If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

List of books I’ve read:

2025

  • The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1), (2015), N. K. Jemisin, 468 pg
  • Echopraxia, (2014), Peter Watts, 384 pg
  • Dust, (2013), Hugh Howey, 416 pg
  • Shift, (2013), Hugh Howey, 579 pg
  • Lost Stars, (2015), Claudia Gray, 551 pg
  • Wool, (2012), Hugh Howey, 576 pg
  • Pastoralia, (2000), George Sanders, 188 pg
  • Blindsight, (2006), Peter Watts, 384 pg
  • Wind and Truth, (2024), Brandon Sanderson, 1330 pg
  • The Rithmatist, (2013), Brandon Sanderson, 386 pg

2024

  • Bastille vs. The Evil Librarians, (2022), Brandon Sanderson, 304 pg
  • The Dark Talent, Brandon Sanderson, (2016), Brandon Sanderson, 304 pg
  • Alcatraz vs. The Shattered Lens, (2010), Brandon Sanderson, 336 pg
  • Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia, (2009), Brandon Sanderson, 340 pg
  • Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener’s Bones, (2008), Brandon Sanderson, 337 pg
  • Alcatraz vs. The Evil Librarians, (2007), Brandon Sanderson, 328 pg
  • The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England, (2023), 372 pg
  • Penric and the Bandit, (2024), Lois McMaster Bujold, 123 pg
  • The Sunlit Man, (2023), Brandon Sanderson, 447 pg
  • Yumi and the Nightmare Painter, (2023), Brandon Sanderson, 461 pg
  • Tress of the Emerald Sea, (2023), Brandon Sanderson, 443 pg
  • Demon Daughter, (2024), Lois McMaster Bujold, 153 pg
  • Knot of Shadows, (2021), Lois McMaster Bujold, 111 pg
  • The Assassins of Thasalon, (2021), Lois McMaster Bujold, 308 pg
  • Masquerade in Lodi, (2020), Lois McMaster Bujold, 102 pg
  • The Physicians of Vilnoc, (2020), Lois McMaster Bujold, 126 pg
  • The Orphans of Raspay, (2019), Lois McMaster Bujold, 127 pg
  • The Prisoner of Limnos, (2017), Lois McMaster Bujold, 138 pg
  • Penric’s Fox, (2017), Lois McMaster Bujold, 112 pg
  • Penric’s and the Shaman, (2016), Lois McMaster Bujold, 117 pg
  • Penric’s Demon, (2015), Lois McMaster Bujold, 103 pg
  • Children of Memory, (2022), Adrian Tchaikovsky, 486 pg
  • The Hallowed Hunt, (2005), Lois McMaster Bujold, 448 pg
  • Paladin of Souls, (2003), Lois McMaster Bujold, 496 pg
  • The Curse of Chalion, (2001), Lois McMaster Bujold, 512 pg
  • Children of Ruin, (2019), Adrian Tchaikovsky, 576 pg
  • Children of Time, (2015), Adrian Tchaikovsky, 609 pg
  • The Willful Princess and the Piebald Prince, (2013), Robin Hobb, 159 pg
  • Assassin’s Fate, (2017), Robin Hobb, 952 pg
  • Fool’s Quest, (2015), Robin Hobb, 757 pg
  • Fool’s Assassin, (2014), Robin Hobb, 706 pg

2023

  • Dragon Haven, (2010), Robin Hobb, 508 pg
  • Dragon Keeper, (2009), Robin Hobb, 553 pg
  • Fool’s Fate, (2003), Robin Hobb, 914 pg
  • The Golden Fool, (2002), Robin Hobb, 709 pg
  • Fool’s Errand, (2001), Robin Hobb, 661 pg
  • Ship of Destiny, (2000), Robin Hobb, 789 pg
  • The Mad Ship, (1999), Robin Hobb, 906 pg
  • Ship of Magic, (1998), Robin Hobb, 880 pg
  • The Price Of Money: How to prosper in a financial world that’s rigged against you, (2023), Rob Dix, 182 pg
  • Assassin’s Quest, (1997), Robin Hobb, 757 pg
  • Royal Assassin, (1996), Robin Hobb, 675 pg
  • Assassin’s Apprentice, (1995), Robin Hobb, 435 pg

2022

  • Ten Poems about Tea, (2011), Various, Introduced by Sophie Dahl, 16 pg
  • The Two Towers, (1954), J. R. R. Tolkien, 448 pg
  • The Fellowship of the Ring (1954), J. R. R. Tolkien, 432 pg
    • Re-read from 20 years ago
  • Death’s End (2010), Liu Cixin, 604 pg
  • The Dark Forest (2008), Liu Cixin, 512 pg
  • The Three Body Problem (2006), Liu Cixin, 302 pg
  • Oathbringer (2017), Brandon Sanderson, 1233 pg

