reading list

Apart from research, I enjoy reading books and manga. I alternate between reading fiction and non-fiction books. Some of the books that I've read over the years are listed below. You can also see them on my Goodreads. The books I especially liked are rated 4 or above.
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2026

Die with Zero
Die with Zero

Bill Perkins

5 β˜…
πŸ“–
The Balkan Wars 1912-1913

Richard C. Hall

4 β˜…
The Infrastructure Book
The Infrastructure Book

Sybil Derrible

4 β˜…
Orbital
Orbital

Samantha Harvey

4 β˜…
Chop Suey Nation
Chop Suey Nation

Ann Hui

4 β˜…
The Elephant Vanishes
The Elephant Vanishes

Haruki Murakami

2 β˜…
20th Century Boys
20th Century Boys

Naoki Urasawa

5 β˜…
Greek Lessons
Greek Lessons

Han Kang

2 β˜…
The Secret of Secrets
The Secret of Secrets

Dan Brown

4 β˜…
Macedonia
Macedonia

John Phillips

4 β˜…

2025

Berserk Deluxe Edition, Volume 4
Berserk Deluxe Edition, Volume 4

Kentaro Miura

5 β˜…
Berserk Deluxe Edition, Volume 3
Berserk Deluxe Edition, Volume 3

Kentaro Miura

5 β˜…
πŸ“–
The Traitor's Daughter

Roxana Spicer

3 β˜…
Chip War
Chip War

Chris Miller

4 β˜…
Audition
Audition

Katie Kitamura

4 β˜…
In True Face
In True Face

Jonna MΓ©ndez

4 β˜…
Tracers in the Dark
Tracers in the Dark

Andy Greenberg

3 β˜…
The Matryoshka Memoirs
The Matryoshka Memoirs

Sasha Colby

3 β˜…
Breakneck
Breakneck

Dan Wang

4 β˜…
The Complete Maus
The Complete Maus

Art Spiegelman
πŸ“–
How To Think About AI

Richard Susskind

3 β˜…
The Anxious Generation
The Anxious Generation

Jonathan Haidt

4 β˜…
Black Cake
Black Cake

Charmaine Wilkerson

3 β˜…
Maus I
Maus I

Art Spiegelman

3 β˜…
πŸ“–
Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave

Elle Cosimano

2 β˜…
The Life Impossible
The Life Impossible

Matt Haig

3 β˜…
Scattered All Over the Earth
Scattered All Over the Earth

Yōko Tawada

2 β˜…
The Devotion of Suspect X
The Devotion of Suspect X

Keigo Higashino

5 β˜…
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha

Arthur Golden

5 β˜…
A Death in Tokyo
A Death in Tokyo

Keigo Higashino

4 β˜…
A Wild Sheep Chase
A Wild Sheep Chase

Haruki Murakami

3 β˜…
The Algorithm
The Algorithm

Hilke Schellmann

3 β˜…
πŸ“–
Becoming

Michelle Obama

5 β˜…
Death's End
Death's End

Liu Cixin

4 β˜…
The Dark Forest
The Dark Forest

Liu Cixin

5 β˜…
The Three-Body Problem
The Three-Body Problem

Liu Cixin

5 β˜…
Private India
Private India

James Patterson

2 β˜…
Wrong Place Wrong Time
Wrong Place Wrong Time

Gillian McAllister

4 β˜…
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

L. Frank Baum

5 β˜…
The Last Days of the Dinosaurs
The Last Days of the Dinosaurs

Riley Black

3 β˜…
Banyan Moon
Banyan Moon

Thao Thai

3 β˜…

2024

The Burnout
The Burnout

Sophie Kinsella

3 β˜…
Burn Book
Burn Book

Kara Swisher

3 β˜…
The Marriage Portrait
The Marriage Portrait

Maggie O'Farrell

4 β˜…
Lady Tan's Circle of Women
Lady Tan's Circle of Women

Lisa See

4 β˜…
πŸ“–
The African Samurai

Craig Shreve

3 β˜…
The Maidens
The Maidens

Alex Michaelides

4 β˜…
The Guest List
The Guest List

Lucy Foley

3 β˜…
Putting Ourselves Back in the Equation
Putting Ourselves Back in the Equation

