Alex Jiawei Chen

Books

What I have read, most recent first. Covers link through to whatever I wrote about them.

2026

  1. Cover of Introduction to Commutative AlgebraIntroduction to Commutative AlgebraAtiyah & Macdonald
  2. Cover of Theory of ComputationTheory of ComputationMichael Sipser
  3. Cover of Algebraic GeometryAlgebraic GeometryRobin Hartshorne
  4. Cover of FiccionesFiccionesJorge Luis Borges
  5. Cover of Introduction to AlgorithmsIntroduction to AlgorithmsCormen, Leiserson, Rivest, Stein
  6. Cover of Invisible CitiesInvisible CitiesItalo Calvino

2025

  1. Cover of Concrete MathematicsConcrete MathematicsGraham, Knuth, Patashnik
  2. Cover of Godel, Escher, BachGodel, Escher, BachDouglas Hofstadter