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Discworld Series by Terry Pratchett – Ook!
Getting Things Done by David Allen – if there was a book that I can say changed my life it is this one. I only wish I had read it earlier.
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick – Wonderful book. It’s like meeting the who’s who of the people that make today possible. Will recommend this book repeatedly.
The works of Edward Tufte – The Visual Display of Quantitative Information was a particularly influential book and forever made me a critic of scientific figures.

Atomic Habits by James Clear – ok. It’s a subset of GTD ideas
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir – Nice Nice Nice!
Neuromancer by William Gibson – Weird read. Hard to follow language. Ok story. One bit that stuck out: statement that every new tech needs a lawless underground where experimentation happens.
Platform by Cynthia Johnson – Good book. Feels like there must be better GTD level books around for the topic of personal branding. This serves as a great first entry to be exposed to the concepts. It’s a light quick read with immediately actionable items.
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke – Well written book. So well written that it makes me sad for the main character and infuriated at the others. The world can be an awful place… the only real way is to look for the good side. “The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.”
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick – Wonderful book. It’s like meeting the who’s who of the people that make today possible. Will recommend this book repeatedly.
Why I am a Hindu by Sashi Tharoor

Lab Girl by Hope Jahren – abandoned after 50 pages. Brought back bad memories of lab heads who were selfawarewolves and abusive lab conditions.
Sensemaking by Christian Madsbjerg – Terrible book. Abandoned. At one point the guy criticized Design Thinking only to parrot out the same ideas with different phrasing. I’m judging everyone who says Sensemaking
Letters to a young poet by Rainer Maria Rilke – Picked up this book after having become aware of it many years ago in a bookshop reading Hitchens’ Letters to a young contrarian. Sadly, the book does not impart any timeless wisdom that is worth noting. Perhaps it would have felt warmer if I were younger, but even then probably not. Technically I only read half the book. The letters from the young poet were found later and added to the book, but as I understood this dimmed the experience even more.