Cataloging all my books.
I spent a few days cataloging all my books in order to stop stacking them by colour and instead start stacking them based on some loosely-defined ‘Categories’.
| No. | Category | Title | Author | Date | 1st ed | Read? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lapierre | Is Paris Burning? | Larry Collins, Dominique Lapierre | 2010 | 1978 | |
| 2 | Lapierre | A Thousand Suns | Dominique Lapierre | 1999 | 1999 | |
| 3 | Lapierre | Once Upon A Time In The Soviet Union | Dominique Lapierre | 2007 | 2005 | Y |
| 4 | Lapierre | O, Jerusalem! | Dominique Lapierre, Larry Collins | 2011 | 1972 | Y |
| 5 | Lapierre | A Rainbow In The Night | Dominique Lapierre | 2009 | 2009 | |
| 6 | Lapierre | Freedom at Midnight | Dominique Lapierre, Larry Collins | 1997 | 2009 | |
| 7 | Lapierre | City of Joy | Dominique Lapierre | 1992 | 1985 | S* |
| 8 | Lapierre | Is New York Burning? | Dominique Lapierre, Larry Collins | 2009 | 2004 | |
| 9 | Lapierre | Five Minutes Past Midnight In Bhopal | Dominique Lapierre, Javier Moro | 2001 | 1997 | |
| 10 | Dalrymple | Return Of A King | William Dalrymple | 2013 | 2013 | |
| 11 | Dalrymple | The Last Mughal | William Dalrymple | 2007 | 2006 | |
| 12 | Dalrymple | In Xanadu | William Dalrymple | 2004 | 1990 | Y |
| 13 | Dalrymple | Nine Lives | William Dalrymple | 2010 | 2009 | |
| 14 | Dalrymple | City Of Djinns | William Dalrymple | 2004 | 1993 | Y |
| 15 | Dalrymple | The Age Of Kali | William Dalrymple | 2004 | 1998 | |
| 16 | Michener | The World Is My Home | James A. Michener | 1992 | 1974 | |
| 17 | Michener | Iberia | James A. Michener | 1968 | 1968 | |
| 18 | Michener | Alaska | James A. Michener | 1988 | 1988 | S |
| 19 | Michener | Hawaii | James A. Michener | 1984 | 1959 | |
| 20 | Michener | Poland | James A. Michener | 1984 | 1983 | |
| 21 | Adventure | Into The Wild | Jon Krakauer | 2017 | 1996 | |
| 22 | Adventure | Wind, Sand And Stars | Antoine de Saint Exupéry | 2000 | 1939 | S |
| 23 | Adventure | Le Petit Prince | Antoine de Saint Exupéry | 2015 | 1943 | |
| 24 | Adventure | Going To Extremes | Nick Middleton | 2003 | 2001 | S |
| 25 | Adventure | On The Road | Jack Kerouac | 2008 | 1957 | |
| 26 | Adventure | Into Thin Air | Jon Krakauer | 2011 | 1997 | |
| 27 | Adventure | Long Way Round | Ewan McGregor, Charley Boorman | 2005 | 2004 | |
| 28 | Adventure | Alone On The Wall | Alex Honnold, David Roberts | 2015 | 2015 | |
| 29 | Adventure | The Impossible Climb | Mark Synnott | 2019 | 2019 | |
| 30 | Adventure | Moods Of Future Joys | Alastair Humphreys | 2014 | 2007 | S |
| 31 | Adventure | The Salt Path | Raynor Winn | 2018 | 2018 | Y |
| 32 | Adventure | The Wild Silence | Raynor Winn | 2020 | 2020 | |
| 33 | Adventure | The Call Of The Wild, White Fang, Other Stories | Jack London | 2009 | 1903 | Y |
| 34 | Classics | The Outsiders | Albert Camus | 2010 | 1942 | |
| 35 | Classics | The Republic | Plato | 2007 | 1955 | |
| 36 | Classics | Thus Spoke Zarathustra | Friedrich Nietzsche | 2003 | 1883 | |
| 37 | Classics | The Idiot | Fyodor Dostoyevsky | 1988 | 1868 | |
| 38 | Classics | Crime And Punishment | Fyodor Dostoyevsky | 2015 | 1866 | S |
| 39 | Classics | Sartor Resartus | Thomas Carlyle | 1952 | 1831 | |
