James' current reading lists

Here is a brief breakdown of what material I am currently, and have recently, been reading for pleasure (this does not include work books, as it were; books marked with '*' are/were being re-read):

Current

There is only ever one book on my current list; this is because I do just about nothing but read it when there is one.

Active

Books on my active list will be read quite quickly, often at the expense of other activities, such as sleeping, eating, working, etc.

Passive

Books on my passive list are being read, but only (very) slowly.

Prochaska, Frank - The Republic Of Britain (2001-07-10 - )
Schrödinger, Erwin - What Is Life? (2002-01-02 - )
Kernighan, Brian W. & Ritchie, Dennis M. - The C Programming Language * (2002-01-18 - )
Rosen, Kenneth H. - Elementary Number Theory, 4th Edition (2002-02-04 - )
Schneier, Bruce - Applied Cryptography (2002-02-17 - )
Knuth, Donald E. - The Art Of Computer Programming - Volume I (2002-02-28 - )
Hornby, Nick - About A Boy (2002-04-18 - )
Gaines, Helen F. - Cryptanalysis (2002-06-21 - )
Miller, Walter M. Jr. - A Canticle For Leibowitz (2002-08-24 - )
Feynman, Richard M. - Lectures On Physics - Volume III * (2002-08-30 - )
Dick, Philip K. - The Man In The High Castle (2003-03-03 - )
Fry, Stephen - My Moab Is My Washpot (2003-07-03 - )
Asimov, Isaac - The End Of Eternity (2003-09-29 - )
van Creveld, Martin - The Transformation Of War (2004-01-30 - )

'Sleeping'

Books in my 'sleeping' pile are waiting to be read. They may well collapse in to dust, or naturally fuse into iron, before I get to them, however.

Adams, Douglas - The Long Dark Tea-Time Of The Soul *
Adams, Scott - Dilbert - I - Shave The Whales
Adams, Scott - Dilbert - II - Always Postpone Meetings With TIme-Wasting Morons
Adams, Scott - Dilbert - III - Bring Me The head Of Willy The Mailboy!
Adams, Scott - Dilbert - IV - It's Obvious You Won't Survive By Your Wits Alone
Alur, Deepak & Crupi, John & Malks, Dan - Core J2EE Patterns
Asimov, Isaac - The Gods Themselves
Ballard, J. G. - The Drought
Baxter, Stephen - Evolution
Beckett, Francis & Hencke, David - The Blairs And Their Court
Blish, James - Cities In Flight
Bloch, Joshua - Effective Java
Bobbitt, Philip - The Shield of Achilles
Brooks, Frederick P. - The Mythical Man-Month *
Chomsky, Noam - 9-11 *
Chomsky, Noam - Power and Terror *
Christensen, Claton M. - The Innovator's Dilemma
Clarke, Arthur C. - The Collected Stories
Clarke, Arthur C. - The Space trilogy
Cohen, Stewart - Wheelers
Dawkins, Richard - A Devil's Chaplain
Dick, Philip K. - A Scanner Darkly
Dick, Philip K. - Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?
Dick, Philip K. - Dr. Futurity
Dick, Philip K. - The Man Who Japed
Dick, Philip K. - Vulcan's Hammer
Dick, Philip K. - We Can Build You
Feynman, Richard M. - Lectures On Physics - Volume I *
Feynman, Richard M. - Lectures On Physics - Volume II *
Gamma, Erich & Helm, Richard & Johnson, Ralph & Vlissides, John - Design Patterns *
Gibbons, Robert - A Primer In Game Theory
Gibson, Willam - Pattern Recognition
Girard, Xavier - The Mediterranean From Homer To Picasso
Holmes, Hannah - The Secret Life Of Dust
Hofstadter, Douglas R. - Gödel, Escher, Bach
Idle, Eric - The Road to Mars
Kagan, Robert - Paradise & Power
Knuth, Donald E. - The Art Of Computer Programming - Volume II
Mack, Robert J. (Ed.) - Arabian Nights
McDonald, Ian - Tendelee's Story
Mitnick, Kevin D. & Simon, William L. - The Art Of Deception
Norman, Donald A. - The Design of Everyday Things
Paine, Thomas - The Rights Of Man *
Pratchett, Terry - Discworld - XXVII - The Last Hero
Pratchett, Terry - Discworld - XXXII - A Hat Full of Sky
Ritter, R. M. (Ed.) - The Oxford Dictionary For Writers & Editors, 2nd Edition
Rogers, Robert & Walters, Rhodri - How Parliament Works, 5th Edition
Said, Kurban - Ali And Nino
Shakespeare, William & Wells, Stanley (Ed.) - The Complete Sonnets
Stephenson, Neal - Zodiac
Stewart, Ian - Does God Play Dice?
Tóibín, Colm - The Blackwater Lightship

Recently read

These books I have (semi-)recently read.

