Books
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