favorite recently read books
Discover my favorite recently read books! Explore this curated list of top reads, from gripping fiction to insightful non-fiction, that captivated me and might inspire your next great read.
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The Black Swan
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we âŠ
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Strangers to Ourselves
by Timothy D. Wilson
"Is introspection the best path to self-knowledge? What are we trying to discover? In a tour of the unconscious, as contemporary psychological science has redefined âŠ
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The Good Man
by Edward Jae-Suk Lee
With this striking novel, Edward Jae-Suk Lee delivers the beautifully and poignantly told story of Gabriel Cuttman, an aging Korean War veteran--a good man who âŠ
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Blindsight
by Peter Watts
Two months since the stars fell... Two months since sixty-five thousand alien objects clenched around the Earth like a luminous fist, screaming to the heavens âŠ
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Big Bang
by Simon Singh
A half century ago, a shocking Washington Post headline claimed that the world began in five cataclysmic minutes rather than having existed for all time; âŠ
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A Deepness in the Sky
by Vernor Vinge
After thousands of years searching, humans stand on the verge of first contact with an alien race. Two human groups: the Qeng Ho, a culture âŠ
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Cloud Atlas
by David Stephen Mitchell
Recounts the connected stories of people from the past and the distant future, from a nineteenth-century notary and an investigative journalist in the 1970s to âŠ
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The Fabric of the Cosmos
by Brian Greene
NATIONAL BESTSELLER âą From one of the worldâs leading physicists and author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Elegant Universe, comes âan astonishing rideâ through âŠ
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The Code Book
by Simon Singh
In his first book since the bestselling Fermat's Enigma, Simon Singh offers the first sweeping history of encryption, tracing its evolution and revealing the dramatic âŠ
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Persepolis
by Marjane Satrapi
BEST SELLER âą A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK âą Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapiâs acclaimed graphic memoir of growing up in âŠ
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Fortune's Formula
by William Poundstone
In 1961, MIT mathematics professor Ed Thorp made a small Vegas fortune by "counting cards"; his 1962 bestseller, "Beat the Dealer," made the phrase a âŠ
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Blind Side
by Michael Lewis
The author examines the phenomenon of the high value of the left tackle in football, using as his example an underprivileged youngster from Tennessee.
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The Undercover Economist
by Tim Harford
âThe economy [isnât] a bunch of rather dull statistics with names like GDP (gross domestic product),â notes Tim Harford, columnist and regular guest on NPRâs âŠ
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The Ancestor's Tale
by Richard Dawkins
A renowned biologist provides a sweeping chronicle of more than four billion years of life on Earth, shedding new light on evolutionary theory and history, âŠ
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The Paradox of Choice
by Barry Schwartz
In the spirit of Alvin Tofflerâs Future Shock, a social critique of our obsession with choice, and how it contributes to anxiety, dissatisfaction and regret. âŠ
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Number9Dream
by David Mitchell
By the New York Times bestselling author of The Bone Clocks and Cloud Atlas | Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize âA novel as accomplished âŠ
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No One Belongs Here More Than You
by Miranda July
Presents a collection of short works featuring sympathetic protagonists whose inherent sensitivities render them particularly vulnerable to unexpected events.
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After Dark
by æäžæ„æšč
With his trademark humor and psychological insight, Murakami's power of observation plays out in this sleek novel of encounters set in Tokyo during the witching âŠ
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