A list of books I’ve read each year (insofar as I remember them), and their score. 2020 and onward are listed in chronological order; other years are listed in no particular order. The years before 2020 are by no means a complete list, and I will update them as I remember more books.
2023
- Pump: A Natural History of the Heart by Bill Schutt 4/10
- The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett 9.5/10
- The Storm Before the Storm by Mike Duncan 9.5/10
- The Journey: Big Panda and Tiny Dragon by James Norbury
- Shop Class as Soulcraft by Matthew Crawford 4.5/10
- Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett 7/10
- Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson 9/10
- The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson 8.5/10
- The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson 8.5/10
- Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday 10/10
- Night Watch by Terry Pratchett 8.5/10
- The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett 8/10 (As a kids book)
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson 9/10
- An Immense World by Ed Yong 10/10
- Going Postal by Terry Pratchett 10/10
- River of the Gods by Candice Millard 7/10
- Thud! by Terry Pratchett 9/10
- Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal 9/10
- Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett 8.5/10
2023 Stats:
Books Read: 41
Pages Read: 16,246
- Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett 8.5/10
- A History of the Medieval World by Susan Wise Bauer 9/10
- Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett 8/10
- Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman 9/10
- Making Money by Terry Pratchett 10/10
- The War of Art by Steven Pressfield 10/10
- Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett 9/10
- Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton 6/10
- Sphere by Michael Crichton 8/10
- Human Hacking by Christopher Hadnagy 8/10
- Micro by Michael Crichton and Richard Preston 7.5/10
- Red Rising by Pierce Brown 9/10
- Golden Son by Pierce Brown 9/10
- Morning Star by Pierce Brown 8.5/10
- Iron Gold by Pierce Brown 6.5/10
- Dark Age by Pierce Brown 7.5/10
- Lightbringer by Pierce Brown 9.5/10
- Beginners by Tom Vanderbilt 7/10
- Courage is Calling by Ryan Holiday 10/10
- Building: A Carpenter’s Notes on Life and the Art of Good Work by Mark Ellison 7/10
- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie 8/10
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams 6/10
2022
- Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett 8/10
- Othello by William Shakespeare 7/10
- The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Chrisie 8.5/10
- God’s Shadow: Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World by Alan Mikhail 8/10
- We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E Taylor 10/10
- For We Are Many by Dennis E Taylor 9.5/10
- All These Worlds by Dennis E Taylor 9.5/10
- Heaven’s River by Dennis E Taylor 8/10
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari 6/10
- The Art of War by Sun Tzu 8/10
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle 8.5/10
- Elantris by Brandon Sanderson 5.5/10
- Venice: A New History by Thomas F. Madden 9/10
- Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott 7/10
- 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles Mann 8.5/10
- Sentient: How Animals Illuminate the Wonder of Our Human Senses by Jackie Higgins 8.5/10
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan 10/10
- The Heroes of Olympus Series by Rick Riordan 7.5/10
2022 Stats:
Books Read: 53
Pages Read: ~19,745
- The Iliad by Homer, translated by Robert Fagles 8/10
- Small Gods by Terry Pratchett 10/10
- Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett 7/10
- Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett 8/10
- Mort by Terry Pratchett 8/10
- Pyramids by Terry Pratchett 5.5/10
- Sourcery by Terry Pratchett 7/10
- Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett 8.5/10
- Courage is Calling by Ryan Holiday 9.5/10
- Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett 10/10
- Eric by Terry Pratchett 5.5/10
- Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett 3.5/10
- Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett 7.5/10
- Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett 8.5/10
- Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett 8/10
- Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics by Tim Marshall 8.5/10
- Soul Music by Terry Pratchett 6/10
- What If? 2 by Randall Munroe 10/10
- Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett 9.5/10
- Why the West Rules – For Now by Ian Morris 8/10
- The Truth by Terry Pratchett 8/10
- Maskerade by Terry Pratchett 9/10
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 10/10
- Jingo by Terry Pratchett 7/10
- Hogfather by Terry Pratchett 8/10
- Discipline is Destiny by Ryan Holiday 9/10
- The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett 7.5/10
2021
- The Importance of Being Foolish by Brennan Manning – 6/10
- David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell – 8/10
- Yes to Life in Spite of Everything by Viktor Frankl – 7.5/10
- Life After Life by Katherine Atwood – 7/10
- The War of Art by Steven Pressfield – 10/10
- The Afghan Campaign by Steven Pressfield – 7/10
- A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – 7/10
- The Sign of the Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – 8.5/10
- The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – 10/10
