- Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes - [via](https://library.madebyanonymous.com/rebecca-toh) - The WEIRDest People in the World - [via](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/314/) How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World - https://amzn.to/3XoTVQp Recommended by Ben Carlson - [Air Conditioning: An Economic Wonder - A Wealth of Common Sense ](https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2024/09/air-conditioning-one-of-the-most-important-economic-innovations/) --- Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs. Via John Gruber: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/06/15/kocienda-humane  **[How Romantics and Victorians Organized Information: Commonplace Books, Scrapbooks, and Albums](https://www.amazon.com/How-Romantics-Victorians-Organized-Information/dp/0192896075?&linkCode=sl1&tag=markbernsteinchi&linkId=d2e0af1de85c5e140254fc7d44c47f75&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)**. [Via Mark Bernstein](https://www.markbernstein.org/May24/LuhmansZettelkastern.html).  **[Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great.](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/006286968X?p_45=7&p_46=During&p_47=2024&language=en_US&unfiltered=1&refinements=p_n_condition-type:1294423011,p_n_feature_browse-bin:2656020011,p_20:English&s=books&dib_tag=se&ref_=as_li_ss_tl&Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.y=6&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.pigirSpRpGO1-3dcWBONbomLQpJ8qhX2Zcm89_e86h5kMYOpmqWFdUAYzlPhjUnqH-R-M-iRuMCyipBwKJBzewdeCgw9Vb61_XSq5_bNL3XEpFRih3lHIPvkS9wug80g6xFTQfZD7kbhe4KwiwKRw8QpOuvYZNw6MElD6GpOAY4.cqgHFziza-HQVzsJ7J0AdR97ISg8mbXfpCXLz2FddVo&Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.x=34&sr=1-83&linkCode=gs2&linkId=566240a31d7ab77177c1fd31f447600e&tag=bpbuk01-21)** Not recommended as such, but listed as upcoming [here](https://thebestbiographies.com/upcoming-releases/).  **[Catherine de' Medici: The Life and Times of the Serpent Queen](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Catherine-Medici-Times-Serpent-Queen/dp/1800244762/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.V94yqH6XSbNTNocHTcHzP0mCG3-rE_Bxg3URWY64OGnGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.8DdrZa4ZokdPnYhC4kCk5VxTy17goKFZmWU0Jr5OHPA&dib_tag=se&keywords=Catherine+de%27+Medici%3A+The+Life+and+Times+of+the+Serpent+Queen&linkCode=gs3&linkId=b7e39dc34a11722629e447036db75525&qid=1717249703&sr=8-1)**. Not recommended as such, but listed as upcoming [here](https://thebestbiographies.com/upcoming-releases/). To add - The Fortress: The Great Siege of Przemysl by Alexander Watson - Literary Review: https://literaryreview.co.uk/graveyard-of-empires - Super-communicators by Charles Duhigg - From the Hulry newsletter on 2024-04-19 - Joseph Anton - From Times’ Book newsletter on 12 April 2024. Meant to be good. Gossipy, witty and about life under constant theat. - Cognitive Gadgets - Tyler Cohen - https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2018/03/cognitive-gadgets.html - RobinHansen - https://www.overcomingbias.com/p/hail-cecilia-heyes?publication_id=1245641&post_id=143794708&isFreemail=true&r=234bj&triedRedirect=true Book | Recommended by -- | -- <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0374525706?tag=mostrecomme0e-21&geniuslink=true"><img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjVhZDkxMTgtMjBjZC00N2ZiLTgxNTItNGViYzY3ZjMxYzM4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODAyNDE3Mw@@._V1_.jpg" alt="drawing" width="125"/></a> | [[Stephen Fry]]. "A masterpiece". Note: currently out of print, so will have to be bought second hand. <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stolen-Focus-Surprising-Reason-Attention/dp/1526620219/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2D3FR85NU3ECL&keywords=stolen+focus+johann+hari+paperback&qid=1703577261&sprefix=stolen+focus%2Caps%2C78&sr=8-1"><img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71UMZ6-gRqL._SL1500_.jpg" alt="drawing" width="125"/></a> | [[Stephen Fry]]. "A beautifully researched and argued exploration of the breakdown of humankind’s ability to pay