books

As a bibliophile, I keep a record of books I've read and want to read, along with lists of books as recommendations. I mostly read science fiction, along with drama, crime, noir, historical fiction, and occasionally non-fiction as an educational exercise. notations: 📚 - paper book ; 💾 - ebook

I'm currently reading 2 books, want to read 194 books, and have read 615 books to date.

Books I'm Currently Reading

Meditations_📚physical - non-fiction by Marcus Aurelius (180)
Naked_📚physical - non-fiction by David Sedaris (1997)

Books I Want to Read

1. Simply Maths _📚physical - fiction & sci-fi by D.K. Publishing (2022)
2. A Master of Djinn _💾digital - fiction & sci-fi by P. Djèlí Clark (2021)
3. Cogs and Monsters: What Economics Is, and What It Should Be - non-fiction by Diane Coyle (2021)
4. Dial A for Aunties - fiction by Jesse Q. Sutanto (2021)
5. Helgoland: The World of Quantum Theory - non-fiction by Carlo Rovelli (2021)
6. Industry Unbound: The Inside Story of Privacy, Data, and Corporate Power - non-fiction by Ari Ezra Waldman (2021)
7. Light from Uncommon Stars - fiction & sci-fi by Ryka Aoki (2021)
8. Rabbits - fiction & sci-fi by Terry Miles (2021)
9. Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting - non-fiction by Lisa Genova (2021)
10. Shards of Earth - fiction & sci-fi by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2021)
11. Termination Shock - fiction & sci-fi by Neil Stephenson (2021)
12. The All-Consuming World - fiction & sci-fi by Cassandra Khaw (2021)
13. The Books of Jacob _📚physical - fiction & sci-fi by Olga Tokarczuk (2021)
14. The Comfort Book - non-fiction by Matt Haig (2021)
15. The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis - non-fiction by Amitav Ghosh (2021)
16. The Reading List - fiction by Sara Nisha Adams (2021)
17. The Sentence - fiction by Louise Erdrich (2021)
18. The Shortest History Of China _💾digital - non-fiction by Linda Jaivin (2021)
19. The Space Between Worlds _💾digital - fiction & sci-fi by Micaiah Johnson (2021)
20. Why Privacy Matters - non-fiction by Neil Richards (2021)
21. Antkind _📚physical - by Charlie Kaufman (2020)
22. Attack Surface _💾digital - fiction & sci-fi by Cory Doctorow (2020)
23. Beyond the Gender Binary - non-fiction by Alok Vaid-Menon (2020)
24. Black Leopard, Red Wolf - fiction & sci-fi by Marlon James (2020)
25. Black Sun - fiction & sci-fi by Rebecca Roanhorse (2020)
26. Burnt Sugar - fiction by Avni Doshi (2020)
27. I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf - non-fiction by Grant Snider (2020)
28. Kleptopia: How Dirty Money Is Conquering the World - non-fiction by Tom Burgis (2020)
29. Some Assembly Required: Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA - non-fiction by Neil Shubin (2020)
30. The Doors of Eden _💾digital - fiction & sci-fi by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2020)
31. The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) _💾digital - non-fiction by Katie Mack (2020)
32. To Sleep in a Sea of Stars - fiction & sci-fi by Christopher Paolini (2020)
33. Lanny - by Max Porter (2019)
34. Middlegame - fiction & sci-fi by Seanan McGuire (2019)
35. Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide _💾digital - by Richard Dawkins (2019)
36. Red, White & Royal Blue - by Casey McQuiston (2019)
37. Superheavy: Making and Breaking the Periodic Table _💾digital - non-fiction by Kit Chapman (2019)
38. The AI Does Not Hate You: Superintelligence, Rationality and the Race to Save the World - by Tom Chivers (2019)
39. The Binding - by Bridget Collins (2019)
40. The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays - by Esmé Weijun Wang (2019)
41. The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains - non-fiction by Joseph E. LeDoux (2019)
42. The Fire Starters - by Jan Carson (2019)
43. The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts _💾digital - fiction & sci-fi by Shane Parrish (2019)
44. Thick: And Other Essays - by Tressie McMillan Cottom (2019)
45. Unauthorized Bread - by Cory Doctorow (2019)
46. Walking to Aldebaran _💾digital - fiction & sci-fi by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2019)
47. Zed - by Joanna Kavenna (2019)
48. Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World - non-fiction by Meredith Broussard (2018)
49. Binti - fiction & sci-fi by Nnedi Okorafor (2018)
50. Bullshit Jobs: A Theory - by David Graeber (2018)
51. Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms - by Hannah Fry (2018)
52. Re-engineering Humanity - non-fiction by Brett Frischmann and Evan Selinger (2018)
53. Semiosis _💾digital - fiction & sci-fi by Sue Burke (2018)
54. The Art of Logic in an Illogical World - by Eugenia Cheng (2018)
55. The Perils of Perception: Why We're Wrong About Nearly Everything _💾digital - fiction & sci-fi by Bobby Duffy (2018)
56. The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One _📚physical - by Amanda Lovelace (2018)
57. Women Talking - by Miriam Toews (2018)
58. Life 3.0 Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence _💾digital - non-fiction by Max Tegmark (2017)
59. Rosewater - fiction & sci-fi by Tade Thompson (2017)
60. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness - by Arundhati Roy (2017)
61. The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. _💾digital - by Neal Stephenson (2017)
62. Theft by Finding Diaries _📚physical - non-fiction by David Sedaris (2017)
63. Unsong - fiction & sci-fi by Scott Alexander (2017)
64. Hitman Anders and the Meaning of it all _📚physical - fiction & sci-fi by Jonas Jonasson (2016)
65. Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong—and the New Research That's Rewriting the Story - by Angela Saini (2016)
66. Infomocracy - fiction & sci-fi by Malka Ann Older (2016)
67. Ninefox Gambit _💾digital - fiction & sci-fi by Yoon Ha Lee (2016)
68. Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise - by K. Anders Ericsson (2016)
69. Psychology: A Complete Introduction _💾digital - by Sandi Mann (2016)
70. Radiance - fiction & sci-fi by Catherynne M. Valente (2016)
71. Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere) - by Lisa Cron (2016)
72. The Gene: An Intimate History _📚physical - non-fiction by Siddhartha Mukherjee (2016)
73. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - fiction & sci-fi by Becky Chambers (2016)
74. The Medusa Chronicles _📚physical - fiction & sci-fi by Stephen Baxter & Alastair Reynolds (2016)
75. The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories - fiction & sci-fi by Ken Liu (2016)
76. Three Moments of an Explosion: Stories _💾digital - fiction & sci-fi by China Miéville (2016)
77. A Darker Shade of Magic - fiction & sci-fi by V.E. Schwab (2015)
78. Aurora _💾digital - fiction & sci-fi by Kim Stanley Robinson (2015)
79. Rationality: From AI to Zombies - by Eliezer Yudkowsky (2015)
80. The Just City - fiction & sci-fi by Jo Walton (2015)
81. The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life - by Nick Lane (2015)
82. The Wind's Twelve Quarters & The Compass Rose _📚physical - fiction & sci-fi by Ursula K. Le Guinn (2015)
83. Discourses and Enchiridion - by Epictetus (2014)
84. Echopraxia _💾digital - fiction & sci-fi by Peter Watts (2014)
85. MaddAddam _📚physical - fiction & sci-fi by Margaret Atwood (2014)
86. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies - by Nick Bostrom (2014)
87. Every Cradle is a Grave: Rethinking the Ethics of Birth and Suicide - by Sarah Perry (2013)
88. Homeland _📚physical - fiction & sci-fi by Cory Doctorow (2013)
89. Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls _📚physical - non-fiction by David Sedaris (2013)
90. Proxima _💾digital - fiction & sci-fi by Stephen Baxter (2013)
91. The Year of the Flood - fiction & sci-fi by Margaret Atwood (2013)
92. Time is the Fire: The Best of Connie Willis _💾digital - fiction & sci-fi by Connie Willis (2013)
93. Waste Tide - fiction & sci-fi by Chen Qiufan (2013)
94. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking _📚physical - non-fiction by Susan Cain (2012)
95. The Unreal and the Real: Selected Stories, Volume One: Where on Earth _📚physical - fiction & sci-fi by Ursula K. Le Guin (2012)
96. The Unreal and the Real: Selected Stories, Volume Two: Outer Space, Inner Lands _📚physical - fiction & sci-fi by Ursula K. Le Guin (2012)
97. Debt: The First 5,000 Years - non-fiction by David Graeber (2011)
98. Leviathan Wakes _💾digital - fiction & sci-fi by James S. A. Corey (2011)
99. Reamde _💾digital - by Neal Stephenson (2011)
100. 1Q84: Book 3 - fiction & sci-fi by Haruki Murakami (2010)
101. Chomsky On Anarchism - by Noam Chomsky (2010)
102. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer - by Siddhartha Mukherjee (2010)
103. 1Q84: Book 1 _💾digital - fiction & sci-fi by Haruki Murakami (2009)
104. 1Q84: Book 2 _💾digital - fiction & sci-fi by Haruki Murakami (2009)
105. Wireless _📚physical - fiction & sci-fi by Charles Stross (2009)
106. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy - non-fiction by David D. Burns (2008)
107. Incandescence _💾digital - fiction & sci-fi by Greg Egan (2008)
108. Revelation Space _💾digital - fiction & sci-fi by Alastair Reynolds (2008)
109. The Enchantress of Florence _📚physical - fiction by Salman Rushdie (2008)
110. The Improv Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Improvising in Comedy, Theatre, and Beyond - by Tom Salinsky (2008)
111. When You Are Engulfed in Flames _📚physical - non-fiction by David Sedaris (2008)
112. Animal's People - by Indra Sinha (2007)
113. The Last Wish _💾digital - fiction & sci-fi by Andrzej Sapkowski (2007)
114. The God Delusion _📚physical - non-fiction by Richard Dawkins (2006)
115. Death with Interruptions - by José Saramago (2005)
116. Olympos - by Dan Simmons (2005)
117. The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom - by Jonathan Haidt (2005)
118. Cloud Atlas - by David Mitchell (2004)
119. Going Postal _💾digital - fiction & sci-fi by Terry Pratchett (2004)
120. The Confusion - by Neal Stephenson (2004)
121. The System of the World - by Neal Stephenson (2004)
122. An Introduction to Contemporary Metaethics - by Alex Miller (2003)
123. Ilium - by Dan Simmons (2003)
124. Oryx and Crake _💾digital - by Margaret Atwood (2003)
125. Quicksilver - by Neal Stephenson (2003)
126. Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1, Book 1) - by Neal Stephenson (2003)
127. Coraline - by Neil Gaiman (2002)
128. From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown - by Fredric Brown (2002)
129. Globalization and its Discontents _📚physical - non-fiction by Joseph Stiglitz (2002)
130. Fooled by Randomness - non-fiction by Nasim Taleb (2001)
131. Meaning and Argument: An Introduction to Logic Through Language _📚physical - by Ernest Lepore (2000)
132. Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures _💾digital - by Carl Zimmer (2000)
133. Psychology Applied to Modern Life: Adjustment in the 21st Century - by Wayne Weiten (2000)
134. Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software - by Charles Petzold (1999)
135. Starfish _💾digital - fiction & sci-fi by Peter Watts (1999)
136. Profit Over People: Neoliberalism and Global Order - by Noam Chomsky (1998)
137. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies - by Jared Diamond (1997)
138. The Sparrow - fiction & sci-fi by Mary Doria Russell (1996)
139. The Great Conversation: A Historical Introduction to Philosophy - by Norman Melchert (1995)
140. Feersum Endjinn _📚physical - fiction & sci-fi by Iain M. Banks (1994)
141. Permutation City _{💾digital📚physical} - by Greg Egan (1994)
142. The Memory Police _💾digital - fiction & sci-fi by Yoko Ogawa (1994)
143. The Fifth Kingdom _📚physical - by Bryce Kendrick (1992)
144. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience - by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1990)
145. Incompleteness, Nonlocality, and Realism: A Prolegomenon to the Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics - non-fiction by Michael Redhead (1989)
146. The Boat of a Million Years _📚physical - fiction & sci-fi by Poul Anderson (1989)
147. The Doomed City _📚physical - fiction & sci-fi by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky (1989)
148. The Great Indian Novel - by Shashi Tharoor (1989)
149. Equal Rites _💾digital - fiction & sci-fi by Terry Pratchett (1987)
150. The Forge of God - fiction & sci-fi by Greg Bear (1987)
151. Faith in Fakes _📚physical - non-fiction by Umberto Eco (1986)
152. Reasons and Persons - by Derek Parfit (1984)
153. Shame _📚physical - fiction by Salman Rushdie (1983)
154. Startide Rising _💾digital - fiction & sci-fi by David Brin (1983)
155. The Loser - by Thomas Bernhard (1983)
156. The Sentinel - by Arthur C. Clarke (1983)
157. Ham on Rye - by Charles Bukowski (1982)
158. The Color Purple _💾digital - by Alice Walker (1982)
159. Codex Seraphinianus - by Luigi Serafini (1981)
160. Dragon's Egg _💾digital - fiction & sci-fi by Robert L. Forward (1980)
161. The Name of the Rose _📚physical - fiction by Umberto Eco (1980)
162. The Shadow of the Torturer - fiction & sci-fi by Gene Wolfe (1980)
163. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid _📚physical - by Douglas R. Hofstadter (1979)
164. The Enemy Stars - fiction & sci-fi by Poul Anderson (1979)
165. The Stand - fiction & sci-fi by Stephen King (1978)
166. The Selfish Gene - by Richard Dawkins (1976)
167. Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said _💾digital - fiction & sci-fi by Philip K. Dick (1974)
168. Inverted World _💾digital - fiction & sci-fi by Christopher Priest (1974)
169. Roadside Picnic _💾digital - fiction & sci-fi by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (1972)
170. A Meeting with Medusa - fiction & sci-fi by Arthur C. Clarke (1971)
171. Stand on Zanzibar _💾digital - fiction & sci-fi by John Brunner (1968)
172. Mrutyunjay [मृत्युंजय] - by Shivaji Sawant (1967)
173. Asa Mi Asami [असा मी असामी] - by P. L. Deshpande [ पु. ल. देशपांडे ] (1964)
174. Close to Critical _📚physical - fiction & sci-fi by Hal Clement (1964)
175. Privacy is Power - non-fiction by Carissa Véliz (1964)
176. Island _📚physical - fiction & sci-fi by Aldous Huxley (1962)
177. The Birth and Death of Meaning: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on the Problem of Man - by Ernest Becker (1962)
178. Apurvai [अपूर्वाई] _📚physical - non-fiction by P. L. Deshpande [ पु. ल. देशपांडे ] (1960)
179. Batatyachi Chal [बटाट्याची चाळ] - by P. L. Deshpande [ पु. ल. देशपांडे ] (1958)
180. Cycle of Fire _📚physical - fiction & sci-fi by Hal Clement (1957)
181. The Last Question - by Isaac Asimov (1956)
182. The Guardians of Time _📚physical - fiction & sci-fi by Poul Anderson (1955)
183. Brain Wave _📚physical - fiction & sci-fi by Poul Anderson (1954)
184. Childhood's End - fiction & sci-fi by Arthur C. Clarke (1953)
185. Iceworld _📚physical - fiction & sci-fi by Hal Clement (1951)
186. The Psychology of Man's Possible Evolution - by P.D. Ouspensky (1951)
187. A History of Western Philosophy _📚physical - by Bertrand Russell (1945)
188. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - by James Joyce (1916)
189. The War of the Worlds - by H.G. Wells (1898)
190. On the Geneology of Morals - by Friedrich Nietzsche (1887)
191. Beyond Good and Evil - by Friedrich Nietzsche (1886)
192. Thus Spoke Zarathustra _📚physical - by Friedrich Nietzsche (1883)
193. War and Peace _💾digital - by Leo Tolstoy (1867)
194. Critique of Pure Reason - by Immanuel Kant (1781)

