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# Reading

Here is a list of books I've read since 2023 which is when I started to diligently keep track. The purpose of this list is to help jog my memory of books I have read and to help decide on future reads.

Books listed here do not necessarily reflect my personal views or whether I would recommend someone read them.

## 2024
- **The Psychology of Money** (2020), Morgan Housel
- **The Richest Man in Babylon** (1926), George S. Clason
- **Building a Second Brain** (2022), Tiago Forte
- **The Coddling of the American Mind** (2018), Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt
- **Never Let Me Go** (2005), Kazuo Ishiguro
- **Blindness** (1995), José Saramago with translation (1997) by Giovanni Pontiero
- **To Be Taught, If Fortunate** (2019), Becky Chambers
- **Legends & Lattes** (2022), Travis Baldree
- **Bookshops & Bonedust** (2023), Travis Baldree
- **The Handmaid's Tale** (1985), Margaret Atwood
- **The Testaments** (2019), Margaret Atwood
- **On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous** (2019), Ocean Vuong
- **Stoner** (1965), John Williams
- **The Things They Carried** (1990), Tim O'Brien
- **All the Pretty Horses** (1992), Cormac McCarthy
- **The Crossing** (1994), Cormac McCarthy
- **Cities of the Plain** (1998), Cormac McCarthy

## 2023
- **Deltora Quest** series (2000-2005), Emily Rodda
  - *My favourite fantasy series from childhood. Still an enjoyable read as an adult.*
  - *Surprisingly dark and gruesome for a series targeted towards children.*
  - Deltora Quest
    - The Forests of Silence
    - The Lake of Tears
    - City of the Rates
    - The Shifting Sands
    - Dread Mountain
    - The Maze of the Beast
    - The Valley of the Lost
    - Return to Del
  - Deltora Shadowlands
    - Cavern of the Fear
    - The Isle of Illusion
    - The Shadowlands
  - Dragons of Deltora
    - Dragon's Nest
    - Shadowgate
    - Isle of the Dead
    - The Sister of the South
- **Atomic Habits** (2018), James Clear
- **The Gift of Fear** (1997), Gavin de Becker
- **Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures** (2006), Vincent Lam
- **For One More Day** (2006), Mitch Albom
- **The Bullet Journal Method** (2018), Ryder Carroll
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			`# Reading`

			`Here is a list of books I've read since 2023 which is when I started to diligently keep track. The purpose of this list is to help jog my memory of books I have read and to help decide on future reads.`

			`Books listed here do not necessarily reflect my personal views or whether I would recommend someone read them.`

			`## 2024`
			`- The Psychology of Money (2020), Morgan Housel`
			`- The Richest Man in Babylon (1926), George S. Clason`
			`- Building a Second Brain (2022), Tiago Forte`
			`- The Coddling of the American Mind (2018), Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt`
			`- Never Let Me Go (2005), Kazuo Ishiguro`
			`- Blindness (1995), José Saramago with translation (1997) by Giovanni Pontiero`
			`- To Be Taught, If Fortunate (2019), Becky Chambers`
			`- Legends & Lattes (2022), Travis Baldree`
			`- Bookshops & Bonedust (2023), Travis Baldree`
			`- The Handmaid's Tale (1985), Margaret Atwood`
			`- The Testaments (2019), Margaret Atwood`
			`- On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (2019), Ocean Vuong`
			`- Stoner (1965), John Williams`
			`- The Things They Carried (1990), Tim O'Brien`
			`- All the Pretty Horses (1992), Cormac McCarthy`
			`- The Crossing (1994), Cormac McCarthy`
			`- Cities of the Plain (1998), Cormac McCarthy`

			`## 2023`
			`- Deltora Quest series (2000-2005), Emily Rodda`
Edit page 2025-01-07 10:42:15 -05:00			`- My favourite fantasy series from childhood. Still an enjoyable read as an adult.`
			`- Surprisingly dark and gruesome for a series targeted towards children.`
Add Reading page 2025-01-03 21:53:01 -05:00			`- Deltora Quest`
			`- The Forests of Silence`
			`- The Lake of Tears`
			`- City of the Rates`
			`- The Shifting Sands`
			`- Dread Mountain`
			`- The Maze of the Beast`
			`- The Valley of the Lost`
			`- Return to Del`
			`- Deltora Shadowlands`
			`- Cavern of the Fear`
			`- The Isle of Illusion`
			`- The Shadowlands`
			`- Dragons of Deltora`
			`- Dragon's Nest`
			`- Shadowgate`
			`- Isle of the Dead`
			`- The Sister of the South`
			`- Atomic Habits (2018), James Clear`
			`- The Gift of Fear (1997), Gavin de Becker`
			`- Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures (2006), Vincent Lam`
			`- For One More Day (2006), Mitch Albom`
			`- The Bullet Journal Method (2018), Ryder Carroll`