Books that I have read

Below is a list of books that I’ve read. Just because I like to keep lists and I didn’t have this one yet.

Currently reading:

• The Hair-Carpet Weavers by Andreas Eschbach.
• The Culture Map by Erin Meyer.

2024

• Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman.
• Guerilla Gardening: Handboek voor buurtvergroeners by Cerian van Gestel.
• Het lied van ooievaar en dromedaris by Anjet Daanje (unfinished).
• Soms wil ik een kind by Jantine Jongbloed.
• Basisgids Wilde bijen by Pieter van Breugel.
• The Day That Never Comes by Caimh McDonnell.
• A Man With On of Those Faces by Caimh McDonnell.
• Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke.
• Praktisch Handboek Voedselbossen by Martin Crawford.
• Op zoek naar de verstrooide tijd by Koen Haegens.
• Roadside picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
• This Is Your Brain On Music by Daniel J. Levitin (unfinished).
• A Beginner’s Guide to Breaking and Entering by Andrew Hunter Murray.
• Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh.
• Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
• Kleine natuur: De wonderbaarlijke soortenrijkdom van een stadstuin by Renze Borkent.
• The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch.
• Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
• Boemerang en andere gedichten by Gerrit Komrij (unfinished).

2023

• Ademhalen onder de maan by Ingmar Heytse.
• Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer.
• Ruisch: gedichten by J.A. Deelder.
• Love Will Tear Us Apart by C.K. McDonnell.
• This Charming Man by C.K. McDonnell.
• An Immense World by Ed Yong.
• The Truth by Terry Pratchett.
• The Stranger Times by C.K. McDonnell.
• Look Who’s Back by Timur Vermes (unfinished).
• Uit de shit by Thomas Oudman.
• Ik wou dat ik twee hondjes was by Vic van de Reijt.
• The Rabbit Factor by Antti Tuomainen.
• The Overstory by Richard Powers.
• The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin.
• The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin.
• The Little Book of Contentment by Leo Babauta.

2022

• The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin.
• American Gods by Neil Gaiman.
• Biologisch-dynamisch tuinieren in de praktijk by Willy Schilthuis.
• My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh.
• Echt eten: een handleiding by Michael Pollan.
• The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman.
• Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir.
• Het leven is te kort om op kantoor te zitten by Lonneke Lodder.
• On Trails: An Exploration by Robert Moor.
• Een kleine eetbare tuin met vaste planten by Madelon Oostwoud.
• Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch.
• VerpleegThuis by Teun Toebes.
• De eeuw van mijn vader by Geert Mak.
• The Inner Game Of Tennis by Timothy Gallwey.
• Coachen als professie by Ien GM van der Pol.
• Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan.
• Mythos by Stephen Fry.
• The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett.
• The Midnight Library by Matt Haig.

2021

• Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett.
• The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman.
• The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett.
• Een vlucht regenwulpen by Maarten ’t Hart.
• The Last Day by Andrew Hunter Murray.
• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson.
• De moeder van Ikabod by Maarten ’t Hart.
• The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman.
• 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami (2nd read).
• Whispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch.
• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni.
• Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne.

2020

• Advanced Web Application Architecture by Matthias Noback.
• Neuromancer by William Gibson.
• Zwarte Sylvester by James Worthy.
• Death’s End by Liu Cixin.
• Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick.
• The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin.
• Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch.
• The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin.
• A Fairly Honourable Defeat by Iris Murdoch.
• The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro.
• Je bent jong en je rouwt wat by Lisanne van Sadelhoff.
• Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch.
• The Humans by Matt Haig.
• Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.
• Concept M by Aafke Romeijn.
• The Restraint of Beasts by Magnus Mills.
• Jingo by Terry Pratchett.
• The Second Sleep by Robert Harris.
• Domain-Driven Design by Eric Evans.
• The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson.
• Grip by Rick Pastoor.
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.
• The Noise of Time by Julian Barnes.

2019

• De donker kamer van Damokles by Willem Frederik Hermans.
• Moedervlekken by Arnon Grunberg (not finished).
• Hogfather by Terry Pratchett.
• Anathem by Neal Stephenson.
• Deep Work by Cal Newport.
• De laatkomer by Dimitri Verhulst.
• Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett.
• Religion for Atheists by Alain de Botton.
• Calypso by David Sedaris.
• The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin.
• Blood at the Root by Peter Robinson.
• What is the What by Dave Eggers.
• The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart.
• Innocent Graves by Peter Robinson.
• Maskerade by Terry Pratchett.
• Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin.
• Tirza by Arnon Grunberg.
• War of the Wolf by Bernard Cornwell.
• Dit was het nieuws niet by De Correspondent.
• Klont by Maxim Februari.
• Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami.
• The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner by Alan Sillitoe.