attention." <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grand-Strategy-John-Lewis-Gaddis/dp/0141987227/ref=sr_1_1?crid=284YU82KPBTSG&keywords=On+Grand+Strategy&qid=1703006305&sprefix=on+grand+strategy%2Caps%2C81&sr=8-1"><img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71j-5KUND0L._SL1500_.jpg" alt="drawing" width="125"/></a> | [Not Boring by Packy McCormick](https://www.notboring.co/p/openai-and-grand-strategy)] <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0691135193?ascsubtag=&linkCode=gs2&tag=tnyuk-21"><img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/419paLTnFjL._SY445_SX342_.jpg" alt="drawing" width="125"/></a> | ~~[The New Yorker: The Best Books of 2023](https://www.newyorker.com/best-books-2023?curator=MediaREDEF)~~ <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1643751549?ascsubtag=&linkCode=gs2&tag=tnyuk-21"><img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51-7scjDvlL._SY445_SX342_.jpg" alt="drawing" width="125"/></a> | [The New Yorker: The Best Books of 2023](https://www.newyorker.com/best-books-2023?curator=MediaREDEF) <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/022675720X?ascsubtag=&linkCode=gs2&tag=tnyuk-21"><img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71swt7Fj0cL._SL1500_.jpg" alt="drawing" width="125"/></a> | [The New Yorker: The Best Books of 2023](https://www.newyorker.com/best-books-2023?curator=MediaREDEF) <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Posthumous-Papers-Manuscripts-Club/dp/0241304377/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr="><img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/916XiB4Ws7L._SL1500_.jpg" alt="drawing" width="125"/></a> | [The New Yorker: The Best Books of 2023](https://www.newyorker.com/best-books-2023?curator=MediaREDEF) <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ultra-Processed-People-Stuff-That-Isnt/dp/1529900050/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Ultra-Processed+People%3A+The+Science+Behind+Food+That+Isn%27t+Food&linkCode=gs3&qid=1702914431&sr=8-1"><img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/816N1Kv6gfL._SL1500_.jpg" alt="drawing" width="125"/></a> | [The New Yorker: The Best Books of 2023](https://www.newyorker.com/best-books-2023?curator=MediaREDEF) <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1526622564?ascsubtag=&linkCode=gs4&tag=tnyuk-21"><img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/915wX6lVFHL._SL1500_.jpg" alt="drawing" width="125"/></a> | [The New Yorker: The Best Books of 2023](https://www.newyorker.com/best-books-2023?curator=MediaREDEF) <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Guns-August-Barbara-Tuchman/dp/0241968216/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3SGI7V13Z8LF9&keywords=The+Guns+of+August&qid=1702922737&sprefix=the+guns+of+august%2Caps%2C249&sr=8-1"><img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91QS0lmbnvL._SL1500_.jpg" alt="drawing" width="125"/></a> | [The New Yorker: The Best Books of 2023](https://www.newyorker.com/best-books-2023?curator=MediaREDEF) <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0345298063/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=gs2&linkId=9c101540266408c9dd7d88028d1db142&tag=bpbuk01-21"><img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61qW1MJdy6L._SL1200_.jpg" alt="drawing" width="125"/></a> | via [The Best Biographies](https://thebestbiographies.com/2023/06/10/review-of-peter-the-great-his-life-and-world-by-robert-massie/) <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Living-Pleasure-Epicurean-Guide-Guides/dp/0197558321/ref=sr_1_1?crid=EC7S85OLO4YC&keywords=Living+for+Pleasure%3A+An+Epicurean+Guide+to+Life&qid=1702922866&sprefix=living+for+pleasure+an+epicurean+guide+to+life%2Caps%2C197&sr=8-1"><img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/31yPC2go1gL.jpg" alt="drawing" width="125"/></a> | ~~Literary Review - April, 2023~~ <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Long-View-Need-Transform-World/dp/1472285212/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+long+view+by+Richard+fisher&qid=1702922936&sr=8-1"><img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81EVKs4s-YL._SL1500_.jpg" alt="drawing" width="125"/></a> | Literary