Paine, Thomas - The Age Of Reason (2001-11-02 - 2001-11-10)
Hamilton, Peter F. - A Quantum Murder (2001-11-14 - 2001-11-15)
Hamilton, Peter F. - The Confederation Handbook (2001-11-15 - 2001-11-16)
Bierce, Ambrose - The Enlarged Devil's Dictionary (2001-11-14 - 2001-11-20)
Klein, Naomi - No Logo (2001-11-02 - 2002-01-24)
Pratchett, Terry - Discworld - V - Sourcery * (2001-12-02 - 2001-12-03)
Card, Orson Scott - Children Of The Mind (2002-01-10 - 2002-01-12)
Card, Orson Scott - Ender's Shadow (2002-01-12 - 2002-01-13)
Card, Orson Scott - Shadow of the Hegemon (2002-01-13 - 2002-01-15)
Niven, Larry & Pournelle, Jerry - The Mote In God's Eye (2001-01-15 - 2001-02-16)
Niven, Larry - Ringworld (2002-01-16 - 2002-01-18)
Pratchett, Terry - Discworld - XIX - Feet Of Clay * (2002-01-29 - 2002-01-30)
Niven, Larry & Pournelle, Jerry - The Moat Around Murcheson's Eye (2002-02-01 - 2002-02-02)
Hamilton, Peter F. - Fallen Dragon (2002-02-02 - 2002-02-03)
Niven, Larry - Three Books Of Known Space (2002-02-19 - 2002-02-27)
Schwartz, Randal L. & Christansen, Tom - Learning Perl * (2002-03-06 - 2002-03-10)
Feynman, Richard - Lectures on Computation * (2001-09-14 - 2002-03-28)
Milligan, Spike - Robin Hood According To Spike Milligan (2002-03-31 - 2002-04-02)
Milligan, Spike - The Bible According To Spike Milligan (2002-04-06 - 2002-04-07)
Flint, Eric - Mother Of Demons (2002-04-19)
Moore, Michael - Stupid White Men (2002-04-21 - 2002-04-21)
Brimicombe, M. W. - Electronic Systems * (2002-04-27 - 2002-04-29)
Card, Orson Scott - The Memory Of Earth (2002-05-05)
Card, Orson Scott - The Call Of Earth (2002-05-05 - 2002-05-06)
Card, Orson Scott - The Ships Of Earth (2002-05-06)
Card, Orson Scott - Earthfall (2002-05-06 - 2002-05-07)
Card, Orson Scott - Earthborn (2002-05-07)
Clarke, Arthur C. & Kube-McDowell, Michael - The trigger (2002-05-09 - 2002-05-15)
Paine, Thomas - The Rights Of Man (2002-06-20 - 2002-06-22)
Bulgakov, Mikhail (trans. Glenny, Michael)- The Master And Margarita (2001-09-23 - 2002-07-03)
Hamilton, Peter K. - The Reality Dysfunction * (2002-07-09 - 2002-07-12)
Hamilton, Peter K. - The Neutronium Alchemist * (2002-07-12 - 2002-07-14)
Hamilton, Peter K. - The Naked God * (2002-07-14 - 2002-07-15)
Adams, Douglas - The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (2002-07-19 - 2002-07-22) *
Clarke, Arthur C. & Baxter, Stephen - The Light Of Other Days (2002-07-22 - 2002-07-23)
Stephenson, Neal - Snow Crash (2002-07-23 - 2002-07-26)
Rowling, J. K. - Harry Potter - I - ... And The Philosopher's Stone (2002-08-02)
Rowling, J. K. - Harry Potter - II - ... And The Chamber Of Secrets (2002-08-02)
Rowling, J. K. - Harry Potter - III - ... And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (2002-08-02)
Rowling, J. K. - Harry Potter - IV - ... And The Goblet Of Fire (2002-08-02)
Aldiss, Brian - Non-Stop (2002-08-08 - 2002-08-10)
Lessig, Lawrence - The Future Of Ideas (2002-08-10 - 2002-08-15)
Aldiss, Brian - Super-State (2002-08-13)
Heinlein, Robert A. - The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress (2002-08-13 - 2002-08-14)
McLaughlin, Brett - Java Enterprise Applications - Volume I: Architecture (2002-08-17 - 2002-08-19)
Monson-Haefel, Richard - Enterprise JavaBeans (2002-08-20 - 2002-08-23)
Farley, Jim & Crawford, William & Flanagan, David - Java Enterprise In A Nutshell 2nd Edition (2002-08-24 - 2002-08-27)
Hightower, Richard & Lesiecki, Nicholas - Java Tools For Extreme Programming (2002-08-27 - 2002-08-29)
