New consolidated list of books I have read in my life
Books I have read in my life that I can confidently bring up.
Elementary School — I graduated in May 2003 from 5th Grade
· Harry Potter books 1–4 — J.K. Rowling
· The Hobbit — Tolkien
· The Wizard of Oz — L. Frank Baum
· Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
· The Jungle Book
· Hatchet — Gary Paulsen
· Bridge to Terabithia — Katherine Paterson
· Winnie-the-Pooh — A.A. Milne
Middle School/ High School:
· Timeline:
o 6th Grade: 2003–2004
o 7th Grade: 2004–2005
o 8th Grade: 2005–2006
o 9th Grade: 2006–2007
o 10th Grade: 2007–2008
o 11th Grade: 2008–2009
o 12th Grade: 2009–2010
· The Giver — Maybe elementary school
· Animal Farm — George Orwell (8th grade)
· The Old Man and the Sea — Steinbeck
· The Pearl — Steinbeck. Finished October 27, 2006 at 7:17AM.
· Of Mice and Men — Steinbeck
· Shipwrecked Sailor — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
· The Bluest Eye — Toni Morrison (Kelli Halliburton class). Finished March 31, 2007 at 7:38AM.
· The Jungle — Upton Sinclair (Terri Rushfeldt class). Purchased on February 5, 2009 at 5:25PM from Barnes & Noble.
· The Crucible — Arthur Miller.
· Romeo & Juliet — William Shakespeare (9th grade)
· Twelfth Night — William Shakespeare (9th or 10th grade)
· The Odyssey — Homer (Terri Rushfeldt class)
· Candide — Voltaire (read in high school)
· The Most Dangerous Game — Richard Connel (9th or 10th grade)
· Bless Me Ultima — Rodolfo Anaya (didn’t finish)
· Around the World in Eighty Days — Jules Verne (12th grade)
· Several Sherlock Holmes stories
· The Scarlett Letter — Nathaniel Hawthorne
· The Phantom of the Opera — Gaston Leroux (likely 11th grade)
· American History — Alan Brinkley (11th grade US History — read about 90% of the book) 2008–2009 school year
· The Supreme Court — William H. Rehnquist (11th or 12th grade as an extracurricular activity)
· Wuthering Heights — 11th Grade AP English. Maybe 12th Grade AP English.
· Beowulf — translated by Seamus Heaney (12th grade AP English)
· T.S. Elliot — Poems (for 12th grade AP English and personal pleasure in summer before)
Harvard Summer 2008:
· Night — Elie Wiesel
Harvard Summer 2009:
· The Fellowship of the Ring — Tolkien
· The Two Towers — Tolkien
· Discovering the Cosmos — Robert C. Bless (not completed — but went through the whole book for a course — Introduction to Astronomy)
College:
St. John’s College — Freshman — Year August 2010-May 2011:
1. Homer:
a. Iliad,
b. Odyssey
2. Aeschylus:
a. Agamemnon,
b. Libation Bearers,
c. The Eumenides,
d. Prometheus Bound
3. Sophocles:
a. Oedipus Rex,
b. Oedipus at Colonus,
c. Antigone,
d. Philoctetes,
e. Ajax
4. Thucydides:
a. Peloponnesian War
5. Euripides:
a. Hippolytus,
b. The Bacchae
6. Herodotus:
a. Histories
7. Aristophanes:
a. Clouds,
b. Frogs
8. Plato:
a. Meno,
b. Gorgias,
c. Republic,
d. Apology,
e. Crito,
f. Phaedo,
g. Symposium,
h. Parmenides,
i. Theaetetus,
j. Sophist,
k. Timaeus,
l. Phaedrus
9. Aristotle:
a. Poetics,
b. Physics,
c. Metaphysics,
d. Nicomachean Ethics,
e. On Generation and Corruption,
f. Politics,
g. Parts of Animals,
h. Generation of Animals
10. Euclid:
a. Elements
11. Lucretius:
a. On the Nature of Things
12. Plutarch:
a. “Lycurgus” and “Solon” from the Parallel Lives
13. Ptolemy:
a. Almagest
14. Blaise Pascal:
a. Treatise on the Equilibrium of Liquids
15. Nicomachus:
a. Arithmetic
16. Antoine Lavoisier:
a. Elements of Chemistry
17. William Harvey:
a. Motion of the Heart and Blood
18. Essays by: Archimedes, Gabriel Fahrenheit, Amedeo Avogadro, John Dalton, Stanislao Cannizzaro, Rudolf Virchow, Edme Mariotte, Hans Adolf Eduard Driesch, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, Hans Spemann, Guy Beckley Stearns, J. J. Thomson, Dmitri Mendeleev, Claude Louis Berthollet, Joseph Proust
· Other books during Freshman year:
o The Importance of Being Earnest — Oscar Wilde
Freshman Summer — summer of 2011:
· Frankenstein — Mary Shelley
· ABC of Relativity — Bertrand Russel
· How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading — Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren
Harvard: Sophomore Year First Semester — Fall 2011
· “Housing Policy In The United States: An Introduction” Alex F. Schwartz
· “From Tenements to the Taylor Homes: In Search of an Urban Housing Policy in Twentieth-Century America” John F. Bauman
· “Blueprint for Disaster: The Unraveling of Chicago Public Housing (Historical Studies of Urban America)” D. Bradford Hunt
· “House by House, Block by Block: The Rebirth of America’s Urban Neighborhoods” Alexander von Hoffman
· Code: Version 2.0 — Lawrence Lessig.
Harvard: Sophomore Year second semester — Spring 2012
· The Hobbit — Tolkien
· Subverting Hatred: The Challenge of Nonviolence in Religious Traditions (Faith Meets Faith Series) Daniel L. Smith-Christopher
· Constitutional Law for a Changing America: Institutional Powers and Constraints Epstein L, Walker T
· Saying What the Law Is: The Constitution in the Supreme Court Charles Fried
· Letter to a Christian Nation — Sam Harris
· Anthology of Living Religions (3rd Edition) Mary Pat Fisher, Lee W. Bailey
· Living Religions (8th Edition) Mary Pat Fisher
· Business Communication (Harvard Business Essentials) Harvard Business School Press
Summer 2012:
· Dracula — Bram Stoker (Barnes & Nobel Edition) finished at 12:08AM Saturday August 19, 2012.
· Finished The Bible from cover to cover before birthday in August 2012.
Harvard Fall 2012:
· The Name of the Rose — Umberto Eco.
· The Dynamic Constitution: An Introduction to American Constitutional Law — Richard H. Fallon, Jr.
Harvard: Junior Year/Senior Year — Spring 2013
· A World Connecting: 1870–1945 (A History of the World) Emily S. Rosenberg, et al
· The Quiet American — Graham Greene
· The Communist Manifesto — Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
· Middlemarch — George Elliot
· Origin of Species — Charles Darwin
· Tess of the d’Urbervilles — Thomas Hardy
· The Time Machine — H.G. Wells
1st Year of Law School:
· Basic Tort Law: Cases, Statutes, and Problems, Third Edition Arthur Best (Fall semester 2013)
· Mastering Statutory Interpretation, Second Edition Linda D. Jellum
· Cases and Materials on Contracts: Making and Doing Deals, 3d (American Casebooks) David G. Epstein (Spring semester 2014)
· The Buffalo Creek Disaster: How the Survivors of One of the Worst Disasters in Coal-Mining History Brought Suit Against the Coal Company- And Won Stern, Gerald M. (Spring semester 2014)
· Property, 7th Edition Jesse Dukeminier (Spring semester 2014)
· Civil Procedure: A Coursebook (Aspen Casebook) Joseph W. Glannon (Spring semester 2014)
2nd year of Law School:
· Maggs and Smith’s Constitutional Law: A Contemporary Approach, 2d (Interactive Casebook Series) (English and English Edition) Maggs, Gregory (Fall semester 2014)
· Texas Courts: A Survey (2014–2015) — Alex Wilson Albright (Fall semester 2014)
3rd year of Law School
· Texas Wills and Estates: Cases and Materials: Seventh Edition Beyer, Gerry W.
· Writing Public Policy: A Practical Guide to Communicating in the Policy Making Process, 3rd Edition Smith, Catherine F.
· Dispute Resolution: Beyond the Adversarial Model, Second Edition (Aspen Casebook Series) Carrie J. Menkel-Meadow
· Getting to Yes Book — Roger Fisher and William Ury
· Jurisprudence: Theory and Context 6th (sixth) Edition by Brian Bix published by Carolina Academic Press (2012)
· Analytic Jurisprudence Anthology (Anthology Series) Anthony D’Amato
· Primer on the Texas Law of Oil and Gas Joseph Shade
· Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law, 3rd Edition Lisa G. Lerman
· Evidence Under the Rules (Aspen Casebook Series) Christopher B. Mueller
· Understanding Secured Transactions William H. Lawrence
· Several Sherlock Holmes stories
Summer after graduating Texas A&M University School of Law for a J.D. law degree:
· Barbri books for the July 2016 Texas Bar Exam
University of Amsterdam LL.M. in International Tax Law
· OECD Model Income Tax Convention and Commentary line-by-line
· UN Model Income Tax Convention and Commentary line-by-line
· Comparative Income Taxation: A Structural Analysis — Hugh Ault
· EU Tax Law — Terra/ Wattel — most of the book
Boston University Tax LL.M.
· Partnership Tax Law textbook
· Corporate Tax Law textbook
· Federal Income Tax Law textbook
· Comparative Income Taxation: A Structural Analysis — Hugh Ault
Summer after Boston University
· Barbri UBE books
Books I read in 2018
1. American Gods — Neil Gaiman. Started in Washington, DC. Finished in Boston, Massachusetts.
2. The Hate U Give — Angie Thomas. Finished in Boston, Massachusetts.
3. The Handmaiden’s Tale — Margaret Atwood. Finished in Boston, Massachusetts.
4. How to Win Friends & Influence People — Dale Carnegie. Finished in Boston, Massachusetts.
5. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life — Mark Manson. Finished in Boston, Massachusetts.
6. The Sound and the Fury — William Faulkner. Finished in Boston, Massachusetts.
7. Principles — Ray Dalio. Finished in Boston, Massachusetts.
8. 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos — Jordan Peterson
9. Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future — Peter Thiel and Blake Masters
10. The Firm — John Grisham
11. Persuasion — Jane Austen. Finished in San Francisco.
12. Wind in the Willows — Kenneth Grahame. Started and finished in San Francisco.
13. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics — Carlo Rovelli. Read in one day in Boston, Massachusetts.
14. The Ocean at the End of the Lane — Neil Gaiman
15. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything — Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
16. Emotional Intelligence 2.0 — Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves, and Patrick M. Lencioni
17. Emotional Intelligence 2.0 — Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves, and Patrick M. Lencioni — Read Twice both in Boston, Massachusetts.
18. The Alchemist — Paul Coelho — Finished May 8, 2018
19. Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics — Stephen Greenblatt — Started and finished May 9, 2018. Started and finished in Boston, Massachusetts (read partly in Cambridge, MA).
20. Foundation — Isaac Asimov — Started May 8, 2018 and finished May 15, 2018. Started in Boston, Massachusetts. Finished in Boston, Massachusetts.
21. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King — J.R.R. Tolkien — Started July 31, 2018-finished appendices around 10:50AM August 27, 2018. I had finished the book proper (without appendices some weeks ago). Started in Washington, DC, and finished in Austin, Texas.
22. Ο Μικρός Πρίγκιπας — στα Ελληνικά — Αντουάν ντε Σαιντ-Εξυπερύ — Άρχισα να διαβάζω αυτό το βιβλίο στις 31 Αυγούστου 2018 περίπου στις 4 μ.μ.. The Little Prince — in Greek — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry — I started this book on August 31, 2018 around 4 P.M.. Finished September 2, 2018 around noon. Τερματίστηκε στις 2 Σεπτεμβρίου 2018 γύρω στο μεσημέρι. Started and finished in Austin, Texas.
23. ΄΄Ημερολόγια Αιγαίου΄΄ Διηγήματα του Δημήτρη Μανίνη — Hmerologia Aigaiou — Dimitris Maninis — Ξεκίνησα αυτό το βιβλίο στις 2 Σεπτεμβρίου 2018 γύρω στις 12:30 μ.μ. I started this book on September 2, 2018 around 12:30 PM. Τελειώσα αυτό το βιβλίο την Πέμπτη 13 Σεπτεμβρίου 2018. Finished Thursday September 13, 2018. Started in Austin, Texas and finished in Washington, DC.
24. A Prayer for Owen Meany — John Irving. Started 2:55PM September 15, 2018. Started in Washington, DC. Finished on Sunday October 7, 2018 at a bit before 10 AM. Finished in Washington, DC after going to Trader Joe’s
25. American Psycho — Bret Easton Ellis. Started at 3:11PM Sunday October 7, 2018. Started in Washington, DC. Finished in Washington, DC at 3:04PM near Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church in Washington, DC.
26. Norse Mythology — Neil Gaiman. Started at 10:59AM Sunday October 7, 2018. Started in Washington, DC. Finished October 14, 2018 at 11:56PM at home in Washington, DC.
27. Hamlet — William Shakespeare. Started at 12:14AM Monday October 15, 2018 in Washington, DC. Finished on October 15, 2018 9:04AM at the DuPont Circle Metro in Washington, DC stop waiting for a train.
28. Rome & Juliet — William Shakespeare. Started on Monday October 15, 2018 9:04AM at the DuPont Circle Metro in Washington, DC stop waiting for a train. Finished on Tuesday October 16, 2018 at 10:57PM in Washington, DC at home.
29. Twelfth Night — William Shakespeare. Started October 17, 2018 at 8:24 AM in Washington, DC. Finished on October 18, 2018 at 8:35AM in Washington, DC.
30. The Tempest — William Shakespeare. Started October 18, 2018 at 8:35AM in Washington DC on the Metro Red Line. Finished on Friday October 18 at 7:20PM in Northern Virginia on the Blue Line.
31. Heart of Darkness — Joseph Conrad. Started at 7:20PM Friday October 17, 2018 on the Blue Line in Northern Virginia. Finished Sunday October 21, 2018 at 10:34 AM around breakfast time in Northern Virginia.
32. Julius Caesar — William Shakespeare. Started at 10:34AM around breakfast time on Sunday October 21, 2018 in Northern Virginia. Finished on Sunday October 21, 2018 at 6:54 PM on the Blue Line after Arlington Cemetery stop heading towards Metro Center.
33. Henry V — William Shakespeare. Started at 6:56PM on Sunday October 21, 2018 on the Blue Line heading towards Metro Center. Finished in Washington, DC at home on Tuesday October 23, 2018 at 9:35PM.
34. Richard III — William Shakespeare. Started 9:38PM on Tuesday October 23, 2018 in Washington, DC at home. Finished on Saturday October 27, 2018 at 7:10PM in Washington, DC at home.
35. The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life — Kevin Simler
36. The Laws of Human Nature — Robert Greene
37. The Great Gatsby — F. Scott Fitzgerald. Started in Washington, DC around October 30, 2018 at home. Ended Friday 9:35AM November 2, 2018 in Washington, DC.
38. Moby Dick — Herman Melville started 9:36AM on November 2, 2018 in Washington, DC. Ended November 3, 2018.
39. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer — Mark Twain. Started November 3, 2018 at 5:59PM in Washington, DC.
40. The Alice Behind Wonderland — Simon Winchester. finished at 3:43 PM on Thursday November 8, 2018
41. Winnie the Pooh — A. A Milne. finished Sunday November 11, 2018 at 2:43PM in Washington, DC.
42. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court — Mark Twain. started at 2:44PM in Washington, DC and finished in Washington, DC on at 8:15PM Sunday November 11, 2018.
43. Billy Budd, Sailor — Herman Melville. Started November 12, 2018 at 12:38PM in Washington, DC. Finished November 13, 2018 at 7:46PM on the Red Line in Washington, DC.
44. Metamorphosis — Franz Kafka. Started November 13, 2018 at 7:47PM in Washington, DC. Finished November 14, 2018 at 9:36AM in Washington, DC.
45. Inferno — Dante Alighieri. Started November 14, 2018 at 12:06PM in Washington, DC. Finished November 15, 2018 at 12:24PM.
46. Purgatory — Dante Algihieri. Started November 15, 2018 at 1:18PM in Washington, DC. Finished on the plane to Denver from Washington Reagan National Airport November on November 18, 2018.
47. Camino Island — John Grisham. Read on the plane Sunday November 18, 2018 started on the flight from DC to Denver, Colorado. Finished on the flight from Denver to Austin, Texas.
48. The Antiquarian — Gustavo Faveron Patriau. Started in Cedar Park, Texas at approximately 9:13AM Saturday November 24, 2018. Finished at 1:39PM on November 24, 2018 in Austin, Texas.
49. The Magician’s Nephew — Clive Staples Lewis. Started at Austin Airport around 6AM on November 25, 2018. Finished on November 25, 2018 on the plane to Washington, DC.
50. The Lion, The Witch, and & The Wardrobe — Clive Staples Lewis. Started on the plane to Washington, DC on Sunday November 25, 2018. Finished in Washington, DC on Sunday November 25, 2018.
51. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader — Clive Staples Lewis. Started Sunday November 25, 2018 before 8:04PM. Finished Thursday November 29, 2018 at 12:35PM.
52. The Silver Chair — Clive Staples Lewis. Started in Washington, DC. Finished on December Monday 3, 2018.
53. The Last Battle — Clive Staples Lewis. Started in and finished in Washington, DC. Finished Tuesday December 4, 2018.
54. The Horse and his Boy — Clive Staples Lewis. Finished at 9:45PM Friday December 7, 2018 in Washington, DC.
55. Price Caspian — Clive Staples Lewis. Started in Washington, DC in December. Finished in Austin, Texas in December.
56. The Killer Angels — Michael Shaara. Started Tuesday December 4, 2018. Finished in Washington, DC in December.
Books read thus far this year 2019
1. Zen of Motorcycle Maintenance — Robert Prisig. Finished January 21, 2019.
2. The Name of the Rose — Umberto Eco. Finished January 27, 2019.
3. Nietzsche in 90 Minutes — Paul Strathern. Finished January 28, 2019.
4. Plato in 90 Minutes — Paul Strathern. Finished January 28, 2019.
5. Descartes in 90 Minutes — Paul Strathern. Finished January 28, 2019.
6. Kant in 90 Minutes — Paul Strathern. Finished January 29, 2019
7. Kierkegaard in 90 Minutes — Paul Strathern. Started January 29, 2019. Finished January 30, 2019.
8. Marx in 90 Minutes — Paul Strathern. Started January 29, 2019. Finished in Washington, DC.
9. Wittgenstein in 90 Minutes — Paul Strathern. Finished February 3, 2019 in New Orleans Airport.
10. Garcia Marquez in 90 Minutes — Paul Strathern. Started February 3, 2019 in New Orleans Airport.
11. Outliers: The Story of Success — Malcom Gladwell. Finished Friday February 8, 2019 in Washington, DC.
12. Aristotle for Everybody — Mortimer J. Adler. Started February 8, 2019. Finished Saturday February 9, 2019 before 10:00AM.
13. This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life — David Foster Wallace. Started February 9, 2019 and finished February 9, 2019 before 10:00AM.
14. The Art of Gathering — Priya Parker. Started in Washington, DC Saturday February 9, 2019. Finished February 13, 2019 in Washington, DC.
