Books

Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions — Brian Christian & Tom Griffiths
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
Brian Christian & Tom Griffiths  Audiobook  
The Secret Place — Tana French
The Secret Place
Tana French    

Read in 2020 (102)

Fiction
Anything Considered — Peter Mayle
Anything Considered
Peter Mayle    
Axiom’s End — Lindsay Ellis
Axiom’s End
Lindsay Ellis    
Big Brother — Lionel Shriver
Big Brother
Lionel Shriver    
Bring Up the Bodies — Hilary Mantel
Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel    Recommended
Broken Harbour — Tana French
Broken Harbour
Tana French    
Darkness at Noon — Arthur Koestler
Darkness at Noon
Arthur Koestler    
Fragrant Harbour — John Lanchester
Fragrant Harbour
John Lanchester    
Instantiation — Greg Egan
Instantiation
Greg Egan    
Les Liasons Dangereuses — Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Les Liasons Dangereuses
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos  Audiobook  
Looking for Alaska — John Green
Looking for Alaska
John Green    
Macbeth — William Shakespeare
Macbeth
William Shakespeare    
Never Let Me Go — Kazuo Ishiguro
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro    
Nineteen Eighty-Four — George Orwell
Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell    Recommended
Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall — Kazuo Ishiguro
Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall
Kazuo Ishiguro    
Optimal — J. M. Berger
Optimal
J. M. Berger    
Running the Light — Sam Tallent
Running the Light
Sam Tallent    Recommended
Serpentine — Philip Pullman
Serpentine
Philip Pullman    
Strangers on a Train — Patricia Highsmith
Strangers on a Train
Patricia Highsmith    
Summerwater — Sarah Moss
Summerwater
Sarah Moss    
The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes: Book Seven — Bill Watterson
The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes: Book Seven
Bill Watterson    
The Black Dahlia — James Ellroy
The Black Dahlia
James Ellroy    
The Children of Men — P. D. James
The Children of Men
P. D. James    
The Cockroach — Ian McEwan
The Cockroach
Ian McEwan    
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: And Six Other Stories — F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: And Six Other Stories
F. Scott Fitzgerald    
The Fault in Our Stars — John Green
The Fault in Our Stars
John Green    Recommended
The Garden of Forking Paths — Jorge Luis Borges
The Garden of Forking Paths
Jorge Luis Borges    
The Glass Hotel — Emily St. John Mandel
The Glass Hotel
Emily St. John Mandel    
The Man with the Golden Gun — Ian Fleming
The Man with the Golden Gun
Ian Fleming  Audiobook  
The Mirror and the Light — Hilary Mantel
The Mirror and the Light
Hilary Mantel    Recommended
The Nickel Boys — Colson Whitehead
The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead    Recommended
The Old Man and The Sea — Ernest Hemingway
The Old Man and The Sea
Ernest Hemingway    
The Plague — Aldred Camus
The Plague
Aldred Camus    Recommended
The Sandman Volume 1: Preludes and Nocturnes — Neil Gaiman
The Sandman Volume 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
Neil Gaiman    
The Tales of Beedle the Bard — J. K. Rowling
The Tales of Beedle the Bard
J. K. Rowling  Audiobook  
The Tiger's Wife — Téa Obreht
The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht    Recommended
The Western Wind — Samantha Harvey
The Western Wind
Samantha Harvey    
Three Japanese Short Stories — Akutagawa & Others
Three Japanese Short Stories
Akutagawa & Others    
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy — John le Carré
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
John le Carré    
To Rise Again at a Decent Hour — Joshua Ferris
To Rise Again at a Decent Hour
Joshua Ferris    
True Grit — Charles Portis
True Grit
Charles Portis    Recommended
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves — Karen Joy Fowler
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
Karen Joy Fowler    Recommended
Wolf Hall — Hilary Mantel
Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel    Recommended
You People — Nikita Lalwani
You People
Nikita Lalwani    
Non-fiction
100 Ways to Improve Your Writing — Gary Provost
100 Ways to Improve Your Writing
Gary Provost    
111 Places in Cambridge That You Shouldn't Miss — Rosalind Horton
111 Places in Cambridge That You Shouldn't Miss
Rosalind Horton    
Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion — Paul Bloom
Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion
Paul Bloom    
Against the Web: A Cosmopolitan Answer to the New Right — Michael Brooks
Against the Web: A Cosmopolitan Answer to the New Right
Michael Brooks    
Alex's Adventures in Numberland — Alex Bellos
Alex's Adventures in Numberland
Alex Bellos  Audiobook  
Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to British Birds — Bill Bailey
Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to British Birds
Bill Bailey    
Breakfast at The Wolseley — A. A. Gill
Breakfast at The Wolseley
A. A. Gill    
Bullshit Jobs: A theory — David Graeber
Bullshit Jobs: A theory
David Graeber    
Capitalist Realism: Is there no alternative? — Mark Fisher
Capitalist Realism: Is there no alternative?
Mark Fisher    Recommended
Chavs: The Demonisation of the Working Class — Owen Jones
Chavs: The Demonisation of the Working Class
Owen Jones  Audiobook  Recommended
Conspiracy: A True Story of Power, Sex, and a Billionaire's Secret Plot to Destroy a Media Empire — Ryan Holiday
Conspiracy: A True Story of Power, Sex, and a Billionaire's Secret Plot to Destroy a Media Empire
Ryan Holiday    
Crap Towns II: To Hull and Back — Dan Kieran and Sam Jordison
Crap Towns II: To Hull and Back
Dan Kieran and Sam Jordison    
Create Dangerously — Albert Camus
Create Dangerously
Albert Camus    
Culture War: Art, Identity Politics and Cultural Entryism — Alexander Adams
Culture War: Art, Identity Politics and Cultural Entryism
Alexander Adams    
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants — Malcolm Gladwell
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants
Malcolm Gladwell  Audiobook  
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania — Erik Larson
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Erik Larson  Audiobook  
Gangland Britain: Inside Britain's most dangerous gangs — Tony Thompson
Gangland Britain: Inside Britain's most dangerous gangs
Tony Thompson  Audiobook  
Going Dark: The Secret Social Lives of Extremists — Julia Ebner
Going Dark: The Secret Social Lives of Extremists
Julia Ebner  Audiobook  
Hate Inc.: Why Today’s Media Makes Us Despise One Another — Matt Taibbi
Hate Inc.: Why Today’s Media Makes Us Despise One Another
Matt Taibbi    
Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life — Nir Eyal
Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
Nir Eyal  Audiobook  Recommended
Kill All Normies — Angela Nagle
Kill All Normies
Angela Nagle    
Mantel Pieces — Hilary Mantel
Mantel Pieces
Hilary Mantel    
Men Explain Things to Me: And Other Essays — Rebecca Solnit
Men Explain Things to Me: And Other Essays
Rebecca Solnit    
New Dark Age: Technology and the End of the Future — James Bridle
New Dark Age: Technology and the End of the Future
James Bridle    Recommended
October: The Story of the Russian Revolution — China Mieville
October: The Story of the Russian Revolution
China Mieville  Audiobook  
On the Internet — Hubert L. Dreyfus
On the Internet
Hubert L. Dreyfus    
On the Pleasure of Hating — William Hazlitt
On the Pleasure of Hating
William Hazlitt    
On Writing Well (Abridged) — William Zinsser
On Writing Well (Abridged)
William Zinsser  Audiobook  
Radical Technologies: The Design of Everyday Life — Adam Greenfield
Radical Technologies: The Design of Everyday Life
Adam Greenfield    
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking — Samin Nosrat
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
Samin Nosrat  Audiobook  
Stop Doing That Sh*t — Gary John Bishop
Stop Doing That Sh*t
Gary John Bishop  Audiobook  
The Algebra of Happiness — Scott Galloway
The Algebra of Happiness
Scott Galloway    Recommended
The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters, Volume 1 — George Orwell
The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters, Volume 1
George Orwell    Recommended
The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters, Volume 2 — George Orwell
The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters, Volume 2
George Orwell    Recommended
The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters, Volume 3 — George Orwell
The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters, Volume 3
George Orwell    Recommended
The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters, Volume 4 — George Orwell
The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters, Volume 4
George Orwell    Recommended
The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google — Scott Galloway
The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google
Scott Galloway  Audiobook  Recommended
The Gift of Fear — Gavin de Becker
The Gift of Fear
Gavin de Becker  Audiobook  Recommended
The Glass Cage: Where Automation is Taking Us — Nicholas Carr
The Glass Cage: Where Automation is Taking Us
Nicholas Carr    Recommended
The Golden Thread: The Story of Writing — Ewan Clayton
The Golden Thread: The Story of Writing
Ewan Clayton    Recommended
The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future — Kevin Kelly
The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
Kevin Kelly  Audiobook  
The Philosophy of Tea — Tony Gebely
The Philosophy of Tea
Tony Gebely    
The Rule of Law — Tom Bingham
The Rule of Law
Tom Bingham    
Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment — Robert Wright
Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
Robert Wright  Audiobook  
Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software — Nadia Eghbal
Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software
Nadia Eghbal    
Biography
A Bit of a Stretch: The Diaries of a Prisoner — Chris Atkins
A Bit of a Stretch: The Diaries of a Prisoner
Chris Atkins  Audiobook  
Abolish Silicon Valley: How to Liberate Technology from Capitalism — Wendy Liu
Abolish Silicon Valley: How to Liberate Technology from Capitalism
Wendy Liu    
Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens — Eddie Izzard
Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens
Eddie Izzard  Audiobook  
Inside Story — Martin Amis
Inside Story
Martin Amis    Recommended
I Spy: My Life in MI5 — Tom Marcus
I Spy: My Life in MI5
Tom Marcus  Audiobook  
Just Kids — Patti Smith
Just Kids
Patti Smith  Audiobook  
Memoirs of a Radical Lawyer — Michael Mansfield
Memoirs of a Radical Lawyer
Michael Mansfield    
My Sh*t Therapist & Other Mental Health Stories — Michelle Thomas
My Sh*t Therapist & Other Mental Health Stories
Michelle Thomas  Audiobook  
No Encore for the Donkey — Doug Stanhope
No Encore for the Donkey
Doug Stanhope  Audiobook  
The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice — Christopher Hitchens
The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice
Christopher Hitchens  Audiobook  
The Secret Footballer: Access All Areas — Anonymous
The Secret Footballer: Access All Areas
Anonymous  Audiobook  
True Porn Clerk Stories — Ali Davis
True Porn Clerk Stories
Ali Davis    
Uncanny Valley: A Memoir — Anna Wiener
Uncanny Valley: A Memoir
Anna Wiener    
When Breath Becomes Air — Paul Kalanithi
When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi  Audiobook  

