I'm going to recommend some fiction. Man v. Nature by Diane Cook is an amazing read, filled with Kafkaesque, conceptual short stories that all also have real p

I'm going to recommend some fiction. Man v. Nature by Diane Cook is an amazing read, filled with Kafkaesque, conceptual short stories that all also have real portraits of humanity when faced with extreme circumstances. It's my favorite thing I've read in years. Other fiction I would recommend: - Remainder by Tom McCarthy, a novel that dives deep into a weird cognitive question. I first read it about 8 years ago and it changed my idea of what a novel could be. - Where'd you go Bernadette? by Maria Semple. The funniest book I've ever read. By a writer from the TV series Arrested Development. Satire of the intellectual & tech wealth Seattle world, but also much more than that.