The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays by Albert Camus is one of those books I’ve read a couple of times and finally just decided to own. I picked up the Vintage Books edition specifically because it includes bonus essays — particularly “Summer in Algiers” — that I think represent some of Camus’s best work.
The core premise of antimemetics is deceptively simple: we live in an age where ideas spread faster than ever, and yet some ideas don’t spread at all. Not because they’re obscure or unimportant — but because of something specific about their nature.
Asparouhova calls these antimemes.
Camping Georgia by Jimmy Jacobs is a Falcon Guide focused on finding good tent camping spots at established campgrounds throughout Georgia.
I picked up Tribe of Mentors by Tim Ferriss after getting so much value from The 4-Hour Work Week. That book did an excellent job helping me reframe and understand the world of business and productivity, so I figured this would be another solid read.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on The American West…so far.
I picked up Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman after a weekend that included visiting the Martin Luther King…
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Global Economics…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Asian Culture and History…so far.
I Am a Strange Loop by Douglas Hofstadter is possibly one of the best science books I’ve ever read — even though I’m not entirely sure I understood half of it.
I picked up The Human Condition because I thought Hannah Arendt might have something useful to say about living in…
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Self-Experimentation…so far.
I picked up Oedipus Rex as part of reading through the Theban trilogy. I was browsing Standard Ebooks and the collection caught my eye. I hadn’t read it since a required literature class in college, so I figured it was time to revisit and see how it held up.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Entrepreneurship and Business Strategy…so far.
The First Man is the manuscript that was found at Albert Camus’s side after his death in a car accident in 1960. It sat unpublished for decades — held back by his estate, his daughter and granddaughter — before finally being released to the public.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Media Criticism…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Family Dynamics…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Behavioral Economics…so far.
I read Antigone by Sophocles after finishing Oedipus Rex. Both are part of the Theban Trilogy, which I grabbed from Standard Ebooks.
The Network State by Balaji Srinivasan is a book I picked up mainly because my work is tech-adjacent, and for a while this book was everywhere among the tech elite. Even though it seemed ridiculous on the cover, I wanted to understand what my peers were paying attention to.
I picked up Oedipus at Colonus from Standard Ebooks as part of the Theban Trilogy, along with Antigone and Oedipus Rex.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Global Travel Adventures…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Post-Apocalyptic and Dystopian Fiction…so far.
I picked up Behave out of frustration. The popular discourse around brain chemistry had gotten to be too much. Dopamine…
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Personal Finance Strategies…so far.
Perkins may have had more direct impact on the everyday lives of ordinary Americans than almost anyone else in the 20th century. The 40-hour work week. The minimum wage. Social Security. Child labor laws. Unemployment insurance. These aren’t abstractions — they are the literal architecture of how Americans work, save, retire, and survive hard times. Frances Perkins built most of that architecture.
That was a serious underestimate.
I’ve read the entire Sherlock Holmes canon. He’s my favorite mystery character, and I’ve worked my way through every story…
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Internet Economics…so far.
Superbloom by Nicholas Carr is the latest book from the author of The Shallows and The Glass Cage. It’s about how technologies of connection tear us apart—or more precisely, how they scale up both the best and worst of human nature to unprecedented heights.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Sports Business…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Real Estate and Housing…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Faith Perspectives…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Historical Conflicts…so far.
A Study in Scarlet is really two completely separate stories. One takes place in Victorian London with Holmes and Watson investigating a murder. The other takes place in the American West—Utah, specifically—decades earlier.
The Ultimate Hiker’s Guide by Andrew Skurka is the best backpacking book I’ve ever purchased. Not the most inspiring. Not the most beautiful. The best.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Global Economic History…so far.
How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide by Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay is a book I picked…
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Northern Europe and Scandinavia…so far.
I picked up American Philosophy, A Love Story after reading Kaag’s earlier book Hiking with Nietzsche and coming across several of his essays in The Atlantic. John Kaag is, in my opinion, one of the most talented working writers who also happens to be an actual practicing professor of philosophy. That combination — the rigor of the academic and the accessibility of a great essayist — makes him worth following closely.
