Book Reading
Key: Reading, Read, Abandoned
Explanation of ratings.
2024
Mistborn: Wax & Wayne Series by Brandon Sanderson
Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0 by Jim Collins
Out of the Crisis by W. Edwards Deming (Kindle) (DNF - 15%, redundant / not applicable)
The Solace of Wide Open Spaces by Gretel Erlich (Kindle)
The Chronicles of Narnia Complete Audio Collection by C.S. Lewis (Audiobook)
The Lost Art of Reading Nature by Tristan Gooley
Good to Great by Jim Collins (Kindle) (finished 5/3/24) [3 - business strategy]
Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert (Kindle) (finished 4/6/24) [3 - science fiction]
Dune by Frank Herbert (Kindle) (finished 3/30/24) [3 - science fiction]
Rex Stout #39 (Kindle) (finished 4/16/24) [2 - detective fiction]
Greenwild by Pari Thompson (Audiobook) (finished 3/20/24) [1 - youth fiction]
Green Hills of Africa by Ernest Hemingway
No Worries by Jared Dillian (Kindle) (DNF - 10%, not for me)
Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman (Kindle) (finished 2/15/24) [3 - philosophy]
Win Your Inner Battles by Darius Foroux (DNF - 50%, should be 80% shorter)
Secret Hours by Mick Herron (Kindle) (finished 1/14/24) [2 - spy fiction]
Building a StoryBrand by Donald Miller (Kindle) (finished 5/3/24) [2 - business]
2023
The Ocean and the Stars by Mark Helprin (Kindle) (finished 12/17/23) [2 - fiction]
Standing by the Wall by Mick Herron (Kindle) (finished 11/27/23) [2 - spy fiction]
Kitchens, or Sink by Matthew Ingle (finished 11/11/23) [2 - business]
Damascus Station by David McCloskey (Kindle) (finished 11/7/23) [2 - spy fiction]
The Exchange by John Grisham (Kindle) (finished 10/26/23) [0 - fiction]
Rocket Fuel by Gino Wickman (Kindle) (finished 11/7/23) [1 - business]
Get a Grip by Gino Wickman (finished 12/29/23) [1 - business]
Suttree by Cormac McCarthy (finished 10/23/23) [2 - literary fiction]
The Thursday Murder Club #1-#3 by Richard Osman (Kindle) (finished 9/19/23) [2 - detective fiction]
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel (Kindle) (finished 6/17/23) [2 - science fiction]
Napoleon: A Concise Biography by David A. Bell (Kindle) (finished 9/21/23) [1 - history]
Life: The Movie by Neil Gabler (Kindle) (finished 5/28/23) [ 3 - philosophy]
Those Bastards by Jared Dillian (Kindle) (finished 5/8/23) [2 - memoir]
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling (Audiobook) (finished 4/30/23) [3 - youth fiction]
The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy (Kindle) (finished 4/14/23) [1 - literary fiction]
Start With Why by Simon Sinek (Audiobook) (finished 3/16/23) [1 - self-help]
Wanting by Luke Burgis (Kindle) (finished 2/15/23) [3 - philosophy]
Traction by Gino Wickman (finished 8/29/23) [3 - business]
How to Write One Song by Jeff Tweedy (Kindle) (finished 3/28/23) [2 - how-to]
Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer by Philip Watson (Kindle) (finished 2/20/23) [1 - biography]
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling (Audiobook) (finished 3/19/23) [3 - youth fiction]
The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson (Kindle) (finished 2/5/23) [1 - fiction]
Nero Wolfe #38 (Kindle) (finished 2/4/23) [2 - detective fiction]
Mossflower by Brian Jacques (Audiobook) (finished 2/1/23) [3 - youth fiction]
2022
Redwall by Brian Jacques (Audiobook) (finished 12/16/22) [3 - youth fiction]
Nero Wolfe #37 (Kindle) (finished 10/28/22) [2 - detective fiction]
The Final Game by Caimh McDonnell (Kindle) (finished 8/21/22) [2 - detective fiction]
Fiber Fueled by Will Bulsiewicz (Audiobook) (finished 7/30/22) [2 - nutrition / health]
Whole Earth by John Markoff (Kindle) (finished 10/7/22) [1 - biography]
The Perfect Sound by Garrett Hongo (Kindl) (finished 7/15/22) [1 - memoir / music]
The Terminal List (finished 6/9/22) [1 - thriller]
Stompbox by Eilon Paz (finished 5/29/22) [2 - photo history / music]
Bad Actor by Mick Herron (Kindle) (finished 5/28/22) [2 - spy thriller]
Nero Wolfe #36 (Kindle) (finished 4/23/22) [2 - detective fiction]
The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman (Kindle) (finished 3/20/22) [1 - history]
Jack Reacher #24 (Kindle) (finished 2/24/22) [1 - thriller]
Dead Man's Sins by Caimh McDonnell (Kindle) (finished 2/6/22) [1 - detective fiction]
