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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 October 2026 · Goodreads ↗

Currently reading

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

Sekret Machines: Gods: Volume 1 of Gods Man & War (1) (Sekret Machines: Gods Man & War) — Sekret Machines: Gods: Volume 1 of Gods Man & War (1) (Sekret Machines: Gods Man & War) · Tom DeLonge

The Blinding Knife (Lightbringer, #2) — The Blinding Knife (Lightbringer, #2) · Brent Weeks

Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed's Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East — Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed's Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East · Matthew Cole

Recent reads

from Goodreads

Out of the Shadows: Revealing the Truth About Non-Human Intelligent Life — Out of the Shadows: Revealing the Truth About Non-Human Intelligent Life · Jay Stratton★★★☆☆review ↗

The Black Prism (Lightbringer, #1) — The Black Prism (Lightbringer, #1) · Brent Weeks★★★★☆review ↗

Pushing Ice — Pushing Ice · Alastair Reynolds★★★☆☆review ↗

A Dance of Burning Blades — A Dance of Burning Blades · M.H. Ayinde★★★★★review ↗

Scion (Scion #1) — Scion (Scion #1) · James Islington★★★☆☆review ↗

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

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 ↗

Reading List

up next

EW 105: Space Electronic Warfare (Artech House Electronic Warfare Library) — EW 105: Space Electronic Warfare (Artech House Electronic Warfare Library) · David L. Adamy

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

Eden Undone: A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War II — Eden Undone: A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War II · Abbott Kahler

EW 104: Electronic Warfare Against a New Generation of Threats (EW100) — EW 104: Electronic Warfare Against a New Generation of Threats (EW100) · David L. Adamy

Crime and Punishment — Crime and Punishment · Fyodor Dostoevsky

Out of the Ashes: After the Fall, Book 1 — Out of the Ashes: After the Fall, Book 1 · Lorian Ellis

The shelf

225 books

Fiction Favorites16

Hierarchy — Hierarchy · James Islington

Project Hail Mary — Project Hail Mary · Andy Weir

Red Rising Saga — Red Rising Saga · Pierce Brown

The Stormlight Archive — The Stormlight Archive · Brandon Sanderson

Fairy Tale — Fairy Tale · Stephen King

Series124

The Expanse — The Expanse · James S.A. Corey

The Wheel of Time — The Wheel of Time · Robert Jordan

Dungeon Crawler Carl — Dungeon Crawler Carl · Matt Dinniman

Harry Potter — Harry Potter · J.K. Rowling

Mistborn — Mistborn · Brandon Sanderson

Skyward — Skyward · Brandon Sanderson

The Sun Eater — The Sun Eater · Christopher Ruocchio

Red Rising Saga — Red Rising Saga · Pierce Brown

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

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

The Stormlight Archive — The Stormlight Archive · Brandon Sanderson

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

The First Law — The First Law · Joe Abercrombie

The Kingkiller Chronicle — The Kingkiller Chronicle · Patrick Rothfuss

The Licanius Trilogy — The Licanius Trilogy · James Islington

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

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

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

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

Dune — Dune · Frank Herbert

Hierarchy — Hierarchy · James Islington

Hyperion Cantos — Hyperion Cantos · Dan Simmons

Sekret Machines — Sekret Machines · Tom DeLonge

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

Wayward Pines — Wayward Pines · Blake Crouch

Fiction Standalones27

1984 — 1984 · George Orwell

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

All Systems Red — All Systems Red · Martha Wells

Arcanum Unbounded — Arcanum Unbounded · Brandon Sanderson

Artemis — Artemis · Andy Weir

Billy Summers — Billy Summers · Stephen King

Children of Time — Children of Time · Adrian Tchaikovsky

Dreamcatcher — Dreamcatcher · Stephen King

Elantris — Elantris · Brandon Sanderson

Fairy Tale — Fairy Tale · Stephen King

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

Foundation — Foundation · Isaac Asimov

Iron Flame — Iron Flame · Rebecca Yarros

Neuromancer — Neuromancer · William Gibson

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

One Dark Window — One Dark Window · Rachel Gillig

Piranesi — Piranesi · Susanna Clarke

Sphere — Sphere · Michael Crichton

Station Eleven — Station Eleven · Emily St. John Mandel

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

The Martian — The Martian · Andy Weir

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

The Stand — The Stand · Stephen King

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

The Wool Trilogy — The Wool Trilogy · Hugh Howey

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

Warbreaker — Warbreaker · Brandon Sanderson

Non-Fiction Favorites6

Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order — Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order · Ray Dalio

