diff --git a/README-new.md b/README-new.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8b19cc6 --- /dev/null +++ b/README-new.md @@ -0,0 +1,516 @@ +# Mind Expanding Books + +[![Awesome](https://cdn.rawgit.com/sindresorhus/awesome/d7305f38d29fed78fa85652e3a63e154dd8e8829/media/badge.svg)](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome) [![project chat](https://img.shields.io/badge/zulip-join_chat-brightgreen.svg)](https://books.zulipchat.com) + + +> Curated list of mind expanding books. + + +## Table of Contents +* [Startups and Business](#startups-and-business) +* [Philosophy and Psychology](#philosophy-and-psychology) +* [Autobiographies and Biographies](#autobiographies-and-biographies) +* [History](#history) +* [Evolution, Science and Medicine](#science-and-medicine) +* [Logic and Problem Solving](#logic-and-problem-solving) +* [Politics](#politics) +* [Economics](#economics) +* [Gender](#gender) +* [Sexuality](#sexuality) +* [Education](#education) +* [Writing](#writing) +* [Theater and Film](#theater-and-film) +* [Fiction](#fiction) +* [Health](#health) +* [Design](#design) +* [Travel](#travel) +* [Language](#language) +* [Nature](#nature) + +# Books + +## Startups and Business +| Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | +|------|--------|------------------|----------------| +| Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike | Phil Knight | [4.46](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27220736-shoe-dog) | 2016 | +| The Compound Effect | Darren Hardy | [4.40](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9420697-the-compound-effect) | 2010 | +| High Output Management | Andy Grove | [4.38](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/324750.High_Output_Management) | 1995 | +| Outwitting the Devil: The Secret to Freedom and Success | Napoleon Hill | [4.38](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10713286-outwitting-the-devil) | 2011 | +| How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be : The 25 Principles of Success | Jack Canfield, Janet Switzer | [4.26](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96593.The_Success_Principles) | 2007 | +| The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine | Michael Lewis | [4.26](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8032112-the-big-short) | 2015 | +| The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership | Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh | [4.21](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6342995-the-score-takes-care-of-itself) | 2009 | +| The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers | Ben Horowitz | [4.20](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18176747-the-hard-thing-about-hard-things) | 2014 | +| Think and Grow Rich | Napoleon Hill | [4.17](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30186948-think-and-grow-rich) | 1937 | +| Outliers: Story of Success | Malcolm Gladwell | [4.11](https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3364437-outliers-the-story-of-success) | 2008 | +| The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing : A Guide to Move More Profitable | Thomas Nagle, John Hogan, Joseph Zale | [4.09](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/99919.The_Strategy_and_Tactics_of_Pricing) | 2005 | +| Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action | Simon Sinek | [4.07](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7108725-start-with-why) | 2009 | +| Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children | John Wood | [4.07](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/95429.Leaving_Microsoft_to_Change_the_World) | 2006 | +| Hackers and Painters | Paul Graham | [4.06](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41793.Hackers_Painters) | 2004 | +| Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap And Others Don't | Jim Collins | [4.05](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76865.Good_to_Great) | 2001 | +| The Lean Startup: How Constant Innovation Creates Radically Successful Businesses | Eric Ries | [4.04](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10127019-the-lean-startup) | 2011 | +| The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal | Jim Loehr, Tony Schwartz | [4.03](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68985.The_Power_of_Full_Engagement) | 2005 | +| The Checklist Manifesto: How To Get Things Right | Atul Gawande | [4.03](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6667514-the-checklist-manifesto) | 2009 | +| Where Good Ideas Come From | Steven Johnson | [4.03](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8034188-where-good-ideas-come-from) | 2010 | +| Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose | Tony Hsieh | [4.01](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6828896-delivering-happiness) | 2010 | +| The Innovator's Dilemma | clayton m. christensen | [4.00](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2615.The_Innovator_s_Dilemma) | 1997 | +| Influencer: The New Science of Leading Change | Joseph Grenny, Kerry Patterson | [3.98](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/914211.Influencer) | 2007 | +| The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It | Michael E. Gerber | [3.98](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/81948.The_E_Myth_Revisited) | 1995 | +| Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity | David Allen | [3.98](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1633.Getting_Things_Done) | 2001 | +| Losing My Virginity: How I Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way | Richard Branson | [3.97](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/211099.Losing_My_Virginity) | 1998 | +| SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance | Steven D. Litt | [3.96](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6402364-superfreakonomics) | 2009 | +| The Ten Faces of Innovation | Tom Kelley | [3.96](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/95656.The_Ten_Faces_of_Innovation) | 2005 | +| Rich Dad Poor Dad : What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That The Poor And Middle Class Don't | Robert T. Kiyosaki | [3.95](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/69571.Rich_Dad_Poor_Dad) | 1997 | +| Founders At Work: Stories Of Startups Early Days | Jessica Livingston | [3.94](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98233.Founders_at_Work) | 2007 | +| The Paypal Wars | Eric M. Jackson | [3.94](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4052.The_PayPal_Wars) | 2010 | +| Lean In : Women, Work and the Will to Lead | Sheryl Sandberg | [3.94](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16071764-lean-in) | 2013 | +| ReWork: Change the Way You Work Forever | David Heinemeier Hansson | [3.93](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6732019-rework) | 2010 | +| The 22 Immutable Laws Of Branding | Laura Ries and Al Ries | [3.93](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1565533.The_22_Immutable_Laws_of_Branding) | 1998 | +| Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything | Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner | [3.93](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1202.Freakonomics) | 2006 | +| The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference | Malcolm Gladwell | [3.92](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2612.The_Tipping_Point) | 2002 | +| The Four Steps to the Epiphany | Steve Blank | [3.92](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/762542.The_Four_Steps_to_the_Epiphany) | 2005 | +| The Curse of the Mogul | Jonathan A. Knee, Bruce C. Greenwald, Ava Seave | [3.91](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7162410-the-curse-of-the-mogul) | 2009 | +| David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants | Malcolm Gladwell | [3.90](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15751404-david-and-goliath) | 2013 | +| Strategy for Sustainability: A Business Manifesto | Adam Werbach | [3.89](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6553353-strategy-for-sustainability) | 2009 | +| The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable | Nassim Nicholas Taleb | [3.88](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/242472.The_Black_Swan) | 2007 | +| Contagious: Why Things Catch On | Jonah Berger | [3.88](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15801967-contagious) | 2013 | +| Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?: Leading a Great Enterprise through Dramatic Change | Louis V Gerstner, Jr | [3.88](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/603985.Who_Says_Elephants_Can_t_Dance_) | 2003 | +| Linchpin: Are You Indispensable | Seth Godin | [3.87](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7155145-linchpin) | 2010 | +| The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future | Chris Guillebeau | [3.85](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12605157-the-100-startup) | 2012 | +| Too Big to Fail | Andrew Ross Sorkin | [3.85](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6687247-too-big-to-fail) | 2011 | +| The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less | Barry Shwartz | [3.84](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10639.The_Paradox_of_Choice) | 2005 | +| The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything | Guy Kawasaki | [3.82](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37875.The_Art_of_the_Start) | 2004 | +| Crowdsourcing: Why the Power of the Crowd Is Driving the Future of Business | Jeff Howe | [3.82](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2601510-crowdsourcing) | 2008 | +| Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age | Clay Shirky | [3.82](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7614793-cognitive-surplus) | 2010 | +| Zero to One | Peter Thiel, Blake Masters | [3.75](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18050143-zero-to-one) | 2014 | +| One Click: Jeff Bezos and the Rise of Amazon.com | Richard Brandt | [3.75](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11223478-one-click) | 2011 | +| Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think | Kenneth Cukier | [3.70](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15815598-big-data) | 2013 | +| The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich | Timothy Ferriss | [3.61](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/368593.The_4_Hour_Workweek) | 2012 | +| The Accidental Billionaires : The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal | Ben Mezrich | [3.50](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6326920-the-accidental-billionaires) | 2009 | + +## Philosophy And Psychology +| Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | +|------|--------|------------------|----------------| +| Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion | Gregory Boyle | [4.41](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7090193-tattoos-on-the-heart) | 2010 | +| Education and the Significance of Life | Krishnamurti | [4.38](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/353435.Education_and_the_Significance_of_Life) | 2008 | +| Man's Search for Meaning | Viktor E. Frankl | [4.33](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4069.Man_s_Search_for_Meaning) | 2006 | +| Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones | James Clear | [4.32](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40121378-atomic-habits) | 2018 | +| The User Illusion: Cutting Consciousness Down to Size | Tor Norretranders | [4.30](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/106732.The_User_Illusion) | 1999 | +| Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen | Christopher McDougall | [4.27](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6289283-born-to-run) | 2009 | +| Prometheus Rising | Robert Anton Wilson | [4.26](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28597.Prometheus_Rising) | 2010 | +| The Concise 48 Laws of Power | Robert Greene | [4.25](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18224060-the-concise-48-laws-of-power) | 2011 | +| The Hero with a Thousand Faces | Joseph Campbell | [4.24](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/588138.The_Hero_With_a_Thousand_Faces) | 1972 | +| Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind | Shunryu Suzuki, David Chadwick | [4.23](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/402843.Zen_Mind_Beginner_s_Mind) | | +| The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain, from Vienna 1900 to the Present | Eric Kandel | [4.22](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12263681-the-age-of-insight) | 2012 | +| Meditations | Marcus Aurelius | [4.21](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30659.Meditations) | | +| Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion | Robert B. Cialdini | [4.18](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5752.The_Blank_Slate) | 2006 | +| Gifts of Imperfection | Brene Brown | [4.18](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7015403-the-gifts-of-imperfection) | | +| Metamagical Themas: Questing For The Essence Of Mind And Pattern | Douglas Hofstadter | [4.16](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/181239.Metamagical_Themas) | 1996 | +| The Truth About Everything: An Irreverent History of Philosophy : With Illustrations | Matthew Stewart | [4.15](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18528861-the-truth-about-everything) | 1997 | +| Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah | Richard Bach | [4.15](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29946.Illusions) | 1977 | +| How to Win Friends and Influence People | Dale Carnegie | [4.14](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4865.How_to_Win_Friends_and_Influence_People) | 1998 | +| Creative Visualization: Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Your Life | Shakti Gawain | [4.13](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/582533.Creative_Visualization) | 2002 | +| Bulfinch's Mythology | Thomas Bulfinch | [4.13](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/588147.Bulfinch_s_Mythology) | 1998 | +| Ego Is the Enemy | Ryan Holiday | [4.12](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27036528-ego-is-the-enemy) | 2016 | +| Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny! | Anthony Robbins | [4.11](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/180116.Awaken_the_Giant_Within) | | +| The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment | Eckhart Tolle | [4.11](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6708.The_Power_of_Now) | 1997 | +| Predictably Irrational | Dan Ariely | [4.10](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1713426.Predictably_Irrational) | 2008 | +| Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience | Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi | [4.10](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66354.Flow) | 1990 | +| Thinking, Fast and Slow | Daniel Kahneman | [4.09](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11468377-thinking-fast-and-slow) | 2011 | +| Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy | William Barrett | [4.09](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83321.Irrational_Man) | | +| Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine | Derren Brown | [4.08](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30142270-happy) | 2016 | +| The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World | David Deutsch | [4.08](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10483171-the-beginning-of-infinity) | | +| Metaphors We Live By | George Lakoff, Mark Johnson | [4.08](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34459.Metaphors_We_Live_By) | 2003 | +| Grit | Angela Duckworth | [4.08](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27213329-grit) | 2016 | +| In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto | Michael Pollan | [4.07](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/315425.In_Defense_of_Food) | 2008 | +| The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature | Steven Pinker | [4.07](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5752.The_Blank_Slate) | 2003 | +| The History of Western Philosophy | Bertrand Russell | [4.06](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/243685.A_History_of_Western_Philosophy) | 2008 | +| Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them | Joshua Greene | [4.05](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17707599-moral-tribes) | 2013 | +| Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking | Susan Cain | [4.04](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8520610-quiet) | 2012 | +| The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind | Michio Kaku | [4.04](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17978489-the-future-of-the-mind) | 2014 | +| Every Thing Must Go: Metaphysics Naturalized | James Ladyman, Don Ross, et al | [4.04](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/757403.Every_Thing_Must_Go) | 2007 | +| Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto) | Nassim Nicholas Taleb | [4.04](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13530973-antifragile) | 2012 | +| Mindset: The new psychology of success | Carol S. Dweck,Ph.D. | [4.04](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40745.Mindset) | 2006 | +| The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do In Life And Business | Charles Duhigg | [4.03](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12609433-the-power-of-habit) | 2012 | +| The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic | Dan Ariely | [4.00](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7815744-the-upside-of-irrationality) | | +| Outsmarting IQ: The Emerging Science of Learnable Intelligence | David Perkins | [4.00](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1008488.Outsmarting_Iq) | 1995 | +| The Art of War | Sun Tzu | [3.95](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10534.The_Art_of_War) | 2005 | +| Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength | Ron P. Baumeister, John Tierney | [3.95](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11104933-willpower) | 2011 | +| A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future | Daniel H. Pink | [3.95](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/99315.A_Whole_New_Mind) | | +| Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel | Rolf Potts | [3.92](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/100247.Vagabonding) | | +| Supernormal: Science, Yoga, and the Evidence for Extraordinary Psychic Abilities | Dean Radin | [3.91](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8694125-alone-together) | 2013 | +| Prisoner's Dilemma | William Poundstone | [3.91](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29506.Prisoner_s_Dilemma) | 1993 | +| The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature | Steven Pinker | [3.90](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/373969.The_Stuff_of_Thought) | 2007 | +| Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge | Edward O. Wilson | [3.90](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55981.Consilience) | 1999 | +| Why We Make Mistakes: How We Look Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way Above Average | Joseph T. Hallinan | [3.87](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5040579-why-we-make-mistakes) | 2009 | +| You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation | Deborah Tannen | [3.86](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/147222.You_Just_Don_t_Understand) | 2007 | +| Just the Arguments: 100 of the Most Important Arguments in Western Philosophy | Michael Bruce, Steven Barbone | [3.85](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12838972-just-the-arguments) | 2011 | +| What the Dog Saw: and other adventures | Malcolm Gladwell | [3.82](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6516450-what-the-dog-saw-and-other-adventures) | 2009 | +| Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior | Geoffrey Miller | [3.82](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6283340-spent) | | +| Games People Play: The Basic Handbook of Transactional Analysis | Eric Berne. | [3.81](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49176.Games_People_Play) | | +| This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking | John Brockman | [3.81](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13035774-this-will-make-you-smarter) | 2012 | +| Intuition Pumps And Other Tools for Thinking | Daniel C. Dennett | [3.80](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18378002-intuition-pumps-and-other-tools-for-thinking) | 2014 | +| Jonathan Livingston Seagull | Richard Bach | [3.80](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/71728.Jonathan_Livingston_Seagull) | | +| Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story | Jim Holt | [3.77](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8854815-why-does-the-world-exist) | 2012 | +| The Social Contract | Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Maurice Cranston | [3.75](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12651.The_Social_Contract) | | +| The Ethical Brain: The Science of Our Moral Dilemmas | Michael S. Gazzaniga | [3.70](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/328734.The_Ethical_Brain) | 2006 | +| Why Smart People Can Be So Stupid | Robert J Sternberg | [3.68](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/300300.Why_Smart_People_Can_Be_So_Stupid) | 2003 | +| Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Others | Sherry Turkle | [3.62](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8694125-alone-together) | 2011 | +| How to Win Every Argument: The Use and Abuse of Logic | Madsen Pirie | [3.55](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112731.How_to_Win_Every_Argument) | 2006 | +| Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life: Winifred Gallagher | Winifred Gallagher | [3.54](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6262510-rapt) | | +| 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) | | + +## Autobiographies and Biographies +| Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | +|------|--------|------------------|----------------| +| Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption | Laura Hillenbrand | [4.39](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8664353-unbroken) | 2010 | +| Long Walk to Freedom | Nelson Mandela | [4.31](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/318431.Long_Walk_to_Freedom) | 1995 | +| My Life and My Work | Henry Ford | [4.29](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1122054.My_Life_And_Work) | | +| Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character | Richard Feynman | [4.29](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5544.Surely_You_re_Joking_Mr_Feynman_) | 1997 | +| The Autobiography of Malcolm X | Malcolm X, Alex Haley | [4.29](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/92057.The_Autobiography_of_Malcolm_X) | | +| The Third Door:The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World's Most Successful People Launched Their Careers | Alex banayan | [4.28](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36739769-the-third-door) | 2018 | +| Elon Musk: Inventing the Future | Ashlee Vance | [4.25](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22543496-elon-musk) | 2015 | +| The Last Lecture | Randy Pausch | [4.25](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2318271.The_Last_Lecture) | 2008 | +| Freedom in Exile | Dalai Lama XIV | [4.24](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/567720.Freedom_in_Exile) | 1991 | +| Madame Curie: A Biography | Marie Curie | [4.22](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/341166.Madame_Curie) | 2001 | +| Wings of Fire | A.P.J. Abdul Kalam | [4.20](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/634583.Wings_of_Fire) | 2011 | +| The Man Who Knew Infinity : A Life of the Genius Ramanujan | Robert Kanigel | [4.15](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/106139.The_Man_Who_Knew_Infinity) | 1991 | +| An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth | Chris Hadfield | [4.14](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18170143-an-astronaut-s-guide-to-life-on-earth) | 2013 | +| The Diary of a Young Girl | Anne Frank | [4.10](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48855.The_Diary_of_a_Young_Girl) | 1993 | +| Einstein: His Life and Universe | Walter Isaacson | [4.09](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10884.Einstein) | 2007 | +| Steve Jobs | Walter Issacson | [4.09](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11084145-steve-jobs) | 2011 | +| My Experiments with Truth | Mahatma Gandhi | [4.07](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/112803.The_Story_of_My_Experiments_With_Truth) | 1993 | +| The Story of My Life | Helen Keller | [4.07](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/821611.The_Story_of_My_Life) | 1990 | +| The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks | Rebecca Skloot | [4.05](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6493208-the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks?ac=1&from_search=true) | 2010 | +| Losing My Virginity: The Autobiography | Richard Branson | [3.97](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9533705-losing-my-virginity) | 1999 | +| Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker | Kevin Mitnick | [3.95](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10256723-ghost-in-the-wires) | 2011 | +| 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 | +|------|--------|------------------|----------------| +| Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind | Yuval Noah Harari | [4.42](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23692271-sapiens) | 2014 | +| How the Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhone | Brian McCullough | [4.36](https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/38212134-how-the-internet-happened) | 2018 | +| The Discoverers | Daniel J. Boorstin | [4.34](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/714380.The_Discoverers) | 2012 | +| Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow | Yuval Noah Harari | [4.27](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31138556-homo-deus) | 2017 | +| One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War | Michael Dobbs | [4.20](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2606779-one-minute-to-midnight) | 2008 | +| The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet | David Kahn | [4.18](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29608.The_Codebreakers) | 1996 | +| From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life 1500 to the Present | Jacques Barzun | [4.12](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58233.From_Dawn_to_Decadence) | 2001 | +| Why the West Rules--for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future | Ian Morris | [4.09](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9491855-why-the-west-rules-for-now) | 2010 | +| The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide | Robert Jay Lifton | [4.07](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/173187.The_Nazi_Doctors) | 1986 | +| God Created The Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs that Changed History | Stephen Hawking | [4.06](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2096.God_Created_The_Integers) | | +| Churchill's Secret War: The British Empire and the Ravaging of India during World