Erik Pillon’s bookshelf

Reading stats, challenge progress, and a complete reading history.

2026 reading challenge

20of 52 books

▼ 22 books behind schedule38% done · 73 days left

Finishing needs 3.1 books a week from here.

Pages this year

6,096

On this pace

25 books

52 needed

Monthly streak

7 months

In a row with a book finished

Finished each month in 2026

books per month in 2026 · peak 4 · hover or tap a column for the books

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Books and pages finished per month in 2026
Month	Books	Pages
Jan	1	165
Feb	0	0
Mar	2	392
Apr	4	898
May	4	1,220
Jun	1	284
Jul	2	688
Aug	3	1,142
Sep	3	1,307
Oct	0	0
Nov	0	0
Dec	0	0

On the go

Page progress comes from Goodreads status updates, so it only appears for books you have posted an update on.

A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Best Investment Guide That Money Can Buy
Burton G. Malkiel
Page 127 of 432 · 29%
Principles: Life and Work
Ray Dalio
No page progress recorded · untouched for 9 days
Mastering 'Metrics: The Path from Cause to Effect
Joshua D. Angrist
Page 60 of 293 · 20%

15 parked for over two months

Principles: Life and Work
Ray Dalio
No page progress recorded · untouched for 69 days
Parked
The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
Andy Hunt
No page progress recorded · untouched for 152 days
Parked
The Last Economy: A Guide to the Age of Intelligent Economics
Emad Mostaque
No page progress recorded · untouched for 193 days
Parked
The Network State: How To Start a New Country
Balaji S. Srinivasan
No page progress recorded · untouched for 193 days
Parked
The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene
No page progress recorded · untouched for 329 days
Parked
Il genio non esiste. E a volte è un idiota
Barbascura X
No page progress recorded · untouched for 459 days
Parked
Programming in Lua, fourth edition by Roberto Ierusalimschy, Lua.Org
Roberto Ierusalimschy
No page progress recorded · untouched for 531 days
Parked
The Art of Lifting
Greg Nuckols
No page progress recorded · untouched for 651 days
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Crafting Interpreters
Robert Nystrom
No page progress recorded · untouched for 651 days
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The Unicorn Project
Gene Kim
No page progress recorded · untouched for 751 days
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Intelligenza emotiva: Che cos'è e perché può renderci felici
Daniel Goleman
No page progress recorded · untouched for 900 days
Parked
Guida galattica per gli autostoppisti. Il ciclo completo
Douglas Adams
No page progress recorded · untouched for 915 days
Parked
Antifragile
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
No page progress recorded · untouched for 1309 days
Parked
Il gene egoista. La parte immortale di ogni essere vivente
Richard Dawkins
No page progress recorded · untouched for 1412 days
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The Laws of Human Nature
Robert Greene
No page progress recorded · untouched for 1449 days
Parked

Books read

229

Pages read

65,890

2 books have no page count

Average length

290 pp

Finished each year

books per year · peak 37 · hover or tap a column for the books

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Books and pages finished per year
Year	Books	Pages
2009	2	722
2010	0	0
2011	0	0
2012	5	1,172
2013	9	3,596
2014	3	1,470
2015	0	0
2016	0	0
2017	1	441
2018	6	1,525
2019	13	3,236
2020	33	10,550
2021	27	6,761
2022	37	8,928
2023	21	7,011
2024	36	9,976
2025	6	1,960
2026	20	6,096

Notable

Longest: La strada che porta alla realtà. Le leggi fondamentali dell’universo · 1,206 pages
Shortest: Ai lavoratori: discorsi agli operai di Pozzuoli e Ivrea · 29 pages
Oldest: L'arte della guerra · 500 BC
Newest: Abundance · 2025

How you rate

Across the 220 books you rated, your average is 3.89 against a Goodreads average of 3.94 for the same books — 0.05 harsher.

