Coleman McCormick

Books

A reading log with thoughts and highlights from books in my library. I've flagged my favorites with a β˜….

Currently Reading

A Pattern LanguageChristopher Alexander1977
The Everlasting ManG.K. Chesterton1925
The Golden Thread, Vol. IAllen Guelzo and James Hankins2025
The OdysseyHomer800 BC
ShiftHugh Howey2013
The Strength of the FewJames Islington2025
Images of OrganizationGareth Morgan1986
The RepublicPlato375 BC
The Rise of EndymionDan Simmons1997
The Shadow of the TorturerGene Wolfe1980

Bookshelf

Where Good Ideas Come FromSteven JohnsonMay 20262010
EndymionDan SimmonsMay 20261996
After HumanityMichael WardMay 20262021
Taking Religion SeriouslyCharles MurrayApr 20262025
The Soul of the WorldRoger ScrutonApr 20262014
AnathemNeal StephensonMar 20262008
Maintenance, Of Everythingβ˜…Stewart BrandFeb 20262025
The Timeless Way of Buildingβ˜…Christopher AlexanderFeb 20261979
Non-ThingsByung-Chul HanJan 20262021
PerelandraC.S. LewisDec 20251943
FrankensteinMary ShelleyπŸ“Dec 20251818
The Will of the ManyJames IslingtonNov 20252023
Saint Thomas AquinasG.K. ChestertonNov 20251923
Crime and PunishmentFyodor DostoevskyπŸ“Nov 20251866
How to Be a ConservativeRoger ScrutonNov 20252014
Out of the Silent PlanetC.S. LewisOct 20251938
Against the MachinePaul KingsnorthOct 20252025
The Voyage of the Dawn TreaderC.S. LewisOct 20251952
Mere Christianityβ˜…C.S. LewisπŸ“Sep 20251952
Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the WorldRenΓ© GirardSep 20251978
The Conservative MindRussell KirkAug 20251953
The Roots of American Orderβ˜…Russell KirkπŸ“Aug 20251974
Works and DaysHesiodJul 2025700 BC
TheogonyHesiodMay 2025700 BC
The Screwtape LettersC.S. LewisMay 20251942
Prince CaspianC.S. LewisMay 20251951
The Great Debateβ˜…Yuval LevinπŸ“Apr 20252013
The Lion, the Witch, and the WardrobeC.S. LewisApr 20251950
BelieveRoss DouthatMar 20252025
American Covenantβ˜…Yuval LevinMar 20252024
Notes Towards the Definition of CultureT.S. EliotπŸ“Mar 20251948
Turning ProSteven PressfieldFeb 20252012
The Fall of HyperionDan SimmonsFeb 20251990
Letters to a Young PoetRainer Maria RilkeNov 20241929
The Pathless PathPaul MillerdNov 20242022
BeautyRoger ScrutonNov 20242011
The War of Artβ˜…Steven PressfieldNov 20242002
The Mom TestRob FitzpatrickNov 20242019
Valuable Humans in TransitqntmOct 20242022
The Clock of the Long NowStewart BrandOct 20241999
Make to KnowLorne BuchmanOct 20242021
Orthodoxyβ˜…G.K. ChestertonSep 20241908
The IliadHomerSep 2024800 BC
HereticsG.K. ChestertonAug 20241905
Informed Common SenseAlbert Jay NockAug 20242013
FilterworldKyle ChaykaAug 20242024
How to Listen to JazzTed GioiaπŸ“Aug 20242016
Hyperionβ˜…Dan SimmonsJul 20241989
The Creative ActRick RubinJun 20242023
MetazoaPeter Godfrey-SmithJun 20242020
The Abolition of Manβ˜…C.S. LewisJun 20241943
What Technology WantsKevin KellyMay 20242011
The Beginning of Infinityβ˜…David DeutschApr 20242011
The Origins of Totalitarianismβ˜…Hannah ArendtMar 20241951
FoundryEliot PeperFeb 20242023
How Buildings Learnβ˜…Stewart BrandπŸ“Jan 20241994
WoolHugh HoweyJan 20242011
Dominionβ˜…Tom HollandDec 20232019
Why Greatness Cannot Be PlannedKenneth O. Stanley and Joel LehmanOct 20232015
Homage to Cataloniaβ˜…George OrwellOct 20231938
The Wright BrothersDavid McCulloughSep 20232015
SolarisStanisΕ‚aw LemAug 20231961
OutlivePeter AttiaAug 20232023
Blood Meridianβ˜…Cormac McCarthyJul 20231985
Reap3rEliot PeperJun 20232022
The Network StateBalaji SrinivasanMay 20232022
The WEIRDest People in the Worldβ˜…Joseph HenrichApr 20232020
Learning to BuildBob MoestaApr 20232022
The PioneersDavid McCulloughJan 20232019
Liberal FascismJonah GoldbergJan 20232007
Where Is My Flying Car?β˜…J. Storrs HallDec 20222021
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reichβ˜…William L. ShirerOct 20221960
Helgolandβ˜…Carlo RovelliOct 20222020
The Captured EconomyBrink Lindsey, Steven TelesOct 20222017
Scene and StructureJack M. BickhamAug 20221999
Underlandβ˜…Robert MacfarlaneAug 20222019
Childhood's EndArthur C. ClarkeAug 20221953
The Tacit DimensionMichael PolanyiJul 20221966
The Lawβ˜…FrΓ©dΓ©ric BastiatπŸ“Jun 20221850
The Future and Its EnemiesVirginia PostrelMay 20221998
Knowledge and DecisionsThomas SowellMay 20221979
The Conservative SensibilityGeorge WillMar 20222019
The Five Dysfunctions of a TeamPatrick LencioniFeb 20222002
The Nature of Technologyβ˜…W. Brian ArthurπŸ“Nov 20212009
SystemanticsJohn GallNov 20211977
Duneβ˜…Frank HerbertOct 20211965
Preludes & NocturnesNeil GaimanOct 20211989
There Is No Antimemetics DivisionqntmOct 20212020
One Day in the Life of Ivan DenisovichAleksandr SolzhenitsynSep 20211962
Atomic HabitsJames ClearSep 20212018
Intellectuals and SocietyThomas SowellJul 20212009
The Infinite MachineCamila RussoJul 20212020
The Open Society and its Enemiesβ˜…Karl PopperJul 20211945
The Strategy of ConflictThomas C. SchellingJun 20211981
Working BackwardsColin Bryar and Bill CarrMay 20212021
The Road to Serfdomβ˜…F.A. HayekMay 20211944
The Tyranny of ClichesJonah GoldbergMar 20212012
The Lessons of Historyβ˜…Will and Ariel DurantFeb 20211968
Demand-Side Sales 101Bob MoestaπŸ“Feb 20212020
The Evolution of EverythingMatt RidleyFeb 20212015
Cibola BurnJames S.A. CoreyJan 20212014
Kindly Inquisitorsβ˜…Jonathan RauchπŸ“Jan 20211993
MirrorshadesBruce SterlingJan 20211986
Sid Meier's Memoir!Sid MeierDec 20202020
Thinking in Systemsβ˜…Donella MeadowsπŸ“Dec 20202008
Murder on the Orient ExpressAgatha ChristieDec 20201934
KimRudyard KiplingDec 20201901
Competing Against LuckClayton ChristensenDec 20202016
Seeing Like a Stateβ˜…James C. ScottπŸ“Dec 20201998
The Splendid and the VileErik LarsonNov 20202020
Gut FeelingsGerd GigerenzerOct 20202007
The Decadent SocietyRoss DouthatOct 20202020
The Psychology of MoneyMorgan HouselOct 20202020
MythosStephen FryOct 20202017
InspiredMarty CaganπŸ“Aug 20202008
The Remains of the DayKazuo IshiguroAug 20201989
The Gervais PrincipleVenkatesh RaoJul 20202013
The Lean StartupEric RiesJul 20202011
How Innovation Worksβ˜…Matt RidleyπŸ“Jun 20202020
RaqntmJun 20202014
Beastie Boys BookAdam Horivitz, Michael DiamondMay 20202018
How to Take Smart NotesSΓΆnke AhrensπŸ“May 20202017
A Time to BuildYuval LevinApr 20202020
Darkness at Noonβ˜…Arthur KoestlerApr 20201940
The Three Languages of PoliticsArnold KlingApr 20202013
UbikPhilip K. DickApr 20201969
The Revolt of the Publicβ˜…Martin GurriApr 20202014
The Dream Machineβ˜…M. Mitchell WaldropMar 20202001
