Frequency: Hard Science FictionDouglas E. Richards, Joshua T. CalvertPurchase date:
Frequency · 1What I’ve read,
and what connects it.
This is a collection of (most of*) the books I’ve read over the years. You can browse by purchase date or follow the connections between them.
* Includes my Amazon book purchases and the paperbacks I remember. The rest are lost to the sands of time—or just my memory.
334 books
2026
14 booksFrequency: Hard Science FictionDouglas E. Richards, Joshua T. Calvert
2001: A Space OdysseyArthur C. ClarkePurchase date:
Space Odyssey
The Dirty LifeKristin KimballPurchase date:
LivesuitJames S. A. CoreyPurchase date:
The Captive's War
The Faith of BeastsJames S. A. CoreyPurchase date:
The Captive's War · 2
The Mercy of GodsJames S. A. CoreyPurchase date:
The Captive's War · 1
Queens of an Alien SunPeter F. HamiltonPreorder date:
Arkship · 3
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United StatesRoxanne Dunbar OrtizPurchase date:
The Captain's DaughterPeter F. HamiltonPurchase date:
Arkship · 2
The Bucolic PlagueJosh Kilmer-PurcellPurchase date:
YesteryearCaro Claire BurkePurchase date:
How To Burn A RainbowKarl DunnPurchase date:
Analog DaysTrevor Pinch, Frank TroccoPurchase date:
A Hole in The SkyPeter F. HamiltonPurchase date:
Arkship · 12025
3 books
SaltcropYume KitaseiPurchase date:
The Emperor and the Endless PalaceJustinian HuangPurchase date:
SuperCollider for the Creative MusicianEli FieldsteelPurchase date:
2024
7 books
Do It For YourselfTessa Forrest, Kara CutruzzulaPurchase date:
Judas UnchainedPeter F. HamiltonPurchase date:
The Commonwealth Saga · 2
The Cold Start ProblemAndrew ChenPurchase date:
Funny Boy: The Richard Hunt BiographyJessica Max SteinPurchase date:
The House of Hidden MeaningsRuPaulPurchase date:
Read Write OwnChris DixonPurchase date:
Eats, Shoots & LeavesLynne TrussPurchase date:
2023
11 books
Pandora's StarPeter F. HamiltonPurchase date:
The Commonwealth Saga · 1
Going InfiniteMichael LewisPurchase date:
The Shock DoctrineNaomi KleinPurchase date:
Short Stories in Spanish for Intermediate LearnersOlly RichardsPurchase date:
DaemonDaniel SuarezPurchase date:
Eat Pray LoveElizabeth GilbertPurchase date:
RavingMcKenzie WarkPurchase date:
Easy MoneyBen McKenzie, Jacob SilvermanPurchase date:
The Machine CrusadeBrian Herbert, Kevin J. AndersonPurchase date:
Legends of Dune · 2
The Art of CommunicatingThich Nhat HanhPurchase date:
The Butlerian JihadKevin J. Anderson, Brian HerbertPurchase date:
Legends of Dune · 12022
8 books
Proof of StakeVitalik Buterin, Nathan SchneiderPurchase date:
A Half-Built GardenRuthanna EmrysPurchase date:
UpgradeBlake CrouchPurchase date:
LiarmouthJohn WatersPurchase date:
The Code BreakerWalter IsaacsonPurchase date:
Termination ShockNeal StephensonPurchase date:
The CryptopiansLaura ShinPurchase date:
WoollyBen MezrichPurchase date:
2021
17 books
A Memory Called EmpireArkady MartinePurchase date:
Teixcalaan · 1
Be Here NowRam DassPurchase date:
The Antisocial NetworkBen MezrichPurchase date:
Bitcoin BillionairesBen MezrichPurchase date:
AestusS. Z. AttwellPurchase date:
Axiom's EndLindsay EllisPurchase date:
Noumena · 1
The Stone SkyN. K. JemisinPurchase date:
The Broken Earth · 3
The Obelisk GateN. K. JemisinPurchase date:
The Broken Earth · 2
The BodyBill BrysonPurchase date:
The Fifth SeasonN. K. JemisinPurchase date:
The Broken Earth · 1
Project Hail MaryAndy WeirPurchase date:
The Lost ColonyA. G. RiddlePurchase date:
The Long Winter · 3
The Language of YinGabrielle HarrisPurchase date:
The Solar WarA. G. RiddlePurchase date:
The Long Winter · 2
Exit WestMohsin HamidPurchase date:
Winter WorldA. G. RiddlePurchase date:
The Long Winter · 1
The Space Between WorldsMicaiah JohnsonPurchase date:
