Bookshelf

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Bookshelf

Summaries / Notes:

All Completed:

(years far back are mostly estimates)

Year Finished Book Author Genre Stars Series
2024 #4 The New One Minute Manager Spencer Johnson Self-Help ★★★★★  
2024 #3 Understanding Power Noam Chomsky Reference ★★★★★  
2024 #2 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis Fantasy ★★★★ The Chronicles of Narnia #2
2024 #1 Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? Seth Godin Self-Help ★★★★  
2017 My Favorite Universe Neil deGrasse Tyson Science ★★★★★  
2016 Scrum Jeff Sutherland, J.J. Sutherland Business ★★★★★  
2017 Elon Musk Ashlee Vance Biography ★★★★★  
2023 #8 Piranesi Susanna Clarke Fantasy ★★★★★  
2023 #7 The Chump to Champ Collection Andrew Hudson Sports ★★★  
2023 #6 Great Ideas of Philosophy Daniel N. Robinson Philosophy ★★★★  
2002 The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket Edgar Allan Poe Fiction ★★★★  
2023 #5 Why You Suck at Boxing Andrew Hudson Sports ★★★★★  
2022 The Life We Bury Allen Esken Fiction ★★★★  
2021 Non Violent Communication Marshall Rosenberg Self-Help ★★★★  
2021 Verbal Judo George J. Thompson, Jerry B. Jenkins Self-Help ★★★★★  
2001 The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway Fiction ★★★★★  
1998 The Late Mattia Pascal Luigi Pirandello Fiction ★★★★  
2023 #4 Influence: Mastering Life’s Most Powerful Skill Kenneth G. Brown Self-Help ★★★★★  
2002 A Simple Story Leonardo Sciascia Fiction ★★★★★  
2003 The Historian Elizabeth Kostova Fiction ★★★★★  
2006 Spirits Stefano Benni Fiction ★★  
2022 #7 No Country for Old Men Cormac McCarthy Fiction ★★★★  
2006 The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly Luis Sepúlveda Children ★★★★  
2015 Predictably Irrational Dan Ariely Popular Psychology ★★★★★  
2005 The Dictator and the Hammock Daniel Pennac Fiction ★★★★  
2001 Veronika Decides to Die Paulo Coelho Fiction ★★★★  
2006 Oceano Mare Alessandro Baricco Fiction ★★★★  
2001 Cronache di Poveri Amanti Vasco Pratolini Fiction ★★★★  
1998 Metello Vasco Pratolini Fiction ★★★★  
2018 #10 Superforecasting Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner Popular Science ★★★★  
2023 #3 Moby Dick Herman Melville Fiction ★★★★★  
2022 #6 Children of Dune Frank Herbert Science Fiction ★★★★★ Dune #3
2023 #2 Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes Science Fiction ★★★★★  
2023 #1 Solaris Stanisław Lem Science Fiction ★★★  
2022 #5 Dune Messia Frank Herbert Science Fiction ★★★★★ Dune #2
2022 #4 Dune Frank Herbert Science Fiction ★★★★★ Dune #1
2022 #3 The Godfather Mario Puzo Crime ★★★★  
2022 #2 The Three Body Problem Cixin Liu Science Fiction ★★★★ 1 Remembrance of Earth’s Past Trilogy #1
2022 #1 The Business of Platforms Michael A. Cusumano, Annabelle Gawer, David B. Yoffie Business ★★★★  
2021 #5 21 Lessons for the 21st Century Yuval Noah Harari History ★★★★★  
2021 #4 Powerful Patty McCord Business ★★★  
2021 #3 Lolita Vladimir Nabokov Fiction ★★★★★  
2020 #5 Les Liaisons dangereuses Pierre Choderlos de Laclos Fiction ★★★  
2021 #2 The Dark Tower Stephen King Fantasy ★★★★ The Dark Tower #7
2021 #1 Song of Susannah Stephen King Fantasy ★★★ The Dark Tower #6
2020 #4 Wolves of the Calla Stephen King Fantasy ★★★ The Dark Tower #5
2020 #3 Homo Deus Yuval Noah Harari History ★★★★  
2020 #2 Change Your Questions, Change Your Life Marilee G. Adams PhD Self-Help ★★★★  
2020 #1 Sapiens Yuval Noah Harari History ★★★★  
