Rating | Title | Status | Date | Subtitle | Tagline | Author | Pages | Type | Takeaway | Dojo Topic | Arena | Notes? | Recommend | Cover | My Notes & Ideas (Files) | Project | URL | Year |
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4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | On Creativity | Read | February 14, 2024 | Rick Rubin | 405 | The Dao | ||||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | The Dip | Read | January 24, 2024 | When to quit | Seth Godin | 75 | Quit cul de sacs, go through other Dips | |||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Crossing the Unknown Sea | Read | December 31, 2023 | David Whyte | Spiritual | |||||||||||||
Holotropic Breathwork | Reading | November 28, 2023 | satnislov? | Spiritual | ||||||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Star Maker | Read | November 28, 2023 | Olaf Stapledon | 95 | Fiction | ||||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Elon Musk | Read | November 20, 2023 | Walter Isaacson | Biography | He’s insane. Driven. | ||||||||||||
The Self Driven Child | Reading | November 12, 2023 | 250 | Let your kids live their own lives and make their own choices | ||||||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Read | October 15, 2023 | Michael A Singer | 200 | Spiritual | Go with life’s flow, but give it everything. Its not passive | ||||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Jonathan Livingston Seagull | Read | October 10, 2023 | Richard Bach | 150 | Spiritual | We are limitless beings | |||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Read | September 10, 2023 | 260 | Spiritual | ||||||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Read | September 4, 2023 | David Nurse | 160 | Formula for breakthrough. Cheesy but some good pts. Like the go giver | |||||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | The World Behind the World | Read | August 3, 2023 | Consciousness, Free Will and the Limits of Science | Erik Hoel | 205 | Non Fiction | There is free will. Causal emergence | ||||||||||
The Crossing | Reading | June 28, 2023 | Cormac McCarthy | Fiction | ||||||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Read | June 21, 2023 | Cormac McCarthy | 300 | Similar vibes to Lonesome Dove | |||||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Read | June 12, 2023 | David Abram | 310 | Spiritual | |||||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Kevin Kelly Life Lessons | Read | May 21, 2023 | Kevin Kelly | ||||||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Read | May 10, 2023 | Leo Tolstoy | Spiritual | Holy shit. This book is just about life. | |||||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Read | April 30, 2023 | Peter Attia | 400 | Non Fiction | Basic principles better than tons of specifics | ||||||||||||
Financial Hacking | Reading | April 30, 2023 | Non Fiction | |||||||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Chronicles | Read | March 23, 2023 | Bob Dylan | Biography | Deep deep guy but also provincial | ||||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Systematic Trading | Read | March 1, 2023 | Rob Carver | 300 | Textbook | Really good base | |||||||||||
Chatter | Reading | February 10, 2023 | Ethan Cross | |||||||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | How Will You Measure Your Life | Read | February 7, 2023 | Clayton Christensen | 205 | Non Fiction | Be deliberate in your life | |||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Read | February 5, 2023 | Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm | Thich Nhat Hanh | 180 | Spiritual | Practical guide for mediation and dealing with emotions | |||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | The Second Leg Down | Read | February 4, 2023 | Hari Krishnan | 189 | Textbook | There are Ways to be long vol without bleeding too kuch | |||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Breathe | Read | January 4, 2023 | Rickson Gracie | Biography | Intuition and hard work win | ||||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Do the Work | Read | January 2, 2023 | Steve Pressfield | How-To | Overcome resistance, everyone has to | ||||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Never Finished | Read | January 1, 2023 | Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within | David Goggins | |||||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Shantaram | Read | October 26, 2022 | Greg David | 950 | Fiction | Still don’t love it but great writing | |||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Investing Amid Low Exptected Returns | Read | June 26, 2022 | Antti Illmanen | 250 | Textbook | Be patient. Diversify. Add Trend | |||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | The End of the World is Just Beginning | Read | June 20, 2022 | Peter Zeihan | 450 | Non Fiction | It’s about to get faked up globally. End of “more” | |||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Zen and the Art of Motorcyle Maintenance | Read | June 5, 2022 | Robert Persig | 400 | Fiction | Ways of thinking are REALITY | |||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Tao Te Ching | Read | June 1, 2022 | The Book of The Way | Lao Tzu | 80 | Spiritual | Moderation, going with the flow, awareness | ||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Reality is not what is Seems | Read | May 15, 2022 | The Journey to Quantum Gravity | Carlo Rovelli | 260 | Non Fiction | Wow...there is no independent space or time... | ||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Good to Great | Read | April 25, 2022 | Jim Collins | 250 | Non Fiction | Level 5 Leaders are Humble | |||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Turning the Flywheel | Read | April 16, 2022 | Summary of all his work | Jim Collins | 38 | How-To | Set up an inevitible flywheel to your business | ||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Read | April 9, 2022 | Andres from Acquisition Lab | How-To | ||||||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Traction | Read | March 28, 2022 | Geno Wickman | ||||||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | The Go Giver | Read | March 23, 2022 | create value to get value | ||||||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | 4,000 Weeks | Read | March 4, 2022 | Oliver Burke | 250 | Non Fiction | accept that time is finite | |||||||||||