War II | Madhusree Mukerjee | [4.05](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8890989-churchill-s-secret-war) | 2010 | +| El Tiempo Entre Costuras | María Dueñas | [4.04](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7502166-el-tiempo-entre-costuras) | 2009 | +| Guns, Germs, And Steel : The Fates Of Human Societies | Jared M. Diamond | [4.00](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1842.Guns_Germs_and_Steel) | 2005 | +| Discovery of India | Jawaharlal Nehru | [3.98](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/154126.The_Discovery_of_India) | | +| The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves (P.S.) | Matt Ridley | [3.98](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7776209-the-rational-optimist) | 2010 | +| Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground | Kevin Poulson | [3.96](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9319468-kingpin) | 2011 | +| The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World | Steven Johnson | [3.91](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36086.The_Ghost_Map) | | +| The Rise and Fall of the British Empire | Lawrence James | [3.89](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/143980.The_Rise_and_Fall_of_the_British_Empire) | 1997 | +| The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires | Tim Wu | [3.89](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8201080-the-master-switch) | 2010 | +| Spycraft | Robert Wallace, H. Keith Melton, Henry R. Schlesinger | [3.81](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/971936.Spycraft) | | +| Civilization: The West and the Rest: Niall Ferguson | Niall Ferguson | [3.78](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10475421-civilization) | 2011 | +| 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 | +|------|--------|------------------|----------------| +| Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst | Robert M. Sapolsky | [4.42](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31170723-behave) | 2017 | +| Asimov's New Guide to Science | Isaac Asimov | [4.36](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/977262.Asimov_s_New_Guide_To_Science) | 1985 | +| Origins of Form: The Shape of Natural and Man-Made Things | Christopher Williams | [4.31](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16255011-origins-of-form) | 2013 | +| Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid | Douglas R. Hofstadter | [4.30](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24113.G_del_Escher_Bach) | 1979 | +| The Little Schemer | Daniel P. Friedman, Matthias Felleisen, Duane Bibby, Gerald J. Sussman | [4.27](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/548914.The_Little_Schemer) | 1995 | +| Scientific Genius: A Psychology of Science | Dean Keith Simonton | [4.25](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1752295.Scientific_Genius) | 1988 | +| Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic World | Kevin Kelly | [4.24](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16080353-out-of-control) | 1995 | +| The Brain: The Story of You | David Eagleman | [4.20](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25776132.the-brain) | 2015 | +| A Short History of Nearly Everything | Bill Bryson | [4.19](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21.A_Short_History_of_Nearly_Everything) | | +| The Symbolic Species: The Co-evolution of Language and the Brain | Terrence W. Deacon | [4.17](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/733691.The_Symbolic_Species) | 1998 | +| A Brief History of Time | Stephen Hawking | [4.12](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3869.A_Brief_History_of_Time) | 1998 | +| The Selfish Gene | Richard Dawkins | [4.11](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61535.The_Selfish_Gene) | | +| Figments of Reality: The Evolution of the Curious Mind | Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen | [4.11](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/164560.Figments_of_Reality) | 2009 | +| The New Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes in a Complex World | Elkhonon Goldberg | [4.07](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6745893-the-new-executive-brain) | | +| The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene | Richard Dawkins | [4.07](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61538.The_Extended_Phenotype) | 1999 | +| Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe | Peter D. Ward, Donald Brownlee | [4.06](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/88552.Rare_Earth) | 2003 | +| Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers | Mary Roach | [4.05](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32145.Stiff) | 2004 | +| The Man Who Mistook His Wife for A Hat and Other Clinical Tales | Oliver Sacks | [4.05](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63697.The_Man_Who_Mistook_His_Wife_for_a_Hat_and_Other_Clinical_Tales) | 1998 | +| Darwin's Dangerous Idea | Daniel C. Dennett | [4.03](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2068.Darwin_s_Dangerous_Idea) | | +| The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future | Kevin Kelly | [4.02](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27209431-the-inevitable) | 2016 | +| The Outer Limits of Reason: What Science, Mathematics, and Logic Cannot Tell Us | Noson S. Yanofsky | [4.00](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17841838-the-outer-limits-of-reason) | 2013 | +| The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: 50th Anniversary Edition | Thomas S. Kuhn | [3.99](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61539.The_Structure_of_Scientific_Revolutions) | 1996 | +| At Home in the Universe: The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity | Stuart Kauffman | [3.97](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/319006.At_Home_in_the_Universe) | 1996 | +| The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom | Yochai Benkler | [3.95](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14721.The_Wealth_of_Networks) | 2006 | +| Mind Children: The Future of Robot and Human Intelligence | Hans Moravec. | [3.95](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/648195.Mind_Children) | 1990 | +| How to Find a Habitable Planet | James Kasting | [3.93](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7551498-how-to-find-a-habitable-planet) | 2010 | +| The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution | Gregory Cochran, Henry Harpending | [3.91](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6033964-the-10-000-year-explosion) | | +| Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives | David Sloan Wilson | [3.90](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/159062.Evolution_for_Everyone) | 2007 | +| Life at the Speed of Light: From the Double Helix to the Dawn of Digital Life | J. Craig Venter | [3.87](www.goodreads.com/book/show/17674969-life-at-the-speed-of-light) | 2013 | +| The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains | Nicholas Carr | [3.85](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9778945-the-shallows) | 2011 | +| Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human | Richard Wrangham | [3.83](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11148989-catching-fire) | 2009 | +| Heaven in a Chip: Fuzzy Visions of Society and Science in the Digital Age | Bart Kosko | [3.82](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/172645.Heaven_in_a_Chip) | 2000 | +| The Quark and the Jaguar: Adventures in the Simple and the Complex | Murray Gell-Mann | [3.81](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/270881.The_Quark_and_the_Jaguar) | | +| Tomorrowland: Our Staggering Journey from Science Fiction to Science Fact | Steven Kotler | [3.80](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25060233-tomorrowland) | 2015 | +| Origins of Genius: Darwinian Perspectives on Creativity | Dean Keith | [3.74](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/254489.Origins_of_Genius) | 1999 | +| 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 | +|------|--------|------------------|----------------| +| What Is the Name of This Book?: The Riddle of Dracula and Other Logical Puzzles | Raymond M. Smullyan | [4.24](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/493576.What_Is_the_Name_of_This_Book_) | 2011 | +| A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science even If You Flunked Algebra | Barbara Oakley | [4.22](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18693655-a-mind-for-numbers) | 2014 | +| How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method | George Polya | [4.16](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/192221.How_to_Solve_It) | 2015 | +| Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles, and the Frailty of Knowledge | William Poundstone | [4.05](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55436.Labyrinths_of_Reason) | 1989 | +| 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 | + +## Politics +| Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | +|------|--------|------------------|----------------| +| The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness | Michelle