Welcome to my “Book Review” section, where I aim to inspire people to read, one review at a time. What my ratings mean
2024 Rating Author Genre Everything Store ★★★★ Brad Stone Biography Clear Thinking ★★★★ Shane Parrish Self-help The Perfect Wive ★★★★★ JP Delaney Psycho Thriller Ferry Pilot ★★★★★ Kerry McCauley Memoir Skunk Works ★★★★★ Ben Rich Memoir Chip War ★★★★★ Chris Miller History Stick and Rudder ★★★★ Wolfgang Langewiesche Aviation All Systems Red ★★ Martha Wells Sci-fi Same as Ever ★★★ Morgan Housel Self-help Nexus ★★★★★ Yuval Noah Harari History
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2022 Rating Author Genre Empire of Pain ★★★★★ Patrick Radden Keefe History The Real Anthony Fauci ★ Robert F Kennedy Jr Health Care Super Pumped ★★★★ Mike Issac History Hooked ★★★★ Nir Eyal Psychology The Hard Thing About Hard Things ★★★★ Ben Horowitz Business M&A from A to Z ★★ Andrew J. Sherman Business The Cult of We ★★★★ Eliot Brown History Your Next Five Moves ★★ Patrick Bet-David Self-help 48 Laws of Power ★★★★ Robert Greene Psychology Warehouse Management ★★★ Gwynne Richards Business The Innovator’s Prescription ★★★★★ Clayton Christensen Health Care Stiff ★★★★★ Mary Roach Science Blitzscaling ★★★★ Reid Hoffman Business The Patient Priority ★★★★ Stefan Larsson Health Care To Sell is Human ★★★ Daniel H Pink Business
2021 Rating Author Genre The Illuminae Files #1 ★★★★★ Amie Kaufman Sci-fi The Illuminae Files #2 ★★★★★ Amie Kaufman Sci-fi The Illuminae Files #3 ★★★★★ Amie Kaufman Sci-fi Ready Player One ★★★★★ Ernest Cline Sci-fi Ready Player Two ★★★★★ Ernest Cline Sci-fi The Meaning of Mariah Carey ★★★★ Mariah Carey Memoir Think Like a Monk ★★ Jay Shetty Self-help The Big Short ★★★★★ Michael Lewis Finance Trade Like a Stock Market Wizard ★★★ Mark Minervini Finance Nudge ★★★★ Richard H. Thaler Psychology Blinkist Book Summaries – – Thing Explainer ★★ Randal Munroe Science Digital Gold ★★★★ Nathaniel Popper History Cosmos ★★★★★ Carl Sagan Science Prisoners of Geography ★★★★ Time Marshall History Do The Work ★★ Steven Pressfield Self-help The Three-Body Problem #1 ★★★★★ Liu Cixin Sci-fi Outcomes over Output ★★★ Josh Seiden Business So Good They Can’t Ignore You ★★★★ Cal Newport Self-help Life is Short and So is This Book ★★★ Peter Atkins Self-help As a Man Thinketh ★★★★★ James Allen Self-help The 4-Hour Body ★★ Tim Ferriss Health Traction ★★★★ Gabriel Weinberg Business The Dip ★★★ Business Sell Like Crazy ★★★ Sabri Suby Business Monetising Innovation ★★ Georg Tacke Business The Contrarian ★★★★ Max Chafkin Biography Seeking Wisdom ★★★★ Peter Bevelin Philosophy Attitude is Everything ★★★ Jeff Keller Self-help Dune ★★★★★ Frank Herbert Sci-fi The Cold Start Problem ★★★★★ Andrew Chen Business Packing for Mars ★★★★★ Mary Roach Science The Great Mental Models ★★★★★ Shane Parrish Psychology Inspired ★★★★ Marty Cagan Business
2020 Rating Author Genre Antifragile ★★★★★ Nassim Nicholas Taleb Philosophy The Ride of a Lifetime ★★★★★ Robert Iger Biography Steve Jobs ★★★★★ Walter Isaacson Biography Shoe Dogs ★★★★★ Memoir Surely You’re Joking Mr Feynmann ★★★★★ Richard P. Feynman Biography Becoming ★★★★★ Michelle Obama Autobiography Permanent Record ★★★★★ Edward Snowden Memoir The 1-Page Marketing Plan ★★★ Allan Dib Business The Bed of Procrustes ★★★★ Nassim Nicholas Taleb Philosophy The Almanack of Navel Ravikant ★★★★★ Eric Jorgenson Philosophy The Psychology of Money ★★★★★ Morgan Housel Finance A Gentleman in Moscow ★★★★★ Amor Towles Fiction Black Box Thinking ★★★ Matthew Syed Psychology
2019 Rating Author Genre Man’s Search for Meaning ★★★★★ Viktor E. Frankl Biography The Bitcoin Standard ★★★★★ Saifedean Ammous Economics Mostly Harmless ★★★★★ Douglas Adams Sci-fi So Long, & Thanks for All the Fish ★★★★★ Douglas Adams Sci-fi Bad Blood ★★★★★ John Carreyrou Business What Money Can’t Buy ★★★★★ Michael J. Sandel Philosophy Never Split the Difference ★★★★ Chris Voss Business Delivering Happiness ★★★★ Tony Hsieh Business Brief Answers to the Big Questions ★★★★ Stephen Hawking Science Military Jet Aircraft ★★★★★ Michael Sharpe Aviation Atomic Habits ★★★★★ James Clear Self-help Range ★★★★ David Epstein Business Bold ★★★★ Peter H. Diamandis Business Powerful ★★★★ Patty McCord Business Start with Why ★★★★ Simon Sinek Self-help Bitcoin Billionaires ★★★ Ben Mezrich Finance Trump: The Art of the Deal ★★★ Donald J. Trump Biography Win Bigly ★★★ Scott Adams Politics
