His bookshelf

What Ian read

The books Ian read, recommended and sent, as he talked about them in his messages to Keeli, November 2023 to September 2026.

“In case I didn’t mention it, I churn through mad audiobooks.”Ian, 14 January 2024

The book he wrote

Emigration Gone Wrong!

Written and illustrated by Ian Daniel, fifth grade, 2002. He found it in a box at his mom’s house in January 2026.

Keeli: you been this way the whole time.

Ian's bookshelf at home: Rosen's Emergency Medicine, the Pierce Brown books, The Republic of Pirates and more, with his baseball and sandals on the floor beneath — His bookshelf at home, October 2026.

On his shelf

Most recent first

6 September 2026

Biological War

Annie Jacobsen

The last book he sent her. She was already listening and had the hardcover. Three days later: "One hour into Bio war. Sinister, fascinating."

28 July 2026

The Republic of Pirates

Colin Woodard

"Wanted to get a feel for Caribbean history before I ever go sail it." "Reads like a novel so far."

March 2026

Basic Economics

Thomas Sowell

It went through airport security with him.

March 2026

Rosen's Emergency Medicine

"I really want to bring my rosens ER book but it's so damn big." He had one set at his mom's and one on Guam.

December 2025

Lost Connections

Johann Hari

"The book I read recently."

NP board review, then the ENP book

October 2025 to January 2026

NP board review, then the ENP book

Page 243 by 27 November. 80% on his first practice exam after finishing it.

1 Thessalonians

March 2025

1 Thessalonians

"Seeing what Paul has to say to the Thessalonians."

17 March 2025

Dopamine Nation

Anna Lembke

"Fascinating book. I know why you like new projects and pokemon so much now."

March 2025

PHTLS

"Enjoying digging into this PHTLS book."

March 2025

One Nation Under Blackmail

Whitney Webb

He ordered it, then turned a PDF copy into an audiobook.

December 2024

Nuclear War: A Scenario

Annie Jacobsen

"Got sucked into that Annie Jacobson book." He said she "writes good books."

20 November 2024

The flight stack

Al-Qaeda 2.0, Countering the al-Shabaab Insurgency in Somalia, The Area Intelligence Handbook (Mike Shelby), From Dictatorship to Democracy (Gene Sharp). "This really probably isn't the book selection I should fly with."

19 October 2024

Live Not By Lies

Rod Dreher

"As if I don’t send you enough books you don’t have time to read lol." He sent it to her on Audible. She finished it on the plane to Brunei.

Advanced Wilderness Life SupportUniversity of Utah School of Medicine

August 2024

Advanced Wilderness Life Support

University of Utah School of Medicine

"What I'm chipping away at."

PJ Medical Handbook

June 2024

PJ Medical Handbook

He had the whole thing as an ebook and shared it with her.

Light Fighter books

June 2024 and November 2025

Light Fighter books

"Read 10 pages in light fighter book."

Small Unit Tactics SMARTbookLightning Press

May 2024

Small Unit Tactics SMARTbook

Lightning Press

Came recommended by his DARC instructors.

March and December 2024

Outlive

Peter Attia

Keeli recommended it. In December: "listened 2 hours of Peter Attia book."

18 March 2024

The Trackers series, Books 1 to 4

Nicholas Sansbury Smith

The next audiobook on the same drive.

16 March 2024

The Rape of Nanking

Iris Chang

"Pretty hard book." He finished it in one drive.

February to March 2024

One Second After, One Year After, The Final Day

William R. Forstchen

They listened to the series at the same time. He finished the third one on the drive to Portland.

23 January 2024

Ordinary Men

Christopher Browning

"Now that book, is bizarre."

14 January 2024

Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order

Ray Dalio

"Next recommendation."

13 January 2024

The Science of Evil

Simon Baron-Cohen

"Very insightful, if not a bit hard to stomach at times... I recommend."

Before November 2023

The Hundred-Year Marathon

Michael Pillsbury

"I finished that back in Alaska." Keeli was finishing it too.