Read in 2019 (72)

A Christmas Carol — Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens    
A Classical Education: The Stuff You Wish You'd Been Taught At School — Caroline Taggart
A Classical Education: The Stuff You Wish You'd Been Taught At School
Caroline Taggart  Audiobook  
A Collection of Essays — George Orwell
A Collection of Essays
George Orwell    
Alchemy — Rory Sutherland
Alchemy
Rory Sutherland  Audiobook  
Ancillary Justice — Ann Leckie
Ancillary Justice
Ann Leckie    
And Yet.. — Christopher Hitchens
And Yet..
Christopher Hitchens    
A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster — Rebecca Solnit
A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster
Rebecca Solnit  Audiobook  
A Year of Living Danishly — Helen Russell
A Year of Living Danishly
Helen Russell  Audiobook  
Because Internet: Understanding how language is changing — Gretchen McCulloch
Because Internet: Understanding how language is changing
Gretchen McCulloch    
Bitcoin Billionaires: A True Story of Genius, Betrayal and Redemption — Ben Mezrich
Bitcoin Billionaires: A True Story of Genius, Betrayal and Redemption
Ben Mezrich  Audiobook  
Black Nowhere — Reece Hirsch
Black Nowhere
Reece Hirsch    
Blott on the Landscape — Tom Sharpe
Blott on the Landscape
Tom Sharpe  Audiobook  
Calm the F**k Down — Sarah Knight
Calm the F**k Down
Sarah Knight  Audiobook  
Chasing the Scream: The Search for the Truth About Addiction — Johann Hari
Chasing the Scream: The Search for the Truth About Addiction
Johann Hari  Audiobook  
City of the Dead — Sara Gran
City of the Dead
Sara Gran    
Claire DeWitt and the Bohemian Highway — Sara Gran
Claire DeWitt and the Bohemian Highway
Sara Gran    
Diary of a Somebody — Brian Bilston
Diary of a Somebody
Brian Bilston    
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us — Daniel H. Pink
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Daniel H. Pink  Audiobook  
Exhalation — Ted Chiang
Exhalation
Ted Chiang    
Faithful Place — Tana French
Faithful Place
Tana French    
Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine — Derren Brown
Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine
Derren Brown    
Head On — John Scalzi
Head On
John Scalzi  Audiobook  
Help — Simon Amstell
Help
Simon Amstell  Audiobook  
Hitch 22 — Christopher Hitchens
Hitch 22
Christopher Hitchens    
How To Stop Worrying And Start Living — Dale Carnegie
How To Stop Worrying And Start Living
Dale Carnegie    
If Only They Didn't Speak English: Notes From Trump's America — Jon Sopel
If Only They Didn't Speak English: Notes From Trump's America
Jon Sopel  Audiobook  
In the Woods — Tana French
In the Woods
Tana French    
Jeeves and the King of Clubs — Ben Schott
Jeeves and the King of Clubs
Ben Schott    
Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression — Johann Hari
Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression
Johann Hari  Audiobook  
Machines Like Me — Ian McEwan
Machines Like Me
Ian McEwan    
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game — Michael Lewis
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
Michael Lewis  Audiobook  
Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics: A Comical Guide to Ancient Greece and Rome — Natalie Haynes
Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics: A Comical Guide to Ancient Greece and Rome
Natalie Haynes  Audiobook  
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It — Chris Voss
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It
Chris Voss  Audiobook  
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life, 3rd Edition: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships — Marshall B. Rosenberg
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life, 3rd Edition: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships
Marshall B. Rosenberg  Audiobook  
Off The Record — Jonathan Pie
Off The Record
Jonathan Pie  Audiobook  
On Photography — Susan Sontag
On Photography
Susan Sontag    
Operation Mincemeat: The True Spy Story that Changed the Course of World War II — Ben MacIntyre
Operation Mincemeat: The True Spy Story that Changed the Course of World War II
Ben MacIntyre  Audiobook  
Painting the Sand — Kim Hughes
Painting the Sand
Kim Hughes  Audiobook  
Peas & Queues: The Minefield of Modern Manners — Sandi Toksvig
Peas & Queues: The Minefield of Modern Manners
Sandi Toksvig  Audiobook  
Plume — Will Wiles
Plume
Will Wiles    
Rough Ideas: Reflections on Music and More — Stephen Hough
Rough Ideas: Reflections on Music and More
Stephen Hough    
Spinning Silver — Naomi Novik
Spinning Silver
Naomi Novik    
Stillness is the Key — Ryan Holiday
Stillness is the Key
Ryan Holiday  Audiobook  
Stories of Your Life and Others — Ted Chiang
Stories of Your Life and Others
Ted Chiang    
Strata — Terry Pratchett
Strata
Terry Pratchett  Audiobook  
Talking to Strangers — Malcolm Gladwell
Talking to Strangers
Malcolm Gladwell  Audiobook  
The Ancient Guide to Modern Life — Natalie Haynes
The Ancient Guide to Modern Life
Natalie Haynes  Audiobook  
The Courage to Be Disliked — Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga
The Courage to Be Disliked
Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga  Audiobook  
The Elements of Eloquence — Mark Forsyth
The Elements of Eloquence
Mark Forsyth    
The Feather Thief — Kirk Wallace Johnson
The Feather Thief
Kirk Wallace Johnson    
The Handmaid's Tale — Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood    
The Infinite Blacktop — Sara Gran
The Infinite Blacktop
Sara Gran    
The Last Days of the Concorde: The Crash of Flight 4590 and the End of Supersonic Passenger Travel — Samme Chittum
The Last Days of the Concorde: The Crash of Flight 4590 and the End of Supersonic Passenger Travel
Samme Chittum    
The Likeness — Tana French
The Likeness
Tana French    
The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity — Douglas Murray
The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity
Douglas Murray  Audiobook  
The Men Who Stare At Goats — Jon Ronson
The Men Who Stare At Goats
Jon Ronson  Audiobook  
The Ministry of Truth: A Biography of George Orwell's 1984 — Dorian Lynskey
The Ministry of Truth: A Biography of George Orwell's 1984
Dorian Lynskey  Audiobook  
The Prince — Nicolo Machiavelli
The Prince
Nicolo Machiavelli  Audiobook  
The Secret History — Donna Tartt
The Secret History
Donna Tartt    
The Secrets We Kept — Lara Prescott
The Secrets We Kept
Lara Prescott    
The Sellout — Paul Beatty
The Sellout
Paul Beatty    
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle — Stuart Turton
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Stuart Turton    
The Sixteen Satires — Juvenal
The Sixteen Satires
Juvenal    
The Testament — John Grisham
The Testament
John Grisham    
The Vegetarian — Han King
The Vegetarian
Han King    
The Way Inn — Will Wiles
The Way Inn
Will Wiles    
The Wind in the Willows — Kenneth Grahame
The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame    
Toujours Provence — Peter Mayle
Toujours Provence
Peter Mayle    
Ultimate Folly: The Rises and Falls of Whitaker Wright — Henry Macrory
Ultimate Folly: The Rises and Falls of Whitaker Wright
Henry Macrory  Audiobook  
Way of the Peaceful Warrior — Dan Millman
Way of the Peaceful Warrior
Dan Millman    
Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube — Blair Braverman
Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube
Blair Braverman    
White — Brett Easton Ellis
White
Brett Easton Ellis  Audiobook  