books per rating · peak 80 · hover or tap a column for the books

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Number of books at each rating
Rating	Books	Pages
1 stars	2	784
2 stars	29	7,191
3 stars	41	11,625
4 stars	68	18,707
5 stars	80	24,934

Most read authors

Richard P. Feynman · 4 books
- Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher · Richard P. Feynman · 167pp
- "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character · Richard P. Feynman · 400pp
- Il senso delle cose · Richard P. Feynman · 125pp
- Qed. La strana teoria della luce e della materia · Richard P. Feynman · 195pp
Carlo Rovelli · 3 books
- Helgoland (French Edition) · Carlo Rovelli · 226pp
- Che cos'è il tempo? Che cos'è lo spazio? · Carlo Rovelli · 63pp
- La realtà non è come ci appare: La struttura elementare delle cose · Carlo Rovelli · 242pp
Dale Carnegie · 3 books
- Come parlare in pubblico e convincere gli altri (Italian Edition) · Dale Carnegie · 228pp
- Come vincere lo stress e cominciare a vivere · Dale Carnegie · 382pp
- Come trattare gli altri e farseli amici · Dale Carnegie · 264pp
Paul Strathern · 3 books
- Kant in 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 Minutes #13) · Paul Strathern · 96pp
- Wittgenstein in 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 Minutes Series) · Paul Strathern · 89pp
- Nietzsche in 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 Minutes #18) · Paul Strathern · 96pp
Simon Singh · 3 books
- L'ultimo teorema di Fermat. L'avventura di un genio, di un problema matematico e dell'uomo che lo ha risolto · Simon Singh · 320pp
- La formula segreta dei Simpson · Simon Singh · 302pp
- Codici e segreti · Simon Singh · 360pp
Suzanne Collins · 3 books
- Il canto della rivolta (Hunger Games, #3) · Suzanne Collins · 419pp
- The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) · Suzanne Collins · 374pp
- Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) · Suzanne Collins · 391pp
Andrew Hodges · 2 books
- Alan Turing: Storia di un enigma · Andrew Hodges · 762pp
- Il curioso dei numeri · Andrew Hodges · 304pp
Armando Girotti · 2 books
- Hegel · Armando Girotti · 190pp
- Kant · Armando Girotti · 179pp

Shelves

Only 77 of 229 read books are tagged, so this is a partial picture.

science · 23 books
- Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman · James Gleick · 531pp
- Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea · Charles Seife · 266pp
- Helgoland (French Edition) · Carlo Rovelli · 226pp
- L'universo elegante: Superstringhe, dimensioni nascoste e la ricerca della teoria ultima · Brian Greene · 396pp
- The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality and Our Destiny Beyond Earth · Michio Kaku · 368pp
and 18 more
favorites · 18 books
- The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness · Morgan Housel · 242pp
- The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World · Peter Frankopan · 313pp
- Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1) · Tim Marshall · 256pp
- Helgoland (French Edition) · Carlo Rovelli · 226pp
- Thinking, Fast and Slow · Daniel Kahneman · 499pp
and 13 more
philosophy · 14 books
- Il cigno nero. Come l'improbabile governa la nostra vita · Nassim Nicholas Taleb · 379pp
- Che cos'è metafisica? · Martin Heidegger · 163pp
- Kant in 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 Minutes #13) · Paul Strathern · 96pp
- Helgoland (French Edition) · Carlo Rovelli · 226pp
- Philosopher et méditer avec les enfants (French Edition) · Frédéric Lenoir · 232pp
and 9 more
biographies · 13 books
- The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom · Graham Farmelo · 560pp
- Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman · James Gleick · 531pp
- Kant in 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 Minutes #13) · Paul Strathern · 96pp
- La scomparsa di Majorana · Leonardo Sciascia · 119pp
- Wittgenstein in 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 Minutes Series) · Paul Strathern · 89pp
and 8 more
economy · 11 books
- How the World Works · Noam Chomsky · 335pp
- Il cigno nero. Come l'improbabile governa la nostra vita · Nassim Nicholas Taleb · 379pp
- Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism · George A. Akerlof · 248pp
- Nudge: La spinta gentile. La nuova strategia per migliorare le nostre decisioni su denaro, salute, felicità · Richard H. Thaler · 284pp
- Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1) · Tim Marshall · 256pp
and 6 more
history · 11 books
- Light Years and Time Travel: An Exploration of Mankind's Enduring Fascination with Light · Brian Clegg · 320pp
- The Silk Roads: A New History of the World - Illustrated Edition · Peter Frankopan · 128pp
- Le cause nascoste della seconda guerra mondiale · Henry Coston · 344pp
- When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain: History's Unknown Chapters · Giles Milton · 261pp
- From X-rays to Quarks: Modern Physicists and Their Discoveries (Dover Classics of Science & Mathematics) · Emilio Segrè · 352pp
and 6 more
self-improvement · 7 books
- Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It · Chris Voss · 274pp
- The 80/20 Principle: The Secret of Achieving More with Less · Richard Koch · 432pp
- Come parlare in pubblico e convincere gli altri (Italian Edition) · Dale Carnegie · 228pp
- Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money—That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! · Robert T. Kiyosaki · 195pp
- Come vincere lo stress e cominciare a vivere · Dale Carnegie · 382pp
and 2 more
psychology · 5 books
- The Undiscovered Self · C.G. Jung · 112pp
- Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism · George A. Akerlof · 248pp
- Nudge: La spinta gentile. La nuova strategia per migliorare le nostre decisioni su denaro, salute, felicità · Richard H. Thaler · 284pp
- Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It · Chris Voss · 274pp
- Thinking, Fast and Slow · Daniel Kahneman · 499pp