Review - April, 2023 <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Conquer-We-Must-Military-1914-1945/dp/030023340X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1HFID4GDCIGLC&keywords=Conquer+We+Must%3A+Military+History+of+Britain+1914-1945+by+Robin+Prior&qid=1702923058&sprefix=conquer+we+must+military+history+of+britain+1914-1945+by+robin+prior%2Caps%2C74&sr=8-1"><img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61ztZufzK1L._SL1000_.jpg" alt="drawing" width="125"/></a> | Literary Review - February, 2023 <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Know-Everything-questions-answers/dp/1787467686/ref=sr_1_1?crid=XJ2HPE1FJ9AN&keywords=How+to+Know+Everything+-+by+Elke+Wiss&qid=1702923189&sprefix=how+to+know+everything+-+by+elke+wiss%2Caps%2C126&sr=8-1"><img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81J4TIB11QS._SL1500_.jpg" alt="drawing" width="125"/></a> | [Derek Sivers](https://sive.rs/book/KnowEverything). "Really how to ask better questions. How to learn through conversational questioning and listening." - https://going-medieval.com/2023/12/18/my-top-medieval-books-of-2023/ - The middle kingdoms - _[The Deorhord: An Old English Bestiary](https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691260006/the-deorhord)_ - [Beatrice’s Last Smile: A New History of the Middle Ages](https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31538007210&ref_=ps_ggl_11147913055&cm_mmc=ggl-_-US_Shopp_Textbook-_-product_id=COM9780199766482USED-_-keyword=&gclid=CjwKCAiA-P-rBhBEEiwAQEXhHwgodUmiUeRiYiRtfD8Jk1V2K13CFJ2m1tbH9BAEw1iSG_4JluOSIBoCqr4QAvD_BwE), - **[Derek Sivers](https://sive.rs/book)** - [Nietzsche: a complete introduction - by Roy Jackson](https://sive.rs/book/NietzscheCI) - [The Minimalist Entrepreneur - by Sahil Lavingia](https://sive.rs/book/MinimalistEntrepreneur) - A must-read for any potential founder of a small online business. Brilliant insights into starting something simply and sensibly. Best guide to the new world of starting from anywhere. - [Four Thousand Weeks - by Oliver Burkeman](https://sive.rs/book/4000Weeks) - Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life - [https://psyche.co/ideas/a-life-of-splendid-uselessness-is-a-life-well-lived](https://psyche.co/ideas/a-life-of-splendid-uselessness-is-a-life-well-lived) - [The Third Reich: A New History](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Third-Reich-New-History/dp/0330487574/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=New+history+of+the+Third+Reich&qid=1672128309&sr=8-1) - via [Niall Ferguson on the Tim Ferris Podcast](https://tim.blog/2022/11/15/niall-ferguson/) - [It's Not All About Me: The Top Ten Techniques for Building Quick Rapport with Anyone](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/057809665X/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=gs2&linkId=YWNZ557LETUQER3E&creativeASIN=057809665X&tag=farstrblo-21&creative=9325&camp=1789) - Nice, short 100 page read. - via [fs.blog](https://fs.blog/books-2014-reader-favorites/) - [Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1578644283/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=gs2&linkId=cb5e39c77fc0643af26115f77d2a10d8&creativeASIN=1578644283&tag=farstrblo-21&creative=9325) - via [fs.blog](https://fs.blog/thinking-about-thinking/) - [The Essential Schopenhauer: Key Selections from The World As Will and Representation and Other Writings](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0061768243?crid=1ZQWBZHBY26J1&keywords=0061768243&qu=eyJxc2MiOiItMC4wMSIsInFzYSI6IjAuMDAiLCJxc3AiOiIwLjAwIn0&sprefix=0061768243,aps,66&ref_=as_li_ss_tl&language=en_US&sr=8-1&linkCode=gs2&linkId=d302b11237a38b5e3e7cb9802f44e076&tag=farstrblo-21) - via [[fs.blog]], [A Meditaiton on Reading](https://fs.blog/meditaiton-on-reading/) (recommended at the very bottom) - Books on [[Abraham Lincoln]] - [NPR: Best Books (And Surprising Insights) On Lincoln](https://www.npr.org/2012/04/10/149871122/best-books-and-surprising-insights-on-lincoln?t=1661669557531) - [The Best Biographies of Abraham Lincoln](https://bestpresidentialbios.com/2014/06/28/the-best-biographies-of-abraham-lincoln/) - [Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dopamine-Nation-Finding-Balance-Indulgence/dp/1472294157/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1661592021&sr=8-1) - via [[Andrew Huberman]] on his cold podcast - ~~Servants: A Downstairs View of Twentieth-century Britain, by Lucy Lethbridge~~ - [via the FT](https://www.ft.com/content/12274b12-8a73-11e2-9da4-00144feabdc0) - Tourists: How the British Went Abroad to Find Themselves by Lucy Lethbridge - [via the FT](https://www.ft.com/content/dc2c375c-9815-450c-b379-af30390450a3) - [Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Being-Mortal-Medicine-Wellcome-Collection/dp/1846685826/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1GW1VNHDQMC2N&keywords=Being+Mortal%3A+Medicine+and+What+Matters+in+the+End&qid=1658751090&sprefix=being+mortal+medicine+and+what+matters+in+the+end%2Caps%2C133&sr=8-1) - [via](https://whyisthisinteresting.substack.com/p/the-monday-media-diet-with-christine?utm_source=email) - [The Great Good Place: Cafes, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons, and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Good-Place-Bookstores-Community/dp/1569246815/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3DQ2RYPCJ4GYD&keywords=the+great+good+place+ray+oldenburg&qid=1658342512&sprefix=The+Great+Good+Place+ray%2Caps%2C2436&sr=8-1) - via [this article](https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2022/07/why-libraries-matter-for-britain) - ~~In These Times~~ - via Till Time’s Last Sand - Image -  - [Dinner with Joseph Johnson: Books and Friendship in a Revolutionary Age](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dinner-Joseph-Johnson-Friendship-Revolutionary/dp/1784740187/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2R713TRLWSJRH&keywords=Dinner+with+Joseph+Johnson%3A&qid=1654165552&sprefix=dinner+with+joseph+johnson+%2Caps%2C100&sr=8-1) - [by Tyler Cowen](https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2022/05/what-ive-been-reading-220.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-ive-been-reading-220) - [Seeking Wisdom](https://jamesclear.com/book/seeking-wisdom) by Peter Bevelin - [via James Clear](https://jamesclear.com/decision-making) - [The Wood Age by Roland Ennos](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wood-Age-material-shaped-history/dp/0008318875/ref=sr_1_1?crid=RRJIDBYMVFS&keywords=The+Wood+Age+Roland+Ennos&qid=1647385106&sprefix=the+wood+age+roland+ennos%2Caps%2C106&sr=8-1) - [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2022/feb/18/the-months-best-paperbacks-david-baddiel-francis-spufford-and-more#the-wood-age) - [The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wages-Destruction-Making-Breaking-Economy/dp/0141003480/ref=sr_1_1?crid=FZYEXEIZWC4I&keywords=The+Wages+of+Destruction%3A+The+Making+and+Breaking+of+the+Nazi+Economy&qid=1646828676&sprefix=the+wages+of+destruction+the+making+and+breaking+of+the+nazi+economy%2Caps%2C106&sr=8-1) - Not so much a recommendation, but found via [this article](https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/how-are-the-big-sanctions-hurting?s=r). - [The Great Depression: A Diary](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Depression-Diary-Benjamin-Roth-ebook/dp/B06XC7F747/ref=sr_1_1?crid=W2VLA1F16Z2B&keywords=benjamin+roth+diary&qid=1646258903&sprefix=benjamin+roth+diary%2Caps%2C137&sr=8-1) - Recommended by Morgan Housel on the Tim Ferris podcast. - [Tyler Cowen non-fiction 2021](https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2021/04/what-ive-been-reading-189.html) - Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis - American Republics: A Continental History of the United States, 1783-1850 - Peace, Poverty and Betrayal: A New History of British India - [Debt: The First 5000 Years](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Debt-First-Years-David-Graeber/dp/1612194192/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1623921945&sr=8-1) via [reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/nbqj5j/the_role_of_bonds_in_a_portfolio/gy4z7x3/) - **Lists** - [James Clear's favourite business books](https://jamesclear.com/best-books/business) - [Patrick Collison's bookshelf](https://patrickcollison.com/bookshelf)