Reading
Here I keep track of what I’m reading and what I’m planning to read.
There’s more info on my Goodreads,
though starting January 2026 I’m not updating it anymore.
Last updated: May 16, 2026. Previous version.
Currently reading
Audiobooks
Started with Shift by Hugh Howey a week or so ago. It hasn’t really
grabbed me yet but I do like it so far.
E-books
Finished In Onze Tijd by Tim Fransen last weekend. Took me a while to
get through, so I effectively read it in parts, but each part
individually was pretty good. Wholeheartedly recommend if you like
ethics with a generous dash of “poop-and-pee” humour.
Still reading: The Castle by Kafka on my phone, The Comfort Crisis on
my tablet. I’m also reading this year’s Bellettrie short story writing
contest submissions on my phone. The reading experience is more pleasant
than I expected.
Dead-tree copies
Beren op de Weg, Spinsels in je Hoofd. Not sure why I haven’t
finished this one yet, I think there are only 10 pages or so
remaining.
Plans
These books are already in my (electronic) bookcase, and I’m actively
considering to read them next. While it might take me a few years to get
to them, it’s extremely rare for books to get kicked off this list.
If I have told you I am going to read a certain book, and it’s not on
this list, I owe you a hot or cold beverage of your choice 😉.
In no particular order:
- The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (dead-tree copy)
- Frege Explained (e-book)
- The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (dead-tree copy)
- De Foundation en het Imperium (dead-tree copy)
- Prince of Milk (probably e-book?)
- The Chosen by Chaim Potok (dead-tree copy)
- What We Can Know (dead-tree copy)
- Lessons (dead-tree copy)
- Openbaring (dead-tree copy)
- Isles of Emberdark. I accidentally got the fancy hardcover edition.
What a treat!
- The Whispering Dark (dead-tree copy)
- Blood of the Chosen (Burningblade & Silvereye, book 2, probably
e-book)
- Babel by R.F. Kuang (dead-tree copy)
Reading-related blog posts
Log
2026
- 2026-05-09: In Onze Tijd by Tim Fransen
- 2026-04-29: An Echo of Things to Come (Licanius, #2) by
James Islington (narrated by Michael Kramer)
- 2026-02-12: Wool by Hugh Howey (narrated by Edoardo
Ballerini)
- 2026-01-17: The Shadow of What Was Lost (Licanius, #1) by
James Islington
- 2026-01-04: De vreemdeling by Albert Camus
- 2026-01-02: Ashes of the Sun (Burningblade & Silvereye,
#1) by Django Wexler
2025
- 2025-12-07: The Game Master’s Handbook of Proactive
Roleplaying by Jonah Fishel and Tristan Fishel
- 2025-10-31: The Fifth Science by Exurb1a
- 2025-10-05: Foundation by Isaac Asimov
- 2025-08-30: Shampoo by Bert Moerman
- 2025-08-28: Tales from the Cafe: Before the Coffee Gets
Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
- 2025-02-15: Skyward by Brandon Sanderson
- 2025-02-01: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
- 2025-01-12: The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
- 2025-01-09: Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson
- 2025-01-05: White Sand by Brandon Sanderson
2024
- 2024-11-01: Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
- 2024-10-30: The Pale Dreamer by Samantha Shannon
- 2024-10-03: Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang
- 2024-09-03: The Sunlit Man by Brandon Sanderson
- 2024-08-04: Sixth of the Dusk by Brandon Sanderson
- 2024-08-03: Snapshot by Brandon Sanderson
- 2024-07-29: The Emperor’s Soul by Brandon Sanderson
- 2024-07-25: Assassin’s Quest by Robin Hobb
- 2024-05-20: Storm Front by Jim Butcher
- 2024-05-10: Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon
Sanderson
- 2024-05-10: Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb
- 2024-04-20: The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence
2023
- 2023-12-16: Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth by
Apostolos Doxiadis
- 2023-12-07: Meesters in het hier en nu by Frank Meester and
Maarten Meester
- 2023-12-07: Pages to Fill by Travis Baldree
- 2023-12-06: Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
- 2023-11-20: Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
- 2023-09-17: The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval
England by Brandon Sanderson
- 2023-09-11: Dit zijn de namen by Tommy Wieringa
- 2023-09-07: Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
- 2023-08-09: Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
- 2023-08-05: Het aapje dat geluk pakt by Arnon Grunberg
- 2023-08-03: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
- 2023-07-31: Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
- 2023-07-28: Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
- 2023-07-03: How to Live on 24 Hours a Day by Arnold Bennett
- 2023-06-30: DRIVE: Train je stoïcijnse mindset by Mark
Tuitert
- 2023-06-20: Vriend & vijand by Arnon Grunberg
- 2023-06-13: Magnus by Arjen Lubach
- 2023-05-20: A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill
Bryson
- 2023-05-03: The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson
- 2023-04-09: Wat is ruimte waard by Marjolijn van Heemstra
- 2023-03-26: Socrates op sneakers by Elke Wiss
- 2023-03-25: The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson
- 2023-02-09: Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
- 2023-02-09: The Hope of Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
2022
- 2022-12-27: The Other Hand by Chris Cleave
