{"id":5240,"date":"2024-01-05T13:20:49","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T20:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rob.rs\/?p=5240"},"modified":"2024-01-05T16:06:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T23:06:55","slug":"5240","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rob.rs\/?p=5240","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#x1F4DA; I read 127 books in 2023, slightly down from an all-time high of <a href=\"https:\/\/rob.rs\/?p=4613\">138 in 2022<\/a>. 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 (&#x1F44B; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonsanderson.com\/\">Brandon Sanderson<\/a>). I also took a break from audiobooks to re-listen to the entire run of <a href=\"https:\/\/thehistoryofrome.typepad.com\/\">The History of Rome Podcast<\/a>, which took the better part of a month.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rob.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/foo-1.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"foo.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the complete 2023 list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Spartacus<\/b> by Howard Fast<\/li>\n<li><b>Nothing Lasts Forever (Basis for the film Die Hard)<\/b> by Roderick Thorp<\/li>\n<li><b>Steal Like an Artist<\/b> by Austin Kleon<\/li>\n<li><b>The Bullet Journal Method<\/b> by Ryder Carroll<\/li>\n<li><b>You Never Forget Your First<\/b> by Alexis Coe<\/li>\n<li><b>The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway<\/b> by Ernest Hemingway<\/li>\n<li><b>The Four Tendencies<\/b> by Gretchen Rubin<\/li>\n<li><b>The LEGO Story<\/b> by Jens Andersen<\/li>\n<li><b>Upgrade<\/b> by Blake Crouch<\/li>\n<li><b>Fletch<\/b> by Gregory Mcdonald<\/li>\n<li><b>The Iliad<\/b> by Homer<\/li>\n<li><b>Confess, Fletch<\/b> by Gregory Mcdonald<\/li>\n<li><b>Fletch&#8217;s Fortune<\/b> by Gregory Mcdonald<\/li>\n<li><b>Fletch and the Widow Bradley<\/b> by Gregory Mcdonald<\/li>\n<li><b>Mistborn<\/b> by Brandon Sanderson<\/li>\n<li><b>Fletch&apos;s Moxie<\/b> by Gregory Mcdonald<\/li>\n<li><b>Build<\/b> by Tony Fadell<\/li>\n<li><b>Fletch and the Man Who<\/b> by Gregory Mcdonald<\/li>\n<li><b>Steve Jobs<\/b> by Walter Isaacson<\/li>\n<li><b>The Odyssey<\/b> by Homer<\/li>\n<li><b>Inside Steve&apos;s Brain<\/b> by Leander Kahney<\/li>\n<li><b>Revolution in The Valley<\/b> by Andy Hertzfeld<\/li>\n<li><b>Becoming Steve Jobs<\/b> by Brent Schlender &amp; Rick Tetzeli<\/li>\n<li><b>The Bayern Agenda<\/b> by Dan Moren<\/li>\n<li><b>Fire in the Valley<\/b> by Michael Swaine &amp; Paul Freiberger<\/li>\n<li><b>The Perks of Being a Wallflower<\/b> by Stephen Chbosky<\/li>\n<li><b>The Perks of Being a Wallflower<\/b> by Stephen Chbosky<\/li>\n<li><b>Project Hail Mary<\/b> by Andy Weir<\/li>\n<li><b>iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon<\/b> by Steve Wozniak<\/li>\n<li><b>The Well of Ascension<\/b> by Brandon Sanderson<\/li>\n<li><b>Building a Second Brain<\/b> by Tiago Forte<\/li>\n<li><b>The Hero of Ages<\/b> by Brandon Sanderson<\/li>\n<li><b>Marathon Man<\/b> by William Goldman<\/li>\n<li><b>The Torrents of Spring<\/b> by Ernest Hemingway<\/li>\n<li><b>Lives of the Stoics<\/b> by Ryan