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Books I've Read

A chronological log, 2010 to present

The Bookworm by Carl Spitzweg, c. 1850 - a scholar perched on a tall library ladder, absorbed in a book, with two more books tucked under his arm and one pinched between his knees
Carl Spitzweg, The Bookworm, c. 1850.

A running list of every book I've read since I started keeping track. Mixed Portuguese and English - that's how my reading life actually looks. Author follows the title where I remember it; year is when I finished the book (not when I started).

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2010

Records were patchy this year. What I'm sure of:

2011

  1. A Estrela Sobe - Marques Rebelo
  2. Contos de Aprendiz - Carlos Drummond de Andrade
  3. Ensinando Inteligência
  4. A Inveja: Mal Secreto - Zuenir Ventura
  5. A Revolução dos Bichos - George Orwell
  6. A Metamorfose - Franz Kafka
  7. O Mundo de Sofia - Jostein Gaarder
  8. O Pequeno Príncipe - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  9. Guia Politicamente Incorreto da História do Brasil - Leandro Narloch
  10. O Retrato de Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
  11. Amar de Olhos Abertos - Jorge Bucay
  12. Joias de Família - Zuenir Ventura

2012

The pre-FGV cramming year. Mostly classics, law-school prep, and Sherlock Holmes.

  1. Guia Politicamente Incorreto da História da América Latina - Leandro Narloch
  2. Cândido - Voltaire
  3. Mauá em Face da Economia Nacional
  4. The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch
  5. Código da Vida - Saulo Ramos
  6. How to Sell Anything to Anybody - Joe Girard
  7. Sherlock Holmes: Short Stories - Arthur Conan Doyle
  8. Em Algum Lugar do Paraíso - Luis Fernando Veríssimo
  9. Guia Politicamente Incorreto da Filosofia - Luiz Felipe Pondé
  10. The Hound of the Baskervilles - Arthur Conan Doyle
  11. Os Contos de Beedle, o Bardo - J.K. Rowling
  12. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
  13. Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne
  14. O Universalismo Europeu - Immanuel Wallerstein
  15. Honoráveis Bandidos - Palmério Dória
  16. Rome Sweet Home - Scott and Kimberly Hahn
  17. Teoria da Norma Jurídica - Norberto Bobbio
  18. Cartas a um Jovem Advogado
  19. A Privataria Tucana - Amaury Ribeiro Jr.
  20. Brennan and Democracy - Frank Michelman
  21. Justice - Michael Sandel

Plus FGV-prep extras:

2013

After this year my phone got serious about distracting me, and the records get patchy.

  1. Sonho Grande - Cristiane Correa
  2. Mentes Brilhantes - Alberto Dell'Isola
  3. Tecnobrega - Ronaldo Lemos

2014

2015

  1. How to Win at the Sport of Business - Mark Cuban (audiobook)
  2. Transformando Suor em Ouro - Bernardinho
  3. Tomorrow's Lawyers - Richard Susskind

2016

2017

The Cal Newport year.

  1. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - J.K. Rowling
  2. Filosofia para Corajosos - Luiz Felipe Pondé
  3. Cartas a um Jovem Político - Fernando Henrique Cardoso
  4. Deep Work - Cal Newport
  5. How to Be a Straight-A Student - Cal Newport
  6. Grit - Angela Duckworth
  7. The Power of Habit - Charles Duhigg (audiobook)
  8. Ingenium - Tina Seelig
  9. Mindset - Carol Dweck
  10. How to Win at College - Cal Newport
  11. Elite da Tropa - Rodrigo Pimentel et al.
  12. Hackers and Painters - Paul Graham
  13. Elite da Tropa 2 - Rodrigo Pimentel

2018

2019

  1. Abusado: O Dono do Morro Dona Marta - Caco Barcellos
  2. Cartas a um Jovem Empreendedor - Ozires Silva
  3. Cartas a um Jovem Investidor - Gustavo Cerbasi
  4. Zero to One - Peter Thiel
  5. 12 Rules for Life - Jordan Peterson

2020

  1. Um Brasileiro em Berlim - João Ubaldo Ribeiro
  2. The Dip - Seth Godin
  3. As Seis Lições - Ludwig von Mises

2021

The big year.

  1. The Defining Decade - Meg Jay
  2. Contact - Carl Sagan
  3. Vale Tudo: O Som e a Fúria de Tim Maia - Nelson Motta
  4. Contra um Mundo Melhor - Luiz Felipe Pondé
  5. Make Your Bed - Admiral William H. McRaven
  6. The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis
  7. Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Eliezer Yudkowsky (HPMOR - free online; books 1, 2, and 3)
  8. Slicing Pie - Mike Moyer
  9. Mastering Emacs - Mickey Petersen
  10. Sapiens - Yuval Noah Harari (audiobook)
  11. Beyond Order - Jordan Peterson

2022

The financial-independence + surfing year.

  1. Surfer's Start-Up: A Beginner's Guide to Surfing - Doug Werner
  2. Early Retirement Extreme - Jacob Lund Fisker
  3. Casais Inteligentes Enriquecem Juntos - Gustavo Cerbasi
  4. Dinheiro: Os Segredos de Quem Tem - Gustavo Cerbasi

2023

The blank year. Moved to Canada - bandwidth went to logistics, not books.

2024

2025

In progress.

  1. No More Mr. Nice Guy - Robert Glover
  2. Various posts on Mr. Money Mustache - Pete Adeney (compilation of Mr. Money Mustache blog posts as an epub)

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