I picked up Hiking with Nietzsche after reading John Kaag’s book on American philosophy. He’s a fabulous writer who uses personal anecdotes to weave deeper, more modern, and more personal connections to big philosophical ideas.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Human Rights and Justice…so far.
Tobacco Road follows the desperate lives of the Lester family, poor white sharecroppers struggling to survive in Depression-era Georgia. The novel’s unflinching portrayal of poverty and moral degradation shocked readers when it was published in 1932, sparking controversy while highlighting the harsh realities of rural Southern life.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Maritime and River Exploration…so far.
The Basic Writings of John Stuart Mill is a Modern Library compendium of Mill’s most famous works—On Liberty, The Subjugation of Women, Utilitarianism, and more. I bought it years ago for a college philosophy class and ended up keeping it, not because I reference it constantly, but because rereading essays like On Liberty reminded me of something important.
A Field Guide to the Cohutta Wilderness by Javier Velazquez is a book I have wanted to exist in the world for so long that a couple years ago, I started sketching out whether I could write it myself. I am deeply grateful to the author for putting in the time and effort to create a proper field guide to the natural and environmental history of the Cohutta Mountains.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Transportation…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Human Evolution and Psychology…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Apocalyptic Scenarios…so far.
The book argues that our brains weren’t designed for the modern world. We evolved in an environment of scarcity, where pleasure was rare and hard to come by. Now we live in what Lembke calls a “dopamine tsunami” – unlimited access to anything that feels good, all the time, right at our fingertips.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Georgia History and Culture…so far.
I picked up this massive meat cookbook as part of a work project for a cooking website. I had no idea that the world of meat and meat cooking would be this in-depth and thorough. It was like going down a rabbit hole about a very specific culinary segment.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Time Management…so far.
A Voyage Long and Strange by Tony Horwitz is a history travelogue that focuses on the nearly 300 years between Columbus’s discovery of America and the Declaration of Independence.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Energy and Power Systems…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Classic Fantasy and Science Fiction Books…so far.
Practical Mysticism by Evelyn Underhill is a 1914 book on Christian mystical practice. It’s available for free on Standard Ebooks, which is one of my favorite resources on the internet for beautifully formatted public domain books.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books About Trees…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Southeast Asian Journeys…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Religious History and Thought…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Financial System Critiques…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Literary Travel Narratives…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Financial Independence…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Southern Ecosystems…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on The Art of Biography…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Medical Science and the Human Body…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Dystopian Fiction…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Political and Social Commentary…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Malcolm Gladwells Psychology Books…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Big Infrastructure Projects…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on American Political History…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Walking and Hiking Philosophy…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books for Nature Photography Enthusiasts…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books About Urban Planning and Cities…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Education and Learning…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Marketing and Persuasion…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Rural America…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Tech Sociology…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Personal Finance and Investing…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Modern Monasticism…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Cultural Criticism…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite J. Maarten Troosts Travel Memoirs…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Derek Sivers Minimalist Guides…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Religion and Spirituality…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Minimalism and Simplicity…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Economics and Global Trade…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Soccer/Football…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Memory and Brain Science…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Memoirs and Autobiographies…so far.
I’ve been a Murakami fan for years. I’ve read most of his major works and loved the surreal, dreamlike quality…
I picked up Atlanta Then and Now expecting to feel nostalgic about demolished buildings and lost architecture around Atlanta. Instead,…
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on European History…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Negotiation Psychology…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Jo Nesbo Crime Novels…so far.
I read Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich in the mid-2000s, a few years out of college. It’s one of…
I re-read the entire Sherlock Holmes canon every few years. It’s my favorite mystery genre, and I never get tired…
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Eastern Philosophy and Mindfulness…so far.
Main Street Millionaire by Cody Sanchez is one of the better business books I’ve read in the past few years….
A Roundup of My Favorite Seth Godins Marketing Wisdom…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books Set in Asia…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on American Cities and Regions…so far.
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Wilderness Skills and Survival…so far.
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