The Dublin Trilogy Pt. 2 by Caimh McDonnell (Kindle) (finished 1/15/22) [2 - detective fiction]
2021
Dare to Lead by Brené Brown (finished 12/1/21) [2 - leadership]
The Dublin Trilogy Pt. 1 by Caimh McDonnell (Kindle) (finished 12/31/21) [2 - detective fiction]
Silverview by John LeCarre (Kindle) (finished 12/11/21) [1 - spy fiction]
Nero Wolfe #16-35 by Rex Stout (Kindle) (finished 12/8/21) [2 - detective fiction]
The Pentagon Wars by James G. Burton (Kindle)
Freedom by Sebastian Junger (Kindle) (finished 11/9/21) [2 - memoir/philosophy]
The World For Sale by Javier Blas & Jack Farchy (Kindle)
Storyteller by Dave Grohl (finished 10/20/21) [1 - biography]
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein (Kindle) (finished 9/26/21) [3 - fantasy]
The Birth of Loud by Ian S. Port (Kindle) (finished 9/15/21) [2 - history]
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick M. Lencioni (Kindle) (finished 9/3/21) [1 - business]
Sid Meier's Memoir! (Kindle) (finished 8/13/21) [1 - memoir]
Amplified: A Design History of the Electric Guitar by Paul Atkinson (finished 7/25/21)
Texas Flood by Alan Paul & Andy Aledort (Kindle) (finished 6/18/21) [1 - biography]
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (Kindle) (finished 5/25/21) [3 - science fiction]
Leave Only Footprints by Conor Knighton (Kindle) (finished 5/20/21) [1 - memoir + non-fiction]
The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene (finished 4/27/21) [2 - literary fiction]
The Gospel According to Luke by Steve Lukather (Kindle) (finished 4/15/21) [1 - memoir]
Best Practices for Operational Excellence by Luca Dell'anna (Kindle) (finished 4/6/21) [2 - business]
Jack Reacher #23 by Lee Child (Kindle) (finished 3/11/21) [1 - thriller]
Unknown Market Wizards by Jack D. Schwager (Kindle0 [DNF - 25%, didn't like it]
Resetting the Table by Robert Paarlberg (Kindle) [DNF - 15%, lost interest]
Slow Horses by Mick Herron (Kindle) (finished 2/18/21) [2 - spy]
Think Like a Rocket Scientist by Ozan Varol [DNF - 25%, didn't like it]
Let My People Go Surfing by Yvon Chouinard (finished 2/13/21) [1 - business]
Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey (Kindle) (finished 1/21/21) [2 - memoir]
Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson (Kindle) (finished 1/11/21) [2 - fantasy]
Understanding Michael Porter by Joan Magretta (Kindle) (finished 1/3/21) [3 - business]
2020
Ergodicity by Luca Dell'anna (Kindle) (finished 12/12/20) [2 - philosophy]
Nero Wolfe Books #1-15 by Rex Stout (Kindle) (finished 12/27/20) [2 - detective]
Memoirs and Misinformation by Jim Carrey (Kindle) [DNF - 15%, didn't like it]
Tape Sucks by Frank Slootman (Kindle) (finished 10/27/20) [2 - business]
Jack Reacher Books #8-22 by Lee Child (Kindle) (finished 10/18/20) [2 - thriller]
Barbarians at the Gate by Bryan Burrough & John Helyar (Kindle)
The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick (Kindle) (finished 10/20/20) [2 - business communication]
Eat a Peach by David Chang (Kindle) (finished 9/13/20) [1 - memoir]
The Uncertainty Mindset by Vaughan Tan (Kindle) (finished 9/6/20) [1 - innovation/food]
Elements of Clojure by Zachary Tellman (Kindle) (finished 9/6/20) [2 - programming]
Unflattening by Nick Sousanis (finished 9/7/20) [3 - philosophy / graphic novel]
The Challenger Sale by Matthew Dixon & Brett Adamson (finished 10/20/20) [2 - sales]
Exhalation by Ted Chiang (Kindle) (finished 8/27/20) [3 - science fiction]
Master of the Senate by Robert Caro (Kindle)
Hell Yeah or No by Derek Sivers (Kindle) (finished 7/29/20) [2 - self-help]
Travels With Charley in Search of America by John Steinbeck (finished 7/11/20) [3 - literary ficion]
Chaos Monkeys by Antonio Garcia Martinez (Kindle) (finished 6/20/20) [2 - memoir/tech]
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card (Kindle) (finished 6/24/20) [3 - sci-fi]
The Making of Prince of Persia Journals 1985-1993 by Jordan Mechner (finished 6/10/20) [2 - journals/memoir]
The Art of Doing Science & Engineering by Richard Hamming (finished 8/4/20) [2 - tech / advice]
The Means of Ascent by Robert Caro (Kindle) (finished 7/17/20) [3 - biography]
The Timeless Way of Building by Christopher Alexander (finished 5/31/20) [3 - philosophy]
Living Clojure by Russ Olsen (finished 5/25/20) [3 - programming / how-to]
