Books read


Books I’ve read and recommend.


Non-fiction

The Art of War — Sun Tzu
The Art of War
Sun Tzu
Beyond Order — Jordan B Peterson
Beyond Order
Jordan B Peterson
Deep Learning — Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, Aaron Courville
Deep Learning
Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, Aaron Courville
Storm of Steel — Ernst Jünger
Storm of Steel
Ernst Jünger
How to Create A Mind — Ray Kurzweil
How to Create A Mind
Ray Kurzweil
Logic: A Graphic Guide — Dan Cryan, Sharon Shatil, Bill Mayblin
Logic: A Graphic Guide
Dan Cryan, Sharon Shatil, Bill Mayblin
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? — Frans de Waal
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
Frans de Waal
The Practicing Mind — Thomas M. Sterner
The Practicing Mind
Thomas M. Sterner
Deep Medicine — Eric Topol
Deep Medicine
Eric Topol
The Vital Question — Nick Lane
The Vital Question
Nick Lane
Mastery — Robert Greene
Mastery
Robert Greene
Sapiens — Yuval Noah Harari
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
Good summary of humans.
Zero to One — Peter Thiel
Zero to One
Peter Thiel
Startup Bible, can also be read as a motivational or a book on philosophy.
Be Here Now — Ram Dass
Be Here Now
Ram Dass
Book from the hippie culture of 60s California.
Life 3.0 — Max Tegmark
Life 3.0
Max Tegmark
Emotional Design — Don Norman
Emotional Design
Don Norman
Lessons on designing; useful for HCI.
A Brief History of Time — Stephen Hawking
A Brief History of Time
Stephen Hawking
The Psychology of Money — Morgan Housel
The Psychology of Money
Morgan Housel
Take Charge of your life — Dr. William Glasser, MD
Take Charge of your life
Dr. William Glasser, MD
Concepts in this book must be incorporated into all school syllabuses.
Hit Refresh — Satya Nadella
Hit Refresh
Satya Nadella
The Lessons of History — Will and Ariel Durant
The Lessons of History
Will and Ariel Durant
A brief history of civilisations.
The Book of Clarity — Paras Chopra
The Book of Clarity
Paras Chopra
I have a signed copy!
The Prince — Niccolo Machiavelli
The Prince
Niccolo Machiavelli
Gold.
The Technological Republic — Alexander C. Karp and Nicholas W. Zamiska
The Technological Republic
Alexander C. Karp and Nicholas W. Zamiska
Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre — Keith Johnstone
Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre
Keith Johnstone
Learnt about story-telling and improvisation.
Algorithms to Live By — Brian Christian, Thomas L. Griffiths, and Tom Griffiths
Algorithms to Live By
Brian Christian, Thomas L. Griffiths, and Tom Griffiths
Explains several algorithms in a non-technical way, connecting them to everyday life.
The Monk Who Sold his Ferrari — Robin Sharma
The Monk Who Sold his Ferrari
Robin Sharma


Fiction

The Mill On The Floss — George Eliot
The Mill On The Floss
George Eliot
Read it in childhood, really loved it.
1984 — George Orwell
1984
George Orwell
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone — J K Rowling
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J K Rowling
Siddhartha — Hermann Hesse
Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy — Douglas Adams
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
Everyone must read it, or at least the philosophy of it.
The Richest Man in Babylon — George S.Clason
The Richest Man in Babylon
George S.Clason


Crux or Some Parts Only

The structure of scientific revolutions — Thomas Kuhn
The structure of scientific revolutions
Thomas Kuhn
Superintelligence — Nick Bostrom
Superintelligence
Nick Bostrom
Mostly speculatory, but concrete.


Note

This page does not imply agreement with every idea in every book listed. Thank you.