Reading

In the spirit of folks like Susan Rigetti, I keep a record of my yearly reading to motivate me to read more.

Titles that particularly stood out to me are starred (★).

2026

1. Becoming Steve Jobs★Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli
2. This is for EveryoneThis is for Everyone★Sir Tim Berners-Lee
3. Dream ChasingDream ChasingBob Weis
4. BreakneckDan Wang
5. KatabasisR. F. Kuang
6. The Colour of MagicTerry Pratchett
7. How to be WrongHow to be WrongRowan Simpson
8. The Exploding DetectiveJohn Swartzwelder
9. Play BiggerAl Ramadan, Dave Peterson, Christopher Lochhead and Kevin Maney
10. Dungeon Crawler CarlMatt Dinniman

2025

1. The One Device★Brian Merchant
2. Why Fish Don’t ExistLulu Miller
3. The LaunchpadThe LaunchpadRandall Stross
4. Gambling ManGambling ManLionel Barber
5. Lords of StrategyWalter Kiechel III
6. Writing is DesigningMichael Metts and Andy Welfe
7. Careless People★Sarah Wynn-Williams
8. It’s Not TVFelix Gillette and John Koblin
9. The Final Hours of Portal 2The Final Hours of Portal 2Geoff Keighley
10. Uses for ObsessionBen Shewry
11. How the Internet HappenedHow the Internet HappenedBrian McCullough
12. When the Going was GoodWhen the Going was GoodGraydon Carter
13. Empire of AIKaren Hao
14. Apple in China★Patrick McGee
15. Lessons from GinLessons from GinMatt Jones
16. eBoysRandall Stross
17. It Came From Something AwfulDale Beran
18. AI ValleyAI ValleyGary Rivlin
19. Northern Lights★Philip Pullman
20. The Unknown UnknownThe Unknown UnknownMark Forsyth
21. The Nvidia WayThe Nvidia WayTae Kim
22. The Existing Market Trap: A PrimerThe Existing Market Trap: A PrimerCategory Pirates
23. Because InternetGretchen McCulloch
24. Kraftwerk: Future Music From GermanyKraftwerk: Future Music From GermanyUwe Schütte
25. The Subtle Knife★Philip Pullman
26. The Innovator’s DilemmaThe Innovator’s DilemmaClay Christensen
27. The Amber Spyglass★Philip Pullman
28. Lyra’s OxfordPhilip Pullman
29. Once Upon a Time in the NorthPhilip Pullman
30. Daemon VoicesPhilip Pullman
31. The CollectorsPhilip Pullman
32. SerpentinePhilip Pullman
33. The Imagination ChamberThe Imagination ChamberPhilip Pullman
34. The Book of Dust Vol. 1: La Belle SauvageThe Book of Dust Vol. 1: La Belle Sauvage★Philip Pullman
35. The Book of Dust Vol. 2: The Secret CommonwealthThe Book of Dust Vol. 2: The Secret Commonwealth★Philip Pullman
36. The Mushroom TapesThe Mushroom TapesHelen Garner, Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein
37. How They Get YouChris Kohler
38. The Book of Dust Vol. 3: The Rose FieldThe Book of Dust Vol. 3: The Rose FieldPhilip Pullman

2024

1. Storyworthy★Matthew Dicks
2. Fire in the ValleyMichael Swaine and Paul Freiberger
3. Insanely GreatSteven Levy
4. Cable CowboyMark Robichaux
5. Extremely HardcoreZoë Schiffer
6. Same as EverMorgan Housel
7. Burn BookKara Swisher
8. Sweating Bullets★Robert Gaskins
9. Losing My VirginityRichard Branson
10. Finding My VirginityRichard Branson
11. Dot Bomb AustraliaKate Askew
12. My Adventurous LifeDick Smith
13. Think Faster, Talk SmarterMatt Abrahams
14. Disney’s LandRichard Snow
15. Politics and the English Language★George Orwell
16. Creative SelectionKen Kocienda
17. Barbarians at the GateJohn Helyar and Bryan Burrough
18. A Cook’s Tour★Anthony Bourdain
19. The Burger KingThe Burger KingJim McLamore
20. Co-Intelligence★Ethan Mollick
21. Never EnoughAndrew Wilkinson
22. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow★Gabrielle Zevin

2023

1. BlitzedBlitzed★Norman Ohler
2. Beastie Boys BookBeastie Boys Book★Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz
3. Drops of God Vol. 6-44Drops of God Vol. 6-44Tadashi Agi
4. The DealmakerThe DealmakerGuy Hands
5. Four Thousand WeeksOliver Burkeman
6. QuitAnnie Duke
7. Magic WordsJonah Berger
8. Attention FactoryMatthew Brennan
9. The Power LawSebastian Mallaby
10. Drive-Thru DreamsAdam Chandler
11. TrafficBen Smith
12. The Creative ActRick Rubin
13. ElixirElixirTheresa Levitt
14. Small FiresRebecca May Johnson
15. The FallThe FallMichael Wolff
16. Behind the CloudMarc Benioff
17. MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios★Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzales, Gavin Edwards
18. Drops of God: MariageTadashi Agi

2022

1. A History of the World in 6 GlassesTom Standage
2. In the PlexSteven Levy
3. The Antisocial NetworkThe Antisocial NetworkBen Mezrich
4. Low Rates, High ReturnsLow Rates, High ReturnsPete Wargent and Steve Moriarty
5. Drunk in ChinaDrunk in China★Derek Sandhaus
6. Free CountryFree CountryGeorge Mahood
7. American Express★Peter Z. Grossman
8. Almanack of Naval RavikantAlmanack of Naval RavikantEric Jorgensen
9. How to LiveDerek Sivers
10. MakePieter Levels
11. Ogilvy on Advertising★David Ogilvy
12. He Died With a Felafel In His HandJohn Birmingham
13. ThreadlessJake Nickell
14. The Cold Start ProblemAndrew Chen
15. Exactly What to SayPhil Jones
16. Everything I Know About Life I Learned From PowerPointEverything I Know About Life I Learned From PowerPoint★Russell Davies
17. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ckMark Manson
18. Your Head is a Houseboat★Campbell Walker
19. The FoundersThe FoundersJimmy Soni
20. Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo!Nicholas Carlson
21. Field Guide to the Haunted ForestField Guide to the Haunted Forest★Jarod K. Anderson
22. A System ApartSimon Cartledge
23. Atomic Habits★James Clear
24. The Elements of Eloquence★Mark Forsyth
25. The NinetiesChuck Klosterman
26. On ColorDavid Scott Kastan and Stephen Farthing
27. How I Built ThisGuy Raz
28. Tranquillity and RuinTranquillity and RuinDanyl McLauchlin
29. The Maker Movement ManifestoMark Hatch
30. On DisruptionKatharine Murphy
31. The EtymologiconMark Forsyth
32. HimalayaMichael Palin
33. The Entrepreneur Roller CoasterDarren Hardy
34. Big Magic★Elizabeth Gilbert
35. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy★Douglas Adams
36. Binge TimesDade Hayes and Dawn Chmielewski
37. When Breath Becomes AirPaul Kalanithi
38. See What You Made Me Do★Jess Hill
39. Free to MakeDale Dougherty
40. Money MenMoney MenDan McCrum
41. AxedAxedPhil Barker
42. The Jungle★Upton Sinclair
43. Bob HawkeBob Hawke★Troy Bramston
44. Is this love or dopamine?Is this love or dopamine?Iona David
45. Audience-ologyAudience-ologyKevin Goetz
46. The Late ShiftBill Carter
47. MoneyJacob Goldstein
48. Smart BrevitySmart BrevityJim VandeHei
49. GPT-3Sandra Kublik and Shubham Saboo
50. The Office: The Untold StoryAndy Greene
51. Drops of God Vol. 1-5Drops of God Vol. 1-5Tadashi Agi
52. Like, Comment, SubscribeMark Bergen
53. I’m Glad My Mom Died★Jennette McCurdy
54. Obviously AwesomeApril Dunford
55. I’d like to play alone, pleaseTom Segura

2021

1. The Innovation StackThe Innovation StackJim McKelvey
2. The Psychology of MoneyMorgan Housel
3. The Catch of the DecadeThe Catch of the DecadeGabby and Hezi Leibovich
4. AngelJason Calacanis
5. WhistleblowerWhistleblower★Susan Rigetti
6. Get TogetherBailey Richardson, Kevin Huynh, Kai Elmer Sotto
7. Turning the FlywheelJim Collins
8. The Money HackersThe Money HackersDan Simon
9. Stalin’s Wine Cellar★John Baker and Nick Place
10. Strategic Writing for UX★Torrey Podmajersky
11. Entangled Life★Merlin Sheldrake
12. The Big ShortMichael Lewis
13. This is Not PropagandaPeter Pomerantsev
14. MBSBen Hubbard
15. Sum★David Eagleman
16. The Currency Cold WarThe Currency Cold WarDavid Birch
17. The Madness of CrowdsDouglas Murray
18. Hitch 22Christopher Hitchens
19. How to Get RichFelix Dennis
20. Identity is the New MoneyDavid Birch
21. The Design of Everyday ThingsThe Design of Everyday Things★Don Norman
22. MinecraftLinus Larsson and Daniel Goldberg
23. Amazon UnboundBrad Stone
24. The Infinite MachineCamila Russo
25. Baijiu: The Essential Guide to Chinese SpiritsBaijiu: The Essential Guide to Chinese SpiritsDerek Sandhaus
26. Generation FriendsGeneration FriendsSaul Austerlitz
27. My Seinfeld YearFred Stoller
28. World TravelAnthony Bourdain and Laurie Woolever
29. The 99% Invisible CityThe 99% Invisible CityRoman Mars and Kurt Kohlstedt
30. FreedomSebastian Junger
31. Anything you wantDerek Sivers
32. Ritz and EscoffierRitz and EscoffierLuke Barr
33. CosmosCarl Sagan
34. The Art of TravelAlain de Botton
35. Wanting★Luke Burgis
36. The Adweek Copywriting HandbookJoseph Sugarman
37. Leonardo Da VinciWalter Isaacson
38. On Writing★Stephen King
39. How to be BlackBaratunde Thurston
40. Buy now, Pay laterBuy now, Pay laterJames Eyers and Jonathan Shapiro
41. Invention: A lifeJames Dyson
42. Reminiscences of a Stock OperatorEdwin Lefèvre
43. The Victorian Internet★Tom Standage
44. Taste★Stanley Tucci
45. Hackers and PaintersHackers and PaintersPaul Graham
46. Red RouletteDesmond Shum
47. The ContrarianThe ContrarianMax Chafkin
48. Top BlokesLech Blaine
49. The Socrates Express★Eric Weiner
50. The Making of a ManagerJulie Zhuo
51. TrillionsRobin Wigglesworth
52. Bourdain in StoriesBourdain in StoriesLaurie Woolever
53. The Rape of NankingIris Chang

2020

1. The End is Always NearDan Carlin
2. A Week at the AirportAlain de Botton
3. The Ride of a LifetimeBob Iger
4. Perennial SellerPerennial SellerRyan Holiday
5. The Passion Economy★Adam Davidson
6. Uncanny Valley★Anna Wiener
7. Masters of DoomDavid Kushner
8. Nothing is True and Everything is Possible★Peter Pomerantsev
9. UnderlandUnderland★Robert Mcfarlane
10. ConsciousAnnaka Harris
11. That Will Never WorkMarc Randolph
12. Facebook: The Inside StorySteven Levy
13. We were Yahoo!Jeremy Ring
14. RebootRebootJodie Fox
15. Tiny MoonsTiny MoonsNina Mingya-Powles
16. No FilterSarah Frier
17. The War of ArtSteven Pressfield
18. Grinding it OutRay Kroc
19. The Road to Wigan PierGeorge Orwell
20. 7 PowersHamilton Helmer
21. New MoneyNew Money★Lana Swarz
22. How Innovation WorksMatt Ridley
23. Ego is the EnemyRyan Holiday
24. Mating in Captivity★Esther Perel

2019

1. I Am Dynamite!: A Life of NietzscheSue Prideaux
2. Women & Power: A ManifestoMary Beard
3. Dark Emu★Bruce Pascoe
4. Lost and FounderRand Fishkin
5. The Courage to Be DislikedThe Courage to Be DislikedIchiro Kishimi
6. The Black Swan★Nassim Nicholas Taleb
7. Net LossNet LossSebastian Smee
8. WorkingRobert A. Caro
9. The Chapo Guide to RevolutionChapo Trap House
10. You Can Do AnythingGeorge Anders
11. The Book of LongingThe Book of LongingLeonard Cohen
12. Talking to My Daughter About the Economy★Yanis Varoufakis
13. Liar’s PokerMichael Lewis
14. Future HistoriesLizzie O’Shea
15. Can You Ever Forgive Me?Lee Israel
16. The Prosperity GospelThe Prosperity GospelErik Jensen
17. Bitcoin BillionairesBen Mezrich
18. The Internet of GarbageThe Internet of GarbageSarah Jeong
19. Range★David Epstein
20. PropagandaEdward Bernays
21. The Man Who Lied to His LaptopClifford Nass and Corina Yen
22. The Writers MapHuw Lewis-Jones
23. The Shanghai Free TaxiFrank Langfitt
24. The Billionaire’s VinegarBenjamin Wallace
25. MicrocopyMicrocopyKinneret Yifrah
26. The Algebra of HappinessScott Galloway
27. EducatedTara Westover
28. Super Pumped: The Battle for UberMike Isaac
29. Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion★Jia Tolentino
30. The Long Tail★Chris Anderson
31. The Book of Dust Vol. 2The Book of Dust Vol. 2★Philip Pullman
32. Trust Me I’m LyingRyan Holiday
33. Conspiracy★Ryan Holiday
34. The House that Jack Ma BuiltThe House that Jack Ma BuiltDuncan Clark
35. The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All TimeWill Durant
36. Dr Space Junk Vs. The UniverseDr Space Junk Vs. The Universe★Dr Alice Gorman
37. The Man Who Solved the MarketGregory Zuckerman
38. Catch and kill★Ronan Farrow
39. The Power of MomentsDan Heath and Chip Heath
40. The Accidental BillionairesBen Mezrich

