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Here is my list from 2015: 1. Mark Derby: England my England 2. Bill Messenger: Elements of Jazz [great courses] 3. David Mamet: GlenGary Glen Ross 4. Neil
by krishna2 11y ago
Here is my list from 2015:
1. Mark Derby: England my England
2. Bill Messenger: Elements of Jazz [great courses]
3. David Mamet: GlenGary Glen Ross
4. Neil deGrasse Tyson: The Pluto Files
5. Elizabeth Vandiver: The Illiad by Homer [great courses]
6. Elizabeth Vandiver: The Odyssey by Homer [great courses]
7. Elizabeth Vandiver: The Aeneid by Virgil [great courses]
8. Robert Greenberg: Great Masters: Liszt - His Life and
Music [great courses]
9. David Christian: Big History [great courses]
10. Robert Greenberg: Great Masters: Robert and Clara Schumann - Their Lives and Music [great courses]
11. Steven Novella: Your Deceptive Mind: A Scientific Guide
to Critical Thinking Skills [great courses]
12. Ramesh Menon (Veda Vyasa): Mahabharatha
13. Mark W. Muesse: Practicing Mindfulness: An Introduction to Meditation [great courses]
14. J.K. Rowling: Book 1: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
15. J.K. Rowling: Book 2: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
16. Steven Pressfield: The War of Art
17. Barnaby Conrad, Monte Schulz: Snoopy's Guide to the Writing Life
18. J.K. Rowling: Book 3: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
19. Ramesh Menon (Veda Vyasa): Siva Puranam
20. Professor Allen C. Guelzo, Professor Gary W. Gallagher, Professor Patrick N. Allitt: The History of the United States, 2nd Edition [great courses]
21. Robert Greenberg: Great Masters: Brahms - His Life and Music [great courses]
22. Robert Greenberg: Great Masters: Tchaikovsky - His Life and Music [great courses]
23. Chitra Bannerjee Divakaruni: The Palace of Illusions
24. J.K. Rowling: Book 4: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
25. Austin Kleon: Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
26. Stephen King: On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft
27. David McCullough: 1776
28. Prof. Roy Benaroch: Medical School for Everyone [great courses]
29. J.K. Rowling: Book 5: Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix
30. Siddartha Mukherjee: The Emperor Of All Maladies
31. J.K. Rowling: Book 6: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
32. Robert Greenberg: Great Masters: Shostakovich - His Life and Music [great courses]
33. J.K. Rowling: Book 7: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
34. Neil deGrasse Tyson: The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries [great courses]
35. Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli: Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader
36. Shurnyu Suzuki: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
37. William Shirer: The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
38. Jhumpa Lahiri: Interpreter of Maladies
39. Stephen Greenblatt: The Swerve: How the world became
modern
40. Professor Andrew R. Wilson: The Art of War [great courses]
41. Prof. Jennifer Paxton: 1066: The Year That Changed Everything [great courses]
42. Prof. Sherwin B. Nuland: Doctors: The History of Scientific Medicine Revealed Through Biography [great courses]
43. Sun Tzu: The Art of War
44. Prof. Robert Greenberg: Great Masters: Mahler - His Life and Music [great courses]
45. Prof. Seth Lerer: The Life and Writings of John Milton [great courses]
46. Prof. Robert Greenberg: Great Masters: Stravinsky - His Life and Music [great courses]
47. Stephen Guise: Mini Habits: Smaller Habits, Bigger Results
48. J.R.R. Tokien: Hobbit
49. George Orwell: Animal Farm
50. Prof. Seth Freeman: The Art of Negotiating the Best Deal [great courses]
51. Ram Dass: Be Here Now
52. Prof. Gregory S. Aldrete: The Decisive Battles of World History [great courses]
53. Conn Iggulden: Conqueror Series Book 1: Genghis: Birth of an Empire
54. Conn Iggulden: Conqueror Series Book 2: Genghis: Lords of the Bow
55. Prof. Frederick Gregory: History of Science 1700-1900 [great courses]