Books I have Read

1. Mr. Palomar - Italo Calvino (1983)
   fiction ; read in 2022 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
   featured in list:
   A delightful read that is clever and thoughtful
2. The Vagina Bible - Jen Gunter (2019)
   non-fiction ; read in 2022 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
   featured in list: educational
   
   Undeniably educational, t... (read more)

   Undeniably educational, this book is a good collection of short chapters on various topics and issues and all sorts of things a woman (and a man, and everyone for that matter) could benefit from knowing. A lot of online reviews, e.g. goodreads, point out the tone of the book being too opionated or that this information can be found elsewhere. I don't understand them. Can you blame the author when history and even large swathes of the current society are ignorant of women and their bodies? I'm bitter about not knowing things that 50% of all humans have or are facing. And I don't even have a women's body. Despite this, I found the book to be educational, even if as a refresher to things, to know more about the crazy amount of issues women have to live with, every day every month, and that there are a lot of things that I should know about too.
3. Brave New World Revisited - Aldous Huxley (1932)
   non-fiction ; read in 2022 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
   featured in lists: educational, TCD
   
   An excellent and astute o... (read more)

   An excellent and astute observation from the mind that wrote Brave New World, the Revisited can be interpreted as a collection of essays on the reflection of that book's topics to the functioning in real world. It is quite sobering, and astounding, if not merely depressing - to realise that this book was written 60 years ago (from today) and yet the words are eerily accurate and applicable to the current times. Whether to call people like Huxley and Orwell is an understatement. The fact that we did not course-correct is more telling that whether they were accurate. Because we could have decided not to let them be accurate. And yet here we are two generations later, seeminly worse than ever.
4. Revenger - Alastair Reynolds (2016)
   fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2022 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
   featured in list: TCD
   A decent mix of cyberpunk and space pirates.
5. The First Idea: The First Idea: How Symbols, Language, and Intelligence Evolved from Our Primate Ancestors to Modern Humans - Stanley I. Greenspan, Stuart G. Shanker (2004)
   non-fiction ; read in 2022 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
   featured in list: TCD
   
   Interesting idea, dense a... (read more)

   Interesting idea, dense and limited views. The authors and consequently the book is very much rooted in Psychology and Anthropology as opposed to what I was hoping would be a more broader view of Biology and Philosophy. It spends too much time on anecdotal stories about babies and their abilities to communicate - which while very interesting, does not satisfy the question of how did we evolve to think symbols and languages. The title should have warned me - this book is only about primates, and nothing before that, but I suppose I was too excited to notice. For instance, communication is the basis for an idea - which the book makes clear, but utterly fails to consider any notion of communication in non-primates as being of relevance other than a few related mammalian instances. Birds, bees, insects, even plans all communicate. Do they have a language? Undoubtedly yes. Do they have symbols? Probably. Do they have Ideas? I don't know! By not considering this, the book fails at the premise of answering its own question. And identifying a larger one at that - whether the notion of ideas and symbols has been evolutionary only within us or we merely at the tail of a long chain of developments in nature.
6. Survivor - Chuck Palahniuk (1999)
   fiction ; read in 2022 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
   Though the second book by Palahniuk, by now the writing seems formulaic and repetitive. Read it, forget it.
7. The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes - Donald D. Hoffman (2019)
   non-fiction ; read in 2022 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
   
   This book was one of the ... (read more)

   This book was one of the most difficult reads so far. It definitely has valuable concepts and interesting perspectives. But reading it is just so painful that I wanted to give up in the first chapter itself. Things are excessively repetitive, often vague enough to make me browse back 10-15 pages to see if I had missed something explaining it, narratives jump across domains and seemingly unrelated topics that distracts immesely from what was being discussed, and to top it all - how designed jeans can make butts look bigger is used as an example of how our perception is not the 'objective reality'. Good topic, bad book.
8. Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse (1922)
   fiction ; read in 2022 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
   A gentle but thoughtful rendition of meeting the Buddha and being the Buddha.
9. Subprime Attention Crisis: Advertising and the Time Bomb at the Heart of the Internet - Tim Hwang (2020)
   non-fiction ; read in 2022 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
   A good summary for the uninitiated. But we are initiated, aren't we Bruce?
10. Elder Race - Adrian Tchaikovsky (2021)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2022 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
    Interesting and innovative take on advanced science being indistinguishable from magic
11. Numero Zero - Umberto Eco (2015)
    fiction ; read in 2022 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
    featured in list: cork
    
    All the classical signs o... (read more)

    All the classical signs of Eco's wit and humor. Though the plot really did do too much into historical fact and fiction in between, and the ending wasn't as imapactful.
12. Diaspora - Greg Egan (1997)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2022 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
    featured in lists: ai, aliens, cork, scifi
    
    I have definitely not gra... (read more)

    I have definitely not grasped half the stuff that was going on, but the things that I did were... awesome! One might need a PhD in Physics, or Quantum Mechanics, or Mathematics to fully appreciate the level of detailing that is presented here, but the concepts start off with known ones so there's something for anyone who knows a bit about these topics. Some really cool stuff in here.
13. Terminal World - Alastair Reynolds (2009)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2022 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
    featured in lists: cork, scifi
    
