2022's Reading List

  • It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work - Jason Fried - 5/5
  • High Output Management - Andrew S Grove - 3/5
  • Managing Humans - Michael Lopp - 5/5
  • The Managers Path - Camille Fournier - 4/5
  • Wayward Galaxy 1 - Jason Anspach - 5/5
  • Wayward Galaxy 2 - Jason Anspach - 4/5
  • Wayward Galaxy 3 - Jason Anspach - 3/5
  • Accelerate - Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations - Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble - 3/5
  • Greenlights - Matthew McConaughey - 4/5
  • We are Legion(We are Bob) - Dennis E. Taylor - 5/5
  • For We Are Many: Bobiverse, Book 2 - Dennis E. Taylor - 4/5
  • All These Worlds: Bobiverse, Book 3 - Dennis E. Taylor - 4/5
  • Self Help - Ben H. Winters - 3/5
  • The Generals - Winston Groom - 2/5
  • Dune - Frank Herbert - 4/5
  • Dune Messiah - Frank Herbert - 4/5
  • Out of Office - Charles Warzel, Anne Helen Peterson - 5/5
  • Hit Job - Eric Cunningham - 3/5
  • The Storyteller - Dave Grohl - 6/5

2021's Reading List

  • Yearbook - Seth Rogen - 3/5
  • Infinite - Jeremy Robinson
  • Clean Architecture - Robert C. Martin
  • Leviathan - Scott Westerfield
  • Firefight - Brandon Sanderson
  • Mitosis - Brandon Sanderson
  • Sapiens - Yuval Noah Harari
  • Ready Player 2 - Ernest Cline
  • Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
  • Story - Robert McKee
  • The Power of Moments - Chip Heath, Dan Heath
  • Oathbringer - Brandon Sanderson
  • Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
  • How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie
  • The Whole-Brain Child - Daniel J. Siegel
  • Blood of Elves - Andrzej Sapkowski
  • Weapons of Math Destruction - Cathy O'Niel
  • The Right Stuff - Tom Wolfe

2019's Reading List

  1. Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett - 4/5
  2. The Land: Alliances: Chaos Seeds - Aleron Kong - 2/5 - Not great writing but still fun to listen to
  3. Eden's Gate: The Sparrow - Edward Brody - 5/5
  4. Eden's Gate: The Sands - Edward Brody - 5/5 NOTE: These last two books made me realize I wasn't enjoying The Land series as it's quite poorly written in comparison. Aleron Kong is just not a good writer IMO.
  5. Ascend Online Book 1 - 4/5 - Luke Chmilenko
  6. Hell to Pay (Ascend Online Book 2) - Luke Chmilenko
  7. Legacy of the Fallen (Ascend Online Book 3) - Luke Chmilenko
  8. Sovereign - Jeff Hirsch - 3/5 - I was deep into this book before realizing it was geared toward teens. I decided to finish it even though I was not the target audience.
  9. Eden's Gate: The Sparrow: A LitRPG Adventure, Book 2 - Edward Brody
  10. Viridian Gate Online: Cataclysm: The Viridian Gate Archives, Book 1 - J.A. Hunter - 5/5 - This is one of the better written LitRPG books I've read. I really enjoyed it, even though these LitRPG books are are so similar and kind of morphing together in my head.
  11. Streams of Silver: Legend of Drizzt: Icewind Dale Trilogy, Book 2 - R.A. Salvatore - 5/5 - I'd describe this series as easy reading fantasy books. Great writing. Fun battles. Powerful character building.
  12. Recursion - Blake Crouch - 5/5 - I love his science-focused time travel, multi-dimension, books. This one had me hooked just like his book Dark Matter which I read a few years back. I'm pretty much "Subscribed" to whatever Blake puts out at this point as I'm never disappointed.
  13. The Halfling's Gem: Legend of Drizzt: Icewind Dale Trilogy, Book 3 - R.A. Salvatore - CURRENTLY READING
  14. Viridian Gate Online: The Jade Lord: A litRPG Adventure, Book 2 - J.A. Hunter -
  15. Viridian Gate Online: Crimson Alliance, Book 3 - J.A. Hunter -
  16. The Whole Brain Child - Daniel J Siegel -
  17. Red Rising - Book 1 - Pierce Brown - 4.5/5
  18. Golden Son - Red Rising Book 2 - Pierce Brown - 5/5
  19. Morning Star - Red Rising Book 3 - Pierce Brown - 5/5
  20. Iron Gold - Red Rising Book 4 - Pierce Brown - 3.5/5
  21. Dark Age - Red Rising Book 5 - Pierce Brown - 4/5
  22. Starsight - Brandon Sanderson - TBA

