bookshelf
books i've read, loosely annotated. sorted by when i read them, most recent first.
tech
Code
★★★★★Charles Petzold
The clearest explanation of how hardware actually works that I've come across.
fiction
Looking for Alaska
★★★★☆John Green
Less a coming-of-age story, more a meditation on guilt and the people we can't stop thinking about.
Conversations with Friends
★★★★☆Sally Rooney
Less about what's said than everything that isn't.
The Long Walk
★★★★☆Stephen King
King wrote this at 18 and it of shows.
nonfiction
Freakonomics
★★★★☆Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
Teaches you to ask why in directions most people don't bother.
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
★★★☆☆Mark Manson
The core argument - choose what you care about deliberately - is solid, even if it overstays its welcome.
Atomic Habits
★★★★☆James Clear
The ideaology of becoming someone who achieves goals rather than just aiming to achieve a goal was life-changing for me.