Charity Detox by Bob Lupton Book Review
Charity Detox by Bob Lupton is a book that examines the traditional approach to charity and philanthropy and how it…
The Alternative Answer by Bob Rice Book Review
The Alternative Answer by Bob Rice is a book that explains the new world of alternative investing strategies. It shows…
Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett Book Review
Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett is a book that teaches readers how to use design thinking to create a…
Walk In The Woods by Bill Bryson Book Review
Walk In The Woods by Bill Bryson is a travel book that chronicles the author’s attempt to hike the Appalachian…
Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson Book Review
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson is a popular science book that explains some areas of science,…
Notes From A Small Island by Bill Bryson Book Review
Notes From A Small Island by Bill Bryson is a non-fiction travelogue that follows the American author as he travels…
Neither Here Nor There by Bill Bryson
Neither Here Nor There by Bill Bryson is a humorous travelogue that documents the author’s tour of Europe in 1990….
3 Reasons Why Blinkist Is Underrated
I am terrible at putting books down. I tell myself I will. I tell myself that there are thousands of…
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People To Talk About Racism
White Fragility is…now quite well-known in 2023. I originally read the book in 2019. I drafted a partial review…and then…
The Religions Book by Big Ideas Simply Explained
The Religions Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK is an informative and engaging guide to the world’s major religions….
Bill Bryson’s African Diary by Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson’s African Diary is a 2002 book that details the author’s trip to Kenya. The book is written in…
Home by Bill Bryson
At Home by Bill Bryson is a book that takes readers on a tour of the modern home, using each…
I’m A Stranger Here Myself by Bill Bryson
I’m A Stranger Here Myself by Bill Bryson is a collection of essays written for a British audience, reflecting on…
Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchmann
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara W. Tuchman is a narrative history book that was first published…
Nothing To Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick
Nothing To Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick is a 2009 nonfiction book based on interviews with…
Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle
Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle is a philosophical work that explores the nature of morality and how it can be achieved….
Campaigns by Arrian
The Campaigns of Alexander is a book written by Arrian, a Greek historian and military commander. It tells the story…
Human Rights: Very Short Introduction by Andrew Clapham
Human Rights: Very Short Introduction by Andrew Clapham is a book that looks at the philosophical justification for rights, the…
Storm of War by Andrew Roberts
The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War by Andrew Roberts is a comprehensive and detailed…
Too Big To Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin
Too Big To Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin is a non-fiction book that chronicles the events of the 2008 financial…
Georgia During the Great Depression by Anita Davis
Georgia During the Great Depression: A Documentary Portrait of a Decade is a book written by Anita Price Davis. This…
Post-Structuralism: Very Short Introduction by Catherine Belsey
Post-Structuralism: Very Short Introduction by Catherine Belsey is an insightful and thought-provoking book that explores the concept of post-structuralism. Post-structuralism…
Waking Up by Sam Harris
Waking Up is a guide to spirituality without religion, written by philosopher and author Sam Harris. The book explores the…
Bonk by Mary Roach
Bonk is a book that explores the scientific investigation of sex throughout history. Mary Roach takes us on a journey…
The Stranger by Albert Camus
The Stranger by Albert Camus is a novel that explores the themes of meaninglessness of life and death, the absurd…
Beginner’s Guide To Paradise by Alex Sheshunoff
Beginner’s Guide To Paradise by Alex Sheshunoff is a true story of how a quarter-life crisis led to adventure, freedom,…
Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh is a 2008 novel that was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. It is…
World Trade Organization: Very Short Introduction by Amrita Narlikar
The World Trade Organization: A Very Short Introduction by Amrita Narlikar is a concise and comprehensive overview of the World…
Locavesting by Amy Cortese
Locavesting by Amy Cortese is a thought-provoking book that explores the concept of investing in one’s own community. The book…
The Rebel by Albert Camus
The Rebel by Albert Camus is a book-length essay that examines the metaphysical and historical development of rebellion and revolution…
The Plague by Albert Camus
The Plague by Albert Camus is a 1947 novel that tells the story of a plague epidemic in the French…
The Fall by Albert Camus
The Fall by Albert Camus is a philosophical novel that tells the story of Jean-Baptiste Clamence, a Parisian expatriate living…
Kazdin Method for Parenting by Alan Kazdin
The Kazdin Method for Parenting by Alan Kazdin is a book that provides parents with the tools and strategies they…
Status Anxiety by Alain de Botton
Status Anxiety by Alain de Botton is a book that explores the concept of status anxiety and how it affects…
Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Botton
The Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Botton is a non-fiction book that explores the power of architecture and design…
Art of Travel by Alain de Botton
The Art of Travel by Alain de Botton is a philosophical look at the activity of travelling for pleasure. The…
Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton
The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton is a book that explores the idea that consolation can be found…
How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain de Botton
How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain de Botton is a book that combines two unlikely genres – literary…
Joy and Sorrows of Work by Alain de Botton
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by Alain de Botton is an exploration of the joys and perils of the…
New Birder’s Guide by Bill Thompson Book Review
The New Birder’s Guide to Birds of North America by Bill Thompson is a comprehensive guide for new and young…
United Nations: A Very Short Introduction
United Nations: A Very Short Introduction is a book written by Jussi M. Hanhimäki that provides an overview of the…
Poor Richard’s Retirement by Aaron Clarey
Poor Richard’s Retirement: Retirement for Everyday Americans by Aaron Clarey is an approach to retirement and economic indepedence that puts…
King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hochschild
King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hochschild is a book that explores the exploitation of the Congo Free State by King…
22 Immutable Laws of Marketing by Al Ries Book Review
The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing by Al Ries is a classic book on marketing that outlines 22 rules for…
Life Inc by Douglas Rushkoff
Life Inc is a non-fiction book that explores the power of corporations and how they hold onto power and gain…
Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis is a classic series of seven high fantasy novels that have been (regretfully)…
Mythology by Edith Hamilton
Mythology by Edith Hamilton is a collection of Greek, Roman, and Norse myths that have been retold from various sources….
Accounting: A Very Short Introduction
Accounting: A Very Short Introduction is a book written by Christopher Nobes that provides an introduction to the field of…
Climate by A Very Short Introduction
Climate: A Very Short Introduction by Mark Maslin is a comprehensive overview of the global climate system. The book covers…
Ice Age by A Very Short Introduction
The Ice Age: A Very Short Introduction by Jamie Woodward is a book that examines the wonders of the Quaternary…
Rapture Ready by Daniel Radosh
Rapture Ready! by Daniel Radosh is an exploration of the strange and fascinating world of Christian pop culture. Radosh, a…
Now You See It by Cathy Davidson
Now You See It by Cathy Davidson is a book that explores the implications of the digital age on our…
Good Book by David Plotz
Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Single Word of the…
Evolution of God by Robert Wright
The Evolution of God is a book that explores the history of the concept of God in the three Abrahamic…
The Book On Rental Property Investing by Brandon Turner Book Review
The Book On Rental Property Investing by Brandon Turner is a comprehensive guide to the world of rental property investing….
American Canopy by Eric Rutkow
American Canopy is a book that explores the relationship between Americans and their trees. The book tells the story of…
Watershed by Mark Barr
Watershed is a historical fiction novel set in rural Tennessee in 1937. The story revolves around the construction of a…
Rivers: A Very Short Introduction
Rivers: A Very Short Introduction by Nick Middleton is a wide-ranging account of the impact of rivers on land, human…
Grow or Die: The Good Guide to Survival Gardening
Grow or Die: The Good Guide to Survival Gardening by David The Good is a book that provides readers with…
Heroes of the Frontier by Dave Eggers
Heroes of the Frontier by Dave Eggers is a captivating and often hilarious novel about family, loss, wilderness, and the…
Wise Blood by Flannery O’Connor
Wise Blood is a novel by Flannery O’Connor, published in 1952. The story revolves around Hazel Motes, a World War…
Atlanta’s Olympic Resurgence by Michael Dobbins
Atlanta’s Olympic Resurgence is a book that tells the story of how Atlanta leveraged the benefits of the Centennial Games…
Public Citizens by Paul Sabin
Public Citizens by Paul Sabin is a nonfiction book that explores the attack on big government and the remaking of…
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami
Blind Willow Sleeping Woman is a collection of 24 short stories by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. The book explores a…
The World For Sale by Javier Blas
The World For Sale is a book that sheds light on the power and influence of a small number of…
The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman
The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman is a multi-dimensional masterpiece that captures the nuances of life in the 1990s. Written by…
Mud Season by Ellen Stimson
Mud Season is a memoir by Ellen Stimson that chronicles her family’s move from St. Louis to Vermont. The book…
Plays Well with Others by Eric Barker
Plays Well with Others is a book that explores the universality of love and how it can be affected by…
The Road Less Stupid by Keith Cunningham
The Road Less Stupid is a business book that provides tools for thinking and effective decision-making. The author, Keith J….
Life on the Mississippi by Rinker Buck
Life on the Mississippi is an epic adventure that blends history and travel. The author, Rinker Buck, builds a wooden…
Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
Stolen Focus is a thought-provoking book that explores the growing crisis of people’s inability to focus their attention for extended…
Bubble in The Sun by Christoper Knowlton
Bubble in The Sun: The Florida Boom of the 1920s and How It Brought on the Great Depression by Christopher…
The Craft by John Dickie Book Review
The Craft by John Dickie is a book about the history of Freemasonry, and how it made the modern world…
Empire of Liberty by Gordon Wood
Empire of Liberty by Gordon Wood is a door-stopper, but still very readable history of the United States from 1789-1815….
How The World Really Works by Vaclav Smil
How The World Really Works by Vaclav Smil was one of the most eye-opening books that I’ve read in a…
The Deepest South of All by Richard Grant
The Deepest South of All by Richard Grant is a book about Natchez, Mississippi. It’s written in a travelogue format…
The Profiteers by Sally Denton
The Profiteers by Sally Denton was one of the best books I read all year. I picked it up after…
God’s Middle Finger by Richard Grant
God’s Middle Finger by Richard Grant was one of the best travel books I read all year. Richard Grant is…
The Son by Philipp Meyer
The Son by Philipp Meyer is a fantastic novel by the author of American Rust (one of my favorites). I…
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle was an ebook that I obtained from Standard Ebooks. It was beautifully formatted and…
Short Works by Epictetus
Short Works by Epictetus was an ebook that I obtained from Standard Ebooks. I’m glad I started with his Short…
A Literary Guide to Flannery O’Connor’s Georgia
A Literary Guide to Flannery O’Connor’s Georgia was a helpful and fascinating guide to pair with her writing. Her work…
The Almost Nearly Perfect People by Michael Booth
The Almost Nearly Perfect People by Michael Booth is a 2014 nonfiction book detailing the author’s exploration of the cultural…
Lost Continent by Bill Bryson Book Review
Lost Continent by Bill Bryson is a classic of travel literature, hilariously funny yet tinged with heartache. It is the…
The Business Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
The Business Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained is accessible reference book from DK about key theories of business and management.
The Games by David Goldblatt
The Games by David Goldblatt is a door-stop history of the modern Olympic Games, from their reinvention in Athens in…
Books Read in 2022
Ever since 2007, I’ve kept track of every book I’ve read. Ideally, I’ve also written short lessons learned or reviews…
Book of Basketball by Bill Simmons
Two of my favorite non-fiction books are The Ball Is Round and How Soccer Explains the World. Both are about…
Georgia Scenes by Augustus Longstreet Book Review
This book is a collection of stories & tales from ~1780 to ~1830 on the Georgia Frontier. I picked it…
One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
After reading Midnight in Siberia, I decided to check out a couple of famous books written by Russians. This book…
Bowhunting Public Land Whitetails by Tony Peterson
Bowhunting Public Land Whitetails is a book about…well, hunting deer on public land with a bow. I picked up the…
Magic Money by Lawrence Kotlikoff
Most personal finance books are written by financial advisors who rely on communicating academic research and financial best practices that…
Courage is Calling by Ryan Holiday
I read this book in a pair with Discipline Is Destiny (also in the same series). My likes / dislikes…
Discipline is Destiny by Ryan Holiday
Discipline is Destiny is a book on one of the four cardinal virtues of Stoic philosophy (aka Temperance). Ryan Holiday…
Our National Forests by Greg Peters
This is the book that I was hoping would get published. Outdoor writing & media is dominated by (rightly so)…
O Pioneers by Willa Cather
I picked this book up for free for Kindle at Standard Books (highly recommended project!). It’s the first of a…
DK Eyewitness Alaska Book Review
Like their book on Mexico, DK Eyewitness Alaska is a super-handy, concise, structured way to quickly get a sense of…
Mexico by DK Book Review
I love these series of books by DK Publishing. They go under the brand of Eyewitness Travel and have been…
How To Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas Foster Book Review
I picked this book up (at the library, but it’s also cheap on Amazon) after struggling to get through the…
O’Connor Collected Works by Flannery O’Connor Book Review
Flannery O’Connor is one of my favorite writers, even if I still have to read her works with a bit…