I usually have at least one book I’m reading (or listening to) — often more than one. As I walk around the city or work out in the gym, audiobooks keep me company. And curling up in bed with a book and a glass of whiskey is often the end of my day. What have I been reading this year?

2020

• • Uncertainty: Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Struggle for the Soul of Science by David Lindley
• The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
• Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime by Sean Carroll
• Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
• Before and After the Book Deal by Courtney Maum
• The Witch Elm by Tana French
• The Trespasser by Tana French
• The Secret Place by Tana French
• Broken Harbor by Tana French
• Faithful Place by Tana French
• The Likeness by Tana French
• Nature, the Artful Modeler: Lectures on Laws, Science, How Nature Arranges the World and How We Can Arrange It Better by Nancy Cartwright
• In the Woods by Tana French
• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (new audiobook narrated by Andy Serkis)
• Signs: An Introduction to Semiotics by Thomas Sebeok
• The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin
• The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
• The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
• The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race, and Identity by Douglas Murray
• The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett
• Return of the Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
• The Dain Curse by Dashiell Hammett
• The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
• The Evolution of Scientific Knowledge: From Certainty to Uncertainty by Edward R. Dougherty
• The Siberian Dilemma by Martin Cruz Smith
• The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel
• Mind in Motion: How Action Shapes Thought by Barbara Tversky
• Agency by William Gibson
• Don’t Believe a Word: The Surprising Truth About Language by David Shariatmadari