A Life in Parts, Bryan Cranston fun read when a working actor, tells their story, it’s always a treat. when a working actor, who struck it big, tells their story, it’s a roller coaster :) Bryan has fun with the book; there are tales that appear so real, until he yanks the rug, telling you it wasn’t. And there are passages that are unbelievable, but true. Loved this passage in the book … ...
“Don’t just say you have read books. Show that through them you have learned to think better, to be a more discriminating and reflective person. Books are the training weights of the mind. They are very helpful, but it would be a bad mistake to suppose that one has made progress simply by having internalized their contents.” — Epictetus, The Art of Living
If you are looking for something to read, you might find something interesting here. May The Great Mental Models, Shane Parrish (the first of a soon to be multivolume work. must read times a hundred. this book teaches you how to think. and how to do it well. have i said it’s a must read? you must read it.) Coraline, Neil Gaiman (must read. scarily charming.) April Keep Going, Austin Kleon (must read. new annual read. timely. beautiful quotes. hugely inspirational) ...
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder, Nassim Nicholas Taleb (this book will always be special to me. It was my first, punch above my level, quake book)¶*‡ How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading, Mortimer J. Adler (and this book changed my life!)*‡ The Tao of Seneca, Tim Ferriss (my introduction to stoicism)*‡ Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Yuval Noah Harari*† Starfish, Peter Watts* Maelström, Peter Watts* Behemoth, Peter Watts* Firefall, Peter Watts* Blindsight, Peter Watts* Echopraxia,Peter Watts* The End of Jobs: Money, Meaning and Freedom Without the 9-to-5, Taylor Pearson† 15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management: The Productivity Habits of 7 Billionaires, 13 Olympic Athletes, 29 Straight-A Students, and 239 Entrepreneurs, Kevin Kruse† Hustle: The Life Changing Effects of Constant Motion, Jesse Tevelow† Get Some Headspace: 10 minutes can make all the difference, Andy Puddicombe*‡ The Habitual Hustler: Daily Habits of 50 Self-Employed Entrepreneurs, Corey Breier† Chankya’s Chant, Ashwin Sanghi Dream With Your Eyes Open, Ronnie Screwvala*† The Mahabharata Quest: The Alexander Secret, Christopher C. Doyle The Lost Writings of Wu Hsin, Roy Melvyn* How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie*‡ Choose Yourself: Be Happy, Make Millions, Live the Dream, James Altucher† Turning Pro, Steven Pressfield† Anything You Want, Derek Sivers† Read This Before Our Next Meeting, Al Pittampalli† Inside Apple, Adam Lashinsky† In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives, Steven Levy† Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson*† Presentation Zen Design, Garr Reynolds*‡ The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience, Carmine Gallo† Inside Steve’s Brain, Leander Kahney*‡ Do the Work, Steven Pressfield*‡ The Non-Designer’s Design Book, Robin Williams*‡ The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within, Edward R. Tufte† Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook: How to Tell Your Story in a Noisy Social World, Gary Vaynerchuk† The Art of Non-Conformity, Chris Guillebeau† How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life, Scott Adams† So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love, Cal Newport¶*‡ The Art of Learning: A Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence, Josh Waitzkin Confessions of a Public Speaker, Scott Berkun*‡ Sam Walton: Made In America, Sam Walton*† The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life, Alice Schroeder*† The Swiss Family Robinson, Johann David Wyss* The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain* Frankenstein, Mary Shelley* King Solomon’s Mines, H. Rider Haggard* Tarzan of the Apes, Edgar Rice Burroughs* Around the World in 80 Days, Jules Verne* The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, Howard Pyle* The Last of the Mohicans, James Fenimore Cooper* The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde* The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry¶* The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle* Emma, Jane Austen* David Copperfield, Charles Dickens* A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens* Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens* Dracula, Bram Stoker* The Lord of of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien* Preacher (books 1-9), by Garth Ennis Sin City, Frank Miller* Watchmen, Alan Moore* V for Vendetta, Alan Moore* Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Frank Miller* Batman: The Killing Joke, Alan Moore* Batman: A Death in the Family, Jim Starlin The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco* The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden At Home: A Short History of Private Life, Bill Bryson A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson* The Millionaire Mind, Thomas J. Stanley A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail, Bill Bryson* Shit My Dad Says, Justin Halpern The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins† The Richest Man in Babylon, George S. Clason*‡ I, Robot (The Robot Series), Isaac Asimov* The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature, Matt Ridley† I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou The Martian: A Novel, Andy Weir* Artemis, Andy Weir* 2001: a Space Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke Bicentennial Man, Isaac Asimov* Foundation, Isaac Asimov* Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton* Prey, Michael Crichton The Mote in God’s Eye, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea, Jules Verne* Meditations, Marcus Aurelius¶*† Hyperion, Dan Simmons The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph, Ryan Holiday A Princess of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs* The Gods of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs* 3001 The Final Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor E. Frankl Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Richard Bach How to Stop Worrying and Start Living, Dale Carnegie*‡ 2010: Odyssey Two, Arthur C. Clarke 2061: Odyssey Three, Arthur C. Clarke Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar, Cheryl Strayed*† The 4 Hour Body, Timothy Ferriss† A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra), Barbara Oakley*‡ Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, Cal Newport¶*† The Buddha in Blue Jeans Book Collection, Tai Sheridan Ph.D.† Rebel Code: Linux And The Open Source Revolution, Glyn Moody† Pandeymonium: Piyush Pandey On Advertising, Piyush Pandey† The Other Jesus: Stories from World Religions, Todd Outcalt† Coaching for Improved Work Performance, Ferdinand Fournies*‡ Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults upon Our Language, Richard Lederer*† The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas¶* The Black Swan, Nassim Nicholas Taleb*† Plain Talk: Lessons from a Business Maverick, Ken Iverson*† The Magic of Thinking Big, David J. Schwartz*† Lincoln the Unknown, Dale Carnegie*† Morgan’s Run, Colleen McCullough¶* Mastery, Robert Greene*‡ The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals, Chris McChesney† Embrace the Struggle: Living Life on Life’s Terms, Zig Ziglar† Strategy Rules: Five Timeless Lessons from Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs, David B. Yoffie† Zig Ziglar’s: How to Stay Motivated, Zig Ziglar*‡ Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader, Brent Schlender*† Get Smarter: Life and Business Lessons, Seymour Schulich† Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, Jack Weatherford† Practicing: A Musician’s Return to Music, Glenn Kurtz† Money Ball, Michael Lewis† Flash Boys, Michael Lewis† The Big Short, Michael Lewis*† Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage, Alfred Lansing† Calvin and Hobbes, Bill Watterson* Permission Marketing: Turning Strangers into Friends and Friends into Customers, Seth Godin*† Zig: The Autiobiography of Zig Ziglar, Zig Ziglar* The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain, Bill Bryson* Arsene Lupin, Maurice Leblanc* Showstopper! the Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft, G. Pascal Zachary*† The Practicing Mind, Thomas M. Sterner† Average Is Over, Tyler Cowen† Cumulus, Eliot Peper Seveneves, Neal Stephenson Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike, Phil Knight*† Peak, Anders Ericsson*† Fooled by Randomness, Nassim Nicholas Taleb*† Ego Is the Enemy, Ryan Holiday*† Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future, Peter Thiel† Work the System, Sam Carpenter† Soft Skills: The software developer’s life manual, John Sonmez† The 10X Rule, Grant Cardone† Just Say No to Microsoft: How to Ditch Microsoft and Why It’s Not as Hard as You Think, Tony Bove† Rebel Code: Linux And The Open Source Revolution, Glyn Moody† The Phoenix Project, Gene Kim† Power of Full Engagement, Jim Loehr & Tony Schwartz‡ Guitar Zero: The Science of Becoming Musical at Any Age, Gary Marcus† Retire Inspired: It’s Not an Age, It’s a Financial Number, Chris Hogan‡ Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman† The Lessons of History, Will Durant*† The Four Legendary Kingdoms, Matthew Reilly The Psychology of Human Misjudgement, Charlie Munger*† The Daily Show (The Book): An Oral History as Told by Jon Stewart, the Correspondents, Staff and Guests, Chris Smith†# An Unsuitable Boy, Karan Johar† Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman, James Gleick*† Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built, Duncan Clark† Isaac Newton, James Gleick*† The Man In The High Castle, Philip K. Dick* Life Is Worth Losing, George Carlin*† Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song, Sara Bareilles*† Go Add Value Someplace Else, Scott Adams Born to Love, Cursed to Feel, Samantha King “What Do You Care What Other People Think?”: Further Adventures of a Curious Character, Richard P. Feynman*† Blackwater, Conn Iggulden Mycroft Holmes, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar The Heretic Queen: Heiress of Misfortune, Pharaoh’s Beloved, Michelle Moran Rebel Queen: A Novel, Michelle Moran The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution, Walter Isaacson*† The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms, Nassim Nicholas Taleb*† Way of the Warrior Kid: From Wimpy to Warrior the Navy SEAL Way: A Novel, Jocko Willink† Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual, Jocko Willink¶*†
