What I’m Reading
One of my personal goals is to read more. Some kinds of books I like to read are sci-fi and fantasy novels; U.S. and modern world history; feminism and antiracism; and, yes, the occasional book on math, network science, or computing.
Current
| 2026 | Something in the Woods Loves You | by Jarod K. Anderson | nonfiction nature mental health memoir |
| 2026 | How We Live Is How We Die | by Pema Chodron | nonfiction spirituality Buddhism |
| 2026 | Nurture | by Erica Chidi | nonfiction parenthood |
| 2026 | The Brothers Karamazov | by Fyodor Dostoevsky | fiction family drama |
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Past
| 2026 | Tao Te Ching | by Lao Tzu and Ursula K. Leguin | philosophy spirituality |
| 2026 | Birth Vibes | by Jen Hamilton | nonfiction parenthood |
| 2026 | H is for Hawk | by Helen Macdonald | nonfiction nature memoir mental health |
| 2026 | Hayao Miyazaki | by Jessica Niebel | nonfiction art |
| 2026 | The Places That Scare You | by Pema Chodron | nonfiction spirituality Buddhism |
| 2026 | The Art of Gathering | by Priya Parker | nonfiction psychology social life |
| 2026 | The Power of Ritual | by Casper ter Kuile | nonfiction spirituality psychology social life |
| 2026 | The Blue Machine | by Helen Czerski | nonfiction science |
| 2026 | Balance in Motion | by Kei Izawa | nonfiction aikido |
| 2026 | A Different Kind of Power | by Jacinda Ardern | nonfiction memoir politics |
| 2026 | The Body: A Guide for Occupants | by Bill Bryson | nonfiction science |
| 2026 | The Utopia of Rules | by David Graeber | nonfiction politics economics |
| 2026 | Maybe You Should Talk to Someone | by Lori Gottlieb | nonfiction psychology mental health |
| 2026 | A Trade of Blood | by Robert Jackson Bennett | fiction mystery fantasy |
| 2026 | The Testaments | by Margaret Atwood | fiction dystopia science fiction |
| 2026 | A Prayer for the Crown-Shy | by Becky Chambers | fiction science fiction solarpunk |
| 2026 | A Psalm for the Wild-Built | by Becky Chambers | fiction science fiction solarpunk |
| 2026 | The Ministry for the Future | by Kim Stanley Robinson | fiction science fiction climate politics |
| 2026 | Blue Mars | by Kim Stanley Robinson | fiction science fiction climate politics |
| 2026 | Green Mars | by Kim Stanley Robinson | fiction science fiction climate politics |
| 2026 | Red Mars | by Kim Stanley Robinson | fiction science fiction climate politics |
| 2026 | Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers | by Jesse Q. Sutanto | fiction mystery humor |
| 2026 | The Midnight Library | by Matt Haig | fiction fantasy |
| 2025 | Atomic Habits | by James Clear | nonfiction psychology |
| 2025 | The AI Con | by Emily Bender and Alex Hanna | nonfiction AI tech ethics |
| 2025 | Breath Sweeps Mind | by Jean Smith | nonfiction spirituality Buddhism mindfulness |
| 2025 | Abundance | by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson | nonfiction economics politics |
| 2025 | AI Snake Oil | by Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor | nonfiction AI tech ethics |
| 2025 | The Sabbath World | by Judith Shulevitz | nonfiction spirituality history Judaism |
| 2025 | The Anxious Generation | by Jonathan Haidt | nonfiction psychology parenthood social life |
| 2025 | Blood Over Brighthaven | by M. L. Wang | fiction fantasy |
| 2025 | Into the Gloamwood | by Sarah Matthews | fiction fantasy |
| 2025 | Project Hail Mary | by Andy Weir | fiction science fiction |
| 2025 | Cibola Burn | by James S. A. Corey | fiction science fiction |
| 2025 | Abaddon's Gate | by James S. A. Corey | fiction science fiction |
| 2025 | Onyx Storm | by Rebecca Yarros | fiction fantasy romance |
| 2025 | Demon Copperhead | by Barbara Kingsolver | fiction literary |
| 2025 | Caliban's War | by James S. A. Corey | fiction science fiction |
| 2025 | Leviathan Wakes | by James S. A. Corey | fiction science fiction |
| 2025 | Translation State | by Ann Leckie | fiction science fiction |
| 2025 | Death's End | by Liu Cixin | fiction science fiction |
| 2025 | The Dark Forest | by Liu Cixin | fiction science fiction |
| 2025 | The Three Body Problem | by Liu Cixin | fiction science fiction |
