books

Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don’t know the ten-dollar words. I know them all right. But there are older and simpler and better words, and those are the ones I use.

– Ernest Hemingway

Books that I am reading, have read, or will read

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos cover — INTERESTED

21 Lessons for the 21st Century cover — INTERESTED

A Brief History of Intelligence: Why the Evolution of the Brain Holds the Key to the Future of AI cover — INTERESTED

A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra) cover — INTERESTED

A PhD Is Not Enough!: A Guide to Survival in Science cover — INTERESTED

A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence cover — INTERESTED

Advice To A Young Scientist cover — INTERESTED

Advice for a Young Investigator cover — INTERESTED

Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions cover — INTERESTED

Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones cover — INTERESTED

Attitude Is Your Superpower: How to Create Incredible Life-Changing Success cover — INTERESTED

Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial cover — INTERESTED

Becoming cover — INTERESTED

Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst cover — INTERESTED

Beyond Order cover — INTERESTED

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking cover — INTERESTED

Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential cover — READING

Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds cover — INTERESTED

Cosmos cover — INTERESTED

Creativity, Inc. (The Expanded Edition): Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration cover — INTERESTED

Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. cover — INTERESTED

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World cover — INTERESTED

Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most cover — INTERESTED

Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control cover — INTERESTED

Don't Believe Everything You Think: Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of Suffering cover — INTERESTED

Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence cover — INTERESTED

E-Squared: Nine Do-It-Yourself Energy Experiments That Prove Your Thoughts Create Your Reality cover — INTERESTED

Entangled Minds: Extrasensory Experiences in a Quantum Reality cover — INTERESTED

Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think cover — INTERESTED

Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You cover — INTERESTED

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience cover — INTERESTED

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals cover — INTERESTED

Grit cover — INTERESTED

Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things cover — INTERESTED

How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens cover — INTERESTED

How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine ... for Now cover — INTERESTED

How to Become a Straight-A Student: The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High While Studying Less cover — INTERESTED

How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed cover — INTERESTED

How to Get a PhD: a Handbook for Students and Their Supervisors 7e cover — INTERESTED

How to Read a Book cover — INTERESTED

How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking cover — FINISHED

How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships cover — INTERESTED

How to Win Friends and Influence People: Transform your Relationships, Work, and Life cover — INTERESTED

How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing cover — INTERESTED

Key Person of Influence: The Five-Step Method to Become One of the Most Highly Valued and Highly Paid People in Your Industry cover — INTERESTED

Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't cover — INTERESTED

Learn Like a Pro: Science-Based Tools to Become Better at Anything cover — INTERESTED

Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don't Have To cover — INTERESTED

Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life cover — INTERESTED

Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning cover — INTERESTED

Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day cover — INTERESTED

Mastering Fear: A Navy SEAL's Guide cover — INTERESTED

Memory Rescue: Supercharge Your Brain, Reverse Memory Loss, and Remember What Matters Most cover — INTERESTED

Mind Magic: The Neuroscience of Manifestation and How It Changes Everything cover — INTERESTED

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success cover — INTERESTED

Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential cover — INTERESTED

Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything cover — INTERESTED

Multipliers, Revised and Updated: Unlocking The Secrets of Effective Leadership to Maximize Team Potential cover — INTERESTED

Neville Goddard: The Complete Reader cover — FINISHED

On Writing Well: The Essential Guide to Mastering Nonfiction Writing and Effective Communication cover — INTERESTED

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft cover — INTERESTED

Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness cover — INTERESTED

Outliers: The Story of Success cover — INTERESTED

Outsmart Your Brain: Why Learning is Hard and How You Can Make It Easy cover — INTERESTED

Peak: Unleashing Your Inner Champion Through Revolutionary Methods for Skill Acquisition and Performance Enhancement in Work, Sports, and Life cover — INTERESTED

Psycho-Cybernetics: Updated and Expanded cover — PAUSED

Read People Like a Book: How to Analyze, Understand, and Predict People’s Emotions, Thoughts, Intentions, and Behaviors cover — INTERESTED

