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Attack SurfaceCory Doctorow
★★★★★
The index of self-distructive actsChristopher Beha
★★★★☆
the Chaos MachineMax Fisher
★★★★★
the return of depression economics 2007Paul Krugman
if anyone builds it everyone diesEliezer Yudowsky
★★★☆☆
Promise of BloodBrian McClellan
★★★☆☆
The Echo of things to comeJames Islington
★★★★☆
BreakneckDan Wang
★★★★★
How Asia worksJoe Studwell
★★★★★
Shield of sparrows #1Devney Perry
★★★☆☆
AlgospeakAdam Aleksic
★★★★☆
scattered mindsGabor Maté
★★★★★
How Infrastructure worksDeb Chacra
☆☆☆☆☆
new dark ageJames Bridle
★★★☆☆
Empire of AIKaren Hao
Dead BeatJim Butcher
★★★★☆
love and mathEdward Frenkel
★★★★★
how to live safely in a science fiction universityCharles Yu
★★★★★
blood rites #6Jim Butcher
★★★★★
Aeronauts WindlassJim Butcher
★★★★☆
Grave PerilJim Butcher
The changing world orderRay Dalio
★★★★★
world EatersCatherine Bracy
★★★★★
the imposition of unnecessary obstaclesMalka Older
★★★☆☆
Nazi BillionairesDavid de Jong
★★★★☆
The Art ThiefMichael Finkel
★★★★☆
In this Economy?Kyla Scanlon
★★★★☆
Dark WireJoseph Cox
Onyx StormRebecca Yarros
★★★★☆
the power of geographyTim Marshall
Wind and TruthBrandon Sanderson
★★★★☆
Into the ZoneHari Kunzru
★★★★☆
Storm FrontJim Butcher
★★★★★
the shadow of what was lostJames Islington
★★★★☆
predictably irrationalDan Ariely
Seven powersHamilton Helmer
Summer KnightJim Butcher
Half a kingJoe Abercrombie
★★☆☆☆
Assassin's ApprenticeRobin Hobb
★★★☆☆
Tracers in the DarkAndy Greenberg
Fahrenheit 451Ray Bradbury
Salt Fat Acid HeatSamin Nosrat
The Age of WallsTim Marshall
Skin in the GameNassim Nicholas Taleb
Bookshops and BonedustTravis Baldree
The Ascent of MoneyNiall Ferguson
Liar's PokerMichael Lewis
NextMichael Lewis
Money and PowerWilliam D. Cohen
Finite and Infinite GamesJames P. Carse
The Black SwanNassim Nicholas Taleb
The Undoing ProjectMichael Lewis
The Dictator's HandbookBruce Bueno de Mesquita
FlowMihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Ender's GameOrson Scott Card
Our Mathematical UniverseMax Tegmark
The Sunlit ManBrandon Sanderson
A Hacker's MindBruce Schneier
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?Philip K. Dick
Digital CashFinn Brunton
The Man Who Solved the MarketGregory Zuckerman
A Deepness in the SkyVernor Vinge
Children of the SkyVernor Vinge
Parable of the SowerOctavia Butler
Red NoticeBill Browder
The Hundred Thousand KingdomsN.K. Jemisin
Iron FlameRebecca Yarros
Power of PredictionAjay Agrawal
ImmunePhilipp Dettmer
Kill All NormiesAngela Nagle
CryptonomiconNeal Stephenson
Thinking, Fast and SlowDaniel Kahneman
Fooled by RandomnessNassim Nicholas Taleb
The Gods ThemselvesIsaac Asimov
Atlas ShruggedAyn Rand
AccelerandoCharles Stross
How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital AgeDale Carnegie
Power and ProgressDaron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson
The Rational OptimistMatt Ridley
The Quantum ThiefHannu Rajaniemi
The Code BreakerWalter Isaacson
The Coming WaveMustafa Suleyman
Serendipity MindsetChristian Busch
The Crisis of Democratic CapitalismMartin Wolf
Fourth WingRebecca Yarros
Palo AltoMalcolm Harris
The Mathematical CorporationJosh Sullivan, Angela Zutavern
ElantrisBrandon Sanderson
Consider PhlebasIain M. Banks
BecomingMichelle Obama
MindsetCarol Dweck
The Farthest ShoreUrsula K. Le Guin
Arcanum UnboundedBrandon Sanderson
Red Rising: Light BringerPierce Brown
The Tombs of AtuanUrsula K. Le Guin
A Wizard of EarthseaUrsula K. Le Guin
Permutation CityGreg Egan
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win BigScott Adams
Atomic HabitsJames Clear
Rhythm of WarBrandon Sanderson
DawnshardBrandon Sanderson
OathbringerBrandon Sanderson
EdgedancerBrandon Sanderson
Words of RadianceBrandon Sanderson
The Way of KingsBrandon Sanderson
NeuromancerWilliam Gibson
The PrizeDaniel Yergin
World OrderHenry Kissinger
The Idea FactoryJon Gertner
Zero to OnePeter Thiel
The GunslingerStephen King
Never Split the DifferenceChris Voss
WarbreakerBrandon Sanderson
The Blinding KnifeBrent Weeks
The Black PrismBrent Weeks
Red Rising: Iron GoldPierce Brown
SapiensYuval Noah Harari
The Way of ShadowsBrent Weeks
Numbers Don't LieVaclav Smil
Red Rising: Morning StarPierce Brown
How the World Really WorksVaclav Smil
Utopia for RealistsRutger Bregman
Secrets of Sand Hill RoadScott Kupor
Dune: Children of DuneFrank Herbert
Dune MessiahFrank Herbert
DuneFrank Herbert
Red Rising: Golden SonPierce Brown
Red RisingPierce Brown
Red Rising: Dark AgePierce Brown
I, RobotIsaac Asimov
How Innovation WorksMatt Ridley

