Booklists

I thought that it would be fun to keep a listing of the books I have read, am currently reading, and want to read. The list will clearly be incomplete as I cannot remember every book I have ever read, but I will try to get the highlights. Aside from a historical reason, I am hoping that keeping this list will inspire me to read a more varied selection of books.

Books I am currently reading:

  • Men of Mathematics – E.T. Bell
  • The Post-American World – Fareed Zakaria
  • The Principles of Quantum Mechanics – Paul Dirac
  • Six Not-So-Easy Pieces – R.P. Feynman
  • The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac – Graham Farmelo
  • Physics and Philosophy: The Revolution in Modern Science – Werner Heisenberg

Books I intend to read:

  • Non-linear Optics – R.W. Boyd
  • Why We Run – Bernd Heinrich
  • The Way of the Scout – Tom Brown
  • The Killer Angels – Michael Shaara
  • Complex Variables and Applications – Churchill
  • QED – R.P. Feynman
  • The Secret Sierra: The Alpine World Above the Trees – David Gilligan
  • A Students Guide to Maxwell’s Equations – Daniel Fleisch
  • Two Years Before the Mast – Richard Henry Dana, Jr.

Books I have finished reading:

  • Wheel of Time series – Robert Jordan
  • Chronicles of Amber – Roger Zelansky
  • Sword of Shannara series – Terry Brooks
  • Harry Potter series – J.K. Rowling
  • Sword of Truth series – Terry Goodkind
  • Digital Fortress – Dan Brown
  • Angels and Demons – Dan Brown
  • The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown
  • Close to the Wind – Pete Goss
  • In the Years of the Mountains – David Gilligan
  • Born to Run – Christopher McDougall
  • Once a Runner: A Novel – John L. Parker, Jr.
  • The Lord of the Rings Trilogy – J.R.R. Tolkien
  • In Defense of Food – Michael Pollan
  • Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feyman – R.P. Feynman
  • What do you care what other people think? – R.P. Feynman
  • The Pleasure of Finding Things Out – R.P. Feynman
  • The Meaning of it All – R.P. Feynman
  • The Redwall Series – Brian Jacques
  • Guests of the Sheik – Elizabeth Fernea
  • Fountain and Tomb – Naguib Mahfouz
  • Intro. to Modern Statistical Mechanics – D. Chandler
  • Solids and Surfaces – Roald Hoffmann
  • Introduction to Lasers – Hitz, Ewing, Hecht