cat reading.txt

Reading

// Books I've read since 2023, plus some favorites from earlier years.
Books marked with 📝 have my notes.

[*****] A Brief History Of Time Stephen Hawking

[*****] Algorithms To Live By Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths

[*****] Atomic Habits James Clear

[*****] Ender's Game Orson Scott Card

[*****] Finite and Infinite Games James P. Carse

[*****] How To Avoid A Climate Disaster Bill Gates

[*****] Love Does Bob Goff

[*****] Radical Candor Kim Scott

[*****] Where Is My Flying Car? J. Storrs Hall

[*****] The Skeletons In God's Closet Josh Butler

[*****] How The World Really Works Vaclav Smil

[*****] The Party Crasher Josh Butler

[*****] The Order of Time Carlo Rovelli

[*****] Not The End Of The World Hannah Ritchie

[*****] The Anxious Generation Jonathan Haidt

[*****] King: A Life Jonathan Eig

[*****] The Righteous Mind Jonathan Haidt

[*****] Nuclear War Annie Jacobsen

[*****] There is No Antimemetics Division qntm

2025

[>>] The War That Made The Roman Empire Barry Strauss

[*****] There is No Antimemetics Division qntm

[****] Antimemetics Nadia Asparouhova

[****] Pontius Pilate Ann Wroe

[***] Abundance Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson

[****] Bubbles and the End of Stagnation Byrne Hobart and Tobias Huber

[***] How to Feed the World Vaclav Smil

[****] Dominion Tom Holland

[***] The Small and the Mighty Sharon McMahon

[***] Superagency Reid Hoffman and Greg Beato

[****] House of Huawei Eva Dou

2024

[***] The Devil's Highway Luis Alberto Urea

[**] City Limits Megan Kimble

[****] Who We Are and How We Got Here David Reich

[*****] Nuclear War Annie Jacobsen

[***] The Widening of God's Mercy Christopher B. Hays and Richard B. Hays

[*****] The Righteous Mind Jonathan Haidt

[***] The Rent Collector Cameron Wright

[***] The Good Neighbor Maxwell King

[**] Mastery Robert Greene

[***] The Everything Store Brad Stone

[***] Jesus and the Powers N.T. Wright & Michael F. Bird

[****] Unreasonable Hospitality Will Guidara

[****] How to Hide an Empire Daniel Immerwahr

[*****] King: A Life Jonathan Eig

[****] Entangled Life Merlin Sheldrake

[***] Co-Intelligence Ethan Mollick

[****] The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory Tim Alberta

[****] When Everything's on Fire Brian Zahnd

[****] Poverty, By America Matthew Desmond

[***] Death to Deconstruction Joshua S. Porter

[*****] The Anxious Generation Jonathan Haidt

[**] Listen Listen Speak Jay Y. Kim

[***] How God Became King N.T. Wright

[**] The Revolt of the Public Martin Gurri

[****] The Dream Machine M. Mitchell Waldrop

[**] Why the Gospel? Matthew W. Bates

[*****] Not The End Of The World Hannah Ritchie

[****] Practicing The Way John Mark Comer

[****] supercommunicators Charles Duhigg

[****] Scaling People Claire Hughes Johnson

[**] Glad We Met Steven Rogleberg

[****] A City on Mars Kelly and Zach Weinersmith

[*****] The Order of Time Carlo Rovelli

[*****] The Party Crasher Josh Butler

[***] Learning Domain-Driven Design Vlad Khononov

[***] Fancy Bear Goes Phishing Scott J. Shapiro

[***] A New Kind of Christian Brian McLaren

[***] Rationality Steven Pinker

[**] Soonish Kelly and Zach Weinersmith

[****] something incredibly wonderful happens K.C. Cole

2023

[***] Size Vaclav Smil

[****] How To Know a Person David Brooks

[***] Same As Ever Morgan Housel

[****] Unclobber Colby Martin

[***] Poor Charlie's Almanack Peter D. Kaufman

[***] Invention and Innovation Vaclav Smil

[****] Going Infinite Michael Lewis

[*****] How The World Really Works Vaclav Smil

[****] Never Split The Difference Chris Voss

[****] An Elegant Puzzle Will Larson

[***] It's Okay To Be Angry About Capitalism Bernie Sanders

[****] Elon Musk Walter Isaacson

[****] Subversive Witness Dominique Dubois Gilliard

[****] Beautiful Union Josh Butler

[*****] The Skeletons In God's Closet Josh Butler

[*] Remote Jason Fried and David Heinemeir Hansson

[****] Why We're Polarized Ezra Klein

[***] Blitzed Norman Ohler

[****] How To Drive a Nuclear Reactor Colin Tucker

[***] The Art of Doing Science and Engineering Richard W. Hamming

[****] Stubborn Attachments Tyler Cowen

[*****] Where Is My Flying Car? J. Storrs Hall

Previous Years

[*****] Radical Candor Kim Scott

[*****] Love Does Bob Goff

[*****] How To Avoid A Climate Disaster Bill Gates

[*****] Finite and Infinite Games James P. Carse

[*****] Ender's Game Orson Scott Card

[*****] Atomic Habits James Clear

[*****] Algorithms To Live By Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths

[*****] A Brief History Of Time Stephen Hawking

[*****] There is No Antimemetics Division qntm

[*****] Nuclear War Annie Jacobsen

[*****] The Righteous Mind Jonathan Haidt

[*****] King: A Life Jonathan Eig

[*****] The Anxious Generation Jonathan Haidt

[*****] Not The End Of The World Hannah Ritchie

[*****] The Order of Time Carlo Rovelli

[*****] The Party Crasher Josh Butler

[*****] How The World Really Works Vaclav Smil

[*****] The Skeletons In God's Closet Josh Butler

[*****] Where Is My Flying Car? J. Storrs Hall

[*****] Radical Candor Kim Scott

[*****] Love Does Bob Goff

[*****] How To Avoid A Climate Disaster Bill Gates

[*****] Finite and Infinite Games James P. Carse

[*****] Ender's Game Orson Scott Card

[*****] Atomic Habits James Clear

[*****] Algorithms To Live By Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths

[*****] A Brief History Of Time Stephen Hawking

[****] Antimemetics Nadia Asparouhova

[****] Pontius Pilate Ann Wroe

[****] Bubbles and the End of Stagnation Byrne Hobart and Tobias Huber

[****] Dominion Tom Holland

[****] House of Huawei Eva Dou

[****] Who We Are and How We Got Here David Reich

[****] Unreasonable Hospitality Will Guidara

[****] How to Hide an Empire Daniel Immerwahr

[****] Entangled Life Merlin Sheldrake

[****] The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory Tim Alberta

[****] When Everything's on Fire Brian Zahnd

[****] Poverty, By America Matthew Desmond

[****] The Dream Machine M. Mitchell Waldrop

[****] Practicing The Way John Mark Comer

[****] supercommunicators Charles Duhigg

[****] Scaling People Claire Hughes Johnson

[****] A City on Mars Kelly and Zach Weinersmith

[****] something incredibly wonderful happens K.C. Cole

[****] How To Know a Person David Brooks

[****] Unclobber Colby Martin

[****] Going Infinite Michael Lewis

[****] Never Split The Difference Chris Voss

[****] An Elegant Puzzle Will Larson

[****] Elon Musk Walter Isaacson

[****] Subversive Witness Dominique Dubois Gilliard

[****] Beautiful Union Josh Butler

[****] Why We're Polarized Ezra Klein

[****] How To Drive a Nuclear Reactor Colin Tucker

[****] Stubborn Attachments Tyler Cowen

[***] Abundance Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson

[***] How to Feed the World Vaclav Smil

[***] The Small and the Mighty Sharon McMahon

[***] Superagency Reid Hoffman and Greg Beato

[***] The Devil's Highway Luis Alberto Urea

[***] The Widening of God's Mercy Christopher B. Hays and Richard B. Hays

[***] The Rent Collector Cameron Wright

[***] The Good Neighbor Maxwell King

[***] The Everything Store Brad Stone

[***] Jesus and the Powers N.T. Wright & Michael F. Bird

[***] Co-Intelligence Ethan Mollick

[***] Death to Deconstruction Joshua S. Porter

[***] How God Became King N.T. Wright

[***] Learning Domain-Driven Design Vlad Khononov

[***] Fancy Bear Goes Phishing Scott J. Shapiro

[***] A New Kind of Christian Brian McLaren

[***] Rationality Steven Pinker

[***] Size Vaclav Smil

[***] Same As Ever Morgan Housel

[***] Poor Charlie's Almanack Peter D. Kaufman

[***] Invention and Innovation Vaclav Smil

[***] It's Okay To Be Angry About Capitalism Bernie Sanders

[***] Blitzed Norman Ohler

[***] The Art of Doing Science and Engineering Richard W. Hamming

[**] City Limits Megan Kimble

[**] Mastery Robert Greene

[**] Listen Listen Speak Jay Y. Kim

[**] The Revolt of the Public Martin Gurri

[**] Why the Gospel? Matthew W. Bates

[**] Glad We Met Steven Rogleberg

[**] Soonish Kelly and Zach Weinersmith

[*] Remote Jason Fried and David Heinemeir Hansson

[--] The War That Made The Roman Empire Barry Strauss

[*****] A Brief History Of Time Stephen Hawking

[****] A City on Mars Kelly and Zach Weinersmith

[***] A New Kind of Christian Brian McLaren

[***] Abundance Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson

[*****] Algorithms To Live By Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths

[****] An Elegant Puzzle Will Larson

[****] Antimemetics Nadia Asparouhova

[*****] Atomic Habits James Clear

[****] Beautiful Union Josh Butler

[***] Blitzed Norman Ohler

[****] Bubbles and the End of Stagnation Byrne Hobart and Tobias Huber

[**] City Limits Megan Kimble

[***] Co-Intelligence Ethan Mollick

[***] Death to Deconstruction Joshua S. Porter

[****] Dominion Tom Holland

[****] Elon Musk Walter Isaacson

[*****] Ender's Game Orson Scott Card

[****] Entangled Life Merlin Sheldrake

[***] Fancy Bear Goes Phishing Scott J. Shapiro

[*****] Finite and Infinite Games James P. Carse

[**] Glad We Met Steven Rogleberg

[****] Going Infinite Michael Lewis

[****] House of Huawei Eva Dou

[***] How God Became King N.T. Wright

[*****] How The World Really Works Vaclav Smil

[*****] How To Avoid A Climate Disaster Bill Gates

[****] How To Drive a Nuclear Reactor Colin Tucker

[****] How To Know a Person David Brooks

[***] How to Feed the World Vaclav Smil

[****] How to Hide an Empire Daniel Immerwahr

[***] Invention and Innovation Vaclav Smil

[***] It's Okay To Be Angry About Capitalism Bernie Sanders

[***] Jesus and the Powers N.T. Wright & Michael F. Bird

[*****] King: A Life Jonathan Eig

[***] Learning Domain-Driven Design Vlad Khononov

[**] Listen Listen Speak Jay Y. Kim

[*****] Love Does Bob Goff

[**] Mastery Robert Greene

[****] Never Split The Difference Chris Voss

[*****] Not The End Of The World Hannah Ritchie

[*****] Nuclear War Annie Jacobsen

[****] Pontius Pilate Ann Wroe

[***] Poor Charlie's Almanack Peter D. Kaufman

[****] Poverty, By America Matthew Desmond

[****] Practicing The Way John Mark Comer

[*****] Radical Candor Kim Scott

[***] Rationality Steven Pinker

[*] Remote Jason Fried and David Heinemeir Hansson

[***] Same As Ever Morgan Housel

[****] Scaling People Claire Hughes Johnson

[***] Size Vaclav Smil

[**] Soonish Kelly and Zach Weinersmith

[****] Stubborn Attachments Tyler Cowen

[****] Subversive Witness Dominique Dubois Gilliard

[***] Superagency Reid Hoffman and Greg Beato

[*****] The Anxious Generation Jonathan Haidt

[***] The Art of Doing Science and Engineering Richard W. Hamming

[***] The Devil's Highway Luis Alberto Urea

[****] The Dream Machine M. Mitchell Waldrop

[***] The Everything Store Brad Stone

[***] The Good Neighbor Maxwell King

[****] The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory Tim Alberta

[*****] The Order of Time Carlo Rovelli

[*****] The Party Crasher Josh Butler

[***] The Rent Collector Cameron Wright

[**] The Revolt of the Public Martin Gurri

[*****] The Righteous Mind Jonathan Haidt

[*****] The Skeletons In God's Closet Josh Butler

[***] The Small and the Mighty Sharon McMahon

[>>] The War That Made The Roman Empire Barry Strauss

[***] The Widening of God's Mercy Christopher B. Hays and Richard B. Hays

[*****] There is No Antimemetics Division qntm

[****] Unclobber Colby Martin

[****] Unreasonable Hospitality Will Guidara

[****] When Everything's on Fire Brian Zahnd

[*****] Where Is My Flying Car? J. Storrs Hall

[****] Who We Are and How We Got Here David Reich

[****] Why We're Polarized Ezra Klein

[**] Why the Gospel? Matthew W. Bates

[****] something incredibly wonderful happens K.C. Cole

[****] supercommunicators Charles Duhigg

[****] Pontius Pilate Ann Wroe

[*****] Nuclear War Annie Jacobsen

[>>] The War That Made The Roman Empire Barry Strauss