George Musser

4 β˜…
Fourteen Days
Fourteen Days

Margaret Atwood

5 β˜…
Berserk, Vol. 3
Berserk, Vol. 3

Kentaro Miura

5 β˜…
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

V.E. Schwab

4 β˜…
Breaking Twitter
Breaking Twitter

Ben Mezrich

3 β˜…
Berserk Deluxe Edition, Vol. 2
Berserk Deluxe Edition, Vol. 2

Kentaro Miura

4 β˜…
Berserk Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1
Berserk Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1

Kentaro Miura

4 β˜…
Berserk, Vol. 1
Berserk, Vol. 1

Kentaro Miura

4 β˜…
Yellowface
Yellowface

R.F. Kuang

5 β˜…
The Great Alone
The Great Alone

Kristin Hannah

4 β˜…
Radio Silence
Radio Silence

Alice Oseman

3 β˜…
The Silent Patient
The Silent Patient

Alex Michaelides

4 β˜…
Looking for Alaska
Looking for Alaska

John Green

3 β˜…
We Were Dreamers
We Were Dreamers

Simu Liu

5 β˜…

2023

Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them
Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them

Antonio Padilla

4 β˜…
Caste
Caste

Isabel Wilkerson

3 β˜…
Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead
Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead

Elle Cosimano

3 β˜…
Ready Player Two
Ready Player Two

Ernest Cline

3 β˜…
What If? 2
What If? 2

Randall Munroe

3 β˜…
Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun
Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun

Elle Cosimano

2 β˜…
Ready Player One
Ready Player One

Ernest Cline

4 β˜…
Finlay Donovan Is Killing It
Finlay Donovan Is Killing It

Elle Cosimano

4 β˜…
The Alice Network
The Alice Network

Kate Quinn

4 β˜…
A Girl on the Shore
A Girl on the Shore

Inio Asano

3 β˜…
The Testament of Mary
The Testament of Mary

Colm TΓ³ibΓ­n

4 β˜…
What If?
What If?

Randall Munroe

5 β˜…
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

4 β˜…
Dark Matter
Dark Matter

Blake Crouch

5 β˜…
The Postcard
The Postcard

Anne Berest

5 β˜…
The President Is Missing
The President Is Missing

Bill Clinton

3 β˜…
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

Satoshi Yagisawa

4 β˜…
You Exist Too Much
You Exist Too Much

Zaina Arafat

3 β˜…
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid

4 β˜…
Lessons in Chemistry
Lessons in Chemistry

Bonnie Garmus

4 β˜…
Cinderella Ate My Daughter
Cinderella Ate My Daughter

Peggy Orenstein

4 β˜…
Girls & Sex
Girls & Sex

Peggy Orenstein

4 β˜…
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and other Classic Novels
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and other Classic Novels

Jules Verne

5 β˜…
Cyclopedia Exotica
Cyclopedia Exotica

Aminder Dhaliwal

4 β˜…
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

4 β˜…
The Midnight Library
The Midnight Library

Matt Haig

4 β˜…
Nanjing
Nanjing

Ethan Young

4 β˜…
Disobedience
Disobedience

Naomi Alderman

3 β˜…
The Shining
The Shining

Stephen King

5 β˜…
Once Upon a Prime
Once Upon a Prime

Sarah Hart

5 β˜…
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin

4 β˜…
The Diamond Eye
The Diamond Eye

Kate Quinn

4 β˜…
Rock Paper Scissors
Rock Paper Scissors

Alice Feeney

4 β˜…
Nine Perfect Strangers
Nine Perfect Strangers

Liane Moriarty

4 β˜…
When Breath Becomes Air
When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

5 β˜…
The Soulmate Equation
The Soulmate Equation

Christina Lauren

3 β˜…
Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?
Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

Julie Smith

5 β˜…
Have I Told You This Already?
Have I Told You This Already?