Holiday &amp; Stephen Hanselman<\/li>\n<li><b>How to Be Perfect<\/b> by Michael Schur<\/li>\n<li><b>Four Thousand Weeks<\/b> by Oliver Burkeman<\/li>\n<li><b>Don&apos;t Be Evil<\/b> by Rana Foroohar<\/li>\n<li><b>Distracted<\/b> by Maggie Jackson<\/li>\n<li><b>Invisible Women<\/b> by Caroline Criado Perez<\/li>\n<li><b>The Coddling of the American Mind<\/b> by Greg Lukianoff &amp; Jonathan Haidt<\/li>\n<li><b>Islands in the Stream<\/b> by Ernest Hemingway<\/li>\n<li><b>Weapons of Math Destruction<\/b> by Cathy O&apos;Neil<\/li>\n<li><b>Make Something Wonderful<\/b> by Steve Jobs<\/li>\n<li><b>The Black Swan: Second Edition<\/b> by Nassim Nicholas Taleb<\/li>\n<li><b>Skin in the Game<\/b> by Nassim Nicholas Taleb<\/li>\n<li><b>Fooled by Randomness<\/b> by Nassim Nicholas Taleb<\/li>\n<li><b>Meditations<\/b> by Marcus Aurelius &amp; Gregory Hays<\/li>\n<li><b>The Alloy of Law<\/b> by Brandon Sanderson<\/li>\n<li><b>Cross Country<\/b> by Rickey Gates<\/li>\n<li><b>How to Talk to a Science Denier<\/b> by Lee McIntyre<\/li>\n<li><b>Shadows of Self<\/b> by Brandon Sanderson<\/li>\n<li><b>At Home<\/b> by Bill Bryson<\/li>\n<li><b>Adrift<\/b> by Scott Galloway<\/li>\n<li><b>The Bands of Mourning<\/b> by Brandon Sanderson<\/li>\n<li><b>Educated<\/b> by Tara Westover<\/li>\n<li><b>Mistborn: Secret History<\/b> by Brandon Sanderson<\/li>\n<li><b>The Bourne Identity<\/b> by Robert Ludlum<\/li>\n<li><b>Life in Five Senses<\/b> by Gretchen Rubin<\/li>\n<li><b>Shut Up, Legs!<\/b> by Jens Voigt &amp; James Startt<\/li>\n<li><b>Post Corona<\/b> by Scott Galloway<\/li>\n<li><b>Dynasty<\/b> by Tom Holland<\/li>\n<li><b>The Secret History of Mac Gaming<\/b> by Richard Moss<\/li>\n<li><b>The Puzzler<\/b> by AJ Jacobs &amp; Greg Pliska<\/li>\n<li><b>Heart of Darkness<\/b> by Joseph Conrad<\/li>\n<li><b>Demon Copperhead<\/b> by Barbara Kingsolver<\/li>\n<li><b>The Lost Metal<\/b> by Brandon Sanderson<\/li>\n<li><b>The Da Vinci Code<\/b> by Dan Brown<\/li>\n<li><b>Freakonomics Rev Ed<\/b> by Steven D. Levitt &amp; Stephen J. Dubner<\/li>\n<li><b>Killers of the Flower Moon<\/b> by David Grann<\/li>\n<li><b>Davos Man<\/b> by Peter S. Goodman<\/li>\n<li><b>The Way of Kings<\/b> by Brandon Sanderson<\/li>\n<li><b>This Is Your Brain on Food<\/b> by Uma Naidoo<\/li>\n<li><b>Words of Radiance<\/b> by Brandon Sanderson<\/li>\n<li><b>Edgedancer<\/b> by Brandon Sanderson<\/li>\n<li><b>Oathbringer<\/b> by Brandon Sanderson<\/li>\n<li><b>Dawnshard<\/b> by Brandon Sanderson<\/li>\n<li><b>Dr. No<\/b> by Ian Fleming<\/li>\n<li><b>How the States Got Their Shapes<\/b> by Mark Stein<\/li>\n<li><b>Goldfinger<\/b> by Ian Fleming<\/li>\n<li><b>Rhythm of War<\/b> by Brandon Sanderson<\/li>\n<li><b>The Comfort Crisis<\/b> by Michael Easter<\/li>\n<li><b>The Open-Air Life<\/b> by Linda &#197;keson McGurk<\/li>\n<li><b>Elantris<\/b> by Brandon Sanderson<\/li>\n<li><b>Trespassing Across America<\/b> by Ken Ilgunas<\/li>\n<li><b>The Longest Race<\/b> by Kara Goucher<\/li>\n<li><b>Warbreaker<\/b> by Brandon Sanderson<\/li>\n<li><b>Walden on Wheels: On the Open Road from Debt to Freedom<\/b> by Ken Ilgunas<\/li>\n<li><b>This Land Is Our Land<\/b> by Ken Ilgunas<\/li>\n<li><b>The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo<\/b> by Stieg