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A list of the 127 books I have read since 2018 (except for a few embarrassing ones). The ratings are at the time of finishing each book.
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari (2011)
Date read:
2021-06-10

Fátækt fólk
Tryggvi Emilsson (1976)
Date read:
2021-05-28

Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know
Malcolm Gladwell (2019)
Date read:
2021-05-06

The Trial
Franz Kafka (1925)
Date read:
2021-04-27

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Simon Baker (2006)
Date read:
2021-04-07

The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk
Al Ries, Jack Trout (1993)
Date read:
2021-03-08

Málsvörn
Einar Kárason (2021)
Date read:
2021-02-23

Snerting
Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson (2020)
Date read:
2021-02-12

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
Chris Voss (2016)
Date read:
2021-02-05

The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn
Richard Hamming (1996)
Date read:
2021-01-28

Limitless: Core Techniques to Improve Performance, Productivity, and Focus
Jim Kwik (2020)
Date read:
2021-01-18

When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi (2016)
Date read:
2021-01-09

Vetrarmein
Ragnar Jónasson (2020)
Date read:
2021-01-04

Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics By Its Most Brilliant Teacher
Richard P. Feynman (1962)
Date read:
2020-11-14

A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing
Burton G. Malkiel (1973)
Date read:
2020-11-14

The Star Principle: How It Can Make You Rich
Richard Koch (2008)
Date read:
2020-11-10

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
Eric Jorgenson (2020)
Date read:
2020-11-02

The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story
Hyeonseo Lee (2015)
Date read:
2020-07-29

Hell Yeah or No: what's worth doing
Derek Sivers (2020)
Date read:
2020-07-27

Kokkáll
Dóri DNA (2019)
Date read:
2020-04-15

Ærumissir
Davíð Logi Sigurðsson (2018)
Date read:
2020-04-15

Svínshöfuð
Bergþóra Snæbjörnsdóttir (2019)
Date read:
2020-04-13

Korngult hár, grá augu
Sjón (2019)
Date read:
2020-04-08

Where Good Ideas Come from: The Natural History of Innovation
Steven Johnson (2010)
Date read:
2020-03-30

Sólarhringl
Huldar Breiðfjörð (2019)
Date read:
2020-03-08

Hlaupabókin
Arnar Pétursson (2019)
Date read:
2020-03-01

Norwegian Wood
Haruki Murakami (1987)
Date read:
2020-02-14

The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini (2003)
Date read:
2020-02-13

Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng (2017)
Date read:
2020-02-12

Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness
Scott Jurek (2012)
Date read:
2020-01-17

2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
Arthur C. Clarke (1968)
Date read:
2020-01-14

Understanding Michael Porter: The Essential Guide to Competition and Strategy
Joan Magretta (2011)
Date read:
2020-01-12

Siddartha
Hermann Hesse (1922)
Date read:
2020-01-11

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Christopher McDougall (2009)
Date read:
2020-01-06

Skjáskot
Bergur Ebbi (2019)
Date read:
2019-12-31

Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself
Rich Roll (2012)
Date read:
2019-12-27

How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease
Michael Greger (2015)
Date read:
2019-12-15

Total Immersion: A Revolutionary Way to Swim Better and Faster
Terry Laughlin (1996)
Date read:
2019-12-03

Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide
Richard Dawkins (2019)
Date read:
2019-11-25

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
Trevor Noah (2016)
Date read:
2019-11-25

The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Miguel Ruiz (1997)
Date read:
2019-11-17

Um tímann og vatnið
Andri Snær Magnason (2019)
Date read:
2019-10-29

Any Human Heart
William Boyd (2002)
Date read:
2019-10-29

Vicious
V.E. Schwab (2013)
Date read:
2019-10-12

Super Thinking: Upgrade Your Reasoning and Make Better Decisions with Mental Models
Gabriel Weinberg (2019)
Date read:
2019-10-10

Educated
Tara Westover (2018)
Date read:
2019-10-06

Flowers for Algernon
Daniel Keyes (1959)
Date read:
2019-09-28

Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
Brian Christian (2016)
Date read:
2019-09-25

Kane and Abel
Jeffrey Archer (1979)
Date read:
2019-09-11

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life
Scott Adams (2013)
Date read:
2019-08-31

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
John Carreyrou (2018)
Date read:
2019-08-20

The Art of Learning: A Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence
Josh Waitzkin (2007)
Date read:
2019-08-17

Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
Richard H. Thaler (2008)
Date read:
2019-08-17

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Steven D. Levitt (2005)
Date read:
2019-08-17

The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended Fasting
Jason Fung (2016)
Date read:
2019-08-12

Hello, Startup: A Programmer's Guide to Building Products, Technologies, and Teams
Yevgeniy Brikman (2015)
Date read:
2019-08-09

Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships
Marshall B. Rosenberg (1999)
Date read:
2019-07-28

The Art of War
Sun Tzu (-500)
Date read:
2019-07-14

The Magic of Thinking Big
David J. Schwartz (1959)
Date read:
2019-07-13

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE
Phil Knight (2016)
Date read:
2019-07-13

