This year I'm only going to keep track of the books I read on this website, so this will be a more "live" list in a sense.
As cliché as resolutions are, I've decided to implement at least one in regards to reading; 10 non-fiction books by the end of the year. Compare to the seemingly meagre four that i engaged in the previous year, I believe this goal should motivate a more knowledge and learning based year.
You can click on the list item for a brief description as well as my thoughts on it. Titles marked with an asterisk* are books I have read before
A very nicely written sci-fi epic from the 90's that couples retro-futuristic utopias whilst maintaining a heavy focus on the people that transform this new world. 600-ish pages, well worth the effort, I heartily reccomend it.
The first book by Cal Newport that I've read. I found the opening 100 pages a little shaky but beyond that well executed. Your standard productivity book.
Rich in description, a humorous critique of post civil war America. I feel like I need to reread it to fully appreciate it.
A nice shorter read that has some lovely depicions of the everyday lives of ordinary people, dialogue is excellent, but at times can feel somewhat manufactured, unrealistic.
A very compelling and motivating deep dive into how note taking systems based on linking notes actually benefits you, and how such systems can aid in writing.
This was the Project Gutenberg version, I'm not sure about the differences in translations but this one was great, not difficult to read at all. Overall, a superb book 9/10
More of the same great, rich sci-fi narrative, following new and old characters, and second book of the Mars Trilogy. Brilliant
An interesting book from the late 1800s by a renowned author
Again rereading a shorter work, one of my favourite books from last year. More literary fiction than sci-fi, but nonetheless an engagingly unique work.
Whimsical would be how I'd describe this shorter work, yet endearing all the same, very human.
A brilliant example of Orwell's earlier work. You can se a lot of classic ideas in prototype here. Would reccomend.
My first and probably not last foray into the theory of education, an old book, 1960s to be precise yet all of its ideas are good. Also very welll written, engagingly so. I think I'll use it to branch off of, find more boooks from its footnotes
Phenomenal is all I can say. The entire trilogy consists of long, time-spanning narratives yet the saga never gets boring. Switching between intense ecological description to sudden philosophical wonderings, the entire process of watching the chracters - and planet - develop over the course of more than 200 years is unforgettable. If Robinson had dropped all the SF from the tale, you would still be left with 300 pages of beautiful writing. Truly what a genre book should be, not leaning on the idea as support, but building on it to make its human elements all the more interesting. 10/10
Not the greatest book I've ever read, but did outline some issues well
I think this is the best book I've read this year, a better executed Crime and Punishment if you ask me, but that just may be a consequence of the translation I read. 10/10, do read.