Here's a list of books I've read since graduating from college -- it's probably not an exhaustive list, but it's close.  Books I'd recommended are listed in bold.  Upon reflection, some of the recommendations (or non-recommendations) seem a little funny to me.  When I finish a book, I add it to the list and give my immediate opinion of whether or not I'd recommend it to others.  Although I'm tempted to change a few now, I'll stick by my initial appraisals...

Title

Author

Copyright

Read

Recommend

Fiction

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Adams, Douglas 1979
Yes Fiction
Restaurant at the End of the Universe, The Adams, Douglas 1980
Maybe Fiction
Life, the Universe and Everything Adams, Douglas 1982
Maybe Fiction
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish Adams, Douglas 1985
Maybe Fiction
Mostly Harmless Adams, Douglas 1992
Maybe Fiction
Tuesdays With Morrie Albom, Mitch 1997 Aug, 00
Yes NF
Primary Colors Anonymous 1996 Oct, 96
Yes Fiction
Days of Fire: Bush and Cheney in the White House
Baker, Peter
2013
Feb, 17
Yes
NF
Lindbergh Berg, A. Scott 1998 Mar, 01
Yes NF
All the President's Men Bernstein, Carl and Woodward, Bob 1974
Yes NF
Final Days, The Bernstein, Carl and Woodward, Bob 1976
Yes NF
In the Enemy's House: The Secret Saga of the FBI Agent and the Code Breaker Who Caught the Russian Spies Blum, Howard 2018 Jul, 22 Yes NF
Red Phoenix Bond, Larry 1990
Yes Fiction
Vortex Bond, Larry 1991
Maybe Fiction
Cauldron Bond, Larry 1993
No Fiction
Enemy Within, The Bond, Larry 1996 Mar, 96 No Fiction
Stealing the General: The Great Locomotive Chase and the First Medal of Honor
Bonds, Russell S.
2006
Jan, 13
No
NF
The Climb -- Tragic Ambitions on Everest Boukreev, Anatoli and DeWalt, G. Weston 1997 Dec, 98 Yes
NF
Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice
Bill Browder
2015
Jul, 18
Yes
NF
Sky Masters Brown, Dale 1991 Apr, 92 No Fiction
Da Vinci Code, The
Brown, Dan
2003
Dec, 09
Yes
Fiction
The Pinball Effect Burke, James 1996 May, 99 Maybe NF
Vendetta Burrough, Bryan 1992
Maybe NF
Barbarians at the Gate Burrough, Bryan and Helyar, John 1990
Yes NF
Braindroppings Carlin, George 1997 Jan, 99 No NF
The Night of the Gun: A reporter investigates the darkest story of his life. His own.
Carr, David
2008
Oct, 10
Yes
NF
Hunt for Red October, The Clancy, Tom 1984
Yes Fiction
Red Storm Rising Clancy, Tom 1986 Mar, 92 Yes Fiction
Patriot Games Clancy, Tom 1987 Jun, 92 Yes Fiction
Cardinal of the Kremlin Clancy, Tom 1988
Yes Fiction
Clear and Present Danger Clancy, Tom 1989
Yes Fiction
Sum of All Fears, The Clancy, Tom 1991
Maybe Fiction
Without Remorse Clancy, Tom 1993
Yes Fiction
Debt of Honor Clancy, Tom 1994
Yes Fiction
Executive Orders Clancy, Tom 1996 Sep, 96 Yes Fiction
Rainbow Six Clancy, Tom 1998 Sep, 98 Maybe Fiction
Bear and the Dragon, The
Clancy, Tom 2000 Oct, 00 Maybe Fiction
Red Rabbit
Clancy, Tom
2002
Jun, 03
No
Fiction
The Teeth of the Tiger
Clancy, Tom
2003
Aug, 07
No
Fiction
Netscape Time Clark, Jim 1999 Oct, 99 Yes NF
Twins--From Conception to Five Years Clegg, Averil and Woolett, Anne 1983 May, 01 No
