A selection of books, articles, blog posts & podcasts since I started tracking in 2021
| Title | Author | URL | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eisenhower: In War and Peace | Jean Edward Smith | https://a.co/d/0342EiNy | Book |
| Neither Here Nor There | Bill Bryson | https://a.co/d/03FsUHGV | Book |
| Slough House | Mick Herron | https://a.co/d/0jlFl8QF | Book |
| Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life | Jason Roberts | https://a.co/d/0gezSwSB | Book |
| Yesteryear | Caro Claire Burke | https://a.co/d/0gezSwSB | Book |
| Portrait of an Unknown Woman | Daniel Silva | https://a.co/d/0huMKtZn | Book |
| Heartwood | Amity Gage | https://a.co/d/0japGQ8s | Book |
| London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth | Patrick Radden Keefe | https://a.co/d/0elM4yrx | Book |
| His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life | Jonathan Alter | https://a.co/d/0eMmqubt | Book |
| People of the Book | Geraldine Brooks | https://www.amazon.com/People-Book-Novel-Geraldine-Brooks/dp/0143115006/ | Book |
| Quantum Tempest | Clive Cussler | https://a.co/d/0bp82xmj | Book |
| The Secret World of Roald Dahl | Aaron Tracy | https://open.spotify.com/show/5c7obu7LWKcDUFns2peHAb?si=nxjD-QyoS564ZyjKWWcGDw | Podcast |
| The Secret of Secrets | Dan Brown | https://a.co/d/0hA5tOEU | Book |
| Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood | Lisa Damour | https://a.co/d/0idAQpTZ | Book |
| Joe Country | Mick Herron | https://a.co/d/0dy7K7hv | Book |
| The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo | Tom Reiss | https://a.co/d/0i731vY8 | Book |
| Dirtbag Billionaire | David Gelles | https://a.co/d/0dy7K7hv | Book |
| History Matters | David McCullough | https://www.amazon.com/History-Matters-David-McCullough/dp/1668098997 | Book |
| Time to Say Goodbye | David Brooks | https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/opinion/david-brooks-leaving-columnist.html | Article |
| Notes from a Small Island | Bill Bryson | https://a.co/d/0b55XPH6 | Book |
| The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell | Robert Dugoni | https://a.co/d/0eT2V3bN | Book |
| Weekend Briefing | Kyle Westaway | https://weekendbriefing.com/ | Newsletter |
| Title | Author | URL | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power | Jon Meacham | https://a.co/d/aMzQw6p | Book |
| I’ve Gone to Look for America | Masha Hamilton and Cheney Orr | https://magazine.atavist.com/2025/america-i95-conversations-trump | Essay |
| Flesh | David Szalay | https://amzn.eu/d/bEOaBYk | Book |
| Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism | Sarah Wynn-Williams | https://a.co/d/44KjxuG | Book |
| London Rules | Mick Herron | https://a.co/d/dpfBdCW | Book |
| Agent in Place | Mark Greaney | https://a.co/d/1hpcQ98 | Book |
| The Underground Railroad | Colson Whitehead | https://amzn.eu/d/grEZtQx | Book |
| Mapping the Next Era of the Internet | Paul Johnson | https://www.pathwright.com/mapping-the-next-era-of-the-internet | Essay |
| Remarkably Bright Creatures | Shelby Van Pelt | https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09DTGQHKJ?ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_W975BGXK9GQ53TNP82NQ | Book |
| March | Geraldine Brooks | https://amzn.eu/d/9MVs3pD | Book |
| The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science | Dava Sobel | https://a.co/d/hNiVY5U | Book |
| Gunmetal Gray | Mark Greaney | https://a.co/d/3ABuRxF | Book |
| The Covenant of Water | Abraham Verghese | https://amz.cx/3X0i | Book |
| The New French Wine: Redefining the Worlds Greatest Wine Culture | Jon Bonne | https://a.co/d/39CFbVO | Book |
| The Lost City of Z | David Grann | https://a.co/d/5BKtlC4 | Book |
| Back Blast | Mark Greaney | https://a.co/d/aVVbR43 | Book |
| Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush | Jon Meacham | https://a.co/d/4ke84NE | Book |
| King: A Life | Jonathan Eig | https://a.co/d/aljWMpK | Book |
| In the Distance | Hernan Diaz | https://a.co/d/9ne4Q7e | Book |
| Theo of Golden | Allen Levi | https://a.co/d/gpzbHdR | Book |
| The Overstory | Richard Powers | https://a.co/d/7ywGgQ3 | Book |
