Bookshelf

2025

• Currently reading Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World by Anne-Laure Le Cunff
• Currently reading The Honjin Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #1) by Seishi Yokomizo
• Currently reading The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl
• Meditations for Mortals: Four weeks to embrace your limitations and make time for what counts by Oliver Burkeman
• Very Good Copy: 207 Micro-Lessons on Thinking and Writing Like a Copywriter by Eddie Shleyner
• Unprocessed: How the Food We Eat Is Fuelling Our Mental Health Crisis by Kimberley Wilson
• Company of One: Why Staying Small is the Next Big Thing for Business by Paul Jarvis
• Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli
• Babylonia by Costanza Casati
• How to Be a Dad: The ultimate guide to pregnancy, birth & dirty nappies by Oscar Duke

2024

• Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata
• Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
• Crypto Confidential: Winning and Losing Millions in the New Frontier of Finance by Nathaniel Eliason
• What You Are Looking for Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama
• Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius by Ryan Holiday
• How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius by Donald J. Robertson
• The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
• The Workshop Survival Guide: How to design and teach educational workshops that work every time by Rob Fitzpatrick
• Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport
• The Burnout Society by Byung-Chul Han
• The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
• This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You by Susan Rogers
• Solo: How to Work Alone (and Not Lose Your Mind) by Rebecca Seal
• The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life by Twyla Tharp
• Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1) by Jeff VanderMeer
• Abroad in Japan: Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun by Chris Broad
• Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
• Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
• Musashi: An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era by Eiji Yoshikawa

2023

• The Sicilian by Mario Puzo
• The Godfather by Mario Puzo
• Blankets by Craig Thompson
• Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon by Michael Lewis
• Before & Laughter: A Life Changing Book by Jimmy Carr
• Why Women Are Blamed For Everything: Exposing the Culture of Victim-Blaming by Jessica Taylor
• Kill It with Fire: Manage Aging Computer Systems (and Future Proof Modern Ones) by Marianne Bellotti
• Going Zero by Anthony McCarten
• Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
• Mindset by Carol S. Dweck
• With Winning in Mind by Lanny Bassham
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
• Secret Tradecraft of Elite Advisors: Covert Techniques for a Remarkable Practice by David C. Baker
• Draw to Win: A Crash Course on How to Lead, Sell, and Innovate With Your Visual Mind by Dan Roam
• Ghost Music by An Yu
• Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
• The Great Depression: A Diary by Benjamin Roth
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding
• Anathem by Neal Stephenson
• Stories From A Whisky Bar by Ralfy Mitchell

2022

• The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
• Dark Days: A Memoir by D. Randall Blythe
• How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion by Derek Sivers
• The Death of Kings (Emperor, #2) by Conn Iggulden
• Wisdom of the Ancients: Life lessons from our distant past by Neil Oliver
• The Lost Art of Reading: Books and Resistance in a Troubled Time by David L. Ulin
• The Gates of Rome (Emperor, #1) by Conn Iggulden
• Dopamine Detox : A Short Guide to Remove Distractions and Train Your Brain to Do Hard Things (Productivity Series Book 1) by Thibaut Meurisse
• The Meaning in the Making: The Why and How Behind Our Human Need to Create by Sean Tucker
• Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake
• Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman
• Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work that Lasts by Ryan Holiday
• Black Box Thinking: The Surprising Truth About Success by Matthew Syed
• The Listening Book by William Allaudin Mathieu
• Kettlebell Simple & Sinister by Pavel Tsatsouline
• In Praise of Shadows by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
• Four Thousand Weeks: Time and How to Use It by Oliver Burkeman
• Dune (Dune Chronicles, #1) by Frank Herbert
• Beartown (Beartown, #1) by Fredrik Backman

2021

• The Effective Executive by Peter F. Drucker
• The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
• Badass Your Brand: The Impatient Entrepreneur's Guide to Turning Expertise into Profit by Pia Silva
• Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
• Eleven Rings by Phil Jackson
• Buddhism without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening by Stephen Batchelor
• The Problems of Philosophy: Brief and Accessible Guide to the Problems of Philosophy - Bertrand Russell's Philosophical Exploration: Navigating the Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
• Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
• Good Services: How to Design Services that Work by Lou Downe
• Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
• Managing Oneself (Harvard Business Review Classics) by Peter F. Drucker
• Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process by John McPhee
• Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
• The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts by Shane Parrish
• The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
• Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman
• The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
• Hell Yeah or No: What's Worth Doing by Derek Sivers
• The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason

2020

• The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1) by Richard Osman
• The Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald
• Andy Warhol Was a Hoarder: Inside the Minds of History's Great Personalities by Claudia Kalb
• Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son (Illustrated) by George Horace Lorimer
• The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness by Eric Jorgenson
• The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
• Digital Minimalism: On Living Better with Less Technology by Cal Newport
• How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
• Stoicism and the Art of Happiness: Practical wisdom for everyday life: embrace perseverance, strength and happiness with stoic philosophy (Teach Yourself) by Donald J. Robertson
• Waking Up: Searching for Spirituality Without Religion by Sam Harris
• I am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
• Sum: Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman
• Brunel: The Man Who Built the World by Steven Brindle
• How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers by Sönke Ahrens
• Turn The Ship Around! by L. David Marquet
• Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
• Search for a whisky bothy by Ralfy Mitchell
• Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari

2019

• Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money - That The Poor And Middle Class Do Not! by Robert T. Kiyosaki
• Artemis by Andy Weir
• Changer (KESTREL #1) by Matt Gemmell
• Stillness is the Key: An Ancient Strategy for Modern Life by Ryan Holiday
• Make Time: How to focus on what matters every day by Jake Knapp
• Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber
• Educated by Tara Westover
• This is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn To See by Seth Godin
• The Trusted Advisor by David H. Maister
• The Business of Expertise: How Entrepreneurial Experts Convert Insight to Impact + Wealth by David C. Baker
• The Lessons of History by Will Durant
• Fail Fast, Fail Often: How Losing Can Help You Win by Ryan Babineaux
• A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life by Donald Miller
• I Hear You: The Surprisingly Simple Skill Behind Extraordinary Relationships by Michael S. Sorensen
• Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs by Ken Kocienda
• The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson

2018

• It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried
• How To Be Right… in a World Gone Wrong by James O'Brien
• Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones by James Clear
• Total Competition: Lessons in Strategy from Formula One by Ross Brawn
• Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown
• Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine by Mike Michalowicz
• Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig
• When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel H. Pink
• The Simple Path to Wealth: Your road map to financial independence and a rich, free life by JL Collins
• The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness by Dave Ramsey
• Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It by Chris Voss
• The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Keeping Your Shit Together: How to Run Your Business Without Letting it Run You by Sherry Walling
• Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen by Donald Miller
• The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living: Featuring new translations of Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius by Ryan Holiday
• Landscape Photography On Location: Travel, Learn, Explore, Shoot by Thomas Heaton
• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

2017

• Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture by David Kushner
• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
• The Rosie Project (Don Tillman #1) by Graeme Simsion
• Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine by Derren Brown
• Confessions of a Public Speaker by Scott Berkun
• Wonder by R.J. Palacio
• So You've Been Publicly Shamed (Picador Collection) by Jon Ronson
• Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days by Jake Knapp
• A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
• Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE by Phil Knight
• The Inner Game of Tennis: The ultimate guide to the mental side of peak performance by W. Timothy Gallwey
• The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson
• The Dance of the Possible: the mostly honest completely irreverent guide to creativity by Scott Berkun
• Creativity, Inc.: an inspiring look at how creativity can - and should - be harnessed for business success by the founder of Pixar by Ed Catmull
• The Miracle Of Mindfulness: The Classic Guide to Meditation by the World's Most Revered Master (Classic Edition) by Thich Nhat Hanh
• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
• Reinvent Yourself by James Altucher
• Everybody Writes: Your Go-To Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content by Ann Handley
• Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It by Kamal Ravikant
• Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
• The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
• Poke the Box: When Was the Last Time You Did Something for the First Time? by Seth Godin
• The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham

2016

• Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance
• Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday
• Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) by Pierce Brown
• Pricing Design by Dan Mall
• Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered by Austin Kleon
• Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon
• Do the Work by Steven Pressfield
• Zen to Done by Leo Babauta
• Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport

2015

• I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
• The Win Without Pitching Manifesto by Blair Enns
• The Good Creative by Paul Jarvis
• UnMarketing: Stop Marketing, Start Engaging by Scott Stratten
• The 22 Immutable Laws Of Marketing by Al Ries
• Anything You Want by Derek Sivers
• The Positioning Manual for Technical Firms by Philip Morgan
• The Brain Audit: Why Customers Buy (and Why They Don't) by Sean D'Souza
• Michael Schumacher by James Allen
• 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done by Peter Bregman
• Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
• Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
• 59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot by Richard Wiseman
• Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose by Tony Hsieh
• The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone
• The 7 Day Startup: You Don't Learn Until You Launch by Dan Norris
• Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
• Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
• The Martian by Andy Weir
• The Whisky Cabinet: Your guide to enjoying the most delicious whiskies in the world by Mark Bylok
• Authority: A Step-by-Step Guide to Self-Publishing by Nathan Barry
• Life's a Game So Fix the Odds: How to Be More Persuasive and Influential in Your Personal and Business Life by Philip Hesketh
• Double Your Freelancing Rate by Brennan Dunn
• The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss

2014

• The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph by Ryan Holiday
• American Gods by Neil Gaiman
• Stop Thinking Like a Freelancer: The Evolution of a $1M Web Designer by Liam Veitch
• Responsible Responsive Design by Scott Jehl
• The Choose Yourself Stories by James Altucher
• Choose Yourself: Be Happy, Make Millions, Live the Dream by James Altucher
• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
• Brand You by John Purkiss
• Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems by Steve Krug
• Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
• Nicely Said: Writing for the Web with Style and Purpose (Voices That Matter) by Nicole Fenton
• Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
• Execute by Josh Long
• Mobile First by Luke Wroblewski
• Everything I Know by Paul Jarvis
• On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
• Coraline by Neil Gaiman
• Work for Money, Design for Love: Answers to the Most Frequently Asked Questions About Starting and Running a Successful Design Business (Voices That Matter) by David Airey

2013

• Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder
• Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) by Suzanne Collins
• Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) by Suzanne Collins
• The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
• The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins
• SuperEgo by Julia Wurz
• 1984 by George Orwell
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel