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Over the last couple of years I've put a conscious effort into reading more. I've always enjoyed reading as a hobby, but the more my career progressed and the more time I spent in front of a computer, the less time I spent reading. Initially, one of my goals and motivations, was to read more non-fiction and learn by digging deeper into topics. It’s pretty clear from skimming this list that I've found sticking to non-fiction to be a challenge and tend to read sci-fi more than anything else.

I've added an * after the title to my favourites, which I especially enjoyed and I would highly recommend.


2021

The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't

The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't

Nate Silver
Radicalized

Radicalized

Cory Doctorow
The Practice: Shipping Creative Work

The Practice: Shipping Creative Work

Seth Godin
The New Me

The New Me

Halle Butler
The Lathe of Heaven

The Lathe of Heaven

Ursula K. Le Guin

2020

The Midnight Library

The Midnight Library*

Matt Haig
The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood
Eat a Peach

Eat a Peach

David Chang
Attack Surface

Attack Surface*

Cory Doctorow
Science Fictions: The Epidemic of Fraud, Bias, Negligence and Hype in Science

Science Fictions: The Epidemic of Fraud, Bias, Negligence and Hype in Science*

Stuart Ritchie
The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power

The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power

Desmond Cole
Moon Rising

Moon Rising

Ian McDonald
Invisible Monsters

Invisible Monsters

Chuck Palahniuk
Second Foundation

Second Foundation

Isaac Asimov
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

Matthew Walker
Ego Is the Enemy

Ego Is the Enemy

Ryan Holiday
The Fractal Prince

The Fractal Prince

Hannu Rajaniemi
Embers of War

Embers of War

Gareth L. Powell
Reasons to Stay Alive

Reasons to Stay Alive

Matt Haig
The Quantum Thief

The Quantum Thief

Hannu Rajaniemi
How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us about Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence

How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us about Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence

Michael Pollan
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

Jenny Odell
Stillness Is the Key

Stillness Is the Key

Ryan Holiday
Foundation and Empire

Foundation and Empire

Isaac Asimov
Animal Farm

Animal Farm

George Orwell
Seven Surrenders

Seven Surrenders

Ada Palmer
Overdose: Heartbreak And Hope in Canada’s Opiod Crisis

Overdose: Heartbreak And Hope in Canada’s Opiod Crisis

Benjamin Perrin
Children of Ruin

Children of Ruin

Adrian Tchaikovsky
Permanent Record

Permanent Record

Edward Snowden
Exhalation

Exhalation

Ted Chiang
Shorefall

Shorefall

Robert Jackson Bennett
Dark Age

Dark Age

Pierce Brown
The Peripheral

The Peripheral

William Gibson
Sourdough

Sourdough

Robin Sloan

2016

Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day

Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day

Peter Zuckerman
Aurora

Aurora

Kim Stanley Robinson
The Design of Everyday Things

The Design of Everyday Things

Donald A. Norman