I love a good book. This is a list of books I like. However: this is not a complete list. I also do not have encyclopedic knowledge of every author, I do try to avoid problematic people, but I am just human. Not a ranking, just a curation of things I like/recommend.

Non-Fiction

  • Endurance by Alfred Lansing
  • A Monk in the Garden by Robin Marantz Henig
  • A man on the Moon by Andrew Chaikin
  • Rancher, Farmer, Siherman by Miriam Horn
  • How to be Miserable by Randy J. Oaterson PhD
  • The Secret Life of Groceries by Benjamin Lorr
  • Natures Best Hope by Douglas W. Tallamy
  • The Box by Marc Levison
  • The Nordic Theory of Everything by Anu Partanen
  • Freakinomics by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
  • Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon
  • Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman

Fiction

  • ALL Yahtzee Croshaw books (Jam, Will save the Galaxy for food, etc)
  • The Dark Tower Saga by Stephen King
  • The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton
  • Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
  • A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain
  • The Expanse Saga by James S.A. Corey
  • the Bobiverse Saga by Dennis E Taylor
  • Good Omens by Neil Gaimon and Terry Pratchett
  • The Star Wars Thawn Books by Timothy Zahn (all of them)
  • The Godfather by Mario Puzo
  • All Creatures Great and Small by James Herrriot
  • The Dark Profit Saga by J. Zachary Pike
  • The Far-Seer saga by Robert J. Sawer
  • Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir