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31 books

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

630 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0rishixc's review
nonfiction biography business technology informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely

Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

Dan Ariely

400 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0rishixc's review
nonfiction business economics psychology informative reflective medium-paced
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe

What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

What If? #1

Randall Munroe

320 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0rishixc's review
nonfiction science funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
Permanent Record by Edward Snowden

Permanent Record

Edward Snowden

352 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0rishixc's review
nonfiction autobiography politics informative reflective medium-paced
Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks by Patrick Radden Keefe

Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks

Patrick Radden Keefe

368 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0rishixc's review
nonfiction history true crime informative medium-paced
Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors by Matt Parker

Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors

Matt Parker

314 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0rishixc's review
nonfiction mathematics science funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

John Green

293 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0rishixc's review
nonfiction essays history memoir science hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

229 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0rishixc's review
nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong

An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

Ed Yong

449 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0rishixc's review
nonfiction nature science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Consider the Lobster And Other Essays by David Foster Wallace

Consider the Lobster And Other Essays

David Foster Wallace

343 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0rishixc's review
nonfiction essays philosophy challenging funny reflective medium-paced