Genghis Khan is one of the most famous historical figures of all time, but since he lived in the 1100s-1200s, most people know his name but not his story. Genghis Khan is most well-known for being the first Great Khan and the founder of the Mongol Empire, but he also has an incredible backstory. In…
Read more Books: Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World (Jack Weatherford)
Michael Lewis is the author of many books which have been turned into movies such as Moneyball, The Blind Side, The Big Short, etc. One book of his I just read though, is called Flash Boys. Flash Boys is a book that talks about the US stock market, and in particular high frequency trading. The…
The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared was originally written in Swedish in 2009, before being translated into English in 2012. The book is fiction, but it manages to blend a lot of true historical facts and events into it. For example, the main character in the book, Allan…
Clayton Christensen was a former professor at Harvard Business School, and unfortunately he just recently passed away (at the beginning of 2020). However, I’m sure the books he wrote during his lifetime will leave a lasting legacy. While he is also the author of many other famous books such as the Innovator’s Dilemma, one book…
Read more Books: How Will You Measure Your Life (Clayton Christensen)
Reed Hastings is one of the founders of the most iconic companies in the world, Netflix. He has helped Netflix to grow into the powerhouse it currently is over the past 20 years or so, and I think he is one of the world’s most insightful people. This article on the WSJ is from an…
Read more Netflix’s Reed Hastings Deems Remote Work ‘a Pure Negative’ (WSJ)
William H. McRaven is a former Navy Seal, and he wrote the book Make Your Bed after giving a commencement speech at the University of Texas at Austin. If you don’t want to have to buy the book, I would highly recommend at least listening to the 6 minute speech on Youtube (it summarizes the…
While the title of the book, The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter – And How to Make the Most of Them, may seem excessively long, the book is the complete opposite. The book is written by clinical psychologist Meg Jay, and it has tons of great advice for people in their 20s (or maybe…
As I have written in the past, The Three-Body Problem Series by Liu Cixin is one of my favorite book series of all time. Recently, I came upon this article in the Wall Street Journal, which does a profile on Liu Cixin and discusses his prolific writing career. Although I have enjoyed reading his books,…
Read more Liu Cixin Writes Science Fiction (Wall Street Journal)
A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches is a book describing pitching in baseball, and how it has changed over the centuries (from when baseball started in the 1800s until now). The book is obviously written primarily for baseball fans, and I would imagine it would be extremely boring for those who are unfamiliar or…
Read more Books: A History of Baseball in 10 Pitches (Tyler Kepner)
Exhalation is a series of short stories written by Ted Chiang. There are nine short stories in total, and they range from approximately 10 to 100 pages. Ted Chiang is an incredible author, and the depth of his imagination is astounding. Throughout his career, Chiang’s books have won four Nebula Awards, four Hugo Awards, etc.…
