Hugh Gramelspacher

Bookshelf

Books I've read, am reading, or want to read since 2024. Tracked via Hardcover API.

Read(65)

Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture

Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture

David Kushner

★★★★★
Mastery

Mastery

Robert Greene

★★★★★
A Philosophy of Software Design

A Philosophy of Software Design

John Ousterhout

★★★★★
Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton

James Gleick

★★★★★
Modern Software Engineering

Modern Software Engineering

David Farley

★★★★★
The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide: How to Learn Your Next Programming Language, Ace Your Programming Interview, and Land The Coding Job Of Your Dreams

The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide: How to Learn Your Next Programming Language, Ace Your Programming Interview, and Land The Coding Job Of Your Dreams

John Sonmez

★★★★★
Washington: A Life

Washington: A Life

Ron Chernow

★★★★★
Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates

Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates

Brian Kilmeade

★★★★★
Lenin: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror

Lenin: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror

Victor Sebestyen

★★★★★
The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist

The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist

Richard P. Feynman

★★★★★
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Stephen King

★★★★★
Make Your Bed

Make Your Bed

William H. McRaven

★★★★★
Bigger Leaner Stronger: The Simple Science of Building the Ultimate Male Body

Bigger Leaner Stronger: The Simple Science of Building the Ultimate Male Body

Michael Matthews

★★★★★
Einstein: His Life and Universe

Einstein: His Life and Universe

Walter Isaacson

★★★★★
Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

Walter Isaacson

Brave New World

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story

Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story

Arnold Schwarzenegger

★★★★★
Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Essential Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger

Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Essential Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger

Peter D. Kaufman

★★★★★
Educated: A Memoir

Educated: A Memoir

Tara Westover

★★★★★
When Breath Becomes Air

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

★★★★★
The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

★★★★★
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

Lori Gottlieb

An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

Kay Redfield Jamison

★★★★★
Severance

Severance

Ling Ma

★★★★★
Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage

Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage

Belle Burden

★★★★★
Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World

Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World

Michael Pollan

★★★★★
On the Shortness of Life

On the Shortness of Life

Seneca

★★★★★
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

★★★★★
Ultralearning: Accelerate Your Career, Master Hard Skills and Outsmart the Competition

Ultralearning: Accelerate Your Career, Master Hard Skills and Outsmart the Competition

Scott H. Young

★★★★★
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

★★★★★
Traction: A Startup Guide to Getting Customers

Traction: A Startup Guide to Getting Customers

Gabriel Weinberg

★★★★★
The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

Rob Fitzpatrick

★★★★★
The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War

The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War

Michael Shaara

★★★★★
The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

Eric Ries

★★★★★
Meditations

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

The Design of Everyday Things

The Design of Everyday Things

Donald A. Norman

★★★★★
The Art of War

The Art of War

Sun Tzu

★★★★★
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

Walter Isaacson

★★★★★
April 1865

April 1865

Jay Winik

★★★★★
The Martian

The Martian

Andy Weir

★★★★★
Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

★★★★★
Elon Musk

Elon Musk

Walter Isaacson

★★★★★
L'Etranger (Collection Folio, 2) (French Edition) Publisher: Gallimard

L'Etranger (Collection Folio, 2) (French Edition) Publisher: Gallimard

Albert Camus

★★★★★
Source Code: My Beginnings

Source Code: My Beginnings

Bill Gates

★★★★★
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

Timothy Ferriss

★★★★★
Fidel Castro My Life by Castro Fidel & Ignacio Ramonet

Fidel Castro My Life by Castro Fidel & Ignacio Ramonet

Fidel Castro

The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It

The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It

Michael E. Gerber

★★★★★
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

Angela Duckworth

★★★★★
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know

Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know

Malcolm Gladwell

★★★★★
Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most

Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most

Greg McKeown

★★★★★
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit Of Less

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit Of Less

Greg McKeown

★★★★★
Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

Chris Miller

★★★★★
The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master

The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master

Andrew Hunt

★★★★★
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

Brian Christian

★★★★★
The Least of Us

The Least of Us

Sam Quinones

★★★★★
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius

How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius

Donald J. Robertson

★★★★★
So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

Cal Newport

★★★★★
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

Cal Newport

★★★★★
How to Think Like Socrates

How to Think Like Socrates

Donald J. Robertson

★★★★★
Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

David Goggins

★★★★★
Atomic habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

Atomic habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

James Clear

★★★★★
Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great

Philip Freeman

★★★★★
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era

Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era

James M. McPherson

★★★★★
Caesar: Life of a Colossus

Caesar: Life of a Colossus

Adrian Goldsworthy

★★★★★
Napoleon: A Life

Napoleon: A Life

Andrew Roberts

★★★★★

Did Not Finish(1)

Dungeon Crawler Carl

Dungeon Crawler Carl

Matt Dinniman

Want to Read(39)

Master and Commander

Master and Commander

Patrick O'Brian

The Body: A Guide for Occupants

The Body: A Guide for Occupants

Bill Bryson

Kissinger

Kissinger

Walter Isaacson

Saint Thomas Aquinas

Saint Thomas Aquinas

G. K. Chesterton

Factfulness

Factfulness

Hans Rosling

The Winner Effect

The Winner Effect

Ian H. Robertson

Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable

Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable

Tim S. Grover

Winning: The Unforgiving Race to Greatness

Winning: The Unforgiving Race to Greatness

Tim S. Grover

Exhalation

Exhalation

Ted Chiang

Starship Troopers

Starship Troopers

Robert A. Heinlein

Stranger in a Strange Land

Stranger in a Strange Land

Robert A. Heinlein

Demon Copperhead

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

Bring Up the Bodies

Bring Up the Bodies

Hilary Mantel

Wolf Hall

Wolf Hall

Hilary Mantel

How I Learned to Understand the World: A Memoir

How I Learned to Understand the World: A Memoir

Hans Rosling

The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew

The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew

Lee Kuan Yew

Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945

Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945

Tony Judt

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

Jack Weatherford

The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts

The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts

Rhiannon Beaubien

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

James Nestor

Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

Sam Harris

Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

Ron Chernow

Life at the Speed of Play: Launch Products People Love!

Life at the Speed of Play: Launch Products People Love!

Mark Pincus

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

Matthew Walker

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

The Death of Ivan Ilyich

The Death of Ivan Ilyich

Leo Tolstoy

How We Die

How We Die

Sherwin B. Nuland

A Short History of Nearly Everything

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE

Phil Knight

Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

Ed Conway

Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity

Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity

Peter Attia

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Friedrich Nietzsche

Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body

Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body

Andrew D. Huberman

Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War

Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War

Stephen R. Platt

The Coming of the Third Reich

The Coming of the Third Reich

Richard J. Evans

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

Mary Beard

Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power

Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power

Niall Ferguson

The Last King of America

The Last King of America

Andrew Roberts