In many ways, the books I read are my mind’s zeitgeist, and naturally the favourites reflect this. This year, the list is along broad lines of History & Culture, Mind & Philosophy, Systems of the World, and Fiction. And with that little prologue, as per tradition – from 2019, 2020, and 2021, and 2022 – we have this year’s […]
My 10 favourite reads of 2022, and a few extras that I had to sneak in! This year, human motivations and behaviour are a big theme, but there’s also travel, a graphic novel, information warfare, old age, and a few others.
My 10 favourite reads of 2021, and an equal long list. From blockchains and technology in China to Manhattan society in the 1940s, the list has multiple themes that somehow, on hindsight, seem related- AI, meritocracy, dignity, money, human behaviour, morality, and the future.
My favourite reads of 2020. An eclectic mix of fiction, almost fiction, and non-fiction. From data, digital advertising and free will to political institutions, mass extinctions and philosophy, a little bit of everything.
Preface: Every 2 months, we buy 7 books. 6 that I choose, and one for D. 3 fiction, 3 non-fiction. From experience, 6 is my balance between Tsundoku (piling up without reading) and abibliophobia (running out of books to read). In keeping with the pattern, the list below has 6 books that I enjoyed this year, from […]