Reading List - 2022

 Tried reading more non-fiction this year. Took quite a bit of effort in finding the best/ most relevant ones to read; eventually ended up with a scarily long list of books to read. 

Also, tried to diversify my non-fiction reads to newer authors, genres and languages. 

Here goes the list- 

  1. Skin in the Game - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  2. Pale Blue Dot – Carl Sagan

  3. The Power of Habit – Charles Duhigg

  4. The Intelligent Investor – Benjamin Graham

  5. David & Goliath – Malcolm Gladwell

  6. Confessions of an Economic Hitman – John Perkins

  7. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen

  8. The Honjin Murders – Seishi Yokomizo

  9. Impact Winter – Travis Beacham

  10. Poseidon’s Arrow – Clive Cussler

  11. Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn

  12. Private Berlin – James Patterson

  13. The Labours of Hercules – Agatha Christie

  14. Absolute Power – David Baldacci




Some of these were fantastic reads- those that I wondered how I hadn't heard of sooner. Others- Impact Winter and Private Berlin - such drags! But then again, that is the idea of trying anything new: we like some, we don't like some. But we always learn something about ourselves in the process. 

Ad Astra, Ad Infinitum!
Manish
04-Jan-2024
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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