döb - 📚 Books

This is a list of books I’ve read. Not necessarily a list of recommendations but you can always ask; and don’t forget to tell me your favorites!

2021 Q3

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz, Erik Larson
Ten zuiden van de grens, Haruki Murakami

Lorentz: gevierd fysicus, geboren verzoener, Frits Berends & Dirk van Delft
Een klein land met verre uithoeken: ongelijke kansen in veranderend Nederland, Floor Milikowski
Italiaanse manieren: omnibus van Italiaanse buren en Italiaanse opvoeding, Tim Parks

Thinking in Systems: A Primer, Donella H. Meadows. With barely 200 pages actually a small book, yet there is so much to think about: I highly recommend it!
Antifragile, Nassim Nicholas Taleb. His absolute master piece, actually the second time I read it and found more things I disagree on but in a way it makes reading it even better.
Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell. Different stories about the good and the evil; I found it really hard to get through and now I only look forward to watch the movie.
Nederland onder het systeemplafond, Marcel van Roosmalen

Life on the edge: the coming of age of quantum biology, Jim Al-Khalili & Johnjoe McFadden. the title sounds much more complicated than the book actually is. The theory is clearly explained step-by-step and repeated as necessary. I think a good introduction into life science.
Cornelis Lely: ingenieur van het nieuwe Nederland, Cees Banning
A gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles
The richest man in Babylon, George Samuel Clason
Wegens vakantie gesloten: Italië in augustus, Jarl van der Ploeg
The secret lives of planets: a user’s guide to the solar system, Paul Murdin

Il principe, Niccolò Machiavelli
De graanrepubliek, Frank Westerman
Principles: life & work, Ray Dalio
SPQR: a history of ancient Rome, Mary Beard
Difficult conversations: how to discuss what matters most, Bruce Patton, Douglas Stone, et al.

Shoe dog, Phil Knight. You don’t build an empire by being nice. Best book I read in 2020.
Skin in the game, Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Although I love his series, the author regularly develops into a grumpy man.
It doesn’t have to be crazy at work, Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson
De meeste mensen deugen, Rutger Bregman
Guns, germs and steel, Jared Diamond
Einstein, Walter Isaacson
Influence: the psychology of persuasion, Robert B. Cialdini Phd

Economics - the user’s guide, Ha-Joon Chang
De schaduw van de wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Designing data-intensive applications, Martin Kleppmann. Provides so much context and insight, a must-read for developers.