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Reading | February 24, 2022 | Richard Hamming | 350 | Textbook | ||||||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Read | February 24, 2022 | Gino Wickman | How-To | ||||||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Buy then Build | Read | February 13, 2022 | Walker Deibel | 281 | How-To | ||||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | The Pathless Path | Read | February 3, 2022 | How to find the work (life) you were meant to have | Paul Millerd | Non Fiction | exactly how i have been feeling. great book | |||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Becoming Trader Joe | Read | January 10, 2022 | Joe Coloumbe | ||||||||||||||
Upinishads | Reading | January 1, 2022 | Spiritual | |||||||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Awareness | Read | November 30, 2021 | Jed mckenna esque | Anthony de Mello | 200 | Spiritual | |||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Read | November 28, 2021 | Antti Ilmanen | 150 | Non Fiction | diversify the risk premiums you are collecting | ||||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Norwegian Wood | Read | October 10, 2021 | 250 | Fiction | |||||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Read | September 6, 2021 | How to make things happen | Steve Sims | 200 | Non Fiction | Passion + Persistence + Relationships | |||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Read | August 14, 2021 | Short Story Collection | Ted Chiang | Fiction | Title Story Alone worth the Read | ||||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Project Hail Mary | Read | August 6, 2021 | Andy Weir | Fiction | |||||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Lifestyle Investor | Read | July 22, 2021 | Justin Donald | How-To | |||||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | The Fifth Science | Read | July 18, 2021 | Exurbia | 325 | Fiction | ||||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Read | July 11, 2021 | James Nestor | 275 | How-To | Breath through your nose, less often and slowly. Exhale fully. Use your jaw. | ||||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Read | July 6, 2021 | Spiritual | |||||||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Yearbook | Read | May 23, 2021 | Seth Rogen | 250 | |||||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Complexity | Read | April 5, 2021 | 335 | Life lives between order and chaso. A place of self renewing change. I thought of it almost as running (constantly "falling" but moving forward. | |||||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Read | March 28, 2021 | How one spoofer "caused" the Flash Crash | Liam Vaughn | 225 | Non Fiction | kid builds program to spoof markets and makes 70mm! | |||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Beware of the Dog | Read | March 14, 2021 | Rugby's Hard Man | Brian Moore | 300 | ||||||||||||
Epigenetics | Reading | March 2, 2021 | A Graphic Guide | Cath Ennis | 165 | |||||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Read | March 1, 2021 | Augustin Lebron | 230 | Non Fiction | |||||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Total Rugby | Read | March 1, 2021 | Greenwood? | Textbook | |||||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | The Call of Cthulhu | Read | February 21, 2021 | HP Lovecraft | 52 | Spiritual | universe is weird and we know nothing | |||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | The Richest Man in Babylon | Read | February 15, 2021 | |||||||||||||||
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3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Read | December 27, 2020 | Neal Stephenson | 1130 | interesting, good, but confusing and long | |||||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Read | December 27, 2020 | Writings from a Zen Master to a Master Swordsman | Takuan Soho | 100 | Spiritual | Do not rest your mind/desire | |||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Soros on Soros | Read | December 5, 2020 | Interview | Staying Ahead of the Curve | George Soros | 295 | Non Fiction | ok but crash of 2008 better | |||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Read | November 19, 2020 | And what it Means | A New Paradigm for Financial Markets | George Soros | 225 | Non Fiction | Fallibility and reflexivity | ||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Greenlights | Read | November 15, 2020 | Mathew McConaghy | Biography | guy can tell a story | ||||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Read | November 14, 2020 | Unknown Wizards | Jack D Schwager | 300 | How-To | ||||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | River of Doubt | Read | October 25, 2020 | Candice Millard | 350 | |||||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Get Together | Read | September 26, 2020 | Community Building | How to start and grow a community | Stripe Press | 180 | Non Fiction | ||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Read | September 20, 2020 | Euan Sinclair | 198 | Textbook | |||||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Read | August 31, 2020 | The Dangerous Consequences of Volatility Suppression and the New Financial Order of Decaying Growth and Recurring Crisis | Of Decaying Growth and Recurring Crisis | Tim Lee, Jamie Lee & Kevin Coldiron | 200 | Non Fiction | All financial assets (all power) is one big carry trade. | ||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Read | August 14, 2020 | Josh Weitzmann | 350 | Non Fiction | |||||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | A Wild Sheep Chase | Read | August 9, 2020 | Haruki Murakami | 350 | Fiction | ||||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Ghengis Khan | Read | August 4, 2020 | And the Making of the Modern World | Biography | |||||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Read | July 30, 2020 | The Disciplined Pursuit of Less | Greg Mckeown | 245 | Non Fiction | ||||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | The Power of the Dog | Read | July 23, 2020 | Ex CIA Agent works for DEA fighting Mexican Cartel | Don Wilson | 650 | Fiction | |||||||||||
Notes Only | July 21, 2020 | Individuals will accrue power in 21st century | Davidson & Rees-Mogg | Non Fiction | Govt on decline, decentralization | |||||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Read | July 19, 2020 | What going into space taught me about ingenuity, determination and being prepared for anything | Took 20+ years for canadian Hadfield to realize lifelong dream of going to space | Chris Hadfield | Biography | Prepare relentlessly, learn constantly & choose to be happy regardless of the outcome | |||||||||||
Notes Only | July 17, 2020 | Notes: Nat Eliason | Robert Green & 50 Cent | Non Fiction | ||||||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Read | July 12, 2020 | Running as Metaphor for Writing (and Life) | Haruki Murakami | 173 | Non Fiction | slow and steady wins race. doing things correctly and consistently for its own sake | |||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Read | July 10, 2020 | The baseball coach that changed his life | Michael Lewis | 91 | Non Fiction | ||||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Headspace Guide to Meditaiton | Read | June 7, 2020 | How to apporach meditaiton rationally | Andy Puddicombe | 190 | Non Fiction | try less! | ||||||||||
2 ⭐⭐ | Read | May 17, 2020 | Bob Litwin | 220 | How-To | |||||||||||||
Spiritual Warfare < | To Read | May 17, 2020 | Jed McKenna | Spiritual | ||||||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Spiritually Incorrect Enlightenment | Read | May 10, 2020 | Jed McKenna | Spiritual | |||||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Read | May 2, 2020 | Jed Mckenna | Spiritual | ||||||||||||||
2 ⭐⭐ | Running with Sherman | Read | January 6, 2020 | Non Fiction | ||||||||||||||
2 ⭐⭐ | Friendly Ambitious Nerd | Read | January 4, 2020 | 99 | Non Fiction | |||||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Horse Trading | Read | January 3, 2020 | Ben Green | 250 | Fiction | ||||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Read | January 2, 2020 | Robert Fritz | 276 | How-To | Structures guide your whole life. Have to get out of reacting and into creating. | ||||||||||||
2 ⭐⭐ | Nothing to See Here | Read | January 1, 2020 | Fire children need to be cared for | Kevin Wilson | 220 | Fiction | ok book, nothing special | ||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Trading Volatility | Read | December 28, 2019 | Euan Sinclair | 280 | Textbook | ||||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | The Power of Less | Read | December 25, 2019 | Leo Babauta | 180 | How-To | ||||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Lifespan: Aging | Read | November 29, 2019 | David Sinclair | 400 | How-To | ||||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Daisy Jones & The Six | Read | November 25, 2019 | Fictional band in 70s | Taylor Jenkins | 357 | Fiction | |||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Read | November 25, 2019 | Market Auction Process Overview | James Dalton | 200 | Textbook | ||||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Molokai | Read | November 10, 2019 | fiction about the leper colony in Hawaii | Alan Bennet | 370 | Fiction | |||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Read | November 1, 2019 | Cal Newport | 300 | How-To | |||||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | I Heard You Paint Houses | Read | October 27, 2019 | like watching goodfellas | Charles Brandt | 380 | Non Fiction | mob killed kennedy | ||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | The Order of Time | Read | October 17, 2019 | non physicist look at time | Carlo Rovelli | 180 | Non Fiction | |||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Ego is the Enemy | Read | October 14, 2019 | Ryan Holiday | 250 | Non Fiction | ||||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Am I Being Too Subtle | Read | January 1, 2019 | buy real estate leveraged in 1970s | Sam Zell | 225 | Non Fiction | jump in and do something! | ||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Read | January 1, 2019 | too long | Ronen Bergman | 755 | Non Fiction | offense = defense, israel super aggressive | |||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Read | January 1, 2019 | Story of Ren-Tech | Greg Zuckerman | 375 | Non Fiction | math and trading costs matter | |||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Read | January 1, 2019 | Robin Williams Bio | Dave Itzkoff | 400 | Biography | ||||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | The Great Successor | Read | January 1, 2019 | Secret Rise and Rule of Kim Jong Un | Anna Fifield | 300 | Biography | |||||||||||
2 ⭐⭐ | Soonish | Read | January 1, 2019 | boring... | Kelly and Zach Weinersmi | 350 | Non Fiction | |||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Can't Hurt Me | Read | January 1, 2019 | Extreme discipline | David Groggins | 350 | Biography | |||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Read | January 1, 2019 | Story of Lockheed team that built SR-71 Blackbird | Ben Rich | 350 | Non Fiction | Unbelievable engineering teamwork and leadership | |||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | The Forever War | Read | January 1, 2019 | Joe Haldeman | 250 | Fiction | ||||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Read | January 1, 2019 | Eugene Heregel | 81 | Spiritual | |||||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | A Gentleman in Moscow | Read | January 1, 2019 | Amor Towles | 461 | Fiction | ||||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | The Accidental Universe | Read | January 1, 2019 | Alan Lightman | 145 | Non Fiction | ||||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | The Stranger in the Woods | Read | January 1, 2019 | hermit lives 28 years in ME woods | Michael Frinken | 200 | Non Fiction | insane amount of solitude. impossible | ||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Read | January 1, 2019 | The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life | wisdom is often very counterintuitive | Rory Sutherland | 384 | Non Fiction | |||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Simple Wealth, Inevitable Wealth | Read | January 1, 2019 | DCA, invest in equities | Nick Murray | 164 | Non Fiction | |||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Read | January 1, 2019 | what is conciousness | Annika harris | 131 | Non Fiction | we dont know, does everything have conciousness? all we know is that it DOES feel like something to be | |||||||||||
