This has been an eventful year for me, as I transitioned from working as a freelance web designer to becoming a full-time carer for my wife, Louise. While this change has brought challenges, it has also been a blessing. I’m grateful to still work part-time for Uber Eats and Deliveroo, which allows me to dedicate more time to reading and writing for this blog.
As you may (or may not) know, I only started this blog a few weeks ago (at the time of writing). Normally, I’d list all the books I’ve read and link to their respective reviews. However, since there are only a few reviews published so far, I’ve decided to simply list the books I’ve read this year. They are arranged in order of most recent to oldest, with my ratings included:
53. Hollow Ground – Freya Wallace – ★★★★★
52. Blood Over Bright Haven – M.L. Wang – ★★★★★
51. Digital Fortress – Dan Brown – ★★★★☆
50. The Anne Frank Diary – Anne & Otto Frank – ★★★★★
49. Nexus – Yuval Noah Harari – ★★★☆☆
48. Midnight In Washington – Adam Schiff – ★★★★★
47. Winterset Hollow – Jonathan Edward Durham – ★★★★★
46. Babel – R.F. Kuang – ★★★★☆
45. Heroes – Stephen Fry – ★★★★☆
44. The Odyssey – Homer, Emily Wilson Translation – ★★★★★
43. Becoming A Barbarian – Jack Donovan – ★★★★☆
42. The Fear Bubble – Ant Middleton – ★★★★★
41. Conclave – Robert Harris – ★★★★★
40. The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkein – ★★★★★
39. Beyond a Frindge: Tales from a reformed Establishment lackey – Andrew Mitchell – ★★★☆☆
38. The Way of Men – Jack Donovan – ★★★★★
37. Permanent Record – Edward Snowden – ★★★★☆
36. Plato, Not Prozac! – Lou Marinoff – ★★★★☆
35. Stillness Is the Key – Ryan Holiday – ★★★★★
34. The Lost Rainforests of Britian – Guy Shrubsole – ★★★★★
33. The Ravenmaster – Christopher Skaife – ★★★★★
32. Indistractible – Nir Eyal – ★★★★★
31. Will – Will Smith – ★★☆☆☆
30. Happy Sexy Millionaire – Steven Bartlett – ★★★★☆
29. The Metamorphosis and Other Stories – Franz Kafka – ★★☆☆☆
28. Everything You Really Need to Know About Politics – Jess Phillips – ★★★★☆
27. Marchin Powder – Rusty Young – ★★★★★
26. Steal Like an Artist – Austin Kleon – ★★★★★
25. Surrounded by Idiots – Thomas Erikson – ★★★★☆
24. The Shadows of London – Andrew Taylor – ★★★★☆
23. Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor E. Frankle – ★★★★★
22. Troy – Steven Fry – ★★★★★
21. Ego is the Enemy – Ryan Holiday – ★★★★★
20. The Silk Roads – Peter Frankopan – ★★★★★
19. Show Your Work! – Austin Kleon – ★★★★★
18. First Man In – Ant Middleton – ★★★★★
17. Bushido: The Soul of Japan – Inazo Nitobe – ★★★☆☆
16. Atomic Habits – James Clear – ★★★★☆
15. The Ashes of London – Andrew Taylor – ★★★★☆
14. There Is No Planet B – Mike Berners-Lee – ★★★★☆
13. Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow – Yuval Noah Harari – ★★★★☆
12. Four Thousand Weeks – Oliver Burkeman – ★★★★★
11. Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories – Ryunosuke Akutagawa – ★★★★☆
10. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*uck – Mark Manson – ★★★★★
9. Sapiens – Yuval Noah Harari – ★★★★★
8. A Life on Our Planet – David Attenborough – ★★★★★
7. The Art of Saying No – Damon Zahariades – ★★★☆☆
6. What We Owe the Future – William MacAskill – ★★★★★
5. A Promised Land – Barack Obama – ★★★★★
4. Revolution – Russell Brand – ★★☆☆☆
3. Mythos – Steven Fry – ★★★★★
2. A More Complete Beast – Jack Donovan – ★★★★★
1. Limitless – Tim Peake – ★★★★★
I hope you find this list inspiring! If you’ve read any of these books or have recommendations for future reads, feel free to share them in the comments.