Reading in the Brain: The New Science of How We Read cover — INTERESTED

Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable cover — INTERESTED

Remember It!: The Names of People You Meet, All of Your Passwords, Where You Left Your Keys, and Everything Else You Tend to Forget cover — INTERESTED

Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches cover — INTERESTED

Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! cover — INTERESTED

Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication cover — INTERESTED

Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time cover — INTERESTED

Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change cover — INTERESTED

Side Hustle cover — INTERESTED

Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed cover — INTERESTED

Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work cover — INTERESTED

Steve Jobs cover — INTERESTED

Stick with It: A Scientifically Proven Process for Changing Your Life―for Good – UCLA Expert on Behavior, Habits, and Transformation cover — INTERESTED

Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals cover — INTERESTED

Storytelling with Data: Let's Practice! cover — INTERESTED

Surrounded by Idiots: The Four Types of Human Behavior and How to Effectively Communicate with Each in Business (and in Life) cover — INTERESTED

Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds cover — INTERESTED

Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know cover — INTERESTED

The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure cover — INTERESTED

The 4-Hour Workweek, Expanded and Updated: Expanded and Updated, With Over 100 New Pages of Cutting-Edge Content. cover — INTERESTED

The 48 Laws of Power cover — INTERESTED

The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts cover — INTERESTED

The 5AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life. cover — INTERESTED

The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream cover — INTERESTED

The Art of Thinking Clearly: The International Bestseller That Improves Decision Making and Counters Faulty Reasoning with Research-Backed Good Sense cover — INTERESTED

The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter & Miracles cover — INTERESTED

The Body: A Guide for Occupants cover — INTERESTED

The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect cover — INTERESTED

The Code of the Extraordinary Mind: 10 Unconventional Laws to Redefine Your Life and Succeed on Your Own Terms cover — INTERESTED

The Coming Wave: AI, Power and Our Future: The instant Sunday Times bestseller from the ultimate AI insider cover — INTERESTED

The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success cover — INTERESTED

The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness cover — FINISHED

The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics cover — INTERESTED

The Elements of Style cover — INTERESTED

The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything . . . Fast! cover — INTERESTED

The Happiness Advantage: How a Positive Brain Fuels Success in Work and Life cover — INTERESTED

The Human Mind Owner's Manual: Your Connection to the Universe, Consciousness, and Non-Human Intelligence cover — INTERESTED

The Instant AI Agency: How To Cash 6 & 7 Figure Checks In The New Digital Gold Rush Without Being A Tech Nerd cover — INTERESTED

The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity--and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race cover — INTERESTED

The Nature of Personal Reality: Specific, Practical Techniques for Solving Everyday Problems and Enriching the Life You Know cover — INTERESTED

The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth About Extraordinary Results cover — INTERESTED

The PARA Method: Simplify, Organise and Master Your Digital Life cover — INTERESTED

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We do in Life and Business cover — INTERESTED

The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness cover — INTERESTED

The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How. cover — INTERESTED

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference cover — INTERESTED

Think Again cover — INTERESTED

Thinking, Fast and Slow cover — INTERESTED

Ultralearning: Accelerate Your Career, Master Hard Skills and Outsmart the Competition cover — INTERESTED

Uncommon Sense Teaching: Practical Insights in Brain Science to Help Students Learn cover — INTERESTED

Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and be More Productive cover — INTERESTED

Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe cover — INTERESTED

Uptime: A Practical Guide to Personal Productivity and Wellbeing cover — INTERESTED

What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions cover — INTERESTED

What's Your Dream?: Find Your Passion. Love Your Work. Build a Richer Life. cover — INTERESTED

When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress cover — INTERESTED

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams cover — INTERESTED

Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength cover — INTERESTED

Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking cover — INTERESTED

Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long cover — INTERESTED

Zero to One: Notes on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future cover — INTERESTED