Books
That I’ve read
If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.
2024
- 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, 439 pg
- How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius (2019), Donald J. Robertson, 304 pg
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 (1991), Robert Jordan, 675 pg
- The Great Hunt (1990), Robert Jordan, 681 pg
- The Eye of the World (1990), Robert Jordan, 782 pg