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: June 28th, 2026. Previous version.
Currently reading
Audiobooks
Listening to Shift by Hugh Howey. About 3 hours in now, it’s getting
pretty interesting.
E-books
Still reading The Castle by Kafka on my phone. The Comfort Crisis on
my tablet, though my tablet has been lingering on my desk, turned off
because I haven’t been using it a lot lately. I think I’ll get a proper
epub at some point and finish it on my e-reader, it’s a pretty
interesting book.
On my e-reader I’m back to making steady progress on Frege Explained
by Joan Weiner. I’ve also briefly switched it up by finishing “A New
Tale” on my e-reader. Oh, and I read the first few chapters of Vainqueur
the Dragon when my brain wasn’t feeling up to reading about Frege. I’ll
probably focus on that one once I finish Frege Explained, it’s a bit on
the nose but a lot of fun nevertheless. Sometimes you just want a snack
and shouldn’t think too much about eating one!
Dead-tree copies
Finished Beren op de Weg, Spinsels in je Hoofd a while ago! As I
predicted, there were only a few short pages left. It was a dry but good
read. I think I’ll read “Het Levende Systeem” next.
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)
- 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)
- Katabasis by R.F. Kuang (dead-tree copy)
- Infinity Gate
- Roest by Jasper Polane (dead-tree copy)
Reading-related blog posts
Log
2026
- 2026-06-26: A New Tale by Eveline Koster
- 2026-06-16: Beren op de Weg, Spinsels in je Hoofd by Theo
IJzermans and Coen Dirckx
- 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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