A selection of books, articles, blog posts & podcasts since I started tracking in 2021

2025

Title Author URL Type
How the System Works Charles C. Mann https://www.thenewatlantis.com/collections/how-the-system-works Essay
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis Jonathan Blitzer https://amz.cx/3Lva Book
Revenge of the Tipping Point Malcolm Gladwell https://amz.cx/3Kxx Book
Harry Potter & the Cursed Child J.K. Rowling https://amz.cx/3Kxu Script
Dead Eye Mike Madden https://amz.cx/3Kxv Book
James Percival Everett https://amz.cx/3Kxw Book
Weekend Briefing Kyle Westaway https://weekendbriefing.com/ Newsletter
Morning Brew Varies https://www.morningbrew.com/daily Newsletter

2024

Title Author URL Type
The God of the Woods Liz Moore https://amz.cx/3DpC Book
Ghost Soldier Clive Cussler & Mike Maden https://amz.cx/3DpE Book
Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer Charles Marsh https://amz.run/9p9a Book
A Year in Provence Peter Mayle https://amz.run/9p9Z Book
The Wild Robot and The Wild Robot Escapes Peter Brown https://amz.run/9p9Y Book
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin https://amz.run/9p9X Book
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mulherjee https://amz.run/9p9W Book
Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver https://amz.run/9ULc Book
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Children is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness Jonathan Haidt https://a.co/d/iHAo1Xi Book
The Key to a Fulfilling Career? Variety. Tali Sharot and Cass R. Sunstein https://hbr.org/2024/02/the-key-to-a-fulfilling-career-variety Article
Gilead Marilynne Robinson https://a.co/d/iBsFkR8 Book
Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America T.J. Stiles https://amz.run/9MTk Book
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI David Grann https://a.co/d/figTUKZ Book
The Art of Gathering Priya Parker https://amz.run/9MTh Book
Trust Hernan Diaz https://amz.run/9MTe Book
In Defense of the Unoptimized Life Evan Armstrong https://every.to/napkin-math/in-defense-of-the-unoptimized-life Blog Post
The Case for Being Less Serious Calvin Rosser https://calvinrosser.com/serious/ Blog Post
Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream Doris Kearns Goodwin https://amz.run/9FFL Book
The Terminal List Jack Carr https://amz.run/9FFK Book
The River We Remember William Kent Kreuger https://amz.run/9FFM Book
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J.K. Rowling https://amz.run/97Kw Book
Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity Peter Attia https://amz.run/97Kv Book
Use Strategic Thinking to Create the Life You Want Rainer Strack, Susanne Dyrchs, and Allison Bailey https://hbr.org/2023/12/use-strategic-thinking-to-create-the-life-you-want Article
North Woods Daniel Mason https://amz.run/8c7G Book
Transit Maps of the World Mark Ovenden https://amz.run/8c7H Book
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln Doris Kearns Goodwin https://amz.run/7TQo Book
Weekend Briefing Kyle Westaway https://weekendbriefing.com/ Newsletter
Morning Brew Varies https://www.morningbrew.com/daily Newsletter

