Reading

Antilibrary

108 books that I intend to read eventually.

Taleb introduces the Hayekian and almost taoistic metaphor of the anti-library: A library of the books you haven't read, of the things you don't know. A massive collection of unknowledge, the anti-library contains all the books that may still change your life.
— Bjørn Stærk | lessons from the antilibrary
  • Hannah Ritchie: Not the End of the World (2024, Little Brown & Company)

    Not the End of the World

    How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet

    Hannah Ritchie

  • Rudyard Kipling: Rudyard Kipling Something Of Myself And Other Autobiographical Writings (2013, Cambridge University Press)

    Rudyard Kipling Something Of Myself And Other Autobiographical Writings

    Rudyard Kipling

  • Impossible, Possible, and Improba

    John GRIBBIN

  • Peter Gleick: Three Ages of Water (2023, PublicAffairs)

    Three Ages of Water

    Prehistoric Past, Imperiled Present, and a Hope for the Future

    Peter Gleick

  • Lucy Cooke: Bitch (Hardcover, 2022, Basic Books)

    Bitch

    On the Female of the Species

    Lucy Cooke

  • We Are Never Meeting in Real Life

    Samantha Irby

  • Philip Pullman: The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, Book 3) (Paperback, 2001, Del Rey)

    The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, Book 3)

    Philip Pullman

  • Philip Pullman: The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, Book 2) (Paperback, 2002, Knopf Books for Young Readers)

    The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, Book 2)

    Philip Pullman

  • Philip Pullman: The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1) (1999, Sagebrush Education Resources)

    The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1)

    Philip Pullman

  • Caleb A. Scharf: Copernicus Complex (2015, Penguin Books, Limited)

    Copernicus Complex

    The Quest for Our Cosmic Significance

    Caleb A. Scharf

  • Computing with Quantum Cats

    From Colossus to Qubits

    John Gribbin

  • Michio Kaku: Hyperspace (Paperback, 2016, Oxford University Press)

    Hyperspace

    A Scientific Odyssey Through TIme Warps, and The Tenth Dimension

    Michio Kaku

  • Jeremy Webb: Nothing (2013, Profile Books)

    Nothing

    from absolute zero to cosmic oblivion : amazing insights into nothingness

    Jeremy Webb

  • Marcus Chown: Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You A Guide To The Universe (2008, Faber & Faber)

    Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You A Guide To The Universe

    Marcus Chown

  • Jon Butterworth: Smashing Physics (2015, Headline, Headline Book Publishing)

    Smashing Physics

    Jon Butterworth

  • S. Carroll: The Particle at the End of the Universe (Paperback, 2013, Oneworld)

    The Particle at the End of the Universe

    S. Carroll

  • Brian Cox, Professor Brian Cox, Andrew Cohen: Human Universe (2016, HarperCollins Publishers Limited)

    Human Universe

    Brian Cox, Professor Brian Cox, Andrew Cohen

  • Nicky Jenner: 4th Rock from the Sun (Paperback, 2018, Bloomsbury Sigma)

    4th Rock from the Sun

    The Story of Mars

    Nicky Jenner

  • Chris Hadfield: An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth (Paperback, 2015, Pan)

    An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

    Chris Hadfield

  • Peter Cave: What's wrong with eating people (2008, Oneworld)

    What's wrong with eating people

    33 more perplexing philosophy puzzles

    Peter Cave

  • Eoin Colfer, Simon Jones: And Another Thing... (Paperback, 2010, Penguin)

    And Another Thing...

    Eoin Colfer, Simon Jones

  • Bill Turnbull: The Bad Beekeepers Club How I Stumbled Into The Curious World Of Bees And Became Perhaps A Better Person (2011, Sphere)

    The Bad Beekeepers Club How I Stumbled Into The Curious World Of Bees And Became Perhaps A Better Person

    Bill Turnbull

  • Charlie Brooker: Charlie Brooker's Dawn of the Dumb (2007, Faber and Faber)

    Charlie Brooker's Dawn of the Dumb

    Dispatches from the Idiotic Frontline

    Charlie Brooker

  • Chad Orzel: How to teach relativity to your dog (2012, Basic Books)