The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson (Kindle) (finished 5/5/20) [1 - self-help]
Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud (finished 5/18/20) [3 - art/comics/language]
The Code. The Evaluation. The Protocols by Jocko Willink (Kindle) (finished 4/27/20) [1 - self-help]
The Halfacre Homestead by Lloyd Kahn (finished 4/3/20) [2 - how to]
The 1-Page Marketing Plan by Allan Dib (finished 5/27/20) [3 - business]
Disunited Nations by Peter Zeihan (Kindle) [DNF - 25%, like the author but lost interest]
Loving What Is by Byron Katie (Kindle) [DNF - 25%, great concept, should be an article]
One Minute Out by Mark Greaney (Kindle) (finished 3/6/20) [1 - thriller]
Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim & Renée Mauborgne (finished 2/10/20) [2 - business]
Seveneves by Neal Stephenson (Kindle) (finished 2/9/20) [3 - sci-fi]
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (Kindle) (finished 1/24/20) [3 - sci-fi / cyberpunk]
The Body by Bill Bryson (Kindle) (finished 4/13/20) [3 - physiology]
What You Do is Who You Are by Ben Horowitz (Kindle) (finished 1/20/20) [2 - business]
The Systems Bible by John Gall (finished 1/24/20) [3 - business]
Out of the Shadows: The New Merchants of Grain by Jonathan Kingman (finished 1/19/20) [2 - agribusiness]
2019
Vacationland by John Hodgman (Kindle) (finished 11/27/19) [1 - memoir/humor]
The Man Who Solved the Market by Gregory Zuckerman (Kindle) [DNF - 55%, bad writing & stretches available facts]
Talking to Strangers by Malcom Gladwell (Audiobook) (finished 12/25/19) [2 - psychology]
Jack Reacher Books #1-7 by Lee Child (Kindle) (finished 11/14/19) [2 - thriller]
The Price We Pay by Marty Makary (Kindle) (finished 12/26/19) [3 - current events / healthcare]
The Rainmaker by John Grisham (Kindle) (finished 9/15/19) [2 - thriller]
The Firm by John Grisham (Kindle) (finished 9/8/19) [2 - thriller]
Dignity by Chris Arnade (Kindle) (finished 9/3/19) [3 - current events]
Agents of Innocence by David Ignatius (Kindle) (finished 8/27/19) [3 - spy thriller]
Certain to Win by Chet Richards (Kindle) (finished 12/1/19) [3 - business]
Merchants of Grain by Dan Morgan (finished 9/8/19) [2 - history]
Pax by Sara Pennypacker (Kindle) (finished 8/16/19) [2 - children's fiction]
Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen by Larry McMurtry (Kindle) (finished 8/13/19) [1 - memoir]
Fire on the Mountain by Edward Abbey (Kindle) (finished 7/11/19) [2 - fiction]
In Search of Small Gods by Jim Harrison (Kindle) (finished 8/23/19) [2 - poetry]
Joe Country by Mick Herron (Kindle) (finished 7/5/19) [2 - spy thriller]
REAMDE by Neal Stephenson (Kindle) (finished 6/29/19) [2 - sci-fi]
Range by David Epstein (Kindle) (finished 8/10/19) [3 - non-fiction]
The Sheriff of Babylon by Tom King & Mitch Gerads (finished 6/8/19) [1 - graphic novel]
Modern Monopolies by Alex Moazad
Think Twice by Michael J. Mauboussin
Men at Work by George Will (Kindle) [DNF - read 25%, no interest]
K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches by Tyler Kepner (Kindle) (Finished 5/21/19) [2 - sports history]
Trillion Dollar Coach by Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg & Alan Eagle (Kindle) [DNF - read 25%, no interest]
The Gray Man Series #2-8 by Mark Greaney (Kindle) (finished 5/16/19) [2 - thriller/fiction]
Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong (Kindle) (finished 3/22/19) [1 - non-fiction]
London Rules by Mick Herron (Kindle) (finished 3/16/19) [2 - spy thriller]
The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker (Kindle) (finished 5/11/19) [3 - business]
Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian Junger (Kindle) (finished 3/3/19) [3 - philosophy]
The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. 1) by Robert Caro (Kindle) (finished 3/3/19) [3 - biography]
A Guide to The Logic of Scientific Discovery by Rafe Champion (Kindle) (finished 2/11/19) [1 - philosophy]
High Growth Handbook by Elad Gil (finished 3/21/19) [no rating - reference]
Billion Dollar Whale by Tom Wright & Bradley Hope (finished 1/26/19) [2 - current events]
End Game by David Baldacci (Kindle) (finished 1/20/19) [1 - thriller]
Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road by Finn Murphy (Kindle) (finished 1/18/19) [2 - memoir]
Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman by Richard Feynman (finished 1/12/19) [3 - autobiography]
The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell (Audible) [DNF - listened to ~50%, little interest]
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat
The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham (Kindle) (finished 1/4/19) [3 - literary fiction]
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing by Jack Bogle (Kindle) (finished 1/4/19) [3 - investing]
2018
The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer (Audible) [DNF - not interesting/useful]
The Quiet American by Graham Greene (Kindle) (finished 12/23/18) [1 - fiction]
The Spy and the Traitor by Ben MacIntyre (Audible) (finished 12/10/18) [3 - history]
Oathbringer (Stormlight Archive #3) by Brandon Sanderson (Kindle) (finished 12/5/18) [2 - fantasy]
Do the Work by Steven Pressfield (Kindle) (finished 11/16/18) [1 - self-help]
Radical Candor by Kim Scott (Audible) (finished 11/30/18) [2 - business/management]
Letters to a Young Scientist by Edward O. Wilson (Audible) (finished 11/9/18) [2 - memoir]
Chop Wood Carry Water by Joshua Metcalf (Audible) (finished 11/7/18) [1 - self-help]
Stubborn Attachments by Tyler Cowen (finished 11/13/18) [3 - philosophy]
Measure What Matters by John Doerr (Audible) (finished 11/2/18) [2 - business]
Words of Radiance (Stormlight Archive #2) by Brandon Sanderson (Kindle) (finished 11/21/18) [2 - fantasy]
The Way of Kings (Stormlight Archive #1) by Brandon Sanderson (Kindle) (finished 10/20/18) [3 - fantasy]
Heretics by G. K. Chesterton (Kindle) (finished 10/17/18) [no rating - essays]
7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy by Hamilton Helmer (Kindle) (finished 11/3/18) [3 - business]
The Law by Frederic Bastiat (finished 10/3/18) [3 - political philosophy]
The Fish That Ate The Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King by Rich Cohen (Kindle) (finished 10/10/18) [3 - biography/history]
The Gray Man by Mark Greaney (Kindle) (finished 9/29/18) [1 - thriller]
Off Speed: Baseball, Pitching and the Art of Deception by Terry McDermott (finished 9/22/18) [2 - sports non-fiction]
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry (Kindle) (finished 9/4/18) [3 - fiction]
Men to Match My Mountains by Irving Stone (finished 8/15/18) [3 - history]
Skin in the Game by Nassim Taleb (Kindle) (finished 9/9/18) [3 - philosophy]
Astroball by Ben Reiter (Kindle) (finished 8/10/18) [2 - sports non-fiction]
The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga (Kindle) (finished 8/17/18) [3 - philosophy]
Legends of the Fall by Jim Harrison (Kindle) (finished 7/31/18) [3 - literary fiction]
Storm In A Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life by Helen Czerski (Audible) (finished 10/10/18) [2 - science]
The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Handselman (Kindle) (finished 7/24/18) [2 - philosophy]
Dear Chairman by Jeff Gramm (Audible) (finished 7/2/18) [2 - history/finance]
On Grand Strategy by John Lewis Gaddis (Audible) (finished 4/27/18) [2 - history/philosophy]
The Kremlin's Candidate by Jason Matthews (Kindle) (finished 5/1/18) [3 - thriller]
The Prize by Daniel Yergin (Kindle) (finished 7/20/18) [3 - history]
What I Learned Losing A Million Dollars by Brendan Moynihan (Kindle) (finished 4/14/18) [2 - memoir/investing]
The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason (finished 4/5/18) [1 - personal finance]
The Friendly Orange Glow by Brian Dear (Kindle) (finished 4/8/18) [2 - history]
The Art of Literature by Arthur Schopenhauer (Kindle) (finished 3/5/18) [no rating - philosophy]
Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Kindle) (finished 3/17/18) [3 - philosophy]
On Liberty by John Stuart Mill (Kindle) (finished 3/3/18) [no rating - philosophy]
The Might Have Been by Joseph Shuster (Kindle) (finished 2/24/18) [1 - sports/fiction]
Between The World And Me by Te-Nehisi Coates (Kindle) (finished 2/23/18) [2 - philosophy/memoir]
Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke (Kindle) (finished 3/3/18) [2 - business/psychology]
Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual by Jocko Willink (finished 2/16/18) [2 - life]
