The shelf

A small collection.
A wide field of view.

Books and podcasts from my shelf. Open a reading note, or follow a conversation somewhere unexpected.

01 / SELECTED READING

1Q84

Haruki Murakami

FictionBook / 01
About this book

A Tokyo that is almost familiar. Two lives move through Murakami’s alternate reality.

My note: One of those acclaimed books I finished without feeling I had fully understood it.

02 / SELECTED READING

The Three-Body Problem

Cixin Liu

Science fictionBook / 02
About this book

First contact, scientific uncertainty, and the scale of a civilization’s choices.

My note: A book that considerably changed my worldview.

03 / SELECTED READING

Dune

Frank Herbert

Science fictionBook / 03
About this book

Ecology, religion, power, and survival on a desert planet.

04 / SELECTED READING

The Song of Achilles

Madeline Miller

FictionBook / 04
About this book

The story of Achilles and the Trojan War, told through Patroclus.

05 / SELECTED READING

Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

BiographyBook / 05
About this book

A biography of Jobs that follows the intersections of personality, design, and technology.

06 / SELECTED READING

Boomerang

Michael Lewis

NonfictionBook / 06
About this book

A journey through the countries and financial decisions entangled in the global credit crisis.

In the headphones

Good company
for a long listen.

01

Hardcore History

Dan Carlin · Long-form explorations of history, often on a very large scale.

Listen
02

Green Light

Chris Long · Football, sports, and conversations around the game.

Listen
03

You Made It Weird

Pete Holmes · Comedy, life, and conversations that wander into the big questions.

Listen
04

The Bill Simmons Podcast

Bill Simmons · Sports and popular culture, with a particular interest in basketball.

Listen

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