Maybe this will be interesting to some people: Below is a fairly complete list of the books I read over the last years (in no particular order).
πΒ = I really enjoyed reading these books.
Origins and Reflections on Humanity: Books exploring how we came to be, from our evolutionary past to the birth of societies.
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind π
1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Turning Points in Ancient History)
Jerusalem: The Biography π
Medieval Technology and Social Change
Structures of Power and Society: Books that analyze the mechanisms of governance, politics, and societal frameworks that shape our world today.
Optimism over Despair: On Capitalism, Empire, and Social Change
The Future of Capitalism: Facing the New Anxieties
The Invention of Nature
My House in Damascus: An Inside View of the Syrian Revolution
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow π
Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society
Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder π
Capital in the Twenty-First Century π
The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World
The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
Everyday Utopia π
Exhausted Globalisation
Homage To Catalonia π
The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements π
Bush in Babylon: The Recolonisation of Iraq
The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering
Marx, Wagner, Nietzsche
The Athenian Constitution
AZADI: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction.
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity π
Simians, Cyborgs and Women: The Reinvention of Nature
Plagues Upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History π
Marx in the Anthropocene: Towards the Idea of Degrowth Communism
Experiences of Pain and Injustice: Books that delve into inequality, racism and the lived realities of marginalized groups - illuminating the human condition from varied perspectives.
The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
Loose Woman: Poems
Three Women
Whose memory counts? Colonial past and racism today. π
Understanding Patriarchy
Orientalism
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience and the Black Experience
Der Osten: eine westdeutsche Erfindung (German) π
Love, Healing, and Connection: Books focused on intimacy, the complexities of relationships, and the journey of personal healing.
Labor of Love: The Invention of Dating π
Porno Positive π
The Will Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love π
The 120 Days of Sodom
Maiden to Mother: Unlocking Our Archetypal Journey into the Mature Feminine π
Eroticism π
Philosophy and Meaning: Timeless explorations into lifeβs fundamental questions, ethics, and the search for meaning in a complex world.
Siddhartha
What Tech Calls Thinking: An Inquiry into the Intellectual Bedrock of Silicon Valley π
The Art of Being Right
Meditations π
De Finibus Bonorum Et Malorum
The Wisdom of Life
Symbols of Tibetan Buddhism π
Tantra: The Supreme Understanding π
Technology and the Future: Books examining the influence of technology, its potential and its impact on our future as a species.
A Pattern Language π
Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth π
Exponential Organizations: Why new organizations are ten times better, faster, and cheaper than yours (and what to do about it) π
Zero to One: Notes on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future
The Industries of the Future
The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking
Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Appoach.
Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
The End of Banking: Money, Credit and the Digital Revolution π
Mastering Bitcoin: Unlocking Digital Cryptocurrencies
The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man π
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry
Other: A collection of eclectic reads that defy easy categorization but offer profound insights.
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants π
Do Design: Why Beauty is Key to Everything
The Bookseller Of Kabul
Tales from 1,001 Nights
The Art of War
South of the Border, West of the Sun
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
The Alchemy of Air: A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World but Fueled the Rise of Hitler
Talking to Humans: Success starts with understanding your customers
The Tsar of Love and Techno
Lifespan: Why We Ageβand Why We Don't Have To
How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics π
Done Deal: An Insider's Guide to Football Contracts, Multi-Million Pound Transfers and Premier League Big Business
Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again
Hagakure: The Secret Wisdom of the Samurai
Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Mysterious, Miraculous World of Blood π
The Gift of Anger: And Other Lessons from My Grandfather Mahatma Gandhi
The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Decolonizing Nature: Contemporary Art and the Politics of Ecology