Read in 2018 (53)

10% Happier — Dan Harris
10% Happier
Dan Harris  Audiobook  
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos — Jordan Peterson
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
Jordan Peterson    
21 Lessons for the 21st Century — Yuval Noah Harari
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari  Audiobook  
A Closed and Common Orbit — Becky Chambers
A Closed and Common Orbit
Becky Chambers    
Along Came a Spider — James Patterson
Along Came a Spider
James Patterson    
American Kingpin: Catching the Billion-Dollar Baron of the Dark Web — Nick Bilton
American Kingpin: Catching the Billion-Dollar Baron of the Dark Web
Nick Bilton  Audiobook  
Artemis — Andy Weir
Artemis
Andy Weir    
Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum & Smart Contracts — David Gerard
Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum & Smart Contracts
David Gerard    
A Year in Provence — Peter Mayle
A Year in Provence
Peter Mayle    
Bad Blood — John Carreyrou
Bad Blood
John Carreyrou  Audiobook  
Boomerang: The Meltdown Tour — Michael Lewis
Boomerang: The Meltdown Tour
Michael Lewis  Audiobook  
Burmese Days — George Orwell
Burmese Days
George Orwell    
Command and Control — Eric Schlosser
Command and Control
Eric Schlosser  Audiobook  
Confessions of a Conjuror — Derren Brown
Confessions of a Conjuror
Derren Brown    
Countdown to Zero Day — Kim Zetter
Countdown to Zero Day
Kim Zetter  Audiobook  
Culture & Empire: Digital Revolution — Peter Hintjens
Culture & Empire: Digital Revolution
Peter Hintjens    
Dom Joly's Big American Adventure — Dom Joly
Dom Joly's Big American Adventure
Dom Joly  Audiobook  
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less — Greg McKeown
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Greg McKeown  Audiobook  
Fatherland — Robert Harris
Fatherland
Robert Harris  Audiobook  
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
Nassim Nicholas Taleb  Audiobook  
Go Set a Watchman — Harper Lee
Go Set a Watchman
Harper Lee  Audiobook  
Hackers — David Bischoff
Hackers
David Bischoff    
How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics — Michael Pollan
How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
Michael Pollan  Audiobook  
How to Own the World: A Plain English Guide to Thinking Globally and Investing Wisely — Andrew Craig
How to Own the World: A Plain English Guide to Thinking Globally and Investing Wisely
Andrew Craig    
If I Could Tell You Just One Thing — Richard Reed
If I Could Tell You Just One Thing
Richard Reed  Audiobook  
Interface — Neal Stephensen
Interface
Neal Stephensen    
Kiss Kiss — Roald Dahl
Kiss Kiss
Roald Dahl    
Nomad — Alan Partridge
Nomad
Alan Partridge    
Once Upon a Time In the North — Philip Pullman
Once Upon a Time In the North
Philip Pullman    
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century — Timothy Synder
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Synder    
Signature Wounds — Kirk Russell
Signature Wounds
Kirk Russell    
Skin in the Game — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Skin in the Game
Nassim Nicholas Taleb  Audiobook  
Snow Crash — Neal Stephenson
Snow Crash
Neal Stephenson    
Soho Dead — Greg Keen
Soho Dead
Greg Keen    
The Acid House — Irvine Welsh
The Acid House
Irvine Welsh    
The Big Fear — Andrew Case
The Big Fear
Andrew Case    
The Dig — John Preston
The Dig
John Preston    
The Fear Index — Robert Harris
The Fear Index
Robert Harris    
The Happiness Hypothesis: Putting Ancient Wisdom to the Test of Modern Science — Jonathan Haidt
The Happiness Hypothesis: Putting Ancient Wisdom to the Test of Modern Science
Jonathan Haidt    
The Last Coyote — Michael Connelly
The Last Coyote
Michael Connelly    
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet — Becky Chambers
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
Becky Chambers    
The Man in the High Castle — Philip K. Dick
The Man in the High Castle
Philip K. Dick    
The Private Patient — P. D. James
The Private Patient
P. D. James    
There Are Little Kingdoms — Kevin Barry
There Are Little Kingdoms
Kevin Barry    
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion — Jonathan Haidt
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion
Jonathan Haidt  Audiobook  
The Road to Wigan Pier — George Orwell
The Road to Wigan Pier
George Orwell  Audiobook  
The Rooster Bar — John Grisham
The Rooster Bar
John Grisham    
The Secret Barrister — The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken
The Secret Barrister
The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken  Audiobook  
The Spectator Book of Wit, Humour and Mischief — The Spectator
The Spectator Book of Wit, Humour and Mischief
The Spectator    
The Street Lawyer — John Grisham
The Street Lawyer
John Grisham    
This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor — Adam Kay
This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
Adam Kay  Audiobook  
Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams — Matthew Walker
Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams
Matthew Walker    
Zen And The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance — Robert Pirsig
Zen And The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert Pirsig    

