Reading

This is my ongoing reading list of books and longer-form articles. I don’t include anything I wouldn’t recommend. Of course, that doesn’t mean everything here is for you. Any books or articles I especially loved get a gold star.

2021

  • The Dark ForestLiu Cixin
  • MemorialBryan Washington
  • The Three-Body ProblemLiu Cixin
  • A Swim in a Pond in the RainGeorge Saunders
  • State of WonderAnn Patchett
  • BecomingMichelle Obama
  • How to Do NothingJenny Odell
  • Tales of the CityArmistead Maupin
  • Pro GitScott Chacon and Ben Straub
  • Anxious PeopleFrederick Backman

2020

  • Resilient Web DesignJeremy Keith
  • The Heart’s Invisible FuriesJohn Boyne
  • The InstituteStephen King
  • The Nickel BoysColson Whitehead
  • The Tech Résumé Inside OutGergely Orosz
  • UpstreamMary Oliver
  • American WarOmar El Akkad
  • Giovanni’s RoomJames Baldwin
  • The Obelisk GateN. K. Jemisin
  • The End of PolicingAlex S. Vitale
  • The Fifth SeasonN. K. Jemisin
  • Let’s Talk About MarginsCraig Mod
  • Remote: Office Not RequiredJason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson
  • Benjamin Franklin: An American LifeWalter Isaacson
  • Theft By Finding: Diaries (1977–2002)David Sedaris
  • Red, White, & Royal BlueCasey McQuiston
  • Breakfast of ChampionsKurt Vonnegut
  • The CorrectionsJonathan Franzen
  • The OverstoryRichard Powers
  • Into the Personal-Website-VerseMatthias Ott
  • Winter’s TaleMark Helprin
  • Goodbye, Clean CodeDan Abramov

2019