American Kingpin

I only read two books this year but they were amazing! The first one is Dune : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44767458-dune. It needs no introduction to HN, I think. Best Sci-fi book I have read so far. The second one is American Kingpin : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31920777-american-kingpi... (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31920777-american-kingpin) . It is about Silk Road (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road_%28marketplace%29), the online darkweb market place. It's very well written.

I just finished the audiobook of American Kingpin and LOVED IT. Nonfiction that reads like a thriller. Very well done and the narration was also excellent (which also comes into play a lot for audiobooks!). Bad Blood by John Carreyrou about the rise and fall of Theranos is very similar feel to American Kingpin, if you enjoyed one you will probably love the other; I thought both were equally fantastic, probably my best reads of 2018.

American Kingpin was a really good read. It's the story of Ross Ulbricht, the guy that built the silk road. It reads like fiction, but is a true story, and hits all the right buttons for me (technology, entrepreneurial spirit, understanding how to (or how not to) learn from your mistakes, etc.). It's well written and hard to put down. ----- The power of habit was also a really good read if you hadn't read it already.

American Kingpin: The epic hunt for the criminal mastermind behind The Silk Road.