2 ⭐⭐ | Ends of the World | Read | January 1, 2019 | History of Mass extinctions | Peter Brannon | 300 | Non Fiction | life can reset...but if it doenst go to 0 it grows back | ||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | The Tao of Wu | Read | January 1, 2019 | life wisdom from founder of wu tang | The RZA | 208 | Non Fiction | Surprisizingly thoughtful | ||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Thinking Twice | Read | January 1, 2019 | Mike Maboussin | 140 | Non Fiction | ||||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Born Standing Up | Read | January 1, 2019 | Biography | Steve Martin | 200 | Non Fiction | always inventing | ||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Amusing Ourselves to Death | Read | January 1, 2019 | Neil Postman | 208 | Non Fiction | ||||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Making Sense of People | Read | January 1, 2019 | Sam Barondes | 180 | Non Fiction | ||||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | The Absent Superpower | Read | January 1, 2019 | Peter Zeihan | 300 | Non Fiction | ||||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | The Upside of Stress | Read | January 1, 2019 | Kelly McGonigal | 280 | Non Fiction | ||||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | The Accidental Superpower | Read | January 1, 2019 | Peter Zeihan | 300 | Non Fiction | ||||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Happiest Toddler on the Block | Read | January 1, 2019 | Dr Harvey Karp | 300 | Non Fiction | ||||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | The Warburgs | Read | January 1, 2019 | Ron Chernow | 800 | Biography | ||||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | The Longevity Diet | Read | January 1, 2019 | Dr Valter Longo | 300 | Non Fiction | ||||||||||||
2 ⭐⭐ | Salt Daddy | Read | January 1, 2019 | B Rob | 300 | Non Fiction | ||||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Dune | Read | January 1, 2019 | Frank Herbert | 800 | Fiction | ||||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Tao Te Ching | Read | January 1, 2019 | Laozi | 83 | Spiritual | ||||||||||||
2 ⭐⭐ | The Married Man S Primer | Read | January 1, 2019 | Athol Kay | 250 | Non Fiction | ||||||||||||
2 ⭐⭐ | When I Say No, I Feel Guilty | Read | January 1, 2019 | Manuel J Smith | 352 | Non Fiction | ||||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Everybody Lies | Read | January 1, 2019 | Seth Stephens Davidowitz | 280 | Non Fiction | ||||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | The Messy Marketplace | Read | January 1, 2019 | Brent Beshore | 125 | Textbook | ||||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | The Billion Dollar Whale | Read | January 1, 2019 | Tom Wright and Brad Hope | 376 | Non Fiction | ||||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Just Mercy | Read | January 1, 2019 | Story of Death Row Lawyer | Bryan Stevenson | 335 | Non Fiction | Powerful story about difference one person can make, dignity of all life | ||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | The Ivy Portfolio | Read | December 27, 2018 | Invest like Endowments and avoid bear markets | Meb Faber | 240 | Non Fiction | simple and evenly distributed | ||||||||||
2 ⭐⭐ | Finding Your Way in a New World | Read | January 1, 2018 | Boyd Varty's American Guru. How she listens to her inner self | Martha Beck | 300 | Spiritual | Too hippyish�some good points but didn�t buy in overall | ||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Home Game | Read | January 1, 2018 | Stories of being a father | Michael Lewis | 192 | Non Fiction | Good writer, heartfelt, a little boring | ||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Sense of Style | Read | January 1, 2018 | What makes good prose | Steven Pinker | 250 | Textbook | Rules are important, but breaking them is too. Hodge podge of what works | ||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Legacy of Ashes | Read | January 1, 2018 | History of the CIA | Tim Weiner | 650 | Non Fiction | Shady, disorganized, relied on individuals wills to remain in existence | ||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Convict Conditioning | Read | January 1, 2018 | Six exercises to get ripped | Paul Wade | 200 | Non Fiction | Pushup, pullup, squat, bridge, leg hang, handstand pushup | ||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Bricky by Brick | Read | January 1, 2018 | Corporate history of lego | David Roberston | 270 | Non Fiction | Tried to grow, failed, had to go back to basics and restart innovation | ||||||||||
Designing Your Life | Read | January 1, 2018 | What should people who are unhappy do | Bill Burnett | 238 | Non Fiction | Need to take active control, seek out what is going to work for you | |||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Cathedral of the Wild | Read | January 1, 2018 | Londolozi Safari Resort - started by great grandfather and still going | Boyd Varty | 300 | Non Fiction | Meaningful work, cooperation with natives/land, following a trail are themes | ||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Never Split the Difference | Read | January 1, 2018 | Negotiation Tactics from FBI negotiator | Chris Voss | 250 | Non Fiction | Ask questions, be sympathetic, anchor low/high, name others fears | ||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Levels of the Game | Read | January 1, 2018 | Match between Arthur Ash and Clark Gable Tennis | John McPhee | 145 | Non Fiction | Goes into their backgrounds, why they have their styles | ||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | The Quest of the Simple Life | Read | January 1, 2018 | 18th century Londoner moves to countryside | William Dawson | 200 | Non Fiction | Fresh air, slow down, learning + self sustainability are timless desires | ||||||||||
Meaningful Work | Read | January 1, 2018 | Former Litigator starts chocolate company sourcing African choc | Sean Akinose | 190 | Non Fiction | Meaning in work is very important and can itself lead to differentiation/success | |||||||||||
Keto Clarity | Read | January 1, 2018 | Keto Diet | Jimmy Moore | 280 | Non Fiction | Insane amount of fat, medium protein, no carbs. | |||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | The Sympathizer | Read | January 1, 2018 | North Korean Spy serving South General, relocates to LA | Viet Thanh Nguyen | 385 | Fiction | Very well written, fiction but extremely interesting | ||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Dark Forest | Read | January 1, 2018 | Sci Fi about Earth finding aliens who want to destory us (and all life) | Liu Cixin | 500 | Non Fiction | First in Trilogy, whole thing is an awesome well researched story | ||||||||||
