I began rating (on a scale of one to five) and recording every book I read starting in 2020.

Below are those which scored a four or above.

Book cover of 'The Seven Storey Mountain' by Thomas Merton, featuring a black-and-white photograph of Thomas Merton in a dark shirt, with a cream background and gold and red text.

5.0

The Seven Storey Mountain

Thomas Merton

Read: September 2024

A dark poster for the movie "Anthem" featuring a silhouette of a person holding a torch, with a human face profile blending into a moonlit sky and the silhouette of a bird flying around.

5.0

Anthem

Ayn Rand

Read: February 2026

Book cover titled 'The Fountainhead' by Ayn Rand with an introduction by the author, featuring blue tinted text and illustrations of tall buildings at the bottom.

5.0

The Fountainhead

Ayn Rand

Read: April 2026

Cover of the book titled 'The DAO of Capital' by Mark Spitznagel, featuring a pine cone and gold background.

5.0

The Dao of Capital: Austrian Investing in a Distorted World

Mark Spitznagel

Read: January 2024

Book cover for 'Tuesdays with Morrie' by Mitch Albom, celebrating its 10th anniversary edition, with an excerpt from the book and a new afterword by the author.

5.0

Tuesdays with Morrie

Albom, Mitch

Read: March 2023

Book cover of 'When Breath Becomes Air' by Paul Kalanithi, with a small illustration of a cloud and a gold sticker indicating it was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

5.0

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

Read: April 2022

Book cover of "The Inner Game of Tennis" showing a yellow tennis ball.

5.0

The Inner Game of Tennis

W. Timothy Gallwey

Read: September 2022

Cover of the book titled 'The Omnivore's Dilemma' by Michael Pollan, featuring a bunch of grapes, a cooked egg, and a piece of wood on a dark background.

5.0

The Omnivore’s Dilemma

Michael Pollan

Read: December 2021

Book cover titled 'Meditations' by Marcus Aurelius, featuring a red silhouette of a bird with a white feather against a black background.

5.0

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

Read: January 2022

Book cover titled "Richer, Wiser, Happier" by William Green, with a blue background and a yellow dollar sign hanging from a climbing rope.

5.0

Richer, Wiser, Happier

William Green

Read: August 2021

Book cover titled 'The Prophet' by Kahlil Gibran, featuring a circular illustration of a person lying down with others dancing around them.

5.0

The Prophet

Kahlil Gibran

Read: March 2022

Book cover titled 'Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us' by Russ Roberts, featuring a black and gray abstract knot illustration.

4.5

Wild Problems

Russ Roberts

Read: January 2023

The cover of a book titled "The Metaphysics of Ping-Pong" by Guido Mina di Sospiro. The cover features a large white circle with a red semicircle on a blue background.

4.5

The Metaphysics of Ping-Pong: Table Tennis as a Journey of Self-Discovery

Guido Mina di Sospiro

Read: October 2023

Book cover of 'JFK and the Unspeakable' by James W. Douglass, featuring a black and white photo of John F. Kennedy looking down at water.

5.0

JFK & The Unspeakable

James Douglass

Read: July 2024

Book cover for 'The Practicing Stoic: A Philosophical User's Manual' by Ward Farnsworth, depicting a classic illustration of a wise man surrounded by animals and symbols of philosophy.

4.5

The Practicing Stoic

Ward Farnsworth

Read: September 2022

A book cover for 'Ender's Game' by Orson Scott Card, featuring a spacecraft and space scene with stars and planets in the background.

4.5

Ender’s Game

Orson Scott Card

Read: September 2022

Book cover titled 'Boyd' by Robert Coram, featuring a black-and-white photo of a man in military gear holding a helmet, looking upward.

4.5

Boyd: The Fighter Pilot That Changed the Art of War

Robert Coram

Read: November 2022

Book cover of 'The Third Wave' by Alvin Toffler, with the subtitle 'The Classic Study of Tomorrow' and author’s name at the top.

4.5

The Third Wave

Alvin Toffler

Read: November 2022

Cover of a book titled "A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy" by William B. Irvine, featuring a sculpture of a praying or meditative figure with hands pressed together and a serene expression.

4.5

The Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy

William Irvine

Read: June 2022

Book cover titled "Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor E. Frankl, featuring a small red bird perched on barbed wire, against a textured teal background.

4.5

Man’s Search for Meaning

Victor Frankl

Read: November 2021

Book cover of "Red Notice" by Bill Browder, featuring a black and white image of a man standing in front of the Kremlin in Moscow, with a silhouette of the Kremlin buildings and a partly cloudy sky.

4.5

Red Notice

Bill Browder

Read: October 2020

This is the cover of a book titled 'Read Player One' with a red background and large yellow text. There is a gold circle with text that says, 'Now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg.' A black banner at the bottom highlights '#1 New York Times Bestseller.'

4.5

Ready Player One

Earnest Cline

Read: May 2022

Book cover for "What Makes Sammy Run?" by Budd Schulberg, featuring a silhouette of a person walking and shadows, with the title and author's name in large text.

4.5

What Makes Sammy Run?

Budd Schulberg

Read: March 2022

Cover of a book titled 'the WAR of ART' with a subtitle 'Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles', featuring a small red poppy flower growing from a square block.

4.5

The War of Art

Steven Pressfield

Read: January 2023

Book cover titled 'Tribe of Mentors' by Timothy Ferriss with yellow and black background, and a blue banner indicating it contains short life advice from top experts.

4.5

Tribe of Mentors

Tim Ferriss

Read: August 2022

Book cover titled 'The Almanack of Naval Ravikant' by Eric Jorgenson, with a foreword by Tim Ferriss.

4.5

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

Eric Jorgenson

Read: March 2023

Close-up black and white portrait of a man with short hair, glasses, and a beard, looking directly at the camera. Text on image reads "Permanent Record" and "Edward Snowden", with additional text saying "New York Times Bestseller".

4.0

Permanent Record

Edward Snowden

Read: February 2023

Book cover titled "Liar's Poker" by Michael Lewis, with an illustration of a dollar bill with a face and an eye.

4.0

Liar’s Poker

Michael Lewis

Read: July 2022

Book cover of "How to Think Like a Roman Emperor" by Donald Robertson featuring a black background, a bust of a classical Roman emperor with a contemplative expression, and white and beige text.

4.0

How to Think Like a Roman Emperor

Donald Robertson

Read: June 2022

Book cover featuring the title 'flow' in large yellow letters, with author name 'Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi' on a white circle. The background is light blue with various words and phrases in yellow and white, and the publisher's logo and additional text at the bottom.

4.0

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Read: February 2022

Cover of the book titled "The RATIONAL OPTIMIST" by Matt Ridley, featuring a large orange letter R with the subtitle "How prosperity evolves" and an image of the author at the bottom.

4.0

The Rational Optimist

Matt Ridley

Read: December 2021

  • “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”

    Dr. Seuss