Here's the best of what I read in 2018. I set myself an arbitrary count of ten, which forced me to think hard about which books had a meaningful impact on me, i.e. not just “great books I can unhesitatingly recommend”. The shortlist had 38 books on it; getting that list down to ten was painful! I read one hugely important book on health, important enough that I’ve put it at the top of the list. Two mini-themes: (a) an optimistic view of humanity’s future (Rosling and Lepore above all); and (b) Einstein (?!). Two of the ten books involve Einstein as a major protagonist. I’m not sure what that means, but it’s fitting that his “
My Ten Best Books of 2018
My Ten Best Books of 2018
My Ten Best Books of 2018
Here's the best of what I read in 2018. I set myself an arbitrary count of ten, which forced me to think hard about which books had a meaningful impact on me, i.e. not just “great books I can unhesitatingly recommend”. The shortlist had 38 books on it; getting that list down to ten was painful! I read one hugely important book on health, important enough that I’ve put it at the top of the list. Two mini-themes: (a) an optimistic view of humanity’s future (Rosling and Lepore above all); and (b) Einstein (?!). Two of the ten books involve Einstein as a major protagonist. I’m not sure what that means, but it’s fitting that his “