Read in 2017 (51)

A Little History of Philosophy — Nigel Warburton
A Little History of Philosophy
Nigel Warburton  Audiobook  
All These Worlds — Dennis E. Taylor
All These Worlds
Dennis E. Taylor  Audiobook  
American Gods — Neil Gaiman
American Gods
Neil Gaiman    
A Very English Scandal — John Preston
A Very English Scandal
John Preston  Audiobook  
Dead Certain — Adam Mitzner
Dead Certain
Adam Mitzner    
Deep Work — Cal Newport
Deep Work
Cal Newport  Audiobook  
Diet Recovery: Restoring Hormonal Health & Metabolism — Matt Stone
Diet Recovery: Restoring Hormonal Health & Metabolism
Matt Stone    
Disrupted: Ludicrous Misadventures in the Tech Start-up Bubble — Dan Lyons
Disrupted: Ludicrous Misadventures in the Tech Start-up Bubble
Dan Lyons    
Everybody Lies — Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
Everybody Lies
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz    
Fahrenheit 451 — Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury  Audiobook  
Fight Club — Chuck Palahniuk
Fight Club
Chuck Palahniuk  Audiobook  
For We Are Many — Dennis E. Taylor
For We Are Many
Dennis E. Taylor  Audiobook  
Free Will — Sam Harris
Free Will
Sam Harris  Audiobook  
From Frazzled to Fabulous — Man Who Has It All
From Frazzled to Fabulous
Man Who Has It All  Audiobook  
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance — Angela Duckworth
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Angela Duckworth  Audiobook  
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow — Yuval Noah Harari
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
Yuval Noah Harari  Audiobook  
How To Have a Good Day — Caroline Webb
How To Have a Good Day
Caroline Webb  Audiobook  
Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue Kindle Edition — Sam Harris & Maajid Nawaz
Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue Kindle Edition
Sam Harris & Maajid Nawaz  Audiobook  
La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One — Philip Pullman
La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One
Philip Pullman    
Lyra's Oxford — Philip Pullman
Lyra's Oxford
Philip Pullman    
Ocean of Storms — Christopher Mari
Ocean of Storms
Christopher Mari    
Open: An Autobiography — Andre Agassi
Open: An Autobiography
Andre Agassi    
Radical: My Journey from Islamist Extremism to a Democratic Awakening — Maajid Nawaz
Radical: My Journey from Islamist Extremism to a Democratic Awakening
Maajid Nawaz  Audiobook  
Ready Player One — Ernest Cline
Ready Player One
Ernest Cline    
Red Dragon — Thomas Harris
Red Dragon
Thomas Harris  Audiobook  
Revolting!: How the Establishment are Undermining Democracy and What They're Afraid Of — Mick Hume
Revolting!: How the Establishment are Undermining Democracy and What They're Afraid Of
Mick Hume  Audiobook  
Rivers of London — Ben Aaronovitch
Rivers of London
Ben Aaronovitch    
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind — Yuval Noah Harari
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari  Audiobook  
Seveneves — Neal Stephenson
Seveneves
Neal Stephenson    
Tai-Pan — James Clavell
Tai-Pan
James Clavell    
TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking — Chris Anderson
TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking
Chris Anderson  Audiobook  
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher — Hilary Mantel
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher
Hilary Mantel    
The Atrocity Archives — Charles Stross
The Atrocity Archives
Charles Stross    
The Butterfly Effect — Jon Ronson
The Butterfly Effect
Jon Ronson  Audiobook  
The Complete Short Stories: Volume One — Roald Dahl
The Complete Short Stories: Volume One
Roald Dahl    
The Complete Short Stories: Volume Two — Roald Dahl
The Complete Short Stories: Volume Two
Roald Dahl    
The Killing Floor — Lee Child
The Killing Floor
Lee Child    
The Madman of Freedom Square — Hassan Blasim
The Madman of Freedom Square
Hassan Blasim    
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat — Oliver Sacks
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
Oliver Sacks  Audiobook  
The Power of Vulnerability — Brené Brown
The Power of Vulnerability
Brené Brown  Audiobook  
The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won — Victor Davis Hanson
The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won
Victor Davis Hanson    
The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam — Douglas Murray
The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam
Douglas Murray  Audiobook  
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England — Ian Mortimer
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England
Ian Mortimer  Audiobook  
This Is Not Fame: A "From What I Re-Memoir" — Doug Stanhope
This Is Not Fame: A "From What I Re-Memoir"
Doug Stanhope    
Thomas Paine's Rights of Man: A Biography — Christopher Hitchens
Thomas Paine's Rights of Man: A Biography
Christopher Hitchens  Audiobook  
Watching the English — Kate Fox
Watching the English
Kate Fox    
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) — Dennis Taylor
We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
Dennis Taylor  Audiobook  
What Does This Button Do? — Bruce Dickinson
What Does This Button Do?
Bruce Dickinson  Audiobook  
Will Save the Galaxy for Food — Yahtzee Croshaw
Will Save the Galaxy for Food
Yahtzee Croshaw  Audiobook  
Year of Wonders — Geraldine Brooks
Year of Wonders
Geraldine Brooks    
You Are a Badass — Jen Sincero
You Are a Badass
Jen Sincero  Audiobook  

