Shelf: non-fiction
Shane Parrish - The Great Mental Models: General Thinking Concepts
The promise of this book sounds great. Read these 216 pages, and your thinking will get more efficient. Don’t expect that. The Great Mental Models have one thing going for them: the table of …
Finished 13 July 2022
Philipp Dettmer - Immune
Immune is a popular-science book explaining the human immune system. It presents a complex topic in layman’s language. Philipp Dettmer, the book’s author, is the creator of the educational …
Finished 21 December 2021
Plato - Apology
Apology is Plato’s book with the best Goodreads rating. Plato published it in 399 BC. I picked it up because I’m excited about learning something this timeless. The book is short, roughly …
Finished 21 November 2021
Jim Paul - What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars
First, you’ll read Jim’s story as a cautionary tale. Then Jim analyses where he made mistakes. Because of this split into two parts, it’s easy to read the book. The first part is …
Finished 18 November 2021
Nassim Taleb - The Black Swan
The Black Swan is a name for an event that is completely unpredictable. The original example is discovering black swans in Australia, disproving the observation that all swans are white. Nassim …
Finished 10 November 2021
Crucial Conversations
The four authors who wrote this book also started a consultancy to help resolve conflicts and increase efficiency in communication. The book is a fantastic resource for having a crucial conversation. …
Finished 14 October 2021
Richard P. Feynman - Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman!
This book was published in 1985 as a loose collection of stories from Feynman ’s life. If he was at least half as gifted/driven as he makes himself to be in this book, he had to be an amazing …
Finished 1 August 2021
Software Engineering at Google
Subtitle: “Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time”. This book is fantastic. It goes over all software engineering disciplines and touches on testing, documentation, CI, deployment and …
Finished 22 May 2021
J.L. Collins - The simple path to wealth
Find out how to retire early and think about investing no more than a few hours a year. This book offers a truly simple method for becoming financially independent.
Finished 14 April 2021
George S. Clason - The Richest Man in Babylon
This short book is a good introduction to the world of personal finance. First released in 1926, it predates modern stock markets and cryptocurrencies, but its truths are no less valid. The book …
Finished 10 April 2021