The Bookshelf
I don’t read anywhere near as many books as I used to—or as many as I’d like to—partially because I used to have a 45 minute each way commute that I used for reading and now I walk to work from home, but mostly because I’ve fallen out of the habit of reading regularly.
The rating scale is stolen from Frank Chimero. If I don’t like a book, I don’t finish it and it doesn’t get listed, so all of these books are at least somewhat recommended. Books with one heart are ones that I think are really good, books with two hearts are the literary equivalent of Breaking Bad; i.e. books I won’t stop talking about, even long after it has become insanely boring for everybody else. Books with a star are the ones I’m currently reading (and have a reasonable expectation of finishing).
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2022
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2021
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Year Book by
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Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You about Being Creative by
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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by
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Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict by &
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Fermat's Last Theorem: Unlocking the Secret of an Ancient Mathematical Problem by
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The Physics of Star Wars: The Science Behind a Galaxy Far, Far Away by
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Asterix Omnibus #3: Asterix and the Big Fight, Asterix in Britain, and Asterix and the Normans by &
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The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design by &
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2020
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How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading by &
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Asterix Omnibus #2: Asterix the Gladiator, Asterix and the Banquet, and Asterix and Cleopatra by &
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Asterix Omnibus #1: Asterix the Gaul, Asterix and the Golden Sickle, and Asterix and the Goths by &
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The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History by
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2019
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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by
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The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers by
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The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman by
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The Psychology of Zelda: Linking Our World to the Legend of Zelda Series by
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Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance by
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Older
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Spy Dust: Two Masters of Disguise Reveal the Tools and Operations That Helped Win the Cold War by &
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Lifelong Kindergarten: Cultivating Creativity through Projects, Passion, Peers, and Play by
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Company Man: Thirty Years of Controversy and Crisis in the CIA by
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Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All by &
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Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World by
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Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by
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Empire State of Mind: How Jay Z Went from Street Corner to Corner Office by
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Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by
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The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail by
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Creativity, Inc: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by
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Rework by &
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Disclosure: If you buy a book using one of my Bookshop links, I'll get a little kickback from them (which I'm likely going to spend on more books). And you'll also be supporting independent bookstores, which is an awesome thing to do.