15. The Pit and the Pendulum — Edgar Allen Poe. Started and finished Tuesday February 12, 2019 in Washington, DC.
16. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow — Washington Irving. Started in Washington, DC on Wednesday February 13, 2019 and finished Wednesday February 13, 2019 at 6:15PM in Washington, DC.
17. David and Goliath — Malcom Gladwell. Started in Washington, DC Tuesday February 12, 2019. Finished February 15, 2019 at 2:06PM in Washington, DC.
18. The Picture of Dorian Gray — Oscar Wilde. Started in Washington, DC on February 15, 2019. Finished 5:20PM on February 15, 2019 in Washington, DC.
19. Utopia — Sir Thomas More. Started in Washington, DC at 5:21 PM on Friday February 15, 2019.
20. Phantom of the Opera — Gaston Leroux. Started on the train from New York City to Washington, DC on February 17, 2019. Finished Sunday February 24, 2019 at 5:12 PM in DuPont Circle area in Washington, DC.
21. The Princess Bride — William Goldman. Started in Washington, DC in DuPont Circle Sunday February 24, 2019. Finished Monday February 25, 2019 around 3PM.
22. The Hobbit — J.R.R. Tolkien. Started in Washington, DC Monday February 25, 2019. Finished Wednesday February 27, 2019 at 4:34PM in Washington, DC.
23. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone — J.K. Rowling. Started in Washington, DC Wednesday right after I finished The Hobbit around 4:35PM in Washington, DC on February 27, 2019. Finished around 8PM on March 1, 2019.
24. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets — J.K. Rowling. Started in Washington, DC and finished on the plane trip from DC to New Orleans (perhaps on the flight from DC to Houston, connection flight).
25. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban — J.K. Rowling. Finished Wednesday March 6, 2019 (Alamo Day), around 11PM in New Orleans.
26. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire — J.K. Rowling. Started Wednesday March 6, 2019 (Alamo Day), around 11PM in New Orleans. Finished on March 11, 2019 in Washington, DC at 6:07PM.
27. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix — J.K. Rowling. Started March 11, 2019 in Washington, DC. Finished March 16, 2019 at 2:05PM in Washington, DC at home.
28. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince — J.K. Rowling. Finished in Washington, DC around March 18, 2019.
29. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — J.K. Rowling. Started around March 18, 2019 after finishing Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and finished Friday March 29, 2019 at 9:13PM.
30. The Silmarillion — J.R.R. Tolkien. Finished April 5, 2019 in the morning in Washington, DC. I only had one more page to read.
31. True West — Sam Shepard. Started and finished April 12, 2019 in Washington, DC.
32. The Alchemist — Paul Coelho. Started and finished on April 16, 2019 in Washington, DC, NW.
33. Dune — Frank Herbert. Started a few weeks before. Finished Friday April 19, 2019 in Washington, DC, NW.
34. The Call of the Wild — Jack London. Started on Friday April 19, 2019 and finished Saturday April 20, 2019 at 4:38PM the DC area.
35. The Aleph — Jorge Luis Borges. Started on Saturday April 20, 2019 at 4:39PM and finished on the same day at 4:56PM.
36. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight started — Author unknown, translated by Benedict Flynn. Started at 4:39PM, Finished at 10:20PM both on Saturday April 20, 2019.
37. Anthem — Ayn Rand. Started around 10:25PM on Saturday April 20, 2019. Finished Easter Day Sunday April 21, 2019 at 10:59PM.
38. Common Sense — Thomas Paine. Started at 11:00PM on Sunday April 21, 2019. Finished Monday April 22, 2019 at 12:59PM.
39. A Christmas Carol — Charles Dickens. Started Monday April 22, 2019. Finished on the morning of April 23, 2019. Shakespeare’s birthday.
40. The Sonnets — William Shakespeare. Started on Shakespeare’s birthday on April 23, 2019. All the Sonnets. Completed same day on April 23, 2019.
41. Antony and Cleopatra — William Shakespeare. Finished April 24, 2019 in Washington, DC.
42. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Robert Louis Stevenson. Started April 24, 2019. Finished April 25 in the morning. Both started and finished in Washington, DC.
43. The Pearl — John Steinbeck. Started April 25, 2019 in the morning. Finished April 28, 2019
44. Treasure Island — Robert Louis Stevenson. Started April 27, 2019 in Alexandria, Virginia in the afternoon. Finished April 29, 2019 at 9:30PM.
45. The Time Machine — H.G. Wells. Started on April 29, 2019 at 9:32PM. Finished in Washington, DC at 5:02PM.
46. Civil Disobedience — Henry David Thoreau. Started in Washington, DC at 5:32PM on Tuesday April 30, 2019. Finished on Tuesday April 30, 2019 in Washington, DC at 6:00PM.
47. Hegel in 90 Minutes — Paul Strathern. Started in Washington, DC at 6:04PM on Tuesday April 30, 2019. Finished at 6:34PM.
48. Sartre in 90 Minutes — Paul Strathern. Started in Washington, DC on April 30, 2019 and finished in Washington, DC on Tuesday April 30, 2019 at 11:29PM.
49. The Hound of the Baskervilles — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Started in Washington, DC and finished on Wednesday May 1, 2019 at 10:35PM.
50. The Ambitious Guest — Nathaniel Hawthorne. Started and finished in Washington, DC on Wednesday May 1, 2019. Finished at 10:46PM.
51. Walden — Henry David Thoreau. Started on the morning of Thursday May 2, 2019 in Washington, DC in my apartment. Finished on Friday Mary 3, 2019 at 8:30PM.
52. The Witches — Roald Dahl. Started Friday morning May 3, 2019. Finished Friday May 3, 2019 at 9:26PM in Washington, DC.
53. Dubliners — James Joyce. Started Sunday morning May 5th, 2019. Finished Wednesday May 8, 2019 at 7:27PM.
54. Breakfast at Tiffany’s — Truman Capote. Started Saturday May 11, 2019 in the morning and finished in the afternoon on the same day in Washington, DC.
55. Wrinkle in Time — Madeleine L’Engle. Finished around Thursday May 16, 2019.
56. The Great Dissent: How Oliver Wendell Holmes Changed His Mind — Changed the History of Free Speech in America — Thomas Healy. Started Friday May 17, 2019. Finished Sunday May 19, 2019 at 6:59PM at home in Washington, DC.
57. A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail — Bill Bryson. Started a little after 7pm on Sunday May 19, 2019 in Washington, DC at home. Finished on Tuesday May 21, 2019.
