years

This page keeps the completed reading history grouped by year.

summary

completed books

2026

  • Lords of Uncreation Adrian Tchaikovsky
  • Eyes of the Void Adrian Tchaikovsky
  • Shards of Earth Adrian Tchaikovsky
  • Morning Star Pierce Brown

2025

  • Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World Anne-Laure Le Cunff
  • Shōgun James Clavell
  • The Fountainhead Ayn Rand
  • The Beach Alex Garland
  • Musashi Eiji Yoshikawa
  • High Fidelity Nick Hornby
  • Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin
  • The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas

2024

  • Thérèse Raquin Émile Zola
  • 488 Rules for Life Kitty Flanagan
  • Metamorphosis Franz Kafka
  • Mozart in Italy: Coming of Age in the Land of Opera Jane Glover
  • Walking. One Step at a Time Erling Kagge
  • Meditations Marcus Aurelius
  • Project Hail Mary Andy Weir
  • The Remains of the Day Kazuo Ishiguro
  • The Three Musketeers Alexandre Dumas
  • Ready Player Two (Ready Player One, #2) Ernest Cline
  • Creativity John Cleese
  • Made in Scotland: My Grand Adventures in a Wee Country Billy Connolly
  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently, #1) Douglas Adams
  • The Midwich Cuckoos John Wyndham
  • Dust (Silo, #3) Hugh Howey
  • The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2) Philip Pullman
  • Shift (Silo, #2) Hugh Howey
  • Wool Hugh Howey
  • Northern Lights (His Dark Materials, #1) Philip Pullman
  • The Trees Ali Shaw
  • Blade Runner Philip K. Dick
  • Never Let Me Go Kazuo Ishiguro
  • American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road Nick Bilton
  • Dance Dance Dance Haruki Murakami
  • Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury
  • Klara and the Sun Kazuo Ishiguro
  • Men Without Women Haruki Murakami
  • Hear the Wind Sing (The Rat, #1) Haruki Murakami
  • Novelist as a Vocation Haruki Murakami
  • Foundation (Foundation #1) Isaac Asimov
  • Golden Son (Red Rising, #2) Pierce Brown
  • The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1) Liu Cixin
  • Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) Pierce Brown
  • Norwegian Wood Haruki Murakami
  • A System for Writing: How an Unconventional Approach to Note-Making Can Help You Capture Ideas, Think Wildly, and Write Constantly - A Zettelkasten Primer Bob Doto
  • What I Talk About When I Talk About Running Haruki Murakami
  • Last Shot Jock Zonfrillo
  • Animal Farm George Orwell
  • 1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) Haruki Murakami
  • Dune Messiah (Dune #2) Frank Herbert
  • The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Haruki Murakami
  • We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1) Dennis E. Taylor

2023

  • Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1) Iain M. Banks
  • SOLO: What running across mountains taught me about life Jenny Tough
  • My Year of Running Dangerously: A Dad, a Daughter, and a Ridiculous Plan Tom Foreman
  • This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life David Foster Wallace
  • The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2) Dan Simmons
  • Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1) Dan Simmons

2022

  • Born to Run 2: The Ultimate Training Guide Christopher McDougall & Eric Orton
  • This Much is True Miriam Margolyes
  • The Windup Girl Paolo Bacigalupi
  • Children of Time (Children of Time, #1) Adrian Tchaikovsky
  • One Dharma Joseph Goldstein
  • Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organise Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential Tiago Forte
  • Leadership Is Language: The Hidden Power of What You Say and What You Don't L.David Marquet
  • The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage Clifford Stoll

2021

  • What If?: Serious Scientific Answer to Absurd Hypothetical Questions: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions Randall Munroe
  • The Rise of the Ultra Runners: A Journey to the Edge of Human Endurance Adharanand Finn
  • The Stand Stephen King
  • Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen Christopher McDougall
  • Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future Ashlee Vance
  • The Way of the Runner: A journey into the fabled world of Japanese running Adharanand Finn
  • Infinite Jest David Foster Wallace
  • Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide: Advice, Plans, and Programs for Half and Full Marathons Hal Higdon
  • Running with the Kenyans Adharanand Finn
  • Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture David Kushner

2020

  • The Goal Eliyahu M. Goldratt
  • Dune Frank Herbert
  • Greenlights Matthew McConaughey
  • Galloway's 5K and 10K Running Jeff Galloway
  • Quiet Mind, The John Coleman

2017

  • Issue at Hand Gil Fronsdal

2015

  • Armada Ernest Cline

2014

  • Ready Player One Ernest Cline
  • Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker Kevin D. Mitnick

2013

  • The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer Neal Stephenson

2010

  • Starman Sara Douglass
  • Enchanter Sara Douglass

2009

  • Battleaxe Sara Douglass
  • Faerie Tale Raymond E. Feist

2008

  • The Color of Magic Terry Pratchett

2007

  • The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown

2006

  • Stupid White Men Michael Moore

2003

  • A Darkness At Sethanon Raymond E. Feist
  • Prince of the Blood Raymond E. Feist
  • Silverthorn Raymond E. Feist

1998

  • Wizard's First Rule Terry Goodkind
  • Magician Raymond E. Feist
  • The Odyssey Homer

1997

  • Lord of the Flies William Golding

1992

  • The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien