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I like books! But I do like books more than my time permits. I have always (i.e. ever since I heard about it) wanted to participate in the 52 books in 52 weeks challenge - but I have come to accept that I do not have the capacity to meet that challenge. But hats off to those who do. I have tracked my reading habits since 2006 and I have noticed a few things so far. First off, I read about 10 books per year, give or take. Next, I read mostly during the spring, and generally only a few books during the summer and autumn. And I read books in English, with the only exceptions that I read books by swedish authors in swedish, and on occasion a book in german. What is a good book to me? My critera is simple - the book must be interesting. For example, a biography of an important historical figure is interesting; a book written by a renowned author is interesting; a book that conveys an interesting thought; a book that express a radical or new opinion is very interesting. Crap literature with no value except mental masturbation is not worth while, a waste of time, and I try to stay away from it whenever possible. Books read 2012 \| Books read 2011 \| Brillian Project Leader by Mike Clayton \| How to get what you want by Richard Templar \| Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery \| The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas \| Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner \| Winning by Jack Welch \| Brilliant Time Management by Mike Clayton \| The Leader Who Had No Title, Robin Sharma \| A Single Man, Christopher Isherwood \| McMafia by Misha Glenny \| For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway \| Critical Chain, Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt \| Manic, Terri Cheney \| God is not great, Christopher Hitchens \| Books read 2010 \| For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway \| Critical Chain, Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt \| Manic, Terri Cheney \| God is not great, Christopher Hitchens \| Darkness Visible, William Styron \| The Lost City of Z, David Grann \| The Match King, Frank Partnoy \| Shakespeare, Bill Bryson \| Tropic of Cancer, Henry Miller \| A brief history of anxiety, Patricia Pearson \| An unquiet mind, Kay Redfield Jamison \| Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke \| Jennifer Government, Max Barry \| The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde \| Dune, Frank Herbert \| Shoot the damn dog, Sally Brampton \| Neuromancer, William Gibson \| Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card \| The Hacker Crackdown, Bruce Sterling \| The Hacker's Handbook, Hugo Cornwall \| Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick \| The Beautiful and the Damned, F. Scott Fitzgerald \| The Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engels \| Essays, George Orwell \| Life with Picasso, Francoise Gilot \| Candide, Voltaire \| The Age of Reason, Thomas Paine \| Byron: Life and Legend, Fiona MacCarthy \| The Secret Agent, Joseph Conrad \| Books read 2009 \| Shoot the damn dog, Sally Brampton \| Neuromancer, William Gibson \| Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card \| The Hacker Crackdown, Bruce Sterling \| The Hacker's Handbook, Hugo Cornwall \| Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick \| The Beautiful and the Damned, F. Scott Fitzgerald \| The Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engels \| Essays, George Orwell \| Life with Picasso, Francoise Gilot \| Candide, Voltaire \| The Age of Reason, Thomas Paine \| Byron: Life and Legend, Fiona MacCarthy \| The Secret Agent, Joseph Conrad \| The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde \| Letters to a Young Contrarian, Christopher Hitchens \| A Passage to India, E. M. Forster \| Extraordinary Popular Delusions, Charles Mackay \| A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway \| Rights of Man, Thomas Paine \| The Story of My Life, Giacomo Casanova \| We the Living, Ayn Rand \| The Blind Watchmaker, Richard Dawkins \| The Sound and the Fury, William Faulkner \| The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins \| The End of Faith, Sam Harris \| The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Robert A. Heinlein \| Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein \| Unweaving the Rainbow, Richard Dawkins \| Catch-22, Joseph Heller \| The Demon-Haunted World, Carl Sagan \| American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis \| The Sun also Rises, Ernest Hemingway \| Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, Edwin Lefevre \| Utopia, Sir Thomas More \| Blue Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson \| Green Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson \| Books read 2008 \| Essays, George Orwell \| Life with Picasso, Francoise Gilot \| Candide, Voltaire \| The Age of Reason, Thomas Paine \| Byron: Life and Legend, Fiona MacCarthy \| The Secret Agent, Joseph Conrad \| The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde \| Letters to a Young Contrarian, Christopher Hitchens \| A Passage to India, E. M. Forster \| Extraordinary Popular Delusions, Charles Mackay \| A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway \| Rights of Man, Thomas Paine \| The Story of My Life, Giacomo Casanova \| We the Living, Ayn Rand \| The Blind Watchmaker, Richard Dawkins \| The Sound and the Fury, William Faulkner \| The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins \| The End of Faith, Sam Harris \| The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Robert A. Heinlein \| Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein \| Unweaving the Rainbow, Richard Dawkins \| Catch-22, Joseph Heller \| The Demon-Haunted World, Carl Sagan \| American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis \| The Sun also Rises, Ernest Hemingway \| Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, Edwin Lefevre \| Utopia, Sir Thomas More \| Blue Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson \| Green Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson \| The Dragons of Eden, Carl Sagan \| Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov \| The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald \| The Invisible Man, H.G. Wells \| A Sound of Thunder, Ray Bradbury \| Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote Posted on 2012-05-16, by Tom ... Strindbergs Stjärna by Jan Vallentin Posted on 2012-04-22, by Tom This book brings me hope - I myself could become an author!... The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule Posted on 2012-04-06, by Tom ... Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami Posted on 2012-02-19, by Tom ... Brillian Project Leader by Mike Clayton Posted on 2011-12-20, by Tom This is actually a good book. It's not original, it is rather a summary of project management and team leading strategies. How to plan a project? How much should you involve your team/project members?... How to get what you want by Richard Templar Posted on 2011-11-15, by Tom About 50 lessons. Summary; Use common sense. Believe in yourself. End of story and of book.... Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery Posted on 2011-09-04, by Tom Popular book? No doubt. Is it any good? Well, yes. A girl wants to kill herself. The concierge of the building acts uneducated but secretly reads everything she can get... The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas Posted on 2011-08-09, by Tom This is one of the best novels ever written. There is nothings more to write. Revenge is a dish best served cold.... Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner Posted on 2011-05-25, by Tom Ahh, math made popular. And packaged in a very interesting format. The book dives into crime, societal phenomenons, sects and what not\, and investigates the cause of the events and results. From a st... Winning by Jack Welch Posted on 2011-03-06, by Tom This is a great management book. Full of hands-on suggestions and tips from Jack, on how to succeed in business. It can be read by anybody in any job, but if you have ... Older Posts > This site is powered by ics-blog.