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Currently Reading:

Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks (Science Fiction)

Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (Business)

Link to my science fiction to-read list

Previously Read (recently read books appear at the top):

A note about my reading style: I go through reading phases. For a while, I’ll tear through business books then read nothing but fiction for months. Lately, I have been in a science fiction phase.

• Ignore Everybody by Hugh MacLeod (Business / Fun)
• The Whuffie Factor by Tara Hunt (Business / Technology)
• Runemarks by Joanne Harris (Fiction)
• Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving (Fiction)
• Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (Science Fiction)
• Makers by Cory Doctorow (Science Fiction)
• Accelerando by Charles Stross (Science Fiction)
• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (Science Fiction)
• Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky (Business / Technology)
• A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin (Science Fiction)
• A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin (Science Fiction)
• A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin (Science Fiction)
• A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin (Science Fiction)
• Singularity Sky by Charles Stross (Science Fiction)
• The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory (Fiction)
• Feed by M. T. Anderson (Science Fiction)
• Magic Street by Orson Scott Card (Science Fiction)
• Lost Boys by Orson Scott Card (Science Fiction)*
• Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan (Science Fiction)
• Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan (Science Fiction)
• Winter’s Heart by Robert Jordan (Science Fiction)
• The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan (Science Fiction)
• A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan (Science Fiction)
• The Tipping Point (re-read) by Malcolm Gladwell (Business)*
• Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan (Science Fiction)
• Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (Science Fiction / Technology)*
• The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss (Business / Technology)
• The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan (Science Fiction)
• The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan (Science Fiction)
• The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan (Science Fiction)
• The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan (Science Fiction)
• Shadow of the Giant by Orson Scott Card (Science Fiction)
• Connect! by Anne Zelenka (Technology/Business)
• The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (Science Fiction)
• New Spring by Robert Jordan (Science Fiction)
• Deception Point by Dan Brown (Fiction)
• Sleep Pale Sister by Joanne Harris (Fiction)
• Shadow Puppets by Orson Scott Card (Science Fiction)
• Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (Science Fiction)
• Shadow of the Hegemon by Orson Scott Card (Science Fiction)
• Ender’s Shadow by Orson Scott Card (Science Fiction)*
• Dune by Frank Herbert (Science Fiction)
• Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card (Science Fiction)
• The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life by Amy Tan (Memoir)
• Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow (Science Fiction)
• Xenocide by Orson Scott Card (Science Fiction)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (Fiction)
• Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card (Science Fiction)
• Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (Science Fiction)*
• Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling (Fiction)
• Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (Fiction)
• The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Fiction)
• Overclocked by Cory Doctorow (Science Fiction)
• A Salty Piece of Land by Jimmy Buffett (Fiction)
• Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris (Fiction)
• Eastern Standard Tribe by Cory Doctorow (Science Fiction)
• The Monk Downstairs by Tim Farrington (Fiction)
• She’s Such a Geek by Annalee Newitz (Technology)*
• The Long Tail by Chris Anderson (Technology)
• The Revolution will not be Televised by Joe Trippi (Technology)
• We the Media by Dan Gillmor (Technology)
• Teacher Man by Frank McCourt (Fiction)
• Naked Conversations by Robert Scoble and Shel Israel (Technology)
• Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (Business)*
• The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman (Business)
• Guns Germs and Steel by Jared Diamod (Business)*
• The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid by C. K. Phahalad (Business)*
• Democratizing Innovation by Eric von Hippel (Technology)**
• Producing Open Source Software by Karl Fogel (Technology)*

My favorite books are marked with a “*”.