Books List

* All-time favorite

2026

• The Secret of Secrets — Dan Brown
• Hyperion — Dan Simmons
• The Fall of Hyperion — Dan Simmons
• Endymion — Dan Simmons
• The Rise of Endymion — Dan Simmons
• The Technological Republic — Alexander Karp
• From Third World to First — Lee Kuan Yew
• Atlas Shrugged — Ayn Rand
• The Hard Thing About Hard Things — Ben Horowitz
• The City of Brass — S. A. Chakraborty
• The Kingdom of Copper — S. A. Chakraborty
• The Empire of Gold — S. A. Chakraborty
• The Strength of the Few — James Islington
• The Player of Games — Iain M. Banks
• A View from the Stars — Cixin Liu

2025

• Endurance — Alfred Lansing
• One Second After — William R. Forstchen
• The Sword of Kaigen — M. L. Wang
• Sunrise on the Reaping — Suzanne Collins
• The Way of Kings — Brandon Sanderson
• Words of Radiance — Brandon Sanderson
• Oathbringer — Brandon Sanderson
• Rhythm of War — Brandon Sanderson
• Wind and Truth — Brandon Sanderson
• Dawnshard — Brandon Sanderson
• Edgedancer — Brandon Sanderson
• The Dispossessed — Ursula K. Le Guin
• There Is No Antimemetics Division — qntm
• Permanent Record — Edward Snowden

2024

• The Three-Body Problem — Cixin Liu
• The Dark Forest — Cixin Liu
• Death's End — Cixin Liu
• The Redemption of Time — Baoshu
• Red Rising — Pierce Brown
• Golden Son — Pierce Brown
• Morning Star — Pierce Brown
• Iron Gold — Pierce Brown
• Dark Age — Pierce Brown
• Light Bringer — Pierce Brown
• The Final Empire — Brandon Sanderson
• Elon Musk — Walter Isaacson
• The Well of Ascension — Brandon Sanderson
• The Hero of Ages — Brandon Sanderson
• Children of Time — Adrian Tchaikovsky
• Babel — R. F. Kuang
• Exhalation — Ted Chiang
• The Will of the Many — James Islington
• Foundation — Isaac Asimov
• Project Hail Mary — Andy Weir