Reading
What I've read, most recent first, from my Goodreads shelves. 73 finished, rated 4.0 on average; 219 on the pile.
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OnbehagenPaul Verhaeghe★★★★★
The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of HumanityToby Ord★★★★★
The PrecipiceToby Ord★★★★★
Why Vegan? (Penguin Great Ideas)Peter Singer★★★★★
Alles wordt anders... en beter: Om de 70 jaar staat de wereld op een kantelpuntKoen Schoors★★★★★
Introduction to AI Safety, Ethics, and SocietyDan Hendrycks★★★★★
Morele ambitie: Stop met het verspillen van je talent en maak werk van je idealenRutger Bregman★★★★★
Anarchisme, een introductie: Analyse van heden & verleden, strategieën voor de toekomstTommy Ryan★★★★★
The StrangerAlbert Camus★★★★★
Touching a Nerve: Our Brains, Our SelvesPatricia S. Churchland★★★★★
Consciousness ExplainedDaniel C. Dennett★★★★★
Animal LiberationPeter Singer★★★★★
Perfume: The Story of a MurdererPatrick Süskind★★★★★
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons EverythingChristopher Hitchens★★★★★
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual EnlightenmentEckhart Tolle★★★★★
The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of KnowledgeCarlos Castaneda★★★★★
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual EnlightenmentEckhart Tolle★★★★★
80,000 Hours: Find a fulfilling career that does goodBenjamin Todd★★★★★
Liefde. Een onmogelijk verlangen?Dirk De Wachter★★★★★
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American DreamHunter S. Thompson★★★★★
Easy Way to Control AlcoholAllen Carr★★★★★
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad OnesJames Clear★★★★★
A Field Guide to Lucid Dreaming: Mastering the Art of OneironauticsDylan Tuccillo★★★★★
Network ScienceAlbert-László Barabási
Introduction to Solid State PhysicsCharles Kittel
DATA ANALYSIS:BAYESIAN TUTORIAL 2E PAPER: A Bayesian TutorialDevinderjit Singh Sivia
Quantum MechanicsJean-Louis Basdevant
Soft Condensed Matter (Oxford Master Series in Condensed Matter Physics, Vol. 6)Richard A.L. Jones
Quantum MechanicsB.H. Bransden
Gravity Pnie An Introduction To EinsteinJames B. Hartle
Introduction to ElectrodynamicsDavid J. Griffiths
Articulations: On The Utilisation and Meanings of PsychedelicsJulian Palmer
The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics (Oxford Landmark Science)Roger Penrose
Dreaming Wide Awake: Lucid Dreaming, Shamanic Healing, and PsychedelicsDavid Jay Brown
HippiePaulo Coelho
This is It and Other Essays on Zen and Spiritual ExperienceAlan W. Watts
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyDouglas Adams
Introduction to Elementary ParticlesDavid J. Griffiths
Statistical Mechanics: Entropy, Order Parameters and Complexity (Oxford Master Series in Physics)James P. Sethna
Calculus: A Complete Course, Seventh Edition (7th Edition)Robert A. Adams
Ex-drummer (Plotseling gebeurde er niets, #3)Herman Brusselmans
Geschiedenis van de westerse filosofie, vanuit de politieke en sociale omstandigheden van de Griekse Oudheid tot in de twintigste eeuwBertrand Russell
Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without ReligionSam Harris
Classical MechanicsCharles P. Poole Jr.
