Books
Books I’ve read. Discarded books are not listed.
2023
Non-fiction
- The Story of Russia, by Orlando Figes
- Branding Pays, by Karen King
- Chip Wars, by Chris Miller
- The Song of Significance, by Seth Godin
- The Long Game, by Dorie Clark
- Make Something Wonderful, by Steve Jobs
- Excellent Advice for Living, by Kevin Kelly
- Good Strategy/Bad Strategy, by Richard Rumelt
- How to Write a Book, by David Kadavy
- Unreasonable Hospitality, by Will Guidara
- Learn to Build, by Bob Moesta
- The Art of Noticing, by Rob Walker
- The SALT Summaries (Condensed Ideas About Long-term Thinking), by Steward Brand
- Chokepoint Capitalism, by Cory Doctorow and Rebecca Giblin
- Pragmatic Thinking and Learning, by Andy Hunt
- ChatGPT for Nonfiction Authors, by Hassan Osman
Fiction
- Yumi and the Nightmare Painter, by Brandon Sanderson
- The Spider’s War (Dagger & Coin 5), by Daniel Abraham
- The Widow’s House (Dagger & Coin 4), by Daniel Abraham
- The Tyrant’s Law (Dagger & Coin 3), by Daniel Abraham
- The King’s Blood (Dagger & Coin 2), by Daniel Abraham
- The Dragon’s Path (Dagger & Coin 1), by Daniel Abraham
- Rocannon’s World, by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Dune Messiah, by Frank Herbert
- Red Team Blues, by Cory Doctorow
- The Martian, by Andy Weir
- The Frugal Wizard, by Brandon Sanderson
- The Man in the High Castle, by Phillip K. Dick
- The Ink Black Heart, by Robert Galbraith
- Tress of the Emerald Sea, by Brandon Sanderson
2022
Non-fiction
- Quit, by Annie Duke
- Playful Parenting, by Lawrence Cohen
- On Writing Well, by William Zinsser
- Infocracy: Digitization and the Crisis of Democracy, by Byung-Chul Han
- Lessons from Critical Thinkers, by Albert Rutherford
- The Carbon Almanac, by Seth Godin et al.
- Fluent Forever, by Gabriel Wyner
- Meaningful Work, by Shawn Askinosie
- Anything You Want (2022 Edition), by Derek Sivers (Re-read)
- Awaken the Giant Within, by Tony Robbins
- The Secrets of Happy Families, by Bruce Feller
- Talent, by Tyler Cowen and Daniel Gross
- The Networked State, by Balaji Srinivasan
- How the World Really Works, by Vaclav Smil
- Digital Zettelkasten, by David Kadavy
- Building a Second Brain, by Tiago Forte
- The Earned Life, by Marshall Goldsmith
- Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman, by Richard Feynman
- The Cold Start Problem, by Andrew Chen
- The One Thing, by Gary Keller (re-read)
- Imaginable, by Jane McGonigal
- Rule#1 for non-fiction authors, by Hassan Osman
- A few lessons for Investors and Managers, by Peter Bevelin and Warren Buffet
- Mind Management, not Time Management, by David Kadavy
- The Mom Test, by Rob Fitzpatrick
- The Psychology of Money, by Morgan House
- Essentialism, by Greg McKewon
- Maxims for Thinking Analytically, by Dan Levy
- The Great Mental Models, Vol. 3, by Beaubien & Leizrowice
- The Inner Game of Tennis, by Tim Gallwey
- Range, by David Epstein
Fiction
- The Licanius Trilogy, by James Islington
- Pebble in the Sky, by Isaac Asimov
- The Currents of Space, by Isaac Asimov
- The Stars, Like Dust, by Isaac Asimov
- The Ministry for the Future, by Kim Robinson
- The Expanse Books 1-9, by James A. Corey
- Memory’s Legion (The Expanse Novellas collection), by James A. Corey
2021
- Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment, by Daniel Kahneman
- How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism, by Cory Doctorow
- Make Time, by J. Knapp, J. Zeratsky
- The Great Mental Models, Vol. 2, by Shane Parrish
- Thinking in bets, by Annie Duke
- Limitless, by Jim Kwik
- Influence, by Robert Cialdini
- The Sovereign Individual, by James Dale Davison
- Life of the Stoics, by Ryan Holiday
- Seeking Wisdom: from Darwin to Munger, by Peter Bevelin
- Profiles from the Future, by Arthur C. Clarke
- The Minimalist Entrepreneur, by Sahil Lavingia
- Shape up: stop running in circles…, by Ryan singer
- Courage is Calling, by Ryan Holiday
- $100M Offers, by Alex Hormizi
- The 7 Day Startup, by Dan Norris
- The Master Switch, by Tim Wu
- Stubborn Attachments, by Tyler Cowen
- Think Again, by Adam Grant
- New Rules for the New Economy, by Kevin Kelly
- The Burnout Society, by Byung-Chul Han
- Thinking in Systems, by Donella H. Meadows
- How to Avoid Climate Disaster, by Bill Gates
- Poor Charlie’s Almanack, 3rd Ed., by Peter D. Kaufman
- The Leader’s Brain, by Michael Platt
- The Elon Musk Series, by Tim Urban
- Company of One, by Paul Jarvis
- Skin in the Game, by Nassim Taleb
- 12 Rules for Life, by Jordan Petersen
- The True Believer, by Eric Hoffer
2020
- The Practice, by Seth Godin
- The Almanac of Naval Ravikant, by Eric Jorgenson
- Why We Sleep, by Mathewe Walker
- The Art of Learning, by Josh Waltzkin
- How to take smart notes, by Sónke Ahrens
- Smarter Faster Better, by Charles Duhigg
- Stillness is the key: An Ancient Strategy for Modern Life, by Ryan Holiday
- Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms, by Hannah Fry
- The Headspace Guide to Meditation and Mindfulness, by Andy Puddicombe
- The art of noticing, by Rob Walker
- Start finishing, by Charlie Gilkey
- Hell Yeah or No. What’s worth doing, by Derek Sivers
- The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com and the Future of Work, by Scott Berkun
- What Technology Wants, by Kevin Kelly
- The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts (Vol. 1), by aShane Parrish
- You, Your Child, and School: Navigate Your Way to the Best Education, by Ken Robinson
- Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration, by Bryan Caplan
- Finite and Infinite Games, by James P. Carse
- Principles, by Ray Dalio