58. Jurassic Park — Michael Crichton. Started on Tuesday May 21, 2019 in Washington, DC. Finished on Thursday May 23, 2019 before 10pm in Washington, DC.
59. The Three Musketeers — Alexandre Dumas. Started this around the same time I started Jurassic Park on Thursday May 21, 2019. Finished Monday June 3, 2019 at 9:12PM in Washington, DC at home.
60. A Game of Thrones — George R. R. Martin. Started Monday June 3, 2019 at 11:12PM in Washington, DC at home. Finished at 9:20AM on June 18, 2019 at home in Washington, DC.
61. The Alchemist — Paul Coelho. Started earlier in the week finished on Sunday July 21, 2019 in Washington, DC, NW.
62. Infinite Jest — David Foster Wallace. Started Friday May 3, 2019 around 1:07PM in Washington, DC. Finished in Washington, DC at home in my room at 7:04PM on August 11, 2019.
63. Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco — Bryan Burrough and John Heylar. Started August 11, 2019 at around 7:41PM in Washington, DC. Finished Friday August 16, 2019 at 9:46AM.
64. The Amulet of Samarkand — Jonathan Stroud. Started August 11, 2019 at around 7:30PM at home in Washington, DC. Finished on August 22, 2019 at 4:27AM while in an UBER to Dulles International Airport from Washington, DC.
65. Manuscript Found in Accra — Paulo Coelho. Started on August 22, 2019 around 5:30am at Dulles International Airport in Virginia. Finished on August 22, 2019 in the air around 8:33AM flying to Austin, Texas.
66. Leo Tolstoy — Anna Karenina. Started in Austin, Texas (at home in Cedar Park) on my 27th birthday August 23, 2019. Gift from my Mother.
67. Fight Club — Chuck Palahniuk. Started in Washington, DC on Monday August 26, 2019. Finished a few days later in Washington, DC.
68. Cloud Atlas — David Mitchell. Started in Washington, DC on Sunday September 1, 2019. Finished Tuesday September 19, 2019 at 9:57PM.
69. The Golem’s Eye — Jonathan Stroud. Started in Washington, DC. Finished on September 30, 2019 at 11:49AM on the Metro in Washington, DC.
70. The Princess Bride — William Goldman. Finished in Washington, DC. Finished on October 2, 2019 at 12:26PM.
71. The Pilgrimage — Paulo Coelho. Finished in Washington, DC on October 6, 2019 at 8:43PM.
72. The Valkyries — Paulo Coelho. Started on Sunday October 6, 2019. Finished in Washington, DC on October 8, 2019 at 4:09PM.
73. Adultery — Paulo Coelho. Started Monday October 8, 2019. Finished in Washington, DC on Tuesday October 9, 2019 at 12:35PM.
74. King Leopold’s Ghost — Adam Hochschild. Started Tuesday October 9, 2019 in Washington, DC at 12:40PM in Washington, DC. Finished in Washington, DC on October 10, 2019 at 8:27PM.
75. Aleph — Paulo Coelho. Started Thursday October 10, 2019 in Washington, DC. Finished Washington, DC Saturday October 12, 2019 at 1:54PM.
76. Romeo & Juliet — William Shakespeare. Started Saturday October 12, 2019 at around 1:57PM. Finished at 5:54PM on Saturday October 12, 2019.
77. Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History — Brian Kilmeade. Started Saturday October 12, 2019 on the Washington, DC Orange Line Metro. Finished on Sunday October 13, 2019 at 6:34PM.
78. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Robert Louis Stevenson. Started Sunday October 13, 2019 at 6:35PM. Finished Sunday October 13, 2019 at 8:24PM in Washington, DC at home.
79. Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco — Bryan Burrough and John Heylar. Started October 13, 2019 at around 8:37PM in Washington, DC. Finished October 15, 2019 in Washington, DC.
80. The Total Money Makeover — Dave Ramsay. Started and finished Tuesday October 15, 2019 in Washington, DC.
81. The Club Dumas — Arturo Pérez-Reverte. Started Tuesday October 15, 2019. Finished Thursday October 17, 2019.
82. Less Than Zero — Bret Easton Ellis. Started Thursday October 17, 2019. Finished Saturday October 19, 2019 at 3:56PM.
83. Carmilla — Sheridan Le Fanu. Started Thursday October 17, 2019. Finished Monday October 21, 2019 at 9:37AM.
84. Race Matters — Cornel West. Finished Thursday October 24, 2019 at 1:52PM in Washington, DC.
85. The Island of Doctor Moreau — H.G. Wells started Thursday October 24, 2019 in Washington, DC.
86. Ender’s Game — Orson Scott Card. Finished Tuesday October 29, 2019 at 2:220PM in Washington, DC.
87. White — Bret Easton Ellis. Started Tuesday October 29, 2019 in Washington, DC. Finished on Wednesday at 4:02PM on October 30, 2019.
88. The Federalist Papers — Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. Started on Wednesday October 30, 2019 in Washington, DC.
89. The Prague Cemetery — Umberto Eco. Started on the plane to San Francisco on Thursday October 31, 2019. Finished on the train in Washington, DC on Thursday November 7, 2019 at 12:47PM.
90. Foucault’s Pendulum — Umberto Eco. Started in Austin, Texas on Monday November 11, 2019. Finished Sunday November 24, 2019 at 11:25AM.
91. Inherent Vice — Thomas Pynchon. Started on the plane to San Francisco on Thursday October 31, 2019. Finished on the plane from Austin to DC on Saturday November 30, 2019 at 10:13AM Central Time.
92. Man’s Search for Meaning — Viktor E. Frankl. Started Sunday November 24, 2019 at 11:26AM. Finished Sunday December 1, 2019 at 1:06PM.
93. The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of “Hallelujah” — Alan Light. Started Sunday December 1, 2019 at 1:06PM. Finished Tuesday December 3, 2019 at 6:33AM.
94. On Writing — Stephen King: A Memoir of the Craft. Started on Tuesday December 3, 2019 at 6:34AM. Finished Wednesday December 4, 2019.
95. Prisoner of Zenda — Anthony Hope. Started on Wednesday December 4, 2019 at around 5:20AM. Finished Friday December 6, 2019 at 7:35AM.
96. Hegel in 90 Minutes — Paul Strathern. Started on Friday December 6, 2019 at 5:00PM. Finished Saturday December 7, 2019 at 12:38PM.
97. Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco — Bryan Burrough and John Heylar. Started Saturday December 8, 2019 at 10:45AM on the way to church. Finished Tuesday December 10, 2019 at 7:39AM.
