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Books I've read since 2023, plus some favorites from earlier years.
Books marked with notes.
SORT: [DATE] [RATING] [TITLE] [AUTHOR] [FAVORITES]

[2025]

THE WAR THAT MADE THE ROMAN EMPIRE
AUTHOR: BARRY STRAUSS [ READING ]
THERE IS NO ANTIMEMETICS DIVISION
AUTHOR: QNTM RATING: ★★★★★
ANTIMEMETICS
AUTHOR: NADIA ASPAROUHOVA RATING: ★★★★
PONTIUS PILATE
AUTHOR: ANN WROE RATING: ★★★★
ABUNDANCE
AUTHOR: EZRA KLEIN AND DEREK THOMPSON RATING: ★★★
BUBBLES AND THE END OF STAGNATION
AUTHOR: BYRNE HOBART AND TOBIAS HUBER RATING: ★★★★
HOW TO FEED THE WORLD
AUTHOR: VACLAV SMIL RATING: ★★★
DOMINION
AUTHOR: TOM HOLLAND RATING: ★★★★
THE SMALL AND THE MIGHTY
AUTHOR: SHARON MCMAHON RATING: ★★★
SUPERAGENCY
AUTHOR: REID HOFFMAN AND GREG BEATO RATING: ★★★
HOUSE OF HUAWEI
AUTHOR: EVA DOU RATING: ★★★★

[2024]

THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY
AUTHOR: LUIS ALBERTO UREA RATING: ★★★
CITY LIMITS
AUTHOR: MEGAN KIMBLE RATING: ★★
WHO WE ARE AND HOW WE GOT HERE
AUTHOR: DAVID REICH RATING: ★★★★
NUCLEAR WAR
AUTHOR: ANNIE JACOBSEN RATING: ★★★★★
THE WIDENING OF GOD'S MERCY
AUTHOR: CHRISTOPHER B. HAYS AND RICHARD B. HAYS RATING: ★★★
THE RIGHTEOUS MIND
AUTHOR: JONATHAN HAIDT RATING: ★★★★★
THE RENT COLLECTOR
AUTHOR: CAMERON WRIGHT RATING: ★★★
THE GOOD NEIGHBOR
AUTHOR: MAXWELL KING RATING: ★★★
MASTERY
AUTHOR: ROBERT GREENE RATING: ★★
THE EVERYTHING STORE
AUTHOR: BRAD STONE RATING: ★★★
JESUS AND THE POWERS
AUTHOR: N.T. WRIGHT & MICHAEL F. BIRD RATING: ★★★
UNREASONABLE HOSPITALITY
AUTHOR: WILL GUIDARA RATING: ★★★★
HOW TO HIDE AN EMPIRE
AUTHOR: DANIEL IMMERWAHR RATING: ★★★★
KING: A LIFE
AUTHOR: JONATHAN EIG RATING: ★★★★★
ENTANGLED LIFE
AUTHOR: MERLIN SHELDRAKE RATING: ★★★★
CO-INTELLIGENCE
AUTHOR: ETHAN MOLLICK RATING: ★★★
THE KINGDOM, THE POWER, AND THE GLORY
AUTHOR: TIM ALBERTA RATING: ★★★★
WHEN EVERYTHING'S ON FIRE
AUTHOR: BRIAN ZAHND RATING: ★★★★
POVERTY, BY AMERICA
AUTHOR: MATTHEW DESMOND RATING: ★★★★
DEATH TO DECONSTRUCTION
AUTHOR: JOSHUA S. PORTER RATING: ★★★
THE ANXIOUS GENERATION
AUTHOR: JONATHAN HAIDT RATING: ★★★★★
LISTEN LISTEN SPEAK
AUTHOR: JAY Y. KIM RATING: ★★
HOW GOD BECAME KING
AUTHOR: N.T. WRIGHT RATING: ★★★
THE REVOLT OF THE PUBLIC
AUTHOR: MARTIN GURRI RATING: ★★
THE DREAM MACHINE
AUTHOR: M. MITCHELL WALDROP RATING: ★★★★
WHY THE GOSPEL?
AUTHOR: MATTHEW W. BATES RATING: ★★
NOT THE END OF THE WORLD
AUTHOR: HANNAH RITCHIE RATING: ★★★★★
PRACTICING THE WAY
AUTHOR: JOHN MARK COMER RATING: ★★★★
SUPERCOMMUNICATORS
AUTHOR: CHARLES DUHIGG RATING: ★★★★
SCALING PEOPLE
AUTHOR: CLAIRE HUGHES JOHNSON RATING: ★★★★
GLAD WE MET
AUTHOR: STEVEN ROGLEBERG RATING: ★★
A CITY ON MARS
AUTHOR: KELLY AND ZACH WEINERSMITH RATING: ★★★★
THE ORDER OF TIME
AUTHOR: CARLO ROVELLI RATING: ★★★★★
THE PARTY CRASHER
AUTHOR: JOSH BUTLER RATING: ★★★★★
LEARNING DOMAIN-DRIVEN DESIGN
AUTHOR: VLAD KHONONOV RATING: ★★★
FANCY BEAR GOES PHISHING
AUTHOR: SCOTT J. SHAPIRO RATING: ★★★
A NEW KIND OF CHRISTIAN
AUTHOR: BRIAN MCLAREN RATING: ★★★
RATIONALITY
AUTHOR: STEVEN PINKER RATING: ★★★
SOONISH
AUTHOR: KELLY AND ZACH WEINERSMITH RATING: ★★
SOMETHING INCREDIBLY WONDERFUL HAPPENS
AUTHOR: K.C. COLE RATING: ★★★★

