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Perfidious Albion — Sam Byers
Perfidious Albion
Sam Byers    
The Man in the Red Coat — Julian Barnes
The Man in the Red Coat
Julian Barnes  Audiobook  Recommended

(I also subscribe to The New Statesman, The London Review of Books, The Cambridge Review of Books and Tribune.)

Read in 2021 (60)

Fiction
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World — Elif Shafak
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World
Elif Shafak    
A Tale of Two Cities — Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens    
The Amber Spyglass — Philip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass
Philip Pullman    
Bartleby, the Scrivener — Herman Melville
Bartleby, the Scrivener
Herman Melville    
Beartown — Fredrik Backman
Beartown
Fredrik Backman    
The Big Sleep — Raymond Chandler
The Big Sleep
Raymond Chandler    
Blindness — José Saramago
Blindness
José Saramago    
The Day of the Jackal — Frederick Forsyth
The Day of the Jackal
Frederick Forsyth    
The Day of the Triffids — John Wyndham
The Day of the Triffids
John Wyndham    
Devil in a Blue Dress — Walter Mosley
Devil in a Blue Dress
Walter Mosley    
Double Indemnity — James M. Cain
Double Indemnity
James M. Cain    
For Your Eyes Only — Ian Fleming
For Your Eyes Only
Ian Fleming    
The Godfather — Mario Puzo
The Godfather
Mario Puzo    
Gone Girl — Gillian Flynn
Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn    
The Great Gatsby — F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald    
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
J. K. Rowling  Audiobook  
Lance — Vladimir Nabokov
Lance
Vladimir Nabokov    
The Loney — Andrew Hurley
The Loney
Andrew Hurley    
Lucky Jim — Kingsley Amis
Lucky Jim
Kingsley Amis    Recommended
The Maltese Falcon — Dashiell Hammett
The Maltese Falcon
Dashiell Hammett    
Nazi Literature in the Americas — Roberto Bolaño
Nazi Literature in the Americas
Roberto Bolaño    
Nineteen Eighty-Four — George Orwell
Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell    Recommended
No One Is Talking About This — Patricia Lockwood
No One Is Talking About This
Patricia Lockwood    
Paper Towns — John Green
Paper Towns
John Green    
The Postman Always Rings Twice — James M. Cain
The Postman Always Rings Twice
James M. Cain    
Rebecca — Daphne du Maurier
Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier    Recommended
The Secret Commonwealth — Philip Pullman
The Secret Commonwealth
Philip Pullman    
Silence of the Lambs — Thomas Harris
Silence of the Lambs
Thomas Harris    Recommended
Station Eleven — Emily St. John Mandel
Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel    Recommended
The Subtle Knife — Philip Pullman
The Subtle Knife
Philip Pullman    
The Turn of the Screw & The Aspern Papers — Henry James
The Turn of the Screw & The Aspern Papers
Henry James    
The Victim — Saul Bellow
The Victim
Saul Bellow    
We Need to Talk About Kevin — Lionel Shriver
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Lionel Shriver    Recommended
Year of Wonders — Geraldine Brooks
Year of Wonders
Geraldine Brooks    Recommended
Non-fiction
Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation — Thomas Rid
Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation
Thomas Rid  Audiobook  
Class: A Guide to the American Status System — Paul Fussell
Class: A Guide to the American Status System
Paul Fussell    Recommended
Debt: The First 5000 Years — David Graeber
Debt: The First 5000 Years
David Graeber  Audiobook  
Digital Minimalism — Cal Newport
Digital Minimalism
Cal Newport    
Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies — The Secret Barrister
Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies
The Secret Barrister  Audiobook  
Hidden Valley Road — Robert Kolker
Hidden Valley Road
Robert Kolker  Audiobook  Recommended
How Democracy Ends — David Runciman
How Democracy Ends
David Runciman  Audiobook  
In the Swarm: Digital Prospects — Byung-chul Han
In the Swarm: Digital Prospects
Byung-chul Han    
The King's English — Kingsley Amis
The King's English
Kingsley Amis    Recommended
Little Moments of Love — Catana Chetwynd
Little Moments of Love
Catana Chetwynd    
The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House — Audre Lorde
The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House
Audre Lorde    
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire — Akala
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
Akala  Audiobook  Recommended
The Nolan Variations — Tom Shone
The Nolan Variations
Tom Shone    
The People Vs Tech: How the internet is killing democracy — Jamie Bartlett
The People Vs Tech: How the internet is killing democracy
Jamie Bartlett  Audiobook  
The Shallows — Nicholas Carr
The Shallows
Nicholas Carr    
Snug: A Collection of Comics about Dating Your Best Friend — Catana Chetwynd
Snug: A Collection of Comics about Dating Your Best Friend
Catana Chetwynd    
The Story of Craft Beer — Pete Brown
The Story of Craft Beer
Pete Brown    
Twilight of Democracy — Anne Applebaum
Twilight of Democracy
Anne Applebaum  Audiobook  
The Twittering Machine — Richard Seymour
The Twittering Machine
Richard Seymour  Audiobook  
Wolf Hall Companion — Lauren Mackay
Wolf Hall Companion
Lauren Mackay    
Memoir/biography
Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to Happiness — Bill Bailey
Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to Happiness
Bill Bailey    
Chaos Monkeys: Inside the Silicon Valley Money Machine — Antonio Garcia Martinez
Chaos Monkeys: Inside the Silicon Valley Money Machine
Antonio Garcia Martinez    
Letter from Birmingham Jail — Martin Luther King Jr.
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King Jr.    
Priestdaddy: A Memoir — Patricia Lockwood
Priestdaddy: A Memoir
Patricia Lockwood    Recommended
We Learn Nothing — Tim Kreider
We Learn Nothing
Tim Kreider  Audiobook  
Why Orwell Matters — Christopher Hitchens
Why Orwell Matters
Christopher Hitchens    