Want to Read (123)

AlmanacNaval Ravikant
Raising AIDe Kai
The Nvidia Way
Seeing Like a State
Gödel, Escher, BachDouglas Hofstadter
Spiral DynamicsBeck and Cowan
The Holographic UniverseMichael Talbot
The Structure of Scientific RevolutionsThomas Kuhn
Dark AllianceGary Webb
Plato: Complete WorksPlato
The Crumbling of a Nation and other stories
The Perfect MatchKen Liu
Systems MedicineUri Alon
MeditationsMarcus Aurelius
On The Consolation of PhilosophyBoethius
What We Believe But Cannot ProveJohn Brockman
The Three-Body ProblemLiu Cixin
The Andromeda StrainMichael Crichton
ObjectivityLorraine Daston & Peter Galison
The Year of Magical ThinkingJoan Didion
Notes from the UndergroundFyodor Dostoevsky
The Scientist as RebelFreeman Dyson
The Art of Doing Science and EngineeringRichard Hamming
Thematic Origins of Scientific ThoughtGerald Holton
Genentech: The Beginnings of BiotechSally Hughes
The VegetarianHan Kang
The Imperative of ResponsibilityHans Jonas
The Phenomenon of Life: Toward a Philosophical BiologyHans Jonas
What I Talk About When I Talk About RunningHaruki Murakami
Thus Spoke ZarathustraFriedrich Nietzsche
FiguringMaria Popova
Letters to a Young PoetRainer Maria Rilke
A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented InformationJimmy Soni
Gravity and GraceSimone Weil
On Growth and FormD'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
The Education of CyrusXenophon
Read Write OwnChris Dixon
Radical CandorKim Scott
Crack-Up CapitalismQuinn Slobodian
Lives of the StoicsRyan Holiday
The Blind SideMichael Lewis
SuperconvergenceJamie Metzl
The Future of GeographyTim Marshall
The Mars TrilogyKim Stanley Robinson
The Diamond AgeNeal Stephenson
Deep WorkCal Newport
Hyperion CantosDan Simmons
Rainbows EndVernor Vinge
The Fabric of RealityDavid Deutsch
Ego Is the EnemyRyan Holiday
Broken MoneyLyn Alden
Invisible China
The Worldly PhilosophersRobert Heilbroner
A Culture of GrowthJoel Mokyr
The Hundred Years' WarJonathan Sumption
Who's Afraid of Life After Death?Neal Grossman
Rationality: From AI to ZombiesEliezer Yudkowsky
ExhalationTed Chiang
The Nickel BoysColson Whitehead
The Bitcoin StandardSaifedean Ammous
Isten GépeiBrandon Hackett
Snow CrashNeal Stephenson
Children of TimeAdrian Tchaikovsky
Perdido Street StationChina Miéville
Ninefox GambitYoon Ha Lee
Foundation SeriesIsaac Asimov
Oryx and CrakeMargaret Atwood
Tau ZeroPoul Anderson
Lady of MazesKarl Schroeder
BlindsightPeter Watts
Revelation SpaceAlastair Reynolds
Murderbot DiariesMartha Wells
Altered CarbonRichard K. Morgan
Shockwave RiderJohn Brunner
Stand on ZanzibarJohn Brunner
Broken Earth TrilogyN.K. Jemisin
The Truth MachineJames Halperin
Ancillary JusticeAnn Leckie
His Master's VoiceStanislaw Lem
The Calculating StarsMary Robinette Kowal
NexusRamez Naam
The Moon is a Harsh MistressRobert Heinlein
A Memory Called EmpireArkady Martine
Vorkosigan SagaLois McMaster Bujold
LagoonNnedi Okorafor
The Windup GirlPaolo Bacigalupi
On Such a Full SeaChang-Rae Lee
The Name of the WindPatrick Rothfuss
The SparrowMary Doria Russell
The Last Good ManLinda Nagata
Throne of the Crescent MoonSaladin Ahmed
RedshirtsJohn Scalzi
The Goblin EmperorKatherine Addison
Neptune's BroodCharles Stross
AutonomousAnnalee Newitz
The Girl with All the GiftsM.R. Carey
Bobiverse SeriesDennis Taylor
WeYevgeny Zamyatin
PalimpsestCatherynne M. Valente
Empire of the AntsBernard Werber
Dark MatterBlake Crouch
Last and First MenOlaf Stapledon
Seed to HarvestOctavia E. Butler
Awake in the Night LandJohn C. Wright
The ChrysalidsJohn Wyndham
SalvationPeter F. Hamilton
Blackout / All ClearConnie Willis
AnnihilationJeff VanderMeer
The Punch EscrowTal M. Klein
The Flicker MenTed Kosmatka
The Yiddish Policemen's UnionMichael Chabon
ArtemisAndy Weir
SpinRobert Charles Wilson
The Owner TrilogyNeil Asher
His Majesty's DragonNaomi Novik
Zero WorldJason N. Hough
DisciplinePaco Ahlgren
RingworldLarry Niven
InfomocracyMalka Older
The Thing ItselfAdam Roberts
WoolHugh Howey
DaemonDaniel Suarez
SchismatrixBruce Sterling

Series I recommend

Malazan Book of the Fallen
Dresden Files
Black Company
Everything Joe Abercrombie (The Blade Itself trilogy + spinoffs)
Wheel of Time
The Expanse
Lightbringer series
Prince of Thorns
Lucanius trilogy
The Belgariad — David Eddings
First Law trilogy — Joe Abercrombie
Dragon Age Origins
Farseer books
Firemane, Riftwar