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Inspired by many of the bookshelves that I've seen on other sites (Cory Dransfeldt's, Sean Voisen's, Melanie Richards's, Chazz Basuta's, and Dave Rupert's), here are some of the books that I've read over the years. It is nowhere near a complete list, with the data from more recent years being the most accurate.

The bulk of the data came from the Goodreads platform (exported and hacked as I'll describe in this future blog post).

The ratings are my own, and as you can see, I like most of what I've read. And while I know the year when I read some of these books, there's also an Undated section at the end. I'll likely add more to that section as I mine my physical bookshelves for data.

The cover images and the book titles link to their respective Amazon Bookshop.org product pages and I do participate in their affiliate program.

Finally, if you want to know how I built this, there's this future blog post about it.

2025 / 2024 / 2023 / 2022 / 2021 / 2020 / 2018 / 2014 / 2011 / 2010 / undated

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How the Light Gets In

How the Light Gets In

by Louise Penny

2025

Erasing History

Erasing History

by Jason Stanley

Train Dreams

Train Dreams

by Denis Johnson

Running with Sherman

Running with Sherman

by Christopher McDougall

Making Sense of Chaos

Making Sense of Chaos

by Doyne Farmer

The Path to Power

The Path to Power

by Robert A. Caro

Close to the Machine

Close to the Machine

by Ellen Ullman

2024

Farewell Amethystine

Farewell Amethystine

by Walter Mosley

Let the Great World Spin

Let the Great World Spin

by Colum McCann

North Woods

North Woods

by Daniel Mason

Empire of the Summer Moon

Empire of the Summer Moon

by S.C. Gwynne

James

James

by Percival Everett

Hellhound on His Trail

Hellhound on His Trail

by Hampton Sides

The Wide Wide Sea

The Wide Wide Sea

by Hampton Sides

The Dog Stars

The Dog Stars

by Peter Heller

Mussolini's Daughter

Mussolini's Daughter

by Caroline Moorehead

The Dreamt Land

The Dreamt Land

by Mark Arax

2023

Road to Surrender

Road to Surrender

by Evan Thomas

Trust

Trust

by Hernan Diaz

The Wager

The Wager

by David Grann

Small Things Like These

Small Things Like These

by Claire Keegan

Horse

Horse

by Geraldine Brooks

American Midnight

American Midnight

by Adam Hochschild

2022

Devil in the Grove

Devil in the Grove

by Gilbert King

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain

by George Saunders

Dreamland

Dreamland

by Sam Quinones

Either/Or

Either/Or

by Elif Batuman

The Berlin Exchange

The Berlin Exchange

by Joseph Kanon

The Gates of Europe

The Gates of Europe

by Serhii Plokhy & Ralph Lister

Pachinko

Pachinko

by Min Jin Lee

2021

The Power Broker

The Power Broker

by Robert A. Caro

Working

Working

by Robert A. Caro

The Fifth Risk

The Fifth Risk

by Michael Lewis

One Minute to Midnight

One Minute to Midnight

by Michael Dobbs

Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

by Ron Chernow

2020

Good Strategy Bad Strategy

Good Strategy Bad Strategy

by Richard P. Rumelt

Just Mercy

Just Mercy

by Bryan Stevenson

How We Die

How We Die

by Sherwin B. Nuland

Being Mortal

Being Mortal

by Atul Gawande

Ageless Painless Tennis

Ageless Painless Tennis

by David Starbuck Smith

2018

A Higher Loyalty

A Higher Loyalty

by James Comey

Leadership: In Turbulent Times

Leadership: In Turbulent Times

by Doris Kearns Goodwin

When Breath Becomes Air

When Breath Becomes Air

by Paul Kalanithi

An Unquiet Mind

An Unquiet Mind

by Kay Redfield Jamison

2014

Death by Food Pyramid

Death by Food Pyramid

by Denise Minger

Why We Get Fat

Why We Get Fat

by Gary Taubes

The Circle

The Circle

by Dave Eggers

2011

Delivering Happiness

Delivering Happiness

by Tony Hsieh

Thirteen Days

Thirteen Days

by Robert F. Kennedy

Execution

Execution

by Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan, Charles Burck

2010

Street Fighters

Street Fighters

by Kate Kelly

All the President’s Men

All the President’s Men

by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward

The Final Days

The Final Days

by Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein

To End a War

To End a War

by Richard Holbrooke

Obama's Wars

Obama's Wars

by Bob Woodward

On the Brink

On the Brink

by Henry M. Paulson Jr.

The Big Short

The Big Short

by Michael Lewis

The Dynamite Club

The Dynamite Club

by John M. Merriman

Open

Open

by Andre Agassi

The Big Switch

The Big Switch

by Nicholas Carr

Undated: don't know when I read these

Bird by Bird

Bird by Bird

by Anne Lamott

Purple Cow

Purple Cow

by Seth Godin

Plan of Attack

Plan of Attack

by Bob Woodward

What the Dormouse Said

What the Dormouse Said

by John Markoff

Fermat's Enigma

Fermat's Enigma

by Simon Singh & John Lynch

This Side Of Peace

This Side Of Peace

by Hanan Ashrawi

A Champion's Mind

A Champion's Mind

by Pete Sampras & Peter Bodo

Winning Ugly

Winning Ugly

by Brad Gilbert

Crossing the Chasm

Crossing the Chasm

by Geoffrey A. Moore

The Education of a Tennis Player

The Education of a Tennis Player

by Rod Laver & Bud Collins

The Soul of a New Machine

The Soul of a New Machine

by Tracy Kidder

The Prophet

The Prophet

by Khalil Gibran

The Inner Game of Tennis

The Inner Game of Tennis

by W. Timothy Gallwey

The World is Flat

The World is Flat

by Thomas Friedman

The Mythical Man-Month

The Mythical Man-Month

by Frederick Brooks

We Were Soldiers Once...and Young

We Were Soldiers Once...and Young

by General Hal Moore