    What began as an exciting... (read more)

    What began as an exciting cyberpunk Zone-of-Thought meets Blade Runner type adventure eventually devolved into post-apocalyptic Mad Max adventures that lacked the sci-fi details I was so hooked on to. Great start, disappointing finish.
14. Quarantine - Greg Egan (1992)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2022 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
    featured in list: cork
    
    An impressiv feat of futu... (read more)

    An impressiv feat of futuristic sci-fi thriller that manages to squeeze in bioengineering, quantum physics, and aliens into a small package. As a fan of Philip K. Dick, this was immensely enjoyable.
15. A Desolation Called Peace - Arkady Martine (2021)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2022 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
    
    An enjoyable sequel to an... (read more)

    An enjoyable sequel to an amazing first book, it is also full of delightful characters, cultures, norms, languages, biologies, aliens, first contacts, and so much more.
16. Obelisk - Stephen Baxter (2016)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2022 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
    
    A good overview of Baxter... (read more)

    A good overview of Baxter's various writing styles in which he grapples with philosophical questions in one, to what is it to be human in future science. A lot of the stories are connected to other novels, often relying on some hidden knowledge that isn't apparent at first. Still, a good read.
17. Kraken - China Miéville (2011)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2022 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
    Mieville doing what he does so well: write weird fiction.
18. Math Without Numbers - Milo Beckman (2021)
    non-fiction ; read in 2022 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
    
    I received this book as a... (read more)

    I received this book as a birthday gift from a dear friend. Incidentally, I had recently read "A Brief History of Mathematical Thought", so I was more surprised and amused at having received this. Math books are not something my friends would think I'd be interested in, quite the oppposite. I failed math in college. Good, clean, practical engineering maths. Because I absolutely hated the way it was taught. I always thought math is more philosophical, it is supposed to represent the way we think, or change the way we look and understand things. Instead, I was always taught math as a series of take-it-or-leave-it lectures that made me memorise formulae and their application. When I accepted this book, I was sceptical - how much math stuff would I *not* know. I've finished high-school, I've finished an engineering college (where despite my failed math exams, I always did know how to do math), and a PhD in computer science. Turns out the answer was - there's always more I don't know, including the exactness of mathematical concepts, or why they are the way they are, or how they associate to the way I'm supposed to be thinking. It reminded me something about another book - "Thinking in Systems: A Primer", which also was about fundamentals and building a thought process that was close to what we're used to in terms of language and comprehension. A good read, a good topic, and a good gift!
19. Beautiful You - Chuck Palahniuk (2014)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2022 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
    featured in list: cork
    Shocking start, crazy middle, typical ending - more Palahniuk books please.
20. Breakfast of Champions - Kurt Vonnegut (1973)
    fiction ; read in 2022 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
    Classic Vonnegut - where some satirical stuff happens.
21. The Particle at the End of the Universe - Sean Carroll (2012)
    non-fiction ; read in 2022 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
    featured in list: TCD
    
    A relaxed introduction to... (read more)

    A relaxed introduction to the world of particle physics, detection methods, LHC/CERN, and the importance of Higg's boson. A little too much on the people-side of things, but it makes up by explaining particle theories and applications in good detail. Has some useful analogies to understand things without a physics doctorate.
22. Traces - Stephen Baxter (1998)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2022 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
    featured in list: TCD
    A decent collection of short stories revolving around scientific progress without social changes
23. A Brief History of Mathematical Thought - Luke Heaton (2015)
    non-fiction ; read in 2022 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
    featured in list: TCD
    A (truly) brief summary of different mathematical 'philosophies'. Would have been nice to read in school.
24. Dying of the Light - Georg R. R. Martin (1977)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2022 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
    A typical older sci-fi take on the implications of progress while retaining inherent flaws of humankind.
25. Pigeon English - Stephen Kelman (2011)
    fiction ; read in 2022 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
    featured in list: TCD
    A thematic book written in London slang. Like watching City of Gold mixed with Mud in word form.
26. Endless Universe: Beyond the Big Bang - Paul J. Steinhardt and Neil Turok (2007)
    non-fiction ; read in 2022 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
    featured in lists: educational, TCD
    An educational read, though a bit heavy on the physics side, of the big bang, origins of the universe, and the theories out there.
27. Into the Drowning Deep - Mira Grant (2017)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2022 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
    featured in list: TCD
    An enjoyable read combining horror/thriller with Mira Grant's penchant for details and science. A tad too long, which affects enjoyability.
28. Song of Kali - Dan Simmons (2005)
    fiction ; read in 2022 in medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
    featured in list: TCD
    A slow burner with a fair setting in Kolkata. Thought it was slow but the scenes lingered after reading.
29. Mother Night - Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1961)
    fiction ; read in 2022 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
    A darker and well concocted humour mixture from Vonnegut. Small and quick read.
30. House of Suns - Alastair Reynolds (2008)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2022 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
    featured in list: scifi
    Awesome from page1. The breadth, scope, and story makes this one a classic. What a wonderful reading.
31. Slapstick or Lonesome No More - Kurt Vonnegut (1976)
    fiction ; read in 2022 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
    Funny dark humour. Not Cat's Cradle though.
32. Pygmy - Chuck Palahniuk (2009)
    fiction ; read in 2022 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
    featured in list: TCD
    Sharp wit but a difficult read and excessive Americanisation of sarcasm to extremes. Maybe that was the point.
33. Axiom's End - Lindsay Ellis (2020)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2022 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
    A promising alien first-contact premise, but disappointing writing and plotlines. Still some interesting topics were broached.
34. Humpty Dumpty in Oakland - Philip K. Dick (1986)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2022 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
    featured in list: cork
    A non-sci-fi book from PKD that follows the same themes but loses the cohesion.
35. Ten Million Aliens: A Journey Through the Entire Animal Kingdom - Simon Barnes (2013)
    non-fiction ; read in 2022 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
    featured in lists: cork, educational
    A nice collection of short stories with facts. Kind of lick those 90s Discovery TV shows I grew up watching.
36. Hocus Pocus - Kurt Vonnegut (1990)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
    featured in list: cork
    A clever and witty book that shows Vonnegut's style and humour. Read for the experience.
37. The Broken Sword - Poul Anderson (1954)
    fiction ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
    featured in lists: cork, fantasy
    Got interested in the book upon learning it was an epic fantasy released the same year as the Lord of the Rings. Turned out to be an enjoyable read.
38. The Last Days of New Paris - China Miéville (2016)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
    featured in list: cork
39. How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers - Sönke Ahrens (2017)
    non-fiction ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
    featured in list: educational
40. Deus Irae - Philip K. Dick and Roger Zealany (1976)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
41. The Hidden Girl and Other Stories - Ken Liu (2020)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
    featured in list: scifi
42. Underbug: An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology - Lisa Margonelli (2018)
    non-fiction ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
    featured in list: TCD
    Too much people experience, not enough termites
43. Lap Dancing for Mommy: Tender Stories of Disgust, Blame and Inspiration - Erika Lopez (1997)
    fiction ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
44. Our Friends from Frolix 8 - Philip K. Dick (1970)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
45. Choke - Chuck Palahniuk (2001)
    fiction ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
46. No Bones - Anna Burns (2001)
    fiction ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
    featured in list: TCD
    This was the stone from which the Milkman diamond was cut
47. Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir (2021)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
    featured in lists: aliens, scifi
    Enjoyable read. Project Hail Mary = The Martian + Children of Time + The Andromeda Strain
48. Cage of Souls - Adrian Tchaikovsky (2019)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
    featured in list: scifi
49. Dress your family in Corduroy and Denim - David Sedaris (2004)
    non-fiction ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
50. Railsea - China Miéville (2013)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
    featured in lists: fantasy, scifi
51. The Buried Giant - Kazuo Ishiguro (2016)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
52. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage - Alfred Lansing (1999)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
53. Mission of Gravity - Hal Clement (1954)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
54. Contact - Carl Sagan (1985)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
    featured in lists: aliens, scifi
55. Cosmos - Carl Sagan (1980)
    non-fiction ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
    featured in list: educational
56. The Hilarious World of Depression - John Moe (2020)
    non-fiction ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
    An autobiography of someone who has and overcame depression. Some gems to collect as you read
57. The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch - Philip K. Dick (1965)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
58. Fragile Things - Neil Gaiman (2006)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
59. Jyave Tyanchya Desha [जावे त्यांच्या देशा] - P. L. Deshpande [ पु. ल. देशपांडे ] (1974)
    non-fiction ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
60. To Hold Up the Sky - Cixin Liu (2020)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
61. Hard to be a God - Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (1964)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
    featured in list: scifi
62. The Wind-up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami (1999)
    fiction ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
    featured in list: horror
    Like reading someone's else's dreams. Enjoy the dish. Don't try to guess the ingredients.
63. Limbo - Bernard Wolfe (1952)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
    A weird philosophical version of Atlas Shrugged, filled with the 50s notions of masculinity, sexism, classism, and power.
64. Ethical Data and Information Management - Katherine O'Keefe, Daragh O'Brien (2018)
    non-fiction ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
    featured in list: TCD
    Good overview of concepts and processes. Would have been impactful if I had read this at the start of learning.
65. City of Illusions - Ursula K. Le Guinn (1967)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
66. Planet of Exile - Ursula K. Le Guinn (1966)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
67. Rocannon's World - Ursula K. Le Guinn (1966)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
68. A Horse Walks into a Bar - David Grossman (2016)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
    featured in list: TCD
69. A Maze of Death - Philip K. Dick (1970)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
70. Time Out of Joint - Philip K. Dick (1959)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
71. The Penultimate Truth - Philip K. Dick (1964)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
72. Consentability: Consent and its Limits - Nancy S. Kim (2019)
    non-fiction ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
    featured in lists: educational, TCD
73. A Time of Changes - Robert Silverberg (1971)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
74. LESS - Andrew Sean Greer (2017)
    fiction ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
    featured in list: TCD
75. Non-Stop - Brian Aldiss (1958)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
76. The Demolished Man - Alfred Bester (1953)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
77. Monday Starts on a Saturday - Arkady & Boris Strugatsky (1965)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
    featured in list: scifi
78. The Difference Engine - William Gibson and Bruce Sterling (1990)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
79. The Female Man - Joanna Russ (1975)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
80. Raft - Stephen Baxter (1991)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
    featured in list: scifi
81. Gateway - Frederik Pohl (1977)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
    featured in list: scifi
82. A Fall of Moondust - Arthur C. Clarke (1961)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
83. Martian Time-Slip - Philip K. Dick (1964)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
84. A Memory Called Empire - Arkady Martine (2019)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
    featured in list: scifi
85. Iron Council - China Miéville (2004)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
86. The Snail on the Slope - Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (1980)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
87. The Fifth Head of Cerberus - Gene Wolfe (1972)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
88. A Scanner Darkly - Philip K. Dick (1977)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
    featured in list: scifi
89. Firewalkers - Adrian Tchaikovsky (2020)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
90. The Second Kind of Impossible: The Extraordinary Quest for a New Form of Matter - Paul J. Steinhardt (2019)
    non-fiction ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
    featured in list: TCD
91. Parable of the Talents - Octavia E. Butler (1998)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
92. Labyrinths - Jorge Luis Borges (1962)
    fiction ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
    featured in lists: ai, scifi
93. Klara and the Sun - Kazuo Ishiguro (2021)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
    featured in list: cork
94. Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality - Max Tegmark (2014)
    non-fiction ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
    featured in lists: books-changed-life, educational, TCD
95. Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media - Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky (1988)
    non-fiction ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
    featured in lists: educational, TCD
96. Poor Economics - Abhijit V. Banerjee (2011)
    non-fiction ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
    featured in lists: educational, TCD
97. Drive your Plow over the Bones of the Dead - Olga Tokarczuk (2019)
    ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
    featured in list: storytelling
98. The Stone Sky - N. K. Jemisin (2017)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
    featured in list: scifi
99. The Obelisk Gate - N. K. Jemisin (2016)
    fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
    featured in list: scifi
100. The Fifth Season - N. K. Jemisin (2015)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
101. VALIS - Philip K. Dick (1981)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
     Disturbingly brilliant.
102. Bloodchild - Octavia E. Butler (1984)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
103. Lavinia - Ursula K. Le Guin (2008)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
     featured in list: TCD
104. The Word for World Is Forest - Ursula K. Le Guin (1976)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
105. Tau Zero - Poul Anderson (1970)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
106. Babel-17 - Samuel R. Delany (1966)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
107. The City We Became - N. K. Jemisin (2020)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
     featured in list: TCD
108. The Scar - China Miéville (2002)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: fantasy, scifi
109. Children of Ruin - Adrian Tchaikovsky (2019)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2021 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: aliens
110. Parable of the Sower - Octavia E. Butler (1993)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2020 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
111. What Every Postdoc Needs To Know - Liz Elvidge (2017)
     non-fiction ; read in 2020 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: books-changed-life
     
     A lot of stuff presented ... (read more)

     A lot of stuff presented in the book may seem like common-sense and common-advice so prevalent in academia, but the impact and coherent view really puts everything in perspective together. There are lists, checklists, and areas where you are asked to stop and think before moving ahead. This book presents a great exercise in shaping the postdoc career from the start and is a good reference to keep coming back to in the first two years. Receiving this at the end of my PhD was a delightful (and useful) gift. That said, I would go ahead and recommend this to PhDs who are curious about careers in academia and want to move on the becoming a postdoc.
112. The Raven Tower - Ann Leckie (2019)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2020 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list:
113. S. - Doug Dorst and J.J. Abrams (2013)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2020 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
     featured in list: visually-stunning
114. Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control - Stuart Russell (2019)
     non-fiction ; read in 2020 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: TCD
115. King Rat - China Miéville (1998)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2020 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
116. Provenance - Ann Leckie (2017)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2020 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
117. Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships - Eric Berne (1964)
     non-fiction ; read in 2020 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
     featured in list: TCD
118. What Is Real?: The Unfinished Quest for the Meaning of Quantum Physics - Adam Becker (2018)
     non-fiction ; read in 2020 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: educational
119. The Denial of Death - Ernest Becker (1973)
     non-fiction ; read in 2020 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: books-changed-life, educational, TCD
120. Blindsight - Peter Watts (2006)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2020 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: aliens, scifi
121. The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov (1967)
     fiction ; read in 2020 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
     featured in list: classics
122. Supernova Era - Liu Cixin (2019)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2020 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 😠awful (1/5) ;
     
     Ridiculously written, wit... (read more)

     Ridiculously written, with utterly weak premises, weak science, and weak characters. This was boring. To think this is the same author as the Three Body Problem is a travesty. The entire book is underpinned by subtle political commentary, which leaves a bad taste. And yes - the science is weak, it would have been better to not have the supernova itself at all.
123. Dichronauts - Greg Egan (2017)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2020 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
124. Lord of Light - Roger Zelazny (1967)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2020 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: fantasy, scifi
125. Tehanu - Ursula K. Le Guin (1990)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2020 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
     featured in list: TCD
126. The Farthest Shore - Ursula K. Le Guin (1972)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2020 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
     featured in list: TCD
127. The Tombs of Atuan - Ursula K. Le Guin (1970)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2020 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
     featured in list: TCD
128. A Wizard of Earthsea - Ursula K. Le Guin (1968)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2020 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
     featured in list: TCD
129. Invisible Cities - Italo Calvino (1972)
     fiction ; read in 2020 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: language
130. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures - Merlin Sheldrake (2020)
     non-fiction ; read in 2020 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: books-changed-life, educational
131. Autonomous - Annalee Newitz (2017)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2020 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
132. Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage - Alice Munro (2001)
     fiction ; read in 2020 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
133. Soft Science - Franny Choi (2019)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2020 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: language
134. Perdido Street Station - China Miéville (2000)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2020 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
135. The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World - Pedro Domingos (2015)
     non-fiction ; read in 2020 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
     
     I read this book on the r... (read more)

     I read this book on the recommendation of a friend. We are both computer scientists, with her being vastly more knowledgeable than I am on the topic of machine learning. In fact, I barely know machine learning at all. With that as the background, reading this book is a good introduction to what’s been happening out in the world - provided you already had an idea about it. If you’re a beginner or someone who doesn’t already know about machine learning, I think the book is going to be unbearably dense and confusing.<br/><br/>As for the contents of the book itself, I found the first half exceedingly enjoyable and fun to read. The little titbits of history, of explanations, and the connections were all an excellent addition to the reading. However, the second half of the book, in particular the last two or three chapters pertaining to the master algorithm itself were woefully inadequate, short, and dense for my continued comfort. <br/><br/>I would still recommend reading this book for the topic and perspective, but with a fair warning about taking the last chapters on application of machine learning as ground truth. They’re not (hopefully). For instance, the author thinks privacy is overrated, laws that limit misuse of data are myopic, and that sooner or later we will all be handing our data to a ‘trusted third party’. I cannot agree with this in good faith. I must point out the good along with the bad - there was a good argument for transparency in the workings of algorithms, about introducing control points for tweaking, and being more cohesive in the different branches of technology and its applications (finance, health, medicine, even dating). These I agree and support, but lest we do not forget that accountability and ethics are also what makes humans as humans in addition to our superior intellect and reasoning capabilities.
136. Star Maker - Olaf Stapledon (1937)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2020 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
     
     The sheer scope of this w... (read more)

     The sheer scope of this work is immense - stars, civilisations, universes, and beyond. Difficult to read due to the language and dry descriptions, and the mystic attributes in discussions. A classic for a reason. Rewarding myth building as Stapledon likes to call it.
137. Trick Mirror - Jia Tolentino (2019)
     non-fiction ; read in 2020 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     
     A nice collection of essa... (read more)

     A nice collection of essays and articles. Mostly about the authors perception through which we discover things. Reminds me of the Sunday newspapers that I used to like to read with interest and at leisure. Some of the essays are quite good, some personal.
138. Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon (1930)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2020 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     
     Ambitious - the first wor... (read more)

     Ambitious - the first word that springs to mind upon reading Last and First Men. Tracing human civilisation starting from World War 1 through the various cycles of evolution, politics, religion, and even consciousness - this book is an incredible read. However, as things progress, there are greater and greater leaps of faith and fiction until we eventually reach the Last Men - the point where we read about things that happen without the time or space to think about why and its implications on us today. The writing is dry and typical of its publication era (1930), so a bit difficult to read and keep engaged with.
139. Doing Time - Jodi Taylor (2019)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2020 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
     
     As if Doctor Who was made... (read more)

     As if Doctor Who was made into a tv series, except with time police. I haven't read any of the other books by the author or the series - so this was great for some light reading. Typical plot characters, simple language, and easy to follow through and read at leisure. Some really funny moments that are enjoyable.
140. The Wandering Earth - Liu Cixin (2005)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2020 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
141. Children of Time - Adrian Tchaikovsky (2015)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2020 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: aliens, scifi
142. Dogs of War - Adrian Tchaikovsky (2017)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2020 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
143. Thinking in Systems: A Primer - Donella H. Meadows (2008)
     non-fiction ; read in 2020 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: TCD
     
     This is a great book to i... (read more)

     This is a great book to introduce yourself to "thinking in systems" - just like the title says. Other than that, the book can be frustrating if one tries to figure out how to apply it everywhere. At this point, one realises that the book is an introductory course in systems thinking - it will tell what a system is, how to express the functioning of a system, and how to map some real-world events in terms of systems. This is like a first-year college course - you learn things, but you need to get more advanced knowledge before you can apply it masterfully. All that said - excellent book to get started.
144. Embrace Your Weird: Face Your Fears and Unleash Creativity - Felicia Day (2019)
     non-fiction ; read in 2020 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: books-changed-life
     
     This is an amazing book. ... (read more)

     This is an amazing book. Absolutely great at forcing yourself to get out (or in?) and do some stuff - even if it is mundane scribbling on a paper (of the book). Felicia Day is like that hyper-cheerful host of a workshop that you turn up and sit silently at but then get asked in an extremely enthusiastic way to get excited and do some things. The start is annoying, a bit uncomfortable, and there is a dislike for the cheerful excited loud person in the room. But eventually once you start doing things it gets easier then nicer and then fun. The only right way to read (perform?) this book is to do some exercises, get on with life, then come back and do some more. The exercises (let's call them activities?) are stupid, fun, self-reflective, creative. And doing them makes the book personal - this is your creative diary now. The focal point of the book - which it hammers by showing you a mirror - is that you are responsible for the things that hold you back in your own head. I quite enjoyed going through the book - and plan to do the activities in ink someday again.
145. Old Man's War - John Scalzi (2005)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2020 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
     Super cheesy, but good cheesy. Great hard sci-fi and drama. Means enjoyable cheesy.
146. Ancillary Mercy - Ann Leckie (2015)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2020 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: ai, scifi
147. The Test - Sylvain Neuvel (2019)
     fiction ; read in 2020 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     A Black Mirror novella - definitely worth reading.
148. Nightfall and Other Stories - Isaac Asimov (1969)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2020 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
     A good collection of short stories that show the way Asimov thought and wrote and improved. Useful for aspiring writers.
149. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power - Shoshana Zuboff (2018)
     non-fiction ; read in 2020 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: books-changed-life, educational, TCD
150. Once Upon a River - Diane Setterfield (2018)
     fiction ; read in 2020 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
     
