• Note: I am ignoring full cast dramatized audiobooks for the stuff I say below and especially about your own imagination as it tends to numb down with dramatized versions.
• Audiobooks are a more passive consumption experience and hence
• There are ways to acquire these audiobooks for free if you don't have the money right now(just sail the seas) but do put the physical copies of these books on a wishlist so once you do have extra money you still buy it.
• If you still want a book every month via audible, you can sign up using these links which might help me at no cost to you(first book is free. You can start the subscription and cancel it right away and keep the book forever):
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Fiction books I recommend

Limits to Growth
The Great Mental Model Part 4
Clear Thinking - by the same author of The Great Mental Model
Accelrate
The Great-Mental-Models-Physics-ChemistryDesigning Data-Intensive applications
The Five dysnfucntions
The self-assmebly
scrum 10th aniverary edition
thinking in systems.
Reconsidering the Unicorn and the Pheonix Project

• Thinking in Systems: A Primer by Donella H. Meadows→ 20th Jun 2026 to Present

  It has always been my USP to think in systems. Seems only natural to consume something from someone else's perspective also.

• The Great Mental Models: Systems and Mathematics by Shane Parrish→ Finished on 20th Jun 2026

  Yup, just another manual and not a listener. Will revisit pretty soon as I already started implementing stuff in these books.

• The Great Mental Models: Physics, Chemistry and Biology by Shane Parrish→ June 2026

  Yup, just another manual and not a listener. Will revisit pretty soon as I already started implementing stuff in these books.

• 2 x The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts by Shane Parrish → May 2026

  Yes, i already listened to this book twice and it's not a listening book as much as it is a practicing book so don't be surprised I listen to it once again pretty soon.

• The Unicorn Project by Gene Kim → 20th-27th Apr 2026

  Another banger but more from a developer side and I am being honest, both these Unicorn and the Pheonix project needs a re-listen as soon as possible. I also started to listen to a lot of technology podcasts but that has slowed down some progress, they don't really help pe grow but are just news really.

• The Pheonix Project by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford→ 18th-20th April ↑ I loved this and now focussing on Technology as my non-fiction only

  Update: I don't understand how I couldn't put this book down. At the end of the day I pick up a fiction to sleep but this was a book that I couldn't stop listening to.
  I thought that I might just use CS/IT stuff as an escape from taking responsibility but it's certainly not so. I even staretd to listen to many new Podcasts.
  Experimenting with the thing I genuinely passionate about: Software. I have for now deleted all other types of non-fiction for now.

• Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintainance→ 4th-18th Apr 2026

  Mainly becuase the last crap ruined my brain and it needs readjustment.

• Fat Chanceby Robert H. Lustig → 23rd-28th March

  Another great book from Robert H. Lustig and these books sort of reinforces the current physical health journey I am on.

• Just for Fun(Re-listen) by Linus Tourvalds→ 20th-23rd March 2026

  Yes it was a great listen again. It's been many years since I listented to this book earlier and I am glad I did it again. The whole talk about closed vs. open source and why piracy in music has failed again and again really was something I needed to listen again.

• Salt Sugar Fat by Michael Moss (Re-listen) → 15th-20th Mar 2026

  Much needed re-listen. I thought i had missed some stuff in the first listen but glad to know I didn't. This book justhelps you see how you are being manipulated by the snack and soda and other companies into consuming more shit and how horrible these processed foods really are.

• The Hunger Code by Dr. Jason Fung → 7th - 14th March 2026

  Last year when I started on Fasting journey without controlling what foods I ate, I lost 17kgs (107kgs to 90kgs) but I pushed myself so much that it all rebounded to 100kgs.
  
  It was then when I started to look for answers and Salt, Sugar, Fat & Pure White & Deadly, helped me understand and overcome my troubles with fasting by realizing that the horrible outside food and pre-pacakged stuff aren't just bad, they are deadly.
  
