Reading

Planned Readings Link to heading

non-fiction Link to heading

  • Helsinki: A Cultural History by Neil Kent
  • Modern World History by Dan Allosso & Tom Williford
  • The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
  • Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
  • The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human by Siddhartha Mukherjee
  • Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure by Vaclav Smil
  • How the World Really Works: A Scientist’s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future by Vaclav Smil

fiction Link to heading

  • Dune by Frank Herbert
  • The Stranger by Albert Camus
  • The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
  • The Plague by Albert Camus
  • Foundation’s Edge by Isaac Asimov
  • Foundation and Earth by Isaac Asimov
  • Wilhelm Tell by Friedrich Schiller
  • Harry Potter (again) by J. K. Rowling
  • The Redemption of Time (A Three-Body Problem Novel) by Baoshu

Past Readingsh Link to heading

  • Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman (16 February 2024)
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (30 January 2024)
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (24 January 2024)
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (16 January 2024)
  • Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban (13 January 2024)
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (12 January 2024)
  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (9 January 2024)
  • Animal Farm by George Orwell (4 January 2024)
  • Becoming by Michelle Obama (March 2023)
  • The Second Foundation (February 2023)
  • Death’s End by Liu Cixin (February 2023)
  • The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin (Feburary 2023)
  • Brave New World by (January 2023)
  • The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (January 2023)
  • 1984 by George Orwell (January 2023)
  • Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov (January 2023)
  • Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline (January 2023)
  • The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin (January 2023)
  • Foundation by Isaac Asimov (2022)