This thread is for people to post what books they're currently reading, offer long or short reviews of books they've finished up with, offer and request suggestions for future reading. I'm not sure if there will be much appetite for it, but I've seen it work well in other places so I suppose only one way to find out.
The nice thing about here is that book suggestions we see posted in the BBV every so often tend to come from a very broad spectrum, and I've definitely picked up some great reads that I probably wouldn't have ever come across if not for recommendations on here. Hopefully if this takes off it will be similar to the Movie Review thread, i.e. a thread for people to browse through when they're looking for something to add to their "must see" lists.
I've created a Goodreads Group that people might want to join as well.
EDIT:
Here is a list of books which act as a good introduction and/or history of various fields of interest. If you have any suggestions to add to it please leave a comment.
The nice thing about here is that book suggestions we see posted in the BBV every so often tend to come from a very broad spectrum, and I've definitely picked up some great reads that I probably wouldn't have ever come across if not for recommendations on here. Hopefully if this takes off it will be similar to the Movie Review thread, i.e. a thread for people to browse through when they're looking for something to add to their "must see" lists.
I've created a Goodreads Group that people might want to join as well.
EDIT:
Here is a list of books which act as a good introduction and/or history of various fields of interest. If you have any suggestions to add to it please leave a comment.
Investing - A Random Walk Down Wall Street
Money Management - Your Money or Your Life
Totalitarianism - 1984
Soccer - Inverting the Pyramid
Atheism - God is not Great
History of Science - A Brief History of Nearly Everything
Sports Statistics - Moneyball
Evolution - The Blind Watchmaker
Roman Empire - Rubicon
Apollo Program - A Man on the Moon
Mormonism - Under the Banner of Heaven
Restaurant Industry - Kitchen Confidential
String Theory - An Elegant Universe
US Imperialism - The Essential Chomsky
War on Drugs - Chasing the Scream
The Financial Crisis - The Big Short
Relativity - A Brief History of Time
Zen - The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
History of Humanity - Sapiens
Cryptology - The Codebreakers; The Code Book
Artificial Intelligence - AI Superpowers
Technological Change - The Second Machine Age
Overcoming Adversity - Man's Search for Meaning
How to Think About the World - Factfulness
Productivity - Getting Things Done
Bullshit - Bad Science
Middle East Geopolitics - The Great War for Civilisation
US Civil War - Team of Rivals
Mathematics - God Created the Integers
Thinking Outside the Box - Freakonomics
Alternative Medicine - Trick or Treatment
CRISPR/Gene Editing - A Crack in Creation
History of Game Development - Masters of Doom
Money Management - Your Money or Your Life
Totalitarianism - 1984
Soccer - Inverting the Pyramid
Atheism - God is not Great
History of Science - A Brief History of Nearly Everything
Sports Statistics - Moneyball
Evolution - The Blind Watchmaker
Roman Empire - Rubicon
Apollo Program - A Man on the Moon
Mormonism - Under the Banner of Heaven
Restaurant Industry - Kitchen Confidential
String Theory - An Elegant Universe
US Imperialism - The Essential Chomsky
War on Drugs - Chasing the Scream
The Financial Crisis - The Big Short
Relativity - A Brief History of Time
Zen - The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
History of Humanity - Sapiens
Cryptology - The Codebreakers; The Code Book
Artificial Intelligence - AI Superpowers
Technological Change - The Second Machine Age
Overcoming Adversity - Man's Search for Meaning
How to Think About the World - Factfulness
Productivity - Getting Things Done
Bullshit - Bad Science
Middle East Geopolitics - The Great War for Civilisation
US Civil War - Team of Rivals
Mathematics - God Created the Integers
Thinking Outside the Box - Freakonomics
Alternative Medicine - Trick or Treatment
CRISPR/Gene Editing - A Crack in Creation
History of Game Development - Masters of Doom
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