I originally posted my notes for each book, but I dreaded note-taking so much that I actually read fewer books.
Next, I tried to just record my favorite quotes… but apparently, I can’t handle that chore either.
Legend
π book
π favorite book
π§ audio-book
β³ currently reading
π΄ unfinished
β³ The Infidel and the Professor » Dennis Rasmussen
β³ Relativity » Albert Einstein
β³ Creation Rediscovered » Jeffrey Leonard
π Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality » Less Wrong
π Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman and the Free Software Revolution » Sam Williams
π§ Foundation » Isaac Asimov
π§ Foundation & Empire » Isaac Asimov
π§ Second Foundation » Isaac Asimov
π The Three-Body Problem » Liu Cixin
π The Dark Forest » Liu Cixin
π Death’s End » Liu Cixin
π Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman » Richard Feynman
π The Diamond Age » Neal Stephenson
π Snow Crash » Neal Stephenson
π Cryptonomicon » Neal Stephenson
π Seveneves » Neal Stephenson
π Ender’s Game » Orson Scott Card
π Ender’s Shadow » Orson Scott Card
π Player of Games » Iain Banks
π Hydrogen Sonata » Iain Banks
π The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy » Douglas Adams
π God’s Debris » Scott Adams
π§ Red Rising » Pierce Brown
π§ Golden Son » Pierce Brown
π The Five Dysfunctions of a Team » Patrick Lencioni
π The Boys in the Boat » Daniel James Brown
π The Chronicles of Narnia (all of them) » C.S. Lewis
π Till We Have Faces » C.S. Lewis
π The Alchemist » Paulo Coelho
π Harry Potter (all of them) » J.K. Rowling
π Harry Potter and the Cursed Child » Rowling, Thorne, & Tiffany
π Ready Player One » Ernest Cline
π Zero to One » Peter Thiel
π Brave New World » Aldous Huxley
π The Principles of Scientific Management » Frederick Winslow Taylor
π More Than You Know » Michael J. Mauboussin
π Lord of the Flies » William Golding
π Dune » Frank Herbert
π΄ Dune: Messiah » Frank Herbert
π The Innovator’s Dilemma » Clayton Christensen
π The Lean Startup » Eric Ries
π Of Mice and Men » John Steinbeck
π 1984 » George Orwell
π Einstein, his Life and his Universe » Walter Isaacson
π Steve Jobs » Walter Isaacson
π Outliers » Malcolm Gladwell
π΄ The Tipping Point » Malcom Gladwell
π Rework » Fried & Hansson
π Remote » Fried & Hansson
π iWoz » Wozniak & Smith
π The Mythical Man-Month » Frederick P Brooks, Jr.
π Founders at Work » Jessica Livingston
π Startup Playbook » Sam Altman
π Artemis Fowl (at least 3 of them) » Eoin Colfer
π Redwall (at least 5 of them) » Brian Jacques
π Young Jedi Knights (at least 5 of them) » Anderson & Moesta
π Mars Diaries (all 10 of them) » Sigmund Brouwer
π The Lod of the Rings (all 4) » J. R. R. Tolkien
π Johnny Tremain » Esther Forbes
Like, didn’t finish:
π΄ Barbarian Days, A Surfing Life » William Finnegan
π΄ Hackers & Painters » Paul Graham
π΄ Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire » Edward Gibbon
π΄ The Prince » NiccolΓ² Machiavelli
π΄ Atlas Shrugged » Ayn Rand
π΄ Crossing the Chasm » Geoffrey Moore
π΄ John Adams » David McCullough
π΄ the Thoughts of Blaise Pascal » C. Kegan Paul
Lukewarm, didn’t finish:
π΄ Antifragile » Nassim Taleb
π΄ The Manager’s Path » Camille Fournier
π΄ Thinking, Fast and Slow » Robert Cialdini
π΄ The Machine that Changed the World » Womack, Jones, & Roos
π΄ Drive » Daniel Pink
π΄ The Score Takes Care of Itself » Bill Walsh
π΄ Will to Power » Frederich Nietzsche
π΄ App Savvy » Ken Yarmosh
π΄ The 4-Hour Work Week » Timothy Ferriss
Dislike, didn’t finish:
π΄ The Deepest Well » Nadine Burke Harris
π΄ The Art of Reading People » Ian Tuhovsky
π΄ Not Everyone Gets a Trophy » Bruce Tulgan
π΄ Sprint » Jake Knapp
π΄ Measure what Matters » John Doerr
π΄ Traction » Gino Wickman
π΄ Discipline Equals Freedom » Jocko Willink
π΄ Disciplined Entrepreneurship » Bill Aulet
π΄ The Art of the Start » Guy Kawasaki
π΄ The Meaning of Marriage » Timothy Keller
Dislike, did finish:
π Rich Dad, Poor Dad » Robert Kiyosaki
π Becoming a True Spiritual Community » Larry Crabb
I’ve skimmed some programming books:
π΄ The C Programming Language » Kernigham & Ritchie
π΄ Introduction to Algorithms » Thomas H Cormen
π΄ Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs » Abelson & Sussman
π΄ Clean Code » Robert C. Martin
π΄ Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software » Gamma & Helm & Johnson & Vlissides
π΄ Test-Driven iOS Development » Graham Lee
π΄ Code First: Programming Entity Framework » Lerman & Miller
π΄ Programming in Objective-C » Stephen Kochan
π΄ TypeScript Deep Dive » Basarat Ali Syed
π΄ Beginning Programming for Dummies » Wallace Wang
π΄ C++ for Dummies » Cogswell & Mueller
π΄ The Swift Programming Language » Apple
π΄ An Introduction to Programming in Go » Caleb Doxsey