Basketball and Other Things by Shea Serrano (Kindle) (finished 2/18/18) [1 - sports/pop culture]
Fallen Leaves by Will Durant (Kindle) (finished 2/22/18) [2 - philosophy/memoir]
The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz (Kindle) (finished 2/9/18) [3 - business/leadership]
Quantitative Value by Wesley Gray & Tobias Carlisle (finished 2/2/18) [2 - investing]
Adaptive Markets by Andrew Lo (Kindle) (finished 1/27/18) [2 - economics/psychology]
East of Eden by John Steinbeck (Kindle) (finished 1/5/18) [3 - literary fiction]
Seeking Wisdom - From Darwin to Munger by Peter Bevelin (finished 1/17/18) [3 - life]
A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William Irvine (Kindle) (finished 1/19/18) [2 - philosphy]
Value: The Four Cornerstones of Corporate Finance by Tim Koller, Richard Dobbs, & Bill Huyett (Kindle) (finished 1/13/18) [1 - business]
2017
Your Complete Guide to Factor-Based Investing by Andrew L. Berkin & Larry E. Swedroe (Kindle) (finished 12/22/17) [2 - investing]
Originals by Adam Grant (Audiobook) (finished 12/19/17) [2 - psychology]
Quantitative Momentum by Wesley Gray & Jack Vogel (Kindle) (finished 12/13/17) [2 - investing]
Margin of Safety by Seth Klarman (Kindle) (finished 12/13/17) [1 - investing]
Cryptoassets by Chris Burniske and Jack Tatar (Kindle) [DNF - not useful]
DIY Financial Advisor (Kindle) by Wesley Gray & Jack Vogel (finished 12/09/17) [2 - investing]
The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui (Kindle) (finished 12/8/17) [2 - graphic novel/memoir]
Troublemakers: Silicon Valley's Coming of Age by Leslie Berlin (Kindle) (finished 12/14/17) [2 - history]
Origin by Dan Brown (Kindle) (finished 11/17/17) [1 - thriller]
Extreme Ownership by Lief Babin & Jocko Willink (Kindle) (finished 11/25/17) [3 - leadership]
A Trader's First Book on Commodities by Carley Garner (Kindle)(finished 12/10/17) [2 - investing/reference]
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari (Kindle) (finished 11/23/17) [3 - history/philosophy]
Algorithms To Live By by Brian Christian & Tom Griffiths (Kindle) (finished 11/19/17) [2 - science]
Flash Boys by Michael Lewis (Kindle) (finished 11/12/17) [2 - finance]
Win Bigly by Scott Adams (Kindle) (finished 11/9/17) [1 - current events/psychology]
Sons of Wichita by Daniel Shulman (Kindle) (finished 11/5/17) [1 - biography]
Rivers Out of Eden by Richard Dawkins (finished 11/4/17) [2 - science]
Lessons of History by Will & Ariel Durant (finished 10/6/17) [3 - history/philosophy]
Principles by Ray Dalio (Kindle) (finished 11/12/17) [2 - business/philosophy]
Anything You Want by Derek Sivers (Kindle) (finished 9/13/17) [1 - business]
Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss (Kindle) (finished 9/13/17) [3 - business]
Nexus Trilogy (Nexus, Crux, Apex) by Ramez Naam (finished 9/8/17) [2 - scifi/thriller]
Shoe Dog by Phil Knight (Kindle) (finished 9/4/17) [2 - business/memoir]
Power Broker by Robert Caro (finished 10/24/17) [3 - biography]
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil DeGrasse Tyson (Kindle) (finished 8/26/17) [1 - science]
On Trails by Robert Moor (Kindle) (finished 7/24/17) [2 - history/nature/philosophy]
Business Adventures by John Brooks (Kindle) (finished 7/14/17) [1 - business]
Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book by Walker Percy (Kindle) [DNF - could not engage]
Retreat of Western Liberalism by Edward Luce (Kindle) (finished 6/24/17) [0 - current events]
Camino Island by John Grisham (Kindle) (finished 6/23/17) [1 - thriller]
Masters of Doom by David Kushner (Kindle) (finished 6/19/17) [2 - business]
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan (Kindle) (finished 6/15/17) [2 - memoir]
The Outsiders by William Thorndike (Kindle) (finished 5/30/17) [3 - business]
Slough House Series (Books 1-4) by Mick Herron (Kindle) (finished 5/24/17) [2 - thriller]
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang (Kindle) (finished 4/10/17) [3 - literary fiction]
Shop Class as Soulcraft by Matthew Crawford (Kindle) (finished 3/31/17) [2 - philosophy]
Tools of Titans by Tim Ferris [DNF - lost interest]
Joy On Demand by Chade-Meng Tan (Kindle) [DNF - lost interest]
True Faith and Allegiance by Mark Greaney (Kindle) (finished 01/14/16) [1 - thriller]
2016
How To Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid (Kindle) (finished 12/26/16) *****
