Here's the books I have read starting in about 2018. If it's on this list, I liked it enough to finish it, but I don't necessarily recommend it.
Last updated Jul 10, 2025
Currently Reading
Careless People
Sarah Wynn-Williams
2025
Gathering Moss
Robin Wall Kimmerer
The Phoenix Project
Gene Kim; Kevin Behr; Kim Spafford
Not Till We Are Lost
Dennis E. Taylor
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook
Matt Dinniman
Carl's Doomsday Scenario
Matt Dinniman
Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman
The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune
Table for Two
Amor Towles
Service Model
Adrian Tchaikovsky
Wind and Truth
Brandon Sanderson
2024
On Basilisk Station
David Weber
Humankind
Rutger Bregman
Caliban's War
James S. A. Corey
Leviathan Wakes
James S. A. Corey
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
Becky Chambers
Legends & Lattes
Travis Baldree
Heaven's River
Dennis E. Taylor
All These Worlds
Dennis E. Taylor
For We Are Many
Dennis E. Taylor
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
Becky Chambers
We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
Dennis E. Taylor
The Eve Illusion
Giovanna Fletcher; Tom Fletcher
A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers
Slow Productivity
Cal Newport
The Nova Incident
Dan Moren
Defiant
Brandon Sanderson
2023
The Aleph Extraction
Dan Moren
System Collapse
Martha Wells
The Shadow of What Was Lost
James Islington
The Will of the Many
James Islington
The Future Is Analog
David Sax
The Revenge of Analog
David Sax
Recursion
Blake Crouch
Laziness Does Not Exist
Devon Price
Fugitive Telemetry
Martha Wells
The Emperor's Soul
Brandon Sanderson
Everything Happens for a Reason
Kate Bowler
The Sunlit Man
Brandon Sanderson
Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell
Brandon Sanderson
Dawnshard
Brandon Sanderson
Eve of Man
Giovanna Fletcher; Tom Fletcher
Keep Going
Austin Kleon
Sixth of the Dusk
Brandon Sanderson
Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson
Hypermedia Systems
Carson Gross; Adam Stepinski; Deniz Akşimşk
1984
George Orwell
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Marie Kondo
Quiet
Susan Cain
Make Your Kid A Money Genius (Even If You're Not)
Beth Kobliner
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
Brandon Sanderson
Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson
Edgedancer
Brandon Sanderson
Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson
The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
Bill Gates
The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England
Brandon Sanderson
The Bayern Agenda
Dan Moren
The Millionaire Fastlane
MJ DeMarco
The Long March
Richard Fox
A Promised Land
Barack Obama
Albion Lost
Richard Fox
Earth Unaware
Orson Scott Card; Aaron Johnston
Shoe Dog
Phil Knight
Network Effect
Martha Wells
Exit Strategy
Martha Wells
Rogue Protocol
Martha Wells
Artificial Condition
Martha Wells
All Systems Red
Martha Wells
Elantris
Brandon Sanderson
Tress Of The Emerald Sea
Brandon Sanderson
2022
The Lost Metal
Brandon Sanderson
Tribe
Sebastian Junger
Build
Tony Fadell
Building a Second Brain
Tiago Forte
Warbreaker
Brandon Sanderson
Profit First
Mike Michalowicz
The Year of Living Danishly
Helen Russell
Star Wars: Shadow of the Sith
Adam Christopher
Mistborn: Secret History
Brandon Sanderson
Shards of Earth
Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Bands of Mourning
Brandon Sanderson
The Tail of Emily Windsnap
Liz Kessler
Star Wars: Victory's Price
Alexander Freed
Lun Yü
Confucius
How to Be Perfect
Michael Schur
Cytonic
Brandon Sanderson
The Fall of Babel
Josiah Bancroft
2021
Shadows of Self
Brandon Sanderson
The Alloy of Law
Brandon Sanderson
Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir
Show Your Work!
Austin Kleon
Shadow Fall (Star Wars)
Alexander Freed
The 4-hour Workweek
Timothy Ferriss
Into the Black
Rowland White
Steal Like an Artist
Austin Kleon
Star Wars: Light of the Jedi (The High Republic)
Charles Soule
The Hero of Ages
Brandon Sanderson
2020
Ready Player Two
Ernest Cline
Human Compatible
Stuart Russell
The Ride of a Lifetime
Robert Iger
The Caledonian Gambit
Dan Moren
Digital Minimalism
Cal Newport
Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert
Atomic Habits
James Clear
Death's End
Cixin Liu
The Dark Forest
Cixin Liu
The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu
Alphabet Squadron (Star Wars)
Alexander Freed
The Magic of Reality
Richard Dawkins
When Life Gives You Pears
Jeannie Gaffigan
Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson; STEVE JOBS
Educated
Tara Westover
Dune
Frank Herbert
His Majesty's Dragon
Naomi Novik
The Lazy Dungeon Master
Michael E. Shea
The Lean Startup
Eric Ries
Starsight
Brandon Sanderson
The Hod King
Josiah Bancroft
Beyond The Moon: A Conversational, Common Sense Guide To Understanding The Tides
Mccully James Greig
Dark Age
Pierce Brown
2019
5-Minute Sketching -- Landscapes
Virginia Hein
Arm of the Sphinx
Josiah Bancroft
Make Time
Jake Knapp; John Zeratsky
The Moment of Lift
Melinda Gates
Bad Blood
John Carreyrou
The Well of Ascension
Brandon Sanderson
Senlin Ascends
Josiah Bancroft
Skyward
Brandon Sanderson
Thrawn (Star Wars)
Timothy Zahn
Modern Romance
Aziz Ansari; Eric Klinenberg
Decisive
Chip Heath; Dan Heath
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Neil deGrasse Tyson
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (Movie Tie-in Edition)
Michael Lewis
Dad Is Fat
Jim Gaffigan
White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo
Mistborn
Brandon Sanderson
Tarkin: Star Wars
James Luceno
Iron Gold
Pierce Brown
Morning Star
Pierce Brown
Golden Son
Pierce Brown
Red Rising
Pierce Brown
Becoming
Michelle Obama
2018
Capital Gaines
Chip Gaines
Handcrafted
Clint Harp
Empire's End: Aftermath (Star Wars)
Chuck Wendig
Dragon Teeth
Michael Crichton
Life Debt: Aftermath (Star Wars)
Chuck Wendig
Aftermath
Chuck Wendig
Principles
Ray Dalio
Full-Stack Vue.js 2 and Laravel 5
Anthony Gore
Ready Player One
Ernest Cline
Deep Work
Cal Newport
Mud, Sweat, and Tears
Bear Grylls
Good Clean Fun
Nick Offerman
The Minimalist Woodworker
Vic Tesolin
The Scientist In The Crib
Alison Gopnik; Andrew N. Meltzoff; Patricia K. Kuhl
Star Wars: Ahsoka
E. K. Johnston
Start with why
Simon Sinek
Turing's Vision
Chris Bernhardt
Artemis
Andy Weir
A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles