Reading List
Hereβs what Iβve been reading, along with some simple ratings:
π = Recommended π = Skip π€·ββοΈ = Meh π = Amazing
I mostly read non-fiction and comics, with some science fiction sprinkled in there. Iβm ruthless with books, though. If it doesnβt hold my attention then Iβll give up, so you wonβt find many thumbs down ratings here.
2022
Books finished: TBD
Favorite book: Destroy Your Safe and Happy Lives by Jack Carneal
Book | Author | Genre | Rating |
---|---|---|---|
The Personal MBA | Josh Kaufman | Business | π |
UKEtopia! | Jim Beloff | Non-Fiction | π |
Managing Oneself | Peter Drucker | Business | π |
Tunnels | Rutu Modan | Comics | π |
Powerful | Patty McCord | Business | π€·ββοΈ |
Destroy Your Safe and Happy Lives | Jack Carneal | Memoir | π |
Mirror Sound | Spencer Tweedy, Lawrence Azerrad, Daniel Topete | Music | π |
2021
Books finished: 12
Favorite book: How to Write One Song by Jeff Tweedy
Book | Author | Genre | Rating |
---|---|---|---|
How Music Works | David Byrne | Non-Fiction | π |
Hell Yeah or No | Derek Sivers | Non-Fiction | π |
This Searing Light, The Sun, and Everything Else | Jon Savage | Non-Fiction | π |
How to Write One Song | Jeff Tweedy | Non-Fiction | π |
This Isnβt Happening | Steven Hyden | Non-Fiction | π |
Citizen First, Designer Second | Rejane Dal Bello | Non-Fiction | π€·ββοΈ |
The Collected Angers | Mike Monteiro | Non-Fiction | π |
Extra Bold | Ellen Lupton, Farah Kafei, Jennifer Tobias, Josh A. Halstead, Kaleena Sales, Leslie xia & Valentina Vergara | Non-Fiction | π |
The Detroit Printing Co-Op | Danielle Aubert | Non-Fiction | π |
Ruined By Design | Mike Monteiro | Non-Fiction | π |
Go Ahead in the Rain | Hanif Abdurraqib | Non-Fiction | π |
The YouTube Formula | Derral Eves | Business | π€·ββοΈ |
2020
Books finished: 20
Favorite book: A Civic Technologistβs Practice Guide by Cyd Harrell
Book | Author | Genre | Rating |
---|---|---|---|
Drawing the Vote | Tommy Jenkins & Kati Lacker | Comics | π€·ββοΈ |
Remain in Love | Chris Frantz | Biography | π |
The Politics of Design | Ruben Pater | Non-Fiction | π |
A Userβs Guide to Democracy | Nick Capodice & Hannah McCarthy | Non-Fiction | π |
How to be a Conscious Eater | Sophie Egan | Non-Fiction | π |
Keep Going | Austin Kleon | Non-Fiction | π |
Words to Win By | Margaret Kaplan | Non-Fiction | π€·ββοΈ |
The Influencing Machine | Brooke Gladstone | Non-Fiction | π |
A Civic Technologistβs Practice Guide | Cyd Harrell | Non-Fiction | π |
Reset | Ronald J. Deibert | Non-Fiction | π |
The Prince and the Dressmaker | Jen Wang | Comics | π |
Exhalation | Ted Chiang | Fiction | π |
Eichmann in Jerusalem | Hannah Arendt | Non-Fiction | π |
Working | Robert A. Caro | Non-Fiction | π |
Pretty Much Everything | Aaron Draplin | Non-Fiction | π |
Strengthsfinder 2.0 | Tom Rath | Business | π |
The Tiny MBA | Alex Hillman | Business | π€·ββοΈ |
We Are Called to be a Movement | Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II | Non-Fiction | π |
20 Bits I Learned | Dan Cederholm | Non-Fiction | π |
Notes on a Nervous Planet | Matt Haig | Non-Fiction | π |
2019
Books finished: 18
Favorite book: On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
Book | Author | Genre | Rating |
---|---|---|---|
I am a Blogger | Seva (ConvertKit Team) | Non-Fiction | π€·ββοΈ |
Selfie Made | Meridith Rojas | Non-Fiction | π |
Girl Town | Carolyn Nowak | Comics | π |
The Oath and The Office | Corey Brettschneider | Non-Fiction | π |
Margo Maloo and the Monster Mall | Drew Weing | Comics | π |
The Care and Keeping of You | Valorie Lee Schaefar & Josee Masse | Non-Fiction | π |
How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them | Jason Stanley | Non-Fiction | π |
Graveyard Shakes | Laura Terry | Comics | π€·ββοΈ |
The Coaching Habit | Michael Bungay Stanier | Non-Fiction | π |
Shit is Real | Aisha Franz | Comics | π |
Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America | Box Brown | Comics | π |
On a Sunbeam | Tillie Walden | Comics | π |
Awards for Good Boys | Shelby Lorman | Non-Fiction | π |
Are you listening? | Tillie Walden | Comics | π |
Birding is My Favorite Video Game | Rosemary Mosco | Comics | π |
Green River Killer: A True Detective Story | Jeff Jenson & Jonathan Case | Comics | π |
Tools and Weapons | Brad Smith & Carol Ann Browne | Non-Fiction | π€·ββοΈ |
No One is Too Small to Make a Change | Greta Thunberg | Non-Fiction | π |
2018
Books finished: 44
Favorite book: Woman World by Aminder Dhaliwal
Book | Author | Genre | Rating |
---|---|---|---|
Primates | Jim Ottaviani & Maris Wicks | Comics | π |
Louis Undercover | Fanny Britt & Isabelle Arsenault | Comics | π |
The Sentinel | Arthur C. Clarke | Fiction | π |
The Lost Art | Christian Furr | Non-Fiction | π€·ββοΈ |
The Astronomy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained | DK | Non-Fiction | π€·ββοΈ |
The Sculptor | Scott McCloud | Comics | π€·ββοΈ |
Tales from the Farm | Jeff Lemire | Comics | π€·ββοΈ |
Broad Band | Claire L. Evans | Non-Fiction | π |
Anywhere that is Wild | John Muir, Peter & Donna Thomas | Non-Fiction | π€·ββοΈ |
Archival Quality | Ivy Noelle Weir & Steenz | Comics | π€·ββοΈ |
Super Late Bloomer | Julia Kaye | Comics | π |
Your Black Friend and Other Strangers | Ben Passmore | Comics | π |
Exit Wounds | Rutu Modan | Comics | π |
The Lovely Horrible Stuff | Eddie Campbell | Comics | π€·ββοΈ |
The Property | Rutu Modan | Comics | π |
Smile | Raina Telgemeier | Comics | π |
Ghosts | Raina Telgemeier | Comics | π |
The Three Rooms in Valerieβs Head | David Gaffney & Dan Berry | Comics | π |
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH | Robert C OβBrien | Fiction | π |
You Are Mighty | Caroline Paul & Lauren Tamaki | Non-Fiction | π |
The Light of the Stars | Adam Frank | Non-Fiction | π€·ββοΈ |
Why art? | Eleanor Davis | Comics | π |
Sabrina | Nick Drnaso | Comics | π |
What To Do When Iβm Gone | Suzy Hopkins & Hallie Bateman | Non-Fiction | π |
Killing & Dying | Adrian Tomine | Comics | π |
Coyote Doggirl | Lisa Hanawalt | Comics | π |
Johnny Boo: Twinkle Power | James Kochalka | Comics | π |
Johnny Boo and the Mean Little Boy | James Kochalka | Comics | π |
Be Prepared | Vera Brosgol | Comics | π |
Apollo | Matt Fitch, Chris Baker, and Mike Collins | Non-Fiction | π€·ββοΈ |
Sheets | Brenna Thummler | Comics | π |
Ivy | Sarah Oleksyk | Comics | π€·ββοΈ |
Bigfoot: I Not Dead | Graham Roumieu | Comics | π€·ββοΈ |
Food Rules | Michael Pollan | Non-Fiction | π |
Adventures in Cartooning | James Sturm, Andrew Arnold, Alexis Frederick-Frost | Comics | π€·ββοΈ |
Woman World | Aminder Dhaliwal | Comics | π |
Anyaβs Ghost | Vera Brosgol | Comics | π€·ββοΈ |
Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea | Ben Clanton | Comics | π€·ββοΈ |
Measure What Matters | John Doerr | Non-Fiction | π€·ββοΈ |
Demystifying Public Speaking | Lara Hogan | Non-Fiction | π |
El Deafo | Cece Bell | Comics | π |
In the Company of Women | Grace Bonney | Non-Fiction | π |
How to be an American | Silvia Hidalgo | Non-Fiction | π |
Dune | Frank Herbert | Fiction | π |
2017
Books finished: 81
Favorite book: Life in Code by Ellen Lupton
Book | Author | Genre | Rating |
---|---|---|---|
Searching for Bobby Fischer | Fred Waitzkin | Non-Fiction | π |
Booklife | Jeff Vandermeer | Non-Fiction | π |
The Art of Learning | Josh Waitzkin | Non-Fiction | π |
Mindfulness for Mere Mortals | Patrick Rhone | Non-Fiction | π€·ββοΈ |
Some Thoughts About Writing | Patrick Rhone | Non-Fiction | π€·ββοΈ |
The Zen Habits Beginnerβs Guide to Mindfulness | Leo Babauta | Non-Fiction | π€·ββοΈ |
Waking Up | Sam Harris | Non-Fiction | π |
The World Inside | Robert Silverberg | Fiction | π |
On Bullshit | Harry G. Frankfurt | Non-Fiction | π |
