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Reading

This is a collection of books I have read and am currently reading. For a long time I was only interested in non-fiction, and picking up a fiction book felt like a waste of time. Then I read Project Hail Mary, and it opened up the world of fiction to me; for a solid two years afterward I read almost exclusively fiction. Now I try to balance non-fiction and fiction, keeping multiple books on each side going at any given time.

Shelf updated July 2026 · Goodreads ↗

Currently reading

Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4) — Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4) · James S.A. Corey

Recent reads

from Goodreads

The Grace of Kings (The Dandelion Dynasty, #1) — The Grace of Kings (The Dandelion Dynasty, #1) · Ken Liu ★★★☆☆ review ↗

1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in History – and How It Shattered a Nation — 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in History – and How It Shattered a Nation · Andrew Ross Sorkin ★★★★☆ review ↗

Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley — Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley · Jacob Silverman ★★★☆☆ review ↗

The Intelligent Investor — The Intelligent Investor · Benjamin Graham ★★★★☆ review ↗

The French Laundry Cookbook — The French Laundry Cookbook · Thomas Keller ★★☆☆☆ review ↗

1984 — 1984 · George Orwell ★★★★☆ review ↗

The Great Gatsby — The Great Gatsby · F. Scott Fitzgerald ★★☆☆☆ review ↗

Ew 101: A First Course in Electronic Wa (Artech House Radar Library (Hardcover)) — Ew 101: A First Course in Electronic Wa (Artech House Radar Library (Hardcover)) · David Adamy ★★★★★ review ↗

Practical Electronics for Inventors, Fourth Edition — Practical Electronics for Inventors, Fourth Edition · Paul Scherz ★★★★☆ review ↗

EW 102: A Second Course in Electronic Warfare — EW 102: A Second Course in Electronic Warfare · David Adamy ★★★★★ review ↗

Antenna Theory: Analysis and Design — Antenna Theory: Analysis and Design · Constantine A. Balanis ★★★★☆ review ↗

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference — The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference · Malcolm Gladwell ★★★★☆ review ↗

Reading List

up next

Wind and Truth (The Stormlight Archive, #5) — Wind and Truth (The Stormlight Archive, #5) · Brandon Sanderson

Brave New World — Brave New World · Aldous Huxley

The Churn (The Expanse, #3.5) — The Churn (The Expanse, #3.5) · James S.A. Corey

Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5) — Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5) · James S.A. Corey

The Vital Abyss (The Expanse, #5.5) — The Vital Abyss (The Expanse, #5.5) · James S.A. Corey

Babylon’s Ashes (The Expanse, #6) — Babylon’s Ashes (The Expanse, #6) · James S.A. Corey

Strange Dogs (The Expanse, #6.5) — Strange Dogs (The Expanse, #6.5) · James S.A. Corey

Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7) — Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7) · James S.A. Corey

Auberon (The Expanse, #7.5) — Auberon (The Expanse, #7.5) · James S.A. Corey

Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8) — Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8) · James S.A. Corey

The Last Flight of the Cassandra (The Expanse #8.1) — The Last Flight of the Cassandra (The Expanse #8.1) · James S.A. Corey

Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, #9) — Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, #9) · James S.A. Corey

The Sins of Our Fathers (The Expanse, #9.5) — The Sins of Our Fathers (The Expanse, #9.5) · James S.A. Corey

The shelf

199 books

Fiction Favorites 16

Red Rising Saga — Red Rising Saga · Pierce Brown

Project Hail Mary — Project Hail Mary · Andy Weir

The Hierarchy — The Hierarchy · James Islington

The Stormlight Archive — The Stormlight Archive · Brandon Sanderson

Fairy Tale — Fairy Tale · Stephen King

Series 97

Red Rising Saga — Red Rising Saga · Pierce Brown

The Wheel of Time — The Wheel of Time · Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson

The Stormlight Archive — The Stormlight Archive · Brandon Sanderson

Mistborn — Mistborn · Brandon Sanderson

Skyward — Skyward · Brandon Sanderson

The Sun Eater — The Sun Eater · Christopher Ruocchio

The Licanius Trilogy — The Licanius Trilogy · James Islington

The Hierarchy — The Hierarchy · James Islington

The Riyria Revelations — The Riyria Revelations · Michael J. Sullivan

The Riyria Chronicles — The Riyria Chronicles · Michael J. Sullivan

Legends of the First Empire — Legends of the First Empire · Michael J. Sullivan

The Rise and Fall — The Rise and Fall · Michael J. Sullivan

The Kingkiller Chronicle — The Kingkiller Chronicle · Patrick Rothfuss

Harry Potter — Harry Potter · J.K. Rowling

The Lord of the Rings — The Lord of the Rings · J.R.R. Tolkien

Arc of a Scythe — Arc of a Scythe · Neal Shusterman

Hyperion Cantos — Hyperion Cantos · Dan Simmons

Dune — Dune · Frank Herbert

The Green Bone Saga — The Green Bone Saga · Fonda Lee

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy · Douglas Adams

A Court of Thorns and Roses — A Court of Thorns and Roses · Sarah J. Maas

Fiction Standalones 28

The Martian — The Martian · Andy Weir

Artemis — Artemis · Andy Weir

The Stand — The Stand · Stephen King

Fairy Tale — Fairy Tale · Stephen King

Billy Summers — Billy Summers · Stephen King

Dreamcatcher — Dreamcatcher · Stephen King

Elantris — Elantris · Brandon Sanderson

Warbreaker — Warbreaker · Brandon Sanderson

The Emperor's Soul — The Emperor's Soul · Brandon Sanderson

Arcanum Unbounded — Arcanum Unbounded · Brandon Sanderson

Iron Flame — Iron Flame · Rebecca Yarros

Children of Time — Children of Time · Adrian Tchaikovsky

1984 — 1984 · George Orwell

Fire & Blood — Fire & Blood · George R.R. Martin

Wool — Wool · Hugh Howey

Foundation — Foundation · Isaac Asimov

The Shadow of the Gods — The Shadow of the Gods · John Gwynne

Old Man's War — Old Man's War · John Scalzi

All Systems Red — All Systems Red · Martha Wells

A Master of Djinn — A Master of Djinn · P. Djèlí Clark

One Dark Window — One Dark Window · Rachel Gillig

Piranesi — Piranesi · Susanna Clarke

There Is No Antimemetics Division — There Is No Antimemetics Division · qntm

Sphere — Sphere · Michael Crichton

Station Eleven — Station Eleven · Emily St. John Mandel

Neuromancer — Neuromancer · William Gibson

The Sword of Kaigen — The Sword of Kaigen · M.L. Wang

Dostoevsky Collection — Dostoevsky Collection · Fyodor Dostoevsky

Non-Fiction Favorites 6

The Kill Chain

A World Undone

Skunk Works

The Changing World Order

Never Split the Difference

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck

Science & Engineering Adjacent 16

The Systems Thinker

Lights Out

When the Heavens Went on Sale

Extraterrestrial

Staff Engineer

Skunk Works

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster

Thinking, Fast and Slow

The Uninhabitable Earth

Aliens

The Contact Paradox

Alice and Bob

The Big Picture

Sapiens

Homo Deus

Present Shock

Economics 6

Good Economics for Hard Times

The Wealth of Nations

The Intelligent Investor

Zero to One

Big Debt Crises

The Changing World Order

History 6

The Storm of Steel

The Rape of Nanking

The Rediscovery of America

Empire of the Sun

Rubicon

A World Undone

Biographies 2

A Promised Land

Elon Musk

Non-Fiction Misc 22

Leave It Be: Alan Watts on the Art of Meditation

The Body Keeps the Score

Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics

Never Split the Difference

The Kill Chain

Encounters

Range

Atomic Habits

Measure What Matters

The Bomber Mafia

Outliers

Talking to Strangers

The Tipping Point

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck

American Kingpin

Principles

Mastery

The 48 Laws of Power

Imminent

The Art of War

Why Nations Fail

Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order