2021

  • Words of Radiance (2014), Brandon Sanderson, 1080 pg
  • The Way of Kings (2010), Brandon Sanderson, 1007 pg
  • Atomic Habits (2018), James Clear, 319 pg
  • Wizard’s First Rule (1994), Terry Goodkind, 836 pg
  • Forward the Foundation (1993), Isaac Asimov, 464 pg
  • Prelude to Foundation (1988), Isaac Asimov, 464 pg
  • Foundation and Earth (1986), Isaac Asimov, 500 pg
  • Foundation’s Edge (1982), Isaac Asimov, 450 pg
  • Second Foundation (1953), Isaac Asimov, 256 pg
  • Foundation and the Empire (1952), Isaac Asimov, 247 pg
  • Foundation (1951), Isaac Asimov, 244 pg
  • The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2020), Suzanne Collins, pg 439
  • How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius (2019), Donald J. Robertson, pg 304

2020

  • To Green Angel Tower: Storm (1993), Tad Williams, Part 2, total 1083 pg
  • To Green Angel Tower: Siege (1993), Tad Williams, Part 1
  • Stone of Farewell (1990), Tad Williams, 589 pg
  • The Dragonbone Chair (1988), Tad Williams, 672 pg
  • The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals (2012), Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, Jim Huling, 296 pg

2019

I stopped recording them in early 2019…

  • The Plot Against America (2004), Philip Roth, 391 pg
  • The Bullet Journal Method (2018), Ryder Carroll, 320 pg

2018

  • New Spring (2004), Robert Jordan, 334 pg
  • A Memory of Light (2013), Brandon Sanderson and Robert Jordan, 912 pg
  • Towers of Midnight (2010), Brandon Sanderson and Robert Jordan, 864 pg
  • The Gathering Storm (2009), Brandon Sanderson and Robert Jordan, 766 pg
  • Knife of Dreams (2005), Brandon Sanderson and Robert Jordan, 837 pg
  • Crossroads of Twilight (2003), Robert Jordan, 822 pg
  • Winter’s Heart (2000), Robert Jordan, 766 pg

2017

  • The Path of Daggers (1998), Robert Jordan, 672 pg
  • Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character (1984), Richard Feynman, 391 pg
  • The Selfish Gene (1976), Richard Dawkins, 360 pg
  • Foundation and the Empire (1952), Isaac Asimov, 247 pg
  • A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy (2008), William B. Irvine, 326 pg
  • A Crown of Swords (1996), Robert Jordan, 856 pg
  • Blood Meridian (1985), Cormac McCarthy, 337 pg
  • The Caves of Steel (1954), Isaac Asimov, 206 pg
  • The Giver (1993), Lois Lowry, 208 pg
  • Go Set a Watchman (2015), Harper Lee, 278 pg
  • Murder at the Vicarage (1930), Agatha Christie, 288 pg
  • The Magicians (2009), Lev Grossman, 402 pg
  • The Grapes of Wrath (1939), John Steinbeck, 479 pg
  • Life of Pi (2001), Yann Martel, 460 pg
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Arthur C. Clarke, 297 pg
  • Fight Club (1996), Chuck Palahniuk, 218 pg
  • Flowers for Algernon (1958), Daniel Keyes, 311 pg
  • Unwind (2007), Neal Shusterman, 335 pg
  • The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August (2014), Claire North, 405 pg
  • Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2011), Ransom Riggs, 352 pg
  • This is a book (2011), Demetri Martin, 269 pg
  • Dandelion Wine (1957), Ray Bradbury, 239 pg
  • Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (1884), Edwin A. Abbott, 96 pg

2016

  • The Lord of Choas (1994), Robert Jordan, 987 pg
  • 20 Years of KDE (2016), Editor: Lydia Pintscher, 294 pg
  • Rendezvous with Rama (1972), Arthur C. Clarke, 243 pg
  • Rama II (1989), Arthur C. Clarke, 480 pg
  • The Garden of Rama (1991), Arthur C. Clarke, 608 pg
  • Rama Revealed (1993), Arthur C. Clarke, 512 pg
  • The Shadow Rising (1992), Robert Jordan, 981 pg
  • The Fires of Heaven (1993), Robert Jordan, 963 pg
  • Ready Player One (2011), Ernest Cline, 386 pg
  • Twenty Thousand leagues under the sea (1870), Jules Verne, 214 pg
  • No Country for Old Men (2005), Cormac McCarthy, 322 pg
  • The Princess Bride (1973), William Goldman, 465 pg
  • The Man in the High Castle (1962), Philip K. Dick, 239 pg
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), Oscar Wilde, 254 pg
  • The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (2011), Marie Kondo, 226 pg