| 2025 | Iron Flame | by Rebecca Yarros | fiction fantasy romance |
| 2025 | Fourth Wing | by Rebecca Yarros | fiction fantasy romance |
| 2025 | The Sunlit Man | by Brandon Sanderson | fiction fantasy cosmere |
| 2025 | Wind and Truth | by Brandon Sanderson | fiction fantasy cosmere |
| 2024 | The Spirit of Tea | by Frank Hadley Murphy | nonfiction mindfulness |
| 2024 | Caste | by Isabel Wilkerson | nonfiction history sociology race |
| 2024 | Heisenberg's War | by Thomas Powers | nonfiction history science |
| 2024 | Cooked | by Michael Pollan | nonfiction food science |
| 2024 | How To Do Nothing | by Jenny Odell | nonfiction mindfulness |
| 2024 | Slow Productivity | by Cal Newport | nonfiction mindfulness |
| 2024 | Unmasking Autism | by Devon Price | nonfiction psychology |
| 2024 | Modeling Social Behavior | by Paul Smaldino | nonfiction math |
| 2024 | Why Fish Don't Exist | by Lulu Miller | nonfiction science history |
| 2024 | Rhythm of War | by Brandon Sanderson | fiction fantasy cosmere |
| 2024 | Dawnshard | by Brandon Sanderson | fiction fantasy cosmere |
| 2024 | Oathbringer | by Brandon Sanderson | fiction fantasy cosmere |
| 2024 | Edgedancer | by Brandon Sanderson | fiction fantasy cosmere |
| 2024 | Words of Radiance | by Brandon Sanderson | fiction fantasy cosmere |
| 2024 | The Way of Kings | by Brandon Sanderson | fiction fantasy cosmere |
| 2024 | The Western Wind | by Samantha Harvey | fiction historical fiction mystery |
| 2024 | The Book Thief | by Markus Zusak | fiction historical fiction |
| 2024 | Memory and Dream | by Charles de Lint | fiction fantasy art magic realism |
| 2024 | Tress of the Emerald Sea | by Brandon Sanderson | fiction fantasy cosmere |
| 2024 | Provenance | by Ann Leckie | fiction science fiction |
| 2024 | Ancillary Mercy | by Ann Leckie | fiction science fiction |
| 2024 | Ancillary Sword | by Ann Leckie | fiction science fiction |
| 2024 | Ancillary Justice | by Ann Leckie | fiction science fiction |
| 2024 | Dune | by Frank Herbert | fiction science fiction |
| 2024 | In the Lives of Puppets | by T. J. Klune | fiction science fiction LGBTQ+ |
| 2024 | Piranesi | by Susanna Clarke | fiction fantasy mystery |
| 2024 | Life After Life | by Kate Atkinson | fiction historical fiction fantasy |
| 2024 | The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue | by V. E. Schwab | |
| 2023 | Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom | by bell hooks | nonfiction education feminism |
| 2023 | Nice White Ladies | by Jessie Daniels | nonfiction race sociology |
| 2023 | The Privileged Poor | by Anthony Abraham Jack | nonfiction education sociology |
| 2023 | Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? | by Beverly Daniel Tatum | nonfiction race sociology |
| 2023 | Lost Kingdom | by Julia Flynn Siler | nonfiction history politics |
| 2023 | The Guarded Gate | by Daniel Okrent | nonfiction history politics race |
| 2023 | Race After Technology | by Ruha Benjamin | nonfiction race sociology |
| 2023 | Ungrading | by Susan D. Blum | nonfiction education pedagogy |
| 2023 | A Desolation Called Peace | by Arkady Martine | fiction science fiction |
| 2023 | Sharks in the Time of Saviors | by Kawai Strong Washburn | fiction literary magic realism |
| 2023 | A Memory Called Empire | by Arkady Martine | fiction science fiction |
| 2023 | Parable of the Talents | by Octavia Butler | fiction science fiction dystopia |
| 2023 | Parable of the Sower | by Octavia Butler | fiction science fiction dystopia |
| 2023 | Station Eleven | by Emily St. John Mandel | fiction literary post-apocalyptic |
| 2023 | Under the Whispering Door | by T. J. Klune | fiction fantasy romance |
| 2023 | Everything I Never Told You | by Celeste Ng | fiction literary family drama |
| 2023 | Kindred | by Octavia Butler | fiction science fiction historical fiction |
| 2023 | The World We Make | by N. K. Jemisin | fiction fantasy |
| 2023 | A Gentleman in Moscow | by Amor Towles | fiction historical fiction literary |
| 2022 | Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America | by Ibram X. Kendi | nonfiction history social justice race |
