Reading Pipeline & Digital Library

Bookshelf

A living archive of books shaping my mental models across AI systems, engineering, history, philosophy, and creative craft. Tracked with live reading progress and key takeaways.

6 Total in Pipeline
5 Currently Reading
1 Completed
52% Avg Pipeline Progress
A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness by Michael Pollan 30% In Progress
Consciousness 2026

A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness

By Michael Pollan

Reading Progress 30%

A panoptic tour of consciousness—what it is, who has it, and why—across neuroscience, philosophy, psychedelics, plants, and AI. Pollan argues it feels like something to be us, and that machines can do many things without ever being a person.

The Writers' Castle by Uwe Neumahr 70% In Progress
History 2024

The Writers' Castle: Reporting History at Nuremberg

By Uwe Neumahr

Reading Progress 70%

A vivid exploration of history, rivalry, and human conscience through the lens of international writers and reporters stationed at Schloss Faber-Castell during the Nuremberg Trials.

Hands-On Large Language Models by Jay Alammar and Maarten Grootendorst 20% In Progress
AI Systems 2024

Hands-On Large Language Models

By Jay Alammar & Maarten Grootendorst

Reading Progress 20%

The definitive practitioner guide to mastering transformer tokenizers, vector embeddings, fine-tuning, and modern multimodal LLM architectures with PyTorch.

Poems & Prayers by Matthew McConaughey 90% In Progress
Philosophy 2025

Poems & Prayers

By Matthew McConaughey

Reading Progress 90%

An intimate, soulful collection of ditties, confessions, and prayers exploring faith, relationships, gratitude, and navigating life with authentic intention.

The Evolution of God by Robert Wright 1% In Progress
Religion 2009

The Evolution of God

By Robert Wright

Reading Progress 1%

A naturalistic history of how the idea of God changed across millennia, from hunter-gatherer animism through polytheism to Abrahamic monotheism, read through evolutionary psychology, game theory, and archaeology. Wright argues that moral progress tracks nonzero-sum social dynamics: as interdependence made cooperation pay, gods grew more benevolent.

Blood, Sweat, and Pixels by Jason Schreier 100% Completed
Game Dev 2017

Blood, Sweat, and Pixels

By Jason Schreier

Reading Progress 100%

The triumphant, turbulent stories behind how video games are made—a masterclass in navigating engineering bottlenecks, creative vision, and deadline pressure.