Bookshelf
These are books I’ve read and would read again, listed alphabetically. There’s a present me bias toward books I’ve read recently and care about now (summer ’25).
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A Small Matter of Programming by Bonnie Nardi For programmers
Born to Run by Christopher McDougall For runners
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver For Dickens readers
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff by Richard Carlson For humans
Hackers & Painters by Paul Graham For programmers
How Not to Die by Dr. Michael Greger For the vegan-interested
Make It Stick by Brown, Roediger, McDaniel For lifelong learners
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering by Richard Hamming For programmers
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron For (aspiring) artists
The Business of Being a Writer by Jane Friedman For writers and bloggers
The Coddling of the American Mind by Jonathan Haidt & Greg Lukianoff For Gen Z and Gen Z-interested
The Creative Act by Rick Rubin For creatives, artists
The David Foster Wallace Reader by David Foster Wallace For anyone, really
The Dream Machine by Mitchell Waldrop For programmers
The Food Lab by Kenji López-Alt For science-y cooks
The Last Traverse by Ty Gagne For hikers, skiers, White Mountaineers
Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker For humans
Word By Word by Kory Stamper For word nerds