Books
-
The Conquest of Happiness by Bertrand Russell
Probably the closest to my personal philosophy on happiness.
-
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
I teared up reading the last 20 pages.
-
Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami
-
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
War is hard even if you aren't the one fighting. Also women are the backbone of families and therefore communities.
-
Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit by Ashley Mears
-
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
-
Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami
If you like Murakami, you will probably like Kawakami.
-
The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli
-
Americana: A 400-Year History of American Capitalism by Bhu Srinivasan
The origin story of America, as learned in American public school's, is propaganda. It was about money.
-
The Ride of a Lifetime by Robert Iger
-
Exhalation by Ted Chiang
-
Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis by Jared Diamond
Interesting thesis on how Japan went from being intimidated by Perry in 1853 to simultaneously invading most of Asia and starting a war with the US in less than 100 years.
-
The Mind-Body Problem by Rebecca Goldstein
Read in a few days. Maybe being attracted to someone for intelligence is no different than being attracted to them for physical appearance.
-
Permanent Record by Edward Snowden
-
The Making of a Manager by Julie Zhuo
-
The Girl With All the Gifts by M. R. Carey
Unique take on the zombies.
-
Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World by Joseph Menn
-
A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market by Edward O. Thorp
-
Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture by David Kushner
-
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu
-
Steinbeck: A Life in Letters by John Steinbeck
-
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
I feel like people outside SF are more surprised by this story than people in SF.
-
Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice by Bill Browder
-
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
-
Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan
-
China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan
-
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
-
Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World by Bradley Hope
I know we're both Malaysian, from Penang and the same age but, for the record, I didn't know him.
-
The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew by Lee Kuan Yew
-
The Lessons of History by Will Durant and Ariel Durant
-
Death's End by Cixin Liu
-
The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu
-
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
-
Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
-
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight
-
Debt, Updated and Expanded: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber
-
Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio
-
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
I don't know if I think about love this way anymore but it sure is romantic.
-
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Probably my favorite Murakami book.
-
Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal by Nick Bilton