Berlin Game by Len Deighton (Kindle) (finished 12/25/16) *****
Death's End by Cixin Liu (Kindle) (finished 10/21/16) *****
I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes (Kindle) (finished 9/17/16) *****
Rules for a Knight by Ethan Hawke (Kindle) (finished 9/12/16) *****
Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein (Kindle) (finished 8/22/16) *****
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (finished 8/21/16) *****
Palace of Treason by Jason Matthews (Kindle) (finished 7/7/16) *****
Mistborn: Secret History by Brandon Sanderson (Kindle) (finished 6/27/16) *****
Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography by David Michaelis (finished 6/25/16) *****
Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews (Kindle) (finished 5/8/16) *****
The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi (finished 5/8/16) *****
The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu (Kindle) (finished 4/18/16) *****
The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Kindle) (finished 4/9/16) *****
The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday (Kindle) (finished 3/11/16) *****
The Food Lab by J. Kenji López-Alt (finished 2/13/16) *****
Mistborn Trilogy (Books 1-3) by Brandon Sanderson (Kindle) (finished 1/25/16) *****
High Output Management by Andy Grove (finished 1/3/16) *****
2015
Tom Clancy's Commander-in-Chief by Mark Greaney (Kindle) (finished 12/28/15) *****
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck (finished 12/27/15) *****
Start Here Now: An Open-Hearted Guide to the Path and Practice of Meditation by Susan Piver (finished 12/27/15) *****
The Guilty by David Baldacci (Kindle) (finished 11/25/15) *****
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (Kindle) (finished 10/26/15) *****
Old Man's War (Books 5-6) by John Scalzi (Kindle) (finished 9/22/15) *****
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big (Kindle) (finished 9/3/15) *****
Thunderstruck by Erik Larson (finished 8/11/15) ****
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories by Norman Maclean (Kindle) (finished 8/4/15) *****
Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World by Evan Thomas (Kindle) (finished 8/2/15) *****
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance (Kindle) (finished 7/5/15) *****
Exploring Calvin and Hobbes: An Exhibition Catalog by Bill Watterson (finished 7/4/15)
Declare by Tim Powers (Kindle) (finished 7/3/15) *****
The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey (Kindle) (finished 4/9/15) *****
Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey (Kindle) (finished 4/2/15) *****
Old Man's War (Books 1-4) by John Scalzi (Kindle) (finished 3/28/15) *****
Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene (finished 2/5/15) *****
The Target by David Baldacci (Kindle) (finished 1/17/15) *****
Full Force and Effect by Tom Clancy / Mark Greaney (Kindle) (finished 1/11/15) *****
2014
Support and Defend by Tom Clancy / Mark Greaney (Kindle) (finished 12/29/14) *****
The Wheel of Time (Complete Series 1-14) by Robert Jordan (Kindle) (finished 11/22/14) *****
Zero to One by Peter Thiel (Kindle) (finished 10/5/14) *****
The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz (Kindle) (finished 4/17/14) *****
Empire Series 1-4 by Anthony Riches (Kindle) (finished 3/6/14) *****
2013
To Sell is Human by Daniel Pink (finished 12/29/13) *****
Command Authority by Tom Clancy (Kindle) (finished 12/24/13) *****
Peopleware by Tom DeMarco & Timothy Lister (finished 12/28/13) *****
Small Giants by Bo Burlingham (Kindle) (finished 12/22/13) *****
Oil 101 by Morgan Downey
Levels of the Game by John McPhee (finished 11/24/13) *****
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (finished 10/4/13) *****
The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth (Kindle) (finished 9/29/13) *****
The Hit by David Baldacci (Kindle) (finished 9/1/13) *****
Inferno by Dan Brown (finished 8/27/13) *****
The Innocent by David Baldacci (finished 8/22/13) *****
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore (finished 8/1/13) *****
The Art of War by Sun Tzu (translated by Thomas Cleary) (finished 7/31/13) *****
Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War by Robert Coram (finished 7/29/13) *****
Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey (finished 7/30/13) *****
Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse (finished 4/28/13) *****
The Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse (Kindle) (finished 3/30/13) *****
The Art of Betrayal: The Secret History of MI6
This Will Make You Smarter: 150 Ways to Improve Your Thinking by John Brockman (Kindle) (abandoned @ 17%) *****
A Field Guide for the Hero's Journey by Jeff Sandefer & Rev. Robert A Sirico (finished 2/16/13) *****
2012
The 4 Hour Chef by Timothy Ferris (finished 1/5/13) *****
The Warrior Ethos by Steven Pressfield (finished 12/23/12) *****
Threat Vector by Tom Clancy (Kindle) (finished 12/28/12) *****
Virtually True by Adam L. Penenberg (Kindle) (finished 12/8/12) *****
How to Measure Anything by Douglas W. Hubbard (finished 11/11/12)*****
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein (Kindle) (finished 9/26/12) *****
Dune by Frank Herbert (Kindle) (finished 9/14/12) *****
The Power Broker by Robert Caro
The Watchers by Jon Steele (Kindle) (finished 6/30/12) *****
How Will You Measure Your Life by Clayton M Christensen (Kindle) (finished 6/25/12) *****
Managing Humans by Michael Lopp (Kindle) (finished 6/3/12) *****
The Fourth Protocol by Frederick Forsyth (Kindle) (finished 5/26/12) *****
The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss (Kindle) (finished 3/27/12) *****
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (Kindle) (finished 3/24/12) *****
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain (finished 3/11/12) *****
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (Kindle) (finished for second time 3/5/12) *****
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (Kindle) (finished for second time 3/3/12) *****
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Kindle) (finished for second time 3/2/12) *****
Great by Choice by Jim Collins (Kindle) (finished 2/10/12) *****
2011
Hemingway's Boat by Paul Hendrickson
Launching The Innovation Renaissance by Alex Tabarrok (Kindle) (finished 12/30/11) *****
Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman (Kindle)
Inheritance by Christopher Paolini (Kindle) (finished 12/11/11) *****
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson (Kindle) (finished 11/16/11) *****
Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength by Roy F. Baumeister & John Tierney (Kindle) (finished 10/30/11) *****
Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely (Kindle) (finished 10/20/11) *****
Smiley's People by John Le Carre (Kindle) (finished 8/16/11) *****
The Honourable Schoolboy by John Le Carre (Kindle) (finished 8/5/11) *****
The Great Stagnation by Tyler Cowen (Kindle) (finished 7/3/11)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John Le Carre (finished 7/2/11) *****
The Spy That Came in From the Cold by John Le Carre (finished 6/11/11) *****
Drive by Daniel Pink (finished 6/5/11) *****
Too Many Bosses, Too Few Leaders by Rajeev Peshawaria (finished 5/28/11) *****
Adapt by Tim Harford (finished 5/28/11) *****
In the Plex by Steven Levy (finished 4/24/11) *****
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand (finished 2/20/11) *****
The Facebook Effect by David Kirkpatrick (finished 1/8/11) *****
2010
Dead or Alive by Tom Clancy (finished 12/28/10) *****
Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Karl Malantes (Nook) (finished 1/5/11) *****
The Financial Lives of Poets by Jess Walter (finished 11/28/10) *****
New York: The Novel by Edward Rutherford (finished 12/5/10) *****
The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins (finished 9/23/10-9/25/10) *****
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (finished 9/5/10) *****
Rework by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson (finished 9/4/10) ***** (Review)
Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh (finished 9/4/10) ***** (Review)
Eagle in the Snow by Wallace Breem (finished 9/14/10) *****
The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande (finished 8/22/10) *****The Spy by Clive Cussler (Nook) (finished 7/9/10) *****
The Magicians by Lev Grossman (finished 7/6/10) *****
The Wrecker by Clive Cussler (Nook) (finished 6/30/10) *****