Read in 2020 (127)

Fiction
A Christmas Carol — Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens    
A Maigret Christmas — Georges Simenon
A Maigret Christmas
Georges Simenon    
Anything Considered — Peter Mayle
Anything Considered
Peter Mayle    
The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes: Book Seven — Bill Watterson
The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes: Book Seven
Bill Watterson    
Autumn — Ali Smith
Autumn
Ali Smith    
Axiom’s End — Lindsay Ellis
Axiom’s End
Lindsay Ellis    
Big Brother — Lionel Shriver
Big Brother
Lionel Shriver    
The Black Dahlia — James Ellroy
The Black Dahlia
James Ellroy    
Breakfast of Champions — Kurt Vonnegut
Breakfast of Champions
Kurt Vonnegut    
Bring Up the Bodies — Hilary Mantel
Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel    Recommended
Broken Harbour — Tana French
Broken Harbour
Tana French    
The Cellist of Sarajevo — Steven Galloway
The Cellist of Sarajevo
Steven Galloway    
The Children of Men — P. D. James
The Children of Men
P. D. James    Recommended
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    
Darkness at Noon — Arthur Koestler
Darkness at Noon
Arthur Koestler    
The Fault in Our Stars — John Green
The Fault in Our Stars
John Green    Recommended
Festive Spirits: Three Short Stories — Kate Atkinson
Festive Spirits: Three Short Stories
Kate Atkinson    
Fever Pitch — Nick Hornby
Fever Pitch
Nick Hornby    
Fragrant Harbour — John Lanchester
Fragrant Harbour
John Lanchester    
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    Recommended
How to be Good — Nick Hornby
How to be Good
Nick Hornby    
Instantiation — Greg Egan
Instantiation
Greg Egan    
The Last Man in Europe — Dennis Glover
The Last Man in Europe
Dennis Glover    
Last Night in Montreal — Emily St. John Mandel
Last Night in Montreal
Emily St. John Mandel    
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    
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
Murder under the Christmas Tree — Various
Murder under the Christmas Tree
Various    
Never Let Me Go — Kazuo Ishiguro
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro    Recommended
The Nickel Boys — Colson Whitehead
The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead    Recommended
Night Train — Martin Amis
Night Train
Martin Amis    
Nineteen Eighty-Four — George Orwell
Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell    Recommended
No Country for Old Men — Cormac McCarthy
No Country for Old Men
Cormac McCarthy    Recommended
Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall — Kazuo Ishiguro
Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall
Kazuo Ishiguro    
Northern Lights — Phillip Pullman
Northern Lights
Phillip Pullman    
The Old Man and The Sea — Ernest Hemingway
The Old Man and The Sea
Ernest Hemingway    
Optimal — J. M. Berger
Optimal
J. M. Berger    
The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories — Various authors
The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories
Various authors    
The Plague — Albert Camus
The Plague
Albert Camus    Recommended
The Rachel Papers — Martin Amis
The Rachel Papers
Martin Amis    
Running the Light — Sam Tallent
Running the Light
Sam Tallent    Recommended
The Sandman Volume 1: Preludes and Nocturnes — Neil Gaiman
The Sandman Volume 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
Neil Gaiman    
The Secret Place — Tana French
The Secret Place
Tana French    
Serpentine — Philip Pullman
Serpentine
Philip Pullman    
Starve Acre — Andrew Michael Hurley
Starve Acre
Andrew Michael Hurley    
Strangers on a Train — Patricia Highsmith
Strangers on a Train
Patricia Highsmith    
Summerwater — Sarah Moss
Summerwater
Sarah Moss    Recommended
The Tales of Beedle the Bard — J. K. Rowling
The Tales of Beedle the Bard
J. K. Rowling  Audiobook  
Three Japanese Short Stories — Akutagawa & Others
Three Japanese Short Stories
Akutagawa & Others    
The Three-Body Problem — Cixin Liu
The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu    
The Tiger's Wife — Téa Obreht
The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht    Recommended
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy — John le Carré
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
John le Carré    Recommended
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
The Underground Railroad — Colson Whitehead
The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead    
Wakenhyrst — Michelle Paver
Wakenhyrst
Michelle Paver    
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves — Karen Joy Fowler
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
Karen Joy Fowler    Recommended
The Western Wind — Samantha Harvey
The Western Wind
Samantha Harvey    
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    
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism — Shoshana Zuboff
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
Shoshana Zuboff    
Alex's Adventures in Numberland — Alex Bellos
