Gaslight & Steam

This is a list of the books I'm reading, recent books I've read and books I plan to read. Where possible, I've attempted to include some information about the book, perhaps a brief review and, most important, links to other books by the same author, read-alikes (books by other authors that may appeal) and similar recommendation tools.

The books listed as favorites are significant to me in some way or another. Mostly, they are books that I particularly enjoyed or that struck a chord in me. In most cases, I also feel that they are excellent books from a literary standpoint, as well. My hope is that if you enjoy some of the authors and books on this page, you may find something else here you haven't read that may be of interest. Regrettably, some of them are a trifle obscure and may be out of print. Where that's the case, I encourage you to try and track them down. As a note, either I have good taste in books or, far more likely, the same kind of quirky taste as some editors since a number of these books reappear as reprints at regular intervals.

Currently reading

JavaScript Patterns by Stoyan Stefanov

Covers the basics and principles of writing Javascript with plenty of examples of good usage and reasons to design things in certain ways. In addition to Javascript-specific patterns, the author also applies common design patterns (the Gang of Four patterns) to Javascript and much more. This book is deceptively slim considering the amount of information packed into it.

The Burning Realm (Shattered World duology, part 2) by Michael Reaves

A year after the events of the first book, the narrative picks up with the same cast of characters and where their attempts to reunite the Shattered World have taken them following the attempted resurrection of the Necromancer.

Gamification by Design: Implementing Game Mechanics in Web and Mobile Apps by Gabe Zichermann, Christopher Cunningham

Beyond the buzzwords, this book discusses what gamification means, strategies to implement gamification, and how to build systems from the ground up.

King of the Middle March (The Arthur Trilogy, book 3) by Kevin Crossley-Holland

Now a squire, Arthur de Caldicot heads off on Crusade, arriving first in Venice awaiting the arrival of other crusaders and money to launch a fleet to travel to Jerusalem.

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