  Earlier even 16 hour fast was a humungous effort, now 20 hours everyday is normal and I even forget and go into 22 hours everyday. So when I heard the author say in his video(attached) that this book was about the bad foods which only increase hunger I understood it was going to be just what my experience taught me.
  
  Considering it was Dr. Jason Fung who got me started on my health and wellness journey with Obesity Code, I am going to assume this is going to be another best seller. And it's due to him I lost 7kgs but most importantly I don't spend hours in the washroom and don't worry about going to potty everytime I go out of home. My gut improved immediately (intermittent fasting and then increasing it). Also, sleeping better, and almost no outside food. All the food delivery apps are gone and I only eat home cooked food.
  
  The biggest thing is psychological. Once you see yourself being able to control your hunger, you get this strange feeling of power which makes you more disciplined in other life. This is regardless of if you lose weight or not. However, start small and don't rush. Get proper information and then only start with fasting.
  
  You can check my journey if you search my username.
  
  P.S: Even though I love Dr. Jason Fung, I am glad he didn't narrate it. Brian Nishii did an amazing job with the Obesity Code book and I am glad to see him back.

• NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity by Steve Silberman→ Finished on 7th March 2026

  Update: It was a good listen. Even though I might not have been interested in Autism, it did help me understand people a bit more better and a few strategies I can apply in my own life.
  
  Neurodiversity is what I am intersted in, not autism itself. Let's see if I finish this or drop it.

• Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber → Completed 27-Feb-2-Mar 2026

  Don't remember why I wanted to read it but it was something important. Yes it was about confirming what I have seen in the corporate culture and why I don't want to go back to it.

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: A Very Short Introduction → Completed 25-27 Feb 2026

  Update: Yup, just as I expected. This is a strong tool and also can be done by yourself with proper training. I have already downloaded a few more CBT books and will surely get into it at a later stage.
  
  Also, it did confirm a lot of my thinking about these thoughts and appraches to life in general for example experiementing with your beliefs instead of accepting or denying them.
  
  Many of our current social media and even the newer games which are being made addictive on purpose are using parts of CBT to get what they want. I just wanted a short introudction on it to determine later if I should dwelve deep inside it.

• Metabolical by Dr Robert Lustig → Completed 17-25 Feb 2026

  Read many of Lustig's book and was the reason we stopped eating sugar completely as a family. However, after a few bad days I drank a lot of tea and I felt my heart rate more pronounced and blood pressure rising. This time I assumed, just like earlier that it was due to caffeine and so I don't take tea or coffee anymore.
  Recently however, I drank milk and sugar and bread and the same effect happened and I started to wonder, maybe it was not the caffeine but the sugar so I am going to back to another book by Dr. Lustig's whose youtube video is very popular.
  
  Note this book is also about processed food which I am also very interested in.
  
  More about my physical health journey here.
  

• Lost Moon by Lovell → Completed 17th Feb 2026

  After watching the movie many times as a kid I wanted to hear for myself how much of the book was true as the visual media relies on high emotions instead of actual fact to work, I loved the movie but I wanted the truth, so I read it.
  And as suspected, the lost radio silence in the final hours were manufactured. Many of the "drama" like Marilyn losing her ring in the bath and the whole fact about the third pilot being a rookie and what not were also manufactured.
  Hey, I liked the movie, it was a movie not a documentry but I just wanted to know what it really was like and so I listened to the book and I don't regret it.

• Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges. Completed on 12th Feb

  After watching the movie based on this book I was skeptical of all the dramatic and one man or one team army doing everything and I wanted to confirm my suspicions and I was correct, a lot of the stuff in the movie was manufactured for example:

  • When Joan Clarke says she knew about his homosexuality because she was aware of it was manufactured.
  • The whole reason for marriage was also manufactured
  • The end moments of his life when Joan visited her was also manufactured
  • The spy was manufactured or not confirmed.
  • The way Alan got on the nerves of the officers was manufactured. It was much more clever in the books.
  • Alan wasn't shy of his homosexuality but actually unapologetic about it, as one should.
  • His hormone therapy wasn't as bad as it was shown in the movies and he was a much bigger man to let that ruin his life. There are many speculations but if hormone therapy was the reason for his suicide he should have done it much earlier not at the end when it was almost over.