When the books were written

7 books published before 1900 left out — they stretch the scale so far that the modern decades vanish.

1900s · 1 book
- Il fu Mattia Pascal · Luigi Pirandello · 309pp
1910s · 1 book
- Come parlare in pubblico e convincere gli altri (Italian Edition) · Dale Carnegie · 228pp
1920s · 6 books
- The Great Gatsby · F. Scott Fitzgerald · 180pp
- Che cos'è metafisica? · Martin Heidegger · 163pp
- Siddhartha · Hermann Hesse · 156pp
- Scientific Advertising · Claude C. Hopkins · 104pp
- L'ABC della relatività · Bertrand Russell · 190pp
and 1 more
1930s · 4 books
- Anthem: AOG Annotated Edition · Ayn Rand · 66pp
- Think and Grow Rich®: The Original, an Official Publication of The Napoleon Hill Foundation® · Napoleon Hill · 388pp
- La visione scientifica del mondo · Bertrand Russell · 194pp
- Come trattare gli altri e farseli amici · Dale Carnegie · 264pp
1940s · 8 books
- Man's Search for Meaning · Viktor E. Frankl · 165pp
- L’investitore intelligente: Aggiornata con i nuovi commenti di Jason Zweig (Italian Edition) · Benjamin Graham · 624pp
- Lo Zen e il tiro con l’arco · Eugen Herrigel · 100pp
- 1984 · George Orwell · 334pp
- Vita di Galileo · Bertolt Brecht · 150pp
and 3 more
1950s · 3 books
- Il vecchio e il mare · Ernest Hemingway · 124pp
- The Poverty of Historicism · Karl Popper · 176pp
- Il Gattopardo · Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa · 304pp
1960s · 8 books
- Mattatoio n. 5 · Kurt Vonnegut Jr. · 208pp
- Fahrenheit 451 · Ray Bradbury · 227pp
- Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil · Hannah Arendt · 312pp
- The Undiscovered Self · C.G. Jung · 112pp
- La doppia elica · James D. Watson · 0pp
and 3 more
1970s · 5 books
- The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance · W. Timothy Gallwey · 134pp
- Il sistema periodico · Primo Levi · 261pp
- Filosofia della scienza · John Losee · 308pp
- La scomparsa di Majorana · Leonardo Sciascia · 119pp
- Soldi. Conoscere le logiche del denaro per capire le grandi crisi · John Kenneth Galbraith · 500pp
1980s · 15 books
- Lezioni americane · Italo Calvino · 151pp
- Ogilvy on Advertising · David Ogilvy · 224pp
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change · Stephen R. Covey · 391pp
- From X-rays to Quarks: Modern Physicists and Their Discoveries (Dover Classics of Science & Mathematics) · Emilio Segrè · 352pp
- Dio e la nuova fisica · Paul C.W. Davies · 337pp
and 10 more
1990s · 20 books
- Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk · Peter L. Bernstein · 400pp
- The Innovator's Dilemma, with a New Foreword: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail · Clayton M. Christensen · 320pp
- Armi, acciaio e malattie. Breve storia del mondo negli ultimi tredicimila anni · Jared Diamond · 414pp
- Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies · Jim Collins · 368pp
- Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman · James Gleick · 531pp
and 15 more
2000s · 36 books
- The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century · David Salsburg · 352pp
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team · Patrick Lencioni · 228pp
- Tutti pazzi per Gödel!: La guida completa al teorema d'incompletezza · Francesco Berto · 270pp
- Mind Gym: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence · Gary Mack · 224pp
- Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't · Jim Collins · 300pp
and 31 more
2010s · 83 books
- Wool · Hugh Howey · 468pp
- Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration · Ed Catmull · 368pp
- Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity · Kim Malone Scott · 336pp
- The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy · Sharon Bertsch McGrayne · 336pp
- Brief Answers to the Big Questions · Stephen W. Hawking · 256pp
and 78 more
2020s · 31 books
- Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology · Chris Miller · 431pp
- Project Hail Mary · Andy Weir · 476pp
- The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness · Morgan Housel · 242pp
- The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI · Ray Kurzweil · 432pp
- Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results · Shane Parrish · 284pp
and 26 more

