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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 (re-reads are conveniently marked with an asterisk), 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 (and a bunch that aren't even technically books... comics, audiobooks, or essays, anyone?), 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

1. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius [translated by Jeffrey Ito]
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2. Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl #1) by Matt Dinniman

Books Read in 2024

1. Good Inside by Dr. Becky Kennedy
2. Managing Humans by Michael Lopp
3. * The Dhammapada by Gotama Buddha [translated by Thomas Byrom]
4. An Open Heart by The Dalai Lama
5. The Bhagavad-Gita by Barbara Stoler Miller
6. On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt
7. Please Unsubscribe, Thanks! by Julio Vincent Gambuto
8. Good Fucking Manners by Simon Griffin
9. Be Useful by Arnold Schwarzenegger
10. The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman
11. The Craft by John Dickie
12. The Celestine Prophecy (Celestine Prophecy #1) by James Redfield
13. Just One Damned Thing After Another (Chronicles of St. Mary's #1) by Jodi Taylor
14. Letters to a Starseed by Rebecca Campbell
15. * The Art of Deception by Kevin Mitnick
16. Die With Zero by Bill Perkins
17. The Way of the Boddhisattva by Shantideva
18. Every Tool's a Hammer by Adam Savage
19. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin
20. The Lost Keys of Freemasonry by Manly P. Hall
21. Same as Ever by Morgan Housel
22. You Look Like a Thing and I Love You by Janelle Shane
23. The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
24. More Joel on Software by Joel Spolsky
25. Nature and Other Writings by Ralph Waldo Emerson
26. Feel-Good Productivity by Ali Abdaal
27. The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs
28. The Art of Taking It Easy by Dr. Brian King
29. The Buddha Walks into a Bar by Lodro Rinzler
30. The Art of Manliness by Brett McKay and Kate McKay
31. Micro by Michael Crichton and Richard Preston
32. The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho
33. The Keeper of Enchanted Rooms by Charlie N. Holmberg
34. The Year of Living Constitutionally by A.J. Jacobs
35. How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
36. Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park #1) by Michael Crichton
37. Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse #5) by Dennis E. Taylor
38. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
39. Short Works by Epictetus [translated by George Long]
40. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius [translated by George Long]
41. The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
42. That's Not Right by Scott Meyer
43. Brute Force by Scott Meyer
44. Buzzkill (Caverns and Creatures) by Robert Bevan

Recommended

1. Good Inside by Dr. Becky Kennedy
2. Managing Humans by Michael Lopp
3. * The Dhammapada by Gotama Buddha [translated by Thomas Byrom]
4. An Open Heart by The Dalai Lama
5. The Bhagavad-Gita by Barbara Stoler Miller
6. On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt
7. Please Unsubscribe, Thanks! by Julio Vincent Gambuto
8. Just One Damned Thing After Another (Chronicles of St. Mary's #1) by Jodi Taylor
9. * The Art of Deception by Kevin Mitnick
10. Every Tool's a Hammer by Adam Savage
11. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin
12. Same as Ever by Morgan Housel
13. You Look Like a Thing and I Love You by Janelle Shane
14. The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
15. More Joel on Software by Joel Spolsky
16. Nature and Other Writings by Ralph Waldo Emerson
17. Feel-Good Productivity by Ali Abdaal
18. The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs
19. The Buddha Walks into a Bar by Lodro Rinzler
20. The Art of Manliness by Brett McKay and Kate McKay
21. The Year of Living Constitutionally by A.J. Jacobs
22. How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
23. Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse #5) by Dennis E. Taylor
24. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
25. Short Works by Epictetus [translated by George Long]
26. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius [translated by George Long]
27. The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
28. That's Not Right by Scott Meyer
29. Brute Force by Scott Meyer

Abandoned

1. The Compassionate Samurai by Brian Klemmer
2. Six Questions of Socrates by Christopher Phillips
3. The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks
4. Deep Learning: A Visual Approach by Andrew Glassner
5. Python Crash Course by Eric Matthes
6. Statistics Done Wrong by Alex Reinhart