• The Hacking of the American Mind by Robert H. Lustig. Completed 18 January 2026
• Pure, White and Deadly: How Sugar Is Killing Us and What We Can Do to Stop It by John Yudkin, Robert Lustig. Completed on 9 January 2026.
• Influence : The Psychology of Persuasion by PhD Robert B. Cialdini. Completed on 29 November 2025 .
• Everyone You Hate is Going to Die: And Other Comforting Thoughts on Family, Friends, Sex, Love, and More Things That Ruin Your Life by by Daniel Sloss. Completed on 2025.
• The Ultimate History of Video Games, Volume 2: Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, and the Billion-Dollar Battle to Shape Modern Gaming by Steven L. Kent. Completed on 17 November 2025.
• The Ultimate History of Video Games, Volume 1: From Pong to Pokemon and Beyond . . . the Story Behind the Craze That Touched Our Lives and Changed the World by Steven L. Kent. Completed on 17 November 2025.
• Same As Ever:Timeless Lessons on Risk, Opportunity and Living a Good Life (HB) by Morgan Housel. Completed on 9 November 2025.
• Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Essential Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger by Charles T. Munger, Peter D. Kaufman. Completed on 5 November 2025.
• I DON'T RECOMMEND THIS BOOK → Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life: A guide to Your Place in the Universe and an Inquiry into Who and What You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn. Completed on 3 November 2025.
• Shoe Dog by Phil Knight. Completed on 29 October 2025 .
• RICHER, WISER, HAPPIER: HOW THE WORLD'S GREATEST INVESTORS WIN IN THE MARKETS AND LIFE by William Green. Completed on 25 October 2025.
• Sapiens: THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLER by Yuval Noah Harari. Completed on 19 October 2025.
• The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy by Thomas J. Stanley William D. Danko. Completed on 10 October 2025.
• The Little Book of Common Sense Investing by John C. Bogle. Completed on 1 October 2025.
• Cancer Code, The by Dr Jason Fung. Completed on 23 September 2025.
• Book of Joy, The by Desmond Lama, Dalai,Tutu. Completed on 16 September 2025 .
• The Wright Brothers by David McCullough. Completed on 2 September 2025.
• Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown. Completed second time in 2025.
  Note: Love Hate relationship with this book but still learnt a lot that helped me with youtube.
• Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian Junger. Completed in 2025.
• The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk. Completed in 2025.
  Note: Helped a lot with past trauma.
• Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals by Robert Pirsig. Completed in 2025.
  Note: Helped me understand about my past relationships.
• No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model by Richard Schwartz Ph.D., Alanis Morissette. Completed in 2025 but will keep relistening as it has a lot of exercises to do.
  Note: Excellent book that helps you understand yourself without being preachy.
• No Fears, No Excuses: What You Need to Do to Have a Great Career by Larry Smith. Completed twice, last time in 2025.
• Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. Completed in 2025.
• Quiet : The power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking by Susan Cain . Completed second time in 2016.
• Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert T. Kiyosaki. Completed probably third time in 2025.
  Focus on the core message. Many people have given it a bad reputation just because they think they can't apply the exact things taught in the book. Don't be stupid, focus on the actual message like, "Buy Assets not Liabilities".
• Power of Habit, The: Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change by Charles Duhigg. Completed second time in 2025.
• Happiness Advantage, The by Shawn Achor. Completed second time in 2025.
• Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek. Completed twice.
• Be Brilliant Every Day: Use the Power of Positive Psychology to Make an Impact on Life by Andy Cope, Andy Whittaker. Completed multiple times.
  The audiobook that got me into audiobooks.
• The Mountain Is You by Brianna Wiest. Completed in 2025.
• Man's Search For Meaning by Victor E. Frankl. Completed twice.

