some books i've read

(this list is not exhaustive and rarely updated)

2025

• The White Tiger — Aravind Adiga
• Old Path White Clouds — Thich Nhat Hanh
• How to Win at Chess — Levy Rozman
• Crafting Interpreters — Robert Nystrom
• Elena Knows — Claudia Piñeiro
• Under the Eye of the Big Bird — Hiromi Kawakami
• Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology — Chris Miller
• On the Calculation of Volume I — Solvej Balle
• Thinking in Systems — Donella Meadows
• Beautyland — Marie-Helene Bertino
• Less — Andrew Sean Greer
• Meditations for Mortals — Oliver Burkeman

2023

• Bewilderment — Richard Powers
• Designing Data-Intensive Applications — Martin Kleppmann