Book & Audiobook Ratings
My personal reading and listening log, covering fiction and non-fiction. Ratings are my own scores out of 10; progress records how much I completed, and notes are included where I recorded one.
Showing 153 of 153 books and audiobooks
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand
A Song of Ice and Fire 1-5
by George R.R Martin
The Bourne Trilogy
by Robert Ludlum
The Expanse 1-8
by James S.A Corey
The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand
Why We Sleep
by Matthew Walker
Excellent book about sleep, best practical self help book you can read
12 Rules for Life
by Jordan B. Peterson
Dragon Teeth
by Michael Crichton
Epic true story or 1876 rival palentologists go digging in the west/deadwood
The Janson Directive
by Robert Ludlum
Ludlum Bourne like spy thriller, excellent
Project Hail Mary
by Andy Weir
Excellent book, better than the Martian, our Sun gets sick and mission is sent to nearest star to learn how to heal it
Beyond Order
by Jordan Peterson
That's Your Lot
by Limmy
The Fear Index
by Robert Harris
Excellent, Quant traders AI Thriller
Cryptonomicon
by Neal Stephenson
ww2 code breakers and 1990's descendants create bitcoin
1984
by George Orwell
classic
Ambler Warning
by Robert Ludlum
Orphan X 1-7
by Gregg Hurwitz
Pretty good bourne knock off
Termination Shock
by Neal Stephenson
Climate Change Near Future, Gripping
The 4 Hour Workweek
by Timothy Ferris
GOAT
The Terminal List(book 4 The Devil's Hand)
by Jack Carr
911 biochem weapon, best yet
Dictator
by Robert Harris
Third of Cicero trilogy
Imperium
by Robert Harris
First of Cicero trilogy
Lustrum
by Robert Harris
Second of Cicero trilogy
The Terminal List (book 2 True Believer)
by Jack Carr
Dear Leader
by Jang Jin-Sung
NK high up escapes
Filth
by Irvine Welsh
Same rules apply
Ready Player One
by Ernest Clyne
Reamde
by Neal Stephenson
ransomeware in wow leads to international spy buddy movie
Starbuck Chronicles(Book 1 Rebel)
by Bernard Cornwell
Northern Scholar fights for the South in US Civil War, Classic Cornwell
The Book of M
by Peng Sheppard
Very enjoyable, people start losing their shadows and their memories with them
The Day of the Triffids
by John Wyndham
Great book written 1958, Sci fi post apocalyptic, v interesting 8h13
The Handmaids Tale
by Margaret Atwood
The Last Kingdom (14 books)
by Bernard Cornwell
Decent books overshadowed by the tv show
The Madness of Crowds
by Douglas Murray
great book, nail on head
The Network State
by Balaji Srinavason
Quality, predicts the future and how we can make it
The Terminal List (Book 1)
by Jack Carr
The Testaments
by Margaret Atwood
Moneyball
by Michael Lewis
The Terminal List book 3 (Savage Son)
by Jack Carr
Breath; The New Science of a Lost Art
by James Nestor
Why we sleep for breathing
Clash of Eagles Trilogy
by Alan Smale
Alt History if roman empire never fell, its 1200 and romans invade america
Dune
by Frank Herbert
classic
Jurassic Park
by Michael Crichton
Actually about chaos theory and complex systems with popcorn and dinosaurs
Range
by David Epstein
Recursion
by Blake Crouch
People start getting phantom memories and the explanation makes a top notch science faction thriller
Red Rising Saga (Book 1)
by Pierce Brown
Great story, soceity is in castes by colour and rebelion kicks off sorta
Red Sparrow Trilogy
by Jason Matthews
Russian Spy Thriller, top notch, movie is good too
Shogun
by James Clavell
Snow Crash
by Neal Stephenson
Cyberpunk, metaverse thiller, pretty good
The Big Short
by Michael Lewis
First order (book 5 of sam capra series only)
by Jeff Abbott