     A great start, and a good... (read more)

     A great start, and a good blend of genres in this tale-spinning book. However, I found it too lyrical and moving in circles for my reading pleasures. Some people are bound to like this more than I have.
151. Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death - Caitlin Doughty (2019)
     non-fiction ; read in 2020 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     A nice fun read about an usually grim subject. A good coffee table book.
152. Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness - Peter Godfrey-Smith (2016)
     non-fiction ; read in 2020 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
     
     The topic of the book is ... (read more)

     The topic of the book is quite interesting, it had me completely hooked at the beginning. However, the narration and structure is a big let down. Topics of interest are not followed up on. The book ultimately ends up being a tease about consciousness and turns itself more into a mini-documentary about octopus (and cephalopods).
153. Sex Instructions for Farmers - Charles McSherry (2019)
     non-fiction ; read in 2020 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
154. Flights - Olga Tokarczuk (2007)
     fiction ; read in 2020 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: storytelling
     
     This book has been an abs... (read more)

     This book has been an absolute delight (in both literal and figurative sense) and a pleasure to read. Flights is composed of short stories of varying lengths - from single paragraphs to novella-esque lengths. Sometimes the stories have connections between them, sometimes they are split into parts. But the best part is that each story is a tiny island of personality into itself. I could never guess which storyteller I would get next. Each starting was a new adventure. The stories themselves are varied in topics, themes, and places - but they all share a vague resemblance and relation to the title "Flights". The English translation was quite well done - but the beauty of this prose is undoubtedly in its descriptions and characters written by the author almost as if they exist. Maybe they do, and this was a travelogue all along - I don't want to know. I am sure I will be revisiting this book again some day and will enjoy it once again again too.
155. An Orchard Invisible: A Natural History of Seeds - Jonathan Silvertown (2009)
     non-fiction ; read in 2020 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
     
     The books is all about se... (read more)

     The books is all about seeds - or so it claims. And yet it barely scratches the surface - but just enough to be disappointed with its ending. A good start, and then a flop of a finish.
156. What Every Postdoc Needs To Know - Liz Elvidge (2017)
     non-fiction ; read in 2020 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: books-changed-life
     
     A lot of stuff presented ... (read more)

     A lot of stuff presented in the book may seem like common-sense and common-advice so prevalent in academia, but the impact and coherent view really puts everything in perspective together. There are lists, checklists, and areas where you are asked to stop and think before moving ahead. This book presents a great exercise in shaping the postdoc career from the start and is a good reference to keep coming back to in the first two years. Receiving this at the end of my PhD was a delightful (and useful) gift. That said, I would go ahead and recommend this to PhDs who are curious about careers in academia and want to move on the becoming a postdoc.
157. I'm Not Your Paper Princess - J.R. Rogue (2019)
     fiction ; read in 2020 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
158. The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right - Atul Gawande (2009)
     non-fiction ; read in 2020 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
     featured in lists: books-changed-life, TCD
     
     Checklists work, they pro... (read more)