The Phoenix ProjectGene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George SpaffordMar 20202013
Where Wizards Stay Up LateKatie HafnerFeb 20201996
Deep MedicineEric TopolFeb 20202019
Mastering the Market CycleHoward MarksJan 20202018
Zero to OnePeter ThielπŸ“Jan 20202014
Brave New WorldAldous HuxleyJan 20201932
Alchemyβ˜…Rory SutherlandDec 20192019
Antifragileβ˜…Nassim Nicholas TalebDec 20192012
MythologyEdith HamiltonDec 20191942
The End is Always NearDan CarlinNov 20192019
The Quiet AmericanGraham GreeneNov 20191955
DiscoursesEpictetusNov 2019108
An Elegant DefenseMatt RichtelNov 20192019
The Madness of CrowdsDouglas MurrayOct 20192019
Shape Upβ˜…Ryan SingerOct 20192019
Stubborn AttachmentsTyler CowenOct 20192018
The Soul of a New Machineβ˜…Tracy KidderOct 20191981
The Federalist Papersβ˜…Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John JayOct 20191787
On Intelligenceβ˜…Jeff HawkinsOct 20192004
The Fatal ConceitF.A. HayekSep 20191988
Other MindsPeter Godfrey-SmithSep 20192016
The Paper Menagerie and Other StoriesKen LiuSep 20192016
Exhalationβ˜…Ted ChiangSep 20192019
The Ascent of MoneyNiall FergusonSep 20192007
The Vision of the Anointedβ˜…Thomas SowellSep 20191995
PacificSimon WinchesterAug 20192015
Death's Endβ˜…Cixin LiuAug 20192010
Abaddon's GateJames S.A. CoreyAug 20192013
Altered TraitsDaniel Goleman and Richard DavidsonJul 20192017
RangeDavid EpsteinJul 20192019
Measure What MattersJohn DoerrJul 20192018
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird StoriesH.P. LovecraftJul 20191926
The Dark Forestβ˜…Cixin LiuJul 20192008
WayfindingM.R. O'ConnorJun 20192019
The EtymologiconMark ForsythJun 20192011
America BeforeGraham HancockJun 20192019
Labyrinthsβ˜…Jorge Luis BorgesJun 20191962
BlueprintNicholas A. ChristakisJun 20192019
Crossing the ChasmGeoffrey A. MooreJun 20192006
The Black SwanNassim Nicholas TalebMay 20192007
Man's Search for MeaningViktor E. FranklMay 20191946
Why We SleepMatthew WalkerMay 20192017
Into Thin AirJon KrakauerApr 20191997
Ego is the EnemyRyan HolidayApr 20192016
LoonshotsSafi BahcallApr 20192019
The Breakthroughβ˜…Charles GraeberApr 20192018
The Happiness HypothesisJonathan HaidtMar 20192005
The Language HoaxJohn McWhorterMar 20192014
High Output Managementβ˜…Andy GroveMar 20191983
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Againβ˜…David Foster WallaceMar 20191996
1776David McCulloughMar 20192005
Pebble in the SkyIsaac AsimovFeb 20191950
Invisible CitiesItalo CalvinoFeb 20191972
At the Mountains of MadnessH.P. LovecraftFeb 20191937
How the Internet HappenedBrian McCulloughFeb 20192018
Coming Into the Countryβ˜…John McPheeFeb 20191977
All Tomorrow's PartiesWilliam GibsonJan 20191999
GlobalheadBruce SterlingJan 20191992
MeditationsMarcus AureliusJan 2019180
The Righteous Mindβ˜…Jonathan HaidtJan 20192012
Waking UpSam HarrisJan 20192014
Words on the MoveJohn McWhorterDec 20182016
The Tangled TreeDavid QuammenDec 20182018
Reality is Not What it SeemsCarlo RovelliDec 20182016
The Story of MapsLloyd A. BrownNov 20181949
Team of RivalsDoris Kearns GoodwinNov 20182005
The Coddling of the American MindJonathan Haidt, Greg LukianoffNov 20182018
21 Lessons for the 21st CenturyYuval Noah HarariNov 20182018
The Quest for Cosmic JusticeThomas SowellNov 20181999
The Map That Changed the WorldSimon WinchesterOct 20182001
Basic Economicsβ˜…Thomas SowellOct 20182000
EnergyRichard RhodesSep 20182018
ChaosJames GleickSep 20181987
Suicide of the WestJonah GoldbergSep 20182018
The Elegant UniverseBrian GreeneAug 20181999
The Order of TimeCarlo RovelliAug 20182018
The Hero With a Thousand FacesJoseph CampbellAug 20181949
CosmosCarl SaganAug 20181980
A Conflict of Visionsβ˜…Thomas SowellAug 20181986
Enlightenment NowSteven PinkerAug 20182018
Jurassic ParkMichael ChrichtonJul 20181990
FactfulnessHans RoslingJun 20182018
CaldΓ© of the Long SunGene WolfeJun 20181994
SevenevesNeal StephensonJun 20182015
Leonardo da VinciWalter IsaacsonMay 20182017
Deep WorkCal NewportMay 20182016
AcceptanceJeff VanderMeerMay 20182014
The Name of the WindPatrick RothfussMay 20182007
Skin in the GameNassim Nicholas TalebMay 20182018
Norse MythologyNeil GaimanMay 20182017
WhoGeoff SmartMay 20182008
AuthorityJeff VanderMeerApr 20182014
The Innovator's DilemmaClayton M. ChristensenApr 20181997
Stranger in a Strange LandRobert HeinleinApr 20181961
Annihilationβ˜…Jeff VanderMeerMar 20182014
The Three-Body Problemβ˜…Cixin LiuMar 20182007
Astrophysics for People in a HurryNeil DeGrasse-TysonFeb 20182017
ArtemisAndy WeirFeb 20182017
ScaleGeoffrey WestFeb 20182017
Robot VisionsIsaac AsimovFeb 20181990
The Elements of EloquenceMark ForsythJan 20182013
Intercom on MarketingDes TraynorJan 20182018
The Stone Skyβ˜…N.K. JemisinJan 20182017
Homo DeusYuval Noah HarariJan 20182015
ConnectographyParag KhannaDec 20172016
The StrangerAlbert CamusDec 20171942
The Obelisk GateN.K. JemisinNov 20172016
The Fifth SeasonN.K. JemisinOct 20172015
Political Order and Political Decayβ˜…Francis FukuyamaOct 20172014
IdoruWilliam GibsonOct 20171996
Lake of the Long SunGene WolfeOct 20171994
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?Philip K. DickOct 20171968
Extreme OwnershipJocko WillinkSep 20172015
Nightside the Long SunGene WolfeSep 20171993
Product LeadershipRichard Banfield, Martin Eriksson, Nate WalkingshawSep 20172017
Ready Player OneErnest ClineSep 20172011
The BoxMarc LevinsonSep 20172006
Caliban's WarJames S.A. CoreySep 20172012
The GridGretchen BakkeJun 20172016
Leviathan WakesJames S.A. CoreyJun 20172011
The UpstartsBrad StoneJun 20172017
Pattern RecognitionWilliam GibsonJun 20172003
Alexander Hamiltonβ˜…Ron ChernowMay 20172004
Virtual LightWilliam GibsonMay 20171993
SapiensYuval Noah HarariMay 20172014
Woken FuriesRichard K. MorganMay 20172005
From Impossible to InevitableAaron RossMar 20172016
The Geneβ˜…Siddhartha MukherjeeFeb 20172016
The GameJon PessahJan 20172015
Mastering the VC GameJeffrey BussgangJan 20172010
Thinking, Fast and Slowβ˜…Daniel KahnemanJan 20172011
Broken AngelsRichard K. MorganDec 20162003
A Deepness in the SkyVernor VingeDec 20161999
The Everything StoreBrad StoneDec 20162013
The Pine Barrensβ˜…John McPheeNov 20161967
Altered Carbonβ˜…Richard K. MorganNov 20162002
Elon MuskAshlee VanceOct 20162015
Stories of Your Life and Othersβ˜…Ted ChiangSep 20162002
ReamdeNeal StephensonAug 20162011
Smarter Faster BetterCharles DuhiggJun 20162016
Countdown to Zero DayKim ZetterMay 20162014
