Jurassic Park

There’s an audiobook in Spotify. I can’t recommend it enough.

Jurassic Park if you haven't yet.

Complexity: The Emerging Science At The Edge of Order And Chaos was a good read. I strongly recommend reading Jurassic Park at the same time, as the two were both influenced by the recognization of complexity as a "thing" in the late 80's/early 90's. The two are really about the same thing, but JP tells it through dinosaurs. While I have the floor, I've mused lately that Jurassic Park is like the perfect scary morality tale for young researchers. You hear cautions about endogeneity and omitted variable biases, simultaneity...but the worst that will happen if you mess these up is your paper is wrong. Crichton described a world where lack of scientific discipline led to getting eaten by dinosaurs.

My favorite fiction book is Shadows of the Empire by Steve Perry. I am not a fan of the Star Wars books nor am I a hardcore Star Wars fan, but this book captures me every time. Other favorites, not including those mentioned by others already are Jurassic Park and the Harry Potter series. I like to go back and read these often. For fun, my favorite, far and away is Foxtrot by Bill Amend.

Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton Really, anything by Michael Crichton.