| The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Green | | Jun 2004 |
| The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey | | Jun 2004 |
| 9-11 by Noam Chomsky | | May 2003 |
| Accidental Empires by Robert Cringely | | May 2003 |
| The Age Of Spiritual Machines by Ray Kurzweil | | May 2003 |
| All The Myriad Ways by Larry Niven | | Aug 2005 |
| All You Zombies by Robert A Heinlein | | Sep 2005 |
| The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon | | Aug 2003 |
| Amazon.com: Get Big Fast by Robert Spector | | May 2003 |
| American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis | | Apr 2003 |
| The Art Of Unix Programming by Eric S Raymond | | May 2003 |
| Artificial Life by Steven Levy | | May 2003 |
| Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand | | Jun 2004 |
| Aye, and Gomorrah and other stories by Samuel R Delany | Slashdot recommendation | Dec 2003 |
| Behold The Man by Michael Moorcock | | Dec 2005 |
| Belligerence and Debauchery: The Tucker Max Stories by Tucker Max | | Jun 2005 |
| Beowulf: A New Translation by Seamus Heaney | | Dec 2005 |
| Big Blues: The Unmaking of IBM by Paul Carroll | | May 2003 |
| Billions and Billions by Carl Sagan | | Jun 2004 |
| The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker | | Aug 2010 |
| Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage by | Recommended by Slashdot readers in a discussion on Echelon. | May 2004 |
| Blood and Guts in High School by Kathy Acker | | Feb 2006 |
| Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency by James Bamford | Recommended by Slashdot readers in a discussion on Echelon. | May 2004 |
| Brute Force by Matt Curtin | | Sep 2005 |
| Bugs by John Sladek | | Aug 2004 |
| C#: How to Program by | Having to read this for work... | Apr 2004 |
| C++ How To Program by | | Apr 2003 |
| Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut | | Jun 2004 |
| Chaos by James Gleick | | Jun 2004 |
| A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess | Recommended on the Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List | Dec 2003 |
| Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace by Lawrence Lessig | | May 2003 |
| The Code Book by Simon Singh | | May 2003 |
| Code Reading: The Open Source Perspective by Diomidis Spinellis | | Jun 2003 |
| Codebreakers by David Kahn | | Jun 2004 |
| Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools by Alfred V Aho | Also known as The Dragon Book, a classic text I should have read by now | Jun 2005 |
| Consciousness Explained by | | Jun 2004 |
| Contact by Carl Sagan | | Aug 2003 |
| Cowl by Neal Asher | | Jul 2010 |
| The Creative Loop: How The Brain Makes a Mind by | | Jun 2004 |
| Critical Path by R Buckminster | | Jun 2004 |
| The Cyberiad by Stanislaw Lem | | Dec 2003 |
| Cyberpunk by Katie Hafner | | May 2003 |
| Cyberpunk and Cyberculture by Dani Cavallaro | | May 2003 |
| Days by James Lovegrove | | Dec 2005 |
| Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller | | Jun 2004 |
| Descartes Error by Antonio R Damasio | | Jun 2004 |
| Design Patterns by | | Mar 2003 |
| Developer's Guide to Multiplayer Games by | | Nov 2003 |
| A Devil's Chaplain by Richard Dawkins | I loved The Blind Watchmaker by Dawkins so I plan to read his other books... | Dec 2003 |
| The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce | | Jun 2004 |
| The Devouring Fungus: Tales from the Computer Age by Karla Jennings | | Mar 2004 |
| Diaspora by Greg Egan | | Jun 2004 |
| Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason and Seeking Truth in the Sciences by Rene Descartes | | Jun 2004 |
| Downsize This! by Michael Moore | | Apr 2003 |
Dragon's Egg (Del Ray Impact) by Robert L Forward | Mentioned on some TV show, sounds interesting, life on a nova star. | Sep 2004 |
| Dressing the Man by Alan Flusser | Book about how to dress. Interesting. I should read this. | Jun 2004 |
| Dude, Where's My Country? by Michael Moore | | Aug 2004 |
Eats, Shites & Leaves by Antal Parody | | Jun 2005 |
| Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss | | Sep 2004 |
| Erasure by Percival Everett | | Jun 2004 |
| The Ethics of Madness by Larry Niven | | Jul 2004 |
| Fade-out by Patrick Tilley | | Dec 2005 |
| Faster by James Gleick | | May 2003 |
| Fatherland by Robert Harris | | Oct 2005 |
| Fevre Dream by George RR Martin | | Dec 2005 |
| Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk | | May 2003 |
| A Fire Upon The Deep by Vinge Vernor | | Jun 2004 |
| First Meetings by Scott Orson Card | | Jun 2005 |
| First Things First by Stephen Covey | | Jun 2004 |
Flow my Tears, The Policeman Said by Philip K Dick | | Jun 2004 |
| Forensic Discovery by Dan Farmer | | Jul 2005 |
| Franny and Zooey by JD Sallinger | | Jun 2004 |
| Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven Levitt | | Nov 2005 |
| A Game of Thrones by RR Martin | | Jul 2003 |
| The Geek Handbook by Mikki Halpin | | May 2003 |
| Getting to Yes: Neogotiating Agreement Without Giving In by | | Jun 2004 |
| The Giver by Lois Lowry | | Sep 2010 |
| Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell | | Jun 2003 |
| Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes | Mentioned on slashdot. | Dec 2009 |
| Good Hacking for Penetration Testers by Johnny Long | Recommended in a slashdot article, probably best if I get around to reading Google Hacking first though.. | Jun 2005 |
| The Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove | | Aug 2005 |
| Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamon | Recommended and referenced by Scott Orson Card in the epilogue to Shadow of the Hegemon, looks like I'd learn something from this book. | Apr 2004 |
| Hackers by Steven Levy | | May 2003 |
| Hard to be a God by AB Strugatski | Recommended on the Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List | Dec 2003 |
The Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons | Recommended on the Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List | Dec 2003 |
| I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max | | Jul 2010 |
If We're So In Love Why Aren't We Happy? by Susan Page | | May 2005 |
The Illuminatus! Trilogy by | | Mar 2004 |
| In The Beginning Was The Command Line by Neal Stephenson | I'm sure I've read this about three times already... Need to make it offical though.. | Jun 2004 |
| Insanely Great by Steven Levy | | May 2003 |
| Integral Psychology by Ken Wilber | | Jun 2004 |
| Inverse Problem Theory by | | Jun 2004 |
| Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison | | Jun 2004 |
| Java Tutorial, Third Edition by Mary Campione | Started reading this as a reminder after Gemma mentioned she wanted help with her Computer Science assessments. | Jun 2005 |
| Java: How To Program by | Excellent publisher, great programming books, need to recap Java. | Dec 2003 |
| Just Checking by Emily Colas | | Aug 2003 |
| King Rat by China Mieville | | Jan 2006 |
| Lamb by Christopher Moore | | Jun 2004 |
| Last Legends of Earth by AA Attanasio | Recommended by Colin | May 2004 |
| The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore | | Dec 2005 |
Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis | | May 2003 |
| Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them by Al Franken | Slashdot recommendation | Dec 2003 |
| Life with UNIX: A Guide for Everyone by | | Oct 2003 |
| The Linux Kernel Book by Ric Dumas | Recommended in the Reading-List-HOWTO | Dec 2003 |
| Linux Kernel Programming by | | Dec 2003 |
| Linux Toys: 13 Projects for Home, Office and Entertainment by Chris Negus | Recommended on Slashdot, sounds like a fun book | Nov 2004 |
| The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis | | Dec 2003 |
| The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy G Kay | Recommended on the Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List | Dec 2003 |
| Look to Winward by Iain M Banks | | Dec 2005 |
| Lucifer's Dragon by Jon Courtenay Grimwood | | May 2003 |
| The Machinery of Freedom by David D Friedman | | May 2003 |
| The Magicians Nephew by CS Lewis | | Dec 2005 |
| Making History by Stephen Fry | | Dec 2005 |
| The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold | | Sep 2005 |
| The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Stories by | | Jun 2004 |
| Mao by Jung Chang | | Jun 2005 |
| Marijuana Time by Ken Lukowiak | bigkevmcd recommended this to me, will try and borrow it at some point. | Sep 2003 |
| The Meaning of Tingo by Adam Jacot de Boinod | | Dec 2005 |
| Megamistakes by Steven Schnaars | Recommended on Slashdot. 'Professor Schaar.s book talks about science and technology forecasting and how wildly wrong such forecasts almost always are. He then goes on to talk about why forecasts go wrong.' | Nov 2004 |
| Metamagical Themas by Douglas Hofstadter | | Apr 2006 |
| Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides | Slashdot recommendation | Dec 2003 |
| The Midnight Eye Files #1: The Amulet by William Meikle | | Dec 2005 |
| The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey | | Jun 2004 |
| The Moon and Sixpence by W Somerset Maugham | | Jun 2004 |
| More than Human by Theodore Sturgeon | Recommended on the Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List | Dec 2003 |
| The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven | | Aug 2010 |
| The Mythical Man Month by Frederick Brooks | | Oct 2003 |
| Naked by David Sedaris | | Aug 2003 |
| Never Hit a Jellyfish with a Spade: How To Survive Life's Smaller Challenges by Guy Browning | | Jun 2005 |
| The New Jackals by Simon Reeve | | May 2003 |
| The New New Thing by Michael Lewis | | May 2003 |
| The Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur Clarke | | Jul 2005 |
| No Logo by Naomi Klein | | May 2003 |
| The Nudist on the Late Shift by Po Bronson | | May 2003 |
| The Odyssey by | Must read this soon. | Jun 2004 |
| One Market Under God by Thomas Frank | | May 2003 |
| Open Source Development with CVS by Karl Fogel | | Jun 2005 |
| Operating Systems, Design and Implementation by Andrew S Tanenbaum | Recommended in the Reading-List-HOWTO | Dec 2003 |
| Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming by Peter Norvig | | Jun 2004 |
| Pashazade: The Frist Arabesk by Jon Courtenay Grimwood | | Dec 2005 |
| Pattern Recognition by William Gibson | | Dec 2003 |
| Pawn of Prophecy (The Belgariad, Book 1) by David Eddings | | Jun 2005 |
| Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind | | Dec 2005 |
| The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster | | Jun 2004 |
| A Place So Foreign and Eight More by Cory Doctorow | Slashdot recommendation | Dec 2003 |
| The Power of Persuasion: How We're Bought and Sold by Robert Levine | | Apr 2004 |
| The Primal Scream by Arthur Janov | | Jun 2004 |
| The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli | | Jun 2004 |
| Programming C#, Third Edition by Jesse Liberty | | May 2004 |
| The Psychology of Computer Programming by Gerald Weinberg | | May 2003 |
| Quarantine by Greg Egan | Recommended on the Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List | Dec 2003 |
| A Quarter Century of Unix by Peter Salus | | May 2003 |
| Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson | | Dec 2003 |
| Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants by Robert Sullivan | Not sure where I heard about this book - sounds interesting though | Jun 2004 |
| Real World Linux Security by Bob Toxen | | Apr 2003 |
| Replay by Ken Grimwood | 1 Recommended on the Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List | Dec 2003 |
| Ring by Stephen Baxter | | Jun 2004 |
| Roadside Picnic by AB Strugatski | Recommended on the Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List | Dec 2003 |
The Robot Builder's Bonanza by Gordon McComb | I've had this book for months, but never actually got around to reading it 'till now. | May 2005 |
| Science As A Candle In The Dark by Carl Sagan | | Jun 2004 |
| Secrets and Lies by Bruce Schneier | | Apr 2003 |
| Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems by Ross Anderson | Recommended in the Reading-List-HOWTO | Dec 2003 |
| The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins | I loved The Blind Watchmaker by Dawkins so I plan to read his other books... | Dec 2003 |
Sex Tips For Girls by Cynthia Heimel | | Apr 2004 |
| Shadow of the Giant by Scott Orson Card | | Jun 2005 |
| Sherlock Holmes: The Final Problem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | | Jun 2004 |
| Show Me How by Lauren Smith | | Jul 2010 |
| Silicon Snake Oil by Clifford Stoll | | May 2003 |
| Solider of the Mist by Gene Wolfe | Recommended on the Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List | Dec 2003 |
A Song of Ice and Fire by George R Martin | Recommended on the Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List | Dec 2003 |
| Sperm Warms by Robin Baker | | Jun 2010 |
| The Star Diaries by Stanislaw Lem | Rumoured to be where Douglas Adams got his writing style from. Need to read this. Mentioned by a guy on slashdot. | May 2004 |
| Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli | | Aug 2003 |
| Start Up by Jerry Kaplan | | May 2003 |
| Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach | Mentioned on Slashdot, sounds interesting. | Sep 2009 |
| Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition by Harold Abelson | Edward mentioned he wanted to read it | Jan 2005 |
| The Survivalist: The Quest by Jerry Ahern | Left this somewhere, was quite enjoying it. Will get it again. | Sep 2009 |
| Takedown by Tsutoma Shimomura | | May 2003 |
| The Tao of Programming by James Geoffrey | | Mar 2004 |
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu | This book is recommended by everybody who makes a list of 'great books' or 'books that changed my life' and they never mention what the fsck its about - just stuff like; 'if you haven't read it, read it' and nothing descriptive. I suppose I better track | Jun 2004 |
| Tau Zero by Frederick Pohl | | Jun 2005 |
| Ten Philosophical Mistakes by Mortimer J Adler | | Jun 2004 |
| Thinking in C++, Vol 1 (2nd Ed) by Bruce Eckel | | Nov 2003 |
| Thinking Straight by Anthony Flew | This would help me I think, I'm killing too many brain cells. | Jun 2004 |
| Three Men and a Boat by Jerome K Jerome | | Jun 2004 |
| Time is the Simplest Thing by Clifford Simak | | Jun 2004 |
| Time Management for System Administrators by Thomas Limoncelli | | Oct 2005 |
| Time Travel in Einstein's Universe by Richard Gott | | Jul 2005 |
| True Names by Vinge Vernor | Recommended on the Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List | Dec 2003 |
| Unix Network Programming, volume 1 -- Networking APIs: Sockets and XTI by Richard Stevens | Recommended in the Reading-List-HOWTO | Dec 2003 |
| The Unseen Hand by Ralph Epperson | | Jun 2004 |
Utopia by Thomas Moore | | Sep 2005 |
| The Vorkosigan Series by Lois M Bujold | Recommended on the Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List | Dec 2003 |
| Weaving The Web by Tim Berners-Lee | | May 2003 |
| What They Don't Teach You At Harvard Business School by Mark McCormack | | Jul 2005 |
| What Went Wrong? Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response by Bernard Lewis | Recommended in Scott Orson Card's Shadow Puppets | Apr 2004 |
| When Technology Fails by Matthew Stein | | Sep 2005 |
| Where Wizards Stay Up Late by Katie Hafner | | May 2003 |
| Who Goes There by John Campbell | | Dec 2005 |
| The Wiedzmin Stories by A Sapkowski | Recommended on the Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List | Dec 2003 |
| The World According to Garp by John Irving | | Jun 2004 |
| The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook by Joshua Piven | | May 2003 |
