I like to think I read a lot and it's always a mix of professional, self-improvement, knowledge expansion, productivity, and entertainment. This post will act as a permanent archive of the books I read, broken down by year (and sometimes month).
A capacity, and taste, for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. -- Abraham Lincoln
The years will be linked to the original, or upcoming, article that provides a brief synopsis of each book and some personal thoughts that may go with it.
You can always catch up on my various bookshelves (Read, Reading, To Read) over at GoodReads.
2022
- The Consuming Fire (The Interdependency, Book 2)
- Leaders Eat Last
- Unleashed: The Unapologetic Leader's Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You
- The Host
- Leviathan Falls (The Expanse Book 9)
- The Last Emperox (The Interdependency, Book 3)
- What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
- Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen*
- The Three Body Problem*
- Cryptonomicon*
- Titan*
2021
2020
- Thinking, Fast and Slow
- Winner's Dream: A Journey from Corner Store to Corner Office
- The Unicorn Project
- Talking to Strangers
- Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World
- Limitless Mind
- Lock In
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard
- Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government--Saving Privacy in the Digital Age
- The X-Files: Stolen Lives
- Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet
- Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
- Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War
- The Fifth Risk
- David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
- Atomic Habits
- How to Raise the Perfect Dog: Through Puppyhood and Beyond
- The Price of Tomorrow: Why Deflation is the Key to an Abundant Future
- History of Bourbon
- A Short History of Nearly Everything
- Chasing Midnight (Doc Ford Book 19)
- Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
2019
- Unshakable: Your Financial Freedom Playbook
- Mindset: The New Physchology of Success
- Principles: Life and Work
- Night Vision (A Doc Ford Novel Book 18)
- Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
- 48 Laws of Power
- Delta-v
- Next: The Future Just Happened
- The Royal Road to Card Magic
- Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley
- Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
- Warren Buffett Speaks: Wit and Wisdom from the World's Greatest Investor (Audible)
- Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
- Persepolis Rising (The Expanse Book 7)
- The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business (Audible)
- Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges
2018
- Altered Carbon
- Dead Shift
- Deep Shadow - Doc Ford Book 17
- The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
- Fuzzy Nation
- Customer Success: How Innovative Companies Are Reducing Churn and Growing Recurring Revenue
- You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life
- Money Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom
- The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google
- The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story
2017
- The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
- Babylon's Ashes (The Expanse, #6)
- Hunter's Moon (Doc Ford, #14) - Spring Vacation
- Black Widow (Doc Ford, #15) - Spring Vacation
- Dead Silence (Doc Ford, #16) - Spring Vacation
- The Attention Merchants
- Change Agent
- Tough Sh*t
- The Frontiers Saga: Episodes 1-3
- Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
- Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups
- Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War
- Kali Linux Revealed: Mastering the Penetration Testing Distribution
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
- Artemis
- Origin
- The Leadership Secrets of Santa Claus: How to Get Big Things Done in YOUR "Workshop"...All Year Long
- American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road
- Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government--Saving Privacy in the Digital Age
- iOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide (Big Nerd Ranch Guides)
- Black Hat Python: Python Programming for Hackers and Pentesters
2016
- The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
- Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words
- Sanibel Flats (Doc Ford, #1)
- Childhood's End
- The Short Victorious War (Honor Harrington Book 3)
- pfSense 2 Cookbook
- The Book of PF: A No-Nonsense Guide to the OpenBSD Firewall
- Avogadro Corp: The Singularity Is Closer Than It Appears (Singularity Series Book 1)
- A.I. Apocalypse (Singularity Series Book 2)
- Field of Dishonor (Honor Harrington Book 4)
- Dead of Night (Doc Ford Novel, #12)
- Disrupted
- Ringworld
- Dark Light (Doc Ford, #13)
- You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost)
- One More Thing
- The Last Firewall (Singularity Series Book 3)
- The Turing Exception (Singularity Series Book 4)
- Swift Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide
- The Swift Developer's Cookbook
- The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo
- Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands
- The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
- To Pixar and Beyond
- Pandora's Star (The Commonwealth Saga Book 1)
- Once Dead (The Rho Agenda Inception Book 1)
- Dead Wrong (The Rho Agenda Inception Book 2)
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