Read in 2016 (54)

A Cool Head — Ian Rankin
A Cool Head
Ian Rankin    
A Life Without Limits: A World Champion's Journey — Chrissie Wellington
A Life Without Limits: A World Champion's Journey
Chrissie Wellington    
And Yet.. — Christopher Hitchens
And Yet..
Christopher Hitchens    
Animal QC: My Preposterous Life — Gary Bell QC
Animal QC: My Preposterous Life
Gary Bell QC    
Bricking It — Nick Spalding
Bricking It
Nick Spalding    
Content Provider: Selected Short Prose Pieces — Stewart Lee
Content Provider: Selected Short Prose Pieces
Stewart Lee    
Digging up Mother: A Love Story — Doug Stanhope
Digging up Mother: A Love Story
Doug Stanhope  Audiobook  
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency — Douglas Adams
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Douglas Adams  Audiobook  
Ego is the Enemy — Ryan Holiday
Ego is the Enemy
Ryan Holiday  Audiobook  
Follow You Home — Mark Edwards
Follow You Home
Mark Edwards    
Free Country — George Mahood
Free Country
George Mahood    
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One & Two — J.K. Rowling and Jack Thorne
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One & Two
J.K. Rowling and Jack Thorne    
Homage to Catalonia — George Orwell
Homage to Catalonia
George Orwell  Audiobook  
Intuitive Eating — Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch
Intuitive Eating
Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch    
Kane and Abel — Jeffrey Archer
Kane and Abel
Jeffrey Archer    
Key Person of Influence — Daniel Priestley
Key Person of Influence
Daniel Priestley    
Layer Cake — J.J. Connolly
Layer Cake
J.J. Connolly    
Letters from a Stoic — Seneca
Letters from a Stoic
Seneca    
Lost at Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries — Jon Ronson
Lost at Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries
Jon Ronson    
Lying — Sam Harris
Lying
Sam Harris  Audiobook  
Mostly Harmless — Douglas Adams
Mostly Harmless
Douglas Adams    
Motherless Brooklyn — Jonathan Lethem
Motherless Brooklyn
Jonathan Lethem    
New Zealand: 36 Days in Wonderland — Mark J Wallace
New Zealand: 36 Days in Wonderland
Mark J Wallace    
Notes From a Small Island — Bill Bryson
Notes From a Small Island
Bill Bryson  Audiobook  
Only Time Will Tell — Jeffrey Archer
Only Time Will Tell
Jeffrey Archer  Audiobook  
Ringworld — Larry Niven
Ringworld
Larry Niven  Audiobook  
Shogun — James Clavell
Shogun
James Clavell    
Solo: A James Bond Novel — William Boyd
Solo: A James Bond Novel
William Boyd  Audiobook  
So You've Been Publically Shamed — Jon Ronson
So You've Been Publically Shamed
Jon Ronson  Audiobook  
Start With Why — Simon Sinek
Start With Why
Simon Sinek  Audiobook  
Stranger in a Strange Land — Robert A. Heinlein
Stranger in a Strange Land
Robert A. Heinlein    
The Alchemist — Paulo Coelho
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho  Audiobook  
The Andromeda Strain — Michael Crichton
The Andromeda Strain
Michael Crichton  Audiobook  
The Bell Jar — Sylvia Plath
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath  Audiobook  
The Black Book — Ian Rankin
The Black Book
Ian Rankin    
The Black Echo — Michael Connelly
The Black Echo
Michael Connelly    
The Breakaway - Cycling the Mountains of the Tour de France — Rolf Rae-Hansen
The Breakaway - Cycling the Mountains of the Tour de France
Rolf Rae-Hansen    
The Checklist Manifesto: How To Get Things Right — Atul Gewande
The Checklist Manifesto: How To Get Things Right
Atul Gewande    
The Dispatcher — John Scalzi
The Dispatcher
John Scalzi  Audiobook  
The Elephant in the Room: A Journey into the Trump Campaign and the "Alt-Right" — Jon Ronson
The Elephant in the Room: A Journey into the Trump Campaign and the "Alt-Right"
Jon Ronson    
The Fourth Protocol — Frederick Forsyth
The Fourth Protocol
Frederick Forsyth  Audiobook  
The Inimitable Jeeves — P.G. Wodehouse
The Inimitable Jeeves
P.G. Wodehouse  Audiobook  
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul — Douglas Adams
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
Douglas Adams  Audiobook  
Them: Adventures with Extremists — Jon Ronson
Them: Adventures with Extremists
Jon Ronson  Audiobook  
The Martian — Andy Weir
The Martian
Andy Weir  Audiobook  
The Moral Landscape — Sam Harris
The Moral Landscape
Sam Harris  Audiobook  
The Obstacle is the Way — Ryan Holiday
The Obstacle is the Way
Ryan Holiday  Audiobook  
The One Thing: The surprisingly simple truth behind extraordinary results — Gary Keller
The One Thing: The surprisingly simple truth behind extraordinary results
Gary Keller  Audiobook  
The Partner — John Grisham
The Partner
John Grisham    
The Psychopath Test — Jon Ronson
The Psychopath Test
Jon Ronson  Audiobook  
The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck — Mark Manson
The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Mark Manson    
The World of Cycling According to G — Geraint Thomas
The World of Cycling According to G
Geraint Thomas  Audiobook  
Triumphs and Turbulence: My Autobiography — Chris Boardman
Triumphs and Turbulence: My Autobiography
Chris Boardman  Audiobook  
Vagabonding — Rolf Potts
Vagabonding
Rolf Potts  Audiobook  