Alexander | [4.49](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6792458-the-new-jim-crow) | 2010 | +| Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? | Michael J. Sandel | [4.25](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452731-justice) | | +| The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion | Jonathan Haidt | [4.16](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11324722-the-righteous-mind) | 2012 | +| Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right | Arlie Russell Hochschild | [4.15](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28695425-strangers-in-their-own-land) | 2016 | +| Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime | John Heilemann, Mark Halperin | [4.10](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6694937-game-change) | 2010 | +| Bolo'bolo | P.M. | [4.05](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12395170-bolo-bolo) | 1984 | +| The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies | Bryan Caplan | [3.96](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/698866.The_Myth_of_the_Rational_Voter) | 2007 | +| The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security | Kevin D. Mitnick | [3.76](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18160.The_Art_of_Deception) | 2003 | +| Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict | Michael Klare | [3.73](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/149206.Resource_Wars) | | +| 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 | +|------|--------|------------------|----------------| +| Origin of Wealth | Eric D. Beinhocker | [4.23](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22456.The_Origin_of_Wealth) | 2006 | +| Every Shot Counts: Using the Revolutionary Strokes Gained Approach to Improve Your Golf Performance and Strategy | Mark Broadie | [4.23](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17674971-every-shot-counts) | 2014 | +| Economic Facts and Fallacies | Thomas Sowell | [4.18](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2064279.Economic_Facts_and_Fallacies) | 2008 | +| Debt - Updated and Expanded: The First 5,000 Years | David Graeber | [4.17](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6617037-debt) | 2011 | +| Capital in the Twenty-First Century | Thomas Piketty | [4.01](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18736925-capital-in-the-twenty-first-century) | 2014 | +| 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism | Ha-Joon Chang | [3.97](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8913542-23-things-they-don-t-tell-you-about-capitalism) | | +| The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail--but Some Don't | Nate Silver | [3.96](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13588394-the-signal-and-the-noise) | | +| Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis | James Rickards | [3.96](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11515298-currency-wars) | 2011 | +| The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World | Niall Ferguson | [3.88](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2714607-the-ascent-of-money) | | +| The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It | Paul Collier | [3.85](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/493371.The_Bottom_Billion) | 2007 | +| The Thank You Economy | Gary Vaynerchuk | [3.83](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9203287-the-thank-you-economy) | 2011 | +| 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) | | +| 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 | +|------|--------|------------------|----------------| +| Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference | Cordelia Fine | [4.15](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8031168-delusions-of-gender) | 2010 | + +## Sexuality +| Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | +|------|--------|------------------|----------------| +| Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern | Christopher Ryan, Cacilda Jetha | [4.00](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7640261-sex-at-dawn) | 2010 | +| The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities | Dossie Easton, Catherine A. Liszt. | [3.90](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54944.The_Ethical_Slut?from_search=true) | 2004 | +| The Sex Myth | Brooke Magnanti | [3.51](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13569582-the-sex-myth) | 2015 | + +## Education +| Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | +|------|--------|------------------|----------------| +| Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas | Seymour A. Papert | [4.32](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/703532.Mindstorms) | 1993 | +| How Children Fail | John Holt | [4.22](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/573009.How_Children_Fail) | 1995 | +| Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning | Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel | [4.20](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18770267.make-it-stick) | 2014 | +| Teaching as a Subversive Activity | Neil Postman, Charles Weingartner | [4.19](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79681.Teaching_as_a_Subversive_Activity) | 1971 | +| Summerhill School: A New View of Childhood | A. S. Neill, Albert Lamb | [4.09](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/178734.Summerhill) | 1995 | +| The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance | Josh Waitzkin | [4.08](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/857333.The_Art_of_Learning) | 2016 | +| 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 | +|------|--------|------------------|----------------| +| Hat Box: The Collected Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim | [4.77](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12909101-hat-box) | | +| On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft | Stephen King | [4.31](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10569.On_Writing) | 2002 | +| 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 | +|------|--------|------------------|----------------| +| Different Every Night: Putting the play on stage and keeping it fresh | Mike Alfreds | [4.69](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3493241-different-every-night) | 2008 | +| Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre | Keith Johnstone | [4.27](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/306940.Impro) | | +| The Actor and the Target | Declan Donnellan | [4.25](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/611466.The_Actor_and_the_Target) | 2006 | +| In the Blink of an Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing | Walter Murch | [4.24](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2141.In_the_Blink_of_an_Eye) | 1995 | +| Notes on Directing: 130 Lessons in Leadership from the Director's Chair | Frank Hauser, Russell Reich | [4.21](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/254808.Notes_on_Directing) | | +| 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 | +|------|--------|------------------|----------------| +| Thinking Shakespeare: A How-to Guide for Student Actors, Directors, and Anyone Else Who Wants to Feel More Comfortable With the Bard | Barry Edelstein. | [4.62](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1334872.Thinking_Shakespeare) | | +| Hamlet and Revenge | Eleanor Prosser | [4.50](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/625956.Hamlet_Revenge_) | 1971 | +| 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 +| Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | +|------|--------|------------------|----------------| +| The Master and Margarita | Mikhail Bulgakov | [4.32](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/117833.The_Master_and_Margarita) | 1996 | +| Infinite Jest | David Foster Wallace | [4.31](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6759.Infinite_Jest) | 1995 | +| The Brothers Karamazov | Fyodor Dostoevsky, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky | [4.30](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4934.The_Brothers_Karamazov) | 2002 | +| Pride And Prejudice | Jane Austen | [4.24](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1885.Pride_and_Prejudice) | 2000 | +| A Prayer for Owen Meany | John Irving | [4.22](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4473.A_Prayer_for_Owen_Meany) | 1990 | +| Letters From The Earth | Mark Twain | [4.22](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37813.Letters_from_the_Earth) | 2004 | +| One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Ken Kesey | [4.18](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/332613.One_Flew_Over_the_Cuckoo_s_Nest) | 1963 | +| Crime and Punishment | Fyodor Dostoyevsky | [4.18](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7144.Crime_and_Punishment) | 2002 | +| 1984 | George Orwell | [4.17](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40961427-1984) | 1949 | +| Steppenwolf: A Novel | Hermann Hesse, Basil Creighton | [4.11](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16631.Steppenwolf) | 1999 | +| The Glass Bead Game | Hermann Hesse, Richard and Clara Winston | [4.11](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16634.The_Glass_Bead_Game) | 2002 | +| War and Peace | Leo Tolstoy | [4.11](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/656.War_and_Peace) | 1998 | +| Jane Eyre | Charlotte Brontë | [4.10](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10210.Jane_Eyre) | 1847 | +| Germinal | Emile Zola | [4.10](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28407.Germinal) | 2004 | +| If on a Winter's Night a Traveler | Italo Calvino and William Weaver | [4.08](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/374233.If_on_a_Winter_s_Night_a_Traveler) | 1982 | +| The Wall: (Intimacy) and Other Stories | Jean-Paul Sartre, Lloyd Alexander | [4.07](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10031.The_Wall) | 2010 | +| Sense and Sensibility | Jane Austen | [4.06](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14935.Sense_and_Sensibility) | 2003 | +| The Picture of Dorian Gray | Oscar Wilde | [4.06](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5297.The_Picture_of_Dorian_Gray) | 1998 | +| Watership Down: A Novel | Richard Adams | [4.05 ](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76620.Watership_Down) | 1975 | +| One Hundred Years of Solitude | Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Gregory Rabassa | [4.04](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/320.One_Hundred_Years_of_Solitude) | 2003 | +| The Death of Ivan Ilych | Leo Tolstoy | [4.04](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18386.The_Death_of_Ivan_Ilych) | | +| Anna Karenina | Leo Tolstoy | [4.02](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15823480-anna-karenina) | 2012 | +| Bleak House | Charles Dickens | [4.00](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31242.Bleak_House) | 2006 | +| J'accuse | Emile Zola | [3.99](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/816964.J_accuse) | 1998 | +| Catch 22 | Joseph Heller | [3.98](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4610.Catch_22) | 2004 | +| The House of Mirth | Edith Wharton | [3.94](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17728.The_House_of_Mirth) | 2006 | +| Confessions of a Mask | Yukio Mishima | [3.91](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62794.Confessions_of_a_Mask) | 1998 | +| De L'esprit Des Lois | Montesquieu | [3.91](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29854007-de-l-esprit-des-lois-nouvelle-edition) | 1995 | +| Love in the Time of Cholera | Gabriel García Marquéz | [3.9](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9712.Love_in_the_Time_of_Cholera) | 1985 | +| Don Quixote | Miguel de Cervantes | [3.85](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3836.Don_Quixote) | 2003 | +| Mansfield Park | Jane Austen | [3.84](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45032) | 2003 | +| Wuthering Heights | Emily Bronte | [3.82](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6185.Wuthering_Heights) | 2002 | +| Père Goriot | Honoré de Balzac | [3.82](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59145.P_re_Goriot) | 1997 | +| Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Mark Twain | [3.80](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2956.The_Adventures_of_Huckleberry_Finn) | 2002 | +| The Catcher in the Rye | J.D. Salinger | [3.79](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5107.The_Catcher_in_the_Rye) | 2001 | +| Eugénie Grandet | Honoré de Balzac | [3.79](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59142.Eug_nie_Grandet) | 2003 | +| Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values | Robert M. Pirsig | [3.76](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/629.Zen_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_Maintenance) | 1974 | +| Candide | Voltaire | [3.76](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19380.Candide) | 1991 | +| Atlas Shrugged | Ayn Rand | [3.68](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9365.Atlas_Shrugged) | 1957 | +| Madame Bovary | Gustave Flaubert | [3.65](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2175.Madame_Bovary) | 2004 | +| Confessions | Jean-Jacques Rousseau | [3.61](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12649.Confessions) | 2003 | +| Lettres persanes | Montesquieu | [3.54](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/509686.Persian_Letters) | | +| The Director | David Ignatius | [3.43](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23316525-the-director) | 2015 | + +### Fantasy +| Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | +|------|--------|------------------|----------------| +| The Kingkiller Chronicle | Patrick Rothfuss | [4.55](https://www.goodreads.com/series/45262-the-kingkiller-chronicle) | 2007 | +| The Lord of the Rings | J.R.R. Tolkien | [4.47](https://www.goodreads.com/series/66175-the-lord-of-the-rings) | 1954 | +| A Song of Ice and Fire | George R.R. Martin | [4.45](https://www.goodreads.com/series/43790-a-song-of-ice-and-fire) | 2005 | +| Harry Potter | J.K. Rowling | [4.44](https://www.goodreads.com/series/45175-harry-potter) | 1997 | +| Mistborn | Brandon Sanderson | [4.43](https://www.goodreads.com/series/40910-mistborn) | 2006 | +| Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality | Eliezer Yudkowsky | [4.38](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10016013-harry-potter-and-the-methods-of-rationality) | 2015 | +| Discworld | Terry Pratchett | [4.32](https://www.goodreads.com/series/40650-discworld) | 2001 | +| The Dark Tower | Stephen King | [4.27](https://www.goodreads.com/series/40750-the-dark-tower) | | +| His Dark Materials | Philip Pullman | [4.25](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18116.His_Dark_Materials) | | +| The Chronicles of Narnia | Clive Staples Lewis | [4.24](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11127.The_Chronicles_of_Narnia) | 2002 | +| The Last Wish - Saga | Andrzej Sapkowski | [4.2](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1128434.The_Last_Wish) | 1993 | +| The Wheel of Time | Robert Jordan | [4.19](https://www.goodreads.com/series/41526-the-wheel-of-time) | 1990 | +| 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 | +|------|--------|------------------|----------------| +| Lonesome Dove | Larry McMurtry | [4.47](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/256008.Lonesome_Dove) | 1999 | +| The Help | Kathryn Stockett | [4.45](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4667024-the-help) | | +| The Book Thief | Markus Zusak | [4.36](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19063.The_Book_Thief) | | +| All the Light We Cannot See | Anthony Doerr | [4.31](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18143977-all-the-light-we-cannot-see) | 2014 | +| The Pillars of the Earth | Ken Follett | [4.29](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5043.The_Pillars_of_the_Earth?from_search=true) | 2002 | +| Kane and Abel | Jeffrey Archer | [4.27](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/78983.Kane_and_Abel) | 2004 | +| Emma | Jane Austen | [3.99](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6969.Emma) | 2003 | +| 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) | 1996 | + +### 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 | +|------|--------|------------------|----------------| +| Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Conan Doyle | [4.30](https://www.goodreads.com/series/49996-sherlock-holmes) | 1998 | +| The Murder of Roger Ackroyd | Agatha Christie | [4.20](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16328.The_Murder_of_Roger_Ackroyd) | 2006 | +| The Eight | Katherine Neville | [4.17](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/113310.The_Eight) | | +| Memory Man | David Baldacci | [4.05](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23153154-memory-man) | 2015 | +| 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 | +|------|--------|------------------|----------------| +| The Martian | Andy Weir | [4.40](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18007564-the-martian) | 2012 | +| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams | [4.38](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11.The_Hitchhiker_s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy) | 1979 | +| Ready Player One | Ernest Cline | [4.31](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9969571-ready-player-one) | 2011 | +| Ender's Game - Saga | Orson Scott Card | [4.30](https://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=ender%27s+saga&search_type=books&search%5Bfield%5D=on) | 1994 | +| The Player of Games | Iain M. Banks | [4.26](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18630.The_Player_of_Games) | 1997 | +| The Fifth Sacred Thing | Starhawk | [4.25](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/80689.The_Fifth_Sacred_Thing) | 1994 | +| Hyperion | Dan Simmons | [4.21](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77566.Hyperion) | 1989 | +| Cosmicomics | Italo Calvino | [4.2](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59780.Cosmicomics) | 1965 | +| The Diamond Age | Neal Stephenson | [4.19](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/827.The_Diamond_Age) | 2000 | +| Dune