2019 #7 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos Jordan B. Peterson Self-Help ★★★★  
2019 #6 A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson Science    
2019 #5 Principles: Life and Work Ray Dalio Self-Help ★★★★★  
2018 #5 Enlightenment Now Steven Pinker Psychology ★★★★★  
2018 #4 Johannes Cabal The Necromancer Jonathan L. Howard Fantasy ★★★ Johannes Cabal #1
2019 #4 Wizard and Glass Stephen King Fantasy ★★★★★ The Dark Tower #4
2018 #3 Replay: The History of Video Games Tristan Donovan, Richard Garriott History ★★★★★  
2018 #7 It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson Business ★★★★★  
2020 The State of Play Linus Larsson, Daniel Goldberg Pop ★★★★  
2020 Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Neil deGrasse Tyson Science ★★★★  
2019 The Goal Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox Business ★★★★  
2019 Power Moves Adam Grant Business ★★★★  
2018 #2 Blood, Sweat, and Pixels Jason Schreier Gaming ★★★★★  
2019 #3 Slaughterhouse Five Kurt Vonnegut Fiction ★★★★★  
2019 #2 Meditations Marcus Aurelius Philosophy ★★★★★  
2014 The Neverending Story Michael Ende Fantasy ★★★★  
2018 #6 Siddhartha Hermann Hesse Fiction ★★★  
2017 #5 The Lean Startup Eric Ries Business ★★★  
2019 #1 The Waste Lands Stephen King Fantasy ★★★★★ The Dark Tower #3
2018 #1 The Drawing of the Three Stephen King Fantasy ★★★★★ The Dark Tower #2
2017 #4 The Gunslinger Stephen King Fantasy ★★★★★ The Dark Tower #1
2017 #3 The Leopard Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa Fiction ★★★★  
2010 Foundation’s Edge Isaac Asimov Science Fiction ★★★★ Foundation #1
2010 Second Foundation Isaac Asimov Science Fiction ★★★★★ Foundation #3
2010 Foundation and Empire Isaac Asimov Science Fiction ★★★★ Foundation #2
2010 Foundation Isaac Asimov Science Fiction ★★★★★ Foundation #1
2009 The Robots of Dawn Isaac Asimov Science Fiction ★★★★ Robot #3
2009 The Naked Sun Isaac Asimov Science Fiction ★★★★★ Robot #2
2009 I, Robot Isaac Asimov Science Fiction ★★★ Robot #1
2016 #5 A Little Life Hanya Yanagihara Fiction ★★★★★  
2015 #6 The Martian Andy Weir Science Fiction ★★★★★  
2015 #5 The Phoenix Project Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford Business ★★★★  
2018 #7 The Master and Margarita Mikhail Bulgakov Fiction ★★★ 3  
2016 #4 Scar Tissue Anthony Kiedis, Larry Sloman Biography ★★★★★  
2017 #2 Good Omens Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett Fantasy ★★★  
2016 #3 Predictabily Irrational Dan Ariely Psychology ★★★★★  
2006 Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell Susanna Clarke Fantasy ★★★★★  
2016 #2 How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big Scott Adams Self-Help ★★★★★  
2016 #1 The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman Fantasy ★★★★★  
2018 #8 The Wise Man’s Fear Patrick Rothfuss Fantasy ★★★★ Kingkiller Chronicle #2
2018 #9 The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss Fantasy ★★★★★ Kingkiller Chronicle #1
2015 #4 Too Bright to Hear, Too Loud to See Juliann Garey Fiction ★★★★★  
2015 #3 Les Liaisons Dangereuses Pierre Choderlos de Laclos Fiction ★★★  
2015 #2 The Five Keys to Mindful Communication Susan Gillis Chapman Self-Help ★★★  
2014 Neverwhere Neil Gaiman Fantasy ★★★★★  
2017 #1 What You Need to Know About: Project Management Fergus O’Connell Business ★★★★★  
2015 #1 Ready Player One Ernest Cline Science Fiction ★★★★★  
2006 Howl’s Moving Castle Diana Wynne Jones Fantasy ★★★★  
2006 American Gods Neil Gaiman Fantasy ★★★★  
2007 Survivor Chuck Palahniuk Fiction ★★★★★  
2007 Choke Chuck Palahniuk Fiction ★★★★★  
2006 Fight Club Chuck Palahniuk Fiction ★★★★★  
2001 The Church of Dead Girls Stephen Dobyns Mystery ★★★  
2010 The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic ★★★★  
2008 Equal Rites Terry Pratchett Fantasy ★★★★★ Discworld #3
2007 The Light Fantastic Terry Pratchett Fantasy ★★★★★ Discworld #2
2006 The Color of Magic Terry Pratchett Fantasy ★★★★★ Discworld #1
2008 Q Luther Blisset Historical Fiction ★★★★★  
2008 The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft H.P. Lovecraft Horror ★★★★★  
2007 The Complete Tales & Poems Edgar Allan Poe Poetry, Fiction ★★★★★  
2006 The Island of Doctor Moreau H.G. Wells Science Fiction ★★★★  
1997 The Eyes of the Dragon Stephen King Fantasy ★★★★★  
2002 Lord of the Flies William Golding Classic ★★★★★  
1999 The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde Play ★★★★★  
2000 The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde Classic ★★★★  
2005 The Return of the King J. R. R. Tolkien Fantasy ★★★★★ The Lord of the Rings #3
2004 The Two Towers J. R. R. Tolkien Fantasy ★★★★★ The Lord of the Rings #2
2003 The Fellowship of the Ring J. R. R. Tolkien Fantasy ★★★★ The Lord of the Rings #1
1998 The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien Fantasy ★★★★★ The Lord of the Rings #0
2003 Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury Science Fiction ★★★★★  
2004 Brave New World Aldous Huxley Science Fiction ★★★★  
2005 The Gambler Fyodor Dostoevsky Classic ★★★★★  
2005 Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoevsky Classic ★★★★★  
2003 1984 George Orwell Dystopian ★★★★★  
2000 Ivanhoe Walter Scott Historical Fiction ★★★★★  
2001 Animal Farm George Orwell Classic ★★★★  
2006 On the Road Jack Kerouac Fiction ★★★★★  
2007 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson Mystery ★★★★ Millenium #1
2003 Bridget Jones’s Diary Helen Fielding Fiction ★★★★★  
2008 The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown Mystery ★★★★ Robert Langdon #2
2007 Angels & Demons Dan Brown Mystery ★★★★★ Robert Langdon #1
2008 Dracula Bram Stoker Horror ★★★★★  
1997 Carmilla Sheridan Le Fanu Gothic ★★★★ 2  
2022 The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin Fantasy ★★★★ Hainish Cycle #4
2004 Tehanu Ursula K. Le Guin Fantasy ★★★ Earthsea Cycle #4
2001 The Farthest Shore Ursula K. Le Guin Fantasy ★★★★ Earthsea Cycle #3
1999 The Tombs of Atuan Ursula K. Le Guin Fantasy ★★★★ Earthsea Cycle #2
1998 A Wizard of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin Fantasy ★★★★★ Earthsea Cycle #1
1995 The Alchemist Paulo Coelho Fiction ★★★★  
1994 Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe Adventure ★★★★★  
1994 White Fang Jack London Adventure ★★★★★  
1995 Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson Adventure ★★★★★  
1995 The Last of the Mohicans James Fenimore Cooper Historical Fiction ★★★★★  
1995 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas Jules Verne Science Fiction ★★★★★  
1994 The Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Fantasy ★★★★★  
  • Loved the book, especially the setting during the cultural revolution and the sci-fi tech explanations, but I am not sure I'd like to read the next one or not. I kinda got enough of it, I guess?
  • A 'Gothic lesbian vampire horror', which makes this book sound like a Twilight fanfic... and yet it predates Dracula! 1872 vs 1897
  • A lower enjoyment score due to my low understanding of the Soviet sociopolitical situation