Read in 2015 (incomplete)

A Prisoner of Birth — Jeffrey Archer
A Prisoner of Birth
Jeffrey Archer    
Happy Money — Elizabeth Dunn & Michael Norton
Happy Money
Elizabeth Dunn & Michael Norton  Audiobook  
Lunar Park — Brett Easton Ellis
Lunar Park
Brett Easton Ellis    
Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion — Sam Harris
Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
Sam Harris  Audiobook  

Read in 2014 (incomplete)

Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War 1941-45 — Leo Marks
Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War 1941-45
Leo Marks    
How I Escaped My Certain Fate — Stewart Lee
How I Escaped My Certain Fate
Stewart Lee    
The 'If You Prefer a Milder Comedian Please Ask For One' EP — Stewart Lee
The 'If You Prefer a Milder Comedian Please Ask For One' EP
Stewart Lee    

Read in 2013 (incomplete)

4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals — Sean Covey, Chris McChesney & Jim Huling
4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals
Sean Covey, Chris McChesney & Jim Huling    
Born to Run: The hidden tribe, the ultra-runners, and the greatest race the world has never seen — Christopher McDougall
Born to Run: The hidden tribe, the ultra-runners, and the greatest race the world has never seen
Christopher McDougall    
Candide — Voltaire
Candide
Voltaire    
Contagious: How to Build Word of Mouth in the Digital Age — Jonah Berger
Contagious: How to Build Word of Mouth in the Digital Age
Jonah Berger    
Django Design Patterns — Javed Khan, Shabda Raaj & Thejaswi Puthraya
Django Design Patterns
Javed Khan, Shabda Raaj & Thejaswi Puthraya    
Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness — Scott Jurek
Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness
Scott Jurek    
Jeeves and the Yule-Tide Spirit and Other Stories — P. G. Wodehouse
Jeeves and the Yule-Tide Spirit and Other Stories
P. G. Wodehouse    
On the Road Bike: The Search For a Nation’s Cycling Soul — Ned Boulting
On the Road Bike: The Search For a Nation’s Cycling Soul
Ned Boulting    
Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup — Rob Walling & Mike Taber
Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup
Rob Walling & Mike Taber    
The Djen of Django — Javed Khan, Shabda Raaj & Thejaswi Puthraya
The Djen of Django
Javed Khan, Shabda Raaj & Thejaswi Puthraya    
The End of Overeating: Taking control of our insatiable appetite — David Kessler
The End of Overeating: Taking control of our insatiable appetite
David Kessler    
The Race Against Time — Edward Pickering
The Race Against Time
Edward Pickering    
The Triathlete's Training Bible: The World’s Most Comprehensive Training Guide — Joe Friel
The Triathlete's Training Bible: The World’s Most Comprehensive Training Guide
Joe Friel    
Willpower: Rediscovering Our Greatest Strength — Roy F. Baumeister & John Tierney
Willpower: Rediscovering Our Greatest Strength
Roy F. Baumeister & John Tierney    

Read in 2012 (incomplete)