NF
Ready Player One
Cline, Ernest
2011
Aug, 15
No
Fiction
Fish Don't Clap: Planning For A Purposeful Retirement
Connors, Brad
2014
Jul, 15
Yes
NF
Terminal Man, The Crichton, Michael 1972 Jan, 97 No Fiction
Congo Crichton, Michael 1980
No Fiction
Sphere Crichton, Michael 1987
Maybe Fiction
Jurassic Park Crichton, Michael 1990
Maybe Fiction
Rising Sun Crichton, Michael 1992
Yes Fiction
Disclosure Crichton, Michael 1993
No Fiction
Lost World, The Crichton, Michael 1995 May, 97 No Fiction
Airframe Crichton, Michael 1996 Jan, 97 Maybe Fiction
Neanderthal Darnton, John 1996 Jul, 97 No Fiction
Java Web Component Developer Certification
Deshmukh, Hanumant and Malavia, Jignesh
2003
Oct, 03
Yes (techie)
NF
In Confidence Dobrynin, Anatoly 1995 Jun, 97 Yes NF
Informant, The
Eichenwald, Kurt
2000
Aug, 04
Yes
NF
Conspiracy of Fools
Eichenwald, Kurt
Jul, 05
Yes
NF
Watergate Emery, Fred 1994
Yes NF
MR. ROBOT: Red Wheelbarrow: (eps1.91_redwheelbarr0w.txt)
Esmail, Sam and Looney, Courtney
2016
Feb, 17
No
Fiction
Whole Shebang, The Ferris, Timothy 1997 Feb, 98 No NF
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
Feynman, Richard P.
1985

Yes NF
What Do You Care What Other People Think?
Feynman, Richard P.
1988
Feb, 96
Yes NF
Term Limits Flynn, Vince 1997 May, 00 No Fiction
Eye of the Needle Follett, Ken 1978
No Fiction
Triple Follett, Ken 1979 Jan, 99 No Fiction
Pillars of the Earth, The Follett, Ken 1989 Mar, 97 Yes Fiction
Night Over Water Follett, Ken 1991
Maybe Fiction
Third Twin, The Follett, Ken 1996 Aug, 97 No Fiction
World Without End
Follett, Ken
2007
May, 09
Yes
Fiction
Fourth Protocol, The Forsyth, Frederick 1984
No Fiction
UML Distilled Fowler, Martin with Scott, Kendall 1997 May, 99 Yes (techie) NF
The End of Iraq
Galbraith, Peter W.
2006
Feb, 09
No
NF
Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency
Gellman, Barton
2008
Nov, 09
Yes
NF
The Tipping Point Gladwell, Malcolm 2000 Oct, 02 Yes NF
Blink
Gladwell, Malcolm
2005
Mar, 07
Yes
NF
No Ordinary Time
Goodwin, Doris Kearns
1994
Dec, 05
Yes
NF
'A' is for Alibi Grafton, Sue 1982
No Fiction
The Elegant Universe
Greene, Brian
1999
Sep, 06
Yes
NF
No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State
Greenwald, Glenn
2015
Aug, 16
No
NF
In Search of Schrodinger's Cat Gribbin, John 1984
Maybe NF
Schrodinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality Gribbin, John 1995 Feb, 97 No NF
Time to Kill, A Grisham, John 1989
Maybe Fiction
Firm, The Grisham, John 1991
Yes Fiction
Pelican Brief, The Grisham, John 1992
Maybe Fiction
Client, The Grisham, John 1993
No Fiction
Chamber, The Grisham, John 1994 Mar, 96 Maybe Fiction
Rainmaker Grisham, John 1995
No Fiction
Partner, The Grisham, John 1997 Sep, 99 Maybe Fiction
Testament, The Grisham, John 1999 Feb, 00 No
Fiction
Civil Action, A Harr, Jonathan 1995 Apr, 97 Yes NF
Game Change:  Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime
Heilemann, John and Halperin, Mark
2010
May, 10
Yes
NF
Double Down: Game Change 2012
Heilemann, John and Halperin, Mark 2013
Jul, 14
Yes
NF
"All You Zombies-"
Heinlein, Robert A.