The Obstacle is the Way | Read | January 1, 2018 | Turn obstacles into objects of leverage to move forward | Ryan Holiday | 190 | Non Fiction | Updated version of Stoicism | |||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | The Birth of Plenty | Read | January 1, 2018 | What conditions have enabled humanity rapid success | William Bernstein | 389 | Non Fiction | Property Rights, Scientific Rationalism, Capital Markets, Transport/Comms | ||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Tiger Woods | Read | January 1, 2018 | Biography of Tiger Woods | Benedict and Keteyian | 500 | Non Fiction | Very well researched, insightful, thorough. Good stories | ||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | History of the World in 100 Pages | Read | January 1, 2018 | Short history of the world | 100 | Non Fiction | Big themes, obviously, don�t actually remember too much� | |||||||||||
Gridiron Genius | Read | January 1, 2018 | Assistant coach in NFL talks about his career | Michael Lombardi | 200 | Non Fiction | Heavily focused on Belicheck but overall very good read, smarty guy | |||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Bad Blood | Read | January 1, 2018 | Story of Theranos Fraud and Elizabeth Holmes | John Carreyrou | 340 | Non Fiction | Smart people can be convinced of anything if conditions are right | ||||||||||
All Marketers are Liars | Read | January 1, 2018 | Summary of what Marktin | Seth Godin | 210 | Non Fiction | All marketing are stories, we want/like stories, just don�t cross over into fraud | |||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | The Fish that Ate the Whale | Read | January 1, 2018 | Sam Zemurray penniless to self made banana mogul | Rich Cohen | 240 | Non Fiction | Hard work, not taking no for answer. Banana very political history in MA | ||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Fire and Fury | Read | January 1, 2018 | Trump White House = Chaos | Michael Wolffe | 321 | Non Fiction | Author is biased but crazy stories | ||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | The Outsiders | Read | January 1, 2018 | Best CEOs in history - what did they do? | William Thorndike | 220 | Non Fiction | Capital allocaiton is #1 job, and its not close | ||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Finite and Infinite Games | Read | January 1, 2018 | Finite games are for winning, infinite are to keep playing | James Carse | 200 | Non Fiction | Finite games are by choice, have rules, timelines, worlds�inifnite you are changing all those | ||||||||||
The Laws of Wealth | Read | January 1, 2018 | Rules of managing personal wealth | Daniel Crosby | 255 | Non Fiction | Basics - have a plan, don�t forecast, control costs, be diversified, seek pro help | |||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Death's End | Read | January 1, 2018 | see above | Liu Cixin | 600 | Non Fiction | see above | ||||||||||
The Aggressive Conservative Investor | Read | January 1, 2018 | How to value investments | Whitman | 270 | Non Fiction | Old, lots of accounting concepts, most not very useful currently | |||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | The Courage to be Disliked | Read | January 1, 2018 | Socrates Style Q&A on how to be Happy | Ichiro Kashimi | 270 | Spiritual | Everything is how you react to it. Cannot worry or stress over others opinions | ||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Fortune's Children, Fall of House Vanderbil | Read | January 1, 2018 | Riches to Rags in 3 Generations | Arthur Vanderbilt | 544 | Non Fiction | Building gigantic mansions is a great way to destroy wealth | ||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | The Most Important Thing | Read | January 1, 2018 | Investment letters | Howard Marks | 220 | Non Fiction | Cycles cyles cycles | ||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Beginning of Infinity | Read | January 1, 2018 | Physicist exploring what infinity is and how knowledge compounds | David Duetsche | 400 | Non Fiction | Anything that is physically possible will happy as we gain knowledge to do so | ||||||||||
The Trusted Advisor | Read | January 1, 2018 | How to be a trusted advisor | David Maistel | 200 | Non Fiction | Actually care for clients, build trust by being honest when don�t know, etc | |||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Bringing up Bebe | Read | January 1, 2018 | What do french parents do differently than americans | Pam Druckerman | 265 | Non Fiction | Chill out, let babies have some space, don�t dote immediately, teach patience | ||||||||||
Skagboys | Read | January 1, 2018 | Prequel to Trainspotting | Irvine Welsh | 550 | Fiction | Great fiction book about a bunch of young drug addicts in Scotland | |||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Zero to One | Read | January 1, 2018 | Cant even Remember. Creating something from nothing? | Peter Thiel | 190 | Non Fiction | monopolies good? | ||||||||||
Lake Success | Read | January 1, 2018 | Hedge fund master of universe has nervous breakdown across country | Gary Schteyngart | 334 | Fiction | Funny, a little too contrived, but a lot of interesting insights | |||||||||||
The Culture Code | Read | January 1, 2018 | What makes good teams and allows high performance | Daniel Coyle | 247 | Non Fiction | Build safey, share vulnerability, shared purpose or goal | |||||||||||
Hero with 1000 Faces | Read | January 1, 2018 | Why do huamns have common Myth? | Joseph Campbell | 336 | Non Fiction | An attempt to explain the unexplaninable, the infinite, the life force | |||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | The Little Book that Beats the Market | Read | January 1, 2018 | Small, cheap companies with leverage | Joel Greenblatt | 120 | Non Fiction | Basket of 25 stocks is enough. 2-3 years underpformanice but over time works | ||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Anything You Want | Read | January 1, 2018 | Diff Entreprenuer, started CD Baby | Derek Sivers | 86 | Non Fiction | Do what is authentic to you, helps attracti following/guide decisions | ||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Thinking in Bets | Read | January 1, 2018 | Lessons from Poker Career | Annie Duke | 234 | Non Fiction | Use probabiliyt, be comfortable with uncertainty | ||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | A Man for All Markets | Read | January 1, 2018 | Blackjack guy but went on to run uber successful fund | Ed Thorp | 350 | Non Fiction | Rational thinking, discipline and immature markets recipe for massive success | ||||||||||
How to Change Your Mind | Read | January 1, 2018 | Omni Dilemma author on psychedlics | Mike Pollian | 400 | Non Fiction | Promising area of research, can help persepctive etc | |||||||||||
2 ⭐⭐ | The Road to Character | Read | January 1, 2018 | Short stories of historical figures with character | David Brooks | 200 | Non Fiction | Look at the things people do that are hard to justify without internal char | ||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | I Contain Multitidues | Read | January 1, 2018 | Overview of bacteria in human body | Ed Yong | 350 | Non Fiction | Super important, symbiotic relationship, especially in the guy | ||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Creativity Inc | Read | January 1, 2018 | How did Pixar become such a creative powerhouse | Ed Catmull | 300 | Non Fiction | CEO role is to empower people and create a supportive structure to allow flourish | ||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Skin in the Game | Read | January 1, 2018 | Academics cant be trusted, successful practinioners can | Taleb | 250 | Non Fiction | He is arrogant but most of ideas have some merti | ||||||||||
Happiest Baby on the Block | Read | January 1, 2018 | How to soothe newborns | Harvey Karm | 235 | Non Fiction | Five S's: Shush, swing, side, shake, suck | |||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | The North Water | Read | January 1, 2017 | Murder Mystery thirller on ship/arctic | Ian McGuire | 272 | Fiction | Good not great story�read on plane was perfect | ||||||||||
Wisdom of Psychopaths | Read | January 1, 2017 | Can psychopathic traits be advantageous? | Kevin Dutton | 288 | Non Fiction | yes, unemtoional rationality can help in certain fields | |||||||||||
2 ⭐⭐ | Principles | Read | January 1, 2017 | Principles for life and work | Ray Dalio | 594 | Non Fiction | seek truth. Follow rules + amend rules as you go. Too simple� | ||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | East of Eden | Read | January 1, 2017 | Trask and Hamilton Families in Salina Valley | John Steinback | 691 | Fiction | Cain + Abel original sin and how people have both good and bad in them | ||||||||||
The Politics of Resentment | Read | January 1, 2017 | Sociologist explores Wisconsin red/blue divide | katherine Cramer | 256 | Non Fiction | its rural vs urban and ppl disliking govt "freeloaders" and interference | |||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | Read | January 1, 2017 | Love Story about man and his mistress | Milan Kundera | 320 | Fiction | Philosophically abou thow nothing is repeated or lasting, hence "lightness" unbearable | ||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Billion Dollar Spy | Read | January 1, 2017 | True Story of Adolf Tolkachev, Cold War Spy | David Hoffman | 432 | Non Fiction | Tolk defected, approached CIA himself, became amazing SPY | ||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | The Course of Love | Read | January 1, 2017 | Love Story set in Scottland (Rabih and Kirsten) | Alain de Botton | 240 | Fiction | Starts out lust, excitement. How do you get through the happily ever after | ||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Read | January 1, 2017 | Brief history of humanity and stories that bring us together | Yuval Harari | 464 | Non Fiction | storytelling is everything about humans | |||||||||||
2 ⭐⭐ | Investing: The Last Liberal Art | Read | January 1, 2017 | Investing touches all knowledge | Robert Hagstrom | 224 | Non Fiction | Munger Mental models, biological systems, chaos, reflexivity, psychology, narrative | ||||||||||
2 ⭐⭐ | Eloquence | Read | January 1, 2017 | Looks at what makes a phrase memorable | Mark Forsyth | 256 | Non Fiction | Too cutesey, didn�t get much practical out of it (except always rhyme) | ||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Homo Deus | Read | January 1, 2017 | Sapiens Sequeal - whats next in evolution? | Yuval Harari | 450 | Non Fiction | Focus on AI, Data-ism, immortality�will we replace ourselves with technology? | ||||||||||
HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business | Read | January 1, 2017 | All about small business valuations | Rich Ruback | 320 | Non Fiction | make money when you buy not grow/sell. Compare to boostrap | |||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | The Immortal Irishman | Read | January 1, 2017 | Story of Thomas Francis Meagher | Timothy Egan | 384 | Non Fiction | Rose against british rule (failed) but became civil war hero before going west | ||||||||||
Requiem for the American Dream | Read | January 1, 2017 | Chomsky on wealth inequality and why bad | Noam Chomsky | 192 | Non Fiction | Why? Democracy, economy, special interests, fear and power�etc | |||||||||||
The Inevetible | Read | January 1, 2017 | 12 Tech Forces to Shape our Future | Kevin Kelly | 336 | Non Fiction | Optomistic read about virtual reality, on demand economy, AI | |||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Chaos Monkey | Read | January 1, 2017 | Bro on Wall St then Facebook | Antonio Martinez | 533 | Non Fiction | all same game -- facebook stuff (algos for ads) really interesting | ||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Transatlantic | Read | January 1, 2017 | Fiction - 3 crossing stories to Ireland | Colum Mcann | 336 | Fiction | Like the author, cant remember much of story�was decent read | ||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Dark Money | Read | January 1, 2017 | Where does political money come from | Jane Meyer | 576 | Non Fiction | Not good�corporations and Super Pacs�Billionaires | ||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Eyes Wide Open | Read | January 1, 2017 | Blind lawyer turned Entreprenuer bio | Isaac Lidsky | 320 | Non Fiction | Any obstacles can be overcome + turned into strength. JUST DO IT | ||||||||||
Passage Meditation | Read | January 1, 2017 | Meditation Guide | Eknath Easwaran | 296 | Non Fiction | Use passages/poems/mantras instead of winging it | |||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | The Silk Roads: A New History of the World | Read | January 1, 2017 | History through lens of Silk Road | Peter Frankopan | 672 | Non Fiction | Far and Near east much more historically important than currently emphasized | ||||||||||
2 ⭐⭐ | Other People's Money: The Biz of Finance | Read | January 1, 2017 | Housing Crisis and banking overview | John Kay | 350 | Non Fiction | Bankers have moral hazard, lose $ just lose job, mamke $ make $$ | ||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | The Best Investment Writing | Read | January 1, 2017 | Collection of Investment Essays | Marc Faber | 282 | Non Fiction | Hard to remember specifics but many very good | ||||||||||
