Saturday, November 7, 2015

Books I've Read In 2015

This is a somewhat boring post; simply listing the books I have read in 2015. They are listed in approximate order of totally subjective importance, interest, and general awesomeness. I will keep this post updated as I add more books. Over the next few months, I will probably write some posts discussing the more interesting of these books.


  1. Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates***
  2. The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York, Rober A. Caro **
  3. The Structure of Scientific Revolution, Thomas S. Kuhn
  4. The Martian, Andy Weir
  5. How the Other Half Banks: Exclusion, Exploitation, and The Threat to Democracy. Mehrsera Baradaran
  6. Einstein: His Life and Universe, Walter Isaacson
  7. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Elizabeth Kolbert*
  8. Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation, Dan Fagin*
  9. Surely, You're Joking Mr. Feynman. Richard P Feynman
  10. The Great Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America, George Packer ***
  11. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, a Dream. H.G. Bissinger
  12. The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and The Golden Age of Journalism. Dorris Kearns Goodwin
  13. The Fires: How a computer formula, big ideas, and the best of intentions burned down New York City and determine the future of cities. Joe Flood
  14. The Beak of the Finch, A Story of Evolution in Our Time. Jonathan Weiner *
  15. The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic, Dan Ariely
  16. The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory, Brian Greene
  17. A Few Seconds of Panic: A Sportswriter Plays in the NFL, Stefan Fatsis
  18. Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson
  19. The Looming Tower: Al-Queda and the Road to 9-11. Lawrence Wright *
  20. Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble, Stefan Fasis
  21. A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail Bill Bryson
  22. The Town: Two Parties and a Funeral- Plus Plenty of Valet Parking! -in America's Gilded Capital, Mark Lebovitch
  23. The Swerve: How the World Became Modern, Stephan Greenbladtt *, ***
  24. Change By Design: How Design Thinking Transform Organizations and Inspires Innovation, Tim Brown
  25. How Google Works, Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg
* Pulitzer Prize Winner (General Non-fiction)
** Pulitzer Prize Winner (Biography)
*** National Book Award Winner (General Nonfiction)

Great year of books in 2015! Look for a new post for 2016 reads





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