I started keeping track of the books I read and I have found it to be a fun way to reflect on my interests and general mindset over the years.

2026 7
  • Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human PerformanceAlex Hutchinson
  • The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner PartyDaniel James Brown
  • Big FishDaniel Wallace
  • Dracula's Wars: Vlad the Impaler and His RivalsJames Waterson
  • The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the MississippiBoyce Upholt
  • When Women Ruled The World: Queens of EgyptKara Cooney
  • The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du BoisHonorée Fanonne Jeffers
2025 29
  • Fire in the Mind: Science, Faith, and the Search for OrderGeorge Johnson
  • Cuba: An American HistoryAda Ferrer
  • So Long, and Thanks for All the FishDouglas Adams
  • A Thread Across The Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic CableJohn Steele Gordon
  • The Last Days of NightGraham Moore
  • Through The Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other LanguagesGuy Deutscher
  • Salt: A World HistoryMark Kurlanksy
  • The Gang of Three: Socrates, Plato, AristotleNeel Burton
  • The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017Rashid Khalidi
  • Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human CadaversMary Roach
  • Why We SleepMatthew Walker
  • It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the CycleMark Wolynn
  • The Origins of CreativityE. O. Wilson
  • Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass IncidentDonnie Eichar
  • Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative PotentialTiago Forte
  • Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global ManhuntSteven Johnson
  • A Sand County AlmanacAldo Leopold
  • You Are Not Expected to Understand This: How 26 Lines of Code Changed the WorldTorie Bosch (Editor)
  • Don't Believe Everything You Think: Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of SufferingJoseph Nguyen
  • The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the RenaissanceJim Al-Khalili
  • The Product is Docs: Writing Technical Documentation in a Product Development GroupChristopher Gales, Splunk Documentation Team
  • King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial AfricaAdam Hochschild
  • The Ice Master: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk and the Miraculous Rescue of her SurvivorsJennifer Niven
  • Life of PiYann Martel
  • Code is for Humans: A Guide to Human-Centric Software EngineeringZohar Jackson
  • Tambora: The Eruption That Changed the WorldGillen D'Arcy Wood
  • Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American FamilyRobert Kolker
  • The Small and Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights MovementSharon McMahon
  • A Gentleman in MoscowAmor Towles
2024 11
  • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply SeenDavid Brooks
  • The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern WorldSteven Johnson
  • Luka and the Fire of LifeSalman Rushdie
  • Life, the Universe, and EverythingDouglas Adams
  • An Unnecessary WomanRabih Alameddine
  • Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBIDavid Grann
  • The ReaderBernhard Schlink
  • The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Plague in HistoryJohn M. Barry
  • The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern GeologySimon Winchester
  • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of TraumaBessel van der Kolk
  • Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and TomorrowGabrielle Zevin
2023 20
  • Proof!: How the World Became GeometricalAmir Alexander
  • The Two TowersJ.R.R. Tolkien
  • Longitude: The True Love Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His TimeDava Sobel
  • Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian TerritoryClaudio Saunt
  • How Bluegrass Music Destroyed My LifeJohn Fahey
  • The Fellowship of the RingJ.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Restaurant at the End of the UniverseDouglas Adams
  • The Great Work of Your LifeStephen Cole
  • The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoJunot Diaz
  • The Lost Pianos of SiberiaSophy Roberts
  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyDouglas Adams
  • The Immortal Game: A History of ChessDavid Shenk
  • The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of ScienceSam Kean
  • Kill It With Fire: Manage Aging Computer Systems (And Future Proof Modern Ones)Marianne Bellotti
  • The Heart is a Lonely HunterCarson McCullers
  • Underground: A Human History of the Worlds Beneath Our FeetWill Hunt
  • Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad OnesJames Clear
  • The Satanic versesSalman Rushdie
  • Well of Souls: Uncovering the Banjo's Hidden HistoryKristina R. Gaddy
  • A Dance with DragonsGeorge R.R. Martin
2022 16
  • Engineering Management For the Rest of UsSarah Drasner
  • Empire of Cotton: A Global HistorySven Beckert
  • Heartbreaking Work of Staggering GeniusDave Eggers
  • A Conjuring of LightVictoria E. Schwab
  • A Gathering of ShadowsVictoria E. Schwab
  • A Darker Shade of MagicVictoria E. Schwab
  • The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the WorldPatrick Wyman
  • Storm of SwordsGeorge R.R. Martin
  • Clash of KingsGeorge R.R. Martin
  • A Game of ThronesGeorge R.R. Martin
  • The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum CryptographySimon Singh
  • 13 ½ Lives of Captain BluebearWalter Moers
  • Everything is IlluminatedJonathan Safran Foer
  • An Atlas of Extinct CountriesGideon Defoe
  • Fire & BloodGeorge R.R. Martin
  • The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of ThronesGeorge R.R. Martin, Elio M. Garcia Jr., Linda Antonsson