcher, Farina & Dolitsky*‡
  13. Kubernetes Up and Running, Burns, Beda & Hightower*‡
  14. Kubernetes Cookbook, Naik, Goasguen & Michaux*‡
  15. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 351-370*†#
  16. Wisdom Takes Work, Ryan Holiday*†
  17. Right Thing, Right Now, Ryan Holiday*†
  18. Soul Harvest (Dread Knight #2), Sarah Hawke*
  19. Dark Covenant (Dread Knight #3), Sarah Hawke*
  20. Rebirth (Dread Knight #4), Sarah Hawke*
  21. Talk of the Town, Jerry Pinto & Rahul Srivastava*†
  22. The Penguin Classics Book, Henry Eliot*†
  23. Flux CD for Absolute Beginners, Yogesh Raheja*‡#
  24. Wide Angle Photography, Chris Marquardt*‡
  25. A Wanton Adventure, Ramona Elmes*
  26. A Translation of Desire, Ramona Elmes*
  27. The Psychology of Human Misjudgment, Charles T. Munger*†
  28. Laird’s Curse, Katy Baker*
  29. Redemption of a Rakehell, April Moran*
  30. The Complete Yes Minister, Jonathan Lynn & Antony Jay*

December
#

  1. The Complete Yes Prime Minister, Jonathan Lynn & Antony Jay*
  2. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 371-380*†#
  3. Confessions of a Rakehell, April Moran*
  4. Traefik API Gateway for Microservices: With Java and Python Microservices Deployed in Kubernetes, Rahul Sharma & Akshay Mathur *‡
  5. The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sherlock & Co. Podcast, Season 36*
  6. Coca Cola, Fall 2025, Episode 3, Acquired Podcast†#
  7. The Way of Kings, Brandon Sanderson*
  8. Words of Radiance, Brandon Sanderson*
  9. Edgedancer, Brandon Sanderson*
  10. Altered Carbon, Richard Morgan*