Super Sad Love Story | Read | January 1, 2017 | Love Story in Future - jew and Korean | Gary Shteyngart | 334 | Fiction | diff people get what they need from each other while world falls apart | |||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | The Brain the Changes Itself | Read | January 1, 2017 | Brain chemistry and changing physical things | Norman Doidge | 427 | Non Fiction | Brian much more plastic/powerful than thought before | ||||||||||
Read | January 1, 2017 | Timeless Classic about seagull learning to fly fast | Richard Bach | 144 | Non Fiction | Very philosophical, love process, do things for yourself, reach potential | ||||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Free Will | Read | January 1, 2017 | Why we don�t have Free Will | Sam Harris | 96 | Non Fiction | everything is genes or environment, no "I" at center, have to realize this | ||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Healing Back Pain | Read | January 1, 2017 | Back pain overview and how to heal it | John Sarno | 240 | Non Fiction | 95% of time nothing wrong, all in head | ||||||||||
Life 3.0 | Read | January 1, 2017 | Behing human during period of AI | Max Tegmark | 384 | Non Fiction | AI, What is conciousness, how do we navigate the waters | |||||||||||
For the Love of Money | Read | January 1, 2017 | Rich young Hedge Funder leaves industry | Sam Polk | 288 | Non Fiction | Money cant buy happiness! Duh! | |||||||||||
1 ⭐ | Grit | Read | January 1, 2017 | The Power of Passion and Persistence | What creates true outperformance | Angela Duckworth | 352 | Non Fiction | Grit is biggest predictor of succes | |||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Discipline Equals Freedom | Read | January 1, 2017 | Ex Navy Seal on Discipline | Jocko Willink | 208 | Non Fiction | the more you are disciplined the greater freedom you have in life | ||||||||||
Barking up the Wrong Tree | Read | January 1, 2017 | Common intuitions that are wrong | Eric Barker | 320 | Non Fiction | weakness can be strength, why grit matters, how to cooperate | |||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Black Edge | Read | January 1, 2017 | True Story of Steve Cohen SAC insider trading | Sheelah Kolhatkar | 368 | Non Fiction | Bad dudes in a shady industry. | ||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Winning Bond Strategy | Read | January 1, 2017 | How to use bonds in portfolio (ladder, rolldown) | Larry Swedroe | 272 | Non Fiction | Dry but good overview, esp why u would want manager | ||||||||||
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck | Read | January 1, 2017 | Get what you want with less anxiety | Mark Manson | 224 | Non Fiction | Just accept who/what you are, live with the lemons, keep going anyway | |||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Born to Run | Read | January 1, 2017 | Stories told by Springsteen | Bruce Springsteen | 528 | Biography | Uber competetive and knew exactly what he wanted whole life | ||||||||||
How to Fail at Everything and Still Win Big | Read | January 1, 2017 | Dilbert Creator on being anti-fragile, persuasion | Scott Adams | 256 | Non Fiction | Try a lot of things, be open to failure, learn persuasion techniques | |||||||||||
The Practicing Mind | Read | January 1, 2017 | Focus, discipline in acquiring new skills | Thomas Sterner | 168 | Non Fiction | Love the process, love the journey, forget results | |||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Atlas Cloud | Read | January 1, 2017 | Modern Nested stories within stories | David Mitchell | 528 | Fiction | Very unique, a little hard to follow but pretty good fiction | ||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | The Three Body Problem | Read | January 1, 2017 | Sci Fi China - aliens invading earth | Cixin Liu | 416 | Fiction | first of 3 books - aliens on way and have stopped nanotechnological progress | ||||||||||
The Omnivore Dilemma | Read | January 1, 2017 | 4 meals to illustrate food | Mike Pollan | 450 | Non Fiction | Simple stuff�should eat locally grown real food | |||||||||||
The Foundation | Read | January 1, 2017 | Classic Sci Fi novel about Galactic empire | Isaac Asimov | 296 | Non Fiction | Foundation created to shephard humanity through 1k years darkness | |||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | The $100 Dollar Startup | Read | January 1, 2017 | About starting cheap companies | Chris Guillebeau | 304 | Non Fiction | Lots of opportunity at low cost� | ||||||||||
The Hidden Life of Trees | Read | January 1, 2017 | The Forest is a Social Network | Peter Wohelleben | 288 | Non Fiction | how trees feel, communicate�much deeper life than expected | |||||||||||
The Path - Chinese Philosophers | Read | January 1, 2017 | what can we learn from ancient philosophy? | Michael Puett | 224 | Non Fiction | Centers around harvard course, dao-ism, buddism, how to lead good life | |||||||||||
The Psychadelic Explorer's Guide | Read | January 1, 2017 | Reivew of value for psychadelics | James Fadiman | 352 | Non Fiction | Opens up to spiritual experiences, realizing how brain works, living in present | |||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Devil's Bargain | Read | January 1, 2017 | Steve Bannon and Trump's Campaign | Joshua Green | 288 | Non Fiction | literally crazy story of bannon and trump running campaign | ||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Pre-Suasion | Read | January 1, 2017 | Tips for Persuasion | Robert Cialdini | 432 | Non Fiction | Prime people to receive info, repetition, narratives | ||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Waking Up | Read | January 1, 2017 | guide to spirituality no religion | Sam Harris | 256 | Spiritual | meditate, pay attnetion to present moment, ethics matter | ||||||||||
2 ⭐⭐ | SPQR | Read | January 1, 2016 | Ancient Rome | Mary Beard | 608 | Non Fiction | Written from perspective of common people | ||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Shoe Dog | Read | January 1, 2016 | Founder story of Nike | Phil Knight | 400 | Non Fiction | awesome book, great guy, easy read | ||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Alexander Hamilton | Read | January 1, 2016 | Hamilton Bio, play was based of this book | Ron Chernow | 832 | Biography | awesome life story, extremely interesting | ||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Extreme Leadership | Read | January 1, 2016 | Navy Seals teach Leadership | Jacko Willink | 320 | Non Fiction | Absolutely everything is up to you as the leader | ||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | The Orphan Masters Son | Read | January 1, 2016 | North Korean fiction Hero Tale | Adam Johnson | 480 | Fiction | good look into North Korea, good but gets unrealistic | ||||||||||
1 ⭐ | All the Evils of This World | Read | January 1, 2016 | Dirt Nap guy wrote fiction book about wall st pit trading | Jared Dillian | 214 | Fiction | over the top, crazy, what youd expet | ||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | QB: My Life Behind the Spiral | Read | January 1, 2016 | Steve Young bigoraphy mostly football | Steve Young | 416 | Biography | was ok, pretty boring/vanilla but hes awesome | ||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | How to be Your Dog's Best Friend | Read | January 1, 2016 | Dog Training but holistic approach | Monks of New Skete | 336 | Non Fiction | Treat your dog with respect but as sub | ||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Snow Crash | Read | January 1, 2016 | Sci Fi thriller in future, virtual reality | Neal Stephenson | 440 | Fiction | Fun fiction | ||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | The Courage to Act | Read | January 1, 2016 | Ben writes about acting during crisis | Ben Bernanke | 624 | Non Fiction | Have to think outside the box do whats right | ||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Door | Read | January 1, 2016 | Fiction - housekeeper and wife develop relationship | Magda Szab | 272 | Fiction | short but powerful, big themes | ||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | A Little Life | Read | January 1, 2016 | Orphan becomes successful lawyer, set in nyc about 4 friends | Hanya Yanagihara | 720 | Fiction | Over the top but thought it was good. Sad. | ||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Red Notice | Read | January 1, 2016 | hedge fund manager in Russia gets in too deep, true story | Bill Browder | 416 | Non Fiction | Browder turns out to be a hero, very interesting | ||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | John Adams | Read | January 1, 2016 | John Adams Life | David McCullough | 752 | Biography | good, pretty boring, he cared a lot about honor/fame | ||||||||||
2 ⭐⭐ | Drive | Read | January 1, 2016 | What motivates people | Daniel Pink | 288 | Non Fiction | it is not external money - learning, growing etc | ||||||||||
1 ⭐ | School of Greatness | Read | January 1, 2016 | Lewis works ass off, becomes super connector | Lewis Howes | 272 | Non Fiction | Work hard and help everyone you meet | ||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | The Patriarch | Read | January 1, 2016 | Joe Kennedy life and famiy | David Nasaw | 800 | Biography | long, boring and tediuous in middle but interesting | ||||||||||
2 ⭐⭐ | The 1% Doctrine | Read | January 1, 2016 | Every 1% threat treated like sure thing | Ron Suskind | 400 | Non Fiction | Dick Cvheney super hawk, huge influence on US | ||||||||||
Let the Great World Spin | Read | January 1, 2016 | Fiction book set in brooklyn about irsh kids | Colum McCann | 375 | Fiction | well written | |||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Once a Runner | Read | January 1, 2016 | Fiction book about a high school cross country runner | John Parker | 304 | Fiction | "best fictoin book about running", was very good | ||||||||||
2 ⭐⭐ | Lone Survivor | Read | January 1, 2016 | Navy sSeal talking about IRAQ war | Marcus Lattrell | 464 | Non Fiction | quick easy ready, nothing groundbreaking | ||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Boys in the Boat | Read | January 1, 2016 | Oregon rowing team goes to olympics | Daniel James Brown | 404 | Non Fiction | about hard work, team work, becoming a man | ||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Capital Returns | Read | January 1, 2016 | Collection of investment essays by marathon Capital | Edward Chancelor | 211 | Non Fiction | Value works over long cycles | ||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | But What if We're Wrong | Read | January 1, 2016 | The nature of changing reality. What do we really know | Chuck Closterman | 288 | Non Fiction | like most of his stuff fun to think about | ||||||||||
2 ⭐⭐ | Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS | Read | January 1, 2016 | Rise of ISIS in the power vacuum post iraq war | Joby Warrick | 384 | Non Fiction | good primer, nothing too insightful | ||||||||||
The New Age of Computing | Read | January 1, 2016 | technology� | Erik Brynjolfsson | 250 | Non Fiction | dotn remember | |||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | The Tiger | Read | January 1, 2016 | Tiger hunting in siberia, true story | John Vaillant | 352 | Non Fiction | cool look at that part of world, tigers are awesome | ||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Quench Yor Own Thirst | Read | January 1, 2016 | Founder of Sam Adams biography | Jim Koch | 272 | Non Fiction | business is HARD and all about sales | ||||||||||
Iza's Ballad | Read | January 1, 2016 | Same author as the door, about a daughter and parents | Magda Szab | 176 | Fiction | not as good but ok | |||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Team of Rivals | Read | January 1, 2016 | Abe Lincoln creates team to run country | Doris Goodwin | 944 | Non Fiction | amazing political operator while still plain spoken | ||||||||||
1 ⭐ | Choose Yourself (Financially) | Read | January 1, 2016 | Entreprenuership | James Altucher | 274 | Non Fiction | work for yourself, come up with 1,000's of ideas | ||||||||||
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Shadow Divers | Read | January 1, 2016 | Friends find Nazi submarine off east coast | Robert Kurson | 416 | Non Fiction | cool diving stuff, very suspenseful, shows what drives humans | ||||||||||
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | No Place to Hide (Ed Snowden) | Read | January 1, 2016 | Ed Snowdens CIA leak | Glenn Greenwall | 304 | Non Fiction | believes govt overstepping bounds | ||||||||||
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5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Notes Only | Advice from all Types of Traders | Jack Schwager | Non Fiction | Many ways to success, all need discipline | |||||||||||||
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3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Notes Only | Sun Tzu | Non Fiction | |||||||||||||||
3 ⭐⭐⭐ | Notes Only | Friedman | Non Fiction |