
Reading /
Books
Over the last couple of years I've put a conscious effort into reading more. I've always enjoyed reading as a hobby, but the more my career progressed and the more time I spent in front of a computer, the less time I spent reading. Initially, one of my goals and motivations, was to read more non-fiction and learn by digging deeper into topics. It’s pretty clear from skimming this list that I've found sticking to non-fiction to be a challenge and tend to read sci-fi more than anything else.
I've added an * after the title to my favourites, which I especially enjoyed and I would highly recommend.
2021


Radicalized
Cory Doctorow

The Practice: Shipping Creative Work
Seth Godin

The New Me
Halle Butler

The Lathe of Heaven
Ursula K. Le Guin
2020

The Midnight Library*
Matt Haig

The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood

Eat a Peach
David Chang

Attack Surface*
Cory Doctorow

Science Fictions: The Epidemic of Fraud, Bias, Negligence and Hype in Science*
Stuart Ritchie

The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power
Desmond Cole

Moon Rising
Ian McDonald

Invisible Monsters
Chuck Palahniuk

Second Foundation
Isaac Asimov

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
Matthew Walker

Ego Is the Enemy
Ryan Holiday

The Fractal Prince
Hannu Rajaniemi

Embers of War
Gareth L. Powell

Reasons to Stay Alive
Matt Haig

The Quantum Thief
Hannu Rajaniemi

How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us about Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
Michael Pollan

How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
Jenny Odell

Stillness Is the Key
Ryan Holiday

Foundation and Empire
Isaac Asimov

Animal Farm
George Orwell

Seven Surrenders
Ada Palmer

Overdose: Heartbreak And Hope in Canada’s Opiod Crisis
Benjamin Perrin

Children of Ruin
Adrian Tchaikovsky

Permanent Record
Edward Snowden

Exhalation
Ted Chiang

Shorefall
Robert Jackson Bennett

Dark Age
Pierce Brown

The Peripheral
William Gibson

Sourdough
Robin Sloan
2016

Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day
Peter Zuckerman

Aurora
Kim Stanley Robinson
