Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
I really liked this one. Inspirational. I liked the quotes from other books before each chapter.
But there are men for whom the unattainable has a special attraction. Usually they are not experts: their ambitions and fantasies are strong enough to brush aside the doubts which more cautious men might have. Determination and faith are their strongest weapons. At best such men are regarded as eccentric; at worst, mad.… Everest has attracted its share of men like these. Their mountaineering experience varied from none at all to very slight—certainly none of them had the kind of experience which would make an ascent of Everest a reasonable goal. Three things they all had in common: faith in themselves, great determination, and endurance.
Walt Unsworth, Everest
Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman
I assume, a good description of life in North Dakota. Also got his HYPERtheticals.
The Tennis Partner by Abraham Verghese
I got this from the e-library because it had tennis in the title. I have his book “Cutting for Stone” on my to-read list. This book turned out to be very good with some good tennis mentions. I picked up Pauncho Segura’s book based on this.
Super Agers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity by Eric Topol
I’m not sure if this was a rebuttal to Peter Attia’s book on a similar subject, “Outlive” I remember Outlive being better. Super Agers kind of just smothers you with facts wihtout tying anything together.
New Orleans Sketches by William Faulkner
I picked this up in the same house Faulkner lived during his time in New Orleans. I plan to read some more Faulkner.
The Complacent Class: The Self-Defeating Quest for the American Dream by Tyler Cowen
Primal Intelligence: You Are Smarter Than You Know by Angus Fletcher
The League: How Five Rivals Created the NFL and Launched a Sports Empire by John Eisenberg
It started well. But then it just turned in to the typical sports book of “the game went like this…” Essentially just a book of facts. Kind of boring.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
This was an interesting novel. Life with a couple of couples during the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
Travels by Michael Crichton
Autobiographical. I highlighted a little bit.
Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace by David Lipsky
Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport
This was a pretty short Cal Newport scroll. There were some nuggets in there.
North Dallas Forty by Peter Gent
I enjoyed this novel talking about pro football from the 60s and 70s.
Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Listened to this on audio from the library app. Just NDT’s opinion on things. They’re like assholes.
The Price of Everything: A Parable of Possibility and Prosperity by Russell Roberts
Interesting tale of economics.
Leslie F*cking Jones by Leslie Jones
She played basketball at Colorado State.
The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City by Kevin Baker
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Mathematica: A Secret World of Intuition and Curiosity by David Bessis
Levels of the Game by John McPhee
Learned a lot about Arthur Ashe. Don’t remember the name of the other guy. Clarke ?
Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World’s Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself by Rich Roll
Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
I read this while in Sicily. Its a good vacation read.
James Oglethorpe, Father of Georgia: A Founder’s Journey from Slave Trader to Abolitionist by Michael L. Thurmond
Sickles, Studs & Stolen Cars: The Many Faces of Barry Darsow by Barry Darsow
Have not read a wrestling book in a while, but I wouldn’t recommend this one.
Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist by Liz Pelly
Short Circuit: Six Months on the Men’s Professional Tennis Tour by Michael Mewshaw
The Italians: A Full-Length Portrait Featuring Their Manners and Morals by Luigi Barzini
Abundance by Ezra Klein
Read on a couple of flights. Basically a long article.
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Jaws by Peter Benchley
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
The Age of the Infovore: Succeeding in the Information Economy by Tyler Cowen
Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It: No Schedules, No Meetings, No Joke–the Simple Change That Can Make Your Job Terrific by Cali Ressler
Joe DiMaggio: The Hero’s Life by Richard Ben Cramer
Six Days in Havana by James A. Michener
Black, White, and The Grey: The Story of an Unexpected Friendship and a Beloved Restaurant by Mashama Bailey
The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
All the President’s Men by Carl Bernstein
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
The Beach by Alex Garland
I Can’t Stop Thinking About VAR: Forward by Jonathan Wilson by Daisy Christodoulou
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Camino Island by John Grisham
I read this because Girsham has a home on Amelia Island and this book is supposed to be loosely based on the island. It was not very good.