Heretic by Catherine Nixey
Heretic by Catherine Nixey is about the hundreds, if not thousands, of versions of Christianity that flourished in the hundreds…
Blighted by Margaret Stagmeier
Blighted by Margaret Stagmeier is a book about the housing crisis that plagues American cities, with a specific focus on…
Magic Pill by Johann Hari
I loved the nuance & storytelling of this book. Very complex topic.
Beyond The Bake Sale by Anne Henderson
Beyond The Bake Sale by Anne Henderson is a book on world of educational partnerships, specifically focusing on how schools…
Shanghai Free Taxi by Frank Langfitt
Shanghai Free Taxi by Frank Langfitt offers an insightful glimpse into the rapidly changing landscape of contemporary China. Langfitt, a…
Slow Productivity by Cal Newport
Slow Productivity by Cal Newport challenges the frenzied pace of the modern workplace, suggesting that our relentless rush to be…
Loserville by Clayton Tutor
“Loserville” by Clayton Tutor examines Atlanta’s turbulent relationship with its professional sports teams. Beginning in the 1960s, the city’s leaders used sports to redefine Atlanta’s image, but struggled with poor team performances and weak support. Despite this, sports have significantly contributed to Atlanta’s identity and development.
American The Beautiful? by Blythe Roberson
“American The Beautiful? by Blythe Roberson is a travel book across America’s National Parks but falls short in style and pacing, resembling TikToks instead of traditional travel writing. Despite extensive park visits and commentary on America’s contradictions, the lack of context and background detracts from the experience, unlike works by Bill Bryson.”
Status Game by Will Storr
“Status Game” by Will Storr offers a nuanced exploration of how humans organize in social hierarchies, striving for status through various games. It discusses the impact of prestige, dominance, and humiliation games on society, relationships, and leadership. Storr emphasizes understanding these dynamics to foster cooperation and mitigate conflicts.
What To Read In Addition To Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt has created a lot of chatter and concern among parents and policymakers. With the United…
How Big Things Get Done by Bent Flyvbjerg
How Big Things Get Done by Bent Flyvbjerg is one of the best nonfiction books I’ve read in the past…
The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
The Creative Act by Rick Rubin is a fascinating book by someone who has not only had a very creative…
Exploring Southern Appalachian Forests: An Ecological Guide to 30 Great Hikes by Stephanie Jeffries
Exploring Southern Appalachian Forests: An Ecological Guide to 30 Great Hikes by Stephanie Jeffries is a book that is both…
Drifting Into Darien by Janisse Ray
Drifting Into Darien by Janisse Ray is a memoir that chronicles Janisse Ray’s 10-day journey down the Altamaha River, one…
What’s Our Problem by Tim Urban
What’s Our Problem? by Tim Urban is a thought-provoking book that introduces a new framework for understanding our chaotic political…
Existentialist Cafe by Sarah Bakewell
Existentialist Cafe by Sarah Bakewell is a 2016 book by Sarah Bakewell that delves into the philosophy and history of…
The Pioneers by David McCullough
The Pioneers by David McCullough is a captivating historical account of the first voyage by New Englanders to the Northwest…
Silent Spring Revolution by Douglas Brinkley
Silent Spring Revolution by Douglas Brinkley is a meticulously researched and deftly written chronicle of the rise of environmental activism…
Historic Rural Churches of Georgia by Sonny Seals
Historic Rural Churches of Georgia by Sonny Seals is a profound exploration of Georgia’s cultural and architectural heritage through its…
Hiking Trails of the Cohutta & Big Frog Wilderness by Tim Homan
Hiking Trails of the Cohutta & Big Frog Wilderness by Tim Homan is an engaging and informative guide that takes…
These Gentle Hills by John Kollock
These Gentle Hills is a captivating work by John Kollock that takes readers on a picturesque journey through the North…
The Gulf by Jack Davis
The Gulf by Jack Davis is a comprehensive exploration of the Gulf of Mexico’s historical, cultural, and environmental significance. The…
Books Read in 2023
This year, I tried to read a bit more fiction. Here’s what I read.
Eight Bears by Gloria Dickie
Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future by Gloria Dickie is a compelling exploration into the lives of the eight…
99% Invisible City by Roman Mars
99% Invisible City by Roman Mars and Kurt Kohlstedt is a New York Times best-selling exploration into the unnoticed yet…
Lives of the Trees by Diana Wells
Lives of the Trees by Diana Wells is a captivating exploration into the world of trees and their profound connection…
11 Ways to Discover Great Books
It took me a while to realize that reading every book ever published was an impossible feat. With countless books…
Indistractable by Nir Eyal
Indistractable is a book that reveals the hidden psychology driving us to distraction and shares a 4-step model to become…
Long-Ago Stories of the Eastern Cherokee by Lloyd Arneach
Long-Ago Stories of the Eastern Cherokee by Lloyd Arneach is a captivating collection of traditional Cherokee tales, meticulously curated and…
The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis
The Fifth Risk is a non-fiction book that examines the transition and political appointments of the Donald Trump presidency, especially…
Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
The Botany of Desire is a nonfiction book that explores the relationship between humans and plants. Contrary to popular belief,…
Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan
The Omnivore’s Dilemma is a non-fiction book that explores the three principal food chains that sustain us today: the industrial,…
God In A Cup by Michaele Weissman
God In A Cup is a book that explores the world of specialty coffee, focusing on the people and companies…
Parallel Worlds by Michio Kaku
Parallel Worlds by Michio Kaku is a popular science book that explores the concept of parallel universes and the possibility…
Discontent And Its Civilizations by Mohsin Hamid
Discontent And Its Civilizations is a collection of essays by Mohsin Hamid that explores the fractures generated by seismic changes…
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Exit West is a novel that tells the story of Saeed and Nadia, who fall in love as their country…
Fooled By Randomness by Nassim Taleb
Fooled By Randomness is a book that explores the role of randomness in our lives and how it affects decision-making,…
Guide to National Parks by National Geographic
Guide to National Parks by National Geographic is an informative and comprehensive guidebook that provides expert travel advice, candid tips…
Guide to State Parks by National Geographic
The National Geographic Guide to State Parks of the United States is a comprehensive guidebook that showcases over 200 state…
Secrets of the National Parks by National Geographic
Secrets of the National Parks by National Geographic is an authoritative guidebook that provides expert advice from rangers, park managers,…
Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson
The Ascent of Money is a book that explains how different historical events led to the development of the current…
World 3.0 by Pankaj Ghemawat
World 3.0 challenges the popular notion that the world is flat and fully globalized, arguing that differences and distances are…
Booty Capitalism by Paul Hutchcroft
Booty Capitalism is a book that examines the relationship between the state and oligarchical families in the banking sector of…
Dark Star Safari by Paul Theroux
Dark Star Safari is a travel book that takes readers on an epic journey through Africa, from Cairo to Cape…
Deep South by Paul Theroux
Deep South is a travel memoir by Paul Theroux, where he recounts his road trips taken in Mississippi, South Carolina,…
Ghost Train To The Eastern Star by Paul Theroux
Ghost Train to the Eastern Star is a travelogue by Paul Theroux, in which he retraces his epic journey of…
Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux
The Great Railway Bazaar is a travelogue by American novelist Paul Theroux, first published in 1975. It recounts Theroux’s four-month…
On The Plain of Snakes by Paul Theroux
On The Plain of Snakes: A Mexican Journey is a travel memoir by renowned travel writer Paul Theroux. In this…
Eastern Forests by Petersen Guides
Eastern Forests by Peterson Guides is an informative and comprehensive field guide that focuses on the diverse flora and fauna…
We Wish To Inform You by Philip Gourevitch
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families is a non-fiction book by Philip…
Procrastination Equation by Piers Steel
The Procrastination Equation by Piers Steel takes on the myths and misunderstandings behind procrastination and motivation. The book shows us…
Northland by Porter Fox
Northland is a travelogue by Porter Fox, who spent three years exploring the 4,000-mile border between Maine and Washington. He…
Hipster Business Models by Priceonomics
Hipster Business Models is a book about the pursuit of ideas and the passionate people behind them. The book tells…
A Year of Biblical Womanhood by Rachel Held Evans
A Year of Biblical Womanhood is a book about exploring what it means to be a woman according to the…
Hiking North Carolina by Randy Johnson
Hiking North Carolina is a comprehensive guidebook that describes more than 500 trails across the state. The book covers every…
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel set in an unspecified American city in the year 2049. The story follows Guy…
Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins
The Greatest Show on Earth is a non-fiction book that provides evidence for biological evolution and defends it against creationist…
Magic of Reality by Richard Dawkins
The Magic of Reality is a science book written by Richard Dawkins, aimed primarily at children and young adults. The…
Ghost Riders by Richard Grant
Ghost Riders is a travelogue by Richard Grant that explores the nomadic impulse and the myths and realities of the…
Nudge by Richard Thaler
Nudge is a book that explores the concept of using behavioral sciences in public policy and managerial practices. The authors…
Nixonland by Rick Perlstein
Nixonland is a historical account of how Richard Nixon rose to power and held the presidency of the United States….
Oregon Trail by Rinker Buck
The Oregon Trail by Rinker Buck is an epic account of traveling the length of the Oregon Trail in a…
Buying In by Rob Walker
Buying In is a book about the role consumers play in modern advertising, or as Walker calls it, the “commercial…
Influence: Science and Practice by Robert Cialdini
Influence: Science and Practice is a psychology book that examines the key ways people can be influenced by “Compliance Professionals”….