This is Marketing, Seth Godin* Atomic Habits, James Clear¶*‡ How to Fight a Hydra, Josh Kaufman (lovely fable! timely (for me) too!)* Value-Based Fees: How to Charge and Get What You’re Worth, Alan Weiss‡ Million Dollar Maverick, Alan Weiss‡ Million Dollar Consulting, Alan Weiss‡ The Consulting Bible, Alan Weiss‡ Getting Started in Consulting, Alan Weiss‡ Million Dollar Consulting Proposals, Alan Weiss‡ What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Haruki Murakami*† The Fifth Risk, Michael Lewis† High Output Management, Andrew S. Grove (when the master speaks, you listen with rapt attention*)*‡ It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work, Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson† 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Yuval Noah Harari† Creative Selection, Ken Kocienda† Patriot Games, Tom Clancy* The Hunt for Red October, Tom Clancy The Complete Guide to Fasting, Jason Fung*‡ Homo Deus, Yuval Noah Harari† The Silent Companions, Laura Purcell The Personal MBA, Josh Kaufman*‡ The First 20 Hours, Josh Kaufman‡ Titan, Ron Chernow† The Race for Paradise, Paul M Cobb*† The Art of Thinking Clearly, Rolf Dobelli† The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck, Mark Manson† Conspiracy, Ryan Holiday*† Lauren Ipsum, Carlos Bueno*‡ Willpower, Roy Baumeister*† A Few Lessons from Sherlock Holmes, Peter Bevelin*†
That Will Never Work, Marc Randolph Can’t Hurt Me, David Goggins*† The 33 Marks of Maturity, Brett & Kate McKay† Our Magnificient Bastard Tongue, John McWhorter*† The Perpetual Beginner, Dave Isaacs† The Revelation Space Omnibus, Alastair Reynolds* Retire Inspired, Chris Hogan† The Greatest Trade Ever, Gregory Zuckerman† The Odessa File, Frederick Forsyth The Deceiver, Frederick Forsyth Avenger, Frederick Forsyth* The Day of the Jackal, Frederick Forsyth The Fox, Frederick Forsyth The Kill List, Frederick Forsyth The Fist of God, Frederick Forsyth The Afghan, Frederick Forsyth The Cobra, Frederick Forsyth Icon, Frederick Forsyth The Dogs of War, Frederick Forsyth The Biafra Story, Frederick Forsyth The Outsider, Frederick Forsyth The Proximity Principle, Ken Coleman‡ Forever and Ever, Amen, Randy Travis*† The Body, A Guide for Occupants, Bill Bryson Morgan’s Run, Colleen McCullough¶* Everyday Millionaires, Chris Hogan† The Veteran, Frederick Forsyth* Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage, John McWhorter*† Ultralearning, Scott H Young*‡ Memories, Lang Leav* The Universe of Us, Lang Leav* Dissent on Aadhaar, compilation, Reetika Khera (editor)† Love Looks Pretty on You, Lang Leav* Working, Robert Caro*‡ The Fifth Season, The Broken Earth Trilogy, N. K. Jemisin* The Obelisk Gate, The Broken Earth Trilogy, N. K. Jemisin* The Stone Sky, The Broken Earth Trilogy, N. K. Jemisin* The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, The Inheritance Trilogy, N. K. Jemisin* The Broken Kingdoms, The Inheritance Trilogy, N. K. Jemisin* The Kingdom of Gods, The Inheritance Trilogy, N. K. Jemisin* The Song of the Bird, Anthony de Mello*† The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Poirot #1), Agatha Christie* Epigrams on Men, Women and Love, Honoré de Balzac Mother American Night, John Perry Barlow† Word by Word, Anne Lamott*‡ Indian Love Poems, Peter Pauper Press Love Poems and Love Letters for All the Year, Peter Pauper Press Flower Thoughts, Peter Pauper Press Thoughts for a Good Life, Peter Pauper Press Epigrams by Oscar Wilde, Peter Pauper Press* Murder on the Links (Poirot #2), Agatha Christie* The Great Mental Models, Shane Parrish*‡ Coraline, Neil Gaiman* Keep Going, Austin Kleon*† Chocolate Wars, Deborah Cadbury*† Titan’s Wrath, Rhett C Bruno Never Grow Up, Jackie Chan*† Company of One, Paul Jarvis† Titan’s Son, Rhett C Bruno Digital Minimalism, Cal Newport*‡ Never Eat Alone, Keith Ferrazzi & Tal Raz† Thinking in Bets, Annie Duke† Titanborn, Rhett C Bruno The City & The City, China Miéville Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder, Nassim Nicholas Taleb¶*† Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott*‡ The Warren Buffett Shareholder, compilation, Lawrence Cunningham & Stephanie Cuba, editors*† How To Become a Straight-A Student, Cal Newport*‡ The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico, Miguel León-Portilla*† Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It, Gabriel Wyner*‡ Boundaries, Henry Cloud & John Townsend‡ The Walking Drum, Louis L’Amour Last of the Breed, Louis L’Amour Education of a Wandering Man, Louis L’Amour*† The Swerve: How the World Became Modern, Stephen Greenblatt† I’ll Be There for You, Kelsey Miller*† Playing with FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early), Scott Rieckens† Meet the Frugalwoods, Elizabeth Willard Thames† The Three Secret Cities, Matthew Reilly* Absolute FreeBSD, 3rd Edition, Michael W. Lucas*‡ Learning Python, Mark Lutz*‡ Mastering Emacs, Mickey Petersen‡ Extreme Programming Pocket Guide, Shane Warden‡ Python for You and Me, Kushal Das*‡ i want 2 do project. tell me wat 2 do, Shakthi Kannan*‡ Lauren Ipsum, Carlos Bueno*‡