In no particular order:
Thinking, Fast and Slow - Kahneman; absolutely incredible read on how the mind makes decisions, providing the tools to critique others behaviors and decisions more astutely.
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything - Foer; major let down.
Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon - Morgenson and Rosner; excellent, even-handed critique of all parties involved in the recent financial crisis.
South: The Story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 Expedition - Shackleton; inspiring.
The Big Short - Lewis; I hate Michael Lewis's writing, but keep reading his books. Not bad, but his bias is annoying.
Liar's Poker - Lewis; read this before The Big Short and realized I didn't like the heavy hand that Lewis uses to relay his perspective.
Fahrenheit 451 - Bradbury; Prescient.
Brave New World - Huxley; not as good as Fahrenheit 451, but still a dystopian classic.
And... The Complete 15 book set of the Manhattan GMAT 5th Edition - Manhattan GMAT; I found the Algebra book lacking but found Critical Reasoning and Number Properties entertaining, engaging, and informative.
I'm looking forward to that Kahneman book. Another neuroscience one that I've heard highly recommended is "The Righteous Mind" by Jonathan Haidt.
ReplyDeleteI liked The Big Short, though I kept wondering when he was going to talk about the government's outsized role in the whole mess and...he didn't. At all. Still, a great piece of journalism. I'll give Reckless Endangerment a try too. Thanks for the tip. I'll get on that right after those GMAT books, I'm sure they are scintillating.
Oh, I'm working on "Life at the Bottom" by Theodore Dalrymple...it is amazingly depressing, but in a good way. Give it a shot.
Where is that delightful romp "Zombies!!! (Free to take)"? ;' (
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