     Checklists work, they provide discipline, and are critical in complicated tasks such as surgery and flying a plane. That sums the book, though of course why checklists are needed, and how they are adopted and some good stories about their use is what makes the book a good read. Alas, I bought the book in the hope of using checklists for personal productivity - to which the book provides no clue or indication. Still, I will say this has been an enjoyable read if only so as to read about checklists used and being useful across the world.
159. The Gods Themselves - Isaac Asimov (1972)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2020 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
160. Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling - Emer McLysaght (2017)
     fiction ; read in 2020 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
161. The City & the City - China Miéville (2009)
     fiction ; read in 2020 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
     featured in list: thriller
162. A Fire Upon the Deep - Vernor Vinge (1992)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2020 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in lists: ai, scifi
163. Ancillary Sword - Ann Leckie (2014)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2020 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: ai, scifi
164. Ancillary Justice - Ann Leckie (2013)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2020 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: ai, scifi
165. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America - Matt Kracht (2019)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
166. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die - Chip Heath (2006)
     non-fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
167. Stories of Your Life and Others - Ted Chiang (2002)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: ai, books-changed-life, scifi
168. Naïve. Super - Erlend Loe (1996)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
169. The Fall of Hyperion - Dan Simmons (1990)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in lists: fantasy, scifi
170. Hyperion - Dan Simmons (1989)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: fantasy, scifi
171. Exhalation - Ted Chiang (2019)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: ai, books-changed-life, scifi
172. Where'd You Go, Bernadette - Maria Semple (2012)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
173. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed - Lori Gottlieb (2019)
     non-fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: books-changed-life
174. The Body in the Library - Agatha Christie (1942)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 😠awful (1/5) ;
175. The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1892)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
176. Once Upon a River - Bonnie Jo Campbell (2011)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
177. The Lime Twig - John Hawkes (1961)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
178. We Have Always Lived in the Castle - Shirley Jackson (1962)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
179. 50 Greatest Short Stories - Terry O'Brien (2015)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2019 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
180. The Mezzanine - Nicholson Baker (1988)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
181. Convenience Store Woman - Sayaka Murata (2016)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
182. The Second Frederic Brown Megapack - Fredric Brown (2014)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
183. Memories of My Melancholy Whores - Gabriel García Márquez (2004)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
184. How to Get into the Twin Palms - Karolina Waclawiak (2012)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
185. Dept. of Speculation - Jenny Offill (2014)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
186. The Third Policeman - Flann O'Brien (1967)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
187. In Watermelon Sugar - Richard Brautigan (1968)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
188. Heartburn - Nora Ephron (1983)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
189. Being There - Jerzy Kosiński (1970)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
190. Acceptance - Jeff VanderMeer (2014)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
191. Authority - Jeff VanderMeer (2014)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
192. Annihilation - Jeff VanderMeer (2014)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: horror
193. Politics - Aristotle (-350)
     non-fiction ; read in 2019 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: books-changed-life, classics, educational, TCD
194. Fall or, Dodge in Hell - Neal Stephenson (2019)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
195. The Wall - John Lanchester (2019)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
196. Quichotte - Salman Rushdie (2019)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
197. Here and Now and Then - Mike Chen (2019)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
198. The Philip K. Dick MEGAPACK ®: 15 Classic Science Fiction Stories - Philip K. Dick (2013)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
199. Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami (2002)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: horror
200. The Complete Maus - Art Spiegelman (1986)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: storytelling, visually-stunning
201. The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman (2013)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: fantasy
202. A Deepness in the Sky - Vernor Vinge (1999)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2019 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
203. The Overstory - Richard Powers (2018)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
     featured in list: TCD
204. The Fredric Brown MEGAPACK ®: 33 Classic Science Fiction Stories - Fredric Brown (2013)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
205. Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami (1987)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
206. The Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1959)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2019 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
207. The Fountains of Paradise - Arthur C. Clarke (1979)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2019 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
208. Milkman - Anna Burns (2018)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: language
209. The Testaments - Margaret Atwood (2019)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
210. Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men - Caroline Criado Perez (2019)
     non-fiction ; read in 2019 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: educational
211. The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer - Neal Stephenson (1995)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2019 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
212. The Lathe of Heaven - Ursula K. Le Guin (1971)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2019 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
213. The Voices Within - Charles Fernyhough (2016)
     non-fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
214. Artemis - Andy Weir (2017)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
215. The Dispossessed - Ursula K. Le Guin (1974)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
216. The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin (1969)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2019 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
217. The Martian - Andy Weir (2012)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
218. The Ringworld Engineers - Larry Niven (1979)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
219. How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us about Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence - Michael Pollan (2018)
     non-fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
220. Don't Be a Jerk: And Other Practical Advice from Dogen, Japan's Greatest Zen Master - Brad Warner (2016)
     non-fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
221. The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One - Amanda Lovelace (2019)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: language
222. The Night Life of Trees - Bhajju Shyam (2006)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: visually-stunning
223. Three Men on the Bummel - Jerome K. Jerome (1900)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
224. At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails - Sarah Bakewell (2016)
     non-fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
225. How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie (1936)
     non-fiction ; read in 2019 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
     featured in list: TCD
226. Recursion - Blake Crouch (2019)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
227. Ulysses - James Joyce (1922)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: classics, storytelling, TCD
228. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1866)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in lists: classics, storytelling, TCD
229. "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character - Richard P. Feynman (1985)
     non-fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
230. The Princess Saves Herself in This One - Amanda Lovelace (2016)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: language
231. The Wonder Down Under: A User's Guide to the Vagina - Nina Brochmann (2017)
     non-fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: educational
232. Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture - Roxane Gay (2018)
     non-fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: educational
233. As a Man Thinketh - James Allen (1902)
     non-fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
234. 3001: The Final Odyssey - Arthur C. Clarke (1997)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
235. 2061: Odyssey Three - Arthur C. Clarke (1987)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
236. 2010: Odyssey Two - Arthur C. Clarke (1982)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
237. 2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C. Clarke (1968)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
238. The Girl, the Moon, and the Ocean - Kevin Koidl (2018)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
239. Satantango - László Krasznahorkai (1985)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
240. Wise Blood - Flannery O'Connor (1952)
     non-fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
241. The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter—And How to Make the Most of Them Now - Meg Jay (2012)
     non-fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
242. Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel (2014)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
243. The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury (1949)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
244. The Most Human Human: What Talking with Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive - Brian Christian (2011)
     non-fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
245. Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion - Paul Bloom (2016)
     non-fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
246. Pale Fire - Vladimir Nabokov (1962)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: language
247. Hopscotch - Julio Cortázar (1963)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: language
248. Calypso - David Sedaris (2018)
     non-fiction ; read in 2019 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: humour
249. Hoochie Mama: The Other White Meat - Erika Lopez (2001)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
250. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler - Italo Calvino (1979)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: language
251. Nausea - Jean-Paul Sartre (1938)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in lists: books-changed-life, classics
252. Intuition Pumps And Other Tools for Thinking - Daniel C. Dennett (2013)
     non-fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
253. They Call Me Mad Dog!: A Story for Bitter, Lonely People - Erika Lopez (1998)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
254. Passionella and Other Stories - Jules Feiffer (1959)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: visually-stunning
255. The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion - Jonathan Haidt (2012)
     non-fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: educational
256. The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires - Tim Wu (2010)
     non-fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: educational
257. Girl, Woman, Other - Bernardine Evaristo (2019)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
258. The Personality Brokers: The Strange History of Myers-Briggs and the Birth of Personality Testing - Merve Emre (2018)
     non-fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
259. Fascism: A Warning - Madeleine K. Albright (2018)
     non-fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
260. Capital in the Twenty-First Century - Thomas Piketty (2013)
     non-fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: educational
261. Dark Matter - Blake Crouch (2016)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
262. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century - Yuval Noah Harari (2018)
     non-fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
263. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War - Max Brooks (2006)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
264. Intercourse - Andrea Dworkin (1987)
     non-fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: books-changed-life
265. Solaris - Stanisław Lem (1961)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: aliens, scifi
266. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values - Robert M. Pirsig (1974)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
267. An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments - Ali Almossawi (2013)
     non-fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 😠awful (1/5) ;
268. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller (1961)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: classics
269. Notes from Underground - Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1864)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
270. Mr. Fox - Helen Oyeyemi (2011)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
     featured in list: TCD
271. All the Birds in the Sky - Charlie Jane Anders (2016)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2019 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
     featured in list: TCD
272. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov (1955)
     fiction ; read in 2019 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: language
273. Letters from a Stoic - Seneca (64)
     non-fiction ; read in 2018 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: TCD
274. Why We Broke Up - Daniel Handler (2011)
     fiction ; read in 2018 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
275. Gudgulya - D.M. Mirasdar (1977)
     fiction ; read in 2018 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
276. Ringworld - Larry Niven (1970)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
277. The Naked Sun - Isaac Asimov (1956)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
278. Seveneves - Neal Stephenson (2015)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
279. Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions - Brian Christian (2016)
     non-fiction ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
280. Flaming Iguanas: An Illustrated All-Girl Road Novel Thing - Erika Lopez (1997)
     fiction ; read in 2018 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: visually-stunning
281. The Gone-Away World - Nick Harkaway (2008)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2018 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
282. After the World - Máire Brophy (2018)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
283. Fiasco - Stanisław Lem (1986)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in lists: aliens, scifi
284. Lincoln in the Bardo - George Saunders (2017)
     fiction ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
285. Six Wakes - Mur Lafferty (2017)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: thriller
286. The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1879)
     fiction ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in lists: classics, storytelling
287. Passage - Connie Willis (2001)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
288. Stumbling on Happiness - Daniel Todd Gilbert (2006)
     non-fiction ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
289. Across the River and into the Trees - Ernest Hemingway (1950)
     fiction ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
290. Evening Class - Maeve Binchy (1996)
     fiction ; read in 2018 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
     featured in list: TCD
291. Models: Attract Women Through Honesty - Mark Manson (2011)
     non-fiction ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
292. I, Robot (Robot, #0.1) - Isaac Asimov (1950)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
293. Grimm's Fairy Tales - Jacob Grimm (2011)
     fiction ; read in 2018 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: classics, TCD
294. Her Body and Other Parties - Carmen Maria Machado (2017)
     fiction ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
295. The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry - Jon Ronson (2011)
     non-fiction ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
296. Fukat - D.M. Mirasdar (1993)
     fiction ; read in 2018 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
297. The Republic - Plato (-380)
     non-fiction ; read in 2018 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: books-changed-life, classics, educational, TCD
298. Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie (1981)
     fiction ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: classics, fantasy, language, storytelling
299. The Caves of Steel - Isaac Asimov (1954)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
300. Foundation and Empire - Isaac Asimov (1952)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
301. Second Foundation - Isaac Asimov (1953)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
302. The Luminaries - Eleanor Catton (2013)
     fiction ; read in 2018 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: storytelling
303. Embassytown - China Miéville (2011)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
304. Forward the Foundation - Isaac Asimov (1993)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
305. Foundation's Edge - Isaac Asimov (1982)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
306. The Lady in the Van - Alan Bennett (1999)
     non-fiction ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
307. The Finkler Question - Howard Jacobson (2010)
     fiction ; read in 2018 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
     featured in list: TCD
308. The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga (2008)
     fiction ; read in 2018 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: storytelling
309. The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro (1989)
     fiction ; read in 2018 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: storytelling
310. Animal Farm - George Orwell (1945)
     fiction ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: books-changed-life, classics
311. Anathem - Neal Stephenson (2008)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
312. Silence - Shūsaku Endō (1966)
     fiction ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
313. Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress - Steven Pinker (2018)
     non-fiction ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: books-changed-life, educational
314. Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card (1985)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
315. The Robots of Dawn - Isaac Asimov (1983)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
316. Hag-Seed - Margaret Atwood (2016)
     fiction ; read in 2018 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
317. The Sellout - Paul Beatty (2015)
     fiction ; read in 2018 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
318. The Geek Feminist Revolution - Kameron Hurley (2016)
     non-fiction ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
319. Foundation - Isaac Asimov (1951)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
320. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything - Steven D. Levitt (2005)
     non-fiction ; read in 2018 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: TCD
321. Patriotism - Yukio Mishima (1961)
     fiction ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
322. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End - Atul Gawande (2014)
     non-fiction ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
323. Starship Troopers - Robert A. Heinlein (1959)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
324. Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1969)