Lauren Graham

2 β˜…
Pachinko
Pachinko

Min Jin Lee

5 β˜…
Lessons in Chemistry
Lessons in Chemistry

Bonnie Garmus

5 β˜…
The Rose Code
The Rose Code

Kate Quinn

4 β˜…
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

J.R.R. Tolkien

4 β˜…
How Much Land Does a Man Need?
How Much Land Does a Man Need?

Leo Tolstoy

5 β˜…
Little Fires Everywhere
Little Fires Everywhere

Celeste Ng

4 β˜…
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
Memories of My Melancholy Whores

Gabriel GarcΓ­a MΓ‘rquez

3 β˜…
Apples Never Fall
Apples Never Fall

Liane Moriarty

3 β˜…
What Happened To You?
What Happened To You?

Bruce D. Perry

3 β˜…
Milk and Honey
Milk and Honey

Rupi Kaur

1 β˜…
πŸ“–
I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki

Baek Se-hee

4 β˜…
Before Your Memory Fades
Before Your Memory Fades

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

3 β˜…
The Dutch House
The Dutch House

Ann Patchett

3 β˜…
The Reader
The Reader

Bernhard Schlink

4 β˜…
Butts
Butts

Heather Radke

4 β˜…
Tower of God T04
Tower of God T04

S.I.U.

5 β˜…

2022

Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon

Daniel Keyes

5 β˜…
Children of Dune
Children of Dune

Frank Herbert

2 β˜…
The Four Winds
The Four Winds

Kristin Hannah

4 β˜…
Convenience Store Woman
Convenience Store Woman

Sayaka Murata

3 β˜…
Never Split the Difference
Never Split the Difference

Chris Voss

5 β˜…
πŸ“–
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

Haruki Murakami

4 β˜…
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid

4 β˜…
Malibu Rising
Malibu Rising

Taylor Jenkins Reid

3 β˜…
Maybe in Another Life
Maybe in Another Life

Taylor Jenkins Reid

4 β˜…
Men Without Women
Men Without Women

Haruki Murakami

3 β˜…
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

3 β˜…
Order from Chaos
Order from Chaos

Jaclyn Paul

4 β˜…
Think Again
Think Again

Adam M. Grant

4 β˜…
A Knock on the Door
A Knock on the Door

Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

3 β˜…
The Lost Apothecary
The Lost Apothecary

Sarah Penner

3 β˜…
Killing Commendatore
Killing Commendatore

Haruki Murakami

2 β˜…
Rabbit Cake
Rabbit Cake

Annie Hartnett

3 β˜…
Almond
Almond

Sohn Won-Pyung

3 β˜…
πŸ“–
I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy

5 β˜…
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Gail Honeyman

4 β˜…
Book Lovers
Book Lovers

Emily Henry

3 β˜…
The Magical Language of Others
The Magical Language of Others

E.J. Koh

5 β˜…
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

Haruki Murakami

3 β˜…
The Rape of Nanking
The Rape of Nanking

Iris Chang

5 β˜…
The Strange Library
The Strange Library

Haruki Murakami

2 β˜…
Outliers
Outliers

Malcolm Gladwell

4 β˜…
Dopamine Nation
Dopamine Nation

Anna Lembke

2 β˜…
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

Haruki Murakami

4 β˜…
First Person Singular
First Person Singular

Haruki Murakami

2 β˜…
Crying in H Mart
Crying in H Mart

Michelle Zauner

4 β˜…
How to Not Die Alone
How to Not Die Alone

Logan Ury

3 β˜…
The Love Hypothesis
The Love Hypothesis

Ali Hazelwood

2 β˜…
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Haruki Murakami

3 β˜…
Dune
Dune

Frank Herbert
At the Existentialist CafΓ©
At the Existentialist CafΓ©

Sarah Bakewell

4 β˜…
Blink
Blink

Malcolm Gladwell

4 β˜…
Book of Circles
Book of Circles

Manuel Lima

3 β˜…
Atomic Habits
Atomic Habits

James Clear

4 β˜…
Dune Messiah
Dune Messiah

Frank Herbert

3 β˜…

2021

One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel GarcΓ­a MΓ‘rquez

4 β˜…
The Power of Habit
The Power of Habit

Charles Duhigg

5 β˜…
Norwegian Wood
Norwegian Wood

Haruki Murakami

4 β˜…
Percy Jackson and the Greek Gods
Percy Jackson and the Greek Gods

Rick Riordan

3 β˜…
A Gentleman in Moscow
A Gentleman in Moscow

Amor Towles

3 β˜…
The Psychology of Money
The Psychology of Money

Morgan Housel

5 β˜…
The Trial
The Trial

Franz Kafka

3 β˜…
The Warren Buffett Way
The Warren Buffett Way

Robert G. Hagstrom
The Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China

Franz Kafka

2 β˜…
The Good Doctor
The Good Doctor

Damon Galgut
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

5 β˜…

2020

The Prince
The Prince

NiccolΓ² Machiavelli

3 β˜…
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

Mark Manson
Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

5 β˜…
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

4 β˜…
An Era of Darkness
An Era of Darkness

Shashi Tharoor

4 β˜…
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky

5 β˜…
The Girl on the Train
The Girl on the Train

Paula Hawkins

4 β˜…
The Forgotten
The Forgotten

David Baldacci

3 β˜…
Everything Is F*cked
Everything Is F*cked

Mark Manson

2 β˜…
Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

Pablo Neruda

4 β˜…
Ikigai
Ikigai

HΓ©ctor GarcΓ­a

4 β˜…
Seven Years in Tibet
Seven Years in Tibet

Heinrich Harrer

4 β˜…
Zero to One
Zero to One

Peter Thiel

4 β˜…
Dracula
Dracula

Bram Stoker
Why I am a Hindu
Why I am a Hindu

Shashi Tharoor

3 β˜…
Lolita
Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov

4 β˜…

2019

Everything I Never Told You
Everything I Never Told You

Celeste Ng

4 β˜…
A Gentleman in Moscow
A Gentleman in Moscow

Amor Towles

4 β˜…
The Hate U Give
The Hate U Give

Angie Thomas

4 β˜…
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Heather Morris

4 β˜…
This is Not Your Story
This is Not Your Story

Savi Sharma

1 β˜…
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

4 β˜…
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

3 β˜…
The Book Thief
The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

5 β˜…
The Lincoln Lawyer
The Lincoln Lawyer

Michael Connelly

4 β˜…
An Astrologer's Day and Other Stories
An Astrologer's Day and Other Stories

R.K. Narayan
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

4 β˜…
Ender’s Game
Ender’s Game

Orson Scott Card

4 β˜…
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

5 β˜…
Homo Deus
Homo Deus

Yuval Noah Harari

4 β˜…
1984
1984

George Orwell

4 β˜…
Sapiens
Sapiens

Yuval Noah Harari

4 β˜…

2018

Origin
Origin

Dan Brown

4 β˜…
Sapiens
Sapiens

Yuval Noah Harari

4 β˜…
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

J.K. Rowling

4 β˜…
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka

3 β˜…
The Judgment and other stories
The Judgment and other stories

Franz Kafka

3 β˜…
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea

Ernest Hemingway
The Judgement and In the Penal Colony
The Judgement and In the Penal Colony

Franz Kafka

3 β˜…
Hooked
Hooked

Nir Eyal

4 β˜…
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

5 β˜…
πŸ“–
Kabuliwala

Rabindranath Tagore

5 β˜…
The Prophet
The Prophet

Kahlil Gibran

5 β˜…
Kafka on the Shore
Kafka on the Shore

Haruki Murakami

4 β˜…
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

John le CarrΓ©

3 β˜…
Rebecca
Rebecca

Daphne du Maurier

4 β˜…
πŸ“–
L.A. Confidential

James Ellroy

4 β˜…
Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express

Agatha Christie

3 β˜…
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Ken Kesey

3 β˜…
Freakonomics
Freakonomics

Steven D. Levitt

4 β˜…

2017

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

J.K. Rowling

4 β˜…
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

J.K. Rowling

5 β˜…
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

J.K. Rowling

5 β˜…
A Scandal in Bohemia
A Scandal in Bohemia

Ronald Holt

4 β˜…
Sita
Sita

Amish Tripathi

3 β˜…
Journey Under the Midnight Sun
Journey Under the Midnight Sun

Keigo Higashino

4 β˜…
The Signal and the Noise
The Signal and the Noise

Nate Silver
An Introduction to Statistical Learning
An Introduction to Statistical Learning

