Tags → #book-review
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Books I read in 2019
A list of exceptional and good books read in 2019, along with a warning about a book to skip.
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Books I abandoned
Discover the books this reader abandoned and why, from a dictator's story to a Nobel Prize winner's account of Soviet concentration camps.
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Books I read in 2018
A quick round-up of some of the best books read in 2018, ranging from fantasy to spy novels to maths and politics.
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Skin in the Game
A critical review of the book Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
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Books I read in 2017
I share my top book recommendations for 2017, including Trevor Noah's Born a Crime and The Dictator's Handbook by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith.
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Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning offers a unique perspective on the Holocaust and introduces the theory of logotherapy.
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And Then There Were None
A review of Agatha Christie's 'And Then There Were None' highlighting the absence of her typical detectives and the prevalence of casual racism in the 1930s.
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Ready Player One
Ready Player One is a fast-paced book filled with 80s references, but falls short with one-dimensional characters and a lack of new ideas.
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Six Easy Pieces
Six Easy Pieces by Richard Feynman is a fun read that provides an intuitive grasp of physics concepts, but falls short of teaching techniques.
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The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a challenging but rewarding read, with richly detailed characters and authentic relationships.