Matte Elsbernd web publisher. writer. photographer. 32 years experience.
In high school I started keeping track of all the books I finished. Once you start, you sort of feel funny not continuing the list. Now I feel bad I didn't start the list sooner. So, here it is, no longer a list on binder paper, but rather in a database and all that fancy jazz. Perhaps it'll be of some interest to you - getting a sense for my interests. But regardless, it's sort of a legacy thing for me.
Perhaps I should have kept a list of all the books I only half-read... that would be informative too.
Books Read
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To navigate the books I've read, choose a letter above. The letter will correspond to the last name of the author. I would offer a chronological list, but I didn't think to record what day I finished a book until recently. The list below is the most recent books I've read.
RECENT BOOKS
1. Universal Basic Income by Karl Widerquist (Read from Jan 24, 2026 to Jan 29, 2026)
2. Pig Wife by Abby Luck with Ruka Bravo (Read from Jan 26, 2026 to Jan 29, 2026)
3. Sunrise on the Reaping: (Hunger Games Book 5) by Suzanne Collins (Listened from Jan 21, 2026 to Jan 28, 2026)
4. How to Relax by Thich Nhat Hanh (Read from Jan 28, 2026 to Jan 28, 2026)
5. How Do We Know Ourselves?: Curiosities and Marvels of the Human Mind by David G. Myers (Read from Mar 20, 2025 to Jan 26, 2026)
6. Still Smitten by Catana Chetwynd (Read from Jan 26, 2026 to Jan 26, 2026)
7. When More is Not Better: Overcoming America's Obsession with Economic Efficiency by Roger L. Martin (Read from Jun 12, 2025 to Jan 24, 2026)
8. Deliverance by James Dickey (Read from Jan 05, 2026 to Jan 16, 2026)
9. The Whistler by John Grisham (Listened from Jan 11, 2026 to Jan 16, 2026)
10. Design Leadership: How Top Design Leaders Build and Grow Successful Organizations by Richard Banfield (Read from May 04, 2022 to Jan 09, 2026)
11. Spent by Alison Bechdel (Read from Jan 08, 2026 to Jan 08, 2026)
12. Letters Between a Libertarian and a Leftist: A productive Conversation Between Friends by Anonymous (Read from Dec 01, 2025 to Jan 05, 2026)
13. When I Was a Kid: Childhood Stories by Boey (Read from Jan 05, 2026 to Jan 05, 2026)
14. In Search of Berlin: The Story of a Reinvented City by John Kampfner (Read from Dec 23, 2025 to Dec 27, 2025)
15. Large Language Models by Stephan Raaijmakers (Read from Dec 10, 2025 to Dec 22, 2025)
16. Simply Lies by David Baldacci (Read from Dec 01, 2025 to Dec 18, 2025)
17. Unredacted: Russia, Trump, and the Fight for Democracy by Christopher Steele (Read from Nov 26, 2025 to Dec 07, 2025)
18. Zodiac by Neal Stephenson (Read from Nov 22, 2025 to Dec 02, 2025)
19. Backtrack: (Deluxe Edition) by Brian Joines with Jake Elphick (Read from Nov 22, 2025 to Dec 01, 2025)
20. First by Randy Brown (Read from Nov 20, 2025 to Nov 28, 2025)
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | All
(Auto)Biography | Business | Computers | Creativity + Design | Fiction + Literature | History + Geography | Humor | Language | Psychology + Culture | Science Fiction | Thrillers + Suspense | Writing + Careers | Misc.
Recent | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007
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