2019 to 2021 Reading List

For fun, I have decided to start sharing the books I have read over the past years. Below is a record of my reading list from 2019 to 2021. My hope is that this list will inspire others to explore the books I have enjoyed, be influenced by what others are reading, or even spark engaging conversations about these works.

2021

  • Thank God for Bitcoin, by Bitcoin and Bible Group, Julia Tourianski, Gabe Higgins, Lyle Pratt, Jimmy Song, Robert Breedlove, George Mekhail, J.M. Bush, Derek Waltchack

  • Chesapeake Requiem, by Earl Swift (re-read)

  • The Cause, by Joseph J. Ellis

  • Origins, by Don Goldsmith, Neil deGrasse Tyson

  • Endurance, by Alfred Lansing (re-read)

  • What to Expect the First Year, by Heidi Murkoff

  • The Rights of Man, by Thomas Paine (re-read)

  • The Happiest Baby on the Block, by Harvey Karp

  • Sailing a Serious Ocean, by John Kretschmer (re-read)

  • Principles, by Ray Dalio

  • Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, by Dee Brown

  • The Federalist Papers, by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay

  • Escape from the Ordinary, by Julie Bradley

  • The Bitcoin Standard, by Saifedean Ammous (re-read)

2020

  • Inside the Jihad, by Omar Nasiri

  • Billions & Billions, by Carl Sagan

  • Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, by John Meacham

  • Caffeine, by Michael Pollan

  • The Man Who Knew the Way to the Moon, by Todd Zwillich

  • Transaction Man, by Nicholas Lemann

  • The Brain, by David Eagleman

  • Unfu*k Yourself, by Gary John Bishop

  • Alexander Hamilton, by Ron Chernow

  • How to Change Your Mind, by Michael Pollan

  • Artemis, by Andy Weir

  • Contact, by Carl Sagan

  • Eliza Hamilton, by Tilar J. Mazzeo

  • The Bassoon King, by Rainn Wilson

  • The Triumph of Seeds, by Thor Hanson

  • Accessory to War, by Avis Lang, Neil deGrasse Tyson

  • His Excellency, by Joseph J. Ellis

  • Becoming, by Michelle Obama

  • Capitalism in America, by Alan Greenspan, Adrian Wooldridge

  • Sailing a Serious Ocean, by John Kretschmer

  • How to Win Friends & Influence People, by Dale Carnegie

  • Second Nature, by Michael Pollan

2019

  • 12 Strong, by Doug Stanton

  • The Billionaire’s Vinegar, by Benjamin Wallace

  • Dreams from My Father, by Barack Obama

  • The President is Missing, by Bill Clinton, James Patterson

  • Dinner at Mr.Jefferson’s, by Charles Cerami

  • In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan

  • The Bitcoin Standard, by Saifedean Ammous

  • Founding Brothers, by Joseph J. Ellis

  • Revolutionary Summer, by Joseph J. Ellis

  • Cooked, by Michael Pollan

  • Wicked Plants, by Amy Stewart

  • American War, by Omar El Akkad

  • The Botany of Desire, by Michael Pollan

  • The Man in the High Castle, by Philip K. Dick

  • The Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead

  • Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, by Walter Isaacson (re-read)

  • Your Inner Fish, by Neil Shubin

  • Einstein, by Walter Isaacson (re-read)

  • Savage Kingdom, by Benjamin Woolley

  • The Wilderness Warrior, by Douglas Brinkley

  • The Intelligent Investor, by Benjamin Graham

  • Endurance, by Alfred Lansing (re-read)

  • The Martian, by Andy Weir (re-read)