| 40 | Classics | Vintage Frost The Collected Poems | Robert Frost | 2021 | 1971 | S |
| 41 | Classics | Collected Poems | Philip Larkin | 2003 | 1988 | |
| 42 | NonFiction | Why We Sleep | Matthew Walker | 2018 | 2017 | S |
| 43 | NonFiction | Ultra-Processed People | Chris van Tulleken | 2024 | 2023 | Y |
| 44 | NonFiction | The Shallows | Nicholas Carr | 2011 | 2011 | Y |
| 45 | NonFiction | A Mind For Numbers | Barbara Oakley | 2014 | 2014 | Y |
| 46 | NonFiction | Ultralearning | Scott H. Young | 2019 | 2019 | Y |
| 47 | NonFiction | Careless People | Sarah Wynn-Williams | 2025 | 2025 | Y |
| 48 | NonFiction | This Changes Everything | Naomi Klein | 2014 | 2014 | S |
| 49 | NonFiction | Hiding From The Internet | Michael Bazzell | 2015 | 2014 | |
| 50 | NonFiction | Born To Run | Christopher McDougall | 2010 | 2009 | Y |
| 51 | NonFiction | How Migration Really Works | Hein de Haas | 2024 | 2023 | S |
| 52 | NonFiction | Under A Metal Sky | Philip Marsden | 2025 | 2025 | Y |
| 53 | NonFiction | The Lost Art Of Finding Our Way | John Edward Huth | 2015 | 2013 | S |
| 54 | NonFiction | Is It You, Me, Or Adult ADD? | Gina Pera | 2008 | 2008 | S |
| 55 | NonFiction | Taking Charge Of Adult ADHD | Russell A. Barkley | 2010 | 2010 | S |
| 56 | NonFiction | Making The Most Of Your Life | Reader’s Digest | 1994 | 1994 | Y |
| 57 | History | The Story Of Writing | Andrew Robinson | 2023 | 2007 | |
| 58 | History | The Brain | David Eagleman | 2015 | 2015 | |
| 59 | History | House Of Rain | Craig Childs | 2023 | 2006 | |
| 60 | History | Sapiens | Yuval Noah Harari | 2014 | 2011 | S |
| 61 | History | The World In Six Songs | Daniel Levitin | 2010 | 2008 | S |
| 62 | History | The Shortest History Of Europe | John Hirst | 2012 | 2012 | S |
| 63 | History | The Gene | Siddhartha Mukherjee | 2017 | 2017 | S |
| 64 | History | A Million Years In A Day | Greg Jenner | 2016 | 2015 | S |
| 65 | History | A History Of The World In 100 Objects | Neil MacGregor | 2012 | 2010 | S |
| 66 | History | A (Very) Short History Of Life On Earth | Henry Gee | 2021 | 2021 | S |
| 67 | History | Born In Africa | Martin Meredith | 2012 | 2011 | S |
| 68 | History | Carving Grand Canyon | Wayne Ranney | 2012 | 2005 | Y |
| 69 | History | Ancient Landscapes Of The Colorado Plateau | Ron Blakey, Wayne Ranney | 2008 | 2008 | |
| 70 | History | After The Ice | Steven Mithen | 2012 | 2003 | S |
| 71 | Science | A New Guide To Science | Isaac Asimov | 1987 | 1984 | S |
| 72 | Science | Tell Me Why | Arkady Leokum | 1994 | 1966 | S |
| 73 | Science | The Story Of The Comets | George F. Chambers | 1909 | 1909 | |
| 74 | Science | Engineering In Plain Sight | Grady Hillhouse | 2022 | 2022 | S |
| 75 | Science | Alice In Quantumland | Robert Gilmore | 1995 | 1995 | |
| 76 | French | Let’s Parler Franglais Again! | Miles Kington | 1984 | 1980 | S |
| 77 | French | A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi | Charles Timoney | 2009 | 2009 | |
| 78 | French | Pourquoi Voyager À Vélo | MonsieurBen | 2025 | 2025 | Y |
| 79 | French | Sibérie Ma Chérie | Sylvain Tesson | - | - | |
| 80 | Fiction | Interpreter Of Maladies | Jhumpa Lahiri | 2002 | 1999 | |
| 81 | Fiction | The Evening News | Arthur Hailey | 1990 | 1990 | S |
