Reading

For me, reading is more than just gaining knowledge. It’s entering different worlds, traveling through time, and, to quote one of my favorite authors, “becoming a thousand men and yet remaining myself” (C.S. Lewis).

I read everything from fiction to non-fiction, classics to contemporary works, technical books to philosophy and theology, and authors I agree with and disagree with. I have no problem reading books that challenge my beliefs. In fact, that’s often how I refine and strengthen my own worldview.

The one thing I do care about, since time is limited, is reading good books. If I’m not enjoying one or getting much from it, I have no problem abandoning it.

I keep my notes in a Zettelkasten, so whatever is worth remembering outlives the book. Here’s a list of what I’ve been reading, along with some notes.

2026

• The Reading Life (C.S. Lewis)

• Pessoas simples, feitos grandiosos (Paschoal Piragine Jr.)

• The Pragmatic Programmer (David Thomas & Andrew Hunt)

• Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Richard P. Feynman)

• The Great Divorce (C.S. Lewis)

• White Nights (Fyodor Dostoevsky)

• Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ (John Piper)

• Tomando decisões segundo a vontade de Deus (Heber Campos Jr)

• World by Land (Roy Rudnick & Michelle Weiss)

  This book always scratches my travel itch.

• Diário do clima (Sônia Bridi)

• Desiring God (John Piper)

  Profound and life changing read.

• Staff Engineer (Will Larson)

  Great read! I read it right after stepping into a staff engineer role at CrewAI.

2025

• Redemption Accomplished and Applied (John Murray)

• The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Leo Tolstoy)

  Trying to get into the classics. This was a great read!

• The Complete Works of E. M. Bounds on Prayer (E. M. Bounds)

• Notes from Underground (Fyodor Dostoevsky)

• 1984 (George Orwell)

• The Abolition of Man (C.S. Lewis)

• Competing Spectacles (Tony Reinke)

• One Hundred Days Between Sea and Sky (Amyr Klink)

  A guy decides to go in a 100-day rowing journey from Namibia to Brazil solo. ROWING!

2024

• Worship in Spirit and Truth (John Frame)

• Manual de Teologia Sistemática (Zacarias de Aguiar Severa)

• Introduction to Christian Worship (James F. White)

• Early Christian Worship (Paul F. Bradshaw)

• Adoração Bíblica (Russell Shedd)

• Daily Life in the Times of Jesus (Henri Daniel-Rops)

• How to Shoot Video That Doesn’t Suck (Steve Stockman)

  Wife and I decided to document our trips and I didn’t want to suck at shooting video.

• Laowai (Sônia Bridi)

  Stories from a Brazilian TV correspondent in 2005 China

2023

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (J.K. Rowling)

• The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness (Timothy Keller)

  I read this short book almost every year.

• Worship in the Early Church (Ralph P. Martin)

• The Story of Christianity (Volume 1) (Justo L. González)

• Vozes do cristianismo primitivo (Hinson & Siepierski)

• At the Origins of Christian Worship (Larry Hurtado)

• Unity and Diversity in the New Testament (James Dunn)

• Understanding Exposure (Bryan Peterson)

  This book taught me everything I know about photography.

• Hidden Christmas (Timothy Keller)

2022

• Comportamentos Tóxicos (Michel Piragine)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J.K. Rowling)

2021

• Lit! A Christian Guide to Reading Books (Tony Reinke)

• Counterfeit Gods (Timothy Keller)

• The Pilgrim’s Progress (John Bunyan)

• Liturgy of the Ordinary (Tish Warren)

• Remote: Office Not Required (David Heinemeier Hansson & Jason Fried)

  Remote work wasn’t a thing when I read this

• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew (C.S. Lewis)

• God and the Pandemic (N.T. Wright)

• Panorama Histórico de Israel (Antônio Renato Gusso)

• O custo do discipulado (Jonas Madureira)

• Genesis in Space and Time (Francis Schaeffer)

• Verdadeiro Evangelho (Paul Washer)

• Dom Casmurro (Machado de Assis)

• A Little Exercise for Young Theologians (Helmut Thielicke)

• Animal Farm (George Orwell)

2020

• The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness (Timothy Keller)
• Crazy Love (Francis Chan)
• Lei, Graça e Santificação (Russell Shedd)
• Maturidade (Luciano Subirá)
• Cristianismo Descomplicado (Augustus Nicodemus Lopes)
• Inteligência Humilhada (Jonas Madureira)
• Felicidade: Modos de usar (Cortella, Karnal & Pondé)