| Reagan: His Life and Legend | Max Boot | https://amz.cx/3QNo | Book |
| Resy and Eater: Ben Leventhal | How I Built This | https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-i-built-this-with-guy-raz/id1150510297?i=1000683535199 | Podcast |
| French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew | Peter Mayle | https://amz.cx/3QNp | Book |
| How the System Works | Charles C. Mann | https://www.thenewatlantis.com/collections/how-the-system-works | Essay |
| Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis | Jonathan Blitzer | https://amz.cx/3Lva | Book |
| Revenge of the Tipping Point | Malcolm Gladwell | https://amz.cx/3Kxx | Book |
| Harry Potter & the Cursed Child | J.K. Rowling | https://amz.cx/3Kxu | Script |
| Paying Attention with Krista Tippet | The Bulletin | https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bulletin/id1653893811?i=1000678267192 | Podcast |
| Dead Eye | Mike Madden | https://amz.cx/3Kxv | Book |
| James | Percival Everett | https://amz.cx/3Kxw | Book |
| Weekend Briefing | Kyle Westaway | https://weekendbriefing.com/ | Newsletter |
| Title | Author | URL | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| The God of the Woods | Liz Moore | https://amz.cx/3DpC | Book |
| Ghost Soldier | Clive Cussler & Mike Maden | https://amz.cx/3DpE | Book |
| Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer | Charles Marsh | https://amz.run/9p9a | Book |
| A Year in Provence | Peter Mayle | https://amz.run/9p9Z | Book |
| The Wild Robot and The Wild Robot Escapes | Peter Brown | https://amz.run/9p9Y | Book |
| Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow | Gabrielle Zevin | https://amz.run/9p9X | Book |
| The Emperor of All Maladies | Siddhartha Mulherjee | https://amz.run/9p9W | Book |
| Demon Copperhead | Barbara Kingsolver | https://amz.run/9ULc | Book |
| The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Children is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness | Jonathan Haidt | https://a.co/d/iHAo1Xi | Book |
| The Key to a Fulfilling Career? Variety. | Tali Sharot and Cass R. Sunstein | https://hbr.org/2024/02/the-key-to-a-fulfilling-career-variety | Article |
| Gilead | Marilynne Robinson | https://a.co/d/iBsFkR8 | Book |
| Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America | T.J. Stiles | https://amz.run/9MTk | Book |
| Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI | David Grann | https://a.co/d/figTUKZ | Book |
| The Art of Gathering | Priya Parker | https://amz.run/9MTh | Book |
| Trust | Hernan Diaz | https://amz.run/9MTe | Book |
| In Defense of the Unoptimized Life | Evan Armstrong | https://every.to/napkin-math/in-defense-of-the-unoptimized-life | Blog Post |
| The Case for Being Less Serious | Calvin Rosser | https://calvinrosser.com/serious/ | Blog Post |
| Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream | Doris Kearns Goodwin | https://amz.run/9FFL | Book |
| The Terminal List | Jack Carr | https://amz.run/9FFK | Book |
| The River We Remember | William Kent Kreuger | https://amz.run/9FFM | Book |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | J.K. Rowling | https://amz.run/97Kw | Book |
| Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity | Peter Attia | https://amz.run/97Kv | Book |
| Use Strategic Thinking to Create the Life You Want | Rainer Strack, Susanne Dyrchs, and Allison Bailey | https://hbr.org/2023/12/use-strategic-thinking-to-create-the-life-you-want | Article |
| North Woods | Daniel Mason | https://amz.run/8c7G | Book |
| Transit Maps of the World | Mark Ovenden | https://amz.run/8c7H | Book |
| Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln | Doris Kearns Goodwin | https://amz.run/7TQo | Book |
| Weekend Briefing | Kyle Westaway | https://weekendbriefing.com/ | Newsletter |
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I enjoy reading biographies, especially of United States Presidents. I am hoping to, over time, read a biography of most U.S. Presidents. Below is the full list of presidents and the books I have read thus far.
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