The Chase by Clive Cussler (Audiobook) (finished 6/22/10) *****
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Steig Larsson (Nook) (finished 5/31/10) *****
The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan (Audiobook) (finished 5/22/10) *****
The Templars by Michael Haag (abandoned pg 80 august '10)
Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization by Lars Brownworth (finished 5/15/10) *****
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (Audiobook & Nook) (finished 4/26/10) *****
Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston (finished 4/26/10) *****
The Noticer by Andy Andrews (finished 3/15/10) *****
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (Audiobook) (finished 3/6/10) *****
The Founding Brothers by Joseph J. Ellis (read to pg. 80 and abandoned) *****
Percy Jackson & The Olympians by Rick Riordan (whole series) (finished 2/22/10) *****
The Audacity to Win by David Plouffe (finished 2/7/10) *****
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Complete Set, Volume 1) (Nook)(read first 300 pgs out of 800, 3/1/10) *****
The Girl Who Played With Fire by Steig Larsson (Nook) (finished 1/11/10) *****
What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell (Audiobook) (finished 2/17) ****
2009
The Book of Basketball by Bill Simmons (Nook) (finished 1/5/10) *****
The Sign by Raymond Khoury (Audiobook) (finished 1/7/09) *****/p>
Up in the Air by Walter Kirn (finished 12/6/09) *****
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson (Audiobook) (finished 11/15/09) *****
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (finished 11/8/09) *****
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown (Audiobook) (finished 10/2/09) *****
The Informant by Kurt Eichenwald (finished 10/7/09) *****
Your Money & Your Brain by Jason Zweig (finished 10/14/09) *****
American Lion by Jon Meacham (Audiobook) (finished 9/14/09) *****
How the Mighty Fall by Jim Collins (Audiobook) (finished 8/14/09) ****
Americana by Hampton Sides (finished 12/31/09) *****
The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded American is Tearing Us Apart by Bill Bishop ( read 1/3 and abandoned) *****
Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six After the Collapse of the United States of America by Brian Francis Slattery (finished 7/20/09) *****
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson (finished 7/4/09) *****
Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr by Christopher Paoloini (finished 6/20/09) *****
The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon (finished 6/10/09) *****
The Sun Also Rises by Earnest Hemingway (finished 6/5/09) *****
Emergency by Neil Strauss (finished 4/30/09) *****
Armageddon in Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut (finished 5/09) *****
On Writing Well by William K. Zinsser (abandoned, more useful as reference) *****
Churchill's Hour by Michael Dobbs (finished 4/23/09) *****
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (finished 3/6/09) *****
The Republic by Plato (Translated by Allan Bloom) (stars are inappropriate)
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie (finished 2/14/09) *****
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (abandoned by page 180) ****
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (abandoned by page 213) *****
2008
World Without End by Ken Follett (finished 12/1/08) *****
The English Major by Jim Harrison (finished 11/23/08) *****
The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder (finished 11/2/08) *****The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom (read half and abandoned) *****
Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons (finished 10/15/08) *****
Hot, Flat, & Crowded by Thomas Friedman (abandoned early November) *****
Irrational Exuberance by Robert J. Shiller (read half and abandoned) *****
Shooter by Jack Coughlin (finished mid-September) *****
Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy (finished 8/18/08) *****
War & Peace by Leo Tolstoy (abandoned for now @ approx. pg. 200)
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (finished 8/10/08) *****
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson (finished 7/24/08) *****
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (finished 7/15/08) *****