- 2022-12-10: Dit kan niet waar zijn by Joris Luyendijk
- 2022-12-07: Wetenschap als nieuwe religie by Ronald Meester
- 2022-10-24: De belofte van Pisa by Mano Bouzamour
- 2022-10-12: Grip by Rick Pastoor
- 2022-10-10: Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy
Life by Héctor García and Francesc Miralles
- 2022-10-05: As a Man Thinketh by James Allen
- 2022-09-27: A Human History of Emotion by Richard
Firth-Godbehere
- 2022-09-19: De stenen goden by Jeroen Windmeijer
- 2022-09-05: De zeven vinkjes by Joris Luyendijk
- 2022-08-23: Lies of the Beholder by Brandon Sanderson
- 2022-08-17: Skin Deep by Brandon Sanderson
- 2022-08-14: Legion by Brandon Sanderson
- 2022-08-11: The Original by Brandon Sanderson
- 2022-08-10: The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson
- 2022-08-05: Stephen Leeds: Death and Faxes by Brandon
Sanderson
- 2022-08-03: Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
- 2022-07-30: Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson
- 2022-07-17: The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
- 2022-06-16: A Man of Shadows by Jeff Noon
- 2022-05-12: Blondjes beleggen beter by Janneke Willemse
- 2022-05-10: De bekentenissen van Petrus by Jeroen
Windmeijer
- 2022-04-12: Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson
- 2022-03-27: The Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster
- 2022-03-14: Meneer Ibrahim en de bloemen van de koran by
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
- 2022-03-10: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark
Manson
- 2022-01-08: Dawnshard by Brandon Sanderson
2021
- 2021-12-23: Voorwaardelijke liefde by Thierry Baudet
- 2021-11-14: Met angst en beven by Amélie Nothomb
- 2021-11-11: Vacuüm by Oscar Spaans
- 2021-11-07: Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson
- 2021-10-03: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by
Haruki Murakami
- 2021-09-27: Edgedancer by Brandon Sanderson
- 2021-09-24: Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
- 2021-08-25: The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
- 2021-07-28: Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie
- 2021-07-18: De goede zoon by Rob van Essen
- 2021-07-08: Sum: Forty tales from the afterlives by David
Eagleman
- 2021-07-06: Het Pilgrim Fathers complot by Jeroen
Windmeijer
- 2021-05-15: Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie
- 2021-03-22: The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
- 2021-02-28: Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
- 2021-01-19: The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey
2020
- 2020-12-08: Vreemdeling in het paradijs by Isaac Asimov
- 2020-10-20: Secret History by Brandon Sanderson
- 2020-10-06: The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
- 2020-09-22: In het water by Paula Hawkins
- 2020-09-10: The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
- 2020-06-23: Zwarte schuur by Oek de Jong
- 2020-05-04: When Eight Bells Toll by Alistair MacLean
- 2020-04-08: How to Take Smart Notes by Sönke Ahrens
- 2020-03-21: Verknocht by Lisette Jonkman
- 2020-03-18: Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) by
Brandon Sanderson
- 2020-03-02: Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
- 2020-01-31: Calamity by Brandon Sanderson
- 2020-01-22: Mitosis by Brandon Sanderson
- 2020-01-21: Firefight by Brandon Sanderson
- 2020-01-11: Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
- 2020-01-10: Verslingerd by Lisette Jonkman
2019
- 2019-12-13: Reisverslag van een kat by Hiro Arikawa
- 2019-10-06: Het talent uit Twente by Claus Brockhaus
- 2019-09-24: Digitale Dementie by Manfred Spitzer
- 2019-09-14: Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
- 2019-08-24: Nightfall Two by Isaac Asimov
- 2019-08-10: Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
- 2019-08-08: Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism by
Fumio Sasaki
- 2019-08-06: Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
- 2019-07-31: “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!” by Richard
P. Feynman
- 2019-07-26: A Column of Fire by Ken Follett
- 2019-06-11: De Kathedraal by Ken Follett
- 2019-04-21: Jas van belofte by Jan Siebelink
- 2019-04-21: Pawn by Timothy Zahn
- 2019-04-15: Nightfall One by Isaac Asimov
- 2019-04-03: Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink
- 2019-03-05: The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal
Stephenson
- 2019-01-22: Haaienkoorts by Morten A. Strøksnes
2018
- 2018-12-03: Plussen en minnen: wiskunde en de wereld om ons
heen by Stefan Buijsman
- 2018-12-03: Spelunky by Derek Yu
- 2018-10-16: The Long War by Terry Pratchett
- 2018-09-15: Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney
- 2018-09-08: Jungle by Joost Vandecasteele
- 2018-08-29: Sleep Smarter by Shawn Stevenson
- 2018-08-15: Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
- 2018-08-06: Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom
- 2018-07-02: The Best of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan
Doyle
- 2018-04-30: Het Pauluslabyrint by Jeroen Windmeijer
Low-key to-read list
This is basically the list I look through for birthday present ideas
☺️ Many books have been on this list for years, and I’ve long forgotten
the context of why I put them on the list. So please don’t draw too many
conclusions from a particular book being on this list.