56. Prof. Indre Viskontas: 12 Essential Scientific Concepts [great courses]
57. Conn Iggulden: Conqueror Series Book 3: Genghis: Bones of the Hill
58. Conn Iggulden: Conqueror Series Book 4: Khan: Empire of Silver
59. Conn Iggulden: Conqueror Series Book 5: Conqueror
60. Prof. Robert Hazen: Origin and Evolution of Earth [great courses]
61. Mark Forsyth: Elements of Eloquence
62. Prof. Patrick Allitt: Industrial Revolution [great courses]
63. Ramesh Menon (Valmiki): Ramayana
64. Prof. John McWhorter: Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage [great courses]
65. Dava Sobel: Longtitude
66. Prof. Robert Hazen: Origins of Life [great courses]
67. Prof. Daniel Robinson: The Great Ideas of Psychology [great courses]
68. Tracy Kidder: The Soul of a New Machine
69. Prof. Garrett Fagan: History of Ancient Rome [great courses]
70. Kurt Vonnegut: Slaughterhouse Five
71. Vladimir Nabokov: Lolita
72. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby
73. Kalki: Ponniyin Selvan: Book 1: Pudhu Vellam [apple music]
74. Upton Sinclair : The Jungle
75. John Steinbeck: The Grapes of Wrath
76. Kalki: Ponniyin Selvan: Book 2: Suzhar Kaatru [apple music]
77. Karl Marx, Friedrich Engles: Manifesto of the Communist Party
78. Kalki: Ponniyin Selvan: Book 3: KoduVaal [apple music]
79. Kalki: Ponniyin Selvan: Book 4: Mani Magudam [apple music]
80. Kalki: Ponniyin Selvan: Book 5: Thiyaga Sigaram [apple music]
81. Kalki: Parthiban Kanavu [apple music]
82. Hugh Howey: Wool [Silo Series : Book 1 of 3]
83. Kalki: Sivagamiyin Sabatham: Book 1: Boogambam [apple music]
84. Kalki: Sivagamiyin Sabatham: Book 2: Kanchi Mutrugai [apple music]
85. Kalki: Sivagamiyin Sabatham: Book 3: Bhikshuvin Kadhal [apple music]
86. Kalki: Sivagamiyin Sabatham: Book 4: Sidhaindha Kanavu [apple music]
87. Thomas Sterner: The Practising Mind
88. don Miguel Ruiz: The Fifth Agreement
89. Prof. Jonah Berger: How Ideas Spread [great courses]
90. Prof. Robert Sapolsky: Being Human [great courses]
91. Michio Kaku: Einstein's Cosmos
92. Guy Kawasaki: Art of the Start 2.0
93. Edward Dolnick: Clockwork Universe
94. Prof. John Medina: Your Best Brain [great courses]
95. Sherman Alexie: Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
96. Prof. Thad Polk: Addictive Brain [great courses]
97. Jeff Kinney: Diary of a Wimpy Kid
98. Prof. Scott Huettel: Behavioral Economics [great courses]
99. Rob Walling: Start Small, Stay Small
100. Ernest Hemmingway: Old Man and the Sea
101. Prof. Robert Greenberg: Brief History of Holiday Music [great courses]
- sundarurfriend 11y agoWow, that's quite the inspiring list. I've been thinking about creating a list of 52 books to read for 2016 (one per week), and I think I'll be stealing a lot from your list here. I'm a big fan of Ponniyin Selvan, how do Parthiban Kanavu and Sivagamiyin Sabatham compare to it? Here's the 52 I finished this year: https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2015 https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2015
- krishna2 11y agoHappy my list will cons new lists. :) PoSe is by far the magnum opus. PaKa was written first and SiSa was written a dozen or so years later but historically SiSa happens about a decade or two before PaKa. PaKa is short (one-fifth the size of the other two). I liked the story of PaKa a lot. [although the movie version was totally butchered]. And just like how PoSe (which happens about 300 years after PaKa/SiSa) is all about Chozhas, the other two are about Pallavas. Very fascinating reads - will totally recommend it. If you like Science and Music (in this case, western classical music), and biographies/history related to the science/music characters, then you will like my list a lot. Please feel free to get in touch offline - can share more details. [I have the same id as the hn id in google/gmail as well]. PS: the goodreads link you posted takes me to my year_in_books page - can you please share your public url? Would love to see your reading list. thanks.