Recommend books for me to read!
Book | Author | Recommended By | Why | Status |
The Bible | Neil DeGrasse Tyson | To learn that it’s easier to be told by others what to think and believe than it is to think for yourself. | unread | |
The System of the World | Isaac Newton | Neil DeGrasse Tyson | To learn that the universe is a knowable place. | unread |
On the Origin of Species | Charles Darwin | Neil DeGrasse Tyson | To learn of our kinship with all other life on Earth. | unread |
Gulliver’s Travels | Jonathan Swift | Neil DeGrasse Tyson | To learn, among other satirical lessons, that most of the time humans are Yahoos. | unread |
The Age of Reason | Thomas Paine | Neil DeGrasse Tyson | To learn how the power of rational thought is the primary source of freedom in the world. | unread |
The Wealth of Nations | Adam Smith | Neil DeGrasse Tyson | To learn that capitalism is an economy of greed, a force of nature unto itself. | unread |
The Art of War | Sun Tsu | Neil DeGrasse Tyson | To learn that the act of killing fellow humans can be raised to an art. | unread |
The Prince | Machiavelli | Neil DeGrasse Tyson | To learn that people not in power will do all they can to acquire it, and people in power will do all they can to keep it. | unread |
- The Art of War - Sun Tzu
- Death by Black Hole - Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe
- Ender in Exile - OSC
- Shadows in Flight - OSC
- Shadow of the Giant - OSC
- Shadow Pupperts - OSC
- Shadow of the Hegemon - OSC
- Ender's Shadow - OSC
- Children of the Mind - OSC
- Xenocide - OSC
- Speaker for the Dead - OSC
- Ender's Game - OSC
- Lost Boys - OSC
- The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Foundation Series - Isaac Asimov