Books

A list of books I read. I strongly recommend all books with a star.

My goal is not primarily to read X books per year, but rather to read well. Although, reading more would be appreciated.

3 books read in 2024.

  • Babylon's Ashes (The Expanse 6)
  • Nemesis Games (The Expanse 5)
  • Eat the Buddha

10 books read in 2023.

  • Cibola Burn (The Expanse 4)
  • Abaddon's Gate (The Expanse 3)
  • Caliban's War (The Expanse 2)
  • Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse 1)
  • Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
  • Lifespan: Why We Age
  • Other Minds: The Octopus & the Evolution of Intelligent Life
  • The Story of your Life and Others
  • Cat's Craddle
  • Animal Farm

13 books read in 2022.

  • A Memory Called Empire
  • Man Search for Meaning
  • What We Owe to the Future
  • Harry Potter and the methods of rationality
  • The death of Ivan Ilyich
  • Money Honnie
  • Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
  • klara and the sun
  • Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems
  • La Plus Secrète Mémoire des Hommes   Review
  • Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything   Review
  • L'Amour sous algorithme
  • This Is How You Lose the Time War   Review

18 books read in 2021.

  • Les vertus de l'échec
  • Agent Running in the Field
  • Le voyant d'Etampes
  • Dopamine: The Molecule of More
  • The man who solved the market
  • How to avoid a climate disaster
  • Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
  • The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
  • Morales Provisoires
  • Debt: The First 5000 Years
  • Flowers for Algernon   Review
  • The Royal Game   Review
  • The Kiter Runner   Review
  • Chaos Monkeys
  • Freakonomics
  • L'anomalie
  • How to Win Friends and Influence People
  • Enlightenment Now

14 books read in 2020.

  • Too Like the Lightning
  • Leonardo da Vinci
  • Une forme de guerre
  • Homo Deus
  • The Ride of a Lifetime   Review
  • Assassin's Apprentice
  • Simple & Direct
  • Mr Man and Son   Review
  • PhD Grind   Review
  • The Player of Games
  • Where Good Ideas Come From
  • Death's End   Review
  • A very short introduction: Food   Review Anki
  • Ball Lightning   Review

19 books read in 2019.

  • Le périple de Baldassare
  • The Dark Forest
  • The Book Of Why
  • Embassytown
  • Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent
  • History of Iran
  • Bejing Coma
  • Zadig ou la destinée
  • A very short introduction: Nutrition
  • Congo Inc.: Bismarck's Testament
  • China Dream
  • Factfulness
  • A Brief History of Time
  • Never Split the Difference
  • Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
  • The Gene: an intimate history
  • Why We Sleep
  • Step by Step (Å gå. Ett skritt av gangen)
  • Gagner la guerre

15 books read in 2018.

  • Aucun souvenir assez solide
  • Sapiens: a brief history of mankind
  • The Three-Body Problem
  • Tous les hommes sont mortels
  • Dune: The Butlerian Jihad
  • Zero to One
  • Reunion
  • A very short introduction: Linguistic
  • A very short introduction: Neuroscience
  • The signal and the noise
  • Thinking, Fast and Slow
  • The Dharma Bums
  • The Principle
  • Siddartha
  • Surely Mr Feyman you’re joking!