2018's Reading List

  1. A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel - Amor Towles - 4/5
  2. The Land: Forging: Chaos Seeds, Book 2 - Aleron Kong - 3.5/5
  3. Steelheart: The Reckoners, Book 1 - Brandon Sanderson - 3.5/5
  4. Skyward - Brandon Sanderson - 4/5
  5. How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence - Michael Pollan - 3/5
  6. Solitude: Dimension Space, Book 1 - Dean M. Cole - 4/5
  7. The Fifth Season: The Broken Earth, Book 1 - N.K. Jemesin - 2/5
  8. Dad Is Fat - Jim Gaffigan - 4/5
  9. The Expectant Father: The Ultimate Guide for Dads-to-Be - Armin A. Brott, Jennifer Ash - 3/5
  10. Children of Time - Adrian Tchaikovsky - 3/5
  11. Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything - Joshua Foer - 3.75/5
  12. I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer - Michelle McNamara - 3/5
  13. Paradox Bound: A Novel - Peter Clines - 4/5
  14. Artemis - Andy Weir - 4/5
  15. Don't Let Go - Harlan Coben - 3/5
  16. Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson - 2/5
  17. Norse Mythology - Neil Gaiman - 3/5
  18. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry - Neil deGrasse Tyson - 4/5
  19. Oathbringer - Brandon Sanderson - 5/5

2017's Reading List

  1. The Land: Founding: A LitRPG Saga: Chaos Seeds, Book 1 - Aleron Kong
  2. 14 - Peter Clines - 5/5
  3. The Fold- Peter Clines - 5/5
  4. Seveneves: A Novel - Neal Stephenson - 2/5
  5. Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection - Brandon Sanderson - 5/5
  6. Off to Be the Wizard - - Scott Meyer - 1/5
  7. Eden's Gate: The Reborn: A LitRPG Adventure, Book 1 - Edward Brody 5/5
  8. Fuzzy Nation - John Scalzi - 4/5
  9. Spell or High Water: Magic 2.0 - Scott Meyer - 1/5
  10. All the Missing Girls: A Novel - Ms. Megan Miranda 3/5
  11. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life - Mark Manson - 1/5
  12. Dark Matter: A Novel - Blake Crouch - 5/5
  13. The Bassoon King: My Life in Art, Faith, and Idiocy - Rainn Wilson - 2/5
  14. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood - Trevor Noah - 4/5
  15. The Couple Next Door: A Novel - Shari Lapena
  16. Command Authority - Tom Clancy, Mark Greaney 4/5
  17. In a Dark, Dark Wood - Ruth Ware
  18. Threat Vector - Tom Clancy, Mark Greaney 5/5

2016's Reading List

  1. Lock In (Narrated by Wil Wheaton) - John Scalzi - 3/5
  2. Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
  • Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths
  1. A Man Called Ove - Fredrik Backman
  2. Behind Closed Doors - B. A. Paris - 5/5
  3. The Stand - Stephen King
  4. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business - Charles Duhigg
  5. The Crystal Shard: Legend of Drizzt: Icewind Dale Trilogy, Book 1 - R. A. Salvatore
  6. The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah - 5/5
  7. The Woman in Cabin 10 - Ruth Ware - 3.5/5
  8. The Bands of Mourning - Brandon Sanderson
  9. Freakonomics: Revised Edition - Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
  10. Ready Player One - Ernest Cline - 5/5
  11. The Addictive Brain- Thad A. Polk, The Great Courses
  12. Shadows of Self - Brandon Sanderson
  13. The Girl on the Train: A Novel- Paula Hawkins
  14. Game of Thrones - George R. R. Martin
  15. Game of Thrones A Clash of Kings - George R. R. Martin
  16. Game of Thrones A Storm of Swords - George R. R. Martin
  17. Game of Thrones A Feast for Crows - George R. R. Martin
  18. Game of Thrones A Dance with Dragons - George R. R. Martin
  19. Armada - Ernest Cline - 4.5/5