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| 2 | +title = "My favorite reads of 2023" |
| 3 | +description = "An overview of my favorite books that I read in 2023" |
| 4 | +date = 2023-12-07 |
| 5 | +draft = true |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +[taxonomies] |
| 8 | +tags = [] |
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| 10 | + |
| 11 | +2023 was a great year for reading for me, and I read a lot of great books. This year I set out to finally read some of the classics that I've been meaning to read for a long time, and also a lot of great new books. I hope you'll find something interesting in this list, and if you have any recommendations for me, please let me know! |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +Here are my top reads of 2023, in no particular order: |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +## AGI and AI Safety, Hard Sci-Fi |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +- [The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64341.The_Metamorphosis_of_Prime_Intellect) by Roger Williams |
| 18 | +- [A Casino Odyssey in Cyberspace](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41569567-a-casino-odyssey-in-cyberspace?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_11) by Roger Williams |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +- [The Mortal Passage Trilogy](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24237204-the-mortal-passage-trilogy?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=DT495nnrDR&rank=1) by Roger Williams |
| 21 | +- [Valuable Humans in Transit and Other Stories](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63198504-valuable-humans-in-transit-and-other-stories?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_26) by Sam Hughes |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +- [Ra](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57891607-ra) by Sam Hughes |
| 24 | +- [There Is No Antimemetics Division](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54870256-there-is-no-antimemetics-division?ref=rae_2) by Sam Hughes |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +## Fun Reads |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +- [The Murderbot Diaries Series Book 1-7](https://www.goodreads.com/series/191900-the-murderbot-diaries) by Martha Wells |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +- [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series Book 1-5](https://www.goodreads.com/series/40957-the-hitchhiker-s-guide-to-the-galaxy) by Douglas Adams |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +- [The Phantom Tollbooth](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/378.The_Phantom_Tollbooth) by Norton Juster |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +## Classics |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +## Science Fiction |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +- [I, Robot](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41804.I_Robot) by Isaac Asimov |
| 39 | +- [Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36402034-do-androids-dream-of-electric-sheep) by Philip K. Dick |
| 40 | +- [Ender’s Game](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/375802.Ender_s_Game) by Orson Scott Card |
| 41 | +- [The Time Machine](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2493.The_Time_Machine) by H.G. Wells |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +- [1984](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40961427-1984) by George Orwell |
| 44 | +- [Brave New World](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5129.Brave_New_World) by Aldous Huxley |
| 45 | +- [Fahrenheit 451](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13079982-fahrenheit-451) by Ray Bradbury |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +## Fiction |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +- [Siddhartha](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52036.Siddhartha) by Hermann Hesse |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +- [The Count of Monte Cristo](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7126.The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo) by Alexandre Dumas |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | +## Other books |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +- [Slaughterhouse-Five](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4981.Slaughterhouse_Five) by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +- [UNIX: A History and a Memoir](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53011383-unix) by Brian W. Kernighan |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +## The Teixcalaan Series |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +I'm ending this list with my favorite read this year, |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | +# My plans for 2024 |
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