2015

  • The Shepherd’s Crown (2015), Terry Pratchett, 304 pg
    • This marked the end of reading all of the discworld series, started The Colour of Magic in April 2011.
  • The Dragon Reborn (The Wheel of Time, #3), (2002), Robert Jordan, 624 pg
  • The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2), (1991), Robert Jordan, 705 pg
  • The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1), (1990), Robert Jordan, 800 pg
  • The Autobiography of Malcolm X, (1992), Malcolm X, 455 pg
  • Whiskey Beach, (2013), Nora Roberts, 770 pg

Prior to 2015

  • Shadow Puppets (The Shadow Series, #3), (2003), Orson Scott Card, 375 pg
  • Shadow of the Hegemon (The Shadow Series, #2), (2001), Orson Scott Card, 451 pg
  • Ender’s Shadow (The Shadow Series, #1), (2002), Orson Scott Card, 469 pg
  • Children of the Mind (Ender’s Saga, #4), (2002), Orson Scott Card, 370 pg
  • Raising Steam (Discworld, #40; Moist von Lipwig, #3), (2013), Terry Pratchett, 377 pg
  • Snuff (Discworld, #39; City Watch, #8), (2011), Terry Pratchett, 378 pg
  • I Shall Wear Midnight (Discworld, #38; Tiffany Aching, #4), (2010), Terry Pratchett, 349 pg
  • The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels, (2003), Michael D. Watkins, 253 pg
  • Lords und Ladies/Helle Barden, (2007), Terry Pratchett, 756 pg
  • Diggers (Bromeliad Trilogy, #2), (1991), Terry Pratchett, 173 pg
  • Wings (Bromeliad Trilogy, #3), (2004), Terry Pratchett, 224 pg
  • Truckers (Bromeliad Trilogy, #1), (2004), Terry Pratchett, 288 pg
  • The Last Hero (Discworld, #27; Rincewind, #7), (2002), Terry Pratchett, 176 pg
  • Interesting Times (Discworld, #17; Rincewind, #5), (1998), Terry Pratchett, 368 pg
  • The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Discworld, #28), (2001), Terry Pratchett, 256 pg
  • The Last Continent (Discworld, #22; Rincewind, #6), (2006), Terry Pratchett, 416 pg
  • Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4), (2008), Terry Pratchett, 197 pg
  • Maskerade (Discworld, #18; Witches, #5), (1995), Terry Pratchett, 285 pg
  • Jingo (Discworld, #21; City Watch, #4), (2006), Terry Pratchett, 461 pg
  • Carpe Jugulum (Discworld, #23; Witches, #6), (1999), Terry Pratchett, 296 pg
  • The Truth: Stage Adaptation, (2008), Stephen Briggs, 336 pg
  • The Fifth Elephant (Discworld, #24; City Watch, #5), (2009), Terry Pratchett, 464 pg
  • Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5), (2008), Terry Pratchett, 378 pg
  • Soul Music (Discworld, #16; Death, #3), (1999), Terry Pratchett, 288 pg
  • Lords and Ladies (Discworld, #14; Witches, #4), (2005), Terry Pratchett, 352 pg
  • Feet of Clay (Discworld, #19; City Watch, #3), (2005), Terry Pratchett, 411 pg
  • Men at Arms (Discworld, #15; City Watch, #2), (2003), Terry Pratchett, 377 pg
  • Hogfather, (2006), Terry Pratchett, 448 pg
  • The Light Fantastic (Discworld, #2; Rincewind, #2), (2000), Terry Pratchett, 277 pg
  • The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30; Tiffany Aching, #1), (2004), Terry Pratchett, 375 pg
  • Night Watch (Discworld, #29; City Watch, #6), (2011), Terry Pratchett, 480 pg
  • Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3), (2003), Terry Pratchett, 496 pg
  • A Hat Full of Sky (Discworld, #32; Tiffany Aching, #2), (2005), Terry Pratchett, 352 pg
  • Thud! (Discworld, #34; City Watch, #7), (2006), Terry Pratchett, 439 pg
  • Wintersmith (Discworld, #35; Tiffany Aching, #3), (2006), Terry Pratchett, 325 pg
  • Making Money (Discworld, #36; Moist Von Lipwig, #2), (2007), Terry Pratchett, 394 pg
  • Unseen Academicals (Discworld, #37; Rincewind, #8), (2009), Terry Pratchett, 417 pg
  • Xenocide (Ender’s Saga, #3), (1996), Orson Scott Card, 592 pg
  • Speaker for the Dead (Ender’s Saga, #2), (1994), Orson Scott Card, 382 pg
  • Going Postal (Discworld, #33; Moist von Lipwig, #1), (2005), Terry Pratchett, 394 pg
  • The Grapes of Wrath, (2002), John Steinbeck, 455 pg
  • Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, (2006), Terry Pratchett, 491 pg
  • Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1), (2006), Robert M. Pirsig, 540 pg