Alex's Adventures in Numberland
Alex Bellos  Audiobook  
The Algebra of Happiness — Scott Galloway
The Algebra of Happiness
Scott Galloway    Recommended
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  
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    Recommended
Capitalist Realism — Mark Fisher
Capitalist Realism
Mark Fisher    Recommended
Chavs: The Demonisation of the Working Class — Owen Jones
Chavs: The Demonisation of the Working Class
Owen Jones  Audiobook  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
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  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  
Gangland Britain: Inside Britain's most dangerous gangs — Tony Thompson
Gangland Britain: Inside Britain's most dangerous gangs
Tony Thompson  Audiobook  
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
Going Dark: The Secret Social Lives of Extremists — Julia Ebner
Going Dark: The Secret Social Lives of Extremists
Julia Ebner  Audiobook  
The Golden Thread: The Story of Writing — Ewan Clayton
The Golden Thread: The Story of Writing
Ewan Clayton    Recommended
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    
Hit Refresh — Satya Nadella
Hit Refresh
Satya Nadella  Audiobook  
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
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  
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 Writing Well (Abridged) — William Zinsser
On Writing Well (Abridged)
William Zinsser  Audiobook  
On the Internet — Hubert L. Dreyfus
On the Internet
Hubert L. Dreyfus    Recommended
On the Pleasure of Hating — William Hazlitt
On the Pleasure of Hating
William Hazlitt    
The Philosophy of Tea — Tony Gebely
The Philosophy of Tea
Tony Gebely    
Post Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity — Scott Galloway
Post Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity
Scott Galloway  Audiobook  
Radical Technologies: The Design of Everyday Life — Adam Greenfield
Radical Technologies: The Design of Everyday Life
Adam Greenfield    Recommended
The Rule of Law — Tom Bingham
The Rule of Law
Tom Bingham    
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  
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    
Memoir/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  
I Spy: My Life in MI5 — Tom Marcus
I Spy: My Life in MI5
Tom Marcus  Audiobook  
Inside Story — Martin Amis
Inside Story
Martin Amis    Recommended
Just Kids — Patti Smith
Just Kids
Patti Smith  Audiobook  
Memoirs of a Radical Lawyer — Michael Mansfield
Memoirs of a Radical Lawyer
Michael Mansfield    
The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice — Christopher Hitchens
The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice
Christopher Hitchens  Audiobook  
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  Recommended
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    
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  
Alchemy — Rory Sutherland
Alchemy
Rory Sutherland  Audiobook  
The Ancient Guide to Modern Life — Natalie Haynes
The Ancient Guide to Modern Life
Natalie Haynes  Audiobook  
Ancillary Justice — Ann Leckie
Ancillary Justice
Ann Leckie    
And Yet.. — Christopher Hitchens
And Yet..
Christopher Hitchens    
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    
The Courage to Be Disliked — Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga
The Courage to Be Disliked
Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga  Audiobook  
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  
The Elements of Eloquence — Mark Forsyth
The Elements of Eloquence
Mark Forsyth    
Exhalation — Ted Chiang
Exhalation
Ted Chiang    
Faithful Place — Tana French
Faithful Place
Tana French    
The Feather Thief — Kirk Wallace Johnson
The Feather Thief
Kirk Wallace Johnson    
The Handmaid's Tale — Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood    
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    
The Infinite Blacktop — Sara Gran
The Infinite Blacktop
Sara Gran    
Jeeves and the King of Clubs — Ben Schott
Jeeves and the King of Clubs
Ben Schott    
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    
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    
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  
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    
The Prince — Nicolo Machiavelli
The Prince
Nicolo Machiavelli  Audiobook  
Rough Ideas: Reflections on Music and More — Stephen Hough
Rough Ideas: Reflections on Music and More
Stephen Hough    
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    
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 Testament — John Grisham
The Testament
John Grisham    
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  
The Vegetarian — Han King
The Vegetarian
Han King    
The Way Inn — Will Wiles
The Way Inn
Will Wiles    
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  
The Wind in the Willows — Kenneth Grahame
The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame    

