PolymathReadingChallenge 2025 Public

Created by Lars Stitz

My personal list of books I want to read for the #PolymathReadingChallenge.

The general topics are: 1. history of music (covered) 2. famous African-American people (shortlisted) 3. medicine (shortlisted) 4. Vietnam war (shortlisted) 5. European Union 6. marine biology (shortlisted) 7. public transport 8. architecture (shortlisted) 9. 17th-18th century 10. civil rights 11. endangered animals (shortlisted)

My randomly selected, individually assigned 12th topic is 12. Mount Inglismaldie (a mountain from the Fairholme Range, Banff National Park, Bow River Valley, in the Canadian Rockies).

  1. Music : A Subversive History by 

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  2. The Architecture of Happiness by 

    4 stars

    The Architecture of Happiness is a book by Alain de Botton (ISBN 978-0241142486) which discusses the importance of beauty, published …

    Lars Stitz says:

    PolymathReadingChallenge candidate for topic "Architecture".

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  3. Born on the Fourth of July by ,

    4 stars

    This New York Times best seller (more than one million copies sold), presented here in a special fortieth-anniversary edition with …

    Lars Stitz says:
    PolymathReadingChallenge candidate for topic "Vietnam war".

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  4. A Bright Shining Lie by 

    4 stars

    Chronicles the military career of Lt. Col. John Paul Vann, profiling his military and civilian roles in the Vietnam War.

    Lars Stitz says:
    PolymathReadingChallenge candidate for topic "Vietnam war".

    Added by Lars Stitz

  5. The Code Breaker by 

    4 stars

    A scientific biography of Jennifer Doudna, a founder and co-developer of the CRISPR gene-editing mechanism, and an examination of what …

    Lars Stitz says:
    PolymathReadingChallenge candidate for topic "medicine".

    Added by Lars Stitz

  6. Becoming by ,

    5 stars

    IN A LIFE filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling …

    Lars Stitz says:
    PolymathReadingChallenge candidate for topic "famous African-American people".

    Added by Lars Stitz

  7. Many Things under a Rock by ,

    4 stars

    Lars Stitz says:
    PolymathReadingChallenge candidate for topic "marine biology".

    Added by Lars Stitz

  8. The soul of an octopus by 

    4 stars

    "In this astonishing book from the author of the bestselling memoir The Good Good Pig, Sy Montgomery explores the emotional …

    Lars Stitz says:
    PolymathReadingChallenge candidate for topic "marine biology".

    Added by Lars Stitz

  9. Other Minds by 

    4 stars

    "Peter Godfrey-Smith is a leading philosopher of science. He is also a scuba diver whose underwater videos of warring octopuses …

    Lars Stitz says:

    PolymathReadingChallenge candidate for topic "marine biology".

    Added by Lars Stitz

  10. Last Chance to See by ,

    4 stars

    Lars Stitz says:
    PolymathReadingChallenge candidate for topic "endangered animals".

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