Books

I love self-hosted book / reading lists, and have drawn a lot of inspiration from others doing the same. Books are sorted in order of recommendation, not by read-date.

10 / 10

Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide

John Cleese

Read: 2023

I love small books. I love short books. To the point. I always appreciated John Cleeses humour, and this book – even though its not going into much detail – shows a little bit of his thinking process around creativity.

Especially the part regarding hare brain, tortoise mind struck a cord with me. That an important part of creativity seems to be ones ability to be comfortable with things being unsettled for long enough to find creative solutions.

10 / 10

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir

Read: 2021

10 / 10

Man’s Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

Read: 2020

9 / 10

Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work that Lasts

Ryan Holiday

Read: 2023

9 / 10

Recursion

Blake Crouch

Read: 2021

9 / 10

Dark Matter

Blake Crouch

Read: 2019

9 / 10

Jeg skal fortelle deg min hemmelighet

Petter A. Stordalen

Read: 2019

9 / 10

The Psychology of Money

Morgan Housel

Read: 2024

Great and light read. No single ground-breaking thoughts, but a very cohesive and interesting read. Easy to read, in the style of M. Gladwell, R. Holiday etc.

9 / 10

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

Eric Jorgenson

Read: 2024

Great, light read on general life wisdom from Naval. Mostly no-fuss stupidly obvious tips, but nonetheless very straightforward and on point.

9 / 10

Same as Ever

Morgan Housel

Read: 2025

Great and light read. Kind of a bummer with certain sections that I had already read in blog form before (three sides to risk especially), but otherwise a very fun and engaging read.

8 / 10

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

Phil Knight

Read: 2023

8 / 10

Upgrade

Blake Crouch

Read: 2022

8 / 10

Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave

Ryan Holiday

Read: 2022

8 / 10

The Obstacle Is the Way

Ryan Holiday

Read: 2019

8 / 10

Ready Player One

Ernest Cline

Read: 2018 (reread 2025)

8 / 10

Never Finished

David Goggins

Read: 2025

Better than expected. Somehow I expected it to fall short of "Can't Hurt Me", but I was pleasantly surprised.

Some things that I found interesting and novel was the idea of recording yourself, and listening back to it - as an alternative note-taking method.

7 / 10

Open

Andre Agassi, J.R. Moehringer (Ghostwriter)

Read: 2023

7 / 10

Living with the Monks: What Turning Off My Phone Taught Me about Happiness, Gratitude, and Focus

Jesse Itzler

Read: 2020

7 / 10

Endelig Mandag! 10 leveregler for å elske hverdagen og nå målene du har satt deg.

Petter A. Stordalen

Read: 2019

7 / 10

The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance

W. Timothy Gallwey

Read: 2023

7 / 10

Korsbæreren

Tom Kristensen

Read: 2019

7 / 10

Atomic Habits

James Clear

Read: 2018

6 / 10

Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ

Giulia Enders, Jill Enders (Illustrator)

Read: 2022

6 / 10

The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit

Seth Godin

Read: 2019

6 / 10

Gates of Fire

Steven Pressfield

Read: 2025

Partly very good and of course a very inspiring and engaging story. Overall though I found it suffered from overly verbose and difficult to read vocabulary. I guess my English is not good enough to fully enjoy a book of this vocabulary.

6 / 10

1984

George Orwell

Read: 2025

Fairly easy and enjoyable read, but not all the rage I feel people sell it as.