[***] It's Okay To Be Angry About Capitalism Bernie Sanders

[*****] How To Avoid A Climate Disaster Bill Gates

[*****] Love Does Bob Goff

[***] The Everything Store Brad Stone

[*****] Algorithms To Live By Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths

[***] A New Kind of Christian Brian McLaren

[****] When Everything's on Fire Brian Zahnd

[****] Bubbles and the End of Stagnation Byrne Hobart and Tobias Huber

[***] The Rent Collector Cameron Wright

[*****] The Order of Time Carlo Rovelli

[****] supercommunicators Charles Duhigg

[****] Never Split The Difference Chris Voss

[***] The Widening of God's Mercy Christopher B. Hays and Richard B. Hays

[****] Scaling People Claire Hughes Johnson

[****] Unclobber Colby Martin

[****] How To Drive a Nuclear Reactor Colin Tucker

[****] How to Hide an Empire Daniel Immerwahr

[****] How To Know a Person David Brooks

[****] Who We Are and How We Got Here David Reich

[****] Subversive Witness Dominique Dubois Gilliard

[***] Co-Intelligence Ethan Mollick

[****] House of Huawei Eva Dou

[****] Why We're Polarized Ezra Klein

[***] Abundance Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson

[*****] Not The End Of The World Hannah Ritchie

[*****] Where Is My Flying Car? J. Storrs Hall

[*****] Atomic Habits James Clear

[*****] Finite and Infinite Games James P. Carse

[*] Remote Jason Fried and David Heinemeir Hansson

[**] Listen Listen Speak Jay Y. Kim

[****] Practicing The Way John Mark Comer

[*****] King: A Life Jonathan Eig

[*****] The Anxious Generation Jonathan Haidt

[*****] The Righteous Mind Jonathan Haidt

[*****] The Skeletons In God's Closet Josh Butler

[****] Beautiful Union Josh Butler

[*****] The Party Crasher Josh Butler

[***] Death to Deconstruction Joshua S. Porter

[****] something incredibly wonderful happens K.C. Cole

[**] Soonish Kelly and Zach Weinersmith

[****] A City on Mars Kelly and Zach Weinersmith

[*****] Radical Candor Kim Scott

[***] The Devil's Highway Luis Alberto Urea

[****] The Dream Machine M. Mitchell Waldrop

[**] The Revolt of the Public Martin Gurri

[****] Poverty, By America Matthew Desmond

[**] Why the Gospel? Matthew W. Bates

[***] The Good Neighbor Maxwell King

[**] City Limits Megan Kimble

[****] Entangled Life Merlin Sheldrake

[****] Going Infinite Michael Lewis

[***] Same As Ever Morgan Housel

[***] How God Became King N.T. Wright

[***] Jesus and the Powers N.T. Wright & Michael F. Bird

[****] Antimemetics Nadia Asparouhova

[***] Blitzed Norman Ohler

[*****] Ender's Game Orson Scott Card

[***] Poor Charlie's Almanack Peter D. Kaufman

[*****] There is No Antimemetics Division qntm

[***] Superagency Reid Hoffman and Greg Beato

[***] The Art of Doing Science and Engineering Richard W. Hamming

[**] Mastery Robert Greene

[***] Fancy Bear Goes Phishing Scott J. Shapiro

[***] The Small and the Mighty Sharon McMahon

[*****] A Brief History Of Time Stephen Hawking

[***] Rationality Steven Pinker

[**] Glad We Met Steven Rogleberg

[****] The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory Tim Alberta

[****] Dominion Tom Holland

[****] Stubborn Attachments Tyler Cowen

[*****] How The World Really Works Vaclav Smil

[***] Invention and Innovation Vaclav Smil

[***] Size Vaclav Smil

[***] How to Feed the World Vaclav Smil

[***] Learning Domain-Driven Design Vlad Khononov

[****] Elon Musk Walter Isaacson

[****] Unreasonable Hospitality Will Guidara

[****] An Elegant Puzzle Will Larson