Recently Read Books And Reviews

To make the best of my reading efforts and to share concise notes with the world, I am humbly starting this page where I will summarize the recent books that I have read or am reading. There is a huge backlog and I will try to get to it over a period of time. I hope this will be useful to at least some. I will make the page more usable and aesthetically pleasing as time goes by.

The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure By Jonathan Haidt, Greg Lukianoff, et al.

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World By Cal Newport, Jeff Bottoms, et al.

Skin In the Game By Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Pre-Suasion: Channeling Attention for Change By Robert B. Cialdini, John Bedford Lloyd, et al.

The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
By Morgan Housel, Chris Hill, et al.

Understanding Michael Porter: The Essential Guide to Competition and Strategy
By Joan Magretta, Erik Synnestvedt, et al.

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind By Yuval Harari


Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow By Yuval Noah Harari,

21 Lessons for the 21st Century By Yuval Noah Harari

How Not To Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking By Jordan Ellenberg

Siddhartha By Herman Hesse

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness: By: Eric Jorgenson Tim Ferriss


Hello, Molly!: A Memoir
By: Molly Shannon Sean Wilsey

The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life, and Achieve Real Happiness: By: Ichiro Kishimi Fumitake Koga

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics: By: Carlo Rovelli

Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models: By: Gabriel Weinberg Lauren McCann

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones: By: James Clear

The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream: By: Paulo Coelho

The Art of Thinking Clearly: By: Rolf Dobelli

How to Stop Worrying and Start Living: Time-Tested Methods for Conquering Worry By: Dale Carnegie

Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard: By: Dan Heath Chip Heath

Sum: Tales from the Afterlives By: David Eagleman

The Mom Test: How to Talk to Customers & Learn If Your Business Is a Good Idea When Everyone Is Lying to You By: Rob Fitzpatrick

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need By: Bill Gates

In Defense of a Liberal Education By: Fareed Zakaria

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game By: Michael Lewis

Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think By: Hans Rosling Anna Rosling Rönnlund Ola Rosling

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End By: Atul Gawande

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood By: Trevor Noah

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking By: Malcolm Gladwell