A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles — Thomas Sowell
A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles
Thomas Sowell    
Be Iron Fit: Time-Efficient Training Secrets for Ultimate Fitness — Don Fink
Be Iron Fit: Time-Efficient Training Secrets for Ultimate Fitness
Don Fink    
Bring Up the Bodies — Hilary Mantel
Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel    Recommended
Can’t Swim, Can’t Ride, Can’t Run: From Common Man to Ironman — Andy Holgate
Can’t Swim, Can’t Ride, Can’t Run: From Common Man to Ironman
Andy Holgate    
Mortality — Christopher Hitchens
Mortality
Christopher Hitchens    
Mud, Sweat and Gears: Cycling From Land's End to John O'Groats (Via the Pub) — Ellie Bennett
Mud, Sweat and Gears: Cycling From Land's End to John O'Groats (Via the Pub)
Ellie Bennett    
Obsessive Compulsive Cycling Disorder — Dave Barter
Obsessive Compulsive Cycling Disorder
Dave Barter    
One Man and LEJOG — Antony Last
One Man and LEJOG
Antony Last    
The Lean Startup: How Constant Innovation Creates Radically Successful Businesses — Eric Ries
The Lean Startup: How Constant Innovation Creates Radically Successful Businesses
Eric Ries    
The Monarchy: A Critique of Britain's Favourite Fetish — Christopher Hitchens
The Monarchy: A Critique of Britain's Favourite Fetish
Christopher Hitchens    
Total Immersion: The Revolutionary Way To Swim Better, Faster, and Easier — Terry Laughlin
Total Immersion: The Revolutionary Way To Swim Better, Faster, and Easier
Terry Laughlin    
Triathlon For Beginners — Dan Golding
Triathlon For Beginners
Dan Golding    
Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist — Brad Feld
Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist
Brad Feld    
World War One: History in an Hour — Rupert Colley
World War One: History in an Hour
Rupert Colley    

Read in 2011 (incomplete)

Blood, Class and Empire: The Enduring Anglo-American Relationship — Christopher Hitchens
Blood, Class and Empire: The Enduring Anglo-American Relationship
Christopher Hitchens    
Hitch 22 — Christopher Hitchens
Hitch 22
Christopher Hitchens    
Is Christianity Good for the World? — Christopher Hitchens
Is Christianity Good for the World?
Christopher Hitchens    
Love, Poverty and War: Journeys and Essays — Christopher Hitchens
Love, Poverty and War: Journeys and Essays
Christopher Hitchens    
The 4-Hour Work Week — Tim Ferriss
The 4-Hour Work Week
Tim Ferriss    
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature — Steven Pinker
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
Steven Pinker    
The Enemy — Christopher Hitchens
The Enemy
Christopher Hitchens    
The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever — Christopher Hitchens
The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever
Christopher Hitchens    
The Selfish Gene — Richard Dawkins
The Selfish Gene
Richard Dawkins    
The Upgrade — Paul Carr
The Upgrade
Paul Carr    

Read in 2010 (incomplete)

Freedom — Jonathan Franzen
Freedom
Jonathan Franzen    
Glue — Irvine Welsh
Glue
Irvine Welsh    
The Blind Watchmaker — Richard Dawkins
The Blind Watchmaker
Richard Dawkins    

Read in 2009 (incomplete)

2666 — Roberto Bolaño
2666
Roberto Bolaño    
American Psycho — Bret Easton Ellis
American Psycho
Bret Easton Ellis    
Atlas Shrugged — Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand    
Bad Science — Ben Goldacre
Bad Science
Ben Goldacre    
Bringing Nothing to the Party — Paul Carr
Bringing Nothing to the Party
Paul Carr    
Englischer Fussball: A German View of Our Beautiful Game — Raphael Honigstein
Englischer Fussball: A German View of Our Beautiful Game
Raphael Honigstein    
Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships — Eric Berne
Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships
Eric Berne    
Indivisible by Four — Arnold Steinhardt
Indivisible by Four
Arnold Steinhardt    
Outliers — Malcolm Gladwell
Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell    
Play The Viol — Allison Crum
Play The Viol
Allison Crum    
Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman — Richard P. Feynman
Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman
Richard P. Feynman    
Tess of the d'Urbervilles — Thomas Hardy
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Thomas Hardy    
The Essential Chomsky — Noam Chomksy
The Essential Chomsky
Noam Chomksy    
The Game — Neil Strauss
The Game
Neil Strauss    
The Rules of Attraction — Bret Easton Ellis
The Rules of Attraction
Bret Easton Ellis    
To Kill a Mockingbird — Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee    

Read in 2008 (incomplete)

Passion and Glory — John Suchet
Passion and Glory
John Suchet    
Passion and Pain — John Suchet
Passion and Pain
John Suchet    

Read in 2007 (incomplete)

1791: Mozart's Last Year — H. C. Robbins Landon
1791: Mozart's Last Year
H. C. Robbins Landon    
Hackers & Painters — Paul Graham
Hackers & Painters
Paul Graham    
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
J. K. Rowling    
How Would You Move Mount Fuji? — William Poundstone
How Would You Move Mount Fuji?
William Poundstone    
Mozart's Letters — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart's Letters
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart    
Passion and Anger — John Suchet
Passion and Anger
John Suchet    
The Design of Everyday Things — Don Norman
The Design of Everyday Things
Don Norman