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    
A Year in Provence — Peter Mayle
A Year in Provence
Peter Mayle    
The Acid House — Irvine Welsh
The Acid House
Irvine Welsh    
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    
Bad Blood — John Carreyrou
Bad Blood
John Carreyrou  Audiobook  
The Big Fear — Andrew Case
The Big Fear
Andrew Case    
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    
The Dig — John Preston
The Dig
John Preston    
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  
The Fear Index — Robert Harris
The Fear Index
Robert Harris    
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    
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    
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    
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    
Nomad — Alan Partridge
Nomad
Alan Partridge    
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century — Timothy Synder
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Synder    
Once Upon a Time In the North — Philip Pullman
Once Upon a Time In the North
Philip Pullman    
The Private Patient — P. D. James
The Private Patient
P. D. James    
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  
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 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    
There Are Little Kingdoms — Kevin Barry
There Are Little Kingdoms
Kevin Barry    
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 (50)

A Little History of Philosophy — Nigel Warburton
A Little History of Philosophy
Nigel Warburton  Audiobook  
A Very English Scandal — John Preston
A Very English Scandal
John Preston  Audiobook  
All These Worlds — Dennis E. Taylor
All These Worlds
Dennis E. Taylor  Audiobook  
American Gods — Neil Gaiman
American Gods
Neil Gaiman    
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    
Dead Certain — Adam Mitzner
Dead Certain
Adam Mitzner    
Deep Work — Cal Newport
Deep Work
Cal Newport  Audiobook  
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  
The Killing Floor — Lee Child
The Killing Floor
Lee Child    
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    
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  
Ocean of Storms — Christopher Mari
Ocean of Storms
Christopher Mari    
Open: An Autobiography — Andre Agassi
Open: An Autobiography
Andre Agassi    
The Power of Vulnerability — Brené Brown
The Power of Vulnerability
Brené Brown  Audiobook  
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  
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    
Seveneves — Neal Stephenson
Seveneves
Neal Stephenson    
The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam — Douglas Murray
The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam
Douglas Murray  Audiobook  
TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking — Chris Anderson
TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking
Chris Anderson  Audiobook  
Tai-Pan — James Clavell
Tai-Pan
James Clavell    
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  
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England — Ian Mortimer
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England
Ian Mortimer  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    Recommended
You Are a Badass — Jen Sincero
You Are a Badass
Jen Sincero  Audiobook  

