diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 22322e7..0074152 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ If you like Mind Expanding books you should check out my new project http://diff | The Fine Art of Small Talk: How To Start a Conversation, Keep It Going, Build Networking Skills -- and Leave a Positive Impression | Debra Fine | [3.36](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93409.The_Fine_Art_of_Small_Talk) | 2005 | | Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You: Sam Gosling | Sam Gosling | [3.33](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1581330.Snoop) | 2001 | + + ## Autobiographies and Biographies | Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | |------|--------|------------------|----------------| @@ -238,6 +240,8 @@ If you like Mind Expanding books you should check out my new project http://diff | An Autobiography: Toward Freedom | Jawaharlal Nehru | [3.85](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/322939.An_Autobiography) | 1989 | | iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It | Steve Wozniak | [3.82](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/798635.iWoz) | 2007 | + + ## History | Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | |------|--------|------------------|----------------| @@ -266,6 +270,8 @@ If you like Mind Expanding books you should check out my new project http://diff | The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate | Robert D. Kaplan | [3.68](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13330422-the-revenge-of-geography) | 2012 | | The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century | Thomas L. Friedman | [3.66](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1911.The_World_Is_Flat) | 2006 | + + ## Science and Medicine | Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | |------|--------|------------------|----------------| @@ -313,6 +319,8 @@ If you like Mind Expanding books you should check out my new project http://diff | Waters of the World: the story of the scientists who unravelled the mysteries of our seas, glaciers, and atmosphere and made the planet whole | Sarah Dry | [3.65](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43389003-waters-of-the-world) | 2019 | | Mind Wars: Brain Research and National Defense | Jonathan D. Moreno | [3.45](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/599321.Mind_Wars) | 2007 | + + ## Logic and Problem Solving | Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | |------|--------|------------------|----------------| @@ -326,6 +334,8 @@ If you like Mind Expanding books you should check out my new project http://diff | Mazes for the Mind: Computers and the Unexpected | Clifford A. Pickover | [4.05](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1986400.Mazes_for_the_Mind) | 1992 | | Outnumbered: Exploring the Algorithms That Control Our Lives | David Sumpter | [3.99](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36762542-outnumbered) | 2018 | + + ## Politics | Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | |------|--------|------------------|----------------| @@ -340,6 +350,8 @@ If you like Mind Expanding books you should check out my new project http://diff | Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict | Michael Klare | [3.73](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/149206.Resource_Wars) |2001 | | The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream | Barack Obama | [3.70](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9742.The_Audacity_of_Hope) | 2006 | + + ## Economics | Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | |------|--------|------------------|----------------| @@ -359,6 +371,8 @@ If you like Mind Expanding books you should check out my new project http://diff | Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-By-Numbers is the New Way To Be Smart | Ian Ayres | [3.70](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1081413.Super_Crunchers) | 2007 | | A Farewell to Alms : A Brief Economic History of the World | Gregory Clark | [3.67](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150437.A_Farewell_to_Alms) | 2007 | + + ## Gender | Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | |------|--------|------------------|----------------| @@ -367,6 +381,7 @@ If you like Mind Expanding books you should check out my new project http://diff | Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl | Andrea Lawlor | [4.00](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35838277-paul-takes-the-form-of-a-mortal-girl) | 2017 | Becoming A Man | P. Carl | [3.95](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50091840-becoming-a-man) | 2020 + ## Sexuality | Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | @@ -375,12 +390,16 @@ If you like Mind Expanding books you should check out my new project http://diff | The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities | Dossie Easton, Catherine A. Liszt. | [3.83](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54944.The_Ethical_Slut?from_search=true) | 2004 | | The Sex Myth | Brooke Magnanti | [3.50](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13569582-the-sex-myth) | 2015 | + + ## Race | Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | |------|--------|------------------|----------------| | So You Want to Talk About Race | Ijeoma Oluo | [4.53](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35099718-so-you-want-to-talk-about-race) | 2018 | | The Origin of Others | Toni Morrison | [4.22](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34758228-the-origin-of-others) | 2017 | + + ## Education | Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | |------|--------|------------------|----------------| @@ -396,6 +415,7 @@ If you like Mind Expanding books you should check out my new project http://diff | Wounded by School: Recapturing the Joy in Learning and Standing Up to Old School Culture | Kirsten Olson, Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, Parker J. Palmer | [3.92](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6425208-wounded-by-school) | 2009 | | Curious Minds: How a Child Becomes a Scientist | John Brockman | [3.72](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/409588.Curious_Minds) | 2005 | + ## Writing | Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | @@ -406,6 +426,8 @@ If you like Mind Expanding books you should check out my new project http://diff | Clear and Simple as the Truth | Francis-Noël Thomas, Mark Turner | [4.06](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/120549.Clear_and_Simple_as_the_Truth) | 1996 | | The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century | Steven Pinker | [4.03](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20821371-the-sense-of-style) | 2014 | + + ## Theater and Film | Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | |------|--------|------------------|----------------| @@ -417,6 +439,8 @@ If you like Mind Expanding books you should check out my new project http://diff | How to Stop Acting | Harold Guskin | [4.17](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/808735.How_to_Stop_Acting) | 2003 | | A Practical Handbook for the Actor | Melissa Bruder, Lee Michael Cohn, Madeleine Olnek, Nathaniel Pollack, Robert Previtio, Scott Zigler, David Mamet | [3.87](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/166207.A_Practical_Handbook_for_the_Actor) | 1986 | + + ## Shakespeare | Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | |------|--------|------------------|----------------| @@ -425,6 +449,8 @@ If you like Mind Expanding books you should check out my new project http://diff | Shakespeare's Metrical Art | George T. Wright | [4.39](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/428615.Shakespeare_s_Metrical_Art) | 1991 | | Hamlet in Purgatory | Stephen Greenblatt | [3.98](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33179.Hamlet_in_Purgatory) | 2002 | + + ## Fiction ### Classics @@ -477,6 +503,8 @@ If you like Mind Expanding books you should check out my new project http://diff | Lettres persanes | Montesquieu | [3.54](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/509686.Persian_Letters) | 1721 | | The Director | David Ignatius | [3.43](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23316525-the-director) | 2015 | + + ### Fantasy | Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | |------|--------|------------------|----------------| @@ -495,6 +523,8 @@ If you like Mind Expanding books you should check out my new project http://diff | The City & The City | China Mieville | [3.91](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4703581-the-city-the-city) | 2009 | | The Broken Empire | Mark Lawrence | [3.87](https://www.goodreads.com/series/64473-the-broken-empire) | 2011 | + + ### Historical Fiction | Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | |------|--------|------------------|----------------| @@ -511,11 +541,15 @@ If you like Mind Expanding books you should check out my new project http://diff | Emma | Jane Austen | [3.99](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6969.Emma) | 1815 | | Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy | Jostein Gaarder and Paulette Moller | [3.88](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10959.Sophie_s_World) | 1991 | + + ### Humor | Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | |------|--------|------------------|----------------| | I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell | Tucker Max | [3.51](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9010.I_Hope_They_Serve_Beer_in_Hell) | 2006 | + + ### Mystery | Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | |------|--------|------------------|----------------| @@ -529,6 +563,8 @@ If you like Mind Expanding books you should check out my new project http://diff | The Girl on the Train | Paula Hawkins | [3.88](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22557272-the-girl-on-the-train) | 2015 | | The Da Vinci Code | Dan Brown | [3.79](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/968.The_Da_Vinci_Code) | 2006 | + + ### Science Fiction | Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | |------|--------|------------------|----------------| @@ -553,6 +589,8 @@ If you like Mind Expanding books you should check out my new project http://diff | Little Brother | Cory Doctorow | [3.94](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/954674.Little_Brother) | 2008 | | The Time Machine | H.G Wells | [3.89](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2493.The_Time_Machine?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=UOQqEw4cz3&rank=1) | 1895 | + + ### Horror | Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | |------|--------|------------------|----------------| @@ -563,6 +601,8 @@ If you like Mind Expanding books you should check out my new project http://diff | Dracula | Bram Stoker | [3.98](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17245.Dracula) | 1986 | | Frankenstein | Mary Shelley, Maurice Hindle | [3.75](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18490.Frankenstein) | 2003 | + + ### Miscellaneous | Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | |------|--------|------------------|----------------| @@ -573,6 +613,8 @@ If you like Mind Expanding books you should check out my new project http://diff | Ghost Fleet | P.W. Singer and August Cole | [3.62](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22749719-ghost-fleet?from_search=true) | 2015 | | Future Crimes | Marc Goodman | [3.42](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22318398-future-crimes?from_search=true) | 1990 | + + ## Health | Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | |------|--------|------------------|----------------| @@ -583,6 +625,8 @@ If you like Mind Expanding books you should check out my new project http://diff | 8 Weeks to Optimum Health | Andrew Weil | [3.86](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37124.8_Weeks_to_Optimum_Health) | | | Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain's Silent Killers | David Perlmutter | [3.89](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17333302-grain-brain) | 2013 | + + ## Design | Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | |------|--------|------------------|----------------| @@ -594,17 +638,23 @@ If you like Mind Expanding books you should check out my new project http://diff | Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design | Kat Holmes, John Maeda | [4.14](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39644200-mismatch) | 2018 | | The Art of Looking Sideways | Alan Fletcher | [4.10](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15778.The_Art_of_Looking_Sideways) | 2001 | + + ## Travel | Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | |------|--------|------------------|----------------| | Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders | Joshua Foer | [4.24](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28110891-atlas-obscura) | 2016 | + + ## Language | Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | |------|--------|------------------|----------------| | Le Ton beau de Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language | Douglas R. Hofstadter | [4.22](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/248193.Le_Ton_beau_de_Marot) | 1997 | | The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language | Steven Pinker | [4.02](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5755.The_Language_Instinct) | 2000 | + + ## Nature | Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | |------|--------|------------------|----------------| @@ -614,14 +664,17 @@ If you like Mind Expanding books you should check out my new project http://diff | A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trai | Bill Bryson | [4.06](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9791.A_Walk_in_the_Woods) | 2006 | | The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming | David Wallace-Wells | [4.06](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41552709-the-uninhabitable-earth) | 2019 | -## Art + +## Art | Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | |------|--------|------------------|----------------| | The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain | Betty Edwards | [3.86](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/627206.The_New_Drawing_on_the_Right_Side_of_the_Brain) | 1989 | | Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative | Austin Kleon | [3.92](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13099738-steal-like-an-artist) | 2012 | | Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered | Austin Kleon | [4.10](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18290401-show-your-work) | 2014 | + + ## Credits * [@hackerkid](https://github.com/hackerkid) for starting the list. * [@geritol](https://github.com/geritol) for building the framework for maintaining the list.