I carry reading habit from childhood but used to read only fiction. I started reading non-fiction in 2017 and have not stopped ever since. Here Are some recomendations I have and eventually a review. If you are also into books and would like to disscuss feel free to reach out!
Productivity:
- Mindset, Carol Dwerk
If you can pick up a single book from this list to improve your life, pick up this one. Pay attention to the author as many other books with this title exists.
- Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life Hardcover, Nir Eyal
“Distraction management is anxiety management”
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Getting Things Done, David Allen
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Come Up for Air: How Teams Can Leverage Systems and Tools to Stop Drowning in Work,Nick Sonnenberg
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Deep work, Cal Newport
- The Power of Habit,Charles Duhig
Biology or neurosciences:
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The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World, Iain McGilchrist
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Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers,Robert Sapolsky
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Behave, Robert Sapolsky
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Neurofitness, Rahul Jandial
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Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, Betty Edwards
A neuroscience book that taught me how to draw, and anyone can do the same!
Society:
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Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari
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Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, Yuval Noah Harari
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Yuval Noah Harari
- Four Thousand Weeks,Oliver Burkeman
Main advice from this book: Make a list of the things you want to do, risk 80%. Those are the things you should try not to do. They are interesting enough to grab your attention but will distract you from the most important ones.
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Weapons of Math Destruction, Cathy O’Neil
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The Burnout Society,Byung-Chul Han
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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Elizabeth Kolbert
- Delusions Of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference , Cordelia Fine
Recomend this book to every girl. This book empowered me and increased my confidence to go into a teach industry. It is great to be more aware of the environment and society biases that can sometimes act as a drawbac
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Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now , Jaron Lanier
Sometimes go in oposition with “indistractable”. Book that originated the documentary.
Relationships:
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How to Win Friends & Influence People, Dale Carnegie
- The Pragmatist’s Guide to Relationships, Malcolm J Collins, Simone H Collins
Amazing chapter on Proto-abusive and Abusive relationships. Knowledge that could spare a lot of suffering.
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Non-violent comunication, Marshall Rosenberg
- The Surprising Purpose of Anger: Beyond Anger Management, Marshall Rosenberg
application of the previous book.
- Getting to Zero, Jayson Gaddis
I know this coaching thing can be overpromissing and hyped sometimes, I have myself some ceticism on this topic, but this book actually brings great insights, it is inspiring and opens an important dialogue.
Economics:
- Nudge: The Final Edition: Improving Decisions About Money, Health, and the Environment,Richard H. Thaler , Cass R. Sunstein
- Fast and slow: two ways of thinking, Daniel Kahneman
Read carefully, a few of those researches did not replicate.
- Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics, Richard Thaler
Specially iterested on his research about the behavioral economics applied to finaces and invstments.
- Noise, Daniel Kahneman
Interesting explanation of group thinking, and good insight on decision higiene, not so much more then this though.
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The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives, Leonard Mlodinow
- Freakonomics,Steven Levitt, Stephen Dubner
Technical books:
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Clean Architecture: A Craftsman’s Guide to Software Structure and Design, Robert C. Martin
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Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship, Robert C. Martin
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Fluent python,Luciano Ramalho
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Head First Design Patterns, Eric Freeman
Self-help books(that actually work):
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The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward,Daniel H. Pink
- Say Good Night to Insomnia, Gregg D. Jacobs
Book that fixed a lifetime of insomnia problems
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Healing the Shame That Binds You,«i>John Bradshaw</i>
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The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma, Bessel A. van der Kolk
- Complex PTSD, Pete Walker
Best book of the year by far. Worthy of several readings.
- Unwinding Anxiety, Judson Brewer
Great and insightful but the author extends himself a bit. Read it if you struggle with craving, procrastination, anxiety, depression, and any form of addiction.
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Unmasking Autism,
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Pragmatist Guide To Sexuality,Malcolm and Simone Collins
- Focusing, Eugene T. Gendlin
Very easy and fluid book. Interesting perspective on how much of Psycology tends to be a waste and how much of the ability for healing lies on the patient, not on the therapist. However, the practice of the tecnique is much harder then I thought snd more time consuming then reading the book itself, so unless you have some time and focus to invest in this, do not read.
- The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression, Andrew Solomon
a deep research on depression but i don’t like all that much, it is a lot of investment for realativelly small gain.
Momoir:
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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, Stephen King
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What I Talk about When I Talk about Running: A Memoir, Haruki Murakami
Curently reading:
- Smarter Tomorrow