The Magic Words | Cheryle B. Klein | Non-Fiction | π€·ββοΈ |
Deathβs End | Cixin Liu | Fiction | π |
Thrill Me | Benjamin Percy | Non-Fiction | π |
Resilient Web Design | Jeremy Keith | Non-Fiction | π |
Hortenβs Incredible Illusions | Lissa Evans | Fiction | π |
The Girl Who Drank the Moon | Kelly Barnhill | Fiction | π€·ββοΈ |
Networking! ACK! | Julia Evans | Non-Fiction | π€·ββοΈ |
Inclusive Design Patterns | Heydon Pickering | Non-Fiction | π |
The Fate of The Artist | Eddie Campbell | Comics | π |
Sloth | Gilbert Hernandez | Comics | π€·ββοΈ |
Asterios Polyp | David Mazzucchelli | Comics | π |
Wonder Boys | Michael Chabon | Fiction | π |
Deep Work | Cal Newport | Non-Fiction | π€·ββοΈ |
Louis Riel | Chester Brown | Comics | π |
Canβt we talk about something more pleasant? | Roz Chast | Comics | π€·ββοΈ |
Weaving The Web | Tim Berners Lee | Non-Fiction | π |
The Road | Cormac McCarthy | Fiction | π |
Chicken with Plums | Marjane Satrapi | Comics | π€·ββοΈ |
Spiral-Bound | Aaron Renier | Comics | π |
Tomboy | Liz Prince | Comics | π |
Just Draw | Mark Badger | Non-Fiction | π |
Table Manners | Jeremiah Tower | Non-Fiction | π€·ββοΈ |
American Born Chinese | Gene Luen Yang | Comics | π |
This One Summer | Mariko & Jillian Tamaki | Comics | π |
Scrum Basics | Tycho Press | Non-Fiction | π |
Anything You Want | Derek Sivers | Non-Fiction | π€·ββοΈ |
Empire State | Jason Shiga | Comics | π€·ββοΈ |
Micrographica | Renee French | Comics | π€·ββοΈ |
The Little Book of Hygge | Meik Wiking | Non-Fiction | π |
The Handmaidβs Tale | Margaret Atwood | Fiction | π€·ββοΈ |
Success Through Stillness | Russell Simmons | Non-Fiction | π |
Yawn: Adventures in Boredom | Mary Mann | Non-Fiction | π |
The Creepy Case Files of Margo Maloo | Drew Weing | Comics | π |
Dark Matter | Blake Crouch | Fiction | π€·ββοΈ |
Show Your Work | Austin Kleon | Non-Fiction | π |
Steal Like an Artist | Austin Kleon | Non-Fiction | π |
Not Dead Yet | Phil Collins | Non-Fiction | π |
Wilson | Daniel Clowes | Comics | π€·ββοΈ |
Adulthood is a Myth | Sarah Anderson | Comics | π€·ββοΈ |
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O | Neal Stephenson & Nicole Galland | Fiction | π€·ββοΈ |
Work Life | Molly Erman | Non-Fiction | π€·ββοΈ |
Dizziness | Gregory T. Whitman, MD & Robert W. Baloh, MD | Non-Fiction | π€·ββοΈ |
Fun Home | Alison Bechdel | Comics | π |
Displacement | Lucy Knisley | Comics | π |
The Grownup | Gillian Flynn | Fiction | π |
Age of License | Lucy Knisley | Comics | π |
French Milk | Lucy Knisley | Comics | π |
Paying for It | Chester Brown | Comics | π |
New York Drawings | Adrian Tomine | Comics | π€·ββοΈ |
Scenes from an Impending Marriage | Adrian Tomine | Comics | π |
Diary Comics | Dustin Harbin | Comics | π |
Diary Comics #5 | Dustin Harbin | Comics | π |
Diary Comics #6 | Dustin Harbin | Comics | π |
Boundless | Jillian Tamaki | Comics | π |
Super Mutant Magic Academy | Jillian Tamaki | Comics | π |
Thornhill | Pam Smy | Fiction | π |
Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud | Anne Helen Peterson | Non-Fiction | π |
Pinky and Stinky | James Kochalka | Comics | π |
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger | Stephen King | Fiction | π |
The Three Paradoxes | Paul Hornschemeier | Comics | π |
Shortcomings | Adrian Tomine | Comics | π |
Strange Practice | Vivian Shaw | Fiction | π€·ββοΈ |
Life in Code | Ellen Ullman | Non-Fiction | π |
Cat Burglar Black | Richard Sala | Comics | π€·ββοΈ |
Sleeping Giants | Sylvain Neuvel | Fiction | π€·ββοΈ |
The Best American Comics 2017 | Ben Katchar | Comics | π€·ββοΈ |
The Heartless Troll | Oyvind Torseter | Comics | π€·ββοΈ |
The Best We Could Do | Thi Bui | Comics | π€·ββοΈ |
House of Women | Sophie Goldstein | Comics | π |
Present | Leslie Stein | Comics | π€·ββοΈ |
Behold the Man | Michael Moorcock | Fiction | π |
Night | Elie Wiesel | Non-Fiction | π |