- 80,000 Hours: Find a fulfilling career that does good
- A Closed and Common Orbit
- A Deadly Education
- A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
- A Little Hatred
- Adem
- Alarmfase rood
- Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
- Alkibiades
- An Infinite Descent into Pure Mathematics
- Anathema
- And Then There Were None
- Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
- Caffeine Blues: Wake Up to the Hidden Dangers of America’s #1
Drug
- Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
- Computation, Proof, Machine: Mathematics Enters a New Age
- Dark Theory
- De boekbinder
- De depressie-epidemie
- De glazen stolp
- De herontdekking van het lichaam: over de burn-out
- De kracht van familieopstellingen: Leuker leven door inzicht in
onbewuste patronen (Dutch Edition)
- De ontdekking van de hemel
- Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs
- Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
- Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
- Domweg gelukkig, in de Dapperstraat: De bekendste gedichten uit de
Nederlandse literatuur
- Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse
Global Warming
- Dungeon Crawler Carl
- Echopraxia
- En ze filosofeerden nog lang en gelukkig
- Enchiridion
- Engineering a Compiler
- Flesh (Booker prize winner)
- For Whom the Bell Tolls
- Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
- Genetic Programming: On the Programming of Computers by Means of
Natural Selection (Complex Adaptive Systems)
- Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
- Gravity’s Rainbow
- Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
- Hell Yeah or No: What’s Worth Doing
- Het groene vuur (Taragon Trilogie, #1)
- Het psalmenoproer
- Homage to Catalonia
- House of Salt and Sorrows (Sisters of the Salt, #1)
- How To Judge Architecture
- How to Listen to Music: Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of
the Art
- How to look at pictures.
- In de ban van burn-out
- In the Beginning…Was the Command Line
- Investigations of a Dog
- Katabasis
- Keeper of Enchanted Rooms (Whimbrel House, #1)
- Kings of the Wyld (The Band, #1)
- Klara and the Sun
- La Horde du Contrevent
- Laziness Does Not Exist
- Lentz: de man achter het persoonsbewijs
- Leuk!: Pleidooi voor plezier
- Live Work Work Work Die: A Journey into the Savage Heart of Silicon
Valley
- Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
- Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop
Culture
- Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)
- Meditations
- Meesters in de filosofie
- Mevrouw mijn moeder
- Normal People
- Ontwikkel je talenten (Maven Lifehacks)
- Oracle (Robert Grim #2)
- Paradise Lost
- Pattern Recognition (Blue Ant, #1)
- Practical Foundations for Programming Languages
- Practical Zen: Meditation and Beyond
- Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation
- Project Oberon: The Design of an Operating System and Compiler (Acm
Press Books)
- Real-Time Strategy Game Programming Using MS DIRECTX 6.0 (Wordware
Game Developer’s Library)
- Reamde
- Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
- Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1)
- So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest
for Work You Love
- So You Want To Be A Game Master: Everything You Need to Start Your
Tabletop Adventure for Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder, and Other
- Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
- Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives
- Surreal Numbers
- Tales of the Dying Earth
- The Archive In Between Compendium - Volume 1
- The Aztlanian (Rithmatist, #2)
- The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
- The Gambler
- The Geek Manifesto: Why Science Matters
- The Great Gatsby
- The Hollow (Hercule Poirot, #26)
- The Knowledge Machine: How Irrationality Created Modern Science
- The Light of Other Days
- The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
- The Magic Mountain
- The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann
- The March North (Commonweal #1)
- The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose, #1)
- The Metamorphosis
- The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to
Transform Your Life: Before 8AM
- The Mote in God’s Eye (Moties, #1)
- The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering
- The Parade
- The Ph.D. Grind: A Ph.D. Student Memoir
- The Soul of a New Machine
- The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
- The Unwritten Rules of Ph.D. Research
- Theft of Fire (Orbital Space #1)
- Things Not Seen (Things, #1)
- Unsouled (Cradle, #1)
- Untitled (Elantris, #2)
- Untitled (Elantris, #3)
- Version Control with Git
- Wabi-sabi (Dutch Edition)
- What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
- Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related
Subjects
- Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers
- World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)
- Zo hadden we het niet bedoeld: De tragedie achter de
toeslagenaffaire
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