[2023]

SIZE
AUTHOR: VACLAV SMIL RATING: ★★★
HOW TO KNOW A PERSON
AUTHOR: DAVID BROOKS RATING: ★★★★
SAME AS EVER
AUTHOR: MORGAN HOUSEL RATING: ★★★
UNCLOBBER
AUTHOR: COLBY MARTIN RATING: ★★★★
POOR CHARLIE'S ALMANACK
AUTHOR: PETER D. KAUFMAN RATING: ★★★
INVENTION AND INNOVATION
AUTHOR: VACLAV SMIL RATING: ★★★
GOING INFINITE
AUTHOR: MICHAEL LEWIS RATING: ★★★★
HOW THE WORLD REALLY WORKS
AUTHOR: VACLAV SMIL RATING: ★★★★★
NEVER SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE
AUTHOR: CHRIS VOSS RATING: ★★★★
AN ELEGANT PUZZLE
AUTHOR: WILL LARSON RATING: ★★★★
IT'S OKAY TO BE ANGRY ABOUT CAPITALISM
AUTHOR: BERNIE SANDERS RATING: ★★★
ELON MUSK
AUTHOR: WALTER ISAACSON RATING: ★★★★
SUBVERSIVE WITNESS
AUTHOR: DOMINIQUE DUBOIS GILLIARD RATING: ★★★★
BEAUTIFUL UNION
AUTHOR: JOSH BUTLER RATING: ★★★★
THE SKELETONS IN GOD'S CLOSET
AUTHOR: JOSH BUTLER RATING: ★★★★★
REMOTE
AUTHOR: JASON FRIED AND DAVID HEINEMEIR HANSSON RATING: ★
WHY WE'RE POLARIZED
AUTHOR: EZRA KLEIN RATING: ★★★★
BLITZED
AUTHOR: NORMAN OHLER RATING: ★★★
HOW TO DRIVE A NUCLEAR REACTOR
AUTHOR: COLIN TUCKER RATING: ★★★★
THE ART OF DOING SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
AUTHOR: RICHARD W. HAMMING RATING: ★★★
STUBBORN ATTACHMENTS
AUTHOR: TYLER COWEN RATING: ★★★★
WHERE IS MY FLYING CAR?
AUTHOR: J. STORRS HALL RATING: ★★★★★

[PREVIOUS]

RADICAL CANDOR
AUTHOR: KIM SCOTT RATING: ★★★★★
LOVE DOES
AUTHOR: BOB GOFF RATING: ★★★★★
HOW TO AVOID A CLIMATE DISASTER
AUTHOR: BILL GATES RATING: ★★★★★
FINITE AND INFINITE GAMES
AUTHOR: JAMES P. CARSE RATING: ★★★★★
ENDER'S GAME
AUTHOR: ORSON SCOTT CARD RATING: ★★★★★
ATOMIC HABITS
AUTHOR: JAMES CLEAR RATING: ★★★★★
ALGORITHMS TO LIVE BY
AUTHOR: BRIAN CHRISTIAN AND TOM GRIFFITHS RATING: ★★★★★
A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME
AUTHOR: STEPHEN HAWKING RATING: ★★★★★