Chronicles | Frank Herbert | [4.19](https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=dune) | 2006 | +| Foundation | Isaac Asimov | [4.13](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29579.Foundation) | 2004 | +| Snow Crash | Neal Stephenson | [4.02](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/830.Snow_Crash) | 2000 | +| Fahrenheit 451 | Ray Bradbury | [3.97](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17470674-fahrenheit-451) | 2006 | +| Little Brother | Cory Doctorow | [3.94](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/954674.Little_Brother) | 2008 | + +### Horror +| Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | +|------|--------|------------------|----------------| +| House of Leaves | Mark Z. Danielewski | [4.13](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24800.House_of_Leaves) | 2000 | +| 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 | +|------|--------|------------------|----------------| +| The Queen's Gambit | Walter Tevis | [4.11](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62022.The_Queen_s_Gambit) | | +| The Bone People | Keri Hulme | [4.06](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/460635.The_Bone_People) | 1986 | +| Cat's Eye | Margaret Atwood | [3.92](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51019.Cat_s_Eye) | 1998 | +| Xeelee Sequence | Stephen Baxter | [3.69](http://www.goodreads.com/series/49784-xeelee-sequence) | 1992 | +| 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 | +|------|--------|------------------|----------------| +| How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease | Michael Greger, M.D. | [4.54](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25663961-how-not-to-die) | 2015 | +| Overcoming Gravity: A Systematic Approach to Gymnastics and Bodyweight Strength (2nd edition) | Steven Low | [4.3](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33293328-overcoming-gravity) | 2016 | +| Convict Conditioning | Paul Wade | [4.13](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7305111-convict-conditioning) | 2012 | +| Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness | Scott Jurek, Steve Friedman | [3.95](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13202092-eat-and-run) | 2012 | +| 8 Weeks to Optimum Health | Andrew Weil | [3.86](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37124.8_Weeks_to_Optimum_Health) | | + +## Design +| Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | +|------|--------|------------------|----------------| +| Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction | Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein, Max Jacobson, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King and Shlomo Angel | [4.38](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79766.A_Pattern_Language) | 1977 | +| How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built | Stewart Brand | [4.32](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38310.How_Buildings_Learn) | 1995 | +| Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability | Steve Krug | [4.24](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18197267-don-t-make-me-think-revisited) | 2014 | +| The Design of Everyday Things | Donald Norman | [4.18](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/840.The_Design_of_Everyday_Things) | 2002 | +| 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 | + +## Nature +| Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | +|------|--------|------------------|----------------| +| Pilgrim at Tinker Creek | Annie Dillard | [4.11](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12527.Pilgrim_at_Tinker_Creek) | 1974 | + +## Credits + + +## License +[![CC0](http://i.creativecommons.org/p/zero/1.0/88x31.png)](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) + +To the extent possible under law, [Vishnu Ks](https://github.com/hackerkid) has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work. diff --git a/app/src/components/categorydescription.js b/app/src/components/categorydescription.js new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4de9a3e --- /dev/null +++ b/app/src/components/categorydescription.js @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +import React from "react"; + + +export default ({categoryName}) => { + return ( +
+

+ Mind expanding books on {categoryName} +

+
+ ) +} diff --git a/utils/books.json b/utils/books.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4b99152 --- /dev/null +++ b/utils/books.json @@ -0,0 +1,2850 @@ +[ + { + "author": "Phil Knight", + "category": "Startups and Business", + "rating": "4.46", + "title": "Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike", + "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27220736-shoe-dog", + "year": "2016" + }, + { + "author": "Darren Hardy", + "category": "Startups and Business", + "rating": "4.40", + "title": "The Compound Effect", + "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9420697-the-compound-effect", + "year": "2010" + }, + { + "author": "Andy Grove", + "category": "Startups and Business", + "rating": "4.38", + "title": "High Output Management", + "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/324750.High_Output_Management", + "year": "1995" + }, + { + "author": "Napoleon Hill", + "category": "Startups and Business", + "rating": "4.38", + "title": "Outwitting the Devil: The Secret to Freedom and Success", + "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10713286-outwitting-the-devil", + "year": "2011" + }, + { + "author": "Jack Canfield, Janet Switzer", + "category": "Startups and Business", + "rating": "4.26", + "title": "How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be : The 25 Principles of Success", + "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96593.The_Success_Principles", + "year": "2007" + }, + { + "author": "Michael Lewis", + "category": "Startups and Business", + "rating": "4.26", + "title": "The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine", + "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8032112-the-big-short", + "year": "2015" + }, + { + "author": "Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh", + "category": "Startups and Business", + "rating": "4.21", + "title": "The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership", + "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6342995-the-score-takes-care-of-itself", + "year": "2009" + }, + { + "author": "Ben Horowitz", + 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Singer and August Cole", + "category": " Miscellaneous", + "rating": "3.62", + "title": "Ghost Fleet", + "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22749719-ghost-fleet?from_search=true", + "year": "2015" + }, + { + "author": "Marc Goodman", + "category": " Miscellaneous", + "rating": "3.42", + "title": "Future Crimes", + "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22318398-future-crimes?from_search=true", + "year": "1990" + }, + { + "author": "Michael Greger, M.D.", + "category": "Health", + "rating": "4.54", + "title": "How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease", + "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25663961-how-not-to-die", + "year": "2015" + }, + { + "author": "Steven Low", + "category": "Health", + "rating": "4.3", + "title": "Overcoming Gravity: A Systematic Approach to Gymnastics and Bodyweight Strength (2nd edition)", + "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33293328-overcoming-gravity", + "year": "2016" + }, + { + "author": "Paul Wade", + "category": "Health", + "rating": "4.13", + "title": "Convict Conditioning", + "url": "http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7305111-convict-conditioning", + "year": "2012" + }, + { + "author": "Scott Jurek, Steve Friedman", + "category": "Health", + "rating": "3.95", + "title": "Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness", + "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13202092-eat-and-run", + "year": "2012" + }, + { + "author": "Andrew Weil", + "category": "Health", + "rating": "3.86", + "title": "8 Weeks to Optimum Health", + "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37124.8_Weeks_to_Optimum_Health", + "year": "" + }, + { + "author": "Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein, Max Jacobson, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King and Shlomo Angel", + "category": "Design", + "rating": "4.38", + "title": "Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction", + "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79766.A_Pattern_Language", + "year": "1977" + }, + { + "author": "Stewart Brand", + "category": "Design", + "rating": "4.32", + "title": "How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built", + "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38310.How_Buildings_Learn", + "year": "1995" + }, + { + "author": "Steve Krug", + "category": "Design", + "rating": "4.24", + "title": "Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability", + "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18197267-don-t-make-me-think-revisited", + "year": "2014" + }, + { + "author": "Donald Norman", + "category": "Design", + "rating": "4.18", + "title": "The Design of Everyday