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