Gareth James
πŸ“–
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

J.K. Rowling

1 β˜…
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

F. Scott Fitzgerald

3 β˜…
Up from Slavery
Up from Slavery

Booker T. Washington

4 β˜…
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

J.K. Rowling

5 β˜…
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

J.K. Rowling

5 β˜…
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

J.K. Rowling

4 β˜…
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

4 β˜…
The Alchemist
The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho

3 β˜…
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles

Arthur Conan Doyle
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

5 β˜…
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

4 β˜…
Physical Metallurgy, 2nd Edition
Physical Metallurgy, 2nd Edition

V. Raghavan

4 β˜…
The Man Who Would Be King
The Man Who Would Be King

Rudyard Kipling

4 β˜…
Making Games with Python & Pygame
Making Games with Python & Pygame

Al Sweigart

4 β˜…
A Clash of Kings
A Clash of Kings

George R.R. Martin

4 β˜…
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta

Alan Moore

3 β˜…
The Theory of Everything
The Theory of Everything

Stephen W. Hawking

3 β˜…
A Game of Thrones #1
A Game of Thrones #1

Daniel Abraham

4 β˜…
The Gift of the Magi
The Gift of the Magi

O. Henry

4 β˜…
A Study in Scarlet
A Study in Scarlet

Arthur Conan Doyle

4 β˜…

2016

The Krishna Key
The Krishna Key

Ashwin Sanghi

4 β˜…
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky

4 β˜…
The Sea of Monsters
The Sea of Monsters

Rick Riordan

3 β˜…
The Godfather
The Godfather

Mario Puzo

5 β˜…
Gitanjali
Gitanjali

Rabindranath Tagore

4 β˜…
The 3 Mistakes of My Life
The 3 Mistakes of My Life

Chetan Bhagat

2 β˜…
Batman
Batman

Frank Miller

5 β˜…
Wings of Fire
Wings of Fire

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

3 β˜…
The Lost Symbol
The Lost Symbol

Dan Brown

3 β˜…
A Game of Thrones
A Game of Thrones

George R.R. Martin

5 β˜…
Learn Python The Hard Way
Learn Python The Hard Way

Zed A. Shaw

4 β˜…
The Rozabal Line
The Rozabal Line

Ashwin Sanghi

3 β˜…
The Krishna Key
The Krishna Key

Ashwin Sanghi

4 β˜…
πŸ“–
Chanakya's Chant

Ashwin Sanghi

4 β˜…
The Oath of the Vayuputras
The Oath of the Vayuputras

Amish Tripathi

3 β˜…
Scion of Ikshvaku
Scion of Ikshvaku

Amish Tripathi

4 β˜…
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

Mallanaga Vātsyāyana

4 β˜…
πŸ“–
Barron's SAT 2015

Ira K. Wolf

2015

The Silmarillion
The Silmarillion

J.R.R. Tolkien

3 β˜…
The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book

Rudyard Kipling

4 β˜…
Angels & Demons
Angels & Demons

Dan Brown

4 β˜…
The Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci Code

Dan Brown

5 β˜…
Deception Point
Deception Point

Dan Brown

2 β˜…
Digital Fortress
Digital Fortress

Dan Brown

3 β˜…
The Secret of the Nagas
The Secret of the Nagas

Amish Tripathi

5 β˜…
The Immortals of Meluha
The Immortals of Meluha

Amish Tripathi

4 β˜…

2013

As You Like It
As You Like It

William Shakespeare

4 β˜