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Books That Ben Has Read Books that Ben has read Jonathan Swift: Gulliver's Travels Neal Stephenson: Some Remarks Ari Meisel: Less Doing, More Living: Make Everything in Life Easier Hanson, R. D.: The Quantum Sausage Machine Eric S. Raymond: Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary Terry Pratchett: Raising Steam Neal Stephenson: Quicksilver Chris Sims: The Elements Of Scrum Chris Sims: Scrum: a Breathtakingly Brief and Agile Introduction Neal Stephenson: The System Of The World Neal Stephenson: The Confusion Bryan Lee O'Malley: Seconds Randall Munroe: What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions Nick Bostrom: Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies Edan Lepucki: California Orson Scott Card: Speaker for the Dead Dave Eggers: The Circle Bryan Lee O'Malley: Lost at Sea Adrian Hon: A History of the Future in 100 Objects Ramsey Campbell: NECRONOMICUM #1 William Gibson: The Peripheral Bruce Sterling: The Epic Struggle of the Internet of Things Neal Stephenson: The Mongoliad Dave Arnold: Liquid Intelligence: The Art and Science of the Perfect Cocktail C. Northcote Parkinson: Parkinson's Law Matt Wynne: The Cucumber Book: Behaviour-Driven Development for Testers and Developers Ian Gilbert: The Little Book of Thunks: 260 questions to make your brain go ouch!: 260 Questions to Make Your Brain Go Ouch! Marie KondÅ?: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Paul Graham: Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age Luciano Floridi: Information: A Very Short Introduction Neal Stephenson: The Mongoliad: Book Two Neal Stephenson: The Mongoliad: Book Three John Wyndham: The Day of the Triffids Neal Stephenson: Seveneves Erik Brynjolfsson: Race Against The Machine John Marsden: Tomorrow, When the War Began Rory Hyde: Future Practice: Conversations from the Edge of Architecture Andrew F. Smith: Hamburger: A Global History Robert M. Pirsig: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values Neil Gaiman: The Graveyard Book Robert B. Cialdini: Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion Venkatesh G. Rao: Be Slightly Evil: A Playbook for Sociopaths Venkatesh G. Rao: The Gervais Principle: The Complete Series, with a Bonus Essay on Office Space Ray Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451 Daniel Keyes: Flowers For Algernon Andy Weir: The Martian Philip E. Tetlock: Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction Orson Scott Card: Xenocide Peter F. Drucker: Post-Capitalist Society Gene Kim: The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win Robin Hanson: The Future of Work Cal Newport: Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World Kelly Sue DeConnick: Bitch Planet #1 Bertrand Russell: In Praise of Idleness John Wyndham: The Kraken Wakes Tom McCarthy: Satin Island China Miéville: The City & The City Philip K. Dick: Flow, My Tears, the Policeman Said. Philip K. Dick: A Scanner Darkly Cory Doctorow: Information Doesn't Want to Be Free: Laws for the Internet Age Robert A. Heinlein: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress J.G. Ballard: High-Rise J.G. Ballard: Concrete Island J.G. Ballard: The Kindness of Women Philip K. Dick: Ubik Jules Verne: The Mysterious Island - Complete and Unabridged (Illustrated) Neal Stephenson: Zodiac Eliezer Yudkowsky: A Girl Corrupted by the Internet is the Summoned Hero?! Ramez Naam: Nexus Joseph Brassey: Katabasis E.D. deBirmingham: Siege Perilous Ramez Naam: Crux Ramez Naam: Apex J.G. Ballard: The Complete Short Stories: Volume 1 J.G. Ballard: The Complete Short Stories: Volume 2: v. 2 Aldous Huxley: Grey Eminence Neal Stephenson: Cimarronin: A Samurai in New Spain #1 Douglas Adams: The Complete Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five J.G. Ballard: Cocaine Nights Alex Pentland: Social Physics: how good ideas spread -- the lessons from a new science Alain de Botton: The Course of Love Ann Leckie: Ancillary Justice Henry James: The Aspern Papers Cory Doctorow: Information Doesn't Want to Be Free: Laws for the Internet Age Ann Leckie: Ancillary Sword Ann Leckie: Ancillary Mercy Eliyahu M. Goldratt: The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid's Tale Yuval Noah Harari: Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow Naomi Alderman: The Power Meghan Doherty: How Not to Be a Dick: An Everyday Etiquette Guide J.R.R. Tolkien: Farmer Giles of Ham Kim Stanley Robinson: Aurora Tyler Page: Raised on Ritalin Isaac Asimov: Prelude to Foundation Neil Gaiman: Norse Mythology Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Crime and Punishment Charlotte Wood: The Natural Way