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Book Recommendations and Reviews

I am an avid reader. Books are an important part of my existence. I believe that the world would be a better place if more people read. Here is where I have compiled my book reviews and recommendations. Some of them are just recommendations, some of them have short reviews, while some have longer detailed reviews. Use the following buttons to navigate. I try to read across genres: from fantasy fiction to existential philosophy, and teenage spy novels to universal history. Happy reading! For a complete list of books which I have read, you can check out my Goodreads profile. If you consider yourself a bibliophile like me, let's become friends on Goodreads!

Review Articles

I have compiled all book reviews under various categories with an article for each. Some books might be present in multiple articles.

Review Articles

• 10 Best Reads of 2023
• Popular Science, Technology, History
• Psychology, Decision Making
• Life Advice, Self Help

Recommendations

Non-fiction

Popular Science

• Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, by Yuval Noah Harari
• Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, by Yuval Noah Harari
• The Body: A Guide for Occupants, by Bill Bryson
• AI Superpowers, by Kai Fu Lee
• The Magic of Reality, by Richard Dawkins
• The Brain: The Story of You, by David Eagleman
• Entangled Life, by Merlin Sheldrake
• Why Information Grows, by Cesar Hidalgo

Psychology

• Thinking Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman
• The Paradox of Choice, by Barry Schwarz
• The Psychology of Money, by Morgan Housel
• Thinking in Bets, by Annie Duke
• Stumbling on Happiness, by Daniel Gilbert

Self-improvement

• The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, by Mark Manson
• Atomic Habits, by James Clear
• The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey
• So Good They Can't Ignore You, by Cal Newport
• The Four Agreements, by Don Miguel Ruiz

Mental Health and Therapy

• Man's Search for Meaning, by Viktor Frankl
• The Happiness Trap, by Russ Harris
• Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy, by David Burns
• Reasons to Stay Alive, by Matt Haig
• Self-Compassion, by Kristin Neff

Philosophy

• Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius
• Letters from a Stoic, by Seneca
• A Guide to the Good Life, by William Irvine
• The Heart of the Buddha's Teachings, by Thich Nhat Hanh
• The Happiness Hypothesis, by Jonathan Haidt
• Waking Up, by Sam Harris

Fiction

Science Fiction

• Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
• Remembrance of the Earth's Past Trilogy, by Liu Cixin
  1. The Three Body Problem
  2. The Dark Forest
  3. Death's End
• Ender's Game (book 1 of Ender's saga), by Orson Scott Card

Fantasy

• Mistborn: The Final Empire (book 1 of Mistborn saga), by Brandon Sanderson
• The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss
• The Harry Potter Series, by J.K.Rowling
• The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
• 1984, by George Orwell
• The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig
• The Humans, by Matt Haig

Mystery

• The Silent Patient, by Alex Michaelides
• The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle
• The Family Upstairs, by Lisa Jewell
• And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie
• Murder on the Orient Express, by Agatha Christie
• The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, by Agatha Christie
• Hercule Poirot's Christmas, by Agatha Christie
• The Alex Rider series, by Anthony Horowitz
• Magpie Murders, by Anthony Horowitz

Miscellaneous

• The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
• The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway
• Siddhartha, by Herman Hesse