📚 I read 127 books in 2023, slightly down from an all-time high of 138 in 2022. This small drop in number of books does not reflect a drop in time reading, as I spent far more time reading in 2023. I read several very, very long books (👋 Brandon Sanderson). I also took a break from audiobooks to re-listen to the entire run of The History of Rome Podcast, which took the better part of a month.
Here’s the complete 2023 list:
- Spartacus by Howard Fast
- Nothing Lasts Forever (Basis for the film Die Hard) by Roderick Thorp
- Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon
- The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Carroll
- You Never Forget Your First by Alexis Coe
- The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway by Ernest Hemingway
- The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin
- The LEGO Story by Jens Andersen
- Upgrade by Blake Crouch
- Fletch by Gregory Mcdonald
- The Iliad by Homer
- Confess, Fletch by Gregory Mcdonald
- Fletch’s Fortune by Gregory Mcdonald
- Fletch and the Widow Bradley by Gregory Mcdonald
- Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
- Fletch's Moxie by Gregory Mcdonald
- Build by Tony Fadell
- Fletch and the Man Who by Gregory Mcdonald
- Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
- The Odyssey by Homer
- Inside Steve's Brain by Leander Kahney
- Revolution in The Valley by Andy Hertzfeld
- Becoming Steve Jobs by Brent Schlender & Rick Tetzeli
- The Bayern Agenda by Dan Moren
- Fire in the Valley by Michael Swaine & Paul Freiberger
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
- iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon by Steve Wozniak
- The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
- Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte
- The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
- Marathon Man by William Goldman
- The Torrents of Spring by Ernest Hemingway
- Lives of the Stoics by Ryan Holiday & Stephen Hanselman
- How to Be Perfect by Michael Schur
- Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
- Don't Be Evil by Rana Foroohar
- Distracted by Maggie Jackson
- Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez
- The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff & Jonathan Haidt
- Islands in the Stream by Ernest Hemingway
- Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neil
- Make Something Wonderful by Steve Jobs
- The Black Swan: Second Edition by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Meditations by Marcus Aurelius & Gregory Hays
- The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
- Cross Country by Rickey Gates
- How to Talk to a Science Denier by Lee McIntyre
- Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson
- At Home by Bill Bryson
- Adrift by Scott Galloway
- The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson
- Educated by Tara Westover
- Mistborn: Secret History by Brandon Sanderson
- The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
- Life in Five Senses by Gretchen Rubin
- Shut Up, Legs! by Jens Voigt & James Startt
- Post Corona by Scott Galloway
- Dynasty by Tom Holland
- The Secret History of Mac Gaming by Richard Moss
- The Puzzler by AJ Jacobs & Greg Pliska
- Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
- Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
- The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson
- The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
- Freakonomics Rev Ed by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
- Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
- Davos Man by Peter S. Goodman
- The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
- This Is Your Brain on Food by Uma Naidoo
- Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
- Edgedancer by Brandon Sanderson
- Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson
- Dawnshard by Brandon Sanderson
- Dr. No by Ian Fleming
- How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein
- Goldfinger by Ian Fleming
- Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson
- The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter
- The Open-Air Life by Linda Åkeson McGurk
- Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
- Trespassing Across America by Ken Ilgunas
- The Longest Race by Kara Goucher
- Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
- Walden on Wheels: On the Open Road from Debt to Freedom by Ken Ilgunas
- This Land Is Our Land by Ken Ilgunas
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
- Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection by Brandon Sanderson
- For Your Eyes Only by Ian Fleming
- The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
- All Souls Lost by Dan Moren
- The Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz
- The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye by David Lagercrantz
- The Girl Who Lived Twice by David Lagercrantz & George Goulding
- The Girl in the Eagle's Talons by Karin Smirnoff & Sarah Death
- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Trinity's Child by William Prochnau
- Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam Grant
- Tress of the Emerald Sea: A Cosmere Novel by Brandon Sanderson
- The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson
- Yumi and the Nightmare Painter: A Cosmere Novel by Brandon Sanderson
- Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert M. Sapolsky
- Secrets of the Autistic Millionaire by David William Plummer
- The Sunlit Man: A Cosmere Novel by Brandon Sanderson
- Everybody Lies by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
- Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success by Adam Grant
- Cultish by Amanda Montell
- Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport
- The First Rule of Mastery by Michael Gervais, PhD
- American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird & Martin J. Sherwin
- King Dork by Frank Portman
- Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds by David Goggins
- King Dork Approximately by Frank Portman
- Have Yourself a Minimalist Christmas: Slow Down, Save Money & Enjoy a More Intentional Holiday by Meg Nordmann
- Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within by David Goggins
- Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora
- The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman
- Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things by Adam Grant
- Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
- I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
- Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant
- 1984 by George Orwell
- The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living by Ryan Holiday & Stephen Hanselman