Books Read

The following is a list of books that I have read over the years. There are assuredly some entries missing, but as I both remember previously read books and finish new ones, they will be added to the list.

Arts

• A Theory of Fun for Game Design, by Raph Koster
• Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life, by Steve Martin
• Designing Games: A Guide to Engineering Experiences, by Tynan Sylvester
• Empires of EVE: A History of the Great Wars of EVE Online Volume I, by Andrew Groen
• Empires of EVE: A History of the Great Wars of EVE Online Volume II, by Andrew Groen
• Explore/Create: My Life in Pursuit of New Frontiers, Hidden Worlds, and the Creative Spark, by Richard Garriott and David Fisher
• Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility, by James P. Carse
• Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture, by David Kushner
• MMOs from the Outside In: The Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games of Psychology, Law, Government, and Real Life, by Richard Bartle
• The Proteus Paradox: How Online Games and Virtual Worlds Change Us - And How They Don't, by Nick Yee
• xkcd: volume 0, by Randall Munroe
• Zach-Like: A Game Design History, by Zach Barth

Fiction

• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
• Animal Farm, by George Orwell
• Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson
• Far from the Madding Crowd, by Thomas Hardy
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream, by Hunter S. Thompson
• Gravity's Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon
• Pattern Recognition, by William Gibson
• Rainbow Six, by Tom Clancy
• Reamde, by Neal Stephenson
• Spook Country, by William Gibson
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain
• The Bear and the Dragon, by Tom Clancy
• The Crying of Lot 49, by Thomas Pynchon
• The Hunt for Red October, by Tom Clancy
• The Killer Angels, by Michael Shaara
• The Phantom of the Opera, by Gaston Leroux
• V., by Thomas Pynchon
• Zero History, by William Gibson

Fiction - Fantasy

• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll
• Elfshadow, by Elaine Cunningham
• Grey Sister, by Mark Lawrence
• Holy Sister, by Mark Lawrence
• Prince of Thorns, by Mark Lawrence
• Red Sister, by Mark Lawrence
• Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik
• The Book of Atrus, by Rand Miller, Robyn Miller, and David Wingrove
• The Book of D'ni, by Rand Miller and David Wingrove
• The Book of Ti'ana, by Rand Miller and David Wingrove
• The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis
• The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Library of Fates, by Aditi Khorana
• The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien
• Through the Looking Glass, by Lewis Carroll
• Yumi and the Nightmare Painter, by Brandon Sanderson

Fiction - Science Fiction

• Agency, by William Gibson
• All Tomorrow's Parties, by William Gibson
• Anathem, by Neal Stephenson
• Artemis, by Andy Weir
• Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell
• Count Zero, by William Gibson
• Everything Belongs to the Future, by Laurie Penny
• Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
• Fall; or, Dodge in Hell, by Neal Stephenson
• Idoru, by William Gibson
• Jurassic Park, by Michael Crichton
• Life, the Universe and Everything, by Douglas Adams
• Mona Lisa Overdrive, by William Gibson
• Mostly Harmless, by Douglas Adams
• Neuromancer, by William Gibson
• Nineteen Eighty-Four, by George Orwell
• Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
• Red Screen, by Stephen King
• Seveneves, by Neal Stephenson
• Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson
• So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, by Douglas Adams
• Termination Shock, by Neal Stephenson
• The Diamond Age; Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer, by Neal Stephenson
• The Difference Engine, by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
• The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury
• The Martian, by Andy Weir
• The Peripheral, by William Gibson
• The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, by Douglas Adams
• The Wanderers, by Meg Howrey
• Virtual Light, by William Gibson
• When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead

History

• Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest, by Stephen E. Ambrose
• Realityland: True-Life Adventures at Walt Disney World, by David Koenig
• Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, by Yuval Noah Harari
• The Human Cosmos: Civilization and the Stars, by Jo Marchant

Language

• A Practical Introduction to Phonetics, by J.C. Catford
• On Writing, by Stephen King

Non-Fiction

• Busy Doing Nothing, by Rekka Bellum and Devine Lu Linvega
• Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, by Cal Newport
• Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, by J.D. Vance
• Musings from Within, by Xe Iaso
• So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love, by Cal Newport
• The Intelligent Conversationalist, by Imogen Lloyd Webber
• The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing, by Marie Kondo
• Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career, by Scott Young

Philosophy

• Eclipse of Man: Human Extinction and the Meaning of Progress, by Charles Rubin
• Ego Is the Enemy, by Ryan Holiday
• Inadequate Equilibria: Where and How Civilizations Get Stuck, by Eliezer Yudkowsky
• Manifesto of the Communist Party, by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
• Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization, by Neil deGrasse Tyson
• The Book of Tea, by Kakuzō Okakura
• The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, by Thomas S. Kuhn

Science

• A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes, by Stephen Hawking
• A New Kind of Science, by Stephen Wolfram
• A Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Woman, by Lindy Elkins-Tanton
• Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military, by Neil deGrasse Tyson and Avis Lang
• Almost Looks Like Work: A Guide to Healthy Procrastinating, by Jason Cole
• Astrophysics for People in A Hurry, by Neil deGrasse Tyson
• Beyond Einstein: The Cosmic Quest for the Theory of the Universe, by Michio Kaku and Jennifer Trainer Thompson
• Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries, by Neil deGrasse Tyson
• Ending Aging: The Rejuvenation Breakthroughs That Could Reverse Human Aging in Our Lifetime, by Aubrey de Grey and Michael Rae
• How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems, by Randall Munroe
• Letters from an Astrophysicist, by Neil deGrasse Tyson
• Merlin's Tour of the Universe, by Neil deGrasse Tyson
• Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, by Joshua Foer
• Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier, by Neil deGrasse Tyson
• The Body Has a Mind of Its Own: How Body Maps in Your Brain Help You Do (Almost) Everything Better, by Sandra Blakeslee and Matthew Blakeslee
• The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred, by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
• The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory, by Brian Greene
• The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking), by Katie Mack
• The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality, by Brian Greene
• The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth, by Michio Kaku
• The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind, by Michio Kaku
• The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos, by Brian Greene
• The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet, by Neil deGrasse Tyson
• Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words, by Randall Munroe
• Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future, by Elizabeth Kolbert
• Vacation Guide to the Solar System: Science for the Savvy Space Traveler!, by Olivia Koski and Jana Grcevich
• Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage, by Rachel E. Gross
• What if?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions, by Randall Munroe
• Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams, by Matthew Walker
• Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death, by Caitlin Doughty
• Woman: An Intimate Geography, by Natalie Angier

Social Science

• Bitch Doctrine, by Laurie Penny
• Discordia: Six Nights in Crisis Athens, by Laurie Penny and Molly Crabapple
• Meat Market: Female Flesh Under Capitalism, by Laurie Penny
• Penny Red: Notes from the New Age of Dissent, by Laurie Penny
• The Cocaine Kids: The Inside Story of a Teenage Drug Ring, by Terry Williams
• The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life, by Anu Partanen
• Unspeakable Things: Sex, Lies and Revolution, by Laurie Penny
• Overcomplicated: Technology at the Limits of Comprehension, by Samuel Arbesman
• The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date, by Samuel Arbesman
• Sibling Identity and Relationships: Sisters and Brothers, by Rosalind Edwards, Lucy Hadfield, Helen Lucey, and Melanie Mauthner

Technology

• 2030: Technology that will change the world, by Rutger van Santen, Djan Khoe, and Bram Vermeer
• A Tour of C++: 2nd Edition, by Bjarne Stroustrup
• Arduino Development Cookbook, by Cornel Amariei
• Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: Practical Programming for Total Beginners, by Al Sweigart
• Biopunk: DIY Scientists Hack the Software of Life, by Marcus Wohlsen
• Book: A Futurist's Manifesto, by Hugh McGuire and Brian O'Leary
• Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self, by Manoush Zomorodi
• Closed Projects, by Xe Iaso
• Crash Override: How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate, by Zoë Quinn
• Cybersexism: Sex, Gender and Power on the Internet, by Laurie Penny
• Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World, by Cal Newport
• Harley Hahn's Emacs Field Guide, by Harley Hahn
• Essential Algorithms: A Practical Approach to Computer Algorithms, by Rod Stephens
• Flash Forward: An Illustrated Guide to Possible (And Not So Possible) Tomorrows, by Rose Eveleth
• Git For Humans, by David Demaree
• Just Enough Research, by Erika Hall
• LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media, by P.W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking
• Modern C, by Jens Gustedt
• Objective-C for Swift Developers, by Paul Hudson
• Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing, by Marie Hicks
• Resilient Web Design, by Jeremy Keith
• Shrinking the Technosphere: Getting a Grip on Technologies that Limit our Autonomy, Self-Sufficiency and Freedom, by Dmitry Orlov
• Swift Functional Programming, by Fatih Nayebi
• The Age of Intelligent Machines, by Ray Kurzweil
• The Age of the Spiritual Machines, by Ray Kurzweil
• The Hardware Hacker: Adventures in Making and Breaking Hardware, by Andrew Huang
• The Internet of Risky Things: Trusting the Devices That Surround Us, by Sean Smith
• The New CSS Layout, by Rachel Andrew
• The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone, by Brian Merchant
• The Singularity Is Near, by Ray Kurzweil
• The Unix-Haters Handbook, by Simson Garfinkel, Daniel Weise, and Steven Strassmann
• Wicked Cool Shell Scripts: 101 Scripts for Linux, OS X, and UNIX Systems, by Dave Taylor and Brandon Perry

created: 2026-08-08