The Second WorldParag KhannaMay 20162008
The Signal and the NoiseNate SilverApr 20162012
The Exile KissGeorge Alec EffingerApr 20161991
Predictable RevenueAaron RossMar 20162011
The Origins of Political Orderβ˜…Francis FukuyamaMar 20162011
Nicely SaidNicole Fenton, Kate Kiefer LeeMar 20162014
A Fire Upon the DeepVernor VingeFeb 20161992
Annals of the Former Worldβ˜…John McPheeJan 20161998
Pricing With ConfidenceReed HoldenNov 20152008
The Now HabitNeil FioreNov 20151988
The Long GoodbyeRaymond ChandlerNov 20151953
The Ball is RoundDavid GoldblattOct 20152006
American AssassinVince FlynnOct 20152010
The Currents of SpaceIsaac AsimovSep 20151952
The Summer GameRoger AngellAug 20151972
The Water KnifePaolo BacigalupiAug 20152015
The Way of the KnifeMark MazzettiJun 20152013
The Extra 2%Jonah KeriMay 20152011
Men at WorkGeorge WillMay 20151990
MoneyballMichael LewisMay 20152003
The Hard Thing About Hard ThingsBen HorowitzMay 20152014
A Nice Little Place on the North SideGeorge WillApr 20152014
Creativity, Inc.Ed CatmullApr 20152009
ScrumJeff SutherlandApr 20152014
A Fire in the SunGeorge Alec EffingerApr 20151990
The MartianAndy WeirJan 20152012
The Stars, Like DustIsaac AsimovJan 20151983
The Control of Natureβ˜…John McPheeNov 20141990
The Citadel of the AutarchGene WolfeOct 20141983
The Caves of SteelIsaac AsimovJan 20141954
Consider the Lobsterβ˜…David Foster WallaceDec 20132005
The Last RefugeGregory D. JohnsenDec 20132012
The End of EternityIsaac AsimovNov 20131955
Steve JobsWalter IsaacsonNov 20112011
A Dance with DragonsGeorge R.R. MartinOct 20112011
How Soccer Explains the WorldFranklin FoerSep 20112004
Snow Crashβ˜…Neal StephensonJul 20111992
ConnectedNicholas Christakis and James FowlerJul 20112008
In the PlexSteven LevyJun 20112011
The Wise Man's FearPatrick RothfussMay 20112011
Debt of HonorTom ClancyMar 20111994
Count Zeroβ˜…William GibsonMar 20111986
SoccernomicsSimon KuperJan 20112009
HTML5 for Web DesignersJeremy KeithDec 20102010
The Hunger GamesSuzanne CollinsDec 20102008
The Girl with the Dragon TattooStieg LarssonNov 20102005
Ghost Warsβ˜…Steve CollNov 20102004
Inbound MarketingBrian Halligan, Dharmesh ShahNov 20102009
Operation MincemeatBen MacIntyreOct 20102010
Outer Darkβ˜…Cormac McCarthySep 20101968
See No EvilRobert BaerAug 20102002
Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsJ.K. RowlingJul 20101998
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's StoneJ.K. RowlingJul 20101997
WarSebastian JungerJul 20102010
Spying With MapsMark MonmonierJul 20102002
American GodsNeil GaimanJun 20102001
The Big ShortMichael LewisJun 20102009
In Defense of FoodMichael PollanJun 20102007
A Feast for CrowsGeorge R.R. MartinJun 20102005
The Man Who Was Thursdayβ˜…G.K. ChestertonMay 20101908
Purple CowSeth GodinMay 20102003
ReworkJason FriedApr 20102010
A Storm of Swordsβ˜…George R.R. MartinApr 20102000
The Botany of DesireMichael PollanDec 20092001
The Omnivore's DilemmaMichael PollanDec 20092006
A Clash of KingsGeorge R.R. MartinOct 20091998
A Game of ThronesGeorge R.R. MartinSep 20091996
The Lost SymbolDan BrownSep 20092009
The Forever WarJoe HaldemanSep 20091974
The Man in the High CastlePhilip K. DickAug 20091962
Red HarvestDashiell HammettJun 20091929