2018

• Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking.
• Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman (only first 1/3rd).
• Final Account by Peter Robinson.
• Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari.
• Het Duurloopmisverstand by Klaas Lok.
• Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett.
• Wednesday’s Child by Peter Robinson.
• The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers.
• Unto This Last by John Ruskin.
• The Flame Bearer by Bernard Cornwell.
• Principles of Package Design by Matthias Noback (first part about SOLID design principles).
• The Power by Naomi Alderman.
• Warriors of the Storm by Bernard Cornwell.
• Past Reason Hated by Peter Robinson.
• The Empty Throne by Bernard Cornwell.
• The Hanging Valley by Peter Robinson.
• Dance dance dance by Haruki Murakami.
• The Pagan Lord by Bernard Cornwell.
• Death of Kings by Bernard Cornwell.
• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline.
• Soul Music by Terry Pratchett.
• A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami.
• The Burning Land by Bernard Cornwell.
• Being a Beast: Adventures Across the Species Divide by Charles Foster.
• Pinball, 1973 by Haruki Murakami.
• Sword Song by Bernard Cornwell.
• Hear the Wind Sing by Haruki Murakami.
• Olijven moet je leren lezen by Ellen Deckwitz.

2017

• Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett.
• Hoe je vrienden maakt en mensen beinvloedt by Dale Carnegie.
• Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov.
• De herontdekking van het lichaam by Bregje Hofstede.
• Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov.
• Modernizing Legacy Applications in PHP by Paul M. Jones.
• Groot handboek lopen by Herbert Steffny.
• Foundation by Isaac Asimov.
• Pogingen iets van het leven te maken by Hendrik Groen.
• Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett.
• Raadgever looptraining: 77 feiten die elke hardloper moet kennen by Matthias Marquardt.
• Lords of the North by Bernard Cornwell.
• The Pale Horseman by Bernard Cornwell.
• Huh ?!: de techniek van het omdenken by Berthold Gunster.
• The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell.
• Het Pauluslabyrint by Jeroen Windmeijer.
• The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami.
• Laat het feest beginnen! by Niccolò Ammaniti.
• Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter.
• Small Gods by Terry Pratchett.
• Het huis van de moskee by Kader Abdolah.
• The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide.
• Domweg Gelukkig, In De Dapperstraat: De Bekendste Gedichten Uit De Nederlandse Literatuur by C.J. Aarts and M.C. van Etten.
• Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett.
• Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner.
• Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett.
• A Necessary End by Peter Robinson.
• The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson.
• Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn.
• Meneer Beerta (Het Bureau #1) by J.J. Voskuil (not finished).
• Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett.
• Over Rot by meneer Wateetons.
• Eric by Terry Pratchett.

2016

• Dit kan niet waar zijn by Joris Luyendijk.
• Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie (not finished).
• The Pragmatic Programmer by Andrew Hunt and Dave Thomas.
• Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett.
• Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami.
• A Dedicated Man by Peter Robinson.
• Clean Code by Robert C. Martin.
• Pyramids by Terry Pratchett.
• Het plakband pensioen by Gerhard Hormann.
• En mijn tafelheer is Plato: Een filosofische kijk op de actualiteit by Rob Wijnberg.
• De schaduw van de wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.
• Gallows View by Peter Robinson.
• Publiek geheim by J. Bernlef.
• Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett.
• You Shall Know Our Velocity! by Dave Eggers.
• A Walk in the woods by Bill Bryson.
• Sourcery by Terry Pratchett.
• Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers by Robert Sapolsky.
• Mort by Terry Pratchett.
• De kleurloze Tsukuru Tazaki en zijn pelgrimsjaren by Haruki Murakami.
• The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle.
• Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett.
• The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett.
• The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett.
• The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by Alain de Botton.
• Knockemstiff by Donald Ray Pollock.
• Onderworpen by Michel Houellebecq.
• The Brief Guide to Mindfulness by Leo Babauta.

2015

• The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock.
• Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami.
• Status Anxiety by Alain de Botton.
• And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie.
• Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie.
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
• Mindfulness in Plain English by Henepola Gunaratana.
• De wereld van Sofie by Jostein Gaarder.
• De slinger van Foucault by Umberto Eco.
• De naam van de roos by Umberto Eco.
• Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis.
• One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (didn’t finish, after 150 or so pages it was still boring).
• De grote pianola by Kurt Vonnegut.
• Hersenschimmen by J. Bernlef.