1959
Jan, 15
Maybe
Fiction
Chain of Command:  The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib
Hersh, Seymour
2005
Oct, 07
No
NF
Revolution in The Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made
Hertzfeld, Andy
2004
Jul, 12
Yes
NF
Seabiscuit Hillenbrand, Laura 2001 Apr, 03 Yes NF
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Hillenbrand, Laura
2010
Mar, 14
Yes
NF
The Areas of My Expertise
Hodgman, John
2006
Jun, 07
Maybe
Fiction
Steve Jobs
Isaacson, Walter
2011
May, 12
Maybe
NF
Los Alamos Kanon, Joseph 1997 Mar, 98 No Fiction
Macintosh Way, The Kawasaki, Guy 1989
Yes NF
Selling the Dream Kawasaki, Guy 1991 Apr, 96 Maybe NF
Our Man In Tokyo: An American Ambassador and the Countdown to Pearl Harbor Kemper, Steve
2022
Jul, 23
Yes
NF
Soul of a New Machine, The Kidder, Tracy 1981
Yes NF
The Stand:  The Complete & Uncut Edition
King, Stephen
1990
Jul, 10
Yes
Fiction
11/22/63
King, Stephen
2011
Jun, 16
Yes
Fiction
Into the Wild Krakauer, Jon 1996 Jul, 97 Yes NF
Into Thin Air Krakauer, Jon 1997 May, 98 Yes NF
Failure Is Not An Option
Kranz, Gene
2000
Feb, 04
Maybe
NF
Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II
Kurson, Robert
2005
Feb, 09
Yes
NF
Constant Gardener, The le Carre, John 2001 Apr, 01 Yes Fiction
God Particle, The Lederman, Leon with Teresi, Dick 1993
Yes NF
To Kill a Mockingbird
Lee, Harper
1960
Sep, 08
Yes
Fiction
Tuva or Bust! Leighton, Ralph 1996 Mar, 97 No NF
Irreconcilable Differences Levin, Doron P. 1989 May, 98 Yes NF
The Chronicles of Narnia
Lewis, C.S.
1950
Jul, 07
Yes
Fiction
Liar's Poker Lewis, Michael 1989 Jan, 99 Maybe NF
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
Lewis, Michael
2010
May, 16
Yes
NF
Where Does the Weirdness Go? Lindley, David 1996 Aug, 97 Maybe NF
oPtion$:  The Secret Life of Steve Jobs
Lyons, Daniel (Fake Steve Jobs)
2007
Feb, 09
Maybe
Fiction
Terrible Hours, The Maas, Peter 1999 Dec, 00 Maybe NF
Operation Mincement: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory (Audible Edition)
Macintyre, Ben
2010
Oct, 12
Yes
NF
The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief
Macintyre, Ben
2011
Dec, 22
Yes
NF
Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies
Macintyre, Ben
2012
May, 14
Yes
NF
A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal
Macintyre, Ben 2014 Jul, 19
Yes
NF
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
Macintyre, Ben 2018
Jun, 19
Yes
NF
Wicked
Maguire, Gregory
1995
Feb, 07
Yes
Fiction
Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War Macintyre, Ben 2016 Mar, 22 Yes NF
Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy Macintyre, Ben 2020 Jun, 22 Yes NF
A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book One
Martin, George R.R.
1996
Sep, 14
Yes
Fiction
A Clash of Kings: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book Two
Martin, George R.R.