good stand alone book but trying to get series on audio, solid modern spy thriller like red sparrow
Atomic Habits
by James Clear
Good short, worth a relisten
Bad Blood
by John Carreyrou
Story of Elizabeth Holmes stealing billions
Conclave
by Robert Harris
inside a modern day papl conclave, great political intrigue
Conquer Series Book 1 - Ghengis
by Conn Iggulden
Great, 5 parts will enjoy the rest
Conquer Series Book 2 - Lords Of The Bow
by Conn Iggulden
Deep Storm
by Lincoln Child/Scott Brick
One Second After (3 of 3)
by William R. Forstchen
USA hit with EMP blast and post apocalyptic thriller ensues
Tai-Pan
by James Clavell
excellent book 2 of Asain series, first shogun excellent 7 in total i think
The Apollo Murders
by Chris Hadfield
The Godfather
by Mario Puzo
The Man In The High Castle
by Philip K. Dick
very short, great seed that the tv show hits out the park
The Next 100 Years
by George Friedman
Geopolitics
The Passengers
by John Marrs
Near Future everybody has self driving cars and some people get taken hostage in theirs
The Phoenix Project
by Gene Kim
The Three Body Problem
by Cixin Liu
Chinese translation science faction, bit too geeky and physic'sy but interesting
Zero to One
by Peter Thiel
Good Business book, worth a re listen at some point
All the Pieces Matter
by VA
The Wire production explained
Congo
by Michael Crichton
Permanent Record
by Edward Snowden
Hero
Ready Player Two
by Ernest Clyne
Replay
by Ken Grimwood
good stand alone , like a black mirror ep
The End Is Always Near
by Dan Carlin
History of how civilizations end, v interesting and well written
The Hannibal Series
by Thomas Harris
The Martian
by Andy Weir
BRING HIM HOME
The Silo Saga: Book 1 Wool
by Hugh Howey
Blackout
by Chris Ryan
Guy wakes up no memory he is sas, meh not bad, standard spy thriller nothing to do with the actual blackout its titled after
Enders Game
by Orson Scott Card
OG Fantasy Science Fiction, very good, few prequels etc but this is good by it's self
FantasticLand
by Mike Bockoven
florida theme park hit by hurrican descends into lord of the flies, told like WW Z
Lord of The Flies (1954)
by William Golding
Classic
Newsflesh Trilogy
by Mira Grant
grand conspiracy unravels in 2040 world after zombie outbreak in 2016, smart and fun
Starbuck Chronicles(Book 2 Copperhead) Recording jumped time half way through so gave up
by Bernard Cornwell
The 4 hour Body
by Timothy Ferris
The Complete Software Developers Career Guide
by Jon Sonmez
should be half the length but great content anyway
The End of October
by Lawrence Wright
The Richest Man in Babylon
by George Clason
The Silo Saga: Book 2
by Hugh Howey
The Silo Saga: Book 3
by Hugh Howey
World War z
by Max Brooks
The Hunt For Red October
by Tom Clancy
Classic
Adventures of a young naturalist
by David Attenborough
Dark Matter
by Blake Crouch
Fatherland
by Robert Harris
alternate timeline germans win ww2 set 20 years later, v good
Five Years After(After 04)
by William R. Forstchen
Fail safe reference, good book
Pirate Latitudes
by Michael Crichton
Sapiens
by Yuval Noah Harari
Human Evolution, best since Dawkins
The Bourne Legacy (book 1)
by Eric Van Lustbader/scott brick
first non ludlum bourne book, not bad
The Supernova Era
by Cixin Liu
very good stand alone lord of the flies in china 2050
Timeline
by Michael Crichton
Too Big To Fail
by A Sorkin
2008 bail out, good
Artificial Wisdom
by Thomas R Weaver
Pretty good, skynet anthropic fever dream kinda thing with a metaverse
Colossus Trilogy
by D.F Jones
wrote in 70's about 100 years later when ai is given control of defence for usa and russia and ai goes rogue obv