Read in 2016 (53)

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    
The Alchemist — Paulo Coelho
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho  Audiobook  
And Yet.. — Christopher Hitchens
And Yet..
Christopher Hitchens    
The Andromeda Strain — Michael Crichton
The Andromeda Strain
Michael Crichton  Audiobook  
Animal QC: My Preposterous Life — Gary Bell QC
Animal QC: My Preposterous Life
Gary Bell QC    
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    
Bricking It — Nick Spalding
Bricking It
Nick Spalding    
The Checklist Manifesto: How To Get Things Right — Atul Gewande
The Checklist Manifesto: How To Get Things Right
Atul Gewande    
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  
The Dispatcher — John Scalzi
The Dispatcher
John Scalzi  Audiobook  
Ego is the Enemy — Ryan Holiday
Ego is the Enemy
Ryan Holiday  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    
Follow You Home — Mark Edwards
Follow You Home
Mark Edwards    
The Fourth Protocol — Frederick Forsyth
The Fourth Protocol
Frederick Forsyth  Audiobook  
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  
The Inimitable Jeeves — P.G. Wodehouse
The Inimitable Jeeves
P.G. Wodehouse  Audiobook  
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    
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul — Douglas Adams
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
Douglas Adams  Audiobook  
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  
The Martian — Andy Weir
The Martian
Andy Weir  Audiobook  
The Moral Landscape — Sam Harris
The Moral Landscape
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  
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  
Only Time Will Tell — Jeffrey Archer
Only Time Will Tell
Jeffrey Archer  Audiobook  
The Partner — John Grisham
The Partner
John Grisham    
The Psychopath Test — Jon Ronson
The Psychopath Test
Jon Ronson  Audiobook  
Ringworld — Larry Niven
Ringworld
Larry Niven  Audiobook  
Shogun — James Clavell
Shogun
James Clavell    
So You've Been Publically Shamed — Jon Ronson
So You've Been Publically Shamed
Jon Ronson  Audiobook  
Solo: A James Bond Novel — William Boyd
Solo: A James Bond Novel
William Boyd  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 Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck — Mark Manson
The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Mark Manson    
Them: Adventures with Extremists — Jon Ronson
Them: Adventures with Extremists
Jon Ronson  Audiobook  
Triumphs and Turbulence: My Autobiography — Chris Boardman
Triumphs and Turbulence: My Autobiography
Chris Boardman  Audiobook  
Vagabonding — Rolf Potts
Vagabonding
Rolf Potts  Audiobook  
The World of Cycling According to G — Geraint Thomas
The World of Cycling According to G
Geraint Thomas  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)

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    
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    

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    
The Djen of Django — Javed Khan, Shabda Raaj & Thejaswi Puthraya
The Djen of Django
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    
The Race Against Time — Edward Pickering
The Race Against Time
Edward Pickering    
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 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    
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    
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    
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)

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    
Blood, Class and Empire: The Enduring Anglo-American Relationship — Christopher Hitchens
Blood, Class and Empire: The Enduring Anglo-American Relationship
Christopher Hitchens    
The Enemy — Christopher Hitchens
The Enemy
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 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    
Why Orwell Matters — Christopher Hitchens
Why Orwell Matters
Christopher Hitchens    

Read in 2010 (incomplete)

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

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    
The Essential Chomsky — Noam Chomksy
The Essential Chomsky
Noam Chomksy    
The Game — Neil Strauss
The Game
Neil Strauss    
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    
The Rules of Attraction — Bret Easton Ellis
The Rules of Attraction
Bret Easton Ellis    
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    
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    
The Design of Everyday Things — Don Norman
The Design of Everyday Things
Don Norman    
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  Audiobook  
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