I do, what to some is, a lot of reading. I have an unquenchable thirst for knowledge. Due to my space and budget limitations, I purchase very few books. My main source is the library. I like to do a lot of things they way it is recommended not to, therefore I select many of my books by the cover. I usually check out more than I can read before they are due. If I start reading and the writing is poor or the subject is presented in an uninteresting manner, I just close the book and move on to the next. I have started keeping a list of the books that I have finished. I didn’t keep track of when I started the list, but I will guess it was around September of 2022. I can see that most of the books on the list have impacted the way I think. The last week or so, the reading has been a little heavy, so I cleansed by binge watching the first season of “The Good Place” on DVD, also checked out of the library. I am providing the list here, not as recommendations, but as background to my writing.
| author | title | comments | catalog number |
| MACDONALD, HECTOR | Truth | how truth can be selectively manipulated to create competing truths | 121 |
| Harris, Sam | Free Will | his argument is we don’t have it | 123.5 |
| CLEARY, SKYE C | HOW TO BE AUTHENTIC | 142.78 | |
| KORKKI, PHYILLIS | The Big thing | how to tackle a big project of your own making | 153.3 |
| VEDANTAM, SHANKAR | Useful Delusions: the Power & paradox of the Self-deceiving brain | insightful | 153.4 |
| PETROCELLI, JOHN | The Life-changing Science of Detecting Bullshit | 153.42 | |
| GILBERT, DANIEL | STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS | HOW THE IMAGINATION WORKS | 158 |
| BENNETT, MICHAEL AND BENNETT, SARAH | F*ck Feelings | pragmatic approach to feelings, and life problems | 158 |
| SYFRET, WENDY | The Sunny Nihilist | a different take on philosophy | 158 |
| LIVINGSTON, GORDON | Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart | This was a saying my grandfather used to say. The book contains 31 short pieces of wisdom | 158 |
| Jones, Lucy | Losing Eden | How nature effects our physical and mental wellbeing. | 304.2 |
| PIKETTY, THOMAS | A Brief History of Equality | a good primer on equality and the reasons for growth and some needs for the future. Told from the French perspective. | 305 |
| GORNICK, VIVIAN | The Solitude of self | biographical essay on Elizabeth Cady Stanton | 305.42 |
| GLADSTONE, BROOKS | The Trouble with Reality | short but very informative on the current political scene | 306.2 |
| RUSSO, FRANCINE | LOVE AFTER 50 | GOOD READ | 306.7 |
| BENNETT, MICHAEL AND BENNETT, SARAH | F*ck Love | pragmatic approach to relationships | 306.7 |
| BISHOP, GARY JOHN | Love Unfu*ked | good advice in general | 306.7 |
| Thaler, Richard H | Misbehaving: The making of behavioral economics | 330.019 | |
| Kishtainy, Niall | A Little History of Economics | good background | 330.09 |
| REICH, ROBERT B. | SAVING CAPITALISM | The problems with capitalism and some possible solutions | 330.973 |
| Gates, Bill | How to Avoid a Climate Disaster | good baseline | 363.738 |
| COLE, JONI B | Good Naked: Reflections on How to Write More, Write Better & Be Happier | writing resource | 808.02 |
| SMIL, VACLAV | Numbers Don’t Lie: 71 Stories to Help Us Understand the Modern World | interesting factoids | 909 |
| Moore, LEONARD | Teaching Black History to White People | good primer | 973.0496 |
| FRANKFURT, HARRY | On Bullshit | good read | |
| FRANKFURT, HARRY | On Inequality | good read, good campanion to “A Brief History of Equality” by Piketty | |
| FRANKFURT, HARRY | The Reasons of Love | classic philosophical reasoning |
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