98. Unfu*k Yourself: Get out of your head and into your life — Gary John Bishop. Started Tuesday December 10, 2019 at 7:40AM. Finished Wednesday December 11, 2019 at 3:24PM.
99. Sartre in 90 Minutes — Paul Strathern. Started Wednesday December 11, 2019 3:25PM. Finished Friday December 13, 2019 at 6:30AM in Albany, New York.
100. How to Analyze People — Robert Leary. Started Friday December 13, 2019 at 6:31AM in Albany New York. Finished Monday December 16, 2019 in Washington, DC at 5:54AM.
101. Rousseau in 90 Minutes — Paul Strathern. Started Monday December 16, 2019 at 6:04AM in Washington, DC. Finished Monday December 16, 2019 at 7:43AM on the train.
102. Descartes in 90 Minutes — Paul Strathern. Started Monday at 7:43AM on December 16, 2019 on train. Finished Monday December 16, 2019 at 6:41PM.
103. Models: Attract Women Through Honesty — Mark Manson. Started Monday December 16, 2019 at 6:41PM in Washington, DC. Finished Wednesday December 18, 2019 6:43PM.
104. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck — Mark Manson. Started Thursday December 19, 2019 at 8:50AM. Finished Friday December 20, 2019 at 3:30PM.
105. The Hobbit — J.R.R Tolkien. Started Friday December 20, 2019 at 3:47PM.
Books I started and have not finished in 2019:
1. Utopia — Sir Thomas More. Started in Washington, DC at 5:21 PM on Friday February 15, 2019.
2. Leo Tolstoy — Anna Karenina. Started in Austin, Texas (at home in Cedar Park) on my 27th birthday August 23, 2019. Gift from my Mother.
3. The Federalist Papers — Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. Started on Wednesday October 30, 2019 in Washington, DC.
My methods for reading:
1. Get Kindle/reading device/app that is separate from all other notifications and apps.
2. Get Audible for commuting. Go digital.
3. Re-consider what to read paradigm — not necessarily the classics only, but other books, such as self-help books or pulp-fiction.
4. Build a habit — in the mornings or evenings. Also while commuting or while flying.
5. Sleep four hours a night.
6. Read what you’re friends are reading to discuss the books they’re reading — i.e. build a community to discuss.
7. Get reading suggestions from friends.
8. Don’t feel compelled to finish a book because it’s been started.
9. There is something to be said for reading authors in a row, because you see patterns in the author’s style and stories — even if unrelated books, per se.
10. Feel free to re-read books you’ve already read — even if you’ve read them this year.
11. Discuss, frequently, what you’re reading with friends who are and may be interested.
12. Audiobooks while cleaning dishes, brushing your teeth, or doing chores — perhaps even while exercising or driving. There is a lot of time in the day to fill up with reading.
13. Take some time to meditate — filling every second with reading is not necessarily helpful.
Books Read in 2020:
1. Swann’s Way — Marcel Proust. Started in Washington, DC. Finished Saturday January 11, 2019 at 5:19AM in Washington, DC.
2. ΄΄Ημερολόγια Αιγαίου΄΄ Διηγήματα του Δημήτρη Μανίνη — Hmerologia Aigaiou — Dimitris Maninis — Ξεκίνησα αυτό το βιβλίο στις 1 January 2020 Wednesday γύρω στις 12:30 μ.μ. I started this book on September 2, 2018 around 12:30 PM. Τελειώσα αυτό το βιβλίο την Wednesday 1 January 2020. Finished Wednesday January 1, 2020. Started in Texas at 11:18AM and finished in Austin, Texas Wednesday January 1, 2020 in the evening.
3. Quicksilver — Neal Stephenson. Started. Finished Tuesday January 21, 2020 at 7:51AM in the Washington, DC area.
4. The 4-Hour Workweek — Timothy Ferriss. Started Sunday January 1 at 8:56AM at Austin Airport. Finished Wednesday January 22, 2020 at 2:31PM in the Washington, DC area.
5. The Cave and the Light: Plato Versus Aristotle and the Struggles for the Soul of Western Civilization — Arthur Herman. Started Wednesday January 22, 2020 at 2:32PM in the Washington, DC area. Finished Thursday January 30, 2020 at 6:56PM on the train.
6. How to Read Literature Like a Professor — Thomas C. Foster. Started on Saturday February 1, 2020 around 9:30AM. Finished Wednesday February 6, 2020 at 9:03AM.
7. Caffeine — Michael Pollan. Started Wednesday February 6, 2020 at 9:06AM. Finished Wednesday February 6, 2020 at 6:30PM.
8. The Taming of the Shrew — William Shakespeare. Started Thursday February 6, 2020 at 8:57AM Finished Friday February 7, 2020 at 10:51AM.
9. Othello — William Shakespeare. Started Friday February 7, 2020 at 3:56PM. Finished Tuesday February 11, 2020 at 8:29 AM.
10. Henry IV Part Two — William Shakespeare. Started Tuesday February 11, 2020 at 8:33AM. Finished Wednesday February 12, 2020 at 6:43PM.
11. King Lear — William Shakespeare. Started Wednesday February 12, 2020 at 6:44PM. Finished Friday, Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2020 at 11:04AM.
12. Macbeth — William Shakespeare. Started Friday, Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2020 at 11:06AM. Finished Tuesday February 18, 2020 at 9:34AM.
13. Julius Caesar — William Shakespeare. Started Tuesday February 18, 2020 at 9:34AM. Finished Monday February 24, 2020 at 8:34AM.
14. The Art of Seduction — Robert Greene. Started Monday February 24, 2020 at 8:34AM. Finished Monday March 2, 2020 at 6:56AM.
15. Star Wars: Darth Plagueis — James Luceno. Started Thursday February 27, 2020 at 7:32PM. Finished at 11:05AM on Friday March 6, 2020 — Alamo Day.
16. The Scribbly Man — Terry Goodkind. Started Friday March 6, 2020 at 11:14AM. Finished Monday March 9, 2020 at 7:52AM.
17. 1776 — David McCullough. Started Monday March 9, 2020 at 7:53AM. Finished Thursday, March 19, 2020 at 10:29AM in Washington, DC at home.
18. As You Wish — Carey Elwes. Started Friday March 20, 2020. Finished Wednesday March 25, 2020 at 3:48PM.
19. Princess Bride — William Goldman. Started Wednesday March 25, 2020 at 3:51PM. Finished Thursday March 26, 2020 in Washington, DC at home.
20. The Name of the Wind — Patrick Rothfuss. Started Friday March 27, 2020 at 10:52PM. Finished Tuesday April 14, 2020 at 11:08.