How to Write Copy That Sells: The Step-By-Step System for More Sales, to More Customers, More Often
Ray Edwards (2016)
Date read:
2019-07-08

The Selfish Gene
Richard Dawkins (1976)
Date read:
2019-07-07

The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World
Brad Stone (2017)
Date read:
2019-06-30

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Robert B. Cialdini (1984)
Date read:
2019-06-30

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
David Allen (2001)
Date read:
2019-06-30

The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
Eric Ries (2011)
Date read:
2019-06-21

Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny!
Tony Robbins (1992)
Date read:
2019-06-21

Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
Michael Pollan (2008)
Date read:
2019-05-27

Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries
Safi Bahcall (2019)
Date read:
2019-05-22

The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement
Eliyahu M. Goldratt (1984)
Date read:
2019-05-02

Principles: Life and Work
Ray Dalio (2011)
Date read:
2019-05-02

Ego Is the Enemy
Ryan Holiday (2016)
Date read:
2019-05-02

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
Matthew Walker (2017)
Date read:
2019-04-16

Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life
Gary John Bishop (2016)
Date read:
2019-03-19

The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
Matt Ridley (1993)
Date read:
2019-03-04

Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now
Gordon Livingston (2004)
Date read:
2019-02-17

Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
Hans Rosling (2018)
Date read:
2019-02-12

So Good They Can't Ignore You
Cal Newport (2012)
Date read:
2019-01-29

Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
David Goggins (2018)
Date read:
2019-01-29

Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2001)
Date read:
2019-01-22

I Don't Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression
Terrence Real (1997)
Date read:
2019-01-14

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear (2018)
Date read:
2019-01-06

21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari (2018)
Date read:
2018-11-05

Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age
Paul Graham (2004)
Date read:
2018-09-29

The Case Against Sugar
Gary Taubes (2016)
Date read:
2018-09-12

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
Richard P. Feynman (1985)
Date read:
2018-09-04

The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
Ryan Holiday (2014)
Date read:
2018-08-30

The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
N.K. Jemisin (2015)
Date read:
2018-08-17

Liar's Poker
Michael Lewis (1989)
Date read:
2018-08-12

Thinking in Systems: A Primer
Donella H. Meadows (2008)
Date read:
2018-08-07

The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
Andy Hunt (1999)
Date read:
2018-08-07

Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur
Derek Sivers (2011)
Date read:
2018-08-07

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Cal Newport (2016)
Date read:
2018-08-04

1984
George Orwell (1949)
Date read:
2018-08-02

Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl (1946)
Date read:
2018-08-01

The Gods Themselves
Isaac Asimov (1972)
Date read:
2018-07-30

The Fountainhead
Ayn Rand (1943)
Date read:
2018-07-30

The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho (1988)
Date read:
2018-07-30

Dark Matter
Blake Crouch (2016)
Date read:
2018-07-04

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Peter Thiel (2014)
Date read:
2018-07-02

Unscripted: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship
M.J. DeMarco (2017)
Date read:
2018-07-02

Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
Timothy Ferriss (2017)
Date read:
2018-07-02

Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization
Dave Logan (2008)
Date read:
2018-07-02

Traction: A Startup Guide to Getting Customers
Gabriel Weinberg (2014)
Date read:
2018-07-02

The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles
Steven Pressfield (2002)
Date read:
2018-07-02

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
Mark Manson (2016)
Date read:
2018-07-02

The Slight Edge
Jeff Olson (2005)
Date read:
2018-07-02

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
Charles Duhigg (2012)
Date read:
2018-07-02

The Millionaire Fastlane
M.J. DeMarco (2010)
Date read:
2018-07-02

The God Delusion
Richard Dawkins (2006)
Date read:
2018-07-02

The 4-Hour Workweek
Timothy Ferriss (2007)
Date read:
2018-07-02

Stumbling on Happiness
Daniel Todd Gilbert (2006)
Date read:
2018-07-02

Stofuhiti
Bergur Ebbi (2017)
Date read:
2018-07-02

Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson (2011)
Date read:
2018-07-02

Rework
Jason Fried (2010)
Date read:
2018-07-02

Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice
Bill Browder (2014)
Date read:
2018-07-02

Ready Player One
Ernest Cline (2011)
Date read:
2018-07-02

Living with a SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet
Jesse Itzler (2015)
Date read:
2018-07-02

Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
Yuval Noah Harari (2017)
Date read:
2018-07-02

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
J.D. Vance (2016)
Date read:
2018-07-02

Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain's Silent Killers
David Perlmutter (2013)
Date read:
2018-07-02

Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Ashlee Vance (2015)
Date read:
2018-07-02

Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose
Tony Hsieh (2010)
Date read:
2018-07-02

City of Thieves
David Benioff (2008)
Date read:
2018-07-02

Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley
Antonio García Martínez (2016)
Date read:
2018-07-02

A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson (2003)
Date read:
2018-07-02

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
Jordan B. Peterson (2018)
Date read:
2018-07-02