Inside The Kingdom by Robert Lacey
Inside The Kingdom by Robert Lacey is a comprehensive and insightful look at Saudi Arabia. The book explores the paradoxical…
This Land: A Guide to Eastern National Forests by Robert Mohlenbrock
This Land is a comprehensive field guide that introduces readers to all 155 national forests across the United States. The…
Secrets of Power Negotiating by Roger Dawson
Secrets of Power Negotiating is a book that covers every aspect of the negotiating process with practical, proven advice. The…
Grant by Ron Chernow
Grant is a 2017 biography of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, written by American historian…
Utopia for Realists by Rutger Bregman
Utopia for Realists is a call to arms for a radical rethinking of life, work, and how society functions. The…
Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday
The Daily Stoic is a daily devotional book that presents the ancient philosophy of Stoicism in a practical and actionable…
The Obstacle Is The Way by Ryan Holiday
The Obstacle Is The Way is a book that draws inspiration from stoicism, the ancient Greek philosophy of enduring pain…
Growth Hacking by Ryan Holiday
Growth Hacker Marketing is a book that outlines the rise of growth hacking and how it has brought success to…
Trust Me, I’m Lying by Ryan Holiday
Trust Me I’m Lying is a book that chronicles the experiences of Ryan Holiday, a media strategist who worked for…
Seven Days In The Art World by Sarah Thornton
Seven Days in the Art World is a book that explores the dynamics of creativity, taste, status, money, and the…
How To Fail At Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams
How To Fail At Almost Everything And Still Win Big is a memoir by Scott Adams, the creator of the…
Say Everything by Scott Rosenberg
Say Everything by Scott Rosenberg is a comprehensive work on the history of blogging. The book chronicles the unplanned rise…
Letters From A Stoic by Seneca
Letters From A Stoic is a collection of moral epistles that the famous Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca sent to his…
Book of Silence by Sarah Maitland
Book of Silence is a spiritual memoir by Sarah Maitland, who after a noisy upbringing and adulthood as a vocal…
Chasing The Flame by Samantha Power
Chasing The Flame is a biography of Sergio de Mello, the UN’s leading diplomat for the protection of refugees and…
Holy Cow by Sarah MacDonald
Holy Cow is a memoir by Sarah MacDonald about her spiritual journey across India. The book follows the story of…
Vietnam by Stanley Karnow
Vietnam by Stanley Karnow is a comprehensive and detailed account of the Vietnam War. The book covers the underlying causes…
In Our Image by Stanley Karnow
In Our Image: America’s Empire in the Philippines is a book that details the Philippine-American War (1899–1902) and the subsequent…
Story of a Soul by St Terese of Liseaux
The Story of a Soul is an autobiography written by St. Therese of Lisieux out of obedience to her religious…
13 Bankers by Simon Johnson
13 Bankers is a book that charts the rise to immense power of the financial sector and forcefully argues that…
Grounded by Seth Stevenson
Grounded is a travel memoir written by Seth Stevenson, chronicling his circumnavigation of the earth without using any aircraft. The…
Everybody Lies by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
Everybody Lies is a book that explores the true nature of human beings through big data. The author argues that…
Tribes by Seth Godin
Tribes by Seth Godin is a book about the power of social organization and how it can be harnessed to…
Purple Cow by Seth Godin
Purple Cow is a book about innovation and marketing by Seth Godin. The book argues that in today’s crowded marketplace,…
Poke The Box by Seth Godin
Poke The Box is a manifesto about producing something that’s scarce, and thus valuable. It demands that you stop waiting…
All Marketer Are Liars by Seth Godin
All Marketers Are Liars by Seth Godin is a book that explores the world of marketing and how marketers think….
Think by Simon Blackburn
Think by Simon Blackburn is a book that explores the big questions in life, such as knowledge, consciousness, fate, God,…
War For Children’s Minds by Stephen Law
War For Children’s Minds is a book that examines the legacy of the Enlightenment as it pertains to the education…
Merchant of Death by Stephen Braun
Merchant of Death is a book that tells the incredible story of Viktor Bout, a Russian weapons supplier whose global…
Superfreakonomics by Stephen Levitt
Superfreakonomics is a follow-up book to the popular Freakonomics, which takes an economic approach to real-world issues by using statistics…
Soccernomics by Stephen Szymanski
Soccernomics is a book that applies economic and data analysis to explore the way soccer is played, watched, and run….
80-20 Principle by Steven Koch
The 80-20 Principle, also known as the Pareto Principle, asserts that a minority of causes, inputs, or effort usually lead…
In The Plex by Steven Levy
In The Plex is a book that takes readers inside Google headquarters, also known as the Googleplex, to show how…
Quiet by Susan Cain
Quiet is a non-fiction book that argues that modern Western culture misunderstands and undervalues the traits and capabilities of introverted…
Age of American Unreason by Susan Jacoby
The Age of American Unreason by Susan Jacoby is a book that explores the phenomenon of anti-intellectualism in America. The…
Freethinkers by Susan Jacoby
Freethinkers is a book that explores the history of secularism in America. The author, Susan Jacoby, takes readers on a…