Library
I do almost all my reading on Kindle, so I don't have a bookshelf to gaze fondly upon. So instead, this page is my virtual bookshelf.
I list only books I have actually finished, or am currently reading. They are in reverse chronological order, with the most recently completed at the top.
1Q84[in progress]
Haruki Murakami
Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World[in progress]
Nick Bostrom
Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman
Richard P. Feynman
Completed: June
The Stand
Stephen King
Completed: June
Childhood's End
Arthur C. Clarke
Completed: May
Rendezvous with Rama
Arthur C. Clarke
Completed: April
Love In The Time of Cholera
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Completed: April
While Mortals Sleep
Kurt Vonnegut
Completed: March
Can't Hurt Me
David Goggins
Completed: Feb
The Knowledge
Lewis Dartnell
Completed: Feb
A really well-researched and thorough investigation into what would be involved in re-creating society and technology more-or-less from scratch. I learned a lot about agriculture and chemistry and power generation and lots more. Or more accurately, I learned that there is a lot to know about these things, and that I have already forgotten almost all of it since finishing the book. In fact, it would probably be smart to buy a hard-copy of this book in case society ever does collapse.
The Blind Assassin
Margaret Atwood
Completed: Jan
I was an Atwood fan already, but this was easily her best, as far as I'm concerned. Absolutely brilliant.