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2021 Reading List

2021 Reading List

Alright, here we go again with the list of books I read last year.

Non Fiction

Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet ★★★☆☆
The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom ★★★★★
A Promised Land ★★★★★
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need ★★★★★
No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work ★★★★★
Life in Code: A Personal History of Technology ★★★★★
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened ★★★★★
An Embarrassment of Critch’s: Immature Stories from My Grown-Up Life ★★★★★
Get Together: How to build a community with your people ★★★★☆
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow ★★★★★
Thinking in Systems: A Primer ★★★★★
Solutions and Other Problems ★★★★☆
Better Allies: Everyday Actions to Create Inclusive, Engaging Workplaces ★★★★☆
What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your Business Culture ★★★★☆
War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence ★★★★☆
Crash Override: How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate ★★★★☆
Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software ★★★★☆
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void ★★★★★
Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now ★★★★★
The Dark Net: Inside the Digital Underworld ★★★★☆

Fiction

Polaroids from the Dead ★★★☆☆
All Families are Psychotic ★★★★☆
Ready Player Two (Ready Player One, #2) ★★★☆☆
Dune (Dune, #1) ★★★★★
Project Hail Mary ★★★★☆
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1) ★★★☆☆
Firebreak ★★★★☆
A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag ★★★★☆

If you’re interested in any of those, please encourage your local bookstores and purchase your copies there.


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