  • Ender’s Shadow, (1999), Orson Scott Card, 380 pg
  • The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1), (2008), Stieg Larsson, 480 pg
  • Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1), (1990), Dan Simmons, 500 pg
  • Fahrenheit 451, (2004), Ray Bradbury, 158 pg
  • The Great Gatsby, (1925), F. Scott Fitzgerald, 180 pg
  • Slaughterhouse-Five, (1999), Kurt Vonnegut Jr., 275 pg
  • To Kill a Mockingbird, (2006), Harper Lee, 323 pg
  • The Stranger, (1989), Albert Camus, 123 pg
  • The Cat in the Hat (Cat in the Hat, #1), (1985), Dr. Seuss, 61 pg
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1), (2003), J.K. Rowling, 309 pg
  • Dune (Dune #1), (2006), Frank Herbert, 604 pg
  • The Witches, (1997), Roald Dahl, 208 pg
  • 1984, (1950), George Orwell, 328 pg
  • Ender’s Game (Ender’s Saga, #1), (2004), Orson Scott Card, 324 pg
  • Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, (1996), Philip K. Dick, 244 pg
  • The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1), (1996), Philip Pullman, 399 pg
  • Equal Rites (Discworld, #3; Witches, #1), (2005), Terry Pratchett, 228 pg
  • Reaper Man (Discworld, #11; Death, #2), (2005), Terry Pratchett, 289 pg
  • Witches Abroad (Discworld, #12; Witches, #3), (2002), Terry Pratchett, 374 pg
  • Sourcery (Discworld, #5; Rincewind, #3), (2008), Terry Pratchett, 276 pg
  • Pyramids (Discworld, #7), (2008), Terry Pratchett, 341 pg
  • Moving Pictures (Discworld, #10; Industrial Revolution, #1), (2005), Terry Pratchett, 396 pg
  • Wyrd Sisters (Discworld, #6; Witches, #2), (2001), Terry Pratchett, 265 pg
  • The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1), (2005), Terry Pratchett, 228 pg
  • Small Gods (Discworld, #13), (2005), Terry Pratchett, 389 pg
  • Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch, #1), (2001), Terry Pratchett, 376 pg
  • Mort (Discworld, #4; Death, #1), (2001), Terry Pratchett, 243 pg
  • The Devil of Nanking, (2005), Mo Hayder, 368 pg
  • Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3), (2010), Suzanne Collins, 390 pg
  • The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, (2006), John Boyne, 224 pg
  • Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2), (2009), Suzanne Collins, 391 pg
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2), (1999), J.K. Rowling, 352 pg
  • The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2), (1993), J.R.R. Tolkien, 322 pg
  • Alice in Wonderland, (2004), Jane Carruth, 96 pg
  • The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3), (2003), J.R.R. Tolkien, 404 pg
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1), (2005), Roald Dahl, 176 pg
  • Watership Down (Watership Down, #1), (1975), Richard Adams, 478 pg
  • The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2), (2006), Dan Brown, 489 pg
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5), (2004), J.K. Rowling, 870 pg
  • A Clockwork Orange, (1986), Anthony Burgess, 192 pg
  • The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1), (2008), Suzanne Collins, 374 pg
  • The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1), (2003), J.R.R. Tolkien, 398 pg
  • The Secret Garden, (1998), Frances Hodgson Burnett, 331 pg
  • The Time Traveler’s Wife, (2003), Audrey Niffenegger, 537 pg
  • The Odyssey, (2006), Homer, 541 pg
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3), (2004), J.K. Rowling, 547 pg
  • The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, #1), (2005), Douglas Adams, 216 pg
  • Of Mice and Men, (2002), John Steinbeck, 107 pg
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7), (2007), J.K. Rowling, 759 pg
  • Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass, (2000), Lewis Carroll, 239 pg
  • The Lord of the Rings, (2005), J.R.R. Tolkien, 1216 pg
  • Lord of the Flies, (1999), William Golding, 182 pg
  • Green Eggs and Ham, (1988), Dr. Seuss, 64 pg
  • The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, (2002), J.R.R. Tolkien, 366 pg
  • Animal Farm, (2003), George Orwell, 129 pg