2000
Nov, 14
Yes
Fiction
A Storm of Swords: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book Three
Martin, George R.R. 2003
Jan, 15
Yes
Fiction
A Feast for Crows:  A Song of Ice and Fire, Book Four
Martin, George R.R. 2005
Feb, 15
Maybe
Fiction
A Dance with Dragons:  A Song of Ice and Fire, Book Five
Martin, George R.R. 2011 Mar, 15
Yes
Fiction
Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House
Mastromonaco, Alyssa
2017
Jun, 19
Yes
NF
Daniel's Story (Audible.com)
Matas, Carol
1993
Apr, 12
No
Fiction
Road, The
McCarthy, Cormac
2006
Jul, 09
Maybe
Fiction
The Path Between the Seas
McCullough, David
1977
Sep, 05
Yes
NF
John Adams
McCullough, David
2001
Nov, 04
Yes
NF
The Wright Brothers
McCullough, David
2015
Jul, 16
No
NF
Little Yellow Dog, A Mosley, Walter 1996 Dec, 96 Yes Fiction
Apollo
Murray, Charles and Bly Cox, Catherine
1989
Mar, 16
Yes
NF
Eight, The Neville, Katherine 1988
Yes Fiction
Calculated Risk, A Neville, Katherine 1992
No Fiction
In the Center of the Nation O'Brien, Dan 1991 May, 98 Yes Fiction
Going After Cacciato O'Brien, Tim 1975 Feb, 99 Yes Fiction
Nuclear Age, The O'Brien, Tim 1979 May, 97 Maybe Fiction
Things They Carried, The O'Brien, Tim 1990 Apr, 98 Yes Fiction
Lake of the Woods, In the O'Brien, Tim 1994 Apr, 96 Yes Fiction
Age and Guile Beat youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut O'Rourke, P. J. 1995 Jan, 97
Maybe
NF
Shadow Without a Name
Padilla, Ignacio
2000
Apr, 04
Yes
Fiction
My American Journey Powell, Colin with Persico, Joseph E. 1995
Maybe NF
Heisenberg's War Powers, Thomas 1993
No NF
His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass
Pullman, Philip
2001
May, 20
Yes
Fiction
His Dark Materials: The Subtle Knife
Pullman, Philip 2001 May, 20 Yes
Fiction
His Dark Materials: The Amber Spyglass
Pullman, Philip 2001 June, 20 Yes
Fiction
Speeding the Net Quittner, Joshua and Slatalla, Michelle 1998 Jun, 98 Yes NF
The Mastermind: Drugs. Empire. Murder. Betrayal.
Ratliff, Evan
2019
Dec, 19
No
NF
Making of the Atomic Bomb, The Rhodes, Richard 1986 Sep, 93 Yes NF
Dark Sun Rhodes, Richard 1995 Oct, 95 Maybe NF
Deadly Feasts Rhodes, Richard 1997 Jul, 99 Maybe NF
Skunk Works Rich, Ben R. and Janos, Leo 1994 Sep, 97 Yes NF
Fiasco
Ricks, Thomas E.
2006
Jan, 08
Yes
NF
Gamble, The
Ricks, Thomas E.
2009
Aug, 11
Yes
NF
Still Life with Woodpecker Robbins, Tom 1980 Mar, 01 Yes Fiction
Jitterbug Perfume Robbins, Tom 1984 Aug, 98 Yes
Fiction
The Complete Java 2 Certification Study Guide
Roberts, Simon; Heller, Philip; and Ernest, Michael
1999
Feb, 01
Yes (techie)
NF
Body and Soul Roddick, Anita 1991
No NF
The Elephant in the Room: A Journey into the Trump Campaign and the "Alt-Right"
Ronson, Jon
2016
Oct, 16
Yes
NF
The Name of the Wind:  The King Killer Chronicle:  Day One
Rothfuss, Patrick
2007
Feb, 16
Yes
Fiction
The Wise Man's Fear:  The Kingkiller Chronicle:  Day Two
Rothfuss, Patrick
2011
Apr, 16
Yes
Fiction
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Rowling, J. K. 1997 Sep, 00 Yes Fiction
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Rowling, J. K. 1999 Sep, 00 Maybe Fiction
The Four Agreements:  A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Ruiz, Don Miguel
1997
Dec, 13
Maybe
NF
Massive:  The Missing Particle That Sparked the Greatest Hunt in Science
Sample, Ian
2010
Sep, 11
Maybe
NF
It Doesn't Take a Hero Schwarzkopf, H. Norman 1992
Maybe NF
Odyssey Sculley, John with Byrne, John A. 1987
Maybe NF
Holidays on Ice Sedaris, David 1997 May, 02 Yes Fiction
Moon Shot Shepard, Alan and Slayton, Deke 1994 Oct, 97 Maybe NF
Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, The Shirer, William L. 1959 May, 94 Yes NF
Code Book, The
Singh, Simon
1999
Dec, 03
Yes
NF
Simple Plan, A Smith, Scott 1994
Maybe Fiction
Blind Man's Bluff:  The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage
Sontag, Sherry; Drew, Christopher; Drew, Annette Lawrence
1999
Jul, 07
Yes
NF
Private Parts Stern, Howard 1993
Maybe NF
Miss America Stern, Howard 1995
Maybe NF
DisneyWar
Stewart, James B.
2005
Mar, 07
Yes
NF
God Said, Ha! Sweeney, Julia 1997 Jan, 99 Maybe NF
Control Your Destiny or Someone Else Will Tichy, Noel M. and Sherman, Stratford 1993
Yes NF
Gate, The Van Der Zee, John 1986
No NF
Gang Leader for a Day:  A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
Venkatesh, Sudhir
2008
Mar, 09
Yes
NF
No Shortcuts to the Top
Viesturs, Ed
2006
Feb, 08
Maybe
NF
God's Politics:  Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It
Wallis, Jim
2006
Jun, 07
Yes
NF
World at Arms, A Weinberg, Gerhard L. 1994 May, 96 Maybe NF
Martian, The
Weir, Andy
2014
Apr, 15
Yes
Fiction
Project Hail Mary
Weir, Andy
2021
May, 21
Yes
Fiction
Intuitionist, The
Whitehead, Colson
1999
Nov, 03
Yes
Fiction
The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War Whitlock, Craig 2021 Jul, 22 Yes NF
Feeding The Mouth That Bites You: A Complete Guide to Parenting Adolescents and Launching Them Into the World
Wilgus, Kenneth
2015
Aug, 16
Yes
NF
Veil Woodward, Bob 1987
Yes NF
Commanders, The Woodward, Bob 1991
Yes NF
Agenda, The Woodward, Bob 1994
Yes NF
Choice, The Woodward, Bob 1996 Aug, 96 Yes NF
Maestro: Greenspan's Fed and the American Boom
Woodward, Bob
2001
Sep, 07
Yes
NF
Bush at War Woodward, Bob
2002
Jun, 03
Yes NF
Plan of Attack
Woodward, Bob
2004
Jul, 04
Yes
NF
Secret Man, The
Woodward, Bob
2005
Jul, 05
No
NF
State of Denial
Woodward, Bob
2006
Nov, 06
Yes
NF
War Within, The
Woodward, Bob
2008
Nov, 08
Yes
NF
Fear: Trump in the White House Woodward, Bob 2018 Mar, 19 Yes NF
Rage Woodward, Bob 2020 Jul, 21 Yes NF
Peril Woodward, Bob 2021 Mar, 22 Yes NF
Brethren, The Woodward, Bob and Armstrong, Scott 1979 Mar, 98 Yes NF
iWoz:  Computer Geek to Cult Icon
Wozniak, Steve
2007
Nov, 12
Yes
NF
Looming Tower, The
Wright, Lawrence
2006
Dec, 06
Yes
NF
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
Wright, Lawrence
2013
Aug, 15
Yes
NF
Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World
Wright, Tom
2018
Feb, 20
Yes
NF
Star Wars: Heir to the Empire Zahn, Timothy 1991
No Fiction