If This Is a Man

Well if you've read Frankl then I think you should read Primo Levi. The Drowned and The Saved and also If This Is A Man. One could say he came to less easily swallowed conclusions, but I think it is essential reading. For me personally however I think Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment more or less informed my world-view from a very young age and continues to do so.

My goal for this year was to read 10 books. Not a huge challenge but I'm happy I managed to complete it. I'm currently at my 16th book - so I might say that's pretty good. Here's my 2016 reading list: #1. Zero to One - Peter Thiel - 3.5* #2. The Alchemis - Paulo Coelho - 3.5* #3. Founders at Work - Jessica Livingston - 3* #4. Traction - Gabriel Weinberg - 4.5* #5. How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie -4* #6. Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations... - Frederic Laloux, Ken Wilber - 4* #7. Daily Rituals: How Artists Work - Mason Currey - 3* #8. Rich Dad, Poor Dad - Robert T. Kiyosak - 3* #9. The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs... - Eric Ries - 4.5* #10. Meaningful: The Story of Ideas That Fly - Bernadette Jiwa - 3* #11. Elon Musk: Inventing the Future - Ashlee Vance - 4* #12. Rework - Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson - 4.5* #13. Anything You Want - Derek Sivers - 4.5* #14. South of the Border, West of the Sun - Haruki Murakami - 3.5* #15. As A Man Thinketh / The Path Of Prosperity - James Allen - 4*…