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Library

I used to read a lot. As a child, and then as a teenager, I almost always had my face in a book. If my personal habits over the last decade are of any indication, my appetite for literature was fueled by the lack of portable technology available to me in the 90's and early aughts—and as 2020 has taught all of us, what we need these days is less tech, not more.

So, in support of my single 2021 resolution to "slow the fuck down," I'm going to replace my doomscrolling habit with a book-reading one, and what better way to do that than to hold myself accountable with a rolling log of books I have read? A book-logbook, if you will.

I should probably note that some of these books will be ones I've read dozens of times (re-reads are conveniently marked with an asterisk), while others will be one-and-dones (ones-and-done?). I'm sure there will be a few I don't even bother to finish (and a bunch that aren't even technically books... comics, audiobooks, or essays, anyone?), but it's my list and I'll do what I want with it.

Also, it's important to acknowledge that some authors are great writers, but less-than-great people. It shouldn't need to be said, but my choosing to read a book does not constitute support of an author's personal beliefs (or even the contents of the book itself).

Currently Reading

  1. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
  2. Revolutionary Brotherhood by Steven C. Bullock

Books Read in 2025

Goal: 6 of 50

  1. The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl #6) by Matt Dinniman
  2. This Inevitable Ruin (Dungeon Crawler Carl #7) by Matt Dinniman
  3. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius [translated by Jeffrey Ito]
  4. Run Program by Scott Meyer
  5. The Enchiridion by Epictetus [translated by Brandon Hulet]
  6. Right Thing, Right Now (The Stoic Virtues #3) by Ryan Holiday

Recommended

  1. The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl #6) by Matt Dinniman
  2. This Inevitable Ruin (Dungeon Crawler Carl #7) by Matt Dinniman
  3. Right Thing, Right Now (The Stoic Virtues #3) by Ryan Holiday

Books Read in 2024

  1. Good Inside by Dr. Becky Kennedy
  2. Managing Humans by Michael Lopp
  3. * The Dhammapada by Gotama Buddha [translated by Thomas Byrom]
  4. An Open Heart by The Dalai Lama
  5. The Bhagavad-Gita by Barbara Stoler Miller
  6. On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt