Currently Reading
| Title | Author(s) | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Box | Marc Levinson | Nonfiction, Industrial | Â |
| The Will of the Many | James Islington | Fantasy, Fiction | Â |
Shelved
| Title | Author(s) | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patton: A Genius for War | Carlo D’Este | Biography, Military History, Nonfiction |  |
| Augustus: The Life of Rome’s First Emperor | Anthony Everitt | History, Biography, Nonfiction |  |
| Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings | Thomas Paine | Philosophy, History, Nonfiction, Politics | Â |
| Special Relativity and Classical Field Theory: The Theoretical Minimum | Leonard Susskind, Art Friedman | Physics, Science, Nonfiction | Â |
| Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China | Ezra F. Vogel | History, China, Biography, Nonfiction | Â |
| L’Etranger | Albert Camus | Classics, Fiction, Philosophy, French |  |
| Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk | Peter L. Bernstein | Finance, History, Nonfiction | Â |
| Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning | Christopher M. Bishop | Computer Science, Machine Learning, Nonfiction | Â |
| The End of History and the Last Man | Francis Fukuyama | History, Nonfiction, Political Science | Â |
Completed
Warning (August 28, 2023) I’ve only been properly tracking the books I’ve read in 2023 onwards. I include 2019 since I appear to have tracked some of the books that year, take it as a best-effort.
2024
Books
| Title | Author(s) | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crime and Punishment | Fyodor Dostoevsky, Constance Garnett (Translator) | Classics, Fiction, Russian Literature | Â |
| Throne of Glass | Sarah J. Maas | Fantasy | Â |
| Philip and Alexander, Kings and Conquerors | Adrian Goldsworthy | History, Nonfiction, Biography | Â |
| Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss’s Glossier | Marisa Meltzer | Nonfiction, Business |  |
| Thief of Time | Terry Pratchett | Fantasy, Fiction | Â |
| The Mind of Napoleon: A Selection of His Written and Spoken Words | Napoleon, Herold, J. Christopher | History, Nonfiction | Â |
| Braiding Sweetgrass | Robin Wall Kimmerer | Nonfiction, Nature, Memoir | Â |
| Washington: A Life | Ron Chernow | Nonfiction, Biography, History | Â |
| The Art of the Good Life | Rolf Dobelli | Self Help, Personal Development | Â |
| The Little Book of Deep Learning | Francois Fleuret | Nonfiction, Machine Learning | Â |
| The Sword of Kaigen | M. L. Wang | Fantasy, Fiction | Â |
| The Name of the Wind | Patrick Rothfuss | Fantasy, Fiction | Â |
| The Three Musketeers | Alexandre Dumas | Classics, Fiction, French Literature | Â |
| The Man from the Future | Annoy Bhattacharya | Biography, Science, Nonfiction | Â |
Technical Papers
| Title | Author(s) | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-Driver: Learning to Drive with GPT | Mao, Jiageng, Yuxi Qian, Hang Zhao, and Yue Wang | Technical paper, Machine Learning | Â |
| Halfway Between Kyoto and 2050: Zero Carbon is a Highly Unlikely Outcome | Vaclav Smil | Technical paper, Energy | Â |
| Cost of Capital and Capital Allocation | Michael J Mauboussin, Dan Callahan | Article, Finance | Â |
| Increasing Returns: Identifying Forms of Increasing Returns and What Drives Them | Michael J Mauboussin, Dan Callahan | Article, Finance | Â |
2023
| Title | Author(s) | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Order of Time | Carlo Rovelli | Science, Nonfiction, Physics | Â |
| Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C. | Peter Green | Biography, Nonfiction, Ancient History | Â |
| The Fifth Elephant | Terry Pratchett | Fantasy, Fiction, Humor | Â |
| A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses Series) | Sarah J. Maas | Fantasy, Romance, Fiction | Â |
| A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses Series) | Sarah J. Maas | Fantasy, Romance, Fiction | Â |
| A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses Series) | Sarah J. Maas | Fantasy, Romance, Fiction | Â |
| A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses Series) | Sarah J. Maas | Fantasy, Romance, Fiction | Â |
| A Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses Series) | Sarah J. Maas | Fantasy, Romance, Fiction | Â |
| Daughter of the Moon Goddess | Sue Lynn Tan | Fantasy, Romance, Mythology, Fiction | Â |
| Tiger Woods | Jeff Benedict, Armen Keteyian | Sports, Biography, Nonfiction | Â |
| The Tower of Fools | Andrzej Sapkowski, David French (Translator) | Fantasy, Historical Fiction | Â |
| The Justice of Kings | Richard Swan | Fantasy, Mystery, Fiction | Â |
| Jingo | Terry Pratchett | Fantasy, Fiction, Humor | Â |
| The Brothers Karamazov | Fyodor Dostoevsky, Richard Pevear (Translator) | Classics, Fiction, Russian Literature | Â |
| The General and the Genius: Groves and Oppenheimer—The Unlikely Partnership that Built the Atom Bomb | James W. Kunetka | History, Nonfiction, Biography, Science |  |
| Kushiel’s Dart | Jacqueline Carey | Fantasy, Romance, Fiction |  |
| Big Panda and Tiny Dragon | James Norbury | Graphic Novel, Philosophy, Self Help | Â |
| Honey, the Fed Shrunk the Equity Premium: Asset Allocation in a Higher-Rate World | AQR | Paper, Finance | Â |
| Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth: The Remedy | Henry George | Political Economy, Nonfiction, Philosophy | Â |
| Red Rising (Red Rising Series) | Pierce Brown | Fantasy, Science Fiction | Â |
| Golden Son (Red Rising Series) | Pierce Brown | Fantasy, Science Fiction | Â |
| Morning Star (Red Rising Series) | Pierce Brown | Fantasy, Science Fiction | Â |
| Iron Gold (Red Rising Series) | Pierce Brown | Fantasy, Science Fiction | Â |
| Dark Age (Red Rising Series) | Pierce Brown | Fantasy, Science Fiction | Â |
| The Three-Body Problem | Cixin Liu, Ken Liu (Translator) | Science Fiction, Fantasy | Â |
| A Man for All Markets | Edward O. Thorp | Finance, Nonfiction, Memoir | Â |
| Lightbringer (Red Rising Series) | Pierce Brown | Fantasy, Science Fiction | Â |
2019
| Title | Author(s) | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mort | Terry Pratchett | Fantasy, Fiction, Humor | Funny. It’s got a lot of cool social commentary. Absolutely adore the writing style. |
| The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution | Walter Isaacson | Nonfiction, History, Business | Â |
| “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman”: Adventures of a Curious Character | Richard Feynman | Science, Nonfiction, Biography, Physics |  |
| A Concise Guide to Macroeconomics | David A. Moss | Economics, Nonfiction | Â |
| Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets | Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Nonfiction, Economics, Finance | Â |
| Season of Storms | Andrzej Sapkowski, David French (Translator) | Fantasy, Fiction | Belongs to my favorite fantasy series. |
| The Black Swan | Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Nonfiction, Economics, Finance | Â |
| The Black Prism | Brent Weeks | Fantasy, Fiction | I read this series over the summer very fast. It was good enough that it affected my productivity, so I read spoilers on the last book. |
| The Blinding Knife | Brent Weeks | Fantasy, Fiction | Â |
| The Broken Eye | Brent Weeks | Fantasy, Fiction | Â |
| Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup | John Carreyrou | Nonfiction, Business | Â |
| The Final Empire | Brandon Sanderson | Fantasy, Fiction | Has a really interesting magic system: characters ingest (“burn”) the metal dust (i.e. tin, steel, etc.) and it imbues them with powers like being able to pull or push on metal. |
| The Well of Ascension | Brandon Sanderson | Fantasy, Fiction | Â |
| The Hero of Ages | Brandon Sanderson | Fantasy, Fiction | Â |
| Circe | Madeline Miller | Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Mythology | Really touching book. Especially love the author’s writing style. |
| The Song of Achilles | Madeline Miller | Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Mythology | This book touched on some themes I’ve never read before. Enlightening read, made me tear up at times. |