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

-   Books of 2025

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