Reading
Each year I set myself a goal to read fifty books (roughly one per week, with a little bit of wiggle room), though I don't always succeed. The lists below combine my efforts across three formats: physical books, e-books (Kindle) and audiobooks (Audible).
614
Total Books Read
335
Unique Authors
3.8
Average Rating
64.1
Books / Year
9.6
Years Tracked
100
Record (set 2022)
All Time Favourites
Skunk Works
Ben R. Rich
Anti-Judaism
David Nirenberg
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
The Golden Passport
Duff McDonald
The Ayatollah Begs to Differ
Hooman Majd
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
J. K. Rowling
The Sovereign Individual
James Dale Davidson, William Rees-Mogg
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcolm X
Ice Station
Matthew Reilly
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
Rise and Kill First
Ronen Bergman
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Shirley Jackson
The Virtues of War
Steven Pressfield
Gates of Fire
Steven Pressfield
The Lion's Gate
Steven Pressfield
The Silence of the Lambs
Thomas Harris
Red Storm Rising
Tom Clancy
Executive Orders
Tom Clancy
The Bear and the Dragon
Tom Clancy
The Cardinal of the Kremlin
Tom Clancy
Skunk Works
Ben R. Rich
Anti-Judaism
David Nirenberg
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
The Golden Passport
Duff McDonald
The Ayatollah Begs to Differ
Hooman Majd
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
J. K. Rowling
The Sovereign Individual
James Dale Davidson, William Rees-Mogg
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcolm X
Ice Station
Matthew Reilly
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
Rise and Kill First
Ronen Bergman
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Shirley Jackson
The Virtues of War
Steven Pressfield
Gates of Fire
Steven Pressfield
The Lion's Gate
Steven Pressfield
The Silence of the Lambs
Thomas Harris
Red Storm Rising
Tom Clancy
Executive Orders
Tom Clancy
The Bear and the Dragon
Tom Clancy
The Cardinal of the Kremlin
Tom Clancy
Currently Reading
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Athens and Sparta
Adrian Goldsworthy
True Conservatism
Anthony T. Kronman
East of Eden
John Steinbeck
State of Fear
Michael Crichton
Athens and Sparta
Adrian Goldsworthy
True Conservatism
Anthony T. Kronman
East of Eden
John Steinbeck
State of Fear
Michael Crichton
2026
20, so far
Death is Our Business
John Lechner
Rules of Engagement
Ward Larsen
The Sovereign Individual
James Dale Davidson, William Rees-Mogg
The Kill Chain
Christian Brose
Strangers
Belle Burden
Prey
Michael Crichton
Eaters of the Dead
Michael Crichton
1929
Andrew Ross Sorkin
Rubicon
Tom Holland
Taken at the Flood
Agatha Christie
Thinking in Systems
Danelle H. Meadows
Spice
Roger Crowley
Civilian Warriors
Erik Prince
Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton
The Great Train Robbery
Michael Crichton
Black Hawk Down
Mark Bowden
The Andromeda Strain
Michael Crichton
The Labors of Hercules
Agatha Christie
The Golden Passport
Duff McDonald
The Hollow
Agatha Christie
Death is Our Business
John Lechner
Rules of Engagement
Ward Larsen
The Sovereign Individual
James Dale Davidson, William Rees-Mogg
The Kill Chain
Christian Brose
Strangers
Belle Burden
Prey
Michael Crichton
Eaters of the Dead
Michael Crichton
1929
Andrew Ross Sorkin
Rubicon
Tom Holland
Taken at the Flood
Agatha Christie
Thinking in Systems
Danelle H. Meadows
Spice
Roger Crowley
Civilian Warriors
Erik Prince
Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton
The Great Train Robbery
Michael Crichton
Black Hawk Down
Mark Bowden
The Andromeda Strain
Michael Crichton
The Labors of Hercules
Agatha Christie
The Golden Passport
Duff McDonald
The Hollow
Agatha Christie
2025
61Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
J. K. Rowling
AI Snake Oil
Sayash Kapoor, Arvind Narayanan
The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Culture Code
Daniel Coyle
Outgrowing God
Richard Dawkins
Five Little Pigs
Agatha Christie
No One Left to Lie To
Christopher Hitchens
What You Do Is Who You Are
Ben Horowitz
Flesh
David Szalay
No Easy Day
Mark Owen, Kevin Maurer
The Trial of Henry Kissinger
Christopher Hitchens
Executive Power
Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
The Adversary
Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
Adam Smith
Jesse Norman
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Ben Horowitz
Evil Under the Sun
Agatha Christie
The Psychology of Money
Morgan Housel