21. Firefly — Big Damn Hero — James Lovegrove, Nancy Holder. Started Thursday April 16, 2020 at 8:12AM. Finished Sunday April 19, 2020 at 10:13PM.
22. The Alchemist — Paul Coelho. Started at 4:13PM and finished at 7:51PM on April 27, 2020 flying from Washington, IAD, Dulles Airport to Austin, Texas. Started on the plane from IAD to DFW and finished on flight from DFW to Austin.
23. A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies — Alix E. Harrow. Started and finished on May 11, 2020 in Austin, Texas.
24. Why Read Moby-Dick? — Nathaniel Philbrick. Started Monday May 11, 2020 at 6:42PM in Austin, Texas in the front lawn at home. Finished Wednesday May 14, 2020 at 3:35PM.
25. A Short Account of the History of Mathematics Preface and Chapter 1. — W. Rouse Ball. Started late Friday May 15, 2020. Finished early Saturday May 16, 2020 in Austin, Texas.
26. The Ballad of Black Tom — Victor Lavalle. Started Wednesday May 20, 2020 at 11:20AM at home in Austin, Texas. Finished on Wednesday May 20, 2020 at 9:25PM at home in my room.
27. The City Born Great — N.K. Jemisin. Started and finished on Saturday in Austin, Texas in the PM on May 23, 2020.
28. Howl’s Moving Castle — Dianna Wynne Jones. Started Saturday May 23, 2020 at 7:57PM in Austin, Texas.
29. Micromegas — Voltaire. Started Wednesday May 27, 2020 at 11:17AM. Finished Wednesday May 27, 2020 at 12:27PM in Austin, Texas.
30. The Auroras of Autumn — Wallace Stevens started and finished Monday June 1, 2020.
31. King Henry IV, Part I — William Shakespeare. Started Monday June 8, 2020 at 2:06PM and finished the same day at 7:40PM.
32. So You Want to Talk About Race — Ijeoma Oluo. Started Tuesday June 9, 2020 at 9:00AM and finished the same day 6:20PM.
33. Blood Meridian-Cormac McCarthy. Started Thursday May 28, 2020 at 9:45AM in Austin, Texas. Finished Tuesday June 9, 2020 at 1:47PM.
34. How To Be an Antiracist — Ibram X. Kendi. Started Tuesday June 9, 2020 at 6:21PM. Finished at 7:00PM on Wednesday June 10, 2020.
35. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — F. Scott Fitzgerald. Started and finished June 11, 2020.
36. Race Matters — Cornell West. Started Thursday June 11, 2020 and finished on Friday June 12, 2020.
37. The Wind in the Willows — Kenneth Grahame. Started Tuesday June 9, 2020 at 8:19AM. Finished June 12, 2020.
38. All’s Well that Ends Well — William Shakespeare. Started and finished Saturday June 13, 2020.
39. Looking for Alaska — John Green. Started Saturday June 13, 2020. Finished Sunday June 14, 2020 at 5:51PM.
40. White Fragility — Robin DiAngelo. Started Monday June 15, 2020 at 5:37PM at home in Austin, Texas. Finished Tuesday June 16, 2020 at 8:54PM at home in Austin, Texas.
41. Between the World and Me — Ta-Nehisi Coates. Started and finished on June 18, 2020.
42. The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain — María Rosa Menocal. Started on June 15, 2020 and finished on June 19, 2020 Friday at 5:18PM
43. The Names — Don DeLillo. Finished Monday June 22, 2020 in Austin, Texas at 2:31PM.
44. Philosophy of Law: A Very Short Introduction — Raymond Wacks. Started Monday June 22, 2020 in Austin, Texas at 4:51PM. Finished Tuesday June 23, 2020 at 5:22PM in Austin, Texas.
45. American Legal History: A Very Short Introduction — G. Edward White. Started Tuesday June 23, 2020 at 7:01PM. Finished at 11:39AM on June 24, 2020 Wednesday in Austin, Texas.
46. Orthodox Christianity: A Very Short Introduction — A. Edward Slecienski. Started Wednesday June 24, 2020 at 11:42AM. Finished Wednesday at 3:05PM in Austin, Texas.
47. Poststructuralism: A Very Short Introduction — Catherine Belsey. Started June 24, 2020 Wednesday 3:09PM. Finished Wednesday June 24, 2020 at 5:54PM in Austin, Texas.
48. Iago: The Strategies of Evil — Harold Bloom. Started Wednesday June 24, 2020 at 5:55PM in Austin, Texas.
49. The Island of the Day Before — Umberto Eco. Started Thursday June 25, 2020 at 1:48PM. Finished Friday June 26, 2020 at 4:47PM in Austin, Texas.
50. A Short History of Nearly Everything — Bill Bryson. Started Monday June 22, 2020 in Austin, Texas at 2:32PM. Finished Tuesday June 30, 2020 at 11:17AM in Austin, Texas.
51. Islamic History: A Very Short Introduction — Adam J. Silverstein. Started Tuesday June 30, 2020 at 11:29Am. Finished Wednesday July 1, 2020 at 9:54AM in Austin, Texas.
52. The Koran: A Very Short Introduction — Michael Cook. Started July 1, 2020 Wednesday 9:55PM. Finished Wednesday July 1, 2020 at 1:54PM in Austin, Texas.
53. How to Read and Why — Harold Bloom. Started Wednesday July 1, 2020 at 11:55PM. Finished July 5, 2020 Sunday at 6:39PM in Austin, Texas.
54. Bird by Bird — Anne Lamott. Started Sunday July 5, 2020 at 6:40PM. Finished Friday July 10, 2020 at 12:29PM in Austin, Texas.
55. Holes — Louis Sachar. Finished Sunday July 12, 2020 at 10:56AM in Austin, Texas.
56. The Crying of Lot 49 — Don De Lillo. Finished Sunday July 19, 2020 at 3:33PM in Austin, Texas.
57. Batman and Philosophy: The Dark Knight of the Soul: Mark D. White (Editor/ Contributor), Robert Arp (Editor), James DiGiovanna (Contributor). Finished Saturday August 1, 2020 at 5:56PM in Austin, Texas.
58. The Man Who Would Be King — Rudyard Kipling. Started Monday August 10, 2020 at 6:35PM in Austin, Texas. Finished Monday August 10, 2020 at 7:05PM in Austin, Texas in the same spot.
59. Holidays on Ice — David Sedaris. Started August 10, 2020 before 7:30PM. Finished on August 12, 2020 at 9:23PM.
60. A Macat Analysis of the Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism — Max Weber, Sebastian Guzman. Started August 12, 2020 and finished August 16, 2020.
61. Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In — Roger Fisher and William L. Ury; and Bruce Patton. Read throughout summer. Finished Friday August 14, 2020 at 7:45PM.
62. A Midsummer Night’s Dream — William Shakespeare. Started Friday August 14, 2020 at 7:46PM. Finished Saturday August 15, 2020 at 8:40PM.
63. How to Write a Thesis — Umberto Eco. Started Wednesday August 26, 2020 at 1:22PM in Austin, Texas. Finished August 29, 2020 Saturday at 6:28PM in Austin, Texas.
64. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World — Cal Newport. Started August 29, 2020 Saturday at 6:28PM in Austin, Texas. Finished Wednesday September 2, 2020 at 8:10 PM in Austin, Texas.
65. This is How You Lose the Time War — Amal El-Mohtar. Started Wednesday September 2, 2020 at 8:11 PM in Austin, Texas. Finished in September.
66. Law and Leviathan: Redeeming the Administrative State. Adrian Vermule & Cass Sunstein. Finished October 17, 2020 Saturday at 5:24PM.
67. Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today’s Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter. Started Thursday October 29, 2020 at 5:31PM. Finished November 7, 2020 Saturday at 12:29PM.
68. The Glass Castle: A Memoir. Jeannette Walls. Started Sunday November 8, 2020 at 3:00PM. Finished Saturday November 14, 2020 at 12:27PM.
69. Don Quixote — Miguel de Cervantes. Started Sunday July 19, 2020 at 5:22PM. Finished Sunday November 29, 2020 at 1:00PM.
70. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art. James Nestor. Started Sunday December 13, 2020 at 4:28PM. Finished Saturday December 19, 2020 12:18PM.
71. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism — Max Weber (Translated by Talcott Parsons). Started Saturday June 13, 2020. Finished Wednesday December 23, 2020 at 11:14PM.
72. A Christmas Carol — Charles Dickens. Started December 21, 2020 Monday at 10:48PM Christmas Eve Eve Eve and finished Thursday December 24, 2020 Christmas Eve at 9:56AM.
73. The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today’s Students — Allan Bloom. Started Sunday December 20, 2020 at 9:06PM. Finished Saturday December 26, 2020 at 8:38PM.
74. James Joyce in 90 Minutes — Paul Strathern. Started Saturday December 26, 2020 at 8:43PM. Finished at 9:23PM on Saturday December 26, 2020.
75. Aristotle in 90 Minutes — Paul Strathern. Started on Saturday December 26, 2020 at 9:26PM. Finished on Saturday December 26 at 10:13PM.
76. Confucius in 90 Minutes — Paul Strathern. Started Sunday December 27, 2020 at 12:26AM. Finished on Sunday December 27, 2020 at 12:05PM.
77. St. Augustine in 90 Minutes — Paul Strathern. Started Sunday December 27, 2020 at 12:05PM. Finished Sunday December 26, 2020 at 3:16PM.
78. Thomas Aquinas in 90 Minutes — Paul Strathern. Started Sunday December 26, 2020 at 3:16PM. Finished at 4:20PM on Sunday December 26, 2020.
79. Dostoevsky in 90 Minutes — Paul Strathern. Started Sunday December 26, 2020 at 4:20PM. Finished Monday December 27, 2020 at 2:24PM.
80. Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief. Jordan B. Peterson. Started Sunday November 29, 2020 at 2:52PM.
81. The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life — Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles Murray. Started May 16, 2020.
82. Underworld — Don De Lillo. Started April 20, 2020 in Washington, D.C. at 12:55PM.
· Einstein quote: reading too many books is not good for a man who does not think. “Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.”
Why do I read?
· Pleasure.
· Personal pleasure.
· Aesthetic experience.
· Personal improvement.
· Thinking is based on memory. What should I remember? In large part, experience, thoughts, and what I read among other things.
· Learning.
· Learning writing styles.
Why do I categorize what I read?
· The book provides me a memory stone about how I felt during that time of the year.
· So I can often look back at these dates and times that I record in the lists of books and remember the feeling of that time of year.
· This is analogous to keeping a journal. It provides an effect similar to smelling a scent — including that of a book — and remembering something from long ago.
· Sometimes seeing a list of books that I have read provides me with ideas for my research. — added Sunday November 29, 2020.
· Reviewing the list of books rejuvenates my memory of the books I read and what I was doing around that time that I was reading the book. In that sense, the book is a marker in time for how I felt and what I was doing. Perhaps analogous to what some call a memory palace. It’s a spatial-temporal marker of memory. — added Sunday November 29, 2020.
Books read in 2021
1. Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief. Jordan B. Peterson. Started Sunday November 29, 2020 at 2:52PM. Finished Sunday January 3, 2021 at 7:18PM in Austin, Texas.
2. The Master and Margarita — Mikhail Bulgakov started Sunday January 3, 2021 at 7:18PM in Austin, Texas. Finished Saturday January 9, 2021 at 10:58PM in Austin, Texas.
3. The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson) — Robert Caro. Started Monday January 4, 2021 at 11:37AM in Austin, Texas. Finished Thursday January 21, 2021 at 2:03PM in Austin, Texas.
4. Weapons of Math Destruction — Cathy O’Neil. Started Thursday January 21, 2021 at 2:24PM Finished Friday January 22, 2021 at 6:10PM.
5. Plato’s Republic — Benjamin Jowett Translation. Started Friday January 22, 2021 at 5:52PM. Finished Monday January 25, 2021 at 5:04PM in Austin, Texas.
6. Rewriting The Rules of the European Economy: An Agenda for Growth and Shared Prosperity — Joseph E. Stiglitz. Started Monday January 25, 2021 at 5:05PM in Austin, Texas. Finished Saturday January 30, 2021 at 3:40PM in Austin, Texas.
7. A People’s History of the United States — Howard Zinn. Started Saturday January 30, 2021 at 3:41PM in Austin, Texas.
Thoughts on reading:
· Reading is a journey. Looking back at the books read and the times read, I recall the stories of why I read the book, what decision or series of decisions led to that book. The feelings of the season, some scenes are so poignant to me — such as some in DFW’s Infinite Jest — discussions with friends. I do not know why we read exactly. Harold Bloom wrote “We read not only because we cannot know enough people, but because friendship is so vulnerable, so likely to diminish or disappear, overcome by space, time, imperfect sympathies and all the sorrows of familial and passional life.” I do not know if this true but the sentiment finds some truth in me. I sentimentally feel this might be part of the reason we read so much.
© Charles Edward Andrew Lincoln IV