| 82 | Fiction | The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets’ Nest | Stieg Larsson | 2010 | 2007 | |
| 83 | Fiction | The Midnight Library | Matt Haig | 2020 | 2020 | |
| 84 | Fiction | The Best Of Poirot | Agatha Christie | 1990 | 1933 | Y |
| 85 | Fiction | The ABC Murders | Agatha Christie | 2007 | 1936 | Y |
| 86 | Fiction | Peter Jackson The Lightning Thief | Rick Riordan | 2006 | 2005 | |
| 87 | Fiction | Russian Winter | Daphne Kalotay | 2011 | 2010 | S |
| 88 | Fiction | Eastern Approaches | Fitzroy Maclean | 1950 | 1949 | |
| 89 | Memoir | Don’t Let’s Go To The Dogs Tonight | Alexandra Fuller | 2002 | 2002 | Y |
| 90 | Memoir | Notes From A Big Country | Bill Bryson | 2000 | 1998 | |
| 91 | Memoir | Short Cuts To Happiness | Tal Ben-Shahar | 2021 | 2018 | S |
| 92 | CoffeeTable | The Art Book | Phaidon Publishers | 2006 | 1994 | S |
| 93 | CoffeeTable | Ultimate Home Cooking | Gordon Ramsay | 2013 | 2012 | S |
| 94 | CoffeeTable | Food Trek | Elena Battisti | 2019 | 2019 | |
| 95 | CoffeeTable | Cinq Petits Cochons | Agatha Christie | 2009 | 1943 | |
| 96 | CoffeeTable | The A-To-Z Of CERN | Archana Sharma et. al. | 2021 | 2021 | Y |
| 97 | CoffeeTable | La Haute Route À Mi-Coteau | Francois Perraudin | 2008 | 2008 | |
| 98 | CoffeeTable | Ferrari Legends | Michael Zumbrunn, Richard Heseltine | 2008 | 2008 | S |
| 99 | CoffeeTable | World War 1 | H.P.Willmott | 2015 | 2003 | |
| 100 | CoffeeTable | World War 2 | H.P.Willmott et. al. | 2015 | 2004 | |
| 101 | CoffeeTable | Amsterdam | Hans Konig | 1977 | 1977 | |
| 102 | CoffeeTable | Turn Left At Orion | Guy Consolmagno, Dan M. Davis | 2013 | 1989 | |
| 103 | CoffeeTable | Les Plus Beaux Treks Du Monde | Bianchin et. al. | 2008 | 2008 | |
| 104 | CoffeeTable | Scenic Splendor Of China | Chinese National Geography | - | - | |
| 105 | India | My India, My Gods | Sahana Ahmed | 2025 | 2025 | S |
| 106 | India | Forgotten Heroes Of Indian Science | Anand and Sheetal Ranganathan | 2025 | 2025 | |
| 107 | India | Trekking In Ladakh | Radek Kucharski | 2015 | 2015 | S |
| 108 | Book | Craft | Shop Craft As Soulcraft | Matthew B. Crawford | 2010 | 2009 | |
| 109 | Book | Craft | Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance | Robert M. Pirsig | - | 1974 | |
| 110 | Book | History | The World Of Yesterday | Stefan Sweig | 1964 | 1943 | |
| 111 | Book | History | Technology In The Making Of The Netherlands | Johan Schot, Harry Lintsen, Arie Rip | 2010 | 2010 | S |
| 112 | Book | History | Amsterdam | Russel Shorto | 2014 | 2013 | Y |
| 113 | Book | History | Amsterdam | Geert Mak | 2001 | 1995 | S |
| 114 | Book | History | Amsterdam In Colour 1950-1970 | Marit Kout, Aad Windig | 2024 | 2024 | Y |
| 115 | Book | History | Amsterdam Then & Now | Sharon Hansma | 2024 | 2024 | Y |
| 116 | Book | History | In Europe | Geert Mak | 2008 | 2004 | S |
| 117 | Book | History | Aftermath | Harald Jahner | 2022 | 2019 | |
| 118 | Book | History | The History Of The Barometer | W.E. Knowles Middleton | 1964 | 1964 | |
| 119 | Book | History | A History Of The Thermometer | W.E. Knowles Middleton | 1966 | 1966 | Y |
| 120 | Book | History | Preumatica | Philo Of Byzantium | 1974 | 200 BC | |
| 121 | Book | Space | First Man | James R. Hansen | 2018 | 2005 | |
