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This is a running list of books that I have read since the inception of this website. Titles I particularly enjoyed are bolded.

Great Founder Theory

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet

Principles: Life and Work

The Forever Dog: Surprising New Science to Help Your Canine Companion Live Younger, Healthier, and Longer

Same Bed Different Dreams

Mindfulness in Plain English

The Dark Forest

The Three-Body Problem

Man’s Search for Meaning

The Design of Everyday Things

Subprime Attention Crisis: Advertising and the Time Bomb at the Heart of the Internet

What We Owe the Future

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Help Others, Do Work that Matters, and Make Smarter Choices about Giving Back

The War on Normal People: The Truth About America’s Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future

Letter to a Christian Nation

The Last Temptation of Christ

The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking

The Pragmatic Programmer

The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

12 Rules For Life: An Antidote to Chaos

Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose

Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future