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Non-fiction: * 'Better' by Atul Gawande (also his 'Complications' and of course 'The Checklist Manifesto') * 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' by Bill Br
by sundarurfriend 10y ago
Non-fiction:
* 'Better' by Atul Gawande (also his 'Complications' and of course 'The Checklist Manifesto')
* 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' by Bill Bryson.
Fiction:
* 'Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders' by Neil Gaiman
* 'The Name of the Wind' by Patrick Rothfuss
Graphic novels ("comics"):
* 'Watchmen' by Alan Moore
* 'Promethea' by Alan Moore (actually I'm halfway through this, and loving every bit of it)
Special mentions:
* 'How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big' by Scott Adams - I only gave this a 4-star rating on Goodreads when I finished it, but I'm finding that I'm usefully applying more and more of the things I learnt from this book as the months go by.
* 'Yoga Benefits Are in Breathing Less' by Artour Rakhimov - to be considered more of an article, taught me useful stuff about O2/CO2 balance in the body, their respective effects, and hence ultimately the effects of different rates of breathing.
- tmaly 10y agoI second Scott Adam's book. I am listening to the audio version now.
- mrfusion 10y agoWhat are you finding useful from the Scott Adams book?
- chris_va 10y ago+10 to Name of the Wind. But don't read it if you aren't willing to wait 5 years for him to finish his trilogy. The Martian was probably the best fiction in the last year for me.