Larsson<\/li>\n<li><b>Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection<\/b> by Brandon Sanderson<\/li>\n<li><b>For Your Eyes Only<\/b> by Ian Fleming<\/li>\n<li><b>The Girl Who Played with Fire<\/b> by Stieg Larsson<\/li>\n<li><b>The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet&apos;s Nest<\/b> by Stieg Larsson<\/li>\n<li><b>All Souls Lost<\/b> by Dan Moren<\/li>\n<li><b>The Girl in the Spider&apos;s Web<\/b> by David Lagercrantz<\/li>\n<li><b>The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye<\/b> by David Lagercrantz<\/li>\n<li><b>The Girl Who Lived Twice<\/b> by David Lagercrantz &amp; George Goulding<\/li>\n<li><b>The Girl in the Eagle&apos;s Talons<\/b> by Karin Smirnoff &amp; Sarah Death<\/li>\n<li><b>The Handmaid&apos;s Tale<\/b> by Margaret Atwood<\/li>\n<li><b>Trinity&apos;s Child<\/b> by William Prochnau<\/li>\n<li><b>Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World<\/b> by Adam Grant<\/li>\n<li><b>Tress of the Emerald Sea: A Cosmere Novel<\/b> by Brandon Sanderson<\/li>\n<li><b>The Frugal Wizard&#8217;s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England<\/b> by Brandon Sanderson<\/li>\n<li><b>Yumi and the Nightmare Painter: A Cosmere Novel<\/b> by Brandon Sanderson<\/li>\n<li><b>Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst<\/b> by Robert M. Sapolsky<\/li>\n<li><b>Secrets of the Autistic Millionaire<\/b> by David William Plummer<\/li>\n<li><b>The Sunlit Man: A Cosmere Novel<\/b> by Brandon Sanderson<\/li>\n<li><b>Everybody Lies<\/b> by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz<\/li>\n<li><b>Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success<\/b> by Adam Grant<\/li>\n<li><b>Cultish<\/b> by Amanda Montell<\/li>\n<li><b>Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World<\/b> by Cal Newport<\/li>\n<li><b>The First Rule of Mastery<\/b> by Michael Gervais, PhD<\/li>\n<li><b>American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer<\/b> by Kai Bird &amp; Martin J. Sherwin<\/li>\n<li><b>King Dork<\/b> by Frank Portman<\/li>\n<li><b>Can&apos;t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds<\/b> by David Goggins<\/li>\n<li><b>King Dork Approximately<\/b> by Frank Portman<\/li>\n<li><b>Have Yourself a Minimalist Christmas: Slow Down, Save Money &amp; Enjoy a More Intentional Holiday<\/b> by Meg Nordmann<\/li>\n<li><b>Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within<\/b> by David Goggins<\/li>\n<li><b>Solito: A Memoir<\/b> by Javier Zamora<\/li>\n<li><b>The 5 Love Languages<\/b> by Gary Chapman<\/li>\n<li><b>Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things<\/b> by Adam Grant<\/li>\n<li><b>Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing<\/b> by Matthew Perry<\/li>\n<li><b>I&apos;m Glad My Mom Died<\/b> by Jennette McCurdy<\/li>\n<li><b>Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don&apos;t Know<\/b> by Adam Grant<\/li>\n<li><b>1984<\/b> by George Orwell<\/li>\n<li><b>The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living<\/b> by Ryan Holiday &amp; Stephen Hanselman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#x1F4DA; 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 (&#x1F44B; Brandon Sanderson). 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