The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell (P.S.)Aldous Huxley
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical TalesOliver Sacks★★★★★
Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?Mark Fisher
On the RoadJack Kerouac★★★★★
A Little LifeHanya Yanagihara★★★★★
The Old Man and the SeaErnest Hemingway★★★★★
The Name of the RoseUmberto Eco
Animal FarmGeorge Orwell
Brave New WorldAldous Huxley
The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels between Modern Physics and Eastern MysticismFritjof Capra★★★★★
By Luigi Serafini - Codex Seraphinianus (Har/Bklt N)Luigi Serafini★★★★★
The Little PrinceAntoine de Saint-Exupéry★★★★★
A Short History of Nearly EverythingBill Bryson★★★★★
De man die werk vond (De man die werk vond, #1)Herman Brusselmans★★★★★
Sapiens: A Brief History of HumankindYuval Noah Harari★★★★★
To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee★★★★★
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and DreamsMatthew Walker★★★★★
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious CharacterRichard P. Feynman★★★★★
MatildaRoald Dahl★★★★★
Be Here NowRam Dass★★★★★
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)J.K. Rowling★★★★★
The MetamorphosisFranz Kafka★★★★★
SiddharthaHermann Hesse★★★★★
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our FuturesMerlin Sheldrake★★★★★
Dit is EuropaHendrik Vos
The Grand DesignStephen W. Hawking
The AlchemistPaulo Coelho★★★★★
The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von NeumannAnanyo Bhattacharya★★★★★
Autobiography of a YogiParamahansa Yogananda★★★★★
The pile
219 books I still mean to read
- De kunst van het ongelukkig zijn
- Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex among Apes
- The Origins of Totalitarianism
- The Construction of Social Reality
- Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
- Naar een vegan wereld
- If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: The Case Against Superintelligent AI
- The High-Impact Professional's Playbook: How to Turn Your Career, Income, and Influence into Doing Good
- Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
- Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited
- Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World
- Van muur tot muur - De wereldpolitiek sinds 1989
- Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution
- A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing
- Quantum Supremacy
- Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
- Midnight’s Children
- Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol
- The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically (Castle Lectures in Ethics, Politics, and Economics)
- Canon EOS R50 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))
- Doing Good Better: Effective Altruism and a Radical New Way to Make a Difference
- Gratis geld voor iedereen: Over het basisinkomen, de 15-urige werkweek en een wereld zonder grenzen
- Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
- Why Vegan? (Penguin Great Ideas)
- Ulysses (Modern Library) [Hardcover] [1992] (Author) James Joyce, Morris L. Ernst
- Tao: The Watercourse Way
- De Steppewolf
- The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being
- Felicidade Clandestina
- Quarto de Despejo: Diário de uma Favelada
- Grand Hotel Europa
- O Peso do Pássaro Morto
- SucceedSocially.com - Ebook Version of the Site: A Super In-Depth Guide For Anyone Who Feels Shy, Lonely, Or Socially Awkward, Written By Someone Who's Been Through It
- Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
- A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age
- Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything
- The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building
- The Motivation Hacker
- ORIGINS OF ORDER: Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution
- Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI
- Lonely Planet South America: Detailed Itineraries | Travel Like a Local | Insider Tips | Covers Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and more (Travel Guide)
- Les Particules élémentaires
- A Key to Whitehead's Process and Reality
- Oorlog en vrede (Graphic Novel) (Graphic Classic, #2)
- In Europa. Reizen door de twintigste eeuw II (In Europa, #2 of 2)
- Process and Reality: An Essay in Cosmology
- The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
- Rivieren
- Het Achterhuis: dagboekbrieven 12 juni 1942 - 1 augustus 1944
- De verloofden
- Orbital
- The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time (The Gonzo Papers, #1)
- Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
- Life as No One Knows It: The Physics of Life's Emergence
- The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art
- Visionary: The Mysterious Origins of Human Consciousness (The Definitive Edition of Supernatural)
- Alcohol Explained 2: Tools for a Stronger Sobriety (William Porter's 'Explained')
- Alcohol Explained
- Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive
- The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma
- The Easy Way to Stop Smoking: Join the Millions Who Have Become Non-Smokers Using Allen Carr's Easyway Method
- Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government (Princeton Studies in Political Behavior)
- The Second Mountain
- The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms
- Elements of Information Theory
- Dynamical Processes on Complex Networks
- What Is a Complex System?
- Tao: The Watercourse Way
- The Spirit of Zen
- Metamathematics: Foundations & Physicalization
- Not Born Yesterday: The Science of Who We Trust and What We Believe
- The Swarm
- Forever Today: A Memoir Of Love And Amnesia
- Sound and Symbol: Music and the External World (Bollingen Series XLIV)
- De hele olifant in beeld: inzicht in het bestaan en de werking van Universele Wetten en de Gulden Snede
- eurotopia Directory: Intentional Communities and Ecovillages in Europe
- Man and His Symbols
- The Psychedelic Handbook: A Practical Guide to Psilocybin, LSD, Ketamine, MDMA, and Ayahuasca (Guides to Psychedelics & More)
- Trainspotting: Screenplay (FF Classics)
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
- Identity: Contemporary Identity Politics and the Struggle for Recognition
- On the Origin of Species
- The Interpretation of Dreams: The Psychology Classic
- Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
- Hunters, Herders, and Hamburgers: The Past and Future of Human-Animal Relationships
- Inferno
- Phenomenology of Spirit
- Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol 1: Mainly Mechanics, Radiation & Heat
- Etymologisch woordenboek: onze woorden, hun oorsprong en ontwikkeling (Dutch Edition)
- The C++ Programming Language
- Everything Is Obvious: Why Common Sense Is Nonsense
- An Introduction to Statistical Learning: with Applications in R (Springer Texts in Statistics)
- Does It Matter? Essays on Man's Relation to Materiality
- American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
- Beknopt Grieks-Nederlands woordenboek
- Topology: Pearson New International Edition
- Java Concepts
- Psychedelic Sex
- Berghain: Art in the Club
- Lonely Planet Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan (Multi Country Guide)
- The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety
- The Psilocybin Mushroom Bible: The Definitive Guide to Growing and Using Magic Mushrooms
- UNIX Shell Programming
- 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
- Deep Learning
- The Cannabis Grow Bible: The Definitive Guide to Growing Marijuana for Recreational and Medicinal Use
- Essence of Shibari: Kinbaku and Japanese Rope Bondage
- Lonely Planet Iran
- Por Que Ocupamos?: Uma Introdução à Luta dos Sem-Teto
- Gravitation
- Atlas van de imaginaire verklaringen. Handboek voor de patafysicus
- Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing, and Hallucinogenic Powers
- Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World: An Identification Guide
- Short Stories in Brazilian Portuguese for Beginners: Read for pleasure at your level, expand your vocabulary and learn Brazilian Portuguese the fun way!