- Do the Work by Steven Pressfield – 8/10
- The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson – 8/10
- Survival of the Sickest by Sharon Moalem – 8.5/10
- When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi – 9/10
- The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien – 11/10
- Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell – 8/10
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba – 8.5/10
- Istanbul by Thomas Madden – 8.5/10
- The Power of Moments by Chip and Dan Heath – 7/10
- Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Perez – 8/10
- Just Like That by Gary Schmidt – 9.5/10
- The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt – 11/10
- Human Errors by Nathan Lents – 8/10
- The Terminal Man by Michael Crichton – 1/10
- Educated by Tara Westover – 9/10
- The History of the Ancient World by Susan Wise Bauer – 9.25/10
- Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift – 7/10
- Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer – 7/10
- Thing Explainer by Randall Monroe – 9/10
- Grit by Angela Duckworth – 8.5/10
- Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis – 8.5/10
- Hatchet by Gary Paulsen – 8/10
- Brian’s Winter by Gary Paulsen – 8/10
- Essentialism by Greg McKeown – 8/10
- The Ranger’s Apprentice Series (except The Icebound Land) by John Flanagan – 8.5/10
- There is a God by Antony Flew – 5/10
- God is a Question not an Answer by William Irwin – 6/10
- I don’t Believe in Atheists by Chris Hedges – 8/10
- Stardust by Neil Gaiman – 7/10
- Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card – 10/10
- The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking by Edward Burger and Michael Starbird – 7/10
Audiobooks:
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas – 10/10
- SPQR by Mary Beard – 8/10
- Dad is Fat by Jim Gaffigan – 7/10
2021 Stats:
Books Read: 52 (and 3 Audiobooks)
Pages Read: ~14,585
2020
- Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt – 10/10
- My Abandonment by Peter Rock – 4/10
- Caging Skies by Christine Leunens – 2/10
- Wild Pork and Watercress by Barry Crump – 9/10
- Much Ado About Nothing by Shakespeare – 8/10
- The Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare – 7/10
- The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare – 7/10
- Love Does by Bob Goff – 9.5/10
- The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde – 7.5/10
- The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde – 9/10
- The Life of Pi by Yann Martel – 8/10
- Surprised by Joy by C.S. Lewis – 8/10
- The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis – 7/10
- In a Far Country by Jack London – 6/10
- The Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Lawrence – 5/10
- When by Daniel Pink – 7.5/10
- The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis – 8/10
- The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis – 7.5/10
- Humble Pi by Matt Parker – 7/10
- Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday – 9.5/10
- Hannibal Crosses the Alps by John Prevas – 7.5/10
- The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley – 9/10
- The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday – 9/10
- Stillness is the Key by Ryan Holiday – 8/10
- Scipio Africanus: Rome’s Greatest General by Richard A Gabriel – 9/10
- Persuasion by Jane Austen – 8/10
- The Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns Goodwin – 8.5/10
- Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi – 8.5/10
- Wilderness Essays by John Muir – 6.5/10
- Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford – 10/10
- Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl – 9/10
- The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winters – 7/10
- As You Like it by Shakespeare – 6.5/10
- A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis – 8/10
- The Enchiridion by Epictetus – 7/10
2020 Stats:
Books Read: 35
Pages Read: Pending
2019
- Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning (x2) – 15/10
- The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt – 11/10
- All is Grace by Brennan Manning – 8.5/10
- Amazed by Grace by Sheri Dew – 8.5/10
- Letters to Malcolm by C.S. Lewis – 7.5/10
- The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss – 8/10
- Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmund Rostand – 10/10
2018-2017
- The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis – 9.5/10
- The Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis – 9.5/10
- Miracles by C.S. Lewis – 7/10
- The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss – 8/10
- The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien – 11/10
- Fixing My Gaze by Susan Barry – 8.5/10
- Selections from The Aeneid by Virgil – 9/10
- Selections from The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri – 9/10
Other Notables
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan – 11/10
- The Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan – 10/10
- The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins – 8/10
- The Maze Runner trilogy by James Dashner – 6.5/10
- The Looking Glass Wars trilogy by Frank Beddor – 8/10
- The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini – 6/10
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen – 8/10
- Selections from The Odyssey by Homer – 6/10
- Jurassic Park by Michael Chrichton – 10/10
- The Lost World by Michael Chrichton – 9/10
- Timeline by Michael Chrichton – 10/10
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien – 8/10