I have been reading books every day for at least 30 minutes since my early teens. It has shaped my thinking, my choices and my work more than anything else — and I have kept a public record of it for over fifteen years.
Book notes
Longer notes on individual books, as I write them. Browse book notes →
What I read, year by year
A yearly account of what I read, going back to 2005 — some years split into separate fiction and non-fiction posts.
- What I Read in 2025
- What I read in 2024
- What I read in 2023
- What I read in 2022
- What I read in 2021
- What I read in 2020
- What I read in 2019
- What I read in 2018 (fiction)
- What I read in 2018 (non-fiction)
- What I read in 2017 — Part 2 (fiction)
- What I read in 2017 — Part 1 (non-fiction)
- What I read in 2016
- What I read in 2015
- What I read in 2014
- What I read in 2013
- What I read in 2012
- What I read in 2011
- Night Train to Lisbon
- What I read in 2008
- What I read in 2007
- My reading list for this year and 2006
Books I recommend
A curated list of books I find myself recommending again and again — across climate, philosophy, economics and craft. Browse the list →
The full record
Every book I have read since 2005 — over 300 titles across philosophy, climate, economics, crime fiction, literary fiction and everything in between — is catalogued by theme on a dedicated page.