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A loose log of books I've read, am reading, or keep returning to. This isn't a complete list or a ranking, just a record of what has stayed with me for longer than a moment.

Currently reading

  • War and Peace and War

    War and Peace and War

    Peter Turchin

  • Farewell to Westphalia: Crypto Sovereignty and Post-Nation-State Governance

    Jarrad Hope, Peter Ludlow

    Farewell to Westphalia: Crypto Sovereignty and Post-Nation-State Governance

    Jarrad Hope, Peter Ludlow

  • The Communistic Societies of the United States: Economic Social and Religious Utopias of the Nineteenth Century

    The Communistic Societies of the United States: Economic Social and Religious Utopias of the Nineteenth Century

    Charles Nordhoff

  • The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life

    The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life

    Robin Sharma

  • STARK Interpretationen Englisch - Aldous Huxley: Brave New World

    Christoph M. Peters

    STARK Interpretationen Englisch - Aldous Huxley: Brave New World

    Christoph M. Peters

  • Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

    Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

    Daron Acemoglu, Dan Woren, James A. Robinson

  • Actionable Gamification - Beyond Points, Badges, and Leaderboards

    Actionable Gamification - Beyond Points, Badges, and Leaderboards

    Yu-kai Chou

  • Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

    Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

    Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  • The beginning of infinity explanations that transform the world

    The beginning of infinity explanations that transform the world

    David Deutsch

  • The Obstacle is the Way: 10th Anniversary Edition: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

    The Obstacle is the Way: 10th Anniversary Edition: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

    Ryan Holiday

  • The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity--and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race

    The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity--and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race

    Michael E. Long, Daniel Z. Lieberman

  • Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

    Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

    Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  • Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed

    Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed

    Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos

  • The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell

    The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell

    Aldous Huxley, J. G. Ballard, David Bradshaw

  • The House of Government: A Saga of the Russian Revolution

    The House of Government: A Saga of the Russian Revolution

    Yuri Slezkine

  • The Player of Games

    The Player of Games

    Iain M. Banks

  • The Network State: How To Start a New Country

    The Network State: How To Start a New Country

    Balaji S. Srinivasan

  • The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI

    The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI

    Ray Kurzweil

  • Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America

    David Hackett Fischer

    Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America

    David Hackett Fischer

  • SUMMARY - Why Nations Fail: The Origins Of Power, Prosperity, And Poverty By Daron Acemoglu And James A. Robinson

    SUMMARY - Why Nations Fail: The Origins Of Power, Prosperity, And Poverty By Daron Acemoglu And James A. Robinson

    Shortcut Edition

  • A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

    A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

    Mark Twain, Stephen Railton, Daniel Carter Beard

  • A Technique for Producing Ideas

    A Technique for Producing Ideas

    James Webb Young, Robbie McCallum

  • Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

    Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

    Peter Thiel, Blake Masters

  • Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste

    Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste

    Pierre Bourdieu

  • The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality

    The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality

    Brian Greene

  • The Obstacle is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Adversity to Advantage

    The Obstacle is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Adversity to Advantage

    Ryan Holiday

  • Heavenly Tyrant

    Heavenly Tyrant

    Xiran Jay Zhao

  • The beginning of infinity

    The beginning of infinity

    Deutsch, David

  • Iron Widow

    Iron Widow

    Xiran Jay Zhao

  • Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them: A Cosmic Quest from Zero to Infinity

    Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them: A Cosmic Quest from Zero to Infinity

    Antonio Padilla

  • The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn

    The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn

    Richard Hamming

  • Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

    Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

    Eliezer Yudkowsky

  • Invisible Countries: Journeys to the Edge of Nationhood

    Invisible Countries: Journeys to the Edge of Nationhood

    Joshua Keating

  • The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future

    The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future

    Kevin Kelly

  • Tomorrow, the World

    Tomorrow, the World

    Stephen Wertheim

  • 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

    12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

    Jordan B. Peterson

Why this list exists

I use lists like this to remember what I was thinking about at certain points in time. Books tend to mark seasons of my life more clearly than anything else—they show up when I'm looking for something, even if I don't know what that something is yet.