Books Read in 2023

1. Destructive Reasoning (The Authorities #2) by Scott Meyer
2. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
3. * Meditations by Marcus Aurelius [translated by Gregory Hays]
4. The Mister Rogers Effect by Anita Knight Kuhnley
5. No Cure for Being Human by Kate Bowler
6. No Rules Rules by Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer
7. This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk by Kevin Hart
8. Measure What Matters by John Doerr
9. The Ride of a Lifetime by Robert Iger
10. Playing with Fire by Gordon Ramsay
11. Letters from a Stoic by Lucius Seneca [translated by Richard Gummere]
12. Ted Talks by Chris Anderson
13. * The Complete Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
14. The Comfort Book by Matt Haig
15. The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
16. We Are In This Together by Beth Kempton
17. The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz #1) by Heather Morris
18. Slaying the Dragon by Ben Riggs
19. Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
20. Discipline is Destiny by Ryan Holiday
21. * Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter #1) by J.K. Rowling
22. Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek
23. Multiplier by Liz Wiseman
24. The Woods Out Back by R. A. Salvatore
25. Starry Messenger by Neil deGrasse Tyson
26. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
27. The Grip of It by Jac Jemc
28. Joel on Software by Joel Spolsky
29. Iron John by Robert Bly
30. The Dhammapada by Gotama Buddha [translated by Thomas Byrom]
31. Barbarians Led by Bill Gates by Jennifer Edstrom and Marlin Eller
32. No Mud, No Lotus by Thich Nhat Hanh
33. Dare to Lead by Brené Brown
34. Tao Teh Ching by Lao Tzu
35. * The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss
36. The Nerdist Way by Chris Hardwick
37. Tools of Titans by Timothy Ferriss
38. Soul Boom by Rainn Wilson
39. The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau
40. The Terminal List by Jack Carr

Recommended

1. * Meditations by Marcus Aurelius [translated by Gregory Hays]
2. No Cure for Being Human by Kate Bowler
3. No Rules Rules by Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer
4. Measure What Matters by John Doerr
5. The Ride of a Lifetime by Robert Iger
6. Letters from a Stoic by Lucius Seneca [translated by Richard Gummere]
7. Ted Talks by Chris Anderson
8. * The Complete Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
9. The Comfort Book by Matt Haig
10. The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
11. Slaying the Dragon by Ben Riggs
12. Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
13. Discipline is Destiny by Ryan Holiday
14. * Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter #1) by J.K. Rowling
15. Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek
16. Starry Messenger by Neil deGrasse Tyson
17. The Grip of It by Jac Jemc
18. Joel on Software by Joel Spolsky
19. Iron John by Robert Bly
20. The Dhammapada by Gotama Buddha [translated by Thomas Byrom]
21. No Mud, No Lotus by Thich Nhat Hanh
22. Tao Teh Ching by Lao Tzu
23. * The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss
24. The Nerdist Way by Chris Hardwick
25. Tools of Titans by Timothy Ferriss

Abandoned

1. The Magic (The Secret #3) by Rhonda Byrne

Books Read in 2022

Goal: 85 of 50

1. Atomic Habits by James Clear
2. Everything Is F*cked by Mark Manson
3. Verses from the Center by Stephen Batchelor
4. Blood, Sweat, and Pixels by Jason Schreier
5. Quit Like a Millionaire by Kristy Shen and Bryce Leung
6. The Chaos Protocols by Gordon White
7. The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Carroll
8. Casino Royale (James Bond #1) by Ian Fleming
9. Illusions by Richard Bach
10. How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
11. * Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
12. Superconnector by Scott Gerber and Ryan Paugh
13. How the Mighty Fall by Jim Collins
14. * Timeline by Michael Crichton
15. Emergency by Neil Strauss
16. How to Be Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable by Ben Aldridge
17. Breath by James Nestor
18. Freemasons for Dummies by Christopher Hodapp
19. Peace Is Every Breath by Thich Nhat Hanh
20. Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
21. Radical Candor by Kim Scott
22. Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft
23. Ikigai by Hector Garcia & Francesc Miralles
24. Raising Good Humans by Hunter Clarke-Fields
25. Practical Doomsday by Michal Zalewski
26. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
27. Where the Deer and the Antelope Play by Nick Offerman
28. The Second Mountain by David Brooks
29. Narconomics by Tom Wainwright
30. Deep Work by Cal Newport
31. The 10x Rule by Grant Cardone
32. The Magicians by Lev Grossman
33. The Last Shadow (Ender's Saga #6) by Orson Scott Card
34. In the Beginning was the Command Line by Neal Stephenson
35. The Art of War by Sun Tzu
36. As a Man Thinketh by James Allen
37. How to Kill a City by P.E. Moskowitz
38. Amp It Up by Frank Slootman
39. The Dilbert Principle by Scott Adams
40. The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor
41. * The 4-Hour Body by Timothy Ferriss
42. The Little Book of Stoicism by Jonas Salzgeber
43. On Writing by Stephen King
44. The Complete Fables by Aesop
45. * The Essential Guide to Freelance Writing by Zachary Petit
46. X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills by Chris Claremont and Brent Anderson
47. Afterlife with Archie: Escape from Riverdale by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Francesco Francavilla
48. Lacero by Andy Weir
49. Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
50. The Automatic Millionaire by David Bach
51. The Call of the Wild by Jack London
52. 2BR02B by Kurt Vonnegut
53. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
54. How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
55. Randomize (Forward Collection #6) by Andy Weir
56. Ark (Forward Collection #1) by Veronica Roth
57. Summer Frost (Forward Collection #2) by Blake Crouch
58. Emergency Skin (Forward Collection #3) by N.K. Jemisin
59. You Have Arrived at Your Destination (Forward Collection #4) by Amor Towles
60. The Last Conversation (Forward Collection #5) by Paul Tremblay
61. Start with Why by Simon Sinek
62. Constance (Constance #1) by Matthew FitzSimmons
63. The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
64. My Evil Mother by Margaret Atwood
65. Happier at Home by Gretchen Rubin
66. On the Shortness of Life by Lucius Seneca [translated by James Harris]
67. Animal Farm by George Orwell
68. The Safety Trap by Spencer Coursen
69. Paganism for Prisoners by Awyn Dawn
70. The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande
71. The Kybalion by Three Initiates
72. Asatru by Erin Lale
73. The Final Empire (Mistborn #1) by Brandon Sanderson
74. A Change of Plans by Dennis E. Taylor
75. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1) by Douglas Adams
76. The Emerald Tablets of Thoth The Atlantean by M. Doreal
77. The Male Pagan by John Simone
78. Low Magick by Lon Milo DuQuette
79. Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber
80. * A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet #1) by Madeleine L'Engle
81. * Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter #1) by J.K. Rowling
82. Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
83. Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
84. The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
85. The Authorities (The Authorities #1) by Scott Meyer

Recommended

1. Atomic Habits by James Clear
2. Everything Is F*cked by Mark Manson
3. Illusions by Richard Bach
4. * Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
5. Emergency by Neil Strauss
6. Breath by James Nestor
7. Radical Candor by Kim Scott
8. Practical Doomsday by Michal Zalewski
9. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
10. Deep Work by Cal Newport
11. As a Man Thinketh by James Allen
12. The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor
13. On Writing by Stephen King
14. X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills by Chris Claremont and Brent Anderson
15. The Call of the Wild by Jack London
16. How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
17. Summer Frost (Forward Collection #2) by Blake Crouch
18. Emergency Skin (Forward Collection #3) by N.K. Jemisin
19. The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
20. On the Shortness of Life by Lucius Seneca [translated by James Harris]
21. Animal Farm by George Orwell
22. The Safety Trap by Spencer Coursen
23. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1) by Douglas Adams
24. Low Magick by Lon Milo DuQuette
25. Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber
26. * A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet #1) by Madeleine L'Engle
27. * Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter #1) by J.K. Rowling
28. Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
29. Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
30. The Authorities (The Authorities #1) by Scott Meyer

Abandoned

1. * I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi
2. The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
3. * Unauthorized Access by Wil Allsopp
4. Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
5. The Way of Qigong by Kenneth S. Cohen
6. Along Came a Spider (Alex Cross #1) by James Patterson

