avid-reader rated Real Work: 2 stars
Real Work by Adam Gopnik
Longtime staff writer and art critique at The New Yorker Adam Gopnick explores the topic of mastery. He studies card …
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avid-reader rated Going Infinite: 5 stars
Going Infinite by Michael Lewis
When Michael Lewis first met him, Sam Bankman-Fried was the world’s youngest billionaire and crypto’s Gatsby. CEOs, celebrities, and leaders …
avid-reader rated The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: 5 stars
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni (J-B Lencioni Series)
After her first two weeks observing the problems at DecisionTech, Kathryn Petersen, its new CEO, had more than a few …
avid-reader rated Strangers to Ourselves: 3 stars
avid-reader rated The Hole: 3 stars
The Hole by Hiroko Oyamada, David Boyd
Asa’s husband is transferring jobs, and his new office is located near his family’s home in the countryside. During an …
avid-reader rated Number Go Up: 5 stars
Number Go Up by Zeke Faux
In 2021 cryptocurrency went mainstream. Giant investment funds were buying it, celebrities like Tom Brady endorsed it, and TV ads …
avid-reader rated Your Face Belongs to Us: 5 stars
avid-reader rated Small spaces: 3 stars
Katherine Arden: Small spaces (2018)
Small spaces by Katherine Arden
"After eleven-year-old Ollie's school bus mysteriously breaks down on a field trip, she has to take a trip through scary …
avid-reader rated Belonging: 4 stars
avid-reader rated HappyHead: 4 stars
avid-reader rated Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood: 5 stars
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: …
avid-reader rated Metronome: 4 stars
Metronome by Tom Watson
An eerie, striking debut by an award-winning author for fans of Emma Stonex, Francine Toon and Megan Hunter
Not all …
avid-reader rated Untitled: 4 stars
avid-reader rated Elon Musk: 5 stars
Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson
From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of the most fascinating …