Dark Harvest
by Will Jordan (The Critical Drinker)
good stand alone novel
Flash Boys
by Michael Lewis
The Strain Trilogy
by Guillermo Del Toro & Chuck Hogan
The zombie Survival Guide
by Max Brooks
Nuclear War
by Annie Jacobsen
Well worth reading
The Great Train Robbery
by Michael Crichton
Classic, a bit different from his tech focused stuff still great
1929 Inside the Greatest Crash In Wall Street History
by Andrew Ross Sorkin
not bad
Animal Farm
by George Orwell
Contagion: Viral Apocalypse Series, book 1
by Michael McBride
20 hour, good outbreak/zombie/serial killer story
Deep Work
by Cal Newport
Discipline Equals Freedom
by Jocko Willink
Motivational book
Discipline is Destiny
by Ryan Holiday
Fooled By Randomness
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Freakonomics
by Steven Levitt & Steven Dubner
Irresistable
by Adam Alter
Book about tech addictions, good podcast guest
Neuromancer
by William Gibson
Pretty good
Slow Productivity
by Cal Newport
Superfreakonomics
by Steven Levitt & Steven Dubner
The Queens Gambit
by Walter Tevis
The Scarlatti Inheritance
by Robert Ludlum
First book set 1915 - 1950 ok but i didnt get into it
Think Like a Freak
by Steven Levitt & Steven Dubner
Tomorrow When the War Began (2 of 7)
by John Marsden
Not bad but too teen fictiony by 3rd book to be worth my time
Unicorn Project
by Gene Kim
MarySue goes to work at tech company and singlehandedly drags them into 2020
American Psycho
by Bret Easton Ellis
Meh, gave up 1/3 through, not bad just wasn't in to it
Artemis
by Andy Weir
Moonbase thriller pretty good
Flash Crash
by Liam Vaughan
not bad, straightforward telling of flash crash traders story
Robopocalypse (1 of 3)
by Daniel H. Wilson
Terminal Freeze
by Lincoln Child/Scott Brick
Arctic base horror, well written didn't excite me
The Black Swan
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Tim Rackley 1-4
by Gregg Hurwitz
not bad, unimaginative bit boring, first 2 books fine then gave up
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck
by Mark Manson
neat
Everything is Fucked, a Book About Hope
by Mark Manson
Great writer good ideas but meh dunno
The 48 Laws of Power
by Robert Greene
The Barefoot Investor
by Scott Pape
Meh australian focused book about managing finances for common people
Vagabonding
by Rolf Potts
Tim Ferris recommendation, aged but still interesting and only 4 hours
A Generation of Sociopaths (gave up 37% through)
by Bruce Cannon Gibney
Good concept, too long idc enough about specifics of american history in it
Obfuscation
by Finn Brunton
How and why to Delete your FB
The Obstacle Is The Way
by Ryan Holiday
How Smart Machines Think
by Sean Gerrish
Ai,Netfliex recommendation engine etc pretty good
Start With Why
by Simon Sinek
All about marketing, decent but too focused on marketing for me
The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team
by Patrick Leonicini
short 4 hour business book in story format like unicorn project, pretty good
The Most Dangerous Games
by Mr Beast
fun
Amped
by Daniel H. Wilson
Explorers of the Nile
by Tim Jeal
meh gave up, just didn;t grab me
The Mercy of Gods
by James S.A Corey
meh gave up, dont care
Wheel of Time 00 - New Spirit (1 of 14ish)
by Robert Jordan
Meh, straight up fantasy, not bad not hooked
Fire and Fury
by Michael Wolff
Trumps first year from the inside, decent
Parasitology Trilogy (1.5 of 3)
by Mira Grant
Meh got rubbish
Devolution
by Max Brooks
The Wandering Earth
by Cixin Liu
recording not right in app
Thinking Fast And Slow
by Daniel Kahneman