My reading in the year of pandemic, 47 books, most nonfiction.

My top 10 favorite books of 2020 (those in bold impressed me the most):

  1. Rutger Bregman - Humankind,
  2. Bessel A. van der Kolk - The Body Keeps the Score,
  3. Joseph Heller - Catch-22,
  4. James Hamblin - Clean,
  5. Campbell, T. Colin - Whole,
  6. James Baldwin - Notes of a Native Son,
  7. Sarah Kendzior - Hiding in Plain Sight,
  8. David Graeber (I was shocked when he died!) - Debt,
  9. Thich Nhat Hanh - The Art of Communicating,
  10. Esther Perel - Mating in Captivity.

The names of the authors I appreciated the most I have highlighted  in bold below.

Covers Titles Authors "Bookshelves" Dates
Humankind: A Hopeful History
Humankind: A Hopeful History
Bregman, Rutger
read, business
Dec 13, 2020
Mindf*ck: Cambridge Analytica and the Plot to Break America
Mindf*ck: Cambridge Analytica and the Plot to Break America
Wylie, Christopher
read, non-fiction
Nov 28, 2020
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
van der Kolk, Bessel A.
read, non-fiction
Nov 22, 2020
Catch-22 (Catch-22, #1)
Catch-22 (Catch-22, #1)
Heller, Joseph
read, original-english, prose
Nov 17, 2020
Clean: The New Science of Skin
Clean: The New Science of Skin
Hamblin, James
read, non-fiction
Nov 09, 2020
Rage
Rage
Woodward, Bob
read, non-fiction
Nov 07, 2020
Donald Trump v. The United States: Inside the Struggle to Stop a President
Donald Trump v. The United States: Inside the Struggle to Stop a President
Schmidt, Michael S.
read, non-fiction
Nov 2020
House of Trump, House of Putin: The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia
House of Trump, House of Putin: The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia
Unger, Craig
read, non-fiction
Oct 20, 2020
Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly
Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly
Poumpouras, Evy *
read, non-fiction
Oct 16, 2020
Supreme Inequality: The Supreme Court's Fifty-Year Battle for a More Unjust America
Supreme Inequality: The Supreme Court's Fifty-Year Battle for a More Unjust America
Cohen, Adam *
read, non-fiction
Oct 11, 2020
Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition
Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition
Campbell, T. Colin
read, fruitarianism
Oct 04, 2020
Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth
Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth
Stelter, Brian
read
Oct 02, 2020
Notes of a Native Son
Notes of a Native Son
Baldwin, James
read, non-fiction
Sep 22, 2020
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
Yong, Ed
read, fruitarianism
Sep 13, 2020
Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World
Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World
Parker, Matt
read, non-fiction
Sep 07, 2020
The Body: A Guide for Occupants
The Body: A Guide for Occupants
Bryson, Bill
read, fruitarianism
Sep 06, 2020
Relentless Pursuit: My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein
Relentless Pursuit: My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein
Edwards, Bradley J.
read, non-fiction
Aug 16, 2020
Dark Towers: Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, and an Epic Trail of Destruction
Dark Towers: Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, and an Epic Trail of Destruction
Enrich, David *
read, non-fiction
Aug 10, 2020
The War on Normal People: The Truth About America's Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future
The War on Normal People: The Truth About America's Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future
Yang, Andrew *
read, non-fiction
Aug 03, 2020
not set
Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
Trump, Mary L.
read, non-fiction
Aug 2020
not set
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America
Kendzior, Sarah
read, non-fiction
Jul 26, 2020
The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control
The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control
Hassan, Steven *
read, non-fiction
Jul 23, 2020
Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America
Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America
Leonard, Christopher
read, non-fiction
Jul 16, 2020
The Economists' Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society
The Economists' Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society
Appelbaum, Binyamin
read, business
Jul 2020
The Power of Zero: How to Get to the 0% Tax Bracket and Transform Your Retirement
The Power of Zero: How to Get to the 0% Tax Bracket and Transform Your Retirement
McKnight, David
read, business
Jun 25, 2020
The Learning Brain
The Learning Brain
Polk, Thad A.
read, non-fiction
Jun 07, 2020
Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future
Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future
Krugman, Paul *
read, business
Jun 06, 2020
Debt: The First 5,000 Years
Debt: The First 5,000 Years
Graeber, David *
read, business
May 31, 2020
The Making of Donald Trump
The Making of Donald Trump
Johnston, David Cay
read, non-fiction
May 19, 2020
Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives
Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives
Levitin, Daniel J.
read, non-fiction
May 18, 2020
Good Economics for Hard Times
Good Economics for Hard Times
Banerjee, Abhijit V.
read, business
May 13, 2020
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know
Gladwell, Malcolm
read, non-fiction
May 09, 2020
On Fire: The Case for the Green New Deal
On Fire: The Case for the Green New Deal
Klein, Naomi
read, non-fiction
May 05, 2020
Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models
Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models
Weinberg, Gabriel *
read, business
May 02, 2020
Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic
Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic
Perel, Esther
read, non-fiction
Apr 30, 2020
Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To
Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To
Sinclair, David *
read, fruitarianism
Apr 30, 2020
Information Wars: How We Lost the Global Battle Against Disinformation and What We Can Do about It
Information Wars: How We Lost the Global Battle Against Disinformation and What We Can Do about It
Stengel, Richard
read, non-fiction
Apr 21, 2020
Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom
Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom
Eban, Katherine *
read, non-fiction
Apr 12, 2020
not set
Principles (Summary)
Principles
Dalio, Ray *
read, business
Apr 03, 2020
American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power
American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power
Bernstein, Andrea
read, non-fiction
Mar 25, 2020
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
Carreyrou, John
read, business
Mar 13, 2020
Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power
Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power
Maddow, Rachel
read, non-fiction
Feb 17, 2020
Willpower Doesn't Work: Discover the Hidden Keys to Success
Willpower Doesn't Work: Discover the Hidden Keys to Success
Hardy, Benjamin P.
read, non-fiction
Feb 12, 2020
not set
Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career
Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career
Scott H. Young *
read, business
Jan 17, 2020
The Art of Communicating
The Art of Communicating
Thich Nhat Hanh
read, business
Jan 10, 2020
not set
Opium: An Intimate History of the Flower that Changed the World
Opium: An Intimate History of the Flower that Changed the World
Halpern, John *
read, non-fiction
Jan 09, 2020
Crime in Progress: Inside the Steele Dossier and the Fusion GPS Investigation of Donald Trump
Crime in Progress: Inside the Steele Dossier and the Fusion GPS Investigation of Donald Trump
Simpson, Glenn
read, non-fiction
Jan 06, 2020

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