Every book on the shelves

229 books


Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technologyread 2×	Chris Miller	5★	431	2026-09-30
Project Hail Mary	Andy Weir	4★	476	2026-09-26
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk	Peter L. Bernstein	5★	400	2026-09-03
The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happinessread 2×	Morgan Housel	5★	242	2026-08-25
Wool	Hugh Howey	4★	468	2026-08-11
The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI	Ray Kurzweil	5★	432	2026-08-11
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration	Ed Catmull	2★	368	2026-07-23
The Innovator's Dilemma, with a New Foreword: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail	Clayton M. Christensen	4★	320	2026-07-21
Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results	Shane Parrish	5★	284	2026-06-15
Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity	Kim Malone Scott	4★	336	2026-05-19
The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy	Sharon Bertsch McGrayne	5★	336	2026-05-17
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness	Eric Jorgenson	4★	244	2026-05-12
Abundance	Ezra Klein	3★	304	2026-05-06
Anthem: AOG Annotated Edition	Ayn Rand	4★	66	2026-04-28
Brief Answers to the Big Questions	Stephen W. Hawking	2★	256	2026-04-27
The Entrepreneurial State	Mariana Mazzucato	3★	304	2026-04-21
Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential	Tiago Forte	3★	272	2026-04-16
Game Theory: Understanding the Mathematics of Life	Brian Clegg	3★	176	2026-03-30
The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts	Shane Parrish	5★	216	2026-03-14
Man's Search for Meaning	Viktor E. Frankl	4★	165	2026-01-06
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams	Matthew Walker	3★	368	2025-12-07
The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century	David Salsburg	5★	352	2025-11-04
Il macigno	Carlo Cottarelli	4★	176	2025-07-16
L’investitore intelligente: Aggiornata con i nuovi commenti di Jason Zweig (Italian Edition)	Benjamin Graham	5★	624	2025-07-07
Get Scalable: The Operating System Your Business Needs To Run and Scale Without You	Ryan Deiss	—	212	2025-05-28

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