The Return of the King
The Prestige (Loved the movie, WANT MORE!)
Jurassic Park & Lost World again! The monologues from that book keep me awake at night
The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown→ Short stories. Should finish quickly.
The Silmarillion → If I feel like it.
Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth → If I feel like it.
Dopamine Nation
Jack Reacher Series because I already Started
Jack Ryan Series because I sort of liked the tv show's first season
The assassination of Juluis Ceaser→ Didn't really take in the story as a kid.

• The Lord of The Rings (2) → The Two Towers → Started a long time ago!

  The author demands attention. It is beautifully written and even though it's fiction, logic still stays and hence it's a lot believable.

• Bridge to Terabithia - June 2026

  Don't remember much of the movie from when I was a kid but liked the characters even then, so, I picked this up.
  It's so much better than the books which were just going into the realm of fiction which I understand but don't find appealing.
  This is much better.
  Death of the girl was completely unnecessary and the aftermath wasn't great either. I don't like such cheap methods for shock and the aftermath wasn't handled properly either. The story could have worked without the death of the girl. I tried to show this in alterations.

• Harry Potter whole series again! - May 2026 - mainly to write alterations

  Must be my 10th time or something. Not the new 100 cast stupidity, the Stephen Fry one.
  Main reason was I needed something to get through my no youtube, no gaming challenge but will get back to Lord of the Rings immediately after this.

• The Lord Of The Rings (1) — The Fellowship Of The Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien. ~10th December 2025 to 6th March 2026(Yes it took that long!).

  It's a great book but since I want to imagine everything in the book, I kept going back and repeating major sections of the book again and again and even at times taking help of the movies(which buthered the story so I stopped watching) to help visualize this.
  J. R. R. Tolkein wants your full attention and hence this took this long. Hopefully, the other books won't take as long.

• Monkey's Paw → Completed on 5th March 2026.
• Without Fail: (Jack Reacher 6) by Lee Child. Completed on 10th December 2025.
• Anxious People by Fredrik Backman. Completed on 13 October 2025.
• The Hobbit: Illustrated By The Author. Completed on 2 September 2025.
• William Tell Told Again by P G Wodehouse. Completed 25 August 2025.
• Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns and Abstractions. Completed on 25 August 2025.
• The Chocolate Box (Hercule Poirot Short Story #1) by . Completed on 16 August 2025.
• Monster Calls, A by Patrick Ness, Siobhan Dowd. Completed in 2025.
• Recursion by Blake Crouch. Completed in 2025.
• RITA HAYWORTH AND SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION by Stephen King. Completed.
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. Completed.
  Absolutely joyous to read even for an adult.
• Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell. Completed many times.
  Book that taught me empathy for the less fortunate amongst us.
• The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S.Lewis. Completed in 2025.
  Note: Loved the series.
• A Series of Unfortunate Events by by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist. Completed in 2025.
  Note: So much better than the movies and miles better than the garbage the TV show was.
• Harry Potter : The Complete Collection by J.K. Rowling. Listened to it probably 10+ times in my life. I have listented to it so much that I can't get into it anymore. However, I don't recommend it and I am listening to proper fiction like Lord of the Rings instead now.
• Complete Sherlock Holmes Series by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Completed in 2025.
  Loved the complete works. Really want to forget all of it to start again.
• Jack Reacher Series
  1. Killing Floor by Lee Child. Complete.
  2. Die Trying by Lee Child. Completed.
  3. Trip Wire by Lee Child. Completed.
  4. The Visitor by Lee Child. Completed.
  5. Echo Burning by Lee Child. Completed.
  6. Withouth Fail by Lee Child. Completed.
  7. Persuader by Lee Child. → Will Start Probably After LOTR.
• Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton. Completed twice but will probably complete many times later.
• Animal Farm by . Completed in 2025.
• 1984 by George Orwell. Completed.

Note: To import others from Goodreads.