What I’m Reading

I have kept a list of every book or audiobook I have read or listened to since 2016. I am keeping this list up to date.  Some include the dates that I read them (not the dates they were published).

Disclaimer: I don’t always read books that I agree with. A book in this list is not an endorsement.

• Crazy From The Heat, by David Lee Roth (Dec 2024)
• Sex, Drums, Rock ‘n’ Roll! The Hardest Hitting Man in Show Business, by Kenny Aronoff (Dec 2024)
• Stronger: Forty Days of Metal and Spirituality, by Brian “Head” Welch (Dec 2024)
• Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, by Susan Cain (Nov 2024)
• Brothers, by Alex van Halen (Nov 2024)
• Appetite for Dysfunction: A Cautionary Tale, by Vicky Hamilton (Nov 2024)
• Nirvana: the Amplifications, by Michael Azerrad (Nov 2024)
• Heavier than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain, by Charles R. Cross (Oct 2024)
• The Case for Miracles: A Journalist Investigates the Evidence for the Supernatural, by Lee Strobel (Oct 2024)
• Rocks: My Life In and Out of Aerosmith, by Joe Perry (Oct 2024)
• Nöthin’ But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the ’80s Hard Rock Explosion, by Tom Beaujour (Oct 2024)
• Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?, by Steven Tyler (Sep 2024)
• Mustaine, by Dave Mustaine (Sep 2024)
• Birth School Metallica Death, Volume 1, by Paul Brannigan (Sep 2024)
• How to Be a Man (and Other Illusions), by Duff McKagan (Sep 2024)
• Let Love Rule, by Lenny Kravitz (Aug 2024)
• Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny, by Holly Madison (Aug 2024)
• Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock, by Sammy Hagar (Aug 2024)
• The Republic, by Plato (Aug 2024)
• Runnin’ with the Devil: A Backstage Pass to the Wild Times, Loud Rock, and the Down and Dirty Truth Behind the Making of Van Halen, by Noel Monk (Jul 2024)
• Van Halen Rising: How a Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal, by Greg Renoff (Jul 2024)
• Mr. Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream, by Steven Watts (Jul 2024)
• NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories, by NOFX with Jeff Alulis (Jul 2024)
• Gimme Something Better: The Profound, Progressive, and Occasionally Pointless History of Bay Area Punk from Dead Kennedys to Green Day, by Jack Boulware and Silke Tudor (Jul 2024)
• My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, Drugs, and Guns N’ Roses, by Steven Adler (Jun 2024)
• This Is Gonna Hurt: Music, Photography, and Life Through the Distorted Lens of Nikki Sixx, by Nikki Sixx (Jun 2024)
• Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of the Black Crowes – A Memoir, by Steve Gorman, Steven Hyden (May 2024)
• The Dirt: Confessions of the World’s Most Notorious Rock Band, by Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars (May 2024)
• Annals, by Tacitus (May 2024)
• Josephus
  • Antiquities of the Jews (Mar 2024)
  • The Jewish War (April 2024)
• How to Be a Leader, by Plutarch (Author), Jeffrey Beneker (Editor, Translator) (Mar 2024)
• Aquinas’ Shorter Summa, by Thomas Aquinas (Mar 2024)
• Aristotle
  • Nicomachean Ethics (Feb 2024)
    • This abridged version is also very good and accessible: How to Flourish, selections from Nicomachean Ethics with commentary by Susan Sauvé Meyer
  • Politics (Feb 2024)
• Ethics of Aristotle, by Joseph Koterski (Jan 2024)
• Michael Sandel
  • What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets (Jan 2024)
  • The Case Against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering (Jan 2024)
  • Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do? (Dec 2023)
  • The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good? (Oct 2023)
• After Virtue, by Alasdair MacIntyre (Jan 2024)
• The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, by Edmund Morris (Dec 2023)
• The Anarchist Handbook, by Michael Malice (Nov 2023)
• Miracles Today, by Craig Keener (Nov 2023)
• A People’s History of the United States, by Howard Zinn (Oct 2023)
• Jesus the Purifier: John’s Gospel and the Fourth Quest for the Historical Jesus, by Craig Blomberg (Sep 2023)
• Carlo Rovelli
  • Anaximander and the Birth of Science (Sep 2023)
  • The Order of Time (Feb 2020)
  • Reality Is Not What It Seems
• Father Gabriele Amorth (Aug 2023)
  • Father Amorth: My Battle Against Satan
  • An Exorcist Explains the Demonic: The Antics of Satan and His Army of Fallen Angels
  • An Exorcist Tells His Story
• Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, by James Nestor (May 2023)
• Apocalypticism in the Dead Sea Scrolls, by John Collins (Feb 2023)
• Deep Learning with Python, by Luke Harris (Mar 2022)
• Dataclysm, by Christian Rudder (Feb 2022)
• Ancient Greece, by Thomas R Martin (Jan 2022)
• Measure What Matters, by John Doerr (Dec 2021)
• Atomic Habits, by James Clear (Dec 2021)
• Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, by Neil deGrasse Tyson (Nov 2021)
• A Brief History of Time, by Stephen Hawking (Nov 2021)
• Wired for Love, How Understanding Your Partner’s Brain and Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict and Build a Secure Relationship, by Stan Tatkin (Oct 2021)
• Until the End of Time by Brian Greene (Sep 2021)