     fiction ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: classics
325. Accelerando - Charles Stross (2005)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: ai, scifi
326. The Complete Robot (Robot, #0.3) - Isaac Asimov (1982)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
327. Candide - Voltaire (1759)
     fiction ; read in 2018 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: classics
328. Sacred Games - Vikram Chandra (2006)
     fiction ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
329. Classical Literary Criticism - Penelope Murray (2001)
     non-fiction ; read in 2018 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
     featured in list: TCD
330. The Art of Rhetoric - Aristotle (-322)
     non-fiction ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: classics, TCD
331. The Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie (1988)
     fiction ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; owned in 💾digital medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
332. Ubik - Philip K. Dick (1969)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2018 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
333. A Tale for the Time Being - Ruth Ozeki (2013)
     fiction ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
334. Robots and Empire - Isaac Asimov (1985)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
335. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury (1953)
     fiction ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: books-changed-life
336. Rainbows End - Vernor Vinge (2006)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in lists: ai, scifi
337. The Vegetarian - Han Kang (2007)
     fiction ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
338. Prelude to Foundation - Isaac Asimov (1988)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
339. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life - Mark Manson (2016)
     non-fiction ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
340. The Inheritance of Loss - Kiran Desai (2005)
     fiction ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
341. Foundation and Earth - Isaac Asimov (1986)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
342. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley (1932)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2018 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: classics, educational, scifi
343. Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk (1996)
     fiction ; read in 2018 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: classics
344. The Trial and Death of Socrates (Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo (death scene only)) - Plato (-400)
     fiction ; read in 2018 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: TCD
345. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood (1985)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2017 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: books-changed-life, classics
346. Pulp - Charles Bukowski (1994)
     fiction ; read in 2017 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
347. Anansi Boys - Neil Gaiman (2005)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2017 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
348. Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson (1992)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2017 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
349. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance - Angela Duckworth (2016)
     non-fiction ; read in 2017 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
350. Post Office - Charles Bukowski (1971)
     fiction ; read in 2017 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
351. Death's End - Liu Cixin (2010)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2017 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
352. Dune Messiah - Frank Herbert (1969)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2017 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
353. The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy (1997)
     fiction ; read in 2017 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
354. God Emperor of Dune - Frank Herbert (1981)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2017 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
355. Foucault's Pendulum - Umberto Eco (1988)
     fiction ; read in 2017 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: thriller
356. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World - Peter Wohlleben (2015)
     non-fiction ; read in 2017 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: educational
357. Thinking, Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman (2011)
     non-fiction ; read in 2017 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: books-changed-life, classics, educational, TCD
358. The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde (1890)
     fiction ; read in 2017 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: classics
359. Ready Player One - Ernest Cline (2011)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2017 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
360. 1984 - George Orwell (1949)
     fiction ; read in 2017 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: books-changed-life, classics
361. Alice in Quantumland: An Allegory of Quantum Physics - Robert Gilmore (1994)
     non-fiction ; read in 2017 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
362. The Dark Forest - Liu Cixin (2008)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2017 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
363. The Murders in the Rue Morgue - Edgar Allan Poe (1841)
     fiction ; read in 2017 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
364. The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway (1952)
     fiction ; read in 2017 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: classics
365. The Prince and the Pauper - Mark Twain (1881)
     fiction ; read in 2017 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
366. Tropic of Cancer - Henry Miller (1934)
     fiction ; read in 2017 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
367. Heretics of Dune - Frank Herbert (1984)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2017 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
368. The Three-Body Problem - Liu Cixin (2006)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2017 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
369. Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow - Yuval Noah Harari (2017)
     non-fiction ; read in 2017 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
     featured in lists: educational, TCD
370. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind - Yuval Noah Harari (2011)
     non-fiction ; read in 2017 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in lists: educational, TCD
371. The Clever Guts Diet: How to Revolutionise Your Body from the Inside Out - Michael Mosley (2017)
     fiction ; read in 2017 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😠awful (1/5) ;
     featured in list: TCD
372. Notes of a Dirty Old Man - Charles Bukowski (1969)
     fiction ; read in 2017 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
373. Lord of the Flies - William Golding (1954)
     fiction ; read in 2017 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: classics
374. The Man in the High Castle - Philip K. Dick (1962)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2017 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
375. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick (1968)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2017 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
376. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee (1960)
     fiction ; read in 2017 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: classics
377. Chapterhouse: Dune - Frank Herbert (1985)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2017 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
378. The Balloon Hoax - Edgar Allan Poe (1844)
     fiction ; read in 2017 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
379. The Nicomachean Ethics - Aristotle (-340)
     non-fiction ; read in 2017 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: classics, TCD
380. American Gods - Neil Gaiman (2001)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2017 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: fantasy
381. Who Rules the World? - Noam Chomsky (2014)
     non-fiction ; read in 2017 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
     featured in list: TCD
382. Dune - Frank Herbert (1965)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2017 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: classics, scifi
383. Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro (2005)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2017 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: books-changed-life
384. The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway (1926)
     fiction ; read in 2017 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
385. Chimera - Mira Grant (2015)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2017 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
386. The Trial - Franz Kafka (1925)
     fiction ; read in 2017 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: classics
387. The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead (2016)
     fiction ; read in 2017 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
388. Children of Dune - Frank Herbert (1976)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2017 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
389. Tales of Ordinary Madness - Charles Bukowski (1983)
     fiction ; read in 2017 in 📚 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
390. Dubliners - James Joyce (1914)
     fiction ; read in 2016 in 📚 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
391. The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman (2008)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2016 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: fantasy
392. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft - Stephen King (2000)
     non-fiction ; read in 2016 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
393. The Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer (1400)
     fiction ; read in 2016 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: classics
394. Symbiont - Mira Grant (2014)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2016 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
395. Writing for Computer Science - Justin Zobel (1997)
     non-fiction ; read in 2016 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
396. The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka (1915)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2016 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: classics, horror
397. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts I and II - John Tiffany (2016)
     fiction ; read in 2016 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
     featured in list: TCD
398. Neptune's Brood - Charles Stross (2013)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2016 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
399. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy (1877)
     fiction ; read in 2016 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: classics
400. Redshirts - John Scalzi (2012)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2016 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
401. Three Men in a Boat - Jerome K. Jerome (1889)
     fiction ; read in 2016 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: humour
402. Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1963)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2016 in 📚 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
403. Life, the Universe and Everything - Douglas Adams (1982)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2015 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: humour
404. The Bhagavad Gita - Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa (-400)
     fiction ; read in 2015 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: classics
405. Delta of Venus - Anaïs Nin (1969)
     fiction ; read in 2015 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: books-changed-life, classics
406. Siege of Mithila - Ashok K. Banker (2004)
     fiction ; read in 2015 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: classics
407. The Wrong Case - James Crumley (1975)
     fiction ; read in 2015 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
408. Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri (1999)
     fiction ; read in 2015 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
409. UR - Stephen King (2009)
     fiction ; read in 2015 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
410. Parasite - Mira Grant (2013)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2015 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
411. The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (The World As Myth) - Robert A. Heinlein (1985)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2015 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
412. The Wind Through the Keyhole (The Dark Tower, #4.5) - Stephen King (2012)
     fiction ; read in 2015 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: fantasy
413. A Feast for Crows - George R.R. Martin (2005)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2014 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: fantasy
414. Secrets of a Devon Wood: My Nature Journal - Jo Brown (2020)
     ; read in 2014 in 📚 medium ; owned in 📚physical medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: visually-stunning
     Delightful illustrations. Worth being a collectible.
415. Feed - Mira Grant (2010)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2014 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
416. Axis - Robert Charles Wilson (2007)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2014 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
417. Lord Edgware Dies - Agatha Christie (1933)
     fiction ; read in 2014 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
418. Sons of Sita - Ashok K. Banker (2012)
     fiction ; read in 2014 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: classics
419. The Final Country - James Crumley (2001)
     fiction ; read in 2014 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
420. Wolves of the Calla - Stephen King (2003)
     fiction ; read in 2014 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: fantasy
421. Prey - Michael Crichton (2002)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2014 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
422. The Art of War - Sun Tzu (-500)
     non-fiction ; read in 2014 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: classics
423. Spin - Robert Charles Wilson (2005)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2014 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
424. The Dark Tower - Stephen King (2004)
     fiction ; read in 2014 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: fantasy
425. Neuromancer - William Gibson (1984)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2014 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: classics, scifi
426. Rose Madder - Stephen King (1995)
     fiction ; read in 2014 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
427. Wizard and Glass - Stephen King (1997)
     fiction ; read in 2014 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: fantasy
428. Demons of Chitrakut - Ashok K. Banker (2005)
     fiction ; read in 2014 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: classics
429. It - Stephen King (1986)
     fiction ; read in 2014 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: horror
430. The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri (2003)
     fiction ; read in 2014 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
431. Cujo - Stephen King (1981)
     fiction ; read in 2013 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
432. Poirot Investigates - Agatha Christie (1924)
     fiction ; read in 2013 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
433. The Mahabharata: A Modern Rendering, Vol. 1 - Ramesh Menon (2006)
     fiction ; read in 2013 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: classics
434. The Gunslinger - Stephen King (1982)
     fiction ; read in 2013 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: fantasy
435. The Egg - Andy Weir (2009)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2013 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
436. Moby-Dick or, the Whale - Herman Melville (1851)
     fiction ; read in 2013 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: classics
437. Mostly Harmless - Douglas Adams (1992)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2013 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
438. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish - Douglas Adams (1984)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2013 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: humour
439. Einstein: His Life and Universe - Walter Isaacson (2007)
     non-fiction ; read in 2013 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
440. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - Agatha Christie (1926)
     fiction ; read in 2013 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
441. Armies of Hanuman - Ashok K. Banker (2005)
     fiction ; read in 2013 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: classics
442. Death in the Clouds - Agatha Christie (1935)
     fiction ; read in 2013 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
443. The Accidental Prime Minister (The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh) - Sanjaya Baru (2014)
     non-fiction ; read in 2013 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
444. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson (2005)
     fiction ; read in 2013 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: thriller
445. The Shining - Stephen King (1977)
     fiction ; read in 2013 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: horror
446. Prince of Ayodhya - Ashok K. Banker (2003)
     fiction ; read in 2013 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: classics
447. The Complete Stories and Poems - Edgar Allan Poe (1849)
     fiction ; read in 2013 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
448. One to Count Cadence - James Crumley (1969)
     fiction ; read in 2013 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
449. The Mystery of the Blue Train - Agatha Christie (1928)
     fiction ; read in 2013 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
450. Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A. Heinlein (1961)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2013 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
451. The Girl Who Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson (2006)
     fiction ; read in 2012 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
452. Under the Dome - Stephen King (2009)
     fiction ; read in 2012 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
453. Congo - Michael Crichton (1980)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2012 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
454. Carrie - Stephen King (1974)
     fiction ; read in 2012 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: horror
455. Three Act Tragedy - Agatha Christie (1934)
     fiction ; read in 2012 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
456. A Clash of Kings - George R.R. Martin (1998)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2012 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: fantasy
457. A Storm of Swords - George R.R. Martin (2000)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2012 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: fantasy
458. Vengeance of Ravana - Ashok K. Banker (2010)
     fiction ; read in 2012 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: classics
459. Countdown (Newsflesh Trilogy, #0.25) - Mira Grant (2011)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2012 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
460. The Codex - Douglas Preston (2003)
     fiction ; read in 2012 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
461. Algorithmic Puzzles - Anany V. Levitin (2011)
     non-fiction ; read in 2012 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
462. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams (1979)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2012 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: classics, humour
463. The Andromeda Strain - Michael Crichton (1969)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2012 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
464. 'Salem's Lot - Stephen King (1975)
     fiction ; read in 2012 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: horror
465. Duma Key - Stephen King (2008)
     fiction ; read in 2012 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: horror
466. Deadline - Mira Grant (2011)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2011 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
467. The Mist - Stephen King (1980)
     fiction ; read in 2011 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: horror
468. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Stieg Larsson (2007)
     fiction ; read in 2011 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
