What are you reading currently?

[Guest notorious546]

Just finished seeking wisdom by peter bevelin

[doughishere]

3rd time though Security Analysis. 2nd time on the 6th edition.  I was going to make a separate thread with my notes and highlights from it but wasnt sure if people would enjoy it.

[blainehodder]

How not to Die by Michael Greger & Gene Stone.  Excellent book summarizing the fairly current scientific literature on what foods are good for you (plant based diet) and what aren't (pretty much everything else).Turns out all all meat pretty much causes harm (including fish and chicken).  Good diet recommendations even though I doubt I could implement it the max.

[wondering]

The Richest Women in America - Hetty Green in the Gilded Age by Janet Wallach.  The book is ok so far, but not great.  I am still in the early chapters, and right now the author writes more about the 1800s than about Hetty Green. 

[eclecticvalue]

Smartcuts by Shane Snow - I highly recommend it and I hope it can change my life this year.

[Guest bksimon]

New issue of Graham & Doddsville from Columbia's CSIMA:

http://www.csima.info/graham-doddsville/

 

Long, informative interviews.

 

[augustabound]

New issue of Graham & Doddsville from Columbia's CSIMA:

http://www.csima.info/graham-doddsville/

 

Long, informative interviews.

 

That one says Fall 2015.

They have a Winter edition already out in case you haven't seen it yet, https://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/valueinvesting/sites/valueinvesting/files/Graham%20%20Doddsville_Issue%2023_Final.pdf

[giofranchi]

I am currently reading:

- [amazonsearch]How Google Works[/amazonsearch]

- [amazonsearch]Berkshire Beyond Buffett[/amazonsearch]

- [amazonsearch]Superintelligence[/amazonsearch]

- [amazonsearch]A Short Guide to a Long Life[/amazonsearch]

I would recommend all four.

 

Cheers,

 

Gio

[DCG]

Smartcuts by Shane Snow - I highly recommend it and I hope it can change my life this year.

 

 

Nice. That's been on my list for a while.

[LesPaul]

Smartcuts by Shane Snow - I highly recommend it and I hope it can change my life this year.

 

 

Nice. That's been on my list for a while.

 

Just picked this up through Amazon - if anyone else decides to as well, don't forget to go through the Amazon link at the top of the page!

[boilermaker75]

Just finished The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Everything-How-Ideas-Emerge-ebook/dp/B00U1T9OSO/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1454436288&sr=1-1&keywords=ridley

 

I liked it, but it matched the model I already have of how things work. Most great innovations, events, discoveries, etc. actually result from an evolutionary process and not the result of some great plan. No plan survives the first encounter with the enemy.

[writser]

Michel Faber - Under the skin. Weird ..

[pricingpower]

On 12/7/2015 at 8:13 PM, ratiman said:

Recently finished The eboys, about the Benchmark VC firm. Great stories from the last bubble about firms like Webvan, Priceline, and eBay. If you skip most of the book and just read the stories about Webvan / Priceline / eBay , it's a pretty great book.

eBoys still holds up really well and reads as if it it could be contemporary, great book, think I got more out of it after reading The Power Law first, made me appreciate that the VC industry is about much more than check writing.

[Saluki]

I usually have several books going at once at I post about them in the books section when I'm done.  I've been slowly working my way through the original 1934 edition of Security Analysis which has been sitting on my shelf for years.  The writing is so much better than the first version I bought for a class (5th edition?) which had gone through so many re-writes and editors that it was to the original what a chicken mcnugget is to a rotisserie chicken.  It's actually enjoyable, as opposed to the later editions that would literally force myself to read a little each day, like taking castor oil, for my own good. 

 

I'm also finishing up James Dyson's autobiography.  The fascinating guy who invented the bagless vacuum and who got incredibly rich from it despite being screwed every step of the way by unscrupulous people every step of the way in several countries, and having his designs ripped off by large powerful corporations. 

 

And I'm finishing up Killers of the Flower Moon on audiobook.  It's the third book I've read from him.  Very good writer of non-fiction.  

[rkbabang]

Currently reading:  

 "The Parent Revolution: Rescuing Your Kids from the Radicals Ruining Our Schools" by Corey A. DeAngelis

 "Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet" by Marian L. Tupy

 

Anyone else here use goodreads.com?   If so feel free to friend me.   My profile is here: 

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/8431549-eric-pavao

 

I've been putting everything I read into there the last few years.  Not everything I've ever read is in there, but I put in what I could remember reading, and everything I've read since about 2019 is in there.  I've rated 862 books.  

 

You can see currently reading, read, and want-to-read books.

 

Also I like the "Year in Books" feature where you can get a summary look at everything you've read in a certain calendar year.

 

Here's mine for 2024-2019:

2024: https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2024/8431549

2023: https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2023/8431549

2022: https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2022/8431549

2021: https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2021/8431549

2020: https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2020/8431549

2019: https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2019/8431549

 

[HubbadaPow]

Currently reading Mark Twain's Joan of Arc, which is based entirely on the official testimonies recorded during her two trials, but it's made compelling and humorous by Twain's style.  

https://a.co/d/aEn7tQe

 

I recently finished Isaacson's biography of Henry Kissinger.  He was a main character during the 1960s and 70s, and like it or not, shaped a lot of our modern world.  The biggest surprise to me was that the press spoke about Nixon and Reagan in exactly the same way they currently do about Donald Trump.  Maybe politics isn't any more polarized than it always was.

https://a.co/d/3cFSIcU

 

[Blake Hampton]

- The Intelligent Investor

- How to Make Friends and Influence People

- Onward (Starbucks backstory)

 

I know it’s basic and I’ve already read the first two books a couple times. When I was reading them again though, I had the thought that maybe we don’t need to read a large amount of books to understand the important stuff. These first two books are simply incredible in my opinion.

[Blake Hampton]

Also that Starbucks story seems crazy romanticized.
 

I know that you’re paying those Rwandans 5 cents a hour Howard.

[cubsfan]

20 hours ago, blakehampton said:

- The Intelligent Investor

- How to Make Friends and Influence People

- Onward (Starbucks backstory)

 

I know it’s basic and I’ve already read the first two books a couple times. When I was reading them again though, I had the thought that maybe we don’t need to read a large amount of books to understand the important stuff. These first two books are simply incredible in my opinion.

 

The Carnegie book is timeless and great. A book somewhat along those lines that was revealing to me was Givers and Takers by Adam Grant. It changes your view of social interactions and who you surround yourself with..and how you look at certain individuals.

 

Outliers by Gladwell is also a wonderful book about success & commitment. Every young person with any ambition should read it.

[Whensthepaintdry?]

I’m reading give and take right now. I hate to say it, but I have definitely became more of a matcher over the years. I can do better. 

[cubsfan]

33 minutes ago, Whensthepaintdry? said:

I’m reading give and take right now. I hate to say it, but I have definitely became more of a matcher over the years. I can do better. 

 

@Whensthepaintdry? It definitely makes you think - good for you for picking it up!

[Valuebo]

I'll bump this topic in the hopes of setting my sights on  some new must-reads.

 

Some personal reading in the last few months:

 

I've been reading a lot of fiction lately, mainly sci fi. This week I read The Martian by Andy Weir, but I didn't find it as good as Project Hail Mary, which I read a few years ago and will definitely check out in the cinema when it releases. Maybe it's because I saw The Martian first in it's film version and am also not terribly versed in science. Still a very enthralling read!

 

Currently reading Dark Matter by Blake Crouch. Well, I started this afternoon (yay, Sundays!) and am already nearly halfway. Very compelling to just keep reading!

 

Dune and Dune Messiah were amazing a few months ago and I also enjoyed the humor of The Hitchhiker's Guide a lot more than I initially expected. Metro 2033 was great but at times felt more sluggish and I am unsure whether I should read 2034. Opinions? Also read Fight Club (perfect one day read), After Dark (Murakami), City under the Stars (Arthur Clarke) The Road (Cormac McCarthy) and re-read 1984. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep was good too and I was positively surprised to see that the films were only loosely based on the initial work.

 

In terms of non-fiction, earlier this month I read Upheaval by Jared Diamond in which he makes some interesting observations but found little earthshattering. His knowledge across domains is impressive nonetheless. Currently reading The Psychology of Money which is ideal to read a chapter in when you're short on time and want some timeless insights and advice. I wonder if I'll like the Art of Spending Money as much.

 

Anyone who has rec's based on the above can always shoot me a line! I've also been eye'ing graphic novels (I'm a sucker for physical copies of books etc already...) but find it daunting to find my preference in terms of style and story. Bought Watchmen among others but I haven't come around to reading it yet. I also hadn't yet read Maus and I found it very decent. Definitely something accessible for younger people that might not have gotten a decent grasp on that part of history. Although books like Man's Search for Meaning are hard to beat in that department, I remember the latter part of the book as slightly harder material to grasp fully as a non-English speaking 20-something.

[coffeecaninvestor]

About halfway through only the paranoid survive.So far a good quick read that I think is applicable to what’s going on in a lot of industries currently. 

[DooDiligence]

A few from the past year, all re-reads:

 

Canticle for Leibowitz - Miller

World War Z - Brooks

The Forever War - Haldeman

Old Mans War - Scalzi

Deathworld Trilogy - Harrison

Tunnel in the Sky - Heinlein

Man Plus - Pohl

Mars Plus - Pohl

 

 

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Edited February 22 by DooDiligence

[RichardGibbons]

2 hours ago, Valuebo said:

Anyone who has rec's based on the above can always shoot me a line!

 

I've read most of the books on your list, and enjoyed them. My favourite book is Simmons' Hyperion Cantos. It's unusual in that the first book is a sci-fi take on Canterbury Tales. It certainly won't be to everyone's liking, particularly considering each sub-story has its own writing style and genre, and the first 'book' really doesn't have a self-contained ending. But I love the density of ideas.

 

Lately I've been reading romance books, because I am in the process of writing a book that's half-romance, but don't feel like I know the genre well enough. My favourite of those is The Happy Ever After Playlist by Jimenez. I liked it because it hit the romance beats in a complex way, with emotional depth. It is the second in a trilogy, but that doesn't matter so much for romance because they typically start with different characters in the same friend-group for every book.

 

I've also been reading Dungeon Crawler Carl. It's lit-RPG, complete candy-floss, and a super-easy read (from me, this is a compliment, not an insult. Not everything needs to be sophisticated.) The characters are entertaining, as are the problems they encounter and the solutions they come up with.