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
Agatha Christie
The Creative Art
Rick Rubin
Odyssey
Stephen Fry
Sad Cyprus
Agatha Christie
Drone Wars
Seth J. Frantzman
The Greatest Trade Ever
Gregory Zuckerman
Terminal Velocity
M.P. Woodward
Hercule Poirot’s Christmas
Agatha Christie
Powerful
Patty McCord
High Output Management
Andy Grove
Radical Candor
Kim Scott
No Rules Rules
Reed Hastings, Erin Meyer
Thinking Machine
Stephen Witt
Appointment With Death
Agatha Christie
Dumb Witness
Agatha Christie
I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman
Task Force Black
Mark Urban
Dead Man’s Mirror
Agatha Christie
13 Hours
Mitchell Zuckoff
Cards on the Table
Agatha Christie
False Flag
Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
Murder in Mesopotamia
Agatha Christie
How to Decide
Annie Duke
The ABC Murders
Agatha Christie
Death on the Nile
Agatha Christie
Band of Brothers
Stephen E. Ambrose
Death in the Clouds
Agatha Christie
On Democracies and Death Cults
Douglas Murray
Line of Demarcation
M.P. Woodward
Abundance
Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson
Thinking in Bets
Annie Duke
The Technological Republic
Alexander C. Karp, Nicholas W. Zamiska
War Machine
Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
Violence of Action
Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
Sons of Valor
Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
Ember
Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
Dempsey
Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
Collateral
Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
Red Specter
Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
Defense Protocol
Brian Andrews
The Man Who Solved the Market
Gregory Zuckerman
Superforecasting
Philip E. Tetlock
The Forge of Christendom
Tom Holland
When McKinsey Comes to Town
Walt Bogdanich
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
J. K. Rowling
AI Snake Oil
Sayash Kapoor, Arvind Narayanan
The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Culture Code
Daniel Coyle
Outgrowing God
Richard Dawkins
Five Little Pigs
Agatha Christie
No One Left to Lie To
Christopher Hitchens
What You Do Is Who You Are
Ben Horowitz
Flesh
David Szalay
No Easy Day
Mark Owen, Kevin Maurer
The Trial of Henry Kissinger
Christopher Hitchens
Executive Power
Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
The Adversary
Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
Adam Smith
Jesse Norman
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Ben Horowitz
Evil Under the Sun
Agatha Christie
The Psychology of Money
Morgan Housel
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
Agatha Christie
The Creative Art
Rick Rubin
Odyssey
Stephen Fry
Sad Cyprus
Agatha Christie
Drone Wars
Seth J. Frantzman
The Greatest Trade Ever
Gregory Zuckerman
Terminal Velocity
M.P. Woodward
Hercule Poirot’s Christmas
Agatha Christie
Powerful
Patty McCord
High Output Management
Andy Grove
Radical Candor
Kim Scott
No Rules Rules
Reed Hastings, Erin Meyer
Thinking Machine
Stephen Witt
Appointment With Death
Agatha Christie
Dumb Witness
Agatha Christie
I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman
Task Force Black
Mark Urban
Dead Man’s Mirror
Agatha Christie
13 Hours
Mitchell Zuckoff
Cards on the Table
Agatha Christie
False Flag
Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
Murder in Mesopotamia
Agatha Christie
How to Decide
Annie Duke
The ABC Murders
Agatha Christie
Death on the Nile
Agatha Christie
Band of Brothers
Stephen E. Ambrose
Death in the Clouds
Agatha Christie
On Democracies and Death Cults
Douglas Murray
Line of Demarcation
M.P. Woodward
Abundance
Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson
Thinking in Bets
Annie Duke
The Technological Republic
Alexander C. Karp, Nicholas W. Zamiska
War Machine
Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
Violence of Action
Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
Sons of Valor
Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
Ember
Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
Dempsey
Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
Collateral
Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
Red Specter
Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
Defense Protocol
Brian Andrews
The Man Who Solved the Market
Gregory Zuckerman
Superforecasting
Philip E. Tetlock
The Forge of Christendom
Tom Holland
When McKinsey Comes to Town
Walt Bogdanich
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