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19 books — 3 on the go, 10 finished this year.

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The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Philosophical · Fiction52 days instarted 2026

2026 5 finished

Creativity, Inc.

Ed Catmull

A look inside the creative culture at Pixar

Design · Business

Finished in 32 days

Notes from Underground

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Philosophical · Fiction

Finished in 22 days

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt

Fiction

Finished in 19 days

The Secret History

Donna Tartt

Fiction · Dark Academia

Finished in 19 days

The Expanse (Book 1-6)

James S. A. Corey

Sci-fi

Finished in 384 days

2025 3 finished

We Are What We Eat

Alice Waters

A slow-food manifesto that reads as a critique of convenience culture generally.

Food · Culture

Finished in 19 days Quoted in 1 post →

Chip Wars

Chris Miller

The race to design and manufacture semiconductor microchips

Technology

Finished in 30 days

The Design of Everyday Things

Don Norman

Design

Finished in 28 days

2024 2 finished

Material World

Ed Conway

Six materials that make the modern world; the copper chapter is the best thing I've read on the subject.

Technology

Finished in 30 days

Zero to One

Peter Thiel

Business · Startups

Finished in 14 days