In no order whatsoever….ok, “Cloud Atlas” was probably my favorite, but after that, no order…
- “Cloud Atlas” by David Mitchell
- “The Irony of American History” by Reinhold Niebuhr
- “Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work” by Matthew Crawford
- “The Unnamed” by Joshua Ferris
- “War and Peace” by Leo Tolstoy
- “Fathers and Sons” by Ivan Turgenev
- “Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation” by Steven Johnson
- “Science, Strategy and War: The Strategic Theory of John Boyd” by Frans Osinga
- “The Sabbath” by Abraham Joshua Heschel
- “The 4-Hour Workweek” by Timothy Ferriss
- “The 52nd Floor: Thinking Deeply About Leadership” by Levy, Parco, Blass
- “Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers” by Osterwalder and Pigneur
- “Decoded” by Jay-Z
- “Ender’s Game” by Orson Scott Card
- “Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream” by David Platt
- “Daemon” and “Freedom” by Daniel Suarez
- “Heart of Darkness” by Joseph Conrad
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The best of the 90+ books I read in 2010, in roughly declining order, so if you only have time to read two, read the first two. Non-fiction:
Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age, by Clay Shirky.
Sustainable Energy – without the hot air, by David JC MacKay. Also available free online at http://www.withouthotair.com.
Science, Strategy and War (The Strategic Theory of John Boyd), by Frans P.B. Osinga.
The Unthinkable: Who Survives when Disaster Strikes — and Why, by Amanda Ripley.
Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You, by Sam Gosling.
On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society, by Dave Grossman.
Meditations on Violence: A Comparison of Martial Arts Training & Real World Violence, by Sgt. Rory Miller.
Fiction:
Winter’s Bone, by Daniel Woodrell. Fiction. "Talkin’ just causes witnesses."
Child of Fire and Game of Cages, by Harry J. Connolly.
Daemon, by Daniel Suarez. Fiction.
And it’s not a book, but if you’re interested in Resilient Communities I highly recommend checking out Open Source Ecology which is looking to do for hardware what Open Source Programming has done for software. I heard about it through John Robb, and have become a supporter. Its founder will be giving a talk at TED in March.
Nice list, Cameron. Will post mine though I didn’t read this year as much as I should have
Of these, I have only flipped through the Osinga (e)book.
P.S Are you on GoodReads.com?
You should definitely apply for the Strat Policy Intern or Legislative Fellowship for your IDE program, and then follow-on to SAASS. You definitely think more strategic than most folks your rank, and would excel in those programs.
Well from another point of view – I enjoyed reading:
The War for Late Night by Bill Carter
They Call Me BaBa Booey by Gary Del’ Abate
I’m Not High by Jim Breuer
She’s Having a Baby and I’m Having a Breakdown by James Barron
Okay and I am reading an updated version of The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman to exercise my brain some.
Here are my top 11 books of 2010
http://books.google.com/books?lr=&uid=986655953397166403&as_coll=1001&sa=N&start=0
1-Rework
2-Upside of Irrationality
3-War
4-The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
5-Cognitive Surplus
6-How We Decide
7-The Forever War
8-Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
9-On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
10-Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home and School
11-Religious Literacy: What every American Needs to Know and Doesn’t
Nice list, Sky. I’ve added some of those to my to-read list.
Thanks.
I would add two books to the list, both which provide an amazing view into crazy worlds that the “masses” aren’t privied to:
1. Mustaine – Autobiography of Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine. A trip through the early 80′s Bay Area Thrash Scene. Great lessons on self control, happiness, integrity, and of course some cool stories about one of the best metal bands of all time.
2. The Big Short – An inside look of the most recent financial crisis by Michael Lewis. The book profiles 5-6 relatively unknown, but prominent figures during the subprime mortgage crisis. Most of the real life characters actually bet against the bubble, hence the title The Big Short. Crazy look into a world of greed and irrational pipe dreams. Very revealing on what really happened during the last few years.
Thanks guys for throwing your picks in – makes it a much more fun and thorough list! Happy reading in 2011…we’ll have to do this again.
haha.. we read a lot of the same books cam!
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