Books Read in 2021

Goal: 86 of 20

1. Goodbye Phone, Hello World by Paul Greenberg
2. Ready Player Two (Ready Player One #2) by Ernest Cline
3. * Magician: Apprentice (Riftwar Saga #1) by Raymond E. Feist
4. The Punch Escrow by Tal M. Klein
5. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
6. The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll
7. Mage Against the Machine by Shaun Barger
8. Origin (Robert Langdon #5) by Dan Brown
9. The Forever War (The Forever War #1) by Joe Haldeman
10. Gumption by Nick Offerman
11. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
12. Another Turn of the Crank by Wendell Berry
13. Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
14. Essentialism by Greg McKeown
15. Peace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh
16. The Making of a Manager by Julie Zhuo
17. * The Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama XIV and Howard C. Cutler
18. Indistractable by Nir Eyal
19. Invisible Influence by Jonah Berger
20. * Enchantment by Guy Kawasaki
21. * Growth Hacker Marketing by Ryan Holiday
22. Killing Sacred Cows by Garrett B. Gunderson
23. Nurture Shock by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
24. A Promised Land by Barack Obama
25. Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
26. The Shining (The Shining #1) by Stephen King
27. Coding Democracy by Maureen Webb
28. Permanent Record by Edward Snowden
29. How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates
30. The 80/80 Marriage by Nate Klemp and Kaley Klemp
31. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
32. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
33. When to Rob a Bank by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
34. The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday
35. The Soul of Discipline by Kim John Payne
36. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius [translated by Gregory Hays]
37. Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday
38. * The 4-Hour Chef by Timothy Ferriss
39. The Stoic Challenge by William B. Irvine
40. Stillness Is the Key by Ryan Holiday
41. * The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss
42. Incredible Doom by Matthew Bogart and Jesse Holden
43. How to be a Modern Samurai by Antony Cummins
44. Dancing with Dragons by D.J. Conway
45. Kill It with Fire by Marianne Bellotti
46. Leadership Strategy and Tactics by Jocko Willink
47. Zen in the Martial Arts by Joe Hyams
48. * Magician: Master (Riftwar Saga #2) by Raymond E. Feist
49. Otherworld (Last Reality #1) by Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller
50. My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
51. Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
52. Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
53. Futureproof by Kevin Roose
54. Why Be Happy? by Scott Haas
55. Zero to One by Peter Thiel
56. Your Fully Charged Life by Meaghan B. Murphy
57. What If? by Randall Munroe
58. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
59. Heaven's River (Bobiverse #4) by Dennis E. Taylor
60. hello, habits by Fumio Sasaki
61. The Complete Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
62. Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs
63. The Boy Who Would Be King by Ryan Holiday
64. Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Dexter #1) by Jeff Lindsay
65. All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells
66. The Manual (Stoic Philosophy #1) by Epictetus & Sam Torode [translated by Thomas W. Higginson]
67. Carrie by Stephen King
68. Meditations (Stoic Philosophy #2) by Marcus Aurelius & Sam Torode [translated by George Long]
69. The Paper Magician (The Paper Magician #1) by Charlie N. Holmberg
70. How to Think Like a Roman Emperor by Donald Robertson
71. Dissolving Classroom by Junji Ito
72. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
73. Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright
74. Traction by Gino Wickman
75. The Exorcist (The Exorcist #1) by William Peter Blatty
76. Start. by Jon Acuff
77. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy
78. Rapture for the Geeks by Richard Dooling
79. Neuromancer (Sprawl #1) by William Gibson
80. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
81. * Becoming a Better Programmer by Pete Goodliffe
82. Be More Yoda by Christian Blauvelt
83. Courage Is Calling by Ryan Holiday
84. Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
85. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
86. The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Recommended

1. Goodbye Phone, Hello World by Paul Greenberg
2. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
3. The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll
4. Gumption by Nick Offerman
5. Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
6. The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday
7. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius [translated by Gregory Hays]
8. * The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss
9. How to be a Modern Samurai by Antony Cummins
10. Kill It with Fire by Marianne Bellotti
11. Zen in the Martial Arts by Joe Hyams
12. Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
13. How to Think Like a Roman Emperor by Donald Robertson
14. Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright
15. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy
16. * Becoming a Better Programmer by Pete Goodliffe
17. Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
18. The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Abandoned

1. Apple by Jim Carlton
2. How to Be Human by Paula Cocozza
3. The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings #1) by J.R.R. Tolkien
4. Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy by James B. South
5. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
6. Click Here to Kill Everybody by Bruce Schneier

Books Read in 2020

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

Recommended

1. * Ender's Game (Ender's Saga #1) by Orson Scott Card
2. * Off to Be the Wizard (Magic 2.0 #1) by Scott Meyer