469. A Game of Thrones - George R.R. Martin (1996)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2011 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: fantasy
470. Burning Chrome - William Gibson (1986)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2011 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
471. Rendezvous with Rama - Arthur C. Clarke (1973)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2011 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
472. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress - Robert A. Heinlein (1966)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2011 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
473. Vortex - Robert Charles Wilson (2011)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2011 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
474. The Waste Lands - Stephen King (1991)
     fiction ; read in 2011 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
475. Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming - Peter Seibel (2009)
     non-fiction ; read in 2011 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: educational
476. WWW: Wonder - Robert J. Sawyer (2011)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2011 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
477. Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie (1934)
     fiction ; read in 2011 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
478. The Last Good Kiss - James Crumley (1978)
     fiction ; read in 2011 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
479. Steve Jobs - Walter Isaacson (2011)
     non-fiction ; read in 2011 in 📚 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
480. Misery - Stephen King (1987)
     fiction ; read in 2011 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: thriller
481. Bridge of Rama - Ashok K. Banker (2005)
     fiction ; read in 2011 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: classics
482. Timeline - Michael Crichton (1999)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2011 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
483. The Mahabharata: A Modern Rendering, Vol. 2 - Ramesh Menon (2006)
     fiction ; read in 2011 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: classics
484. The Murder on the Links - Agatha Christie (1923)
     fiction ; read in 2011 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
485. Black Coffee: A Mystery Play in Three Acts - Agatha Christie (1930)
     fiction ; read in 2011 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
486. King of Ayodhya - Ashok K. Banker (2006)
     fiction ; read in 2010 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: classics
487. Count Zero - William Gibson (1986)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2010 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
488. The Eyes of the Dragon - Stephen King (1987)
     fiction ; read in 2010 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
489. Doctor Sleep - Stephen King (2013)
     fiction ; read in 2010 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
490. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho (1988)
     fiction ; read in 2010 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
491. Firestarter - Stephen King (1980)
     fiction ; read in 2010 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: thriller
492. The Mysterious Affair at Styles - Agatha Christie (1920)
     fiction ; read in 2010 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
493. Dreamcatcher - Stephen King (2001)
     fiction ; read in 2010 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
494. Mona Lisa Overdrive - William Gibson (1988)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2010 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
495. Song of Susannah - Stephen King (2004)
     fiction ; read in 2010 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: fantasy
496. Blackout - Mira Grant (2012)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2010 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: scifi
497. Dancing Bear - James Crumley (1983)
     fiction ; read in 2009 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
498. The Big Four - Agatha Christie (1927)
     fiction ; read in 2009 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
     featured in list: fantasy
499. WWW: Watch - Robert J. Sawyer (2010)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2009 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
500. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - Douglas Adams (1980)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2009 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: humour
501. Sphere - Michael Crichton (1987)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2009 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
502. Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson (1999)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2009 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
503. Cell - Stephen King (2006)
     fiction ; read in 2009 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
504. The Drawing of the Three - Stephen King (1987)
     fiction ; read in 2009 in 💾 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: fantasy
505. Peril at End House - Agatha Christie (1932)
     fiction ; read in 2009 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
506. Eight Million Ways to Die - Lawrence Block (1982)
     fiction ; read in 2009 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
507. WWW: Wake - Robert J. Sawyer (2009)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2009 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in lists: ai, scifi
508. A Dance with Dragons - George R.R. Martin (2011)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2009 in 📚 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: fantasy
509. Holy Bible: King James Version - Anonymous (1611)
     fiction ; read in 2008 in 📚 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: classics
510. The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown (2009)
     fiction ; read in 2008 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
511. The Doomsday Conspiracy - Sidney Sheldon (1991)
     fiction ; read in 2008 in 📚 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
512. If Tomorrow Comes - Sidney Sheldon (1985)
     fiction ; read in 2008 in 📚 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
513. The Return of the Dancing Master - Henning Mankell (2000)
     fiction ; read in 2008 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
514. Tell Me Your Dreams - Sidney Sheldon (1998)
     fiction ; read in 2008 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
515. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again - J.R.R. Tolkien (1937)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2008 in 💾 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
516. Nothing Lasts Forever - Sidney Sheldon (1994)
     fiction ; read in 2008 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
517. The Last Juror - John Grisham (2004)
     fiction ; read in 2007 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
518. Deception Point - Dan Brown (2001)
     fiction ; read in 2007 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
519. The Chamber - John Grisham (1994)
     fiction ; read in 2007 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
520. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer - Patrick Süskind (1985)
     fiction ; read in 2007 in 💾 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
521. At Risk - Stella Rimington (2004)
     fiction ; read in 2007 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
522. Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand (1957)
     fiction ; read in 2007 in 📚 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: books-changed-life
523. The Stars Shine Down - Sidney Sheldon (1992)
     fiction ; read in 2007 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
524. Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques - Michael Michalko (1991)
     non-fiction ; read in 2007 in 📚 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
525. A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking (1988)
     non-fiction ; read in 2007 in 📚 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: educational
526. The Broker - John Grisham (2005)
     fiction ; read in 2007 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
527. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith (1998)
     fiction ; read in 2007 in 📚 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
528. The Silence of the Lambs - Thomas Harris (1988)
     fiction ; read in 2007 in 📚 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: thriller
529. The Sky is Falling - Sidney Sheldon (2000)
     fiction ; read in 2007 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
530. The Sands of Time - Sidney Sheldon (1988)
     fiction ; read in 2007 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
531. Red Dragon - Thomas Harris (1981)
     fiction ; read in 2006 in 📚 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
     featured in list: thriller
532. A Gathering Light - Jennifer Donnelly (2003)
     fiction ; read in 2006 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
533. Inferno - Dan Brown (2013)
     fiction ; read in 2006 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
534. Eat Cake - Jeanne Ray (2003)
     fiction ; read in 2006 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
535. Up and Down in the Dales - Gervase Phinn (2004)
     fiction ; read in 2006 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
536. Morning, Noon & Night - Sidney Sheldon (1995)
     fiction ; read in 2006 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
537. A Stranger in the Mirror - Sidney Sheldon (1976)
     fiction ; read in 2006 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
538. Angels & Demons - Dan Brown (2000)
     fiction ; read in 2006 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
539. The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand (1943)
     fiction ; read in 2006 in 📚 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: books-changed-life
540. The Client - John Grisham (1993)
     fiction ; read in 2006 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
541. Rage of Angels - Sidney Sheldon (1980)
     fiction ; read in 2005 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
542. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown (2003)
     fiction ; read in 2005 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
543. The Naked Face - Sidney Sheldon (1970)
     fiction ; read in 2005 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
544. The Best Laid Plans - Sidney Sheldon (1997)
     fiction ; read in 2005 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
545. The King of Torts - John Grisham (2003)
     fiction ; read in 2005 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
546. The Other Side of Midnight - Sidney Sheldon (1973)
     fiction ; read in 2004 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
547. Dirty Bomb - Gilbert King (2004)
     non-fiction ; read in 2004 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
548. The Murder Artist - John Case (2004)
     fiction ; read in 2004 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
549. Hannibal - Thomas Harris (1999)
     fiction ; read in 2004 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
550. The Various Haunts of Men - Susan Hill (2004)
     fiction ; read in 2003 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
551. The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings, #1-3) - J.R.R. Tolkien (1955)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 2003 in 📚 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: classics, fantasy
552. Are You Afraid of the Dark? - Sidney Sheldon (2004)
     fiction ; read in 2002 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
553. Digital Fortress - Dan Brown (1998)
     fiction ; read in 2002 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
554. Windmills of the Gods - Sidney Sheldon (1987)
     fiction ; read in 2002 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
555. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon (2003)
     fiction ; read in 2002 in 📚 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
556. Master of the Game - Sidney Sheldon (1982)
     fiction ; read in 2002 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
557. Memories of Midnight - Sidney Sheldon (1990)
     fiction ; read in 2002 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
558. Start From Here - Sean French (2003)
     fiction ; read in 2002 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙁bad (2/5) ;
559. Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson (1879)
     fiction ; read in 2001 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
560. The Hound of the Baskervilles - Arthur Conan Doyle (1901)
     fiction ; read in 2001 in 📚 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
561. The Last Don - Mario Puzo (1996)
     fiction ; read in 2001 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
562. Kidnapped - Robert Louis Stevenson (1886)
     fiction ; read in 2001 in 📚 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
563. Fursungicha Faster Fene (फुरसुंगीचा फास्टर फेणे) - B.R. Bhagwat (1975)
     fiction ; read in 2001 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
564. Captains Courageous - Rudyard Kipling (1897)
     fiction ; read in 2000 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
565. Oz: The Complete Collection - L. Frank Baum (1900)
     fiction ; read in 2000 in 📚 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
566. The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings - Edgar Allan Poe (1843)
     fiction ; read in 2000 in 📚 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
567. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling (1998)
     fiction ; read in 2000 in 📚 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: classics, fantasy
568. Pratapgadawar Faster Fene (प्रतापगडावर फास्टर फेणे) - B.R. Bhagwat (1966)
     fiction ; read in 2000 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
569. Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe (1719)
     fiction ; read in 2000 in 📚 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
570. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling (1999)
     fiction ; read in 2000 in 📚 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: classics, fantasy
571. Journey to the Center of the Earth - Jules Verne (1864)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 1999 in 📚 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
572. Tales of Mystery and Madness - Edgar Allan Poe (2004)
     fiction ; read in 1999 in 📚 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: classics, horror
573. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass - Lewis Carroll (1871)
     fiction ; read in 1999 in 📚 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: classics, fantasy
574. Five Weeks in a Balloon - Jules Verne (1863)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 1999 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
575. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson (1886)
     fiction ; read in 1999 in 📚 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
576. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling (2003)
     fiction ; read in 1999 in 📚 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: classics, fantasy
577. The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank (1947)
     non-fiction ; read in 1999 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
578. Faster Fenecha Ranrang (फास्टर फेणेचा रणरंग) - B.R. Bhagwat (1960)
     fiction ; read in 1999 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
579. Jawaanmard Faster Fene (जवानमर्द फास्टर फेणे) - B.R. Bhagwat (1979)
     fiction ; read in 1999 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
580. The Gold Bug - Edgar Allan Poe (1842)
     fiction ; read in 1998 in 📚 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
581. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea - Jules Verne (1870)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 1998 in 📚 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: classics, scifi
582. Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There - Lewis Carroll (1871)
     fiction ; read in 1998 in 📚 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: classics, fantasy
583. Complete Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle (1892)
     fiction ; read in 1998 in 📚 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: classics
584. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens (1839)
     fiction ; read in 1998 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
585. Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne (1873)
     fiction ; read in 1998 in 📚 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
586. Tick Tock Faster Fene (टिक टॉक फास्टर फेणे) - B.R. Bhagwat (1985)
     fiction ; read in 1998 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
587. The Sicilian - Mario Puzo (1969)
     fiction ; read in 1998 in 📚 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
588. Omerta - Mario Puzo (1999)
     fiction ; read in 1998 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
589. Faster Fene Detective (फास्टर फेणे डिटेक्टीव्ह) - B.R. Bhagwat (1964)
     fiction ; read in 1997 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
590. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain (1884)
     fiction ; read in 1997 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
     featured in list: classics
591. Chakrivaadalaat Faster Fene (चक्रीवादळात फास्टर फेणे) - B.R. Bhagwat (1971)
     fiction ; read in 1997 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
592. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens (1850)
     fiction ; read in 1997 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
593. Eragon - Christopher Paolini (2002)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 1997 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
594. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott (1868)
     fiction ; read in 1997 in 📚 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
595. The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales - Edgar Allan Poe (1839)
     fiction ; read in 1997 in 📚 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
596. From the Earth to the Moon - Jules Verne (1865)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 1997 in 📚 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
597. Aage Badho Faster Fene (आगे बढो फास्टर फेणे) - B.R. Bhagwat (1976)
     fiction ; read in 1997 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
598. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling (2000)
     fiction ; read in 1997 in 📚 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: classics, fantasy
599. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Hogwarts Library) - Newt Scamander (2001)
     fiction ; read in 1997 in 📚 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
600. The Call of the Wild - Jack London (1903)
     fiction ; read in 1997 in 📚 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
601. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain (1875)
     fiction ; read in 1996 in 📚 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: classics
602. Tring...Tring...Faster Fene (ट्रिंग...ट्रिंग... फास्टर फेणे) - B.R. Bhagwat (1981)
     fiction ; read in 1996 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
603. Fools Die - Mario Puzo (1978)
     fiction ; read in 1996 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
604. The Mysterious Island - Jules Verne (1865)
     fiction, sci-fi ; read in 1996 in 📚 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
605. The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Hogwarts Library) - J.K. Rowling (2008)
     fiction ; read in 1996 in 📚 medium ; it was 😁good (4/5) ;
606. Baalbahaddar Faster Fene (बालबहाद्धर फास्टर फेणे) - B.R. Bhagwat (1977)
     fiction ; read in 1996 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
607. Aesop's Fables - Aesop (-560)
     fiction ; read in 1996 in 📚 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: classics
608. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court - Mark Twain (1889)
     fiction ; read in 1996 in 📚 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: classics, fantasy
609. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling (2007)
     fiction ; read in 1996 in 📚 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: classics, fantasy
610. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling (2005)
     fiction ; read in 1995 in 📚 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: classics, fantasy
611. The Complete Sherlock Holmes and Tales of Terror and Mystery - Arthur Conan Doyle (1908)
     fiction ; read in 1995 in 📚 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: classics
612. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens (1861)
     fiction ; read in 1995 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
     featured in list: classics
613. Quidditch Through the Ages (Hogwarts Library) - Kennilworthy Whisp (2001)
     fiction ; read in 1995 in 📚 medium ; it was 🙂okay (3/5) ;
614. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - J.K. Rowling (1997)
     fiction ; read in 1995 in 📚 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in lists: classics, fantasy
615. The Godfather - Mario Puzo (1969)
     fiction ; read in 1995 in 📚 medium ; it was 😍awesome (5/5) ;
     featured in list: classics