| 122 | Book | Space | The Right Stuff | Tom Wolfe | 2005 | 1979 | |
| 123 | Book | Space | Skunk Works | Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos | 1995 | 1994 | |
| 124 | Book | Space | Rocket Girl | George D. Morgan | 2013 | 2013 | |
| 125 | Book | Space | Forever Flying | R.A. Bob Hoover | 1997 | 1996 | |
| 126 | Book | Space | Yeager | Chuck Yeager | 1986 | 1986 | S |
| 127 | Book | Space | October Sky | Homer H. Hickam, Jr. | 1999 | 1998 | S |
| 128 | Book | | To Engineer Is Human | Henry Petroski | 1992 | 1985 | S |
| 129 | Book | Biography | Surely You’re Joking Mr. Feynman! | Richard P. Feynman | 1986 | 1984 | Y |
| 130 | Book | Biography | The Man Who Changed Everything | Basil Mahon | 2004 | 2003 | Y |
| 131 | Book | Biography | On Tycho’s Island | John Robert Christianson | 2008 | 2000 | |
| 132 | Book | Biography | Boyle Between God And Science | Michael Hunter | 2010 | 2009 | |
| 133 | Book | Biography | A Life Of George Westinghouse | Henry G. Prout | 1921 | 1921 | |
| 134 | Book | Biography | Life Of Lord Kelvin | Silvanus P. Thompson | 1910 | 1910 | |
| 135 | Book | Biography | Lives Of The Engineers: The Steam Engine | Samuel Smiles | 1878 | 1878 | |
| 136 | Book | Biography | Lives Of The Engineers: Early Engineering | Samuel Smiles | 1904 | 1904 | |
| 137 | Book | Biography | Life Of George Stephenson | Samuel Smiles | 1903 | 1903 | |
| 138 | Book | Biography | George Stephenson | Hunter Davies | 1980 | 1975 | |
| 139 | Book | Biography | Einstein The Life And Times | Ronald W. Clark | 1972 | 1971 | S |
| 140 | Book | Biography | This Long Pursuit | Richard Holmes | 2017 | 2016 | |
| 141 | Book | Biography | Footsteps | Richard Holmes | 2005 | 1985 | |
| 142 | Book | Biography | How To Build A Car | Adrian Newey | 2017 | 2017 | Y |
| 143 | Book | Biography | Eiffel | David I. Harvie | 2004 | 2004 | |
| 144 | Book | Biography | Nobel Dreams | Gary Taubes | 1986 | 1986 | Y |
| 145 | Book | Biography | Working | Robert A. Caro | 2021 | 2019 | Y |
| 146 | Book | Biography | The Power Broker | Robert A. Caro | 2015 | 1974 | |
| 147 | Book | Biography | The Years Of Lyndon Johnson: Volume 1 | Robert A. Caro | 2006 | 1982 | |
| 148 | Book | Biography | The Years Of Lyndon Johnson: Volume 2 | Robert A. Caro | 1990 | 1990 | |
| 149 | Book | Biography | The Years Of Lyndon Johnson: Volume 4 | Robert A. Caro | 2014 | 2012 | |
| 150 | Book | Biography | How To Do Biography | Nigel Hamilton | 2008 | 2008 | Y |
| 151 | Study | Calculus With Analytic Geometry | George F. Simmons | 1996 | 1996 | S |
| 152 | Study | Introduction To Linear Algebra | Gilbert Strang | 2016 | 2016 | |
| 153 | Study | Calculus Made Easy | Silvasu P. Thompson | 2021 | 1914 | |
| 154 | Study | The Equations | Sander Bais | 2005 | 2005 | Y |
| 155 | Study | All Of Physics (Almost) In 15 Equations | Bruno Mansoulié | 2017 | 2017 | |
| 156 | Study | A Mathematician’s Apology | G.H. Hardy | 1941 | 1940 | Y |
| 157 | Study | Div, Grad, Curl And All That | H.M. Schey | 1997 | 1973 | |
| 158 | Study | Fluid Mechanics | Frank M. White | 2011 | 2011 | |
| 159 | Study | The Feynman Lectures On Physics Volume 1 | Richard Feynman | 2024 | 1977 |
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