16 books in 2019: πππππ
26 books in 2020: πππππππππ
38 in 2021: πππππππππππππ
An encouraging trend.
Iβve never read more books in a single year, and it feels good. Iβve continued to use reading to detach my iPhone from my brain-stem, often carrying a book around and reading in short periods instead of fiddling with my phone. I didnβt play video games at all this year, replacing it with reading β keen to play a little next year though, if the new PS5 games are good. After three years of consistent reading, I feel like Iβve made significant progress breaking out of βthe shallowsβ.
To cap off the year of reading. Hereβs some simple stats/facts:
- Worst book: 100 Plus
- 11,800+ pages, apparently
- 11/38 from women authors (gf rightly nags me about this)
- 18/38 second hand books
I read a lot of famous and well regarded books this year, and they were so good I couldnβt pick a favourite. That said, these are a top 5 in terms of how much they durably affected my emotions and thinking.
- The Grapes of Wrath
- The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musing on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary
- The Nickel Boys
- Debt: The First 5,000 years
- Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind The Rise of the Radical Right
As in the 2020 post, clicking the book cover takes you to a short review.
Below are the covers, titles, authors, and ratings of the 38 books I read this year. Click them to read my short review.
Iβve set my 2022 reading goal at 40 books.