Dreams from My Father

Sorry for the wall of text. 1. Bourne (The language and world of this novel are extraordinary - everything is falling apart yet brimming with life. Strangely moving) 2. The Design of Everyday things (Essential for anyone in UI/UX) 3. All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries (Highly engaging, entertaining sci-fi novella series, from an author that can write a very decent robot protagonist) 4. The Power (Interesting story with sci-fi elements on the dynamics of power, sex, and gender roles. I didn't care for the book, but the first 3/4 of the book are amazing) 5. Side Hustle: From Idea to Income in 27 Days 6. 7 brief Lessons on Physics 7. The Last Lecture (The energy and positivity coming from a man knowing he's about to die is infectious. Great read) 8. A wizard of Earthsea (Move over Harry Potter, this is the essential children's story about wizards) 9. Exploring diabetes with owls (Funny, irreverent) 10. Miss Peregrines home for peculiar children (Made an effort to read more YA this year - this was the best in this series, but I still hated it. There's a host of better YA series out there.) 11. A Wizard of Earthsea: The Tombs of Atuan (See 8.)…

Some books I've read this summer, which I can recommend: - The Facebook Effect -- well-written insider's account of the history of Facebook and its ambitions. http://www.amazon.com/Facebook-Effect-Inside-Company-Connect... (http://www.amazon.com/Facebook-Effect-Inside-Company-Connecting/dp/1439102112) - The Quantum Enigma -- an accessible digest of quantum mechanics and its philosophical consequences. http://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Enigma-Physics-Encounters-Cons... (http://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Enigma-Physics-Encounters-Consciousness/dp/019534250X/) - Flesh & Machines -- a lightweight history of robotics and some wacky speculations by MIT's Rodney Brooks. http://www.amazon.com/Flesh-Machines-Robots-Will-Change/dp/0... (http://www.amazon.com/Flesh-Machines-Robots-Will-Change/dp/0375420797) - The Language of Life: DNA and the Revolution of Personalized Medecine -- a well-backed account of what is or will be possible in medicine thanks to a better understanding of the genome and increase use of DNA sequencing for prevention, diagnostic, and treatment.…

Risk, the science of politics and fear by Dan Gardner (absolutely fantastic book, I already mentioned it on here earlier in the year). The Game (again). I read this regularly to remind me of a few things - it's the book that originally got me fascinated in human interaction. Nemesis (Richard Mullers theory) after a recommendation on HN. A couple of Obama's books (seemed logical to read up on him)- dreams of my Father I especially liked. Snowball (though still chugging through that). In Search of Schrodinger's Cat - a book all about the evolution of quantum theory (and one that gives me my favourite quote of the year: In 1905 Einstein actually published 5 times. The fifth being his PHD dissertation; yes those three individually genius works, which shook the very foundations of physics, were published my a man called Mr Einstein. Despite the artistic license I still love it as a quote :))

Dreams of my father by Barack Obama