Library

I used to read a lot. As a child, and then as a teenager, I almost always had my face in a book. If my personal habits over the last decade are of any indication, my appetite for literature was fueled by the lack of portable technology available to me in the 90’s and early aughts—and as 2020 has taught all of us, what we need these days is less tech, not more.

So, in support of my single 2021 resolution to “slow the fuck down,” I’m going to replace my doomscrolling habit with a book-reading one, and what better way to do that than to hold myself accountable with a rolling log of books I have read? A book-logbook, if you will.

I should probably note that some of these books will be ones I’ve read dozens of times, while others will be one-and-dones (ones-and-done?). I’m sure there will be a few I don’t even bother to finish, but it’s my list and I’ll do what I want with it. Also, it’s important to acknowledge that some authors are great writers, but less-than-great people. It shouldn’t need to be said, but my choosing to read a book does not constitute support of an author’s personal beliefs (or even the contents of the book itself).

Currently Reading

Apple by Jim Carlton
Coding Democracy by Maureen Webb
Permanent Record by Edward Snowden

Books Read in 2021

Goal: 26 of 20

Goodbye Phone, Hello World by Paul Greenberg
Ready Player Two (Ready Player One #2) by Ernest Cline
Magician: Apprentice (Riftwar Saga #1) by Raymond E. Feist
The Punch Escrow by Tal M. Klein
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll
Mage Against the Machine by Shaun Barger
Origin (Robert Langdon #5) by Dan Brown
The Forever War (The Forever War #1) by Joe Haldeman
Gumption by Nick Offerman
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Another Turn of the Crank by Wendell Berry
Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
Essentialism by Greg McKeown
Peace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh
The Making of a Manager by Julie Zhuo
The Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama XIV and Howard C. Cutler
Indistractable by Nir Eyal
Invisible Influence by Jonah Berger
Enchantment by Guy Kawasaki
Growth Hacker Marketing by Ryan Holiday
Killing Sacred Cows by Garrett B. Gunderson
Nurture Shock by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
The Shining (The Shining #1) by Stephen King

Books Read in 2020

Goal: 8 of 0

Dragon Wing (Death Gate Cycle #1) by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
Ghost in the Wires by Kevin D. Mitnick
Ender's Game (Ender's Saga #1) by Orson Scott Card
Outland (World Lines #1) by Dennis E. Taylor
Off to Be the Wizard (Magic 2.0 #1) by Scott Meyer
The Vexed Generation (Magic 2.0 #6) by Scott Meyer
Beacon 23 by Hugh Howey
Armada by Ernest Cline

Book Backlog

When to Rob a Bank by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs
Blood, Sweat, and Pixels by Jason Schreier
The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday
Click Here to Kill Everybody by Bruce Schneier
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1) by George R.R. Martin
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
1984 by George Orwell
Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday
REAMDE by Neal Stephenson
Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Gates by Stephen Manes and Paul Andrews
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Casino Royale (James Bond #1) by Ian Fleming
Neuromancer (Sprawl 0.5 #1) by William Gibson
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Artemis by Andy Weir
I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert
The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford
Quit Like a Millionaire by Bryce Leung and Kristy Shen
The Five Thieves of Happiness by John Izzo
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Good to Great by Jim Collins
Tribe of Mentors by Timothy Ferriss
Rapture for the Geeks by Richard Dooling
Hooked by Nir Eyal
Zero to One by Peter Thiel