| 2022 | The Silk Roads: A New History of the World | by Peter Frankopan | nonfiction history |
| 2022 | Fairness and Machine Learning | by Solon Barocas, Moritz Hardt, and Arvind Narayanan | nonfiction AI tech ethics math |
| 2022 | Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution | by Mike Duncan | nonfiction history biography |
| 2022 | The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story | by Nikole Hannah-Jones | nonfiction history race social justice |
| 2022 | Siren Queen | by Nghi Vo | fiction fantasy |
| 2022 | Lilith's Brood | by Octavia Butler | fiction science fiction |
| 2022 | Cloud Cuckoo Land | by Anthony Doerr | fiction literary historical fiction |
| 2022 | The Sentence | by Louise Erdrich | fiction literary historical fiction |
| 2022 | Fevered Star | by Rebecca Roanhorse | fiction fantasy |
| 2022 | The House in the Cerulean Sea | by T.J. Klune | fiction fantasy LGBTQ+ |
| 2022 | Far Sector | by N. K. Jemisin and Jamal Campbell | fiction science fiction LGBTQ+ |
| 2022 | The Murderbot Diaries | by Martha Wells | fiction science fiction |
| 2022 | The Witness for the Dead | by Katherine Addison | fiction mystery |
| 2022 | The Goblin Emperor | by Katherine Addison | fiction fantasy |
| 2022 | How Long 'til Black Future Month? | by N. K. Jemisin | fiction short stories science fiction fantasy |
| 2021 | Calling Bullshit | by Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West | nonfiction tech ethics data science |
| 2021 | Invisible Women | by Caroline Criado Perez | nonfiction feminism data science sociology |
| 2021 | Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women | by Kate Manne | nonfiction feminism sociology |
| 2021 | How to be an Antiracist | by Ibram X. Kendi | nonfiction social justice history race |
| 2021 | An Indigenous People's History of the United States | by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz | nonfiction history race |
| 2021 | Specifications Grading | by Linda B. Nilson | nonfiction education pedagogy |
| 2021 | Linear Algebra and Optimization for Machine Learning | by Charu C. Aggarwal | nonfiction math AI |
| 2021 | These Truths | by Jill Lepore | nonfiction history politics |
| 2021 | Little Fires Everywhere | by Celeste Ng | fiction family drama literary |
| 2021 | The Book of Form and Emptiness | by Ruth Ozeki | fiction literary |
| 2021 | Wild Seed | by Octavia Butler | fiction science fiction |
| 2021 | A Desolation Called Peace | by Arkady Martine | fiction science fiction |
| 2021 | A Memory Called Empire | by Arkady Martine | fiction science fiction |
| 2021 | Future Home of the Living God | by Louise Erdrich | fiction dystopia literary |
| 2021 | Paradise | by Toni Morrison | fiction literary |
| 2021 | The Dreamblood Duology | by N. K. Jemisin | fiction fantasy |
| 2021 | The Broken Earth Trilogy | by N. K. Jemisin | fiction fantasy science fiction |
| 2021 | The Inheritance Trilogy | by N. K. Jemisin | fiction fantasy |
| 2021 | Rhythm of War | by Brandon Sanderson | fiction fantasy cosmere |
| 2021 | Black Sun | by Rebecca Roanhorse | fiction fantasy |
| 2021 | Children of Blood and Bone | by Tomi Adeyemi | fiction fantasy |
| 2021 | The Starless Sea | by Erin Morgenstern | fiction fantasy |
| 2020 | Algorithms of Oppression | by Safiya Umoja Noble | nonfiction social justice |
| 2020 | Automating Inequality | by Virginia Eubanks | nonfiction social justice |
| 2020 | Weapons of Math Destruction | by Cathy O'Neil | nonfiction social justice |
| 2020 | Washington: A Life | by Ron Chernow | nonfiction biography history |
| 2020 | So You Want To Talk About Race | by Ijoema Oluo | nonfiction race social justice |
| 2020 | The Making of the Atomic Bomb | by Richard Rhodes | nonfiction history science |
| 2020 | Thinking, Fast and Slow | by Daniel Kahneman | nonfiction psychology economics |
| 2020 | The Sympathizer | by Viet Thanh Nguyen | fiction fantasy |
| 2020 | The City We Became | by N. K. Jemisin | fiction fantasy |
| 2020 | Good Omens | by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett | fiction fantasy humor |
| 2020 | The Poisonwood Bible | by Barbara Kingsolver | fiction historical fiction literary |
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