- Vegetarisch voor een prikkie
- Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge
- De Om
- Portugees voor zelfstudie
- A Ilha Perdida
- LSD: My Problem Child
- Van Jules Verne tot Isaac Asimov: De vijftig beste science-fiction verhalen
- The Essential Rumi
- Ten Little Niggers
- Optische illusies: reis door de wereld van de visuele waarneming (Wetenschappelijke bibliotheek)
- Steve Jobs
- In the Dust of This Planet (Horror of Philosophy, #1)
- Les Femmes Savantes (Nouveaux Classiques Larousse)
- The God Delusion: A Study of Religious Belief and Skepticism
- The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction
- Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell
- Borderline times: het einde van de normaliteit
- Russisch voor zelfstudie
- Das Café am Rande der Welt
- Paths to Peace: Religion, Ethics & Tolerance in a Globalizing World
- Ethica
- Kopstukken filosofie - Hegel
- Tihkal: The Continuation
- The Great Mughals and Their India
- Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture
- Ripples in Spacetime: Einstein, Gravitational Waves, and the Future of Astronomy
- Altruism: The Science and Psychology of Kindness
- Geschiedenis van de Universiteit van Amsterdam
- De meeste mensen deugen: Een nieuwe geschiedenis van de mens
- Walden en De plicht tot burgerlijke ongehoorzaamheid
- Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy
- Philosophy of Psychedelics (International Perspectives in Philosophy and Psychiatry)
- What We Owe the Future
- Monterosso mon amour
- Kosmologie in de Westerse cultuur: Historisch-kritisch essay
- Pihkal: A Chemical Love Story
- Awakenings
- Diaspora
- Thinking, Fast and Slow
- Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
- The Book: The Ultimate Guide To Rebuilding Civilization
- The Complete Maus
- Steppenwolf
- Walden or, Life in the Woods
- Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
- Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
- The Selfish Gene
- Crime and Punishment
- Out of Eden: The Surprising Consequences of Polygamy
- Stepping Off the Relationship Escalator: Uncommon Love and Life
- The Polysecure Workbook: Healing Your Attachment and Creating Security in Loving Relationships
- Making Sense of Chaos: A Better Economics for a Better World
- Man and His Symbols: Approaching the Unconscious
- Predicting Our Climate Future: What We Know, What We Don't Know, And What We Can't Know
- Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos
- Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture
- Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet
- Network Science
- The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
- The Ritual Effect: From Habit to Ritual, Harness the Surprising Power of Everyday Actions
- How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
- The Formula: The Universal Laws of Success
- Drug Use for Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear
- Verslaafd aan liefde
- The Masters And The Slaves: A Study In The Development Of Brazilian Civilization
- A Concise History of Brazil (Cambridge Concise Histories)
- Lula and His Politics of Cunning: From Metalworker to President of Brazil
- Magic Images - Eye Fun 3D: Stereogram Art Book (Stereograms)
- Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
- On Heroes and Tombs
- Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
- De gebroeders Karamazov
- Het achtste leven [voor Brilka]
- Complexity: A Guided Tour
- 99 Variations on a Proof
- It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism
- Panentheism and Scientific Naturalism: Rethinking Evil, Morality, Religious Experience, Religious Pluralism, and the Academic Study of Religion (Toward Ecological Civilization)
- Hegel in a Wired Brain
- Einstein: His Life and Universe
- De avonden
- The Nature of Code
- Alice In Wonderland: The Original 1865 Unabridged and Complete Edition (Lewis Carroll Classics)
- One Hundred Years of Solitude
- The Born-Einstein Letters 1916-55
- The Great Gatsby
- The Catcher in the Rye
- 1984
- The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdős and the Search for Mathematical Truth
- Lolita
- Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
- Love in the Time of Cholera
- Elon Musk
- A New Kind of Science
- Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction
- Yearbook
- How to Argue With a Racist: What Our Genes Do (and Don't) Say About Human Difference
- How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
- Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts
- A Promised Land
- Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again
- The Creative Act: A Way of Being
- Congo: een geschiedenis