books
Last updated: October 18, 2025
I mostly read science fiction and fantasy. I sometimes diversify, but as mentioned in now, I have the lofty goal of reading every major fantasy/sci-fi series ever written (from r/fantasy). I read on a Kindle Paperwhite when possible and my phone otherwise.
Current Total: 148 books
| Series / Book Name | Author | # Books | # Finished | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Kingkiller Chronicle | Patrick Rothfuss | 2* | 2 | S+ |
| Foundation | Isaac Asimov | 3* | 3 | S |
| Hierarchy | James Islington | 1* | 1 | S |
| Teixcalaan | Arkady Martine | 2* | 2 | S |
| The Broken Earth | N.K. Jemisin | 3 | 3 | S |
| The Stormlight Archive | Brandon Sanderson | 5* | 5 | S |
| Babel | R.F. Kuang | A | ||
| Gentleman Bastard | Scott Lynch | 3* | 3 | A |
| Mistborn | Brandon Sanderson | 7 | 7 | A |
| Realm of the Elderlings | Robin Hobb | 16 | 14 | A |
| Red Rising | Pierce Brown | 6* | 6 | A |
| Remembrance of Earth’s Past | Cixin Liu | 3 | 3 | A |
| The First Law | Joe Abercrombie | 3 | 3 | A |
| A Song of Ice and Fire | George R. R. Martin | 5* | 2 | B |
| Children of Time | Adrian Tchaikovsky | 3 | 2 | B |
| Deacon King Kong | James McBride | B | ||
| Elantris | Brandon Sanderson | 1* | 1 | B |
| Goldilocks | L.R. Lam | B | ||
| Gone Girl | Gillian Flynn | B | ||
| Hello Beautiful | Ann Napolitano | B | ||
| Kindred | Octavia E. Butler | B | ||
| Six of Crows | Leigh Bardugo | 2 | 2 | B |
| The Firewall Trilogy | James Maxwell | 3 | 2 | B |
| The Fountainhead | Ayn Rand | B | ||
| The Mirror Visitor Quartet | Christelle Dabos | 4 | 3 | B |
| The Player of Games | Iain M. Banks | B | ||
| The Song of Achilles | Madeleine Miller | B | ||
| The Sunlit Man | Brandon Sanderson | B | ||
| Tress of the Emerald Sea | Brandon Sanderson | B | ||
| Warbreaker | Brandon Sanderson | B | ||
| Yumi and the Nightmare Painter | Brandon Sanderson | B | ||
| 1984 | George Orwell | C | ||
| Between the World and Me | Ta-Nehisi Coates | C | ||
| Crownchasers | Rebecca Coffindaffer | 2 | 1 | C |
| Demon Copperhead | Barbara Kingsolver | C | ||
| Dreamblood | N.K. Jemisin | 2 | 2 | C |
| Dune | Frank Herbert | 6 | 1 | |
| Insignia | S.J. Kincaid | 3 | 3 | C |
| Pathfinder | Orson Scott Card | 3 | 3 | C |
| Red Mars | Kim Stanley Robinson | 3 | 1 | C |
| Skyhunter | Marie Lu | 2 | 1 | C |
| The Diabolic | S.J. Kincaid | 3 | 3 | C |
| The Founders Trilogy | Robert Jackson Bennett | 3 | 2 | C |
| The Godfather | Mario Puzo | C | ||
| The Gone World | Tom Sweterlitsch | C | ||
| The Green Bone Saga | Fonda Lee | 3 | 3 | C |
| Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow | Gabrielle Zevin | C | ||
| Yellowface | R.F. Kuang | C | ||
| Cradle | Will Wight | 12 | 10 | D |
| Game Changer | Douglas E. Richards | D | ||
| MaddAddam | Margaret Atwood | 3 | 3 | D |
| Milennium (Dragon Tattoo) | Stieg Larsson | 3 | 1 | D |
| Mind’s Eye | Douglas E. Richards | D | ||
| Oracle | Douglas E. Richards | D | ||
| Quantum | Douglas Phillips | 3 | 3 | D |
| Ready Player One | Ernest Cline | 2 | 1 | D |
| Skyward | Brandon Sanderson | 4 | 1 | D |
| The Murderbot Diaries | Martha Wells | 8 | 1 | D |
| The Poppy War | R.F. Kuang | 8 | 1 | D |
| The Reckoners | Brandon Sanderson | 3 | 3 | D |
| The Rithmatist | Brandon Sanderson | D | ||
| Alex Stern | Leigh Bardugo | 2* | 1 | E |
| The Infernal Devices | Cassandra Clare | 3 | 3 | E |
| Wilde | Harlan Coben | 2 | 1 | E |
| How Long ‘til Black Future Month? | N.K. Jemisin | |||
| Shades of Grey | Jasper Fforde | 3 | 1 | |
| The Time Machine | H.G. Wells | |||
| The Worthing Saga | Orson Scott Card | |||
| A Court of Thorns and Roses | Sarah J. Maas | 5 | 0 | DNF |
| The Empyrean | Rebecca Yarros | 3* | 0 | DNF |
(1) Series that have an asterisk aren’t finished yet
(2) Books are sorted alphabetically within a tier
(3) Blank # Books / # Finished means it’s a standalone; blank Tier means I don’t remember enough about the book to rank it
Non-fiction
| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| The Art of Thinking Clearly | Rolf Dobelli |
| Smart People Should Build Things | Andrew Yang |
| Man’s Search for Meaning | Viktor E. Frankl |
| The Subtle Art of not Giving a F*ck | Mark Manson |
| Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope | Mark Manson |
| Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience | Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi |
| Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong | James W. Loewen |