2015 Book List
Here is the list of books I’ve read during the year 2015.
- The Penguin and the Leviathan: How Cooperation Triumphs over Self-Interest by Yochai Benkler
- How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading by Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren
- Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power by Rachel Maddow
- An Urchin in the Storm: Essays About Books and Ideas by Stephen Jay Gould
- Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior by Ori Brafman, Rom Brafman
- What Went Wrong?: The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East by Bernard Lewis
- Rise of ISIS: A Threat We Can’t Ignore by Jay Sekulow
- Inside Scientology: The Story of America’s Most Secretive Religion by Janet Reitman
- Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin
- The Day the Universe Changed by James Burke
- Death of the Liberal Class by Chris Hedges
- Without Honour by Rob Tripp
- The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement by David Brooks
- The Epic of Gilgamesh by Anonymus & Andrew George
- 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created by Charles C. Mann
- Did Muhammad Exist?: An Inquiry into Islam’s Obscure Origins by Robert Spencer
- Evolution: The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory by Edward J. Larson
- How We Die: Reflections of Life’s Final Chapter by Sherwin B. Nuland
- Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie
- The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More by Chris Anderson
- The Story Of The Renaissance by William Henry Hudson
- Darwin’s Cathedral: Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society by David Sloan Wilson
- The Last Days of the Incas by Kim MacQuarrie
- David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell
- Epidemiology: A Very Short Introduction by Rodolfo Saracci
- Connections by James Burke
- Full Circle: One Man’s Journey by Air, Train, Boat and Occasionally Very Sore Feet by Michael Palin
- Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History by David Aaronovitch
- Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink
- Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
- Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is by Friedrich Nietzsche
- L’étranger by Albert Camus
- Waiting for Godot (Eng rev): A Tragicomedy in Two Acts by Samuel Beckett
- Ethics: A Very Short Introduction by Simon Blackburn
- Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
- Because I Said So!: The Truth Behind the Myths, Tales, and Warnings Every Generation Passes Down to by Ken Jennings
- The Social Conquest of Earth by Edward O. Wilson
- The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene
- Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke
- Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges
- The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster
- It Was a Long Time Ago, and It Never Happened Anyway: Russia and the Communist Past by David Satter
- Why Is Sex Fun?: The Evolution Of Human Sexuality by Jared Diamond
- The Balfour Declaration: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict by Jonathan Schneer
- Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest by Wade Davis
- Doubt: A History: The Great Doubters and Their Legacy of Innovation by Jennifer Michael Hecht
- The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt
- The Rage and the Pride by Oriana Fallaci
- The Iliad by Homer
- The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
- Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation by Bill Nye