2020
13 books
At the Edge of the UniverseShaun David HutchinsonPurchase date:
TaoAlan Watts, Al Chung-liang HuangPurchase date:
A Beginning at the EndMike ChenPurchase date:
The OverstoryRichard PowersPurchase date:
PaprikaYasutaka TsutsuiPurchase date:
How Music WorksDavid ByrnePurchase date:
Children of TimeAdrian TchaikovskyPurchase date:
Children of Time · 1
Dark MatterBlake CrouchPurchase date:
The Last TownBlake CrouchPurchase date:
Wayward Pines · 3
WaywardBlake CrouchPurchase date:
Wayward Pines · 2
PinesBlake CrouchPurchase date:
Wayward Pines · 1
RecursionBlake CrouchPurchase date:
Star Trek Picard - The Last Best HopeUna McCormackPurchase date:
2019
6 books
SemiosisSue BurkePurchase date:
Semiosis
How to Change Your MindMichael PollanPurchase date:
The TestamentsMargaret AtwoodPurchase date:
Waste TideChen QiufanPurchase date:
The Psychedelic Explorer's GuideJames FadimanPurchase date:
Ancestral NightElizabeth BearPurchase date:
White Space2018
8 books
The Book of TeaOkakura KakuzōPurchase date:
Paris Street StyleZoe de las CasesPurchase date:
Killing CommendatoreHaruki MurakamiPurchase date:
Ball LightningCixin LiuPurchase date:
AnnexRich LarsonPurchase date:
The Violet Wars · 1
The Rise and Fall of the DinosaursStephen BrusattePurchase date:
TakedownBrad ThorPurchase date:
Caliban's WarJames S. A. CoreyPurchase date:
The Expanse · 22017
11 books
Astrophysics for People in a HurryNeil deGrasse TysonPurchase date:
The Food LabJ. Kenji López-AltPurchase date:
The Stranger in the WoodsMichael FinkelPurchase date:
Master Shots Vol 1, 2nd editionChristopher KenworthyPurchase date:
Leviathan WakesJames S. A. CoreyPurchase date:
The Expanse · 1
American KingpinNick BiltonPurchase date:
New York 2140Kim Stanley RobinsonPurchase date:
Snow CrashNeal StephensonPurchase date:
Living in ChinaRebecca WeinerPurchase date:
Six WakesMur LaffertyPurchase date:
Parable of the SowerOctavia E. ButlerPurchase date:
2016
24 books
Alexander HamiltonRon ChernowPurchase date:
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ckMark MansonPurchase date:
What's Your Poo Telling You?Josh RichmanPurchase date:
Weapons of Math DestructionCathy O'NeilPurchase date:
The MechanicalIan TregillisPurchase date:
The Alchemy Wars · 1
The RisingIan TregillisPurchase date:
The Alchemy Wars · 2
FoundationIsaac AsimovPurchase date:
Death's EndCixin LiuPurchase date:
Remembrance of Earth's Past · 3
Hag-SeedMargaret AtwoodPurchase date:
Trust Me, I'm LyingRyan HolidayPurchase date:
The Confidence GameMaria KonnikovaPurchase date:
Growth Hacker MarketingRyan HolidayPurchase date:
Lab GirlHope JahrenPurchase date:
The CircleDave EggersPurchase date:
The Dark ForestCixin LiuPurchase date:
Remembrance of Earth's Past · 2
The Three-Body ProblemCixin LiuPurchase date:
Remembrance of Earth's Past · 1
Morning StarPierce BrownPurchase date:
Red Rising · 3
Golden SonPierce BrownPurchase date:
Red Rising · 2
Red RisingPierce BrownPurchase date:
Red Rising · 1
DisruptedDan LyonsPurchase date:
BingeTyler OakleyPurchase date:
The Years of Rice and SaltKim Stanley RobinsonPurchase date:
Altered CarbonRichard K. MorganPurchase date:
Takeshi Kovacs · 1
The Man in the High CastlePhilip K. DickPurchase date:
2015
21 books
Dark OrbitCarolyn Ives GilmanPurchase date:
EinsteinWalter IsaacsonPurchase date:
InspiralizedAli MaffucciPurchase date:
I'll Never Write My MemoirsGrace JonesPurchase date:
The Handmaid's TaleMargaret AtwoodPurchase date:
The Heart Goes LastMargaret AtwoodPurchase date:
AuroraKim Stanley RobinsonPurchase date:
ReamdeNeal StephensonPurchase date:
The MartianAndy WeirPurchase date:
A Little LifeHanya YanagiharaPurchase date:
Land's EndMichael CunninghamPurchase date:
SightseeingRattawut LapcharoensapPurchase date:
Slade HouseDavid MitchellPurchase date:
THE MAHABHARATARamesh MenonPurchase date:
After DarkHaruki MurakamiPurchase date:
I Want My MTVCraig MarksPurchase date:
The Light FantasticTerry PratchettPurchase date:
Discworld
SevenevesNeal StephensonPurchase date:
The Colour of MagicTerry PratchettPurchase date:
Discworld
Becoming Steve JobsBrent Schlender, Rick TetzeliPurchase date:
The Bone ClocksDavid MitchellPurchase date:
2014
28 books
Heroics 2Paul FreemanPurchase date:
The Science of InterstellarKip S. ThornePurchase date:
The PeripheralWilliam GibsonPurchase date:
The Jackpot Trilogy · 1
Not My Father's SonAlan CummingPurchase date:
No ExitGideon Lewis-KrausPurchase date:
The InnovatorsWalter IsaacsonPurchase date:
Ken Burns: The Kindle Singles InterviewTom RostonPurchase date:
Inviting SilenceGunilla NorrisPurchase date:
MinecraftDaniel Goldberg, Linus LarssonPurchase date:
Cheese and Other StoriesAuthor to identifyPurchase date:
The Dudes AbideAlex BelthPurchase date:
Specimen DaysMichael CunninghamPurchase date:
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of PilgrimageHaruki MurakamiPurchase date:
RobopocalypseDaniel H. WilsonPurchase date:
The Whispering MuseSjónPurchase date:
The Art of ImmersionFrank RosePurchase date:
The Snow QueenMichael CunninghamPurchase date:
SlickDaniel PricePurchase date:
The Hard Thing About Hard ThingsBen HorowitzPurchase date:
The Tipping PointMalcolm GladwellPurchase date:
The Lean StartupEric RiesPurchase date:
Creativity, Inc.Ed Catmull, Amy WallacePurchase date:
The Days of Anna MadrigalArmistead MaupinPurchase date:
Tales of the City · 9
Mary Ann in AutumnArmistead MaupinPurchase date:
Tales of the City · 8
Michael Tolliver LivesArmistead MaupinPurchase date:
Tales of the City · 7
A Tale for the Time BeingRuth L. Ozeki, 田中文Purchase date:
Gone GirlGillian FlynnPurchase date:
Dance Dance DanceHaruki MurakamiPurchase date:
2013
19 books
Malls Across AmericaMichael GalinskyPurchase date:
The LuminariesEleanor CattonPurchase date:
MiddlesexJeffrey EugenidesPurchase date:
The RamayanaRamesh MenonPurchase date:
MaddAddamMargaret AtwoodPurchase date:
MaddAddam · 3
The Year of the FloodMargaret AtwoodPurchase date:
MaddAddam · 2
Oryx and CrakeMargaret AtwoodPurchase date:
MaddAddam · 1
Number9DreamDavid MitchellPurchase date:
The InterestingsMeg WolitzerPurchase date:
Wired for StoryLisa CronPurchase date:
Peter JacksonBrian SibleyPurchase date:
Extremely Loud And Incredibly CloseJonathan Safran FoerPurchase date:
The Wind-Up Bird ChronicleHaruki MurakamiPurchase date:
The Velvet RageAlan DownsPurchase date:
LiberationChristopher IsherwoodPurchase date:
Directing ActorsJudith WestonPurchase date:
In the Blink of an Eye Revised 2nd EditionWalter MurchPurchase date:
The Film Director's IntuitionJudith WestonPurchase date:
Scriptshadow SecretsCarson ReevesPurchase date:
2012
20 books
How to Write a Movie in 21 DaysViki KingPurchase date:
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de ZoetDavid MitchellPurchase date:
ScreenplaySyd FieldPurchase date:
Save the Cat!Blake SnyderPurchase date:
Telling True StoriesKramer, MarkPurchase date:
Cloud AtlasDavid MitchellPurchase date:
Burton on BurtonTim BurtonPurchase date:
WoolHugh HoweyPurchase date:
Silo · 1
Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly LeaderBradley K. MartinPurchase date:
Bangkok DaysLawrence OsbornePurchase date:
Nothing to EnvyBarbara DemickPurchase date:
Chance and CircumstanceCarolyn BrownPurchase date:
Low Budget HellRobert G. MaierPurchase date:
Every Night the Trees DisappearAlan GreenbergPurchase date:
GoddessRobert TracyPurchase date:
The Lord Of The RingsJ. R. R. TolkienPurchase date:
The HobbitJ. R. R. TolkienPurchase date:
By NightfallMichael CunninghamPurchase date:
The Hunger Games TrilogySuzanne CollinsPurchase date:
Travelers' Tales ThailandJames O'Reilly, Larry HabeggerPurchase date:
2011
16 books
1Q84Haruki MurakamiPurchase date:
Arduino CookbookMichael MargolisPurchase date:
The Night EternalGuillermo del ToroPurchase date:
The Strain · 3
EmbassytownChina Miéville, China MivillePurchase date:
Steve JobsWalter IsaacsonPurchase date:
A Dance with DragonsGeorge R. R. MartinPurchase date:
A Song of Ice and Fire · 5
Selling Your Film Without Selling Your SoulThe Film Collaborative, Jon Reiss, Sheri CandlerPurchase date:
A Feast for CrowsGeorge R. R. MartinPurchase date:
A Song of Ice and Fire · 4
A Storm of SwordsGeorge R. R. MartinPurchase date:
A Song of Ice and Fire · 3
A Clash of KingsGeorge R. R. MartinPurchase date:
A Song of Ice and Fire · 2
A Game of ThronesGeorge R. R. MartinPurchase date:
A Song of Ice and Fire · 1
The FallGuillermo del ToroPurchase date:
The Strain · 2
All I Did Was AskTerry GrossPurchase date:
The StrainGuillermo del Toro, Chuck HoganPurchase date:
The Strain · 1
The Poisonwood BibleBarbara KingsolverPurchase date:
Halting StateCharles StrossPurchase date:
2010
11 books
QuicksilverNeal StephensonPurchase date:
The Baroque Cycle
A Whole New MindDaniel H. PinkPurchase date:
Media ControlNoam ChomskyPurchase date:
TinkersPaul HardingPurchase date:
On the Origin of SpeciesCharles DarwinPurchase date:
The Heart of UnderstandingThich Nhat HanhPurchase date:
Linguistic Diversity and National UnityWilliam Allen SmalleyPurchase date:
Salmon Fishing in the YemenPaul TordayPurchase date:
Personal Development for Smart PeopleSteve PavlinaPurchase date:
The Girl Who Played with FireStieg LarssonPurchase date:
The Last Tobacco Shop in the WorldBjorn TurmannPurchase date:
2003
2 books
At Home in AsiaHarold StephensPurchase date:
Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixJ. K. RowlingPurchase date:
2002
15 books
Vivir Para ContarlaGabriel García MárquezPurchase date:
Geek LoveKatherine DunnPurchase date:
The Russian Debutante's HandbookGary ShteyngartPurchase date:
The Psychology of the SopranosGlen O. Gabbard M.D.Purchase date:
Wherever You Go, There You AreJon Kabat-ZinnPurchase date:
Something Good for a ChangeWavy Gravy.Purchase date:
Adventure Cycling in Northern CaliforniaAdventure Cycling AssociationPurchase date:
How to Win Friends and Influence PeopleDale CarnegiePurchase date:
What Color Is Your Parachute 2002Richard Nelson BollesPurchase date:
The Language of Letting GoMelody BeattiePurchase date:
Catch-22Joseph HellerPurchase date:
Slaughterhouse Five or the Children's CrusadeKurt VonnegutPurchase date:
Funny BoyShyam SelvaduraiPurchase date:
Brave New WorldAldous HuxleyPurchase date:
Your Brain Is GodTimothy LearyPurchase date:
2001
23 books
PostvilleStephen G. BloomPurchase date:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireJ. K. RowlingPurchase date:
The Penis BookJoseph CohenPurchase date:
What Color Is Your Parachute?Richard Nelson BollesPurchase date:
The New Joy of Gay SexCharles SilversteinPurchase date:
Bhagavad GitaStephen MitchellPurchase date:
XenocideOrson Scott CardPurchase date:
Me Talk Pretty One DayDavid SedarisPurchase date:
Children of the MindOrson Scott CardPurchase date:
Speaker for the DeadOrson Scott CardPurchase date:
Lonely Planet LondonStephen Fallon, Steve Fallon, Pat YalePurchase date:
Ender's ShadowOrson Scott CardPurchase date:
Lonely Planet LondonLonely PlanetPurchase date:
Ender's GameOrson Scott CardPurchase date:
MTV's Aeon FluxPeter Chung, Mark Mars, Eric SingerPurchase date:
From Here to NirvanaAnne CushmanPurchase date:
OVéronique VialPurchase date:
Enterprise JavabeansRichard Monson-HaefelPurchase date:
BuddhaKaren ArmstrongPurchase date:
WingsVéronique VialPurchase date:
The Satanic VersesSalman RushdiePurchase date:
EnduranceAlfred LansingPurchase date:
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall DownAnne FadimanPurchase date:
2000
20 books
Light on Pranayama the Yogic Art of BreathingB. K. S. IyengarPurchase date:
In the Land of White DeathValerian Ivanovich AlʹbanovPurchase date:
The Night ListenerArmistead MaupinPurchase date:
The Multi-Orgasmic ManMantak Chia, Douglas Abrams Arava, Douglas AbramsPurchase date:
A Viking VoyageW. Hodding CarterPurchase date:
Home at the End of the WorldMichael CunninghamPurchase date:
Chinese PlaygroundBill LeePurchase date:
The Minimalist Cooks at HomeMark BittmanPurchase date:
High ExposureDavid BreashearsPurchase date:
Give Me the WorldLeila HadleyPurchase date:
Interpreter of MaladiesJhumpa LahiriPurchase date:
Cycling into Your SoulM. ArchibaldPurchase date:
Miles from NowhereBarbara SavagePurchase date:
Bay Area Bike RidesRay HoslerPurchase date:
Bicycling the Pacific CoastTom KirkendallPurchase date:
Into the WildJon KrakauerPurchase date:
Wine Country Bike RidesLena EmmeryPurchase date:
California WaterfallsAnn Marie BrownPurchase date:
SanskritMichael Coulson, Richard F. Gombrich, James BensonPurchase date:
Introduction to SanskritThomas EgenesPurchase date:
1999
12 books
Ultimate HighGöran Kropp, David LagercrantzPurchase date:
The Western Guide to Feng ShuiTerah Kathryn CollinsPurchase date:
Feng ShuiNancy SantoPietroPurchase date:
The Complete Illustrated Guide to Feng Shui for GardensLillian TooPurchase date:
CapitalismAyn RandPurchase date:
The Complete Book of AbsKurt BrungardtPurchase date:
Protein PowerMichael R. Eades, Mary Dan EadesPurchase date:
Video Night in KathmanduPico IyerPurchase date:
CryptonomiconNeal StephensonPurchase date:
The Electronic Day TraderMarc FriedfertigPurchase date:
The Cobra EventRichard PrestonPurchase date:
Freedom from Fear and Other WritingsAung San Suu KyiPurchase date:
1998
1 book
Travelers' Tales: ThailandJames O'ReillyPurchase date:
1997
2 booksMy first Amazon order
I bought these two together back in 1997.
Atlas ShruggedAyn RandPurchase date:
The Millennial ProjectMarshall T. SavagePurchase date:
Undated
22 books
DuneFrank HerbertPurchase date: unknown
Dune · 1
Dune MessiahFrank HerbertPurchase date: unknown
Dune · 2
Children of DuneFrank HerbertPurchase date: unknown
Dune · 3
God Emperor of DuneFrank HerbertPurchase date: unknown
Dune · 4
Heretics of DuneFrank HerbertPurchase date: unknown
Dune · 5
Chapterhouse: DuneFrank HerbertPurchase date: unknown
Dune · 6
Tales of the CityArmistead MaupinPurchase date: unknown
Tales of the City · 1
More Tales of the CityArmistead MaupinPurchase date: unknown
Tales of the City · 2
Further Tales of the CityArmistead MaupinPurchase date: unknown
Tales of the City · 3
BabycakesArmistead MaupinPurchase date: unknown
Tales of the City · 4
Significant OthersArmistead MaupinPurchase date: unknown
Tales of the City · 5
Sure of YouArmistead MaupinPurchase date: unknown
Tales of the City · 6
Mona of the ManorArmistead MaupinPurchase date: unknown
Tales of the City · 10
NeuromancerWilliam GibsonPurchase date: unknown
Sprawl · 1
Count ZeroWilliam GibsonPurchase date: unknown
Sprawl · 2
Mona Lisa OverdriveWilliam GibsonPurchase date: unknown
Sprawl · 3
Burning ChromeWilliam GibsonPurchase date: unknown
The Difference EngineWilliam Gibson, Bruce SterlingPurchase date: unknown
Virtual LightWilliam GibsonPurchase date: unknown
Bridge · 1
IdoruWilliam GibsonPurchase date: unknown
Bridge · 2
The Diamond AgeNeal StephensonPurchase date: unknown
AnathemNeal StephensonPurchase date: unknown