    How to teach relativity to your dog

    Chad Orzel

  • Claire L. Evans: Broad Band (Paperback, 2020, Portfolio)

    Broad Band

    The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet

    Claire L. Evans

  • Ben Miller: It's not rocket science (2012, Sphere)

    It's not rocket science

    Ben Miller

  • James Borg: Persuasion (2007, Financial Times Management)

    Persuasion

    The Art of Influencing People

    James Borg

  • Will Barton, Andrew Beck: Get Set for Communication Studies (Get Set for University) (Paperback, Edinburgh University Press)

    Get Set for Communication Studies (Get Set for University)

    Will Barton, Andrew Beck

  • Football Hackers

    The Science and Art of a Data Revolution

    Christoph Biermann

  • Fancy Bear Goes Phishing

    The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks

    Scott Shapiro

  • We Are Electric

    The New Science of Our Body's Electrome

    Sally Adee

  • Tom Fort: Rivets, Trivets and Galvanised Buckets (2024, Headline Publishing Group)

    Rivets, Trivets and Galvanised Buckets

    Life in the Village Hardware Shop

    Tom Fort

  • Mo Gawdat: Scary Smart (2022, Bluebird Publishing)

    Scary Smart

    The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World

    Mo Gawdat

  • Jillian Scudder: Milky Way Smells of Rum and Raspberries (2023, Icon Books, Limited, Icon Books)

    Milky Way Smells of Rum and Raspberries

    ... and Other Amazing Cosmic Facts

    Jillian Scudder

  • Frederic Gros, David Fernbach: Disobey! (Paperback, 2021, Verso Books)

    Disobey!

    A Philosophy of Resistance

    Frederic Gros, David Fernbach

  • Shortest History of Democracy

    John Keane

  • Essay on Typography

    Eric Gill

  • Steeple Chasing

    Around Britain by Church

    Peter Ross

  • London's Strangest Tales

    Extraordinary but True Stories from over a Thousand Years of London's History

    Tom Quinn

  • Dominic Bradbury, Rachael Smith: Dungeness (2022, Pavilion Books)

    Dungeness

    Microclimate Architecture

    Dominic Bradbury, Rachael Smith

  • Universe in a Box

    A New Cosmic History

    Andrew Pontzen

  • Just Six Numbers

    Martin Rees

  • 15 Million Degrees

    A Journey to the Centre of the Sun

    Lucie Green

  • Breakthrough

    Marcus Chown

  • Poul Anderson: The Complete Psychotechnic League, Vol. 2 (The Psychotechnic League) (Baen)

    The Complete Psychotechnic League, Vol. 2 (The Psychotechnic League)

    Poul Anderson

  • Poul Anderson: The Complete Psychotechnic League, Vol. 1 (Paperback, Baen)

    The Complete Psychotechnic League, Vol. 1

    Poul Anderson

  • Poul Anderson: Satan's World (1973, Corgi Books)

    Satan's World

    Poul Anderson

  • Poul Anderson: The Man Who Counts (1979, Ace Books)

    The Man Who Counts

    Poul Anderson

  • The Mystery of the Parsee Lawyer

  • Andy Greenberg: Tracers in the Dark (2022, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)

    Tracers in the Dark

    The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency

    Andy Greenberg

  • Ben Rawlence: The Treeline (Hardcover, 2022, St. Martin's Press)

    The Treeline

    The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth

    Ben Rawlence

  • Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith: A City on Mars (Hardcover, 2023, Penguin Press, Penguin Publishing Group)

    A City on Mars

    Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?

    Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith

  • Andrew Busey: Secrets of the MUDwizards (1995, Sams.net, Sams Publishing)

    Secrets of the MUDwizards

    Andrew Busey

  • Jenny Tyler: Write Your Own Adventure Programs (Paperback, 1983, Usborne)

    Write Your Own Adventure Programs

    For Your Microcomputer

    Jenny Tyler

  • Tim Hartnell: Tim Hartnell's Second giant book of computer games (1985, Ballantine Books)

    Tim Hartnell's Second giant book of computer games

    Tim Hartnell

  • Jim Menick: Basic adventure and strategy game design for the TRS-80 (1984, Facts on File Publications)

    Basic adventure and strategy game design for the TRS-80

    Jim Menick

  • How to create adventure games

    Christopher Lampton

  • Alexandra I. Forsythe: Computer science (1970, J. Wiley)

    Computer science

    Basic language

    Alexandra I. Forsythe

  • Richard Forsyth, Richard Forsyth: The hitch-hiker's guide to artificial intelligence (1985, Chapman and Hall)

    The hitch-hiker's guide to artificial intelligence

    Bbc Basic Version

    Richard Forsyth, Richard Forsyth

  • Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

    Satoshi Yagisawa

  • Tyranny of Merit

    What's Become of the Common Good?

    Michael J. Sandel

  • In Defence of Witches

    Why Women Are Still on Trial

    Mona Chollet, Sophie R. Lewis

  • Brainwashed

    A New History of Thought Control

    Daniel Pick

  • Darkness Manifesto

    How Light Pollution Threatens the Ancient Rhythms of Life

    Johan Eklöf, Elizabeth DeNoma

  • Caroline Criado-Perez, Caroline Criado Perez: Invisible Women : Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (2020, Penguin Random House)

    Invisible Women : Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

    Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

    Caroline Criado-Perez, Caroline Criado Perez

  • Sean Carroll: The Biggest Ideas in the Universe 1 (2023, Oneworld Publications)

    The Biggest Ideas in the Universe 1

    Space, Time and Motion

    Sean Carroll

  • Chris Miller: Chip War (Paperback, Simon + Schuster UK)

    Chip War

    The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

    Chris Miller

  • Kate Mangino: Equal Partners (2022, St. Martin's Press)

    Equal Partners

    Improving Gender Equality at Home

    Kate Mangino

  • Laine Nooney: Apple II Age (2023, University of Chicago Press)

    Apple II Age

    How the Computer Became Personal

    Laine Nooney

  • Johnston, Denis: Nine rivers from Jordan (1953, D, Verschoyle)

    Nine rivers from Jordan

    the chronicle of a journey and a search.

    Johnston, Denis

  • David H. Ahl, Steve North: Basic computer games (1978, Workman Pub.)

    Basic computer games

    David H. Ahl, Steve North

  • Randall Munroe: How To (2020, Hodder & Stoughton)

    How To

    The Sunday Times Bestseller

    Randall Munroe

  • George Dyson: Turing's Cathedral (2012, Penguin Books, Limited)

    Turing's Cathedral

    The Origins of the Digital Universe

    George Dyson

  • James Bridle: New Dark Age (Hardcover, 2018, Verso)

    New Dark Age

    Technology and the end of the future

    James Bridle

  • Joy Lisi Rankin: A People's History of Computing in the United States (2018)

    A People's History of Computing in the United States

    Joy Lisi Rankin

  • Ellen Ullman: Life in Code (2018, Picador)

    Life in Code

    A Personal History of Technology

    Ellen Ullman

  • fabien sanglard: Game Engine Black Book : DOOM (Paperback, 2019, Independently published)

    Game Engine Black Book : DOOM

    v1.1

    fabien sanglard

  • Clarence Ellis: The Pebbles on the Beach (Paperback, 2019, Faber & Faber)

    The Pebbles on the Beach

    Clarence Ellis

  • Daniel Isaaman: Computer spacegames (1982, Usborne)

    Computer spacegames

    Daniel Isaaman

  • Charles Arthur: Social Warming (2022, Oneworld Publications)

    Social Warming

    The Dangerous and Polarising Effects of Social Media

    Charles Arthur

  • Carlo Rovelli: Anaximander (2023, Penguin Books, Limited)

    Anaximander

    And the Nature of Science

    Carlo Rovelli

  • DK: Simply Artificial Intelligence (Hardcover, 2023, Kindersley Ltd., Dorling)

    Simply Artificial Intelligence

    DK

  • Nick Montfort, Ian Bogost: Racing the Beam (2020, MIT Press)

    Racing the Beam

    The Atari Video Computer System

    Nick Montfort, Ian Bogost

  • Marc Reisner: Cadillac Desert (Paperback, 2001, Pimlico)

    Cadillac Desert

    The American West and its disappearing water

    Marc Reisner

  • Joanne Harris: Ten Things about Writing (2020, September Publishing)

    Ten Things about Writing

    Build Your Story, One Word at a Time

    Joanne Harris

  • Helen Bryant: On Editing (Paperback, 2018, Teach Yourself)

    On Editing

    How to Edit with Confidence and Elevate your Writing

    Helen Bryant

  • Write It All Down

    How to Put Your Life on the Page

    Cathy Rentzenbrink

  • Seb Falk: Light Ages (2021, Penguin Books, Limited)

    Light Ages

    A Medieval Journey of Discovery

    Seb Falk

  • Ben Tarnoff: Internet for the People (Paperback, 2021, Verso Books)

    Internet for the People

    Ben Tarnoff

  • Yevgeny Zamyatin: We (1993)

    We

    Yevgeny Zamyatin

  • Damon Knight: DimensionX (1974, Coronet)

    DimensionX

    two novellas

    Damon Knight

  • Kathryn Harkup: Secret Lives of the Elements (2021, Quercus)

    Secret Lives of the Elements

    Kathryn Harkup

  • James M. Russell: Elementary (2021, O'Mara Books, Limited, Michael)

    Elementary

    The Periodic Table Explained

    James M. Russell

  • Mark Schatzker: The Dorito Effect (Paperback, 2016, Simon & Schuster)

    The Dorito Effect

    The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor

    Mark Schatzker

  • Roger E. Allen: Winnie-the-Pooh on Management (1995, Methuen)

    Winnie-the-Pooh on Management

    In Which a Very Important Bear and His Friends are Introduced to a Very Important Subject

    Roger E. Allen

  • Eli Pariser: The Filter Bubble (2011)

    The Filter Bubble

    What the Internet is Hiding From You

    Eli Pariser

  • Cal Newport: Digital Minimalism (2019, Portfolio)

    Digital Minimalism

    Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

    Cal Newport

  • Daniel Greene: The Promise of Access (2021, MIT Press)

    The Promise of Access

    Technology, Inequality, and the Political Economy of Hope

    Daniel Greene

  • Adrian Daub: What Tech Calls Thinking (2020, FSG Originals)

    What Tech Calls Thinking

    An Inquiry into the Intellectual Bedrock of Silicon Valley

    Adrian Daub

  • Xiaowei Wang: Blockchain Chicken Farm (2020, Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

    Blockchain Chicken Farm

    And Other Stories of Tech in China's Countryside

    Xiaowei Wang

  • Rudy Rucker: Geometry, relativity, and the fourth dimension (1977, Dover Publications)

    Geometry, relativity, and the fourth dimension

    Rudy Rucker

  • Max Liboiron: Pollution Is Colonialism (Paperback, 2021, Duke University Press)

    Pollution Is Colonialism

    Max Liboiron

  • Daniel J. Levitin: A Field Guide to Lies and statistics (2018, Penguin Books, Limited)

    A Field Guide to Lies and statistics

    Critical Thinking in the Information Age

    Daniel J. Levitin

  • Carlo Rovelli: Reality Is Not What It Seems (2017, Penguin)

    Reality Is Not What It Seems

    The journey to Quantum Gravity

    Carlo Rovelli

  • Michio Kaku: Hyperspace (2001, OUP Oxford)

    Hyperspace

    A Scientific Odyssey through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension

    Michio Kaku

  • Paul Bunn: Games for your Atari. (1983, Virgin Books)

    Games for your Atari.

    £££££'s of entertaining games for only £2.95

    Paul Bunn

  • J. Bartlett: The People Vs. Tech (2018, Penguin Random House)

    The People Vs. Tech

    How the internet is killing democracy (and how we save it)

    J. Bartlett

  • Donald D. Spencer: Game playing with BASIC (1977, Hayden Book Co.)

    Game playing with BASIC

    Donald D. Spencer


This books page layout was inspired by the books pages of Dave Rupert, Mark Llobrera, Søren Birkemeyer and Derek Shirk. I originally got the idea for a books page from Maggie Appleton and her Antilibrary. The first version of this page was inspired by Cox Chapman's Books page.