I had a great month of reading this time out. I read 4 books last month and 2 of them left me with a lot to think about.
I decided to try to make this happen more this time around. I do not intend to read any more books this month, so, I thought I’d get this post out.
Also, I’m done with my target of 52 books for the year. I’m actually now at 53!
I read 6 books this month:
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12 Rules for Life — Jordan. B. Peterson
This is an author who has become quite famous over the past 18 months due to his public appearances. I found him interesting and decided to pick up his book to see what he has to say. I did not find it radically different from an advice perspective, but, how he arrives at the final rules and his interpretation of scenarios and texts is quite interesting in itself. -
The New Evolution Diet — Arthur De Vany
I picked this up once I saw that Taleb had written an afterword to this book.
It’s an interesting take on dietary and exercise practices and how one should go about it. I haven’t quite begun putting this into practice yet, it sounds different in theory from a lot of the other advice I’ve read on the topic. Will try to do this before the year is out.
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Pitch Anything — Oren Klaff
A friend gifted this book to me, I’ve decided to read any book that anyone gifts me immediately. Highly recommend the book, I’ve been trying to put this into practice since I finished reading it. -
Wonder Girls — Varsha Adusumilli
An ex-colleague of mine wrote this book. It’s an great collection of stories of young women in India who have taken their own path while facing the pressures that a modern woman in India faces. I think she’s done an excellent job in bringing the stories to light and getting them to open up. I hadn’t heard of several of them prior to reading the book.
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All the Presidents Men — Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein
Written by two journalists who worked for the Washington Post, it’s a beautiful narration of how the Watergate scandal blew up under Nixon. Superb read. -
Self-Help — Samuel Smiles
Contrary to what the title suggests, this is a book that espouses the greatness in choosing the path of Self-determination and refusing to go down the victimised welfare route. This is a cautionary book against what is now Socialism written when it was seeing its first wave of adoption around the world.
Much like the last month, I ended up reading 2 books from my reading list from last month.
This is what I’m currently reading,
- Ethics — Aristotle
- War and Peace — Leo Tolstoy
- Measure what Matters — John Doerr
- Conversations with Myself — Nelson Mandela
- Thirukkural — Thiruvalluvar