Chanho Suh

2023 Reading List

For 2023, I aim to be more purposeful in my reading: delve into new areas, revisit books partially digested, and partake of what has enlightened or inspired friends.

Last but not least, I am setting out to have more fun and not overthink this. Reading daily should be a joy, not a chore. As such, I may deviate from this but mapping out the terrain beforehand should enable a more fruitful exploration.

Fiction

  1. Frank Herbert, “Dune Messiah”
  2. Aldous Huxley, “Brave New World”
  3. Jules Verne, “Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas” – William Butcher translation
  4. G.R.R. Martin, “Fire and Blood”
  5. Homer, “The Odyssey”
  6. Larry Hama, “Silent Interlude”

Biography

  1. David Goggins, “Can’t Hurt Me”
  2. Jacques Pepin, “The Apprentice”
  3. Perry Mehrling, “Fischer Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance”
  4. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, “Wind, Sand and Stars”
  5. Richard Feynman, “Perfectly Reasonable Deviations From the Beaten Track”

History

  1. Nathaniel Popper, “Digital Gold” (re-read)
  2. Camila Russo, “The Infinite Machine”
  3. Shaun Usher, “Letters of Note”

Science

  1. Anders Ericsson, “Peak”
  2. Ben Cohen, “The Hot Hand”
  3. Daniel Kahneman, “Thinking, Fast and Slow” (re-read)
  4. Tetlock and Gardner, “Superforecasting”
  5. James Gleick, “The Information”
  6. Alan Guth, “The Inflationary Universe”
  7. Johanson, “Lucy: the Beginnings of Humankind”
  8. Richard Dawkins, “The Selfish Gene”
  9. David Sinclair, “Lifespan”
  10. Lieberman and Long, “The Molecule of More”

Philosophy

  1. Plato, “Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo”
  2. Epictetus, “Discourses, Fragments, Handbook”
  3. Daniel Dennett, “Consciousness Explained”
  4. Hofstadter and Dennett, “The Mind’s I”
  5. David Chalmers, “Reality+”

Puzzles/Logic

  1. Raymond Smullyan, “What is the Name of This Book?” (re-read)
  2. Sam Loyd, “Mathematical Puzzles of Sam Loyd”

Self-Improvement

  1. Mason Currey, “Daily Rituals”
  2. Cal Newport, “Digital Minimalism”

Finance/Economics

  1. Joseph Wang, “Central Banking 101”
  2. Jeremy Siegel, “Stocks for the Long Run”
  3. Robert Shiller, “Narrative Economics”

First published on January 13, 2023