Jon Tavernier

Books

My goal is to read 20 books per year. I use GoodReads.com to track what I am reading, have read, and plan to read.

Books I have Recently Read

The most recent books I've read are shown below.

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Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)

A User's Guide to Democracy: How America Works

Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures

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Hanns and Rudolf: The True Story of the German Jew Who Tracked Down and Caught the Kommandant of Auschwitz

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Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World

Into the Abyss: An Extraordinary True Story

The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, From the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement

Atlas Obscura: Wild Life: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Living Wonders

Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science

The Survivors of the Clotilda: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the American Slave Trade

System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't

The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore

Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are

Super Fly: The Unexpected Lives of the World's Most Successful Insects

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The Product Book: How to Become a Great Product Manager

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On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer

Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus

Says Who? A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words

Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

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Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)

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All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

The Savior Generals: How Five Great Commanders Saved Wars That Were Lost - From Ancient Greece to Iraq

What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins

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Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

Under the Knife: A History of Surgery in 28 Remarkable Operations

Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century

A Brief History of Black Holes: And why nearly everything you know about them is wrong

The Killer Across the Table

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Fundamentals of Data Engineering: Plan and Build Robust Data Systems

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Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth

The Monster's Bones: The Discovery of T. Rex and How It Shook Our World

A Philosophy of Software Design

The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean

Nuclear War: A Scenario

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Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

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The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Everyday Life from the Stone Age to the Phone Age

What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds

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The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

Summary

I've read 410 books, totaling 127,606 pages since I started tracking in 2008. The ratings breakdown is:

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 145 books
⭐⭐⭐⭐ 158 books
⭐⭐⭐ 79 books
⭐⭐ 25 books
⭐ 3 books

All Time Favorites

My favorite books are listed below. I have read a few hundred, and given lots five stars, but here are my faves:

Favorite Tech Books

And here are my favorite technical and work books.