2018

1. The New EducationCathy Davidson
2. Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White HouseMichael Wolff
3. HungerRoxane Gay
4. Radical Self-AcceptanceTara Brach
5. What She AteLaura Shapiro
6. Hatching TwitterNick Bilton
7. Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon ValleyEmily Chang
8. Recovery: Freedom from Our AddictionsRussell Brand
9. The Power★Naomi Alderman
10. Boomerang: Travels in the New Third WorldMichael Lewis
11. No is Not EnoughNaomi Klein
12. The ArsonistThe Arsonist★Chloe Hooper
13. Any Ordinary DayAny Ordinary DayLeigh Sales
14. Bad Blood★John Carreyrou
15. Medium RawAnthony Bourdain
16. Thinking in BetsAnnie Duke
17. Broad BandClaire Evans
18. A Life Less ThrowawayTara Button
19. Everything Happens for a ReasonKate Bowler
20. The Beach★Alex Garland
21. Capitalism Without Capital★Jonathan Haskel
22. The Million-Dollar, One-person BusinessElaine Pofeldt
23. HelpSimon Amstell
24. Bad FeministRoxane Gay
25. Down and Out in Paris and London★George Orwell
26. Zero to OnePeter Thiel
27. The Fuzzy and the Techie★Scott Hartley
28. Tribe★Sebastian Junger
29. GutGiulia Enders
30. OutliersMalcolm Gladwell
31. The Trauma Cleaner★Sarah Krasnostein
32. American KingpinNick Bilton
33. Smoke Gets in Your EyesSmoke Gets in Your EyesCaitlin Doughty
34. Content Design★Sarah Richards
35. Shoe DogPhil Knight
36. Thinking in Systems★Donella Meadows

2017

1. The Everything StoreBrad Stone
2. Playing to the GalleryGrayson Perry
3. The Undoing ProjectMichael Lewis
4. Norse MythologyNeil Gaiman
5. Sapiens★Yuval Noah Harari
6. Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective AgencyDouglas Adams
7. The Geography of Genius★Eric Weiner
8. Modern RomanceAziz Ansari
9. Elon MuskAshlee Vance
10. We Learn Nothing★Tim Kreider
11. The Good FatherNoah Hawley
12. Surely You’re Joking Mr. FeynmanRichard Feynman
13. Becoming FacebookBecoming FacebookMike Hoefflinger
14. Networks of New YorkIngrid Burrington
15. The InnovatorsWalter Isaacson
16. The IdealistJustin Peters
17. Time TravelJames Gleick
18. Astrophysics for People in a HurryNeil Degrasse Tyson
19. Will Save the Galaxy for FoodYahtzee Croshaw
20. Chaos Monkeys★Antonio Garcia Martinez
21. The Hard Thing About Hard ThingsBen Horowitz
22. Homage to Catalonia★George Orwell
23. EggheadBo Burnham
24. Yes PleaseAmy Poehler
25. QuietSusan Cain
26. Platform RevolutionSangeet Paul Choudary, Geoffrey Parker and Marshall Van Alstyne
27. Flash BoysMichael Lewis
28. The Art of WarSun Tzu
29. Men Explain Things to MeRebecca Solnit
30. Art and FearArt and FearDavid Bayles and Ted Orland
31. Farenheit 451Farenheit 451Ray Bradbury
32. Fight Like a GirlClementine Ford
33. The Princess DiaristCarrie Fisher
34. Asshole Survival GuideRobert I. Sutton
35. Life On Air★David Attenborough
36. Side HustleChris Guillebeau
37. Hit RefreshSatya Nadella
38. Difficult WomenRoxane Gay
39. The FourScott Galloway
40. The Book of Dust Vol. 1The Book of Dust Vol. 1★Philip Pullman
41. How Not to be a Boy★Robert Webb
42. How to be a WomanCaitlin Moran
43. Soul Without Shame★Byron Brown
44. Happy MoneyHappy MoneyElizabeth Cullen Dunn and Michael Norton
45. The Great FragmentationSteve Sammartino