of Things Iain M. Banks: Consider Phlebas Lucy Hawking: George's Secret Key to the Universe William Gibson: Archangel #1 Camper English: Tonic Water AKA G&T WTF Neal Stephenson: The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. Jack Weatherford: The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire P.W. Singer: Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War Venkatesh G. Rao: Tempo: Timing, Tactics and Strategy in Narrative-Driven Decision-Making Marcus Aurelius: Meditations Will Durant: The Lessons of History Hilary Mantel: Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel: Bring Up the Bodies Kathryn Allan: Accessing the Future: A Disability-Themed Anthology of Speculative Fiction Cat Rambo: If This Goes On Jonathan Glover: What Sort of People Should There Be? Matthew McCarry: Beyond Bacon: Paleo Recipes that Respect the Whole Hog Ramez Naam: Nexus Michelle Tam: Nom Nom Paleo: Food for Humans Brandon Keatley: Primal Cravings: Your favorite foods made Paleo Elizabeth Bear: Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft Orson Scott Card: Ender's Shadow Luigi Serafini: Codex Seraphinianus Orson Scott Card: Shadow of the Hegemon Terry Pratchett: Mort Terry Pratchett: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby Eric Carle: The Very Hungry Caterpillar Christian Rudder: Dataclysm: Who We Are Nick Bostrom: Global Catastrophic Risks J.D. Salinger: The Catcher in the Rye T.P. Louise: D'Airain #2 T.P. Louise: D'Airain #1 Tim Harford: The Undercover Economist Philip Pullman: His Dark Materials: The Complete Trilogy Philip Pullman: La Belle Sauvage Margaret Atwood: Oryx and Crake Octavia E. Butler: Kindred Margaret Atwood: The Year of the Flood Frank Herbert: Dune Ursula K. Le Guin: The Lathe of Heaven William Zinsser: On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction Ernest Hemingway: Old Man And The Sea Margaret Atwood: Alias Grace Tyler Kord: A Super Upsetting Cookbook About Sandwiches Seneca: On the Shortness of Life Christopher Grey: A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Studying Organizations Ursula K. Le Guin: The Left Hand of Darkness Reay Tannahill: Food in History David Heinemeier Hansson: Remote: Office Not Required Vaclav Smil: Energy and Civilization: A History Margaret Atwood: MaddAddam J.G. Ballard: Crash Gaius Julius Caesar: The Gallic War Margaret Atwood: The Blind Assassin Yuval Noah Harari: 21 Lessons for the 21st Century Jason Fried: It Doesnâ t Have to Be Crazy at Work Brian David Johnson: Science Fiction Prototyping: Designing the Future with Science Fiction Homer: The Odyssey Ursula K. Le Guin: The Dispossessed Rene Redzepi: Foundations of Flavor: The Noma Guide to Fermentation Ursula K. Le Guin: The Books of Earthsea Barnaby Bennett: Humanimal 3.0 Alan Smart: Posthumanism: Anthropological Insights Richard Sennett: The Craftsman Neal Stephenson: The Cobweb Stephen Fry: Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures Stephen Fry: Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold Erik Davis: TechGnosis: Myth, Magic Mysticism in the Age of Information Gabriel García Márquez: One Hundred Years of Solitude Johnnie Christmas: William Gibson's Alien 3 #1 Neal Stephenson: The Big U Manu Cornet: Goomics: Google's corporate culture revealed through internal comics: Volume 1 N.K. Jemisin: The Fifth Season N.K. Jemisin: The Obelisk Gate N.K. Jemisin: The Stone Sky Ursula K. Le Guin: Ursula K. Le Guin: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations Robert Coram: Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War Scott McCloud: Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art Deborah Schneiderman: The Prefab Bathroom: An Architectural History Harvey Molotch: Toilet Neal Stephenson: Fall, Or Dodge in Hell Margaret Atwood: The Penelopiad Peter Carey: Bliss N.K. Jemisin: How Long 'til Black Future Month? Denise Scott Brown: Architecture Words 4: Having Words Michael Green: Blade Runner 2019 #1 Charles Sale: The Specialist Octavia E. Butler: Parable of the Talents Octavia E. Butler: Parable of the Sower Margaret Mead: Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation Carlo Ratti: The City of Tomorrow: Sensors, Networks, Hackers, and the Future of Urban Life Melissa Gregg: Counterproductive: Time Management in the Knowledge Economy Ursula K. Le Guin: Rocannon's World Bradford Howland: MIT BUILDING 20: SHORT STORIES Ursula K. Le Guin: Planet of Exile Ursula K. Le Guin: City of Illusions Ursula K. Le Guin: The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin: The Dispossessed 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021.
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