2023

Title Author URL Type
How to Stop Taking Work So Personally Melody Wilding https://hbr.org/2023/10/how-to-stop-taking-work-so-personally Article
Ballistic Mark Greaney https://amz.run/7TQn Book
My What If Year Alisha Fernandez Miranda https://amz.run/7JZ9 Book
Debt: The First 5,000 Years David Greaber https://amz.run/78k1 Book
Rules of Civility Amor Towles https://amz.run/74Jc Book
Ordinary Grace William Kent Krueger https://amz.run/74Jf Book
On Target Mark Greaney https://amz.run/74Je Book
Rogues: True Stories of Grifter, Killers, Rebels and Crooks Patrick Radden Keefe https://amz.run/6vih Book
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder David Grann https://amz.run/6vig Book
Fire Strike Mike Maden https://amz.run/6vif Book
Harvard Business Review Various https://hbr.org/ Magazine
Is Your Hybrid Team Losing Steam? Heidi K. Gartner https://hbr.org/2023/05/is-your-hybrid-team-losing-steam Article
Knowing God in Work & Rest Faith, Work & Rest Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/691TDBDyZbcNpgPNrpihBr?si=5360a22774ec45bf Podcast
The Gray Man Mark Greaney https://amz.run/6hCN Book
Alexander Skarsgard Explains the Answer to Everything. (It Involves Doing Some Math.) Partha Dasgupta https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/28/opinion/alexander-skarsgard-partha-dasgupta-economy.html Article
How Duolingo reignited user growth Jorge Mazal https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-duolingo-reignited-user-growth Article
Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America Maggie Haberman https://amz.run/74Jh Book
You’re Only Human: How Your Limits Reflect God’s Design and Why That's Good News Kelly M. Kapic https://www.amazon.com/Youre-Only-Human-Limits-Reflect/dp/1587435101 Book
The Intermediate Plateau: What Causes It? How Can We Move Beyond It? Scott H. Young https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2023/01/03/intermediate-plateau/ Blog Post
G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century Bevery Gage https://amz.run/74Ji Book
Hellburner Clive Cussler https://amz.run/74Jl Book
Radical Focus Christina Wodtke https://amz.run/74Jn Book
The Daily New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/column/the-daily Podcast
Weekend Briefing Kyle Westaway https://weekendbriefing.com/ Newsletter
Morning Brew Varies https://www.morningbrew.com/daily Newsletter

2022

Title Author URL Type
Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens https://amz.run/74Jo Book
This Tender Land William Kent Kreuger https://amz.run/74Jq Book
The House of Morgan: An American Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance Ron Chernow https://amz.run/64K8 Book
All In Chamanth Palihapitya, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks, & David Friedberg https://www.allinpodcast.co/ Podcast
Taste: My Life Through Food Stanley Tucci https://www.amazon.com/Taste-My-Life-Through-Food/dp/1982168013 Book
The Ransom New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/americas/takeaways-haiti-reparations-france.html Article
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee https://a.co/d/1t0DwLZ Book
Recession deep dive: VC psychology, macro risk, Tiger Global, predictions, and more All In Podcast https://open.spotify.com/episode/6mQe8WYZeDdghMFHXlEfDw?si=GAjYLFDvQA6wqDBpLghAQg Podcast
The Latecomers Guide to Crypto Kevin Roose https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/03/18/technology/cryptocurrency-crypto-guide.html?searchResultPosition=1 Article
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy Jenny Odell https://amz.run/6wGM Book
How Social Media Dissolved the Mortar of Society and Made America Stupid Jonathan Haidt https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/05/social-media-democracy-trust-babel/629369/ Article
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot https://amz.run/5nTo Book
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban J. K. Rowling https://amz.run/5nTn Book
The Daily New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/column/the-daily Podcast
Educated Tara Westover https://www.amazon.com/Educated-Memoir-Tara-Westover/dp/0399590501 Book
The Vanishing Moderate Democrat Jason Zengerle https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/29/magazine/moderate-democrat.html Article
5 pieces of advice to help early stage founders navigate the months ahead Leslie Feinzaig https://www.fastcompany.com/90752852/advice-to-help-early-stage-founders-navigate-the-months-ahead Article
What You’re Really Worried About When You’re Worried About Money Arthur C. Brooks https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/12/worry-money-maslow-hierarchy-needs/620950/ Article
Washington: A Life Ron Chernow https://amz.run/5ZG5 Book
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty Patrick Radden Keefe https://amz.run/5ZFF Book
Brilliant Maps for Curious Minds Ian Wright https://amz.run/5anN Book
The Strategies to Grow an Infrequent Product (ICED theory) Vivek Kumar https://www.reforge.com/blog/strategies-to-grow-infrequent-products Blog Post
The Lincoln Highway Amor Towles https://amz.run/5IGJ Book
Finding Language/Market Fit: How to Make Customers Feel Like You’ve Read Their Minds First Round Review https://review.firstround.com/finding-language-market-fit-how-to-make-customers-feel-like-youve-read-their-minds Article

2021

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Biographies of U.S. Presidents

I enjoy reading biographies, especially of United States Presidents. I am hoping to, over time, read a biography of most U.S. Presidents. Below is the full list of presidents and the books I have read thus far.

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