• Daniel J. Siegel, Tina Payne Bryson
  • No-Drama Discipline (May 2021)
  • The Whole-Brain Child (Apr 2021)
• The Apocrypha: The Complete Volume: Including the Books of Enoch, Jubilees, and Jasher by Joseph Lumpkin (Jan 2021)
• Healer by Joseph Dispenza (Dec 2020)
• D DAY Through German Eyes by Holger Eckhertz (Nov 2020)
• D-Day by Stephen E. Ambrose (Nov 2020)
• The Ancient Dead Sea Scroll Calendar by Ken Johnson (Oct 2020)
• The New Syriac Primer: An Introduction to the Syriac Language by George Kiraz (Sep 2020)
• Puppy Training 101, by Camille Holloway (Jun 2020)
• Zak George’s Dog Training Revolution, by Zak George (Jun 2020)
• The Secret History of the World by Mark Booth (Jun 2020)
• Gabriele Boccaccini
  • Roots of Rabbinic Judaism (March 2020)
  • Beyond the Essene Hypothesis. The Parting of the Ways between Qumran and Enochic Judaism (Feb 2020)
• Parenting With Love and Logic: Teaching Children Responsibility, by Foster Cline, Jim Fay (Feb 2020)
• Who Built the Moon? by Christopher Knight and Alan Butler
• Getting Things Done by David Allen
• The Lost Gospel: Decoding the Ancient Text that Reveals Jesus’ Marriage to Mary the Magdalene, by Simcha Jacobovici, Barrie Wilson
• The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown
• Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary, by Brant James Pitre
• Hamlet, By: William Shakespeare
• Spin Selling, Neil Rackham
• Ancient Greek Civilization, by Jeremy McInerney, The Great Courses
• Jesus and His Jewish Influences, Jodi Magness, The Great Courses
• John the Baptist, Father Raymond Collins
• The Unseen Realm, Michael S. Heiser
• This Is the Day, by Tim Tebow
• Jesus and the Essenes by Dolores Cannon
• King and Messiah as Son of God by Adela Yarbro Collins and John J. Collins
• The Dead Sea Scrolls a biography by John J Collins
• A Field Guide to Lucid Dreaming By: Dylan Tuccillo, Jared Zeizel, Thomas Peisel
• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
• The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot By: Bart D. Ehrman
• Lost Christianities by Bart D. Ehrman
• The Hidden Gospel by Neil Douglas-Klotz
• Acid Test by Tom Shroder
• The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World Bart D. Ehrman
• The Little Prince
• Revelation by Elaine Pagels
• The Three-Body Problem series
• THE PLEIADIAN TANTRIC WORKBOOK AWAKENING YOUR DIVINE BA
• Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West by Tom Clavin
• Brazil, Michael Reid
• The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God’s Holy Warriors, Dan Jones
• The Kybalion Written by The Three Initiates
• The Power Paradox Written by Dacher Keltner
• Collusion by Luke Harding
• Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff
• Family of Secrets, by Russ Baker
• The Hacking of the American Mind
• The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
• The Gnostic Gospels of Philip, Mary Magdalene, and Thomas by Joseph B. Lumpkin
• The Influential Mind by Tali Sharot (not good)
• Influence, Robert Cialdini
• After Disclosure, Richard Dolan and Bryce Zabel
• Plant Paradox, Steven Gundry
• Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most
• The Physics of Angels: Exploring the Realm Where Science and Spirit Meet
• The Book of Enoch: A Complete Guide and Reference By Joseph Lumpkin
• The Book of Enoch By: Robert Bagley III
• Seal Survival Guide, By: Cade Courtley
• Graham Hancock
  • Fingerprints of the Gods
  • Magicians of the Gods
• David Wilcock
  • The Synchronicity Key
  • The Source Field Investigations
  • The Ascension Mysteries, David Wilcock
• Living A Course in Miracles, Kenneth Wapnick
• Preparing to Die, Andrew Holecek
• Surrender The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life’s Perfection
• New Earth, Eckhart Tolle
• The Messenger of God, Fethullah Gulen (not good)
• The Delta of Venus by Anais Nin
• The Sufis, Idries Shah
• The 7 Spiritual Laws of Success, Deepak Chopra
• Paul and Jesus by James D Tabor
• The Jesus Dynasty by James D Tabor
• Ego is the Enemy – Ryan Holiday
• In Search of Paul by John Dominic Crossan and Jonathan Reed
• A Course in Miracles
• The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle
• Autobiography of a Yogi
• Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ, by Giulia Enders
• Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
• The Future of the Mind, Michio Kaku
• Mind Reader, by Lior Suchard
• Uri: A Journal of the Mystery of Uri Geller, by Andrija Puharich
• The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease – by Daniel Lieberman. I loved this.
• Brain Rules by John Medina. This is an easy read — perhaps good to recommend for novices on how to improve their brain functionality.
• The Headspace Diet: 10 Days to Finding Your Ideal Weight by Andy Puddicombe.
• Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. This was perhaps the best book I read in regards to mindfulness, even though it’s primary subject is not mindfulness. It talks about the two types of “brains” we have: the lizard brain, as you call it (fast, impulsive, emotional) and the slow brain (logical, rational).
• The Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self-Control by Walter Mischel.