The Kill Chain — The Kill Chain · Christian Brose

A World Undone — A World Undone · G.J. Meyer

Never Split the Difference — Never Split the Difference · Chris Voss

Skunk Works — Skunk Works · Ben R. Rich

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck — The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck · Mark Manson

Science & Engineering Adjacent16

Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire — Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire · Thomas Lin

Aliens — Aliens · Jim Al-Khalili

Extraterrestrial — Extraterrestrial · Avi Loeb

Homo Deus — Homo Deus · Yuval Noah Harari

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster — How to Avoid a Climate Disaster · Bill Gates

Lights Out — Lights Out · Thomas Gryta

Present Shock — Present Shock · Douglas Rushkoff

Sapiens — Sapiens · Yuval Noah Harari

Skunk Works — Skunk Works · Ben R. Rich

Staff Engineer — Staff Engineer · Will Larson

The Big Picture — The Big Picture · Sean Carroll

The Contact Paradox — The Contact Paradox · Keith Cooper

The Systems Thinker - Analytical Skills — The Systems Thinker - Analytical Skills · Albert Rutherford

The Uninhabitable Earth — The Uninhabitable Earth · David Wallace-Wells

Thinking, Fast and Slow — Thinking, Fast and Slow · Daniel Kahneman

When the Heavens Went on Sale — When the Heavens Went on Sale · Ashlee Vance

Economics6

A Template for Understanding Big Debt Crises — A Template for Understanding Big Debt Crises · Ray Dalio

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations — An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations · Adam Smith

Good Economics for Hard Times — Good Economics for Hard Times · Abhijit V. Banerjee

Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order — Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order · Ray Dalio

The Intelligent Investor — The Intelligent Investor · Benjamin Graham

Zero to One — Zero to One · Peter Thiel

History6

A World Undone — A World Undone · G.J. Meyer

Empire of the Sun — Empire of the Sun · J.G. Ballard

Rubicon — Rubicon · Tom Holland

Storm of Steel — Storm of Steel · Ernst Jünger

The Rape of Nanking — The Rape of Nanking · Iris Shun-Ru Chang

The Rediscovery of America — The Rediscovery of America · Ned Blackhawk

Biographies2

A Promised Land — A Promised Land · Barack Obama

Elon Musk — Elon Musk · Walter Isaacson

Non-Fiction Misc22

American Kingpin — American Kingpin · Nick Bilton

Atomic Habits — Atomic Habits · James Clear

Encounters — Encounters · D. W. Pasulka

Imminent — Imminent · Luis Elizondo

Leave It Be — Leave It Be · Alan W. Watts

Mastery — Mastery · Robert Greene

Measure What Matters — Measure What Matters · John Doerr

Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics — Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics · Dan Harris

Never Split the Difference — Never Split the Difference · Chris Voss

Outliers — Outliers · Malcolm Gladwell

Principles — Principles · Ray Dalio

Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order — Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order · Ray Dalio

Range — Range · David Epstein

Talking to Strangers — Talking to Strangers · Malcolm Gladwell

The 48 Laws of Power — The 48 Laws of Power · Robert Greene

The Art of War — The Art of War · Sun Tzu

The Body Keeps the Score — The Body Keeps the Score · Bessel van der Kolk

The Bomber Mafia — The Bomber Mafia · Malcolm Gladwell

The Kill Chain — The Kill Chain · Christian Brose

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck — The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck · Mark Manson

The Tipping Point — The Tipping Point · Malcolm Gladwell

Why Nations Fail — Why Nations Fail · Daron Acemoğlu