My Library
Top Reads
Bookshelf
100 Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marques
Gabriel Garcia Marquez was a talented writer. This book reads like a long poem.
WHEN - Daniel H. Pink
The scientific secrets of perfect timing.
Educated - Tara Westover
One of the most recommended books this year. Looking forward to reading this.
Stasiland - Anna Funder
One of the most recommended books this year. Looking forward to reading this.
Midnight in Chernobyl - Adam Higginbotham
The Untold Story of the World's Worst Nuclear Disaster.
Cognitive Surplus - Clay Shirky
Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age: How Technology Makes Consumers into Collaborators.
The Paradox of Choice - Barry Schwartz
Why More is Less: How The Culture Of Abundance Robs Us Of Satisfaction
The Language Instinct - Steven Pinker
How the Mind Creates Language.
PAYOFF - Dan Ariely
The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations.
Thinking Fast And Slow - Daniel Kahneman
Kahneman explores two systems that govern decision-making.
The Master Algorithm - Pedro Domingos
How The Quest For The Ultimate Learning Machine Will Reshape Our World
Sapiens - Yuval Noah Harari
A Brief History of Humankind.
Nudge - Thaler & Sunstein
Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness. A must-read for navigating difficult trade-offs.
IQ84 - Haruki Murakami
By far one of Murakami's finest literary works.
Misbehaving - Richard Thaler
The Making of Behavioral Economics.
INSPIRED - 2018
Cagan shares invaluable lessons on product management. I found his hands-on approach to be very relatable.
Don Quixote De La Mancha
Quintessential Spanish literature. Working on reading this in the traditional Castilian it was originally written in.
Homo Deus
This is the second Harari book I've read. The book's focus on the future makes it easier to grap the magnitude of the decisions we face today.
Outliers: The Story of Success
Malcolm Gladwell's work opened the window to a whole new genre of science made accessible through everyday anecdotes.
The Life of Mr Jonathan Wild The Great
I've read this at least once every year for the last 16 years. One of the best works of Enlightenment Age literature.
Cartographic Grounds: Projecting The Landscape Imaginary
A critical look at the art and science of map-making. This book will reframe the way you think about maps.
Prisoners of Geography
Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World. Fair, though it certainly will take more than 10 maps.
Cartography: The Ideal and Its History
This book digs further into the history of cartography, from it's infancy to the age of sub-inch accuracy.
Homegoing - Yaa Gyasi
Looking forward to reading this!
Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life.
Next on my list.