Stephenson, Neal - The Diamond Age (2002-08-28 - 2002-09-02)
Card, Orson Scott - Shadow Puppets (2002-09-04)
Hamilton, Peter F. - Watching trees Grow (2002-09-07)
Flynn, Michael & Pournelle, Jerry & Niven, Larry - Fallen Angels (2002-09-28)
Drake, David & Flint, Eric - An Oblique Approach (2002-09-29 - 2002-10-04)
Pratchett, Terry - Discworld - XXIX - Night Watch (2002-11-20 - 2002-11-22)
MacLeod, Ken - Engines Of Light - I - Cosmonaut Keep (2003-01-02 - 2003-01-04)
Pratchett, Terry - Discworld - IX - Eric * (2003-02-07)
Schott, Ben - Schott's Original Miscellany (2003-03-31 - 2003-04-02)
Bryson, Bill - Notes from a Small Island (2003-04-02 - 2003-04-08)
Lodge, David - The British Museum Is Falling Down (2003-04-06 - 2003-04-11)
Burden, Richard L. & Faires, J. Douglas - Numerical Analysis (2002-12-07 - 2003-06-18)
Rowling, J. K. - Harry Potter - V - ... And The Order Of The Phoenix (2003-06-21)
Pullman, Philip - His Dark Materials - I - The Golden Compass (2003-07-15 - 2003-07-22)
Pratchett, Terry & Gaiman, Neil - Good Omens (2003-09-17 - 2003-09-20)
Seth, Vikram - A Suitable Boy (2002-08-04 - 2003-09-30)
Pratchett, Terry - Discworld - XXXI - Monstrous Regiment (2003-10-21 - 2003-10-22)
Hamilton, Peter F. - Mindstar Rising * (2003-12-20 - 2003-12-22)
Hamilton, Peter F. - A Quantum Murder * (2003-12-22 - 2003-12-26)
Hamilton, Peter F. - The Nanoflower * (2003-12-26 - 2003-12-28)
MacLeod, Ken - Fall Revolution - II - The Stone Canal (2004-02-02 - 2004-02-05)
Pratchett, Terry - Discworld - XXX - The Wee Free Men (2004-03-04 - 2004-03-05)
Hamilton, Peter F. - Pandora's Star (2004-03-17 - 2004-03-19)
MacLeod, Ken - Fall Revolution - III - The Cassini Division (2004-02-05 - 2004-03-28)
MacLeod, Ken - Fall Revolution - I - The Star Fraction (2004-03-28 - 2004-04-02)
Pratchett, Terry - Discworld - XXVIII - Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents (2004-04-03)
Adams, Douglas - The Salmon of Doubt (2004-06-12 - 2004-06-14)
Dawkins, Richard - The Blind Watchmaker * (2004-06-26 - 2004-06-30)
MacLeod, Ken - Engines Of Light - II - Dark Light (2004-07-06 - 2004-07-22)
MacLeod, Ken - Engines Of Light - III - Engine City (2004-07-22 - 2004-07-28)
Pratchett, Terry - Discworld - VIII - Guards! Guards! * (2004-08-10)
Cook, Peter - Tragically I Was An Only Twin (2004-08-15 - 2004-09-09)
MacLeod, Ken - Fall Revolution - IIII - The Sky Road (2004-08-18 - 2004-08-25)
Rowling, J. K. - Harry Potter - I - ... And The Philosopher's Stone * (2004-08-26)
Rowling, J. K. - Harry Potter - II - ... And The Chamber Of Secrets *(2004-08-27)
Rowling, J. K. - Harry Potter - III - ... And The Prisoner Of Azkaban * (2004-08-28)
Rowling, J. K. - Harry Potter - IV - ... And The Goblet Of Fire * (2004-08-29)
Rowling, J. K. - Harry Potter - V - ... And The Order Of The Phoenix * (2004-08-30)
Boris, Johnson - Lend Me Your Ears (2004-10-15 - 2004-11-07)
Young, Hugo - One Of Us (2004-11-08 - 2004-12-19)
Hague, William - William Pitt (2004-12-07 - 2005-01-17)
Marr, Andrew - My Trade (2004-12-10 - 2005-01-14)
Stephenson, Neal & George, Frederick - Interface (2005-01-29 - 2005-02-05)
Hamilton, Peter F. - Misspent Youth (2005-03-08 - 2005-03-10)
Pratchett, Terry - Discworld - XXIX - Night Watch * (2005-03-14 - 2005-03-17)
Pratchett, Terry - Discworld - XXV - The Truth * (2005-03-17 - 2005-03-20)
Pratchett, Terry - Discworld - XXXIII - Going Postal (2005-03-20)
Fry, Stephen - The Stars' Tennis Balls (2005-03-23 - 2005-03-25)

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