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.

FBI Myths and Misconceptions: A Manual for Armchair Detectives

The Truth About Lies: The Illusion of Honesty and the Evolution of Deceit

Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America

The Skeleton Cupboard: The Making of a Clinical Psychologist

Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet

The Devil You Know: Encounters in Forensic Psychiatry

Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

Beyond the Badge: Crime, Justice, and the FBI in Thailand

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How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between

Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

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438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea

The Truth Detector: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide for Getting People to Reveal the Truth (The Like Switch Series Book 2)

The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World

Dealing With Uncertainty: The Art and Science of Resilience and Decision-Making

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects

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The Man Who Broke Capitalism: How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of Corporate America—and How to Undo His Legacy

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A Very Short History of the Israel–Palestine Conflict

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Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health

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Big Ideas, Little Pictures: Explaining the World One Sketch at a Time

The Things We Make: The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans

What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2024

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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

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)

Summary

I've read 433 books, totaling 133,881 pages since I started tracking in 2008. The ratings breakdown is:

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 151 books
⭐⭐⭐⭐ 168 books
⭐⭐⭐ 86 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.