Things", + "url": "http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/840.The_Design_of_Everyday_Things", + "year": "2002" + }, + { + "author": "Alan Fletcher", + "category": "Design", + "rating": "4.10", + "title": "The Art of Looking Sideways", + "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15778.The_Art_of_Looking_Sideways", + "year": "2001" + }, + { + "author": "Joshua Foer", + "category": "Travel", + "rating": "4.24", + "title": "Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders", + "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28110891-atlas-obscura", + "year": "2016" + }, + { + "author": "Douglas R. Hofstadter", + "category": "Language", + "rating": "4.22", + "title": "Le Ton beau de Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language", + "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/248193.Le_Ton_beau_de_Marot", + "year": "1997" + }, + { + "author": "Annie Dillard", + "category": "Nature", + "rating": "4.11", + "title": "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek", + "url": "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12527.Pilgrim_at_Tinker_Creek", + "year": "1974" + } +] diff --git a/utils/config-sample.py b/utils/config-sample.py index fb6d300..cc6b7c0 100644 --- a/utils/config-sample.py +++ b/utils/config-sample.py @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ # save this file as 'config.py' and then, fill it with you api key -GOODREADS_PUBLIC_API_KEY = 'write here your goodreads public API key' \ No newline at end of file +GOODREADS_PUBLIC_API_KEY = "write here your goodreads public API key" diff --git a/utils/gooodreads.py b/utils/gooodreads.py index 53d3cca..cb1646a 100644 --- a/utils/gooodreads.py +++ b/utils/gooodreads.py @@ -8,46 +8,53 @@ from config import GOODREADS_PUBLIC_API_KEY def get_details(book_object): - url = "http://www.goodreads.com/book/title.xml?key={}&title={}".format(GOODREADS_PUBLIC_API_KEY, - urllib.parse.quote_plus(book_object['title'])) + url = "http://www.goodreads.com/book/title.xml?key={}&title={}".format( + GOODREADS_PUBLIC_API_KEY, urllib.parse.quote_plus(book_object["title"]) + ) try: tree = ET.ElementTree(file=urllib.request.urlopen(url)) root = tree.getroot() - book = root.find('book') - book_object['year'] = book.find('publication_year').text or '' - book_object['lang'] = book.find('language_code').text - book_object['rating'] = book.find('average_rating').text - book_object['pages'] = book.find('num_pages').text - book_object['image_url'] = book.find('image_url').text + book = root.find("book") + book_object["year"] = book.find("publication_year").text or "" + book_object["lang"] = book.find("language_code").text + book_object["rating"] = book.find("average_rating").text + book_object["pages"] = book.find("num_pages").text + book_object["image_url"] = book.find("image_url").text except urllib.error.HTTPError as e: - print('Error getting book details from GoodReads for book: {}. \nGot error: '.format(book_object['title'])) - print(str(e.getcode()) + ' ' + e.msg) + print( + "Error getting book details from GoodReads for book: {}. \nGot error: ".format( + book_object["title"] + ) + ) + print(str(e.getcode()) + " " + e.msg) def get_goodread_info(library, force): import sys - print('') - print('Getting GoodReads data...') + + print("") + print("Getting GoodReads data...") processed = 0 total_book_count = 0 for key in library: total_book_count += len(library[key]) - for category in library: book_list = library[category] for book in book_list: # do not call the api again if we already have the infomation - if not force and 'rating' in book and book['rating']: + if not force and "rating" in book and book["rating"]: processed += 1 continue get_details(book) processed += 1 - print('{}/{} records processed.'.format(processed, total_book_count), end="\b") - sys.stdout.write('\r') + print( + "{}/{} records processed.".format(processed, total_book_count), end="\b" + ) + sys.stdout.write("\r") sys.stdout.flush() # <- makes python print it anyway # need to wait a second between the requests, to not abuse the API diff --git a/utils/housekeep.py b/utils/housekeep.py index 5cc5fb6..fb8803c 100644 --- a/utils/housekeep.py +++ b/utils/housekeep.py @@ -7,65 +7,62 @@ import simplejson # ARGUMENT HANDLING try: import argparse - parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Process file.') + + parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Process file.") + parser.add_argument("--in_file", help="File to process, defaults to ./../README.MD") parser.add_argument( - '--in_file', - help='File to process, defaults to ./../README.MD') - parser.add_argument( - '--out_file', - help='File to save to, defaults to ./../README-NEW.MD') - parser.add_argument( - '--input_file_type', - choices=['old', 'new'], - help='old if links are displayed in a list, new if in a table') - parser.add_argument( - '--sort_by', - choices = ['rating', 'title', 'author', 'year'], - help='defaults to rating') - parser.add_argument( - '--force', - dest='force', - action='store_true', - default=False + "--out_file", help="File to save to, defaults to ./../README-NEW.MD" ) parser.add_argument( - '--store-json', - dest='store_json', - action='store_true', - default=False + "--input_file_type", + choices=["old", "new"], + help="old if links are displayed in a list, new if in a table", + ) + parser.add_argument( + "--sort_by", + choices=["rating", "title", "author", "year"], + help="defaults to rating", + ) + parser.add_argument("--force", dest="force", action="store_true", default=False) + parser.add_argument( + "--store-json", dest="store_json", action="store_true", default=False ) flags = parser.parse_args() except ImportError: flags = None -def sort(library, key_to_sort_on, reverse = False): +def sort(library, key_to_sort_on, reverse=False): new_library = {} for key in library: books = library[key] - new_library[key] = sorted(books, key=lambda k: k[key_to_sort_on], reverse=reverse) + new_library[key] = sorted( + books, key=lambda k: k[key_to_sort_on], reverse=reverse + ) return new_library + def format_library(library): formated_library = [] for category in library: for book in library[category]: - book["category"] = category[len("## "):] + book["category"] = category[len("## ") :] formated_library.append(book) return formated_library + def main(): from read_file import load from gooodreads import get_goodread_info from write_file import render - in_file = flags.in_file or './../README.md' - out_file = flags.out_file or './../README-new.md' - input_file_type = flags.input_file_type or 'new' - sort_by = flags.sort_by or 'rating' + in_file = flags.in_file or "./../README.md" + out_file = flags.out_file or "./../README-new.md" + input_file_type = flags.input_file_type or "new" + sort_by = flags.sort_by or "rating" force = flags.force store_json = flags.store_json - reverse = True if sort_by == 'rating' else False + reverse = True if sort_by == "rating" else False library = load(in_file, input_file_type) get_goodread_info(library, force) @@ -74,5 +71,7 @@ def main(): if store_json: with open("out.json", "w") as f: f.write(simplejson.dumps(format_library(library), indent=4, sort_keys=True)) -if __name__ == '__main__': + + +if __name__ == "__main__": main() diff --git a/utils/pyvenv.cfg b/utils/pyvenv.cfg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e7c42a0 --- /dev/null +++ b/utils/pyvenv.cfg @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +home = /usr +implementation = CPython +version_info = 3.8.2.final.0 +virtualenv = 20.0.20 +include-system-site-packages = false +base-prefix = /usr +base-exec-prefix = /usr +base-executable = /usr/bin/python3 diff --git a/utils/read_file.py b/utils/read_file.py index 42744d6..707eba3 100644 --- a/utils/read_file.py +++ b/utils/read_file.py @@ -8,24 +8,24 @@ def read_file_content(file): # old (list) def parse_book_string(book_string): book = {} - book['title'] = book_string.split('[')[1].split(']')[0] - book['url'] = book_string.split(']')[1].split('(')[1].split(')')[0] - book['author'] = book_string.split(' by ')[-1] - book['rating'] = '' - book['year'] = '' + book["title"] = book_string.split("[")[1].split("]")[0] + book["url"] = book_string.split("]")[1].split("(")[1].split(")")[0] + book["author"] = book_string.split(" by ")[-1] + book["rating"] = "" + book["year"] = "" return book # new (table) def parse_book_string_new(book_string): book = {} - book_split = book_string.split('|') + book_split = book_string.split("|") # print(book_split) - book['title'] = book_split[1].strip() - book['author'] = book_split[2].strip() - book['url'] = book_split[3].strip().split('[')[1].split('(')[1].split(')')[0] - book['rating'] = book_split[3].strip().split('[')[1].split(']')[0] - book['year'] = book_split[4].strip() + book["title"] = book_split[1].strip() + book["author"] = book_split[2].strip() + book["url"] = book_split[3].strip().split("[")[1].split("(")[1].split(")")[0] + book["rating"] = book_split[3].strip().split("[")[1].split("]")[0] + book["year"] = book_split[4].strip() return book @@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ def load(file, file_type): file = read_file_content(file) # we start one line after tilte # Books - line_to_start = file.index('# Books') + 1 - current_title = '' + line_to_start = file.index("# Books") + 1 + current_title = "" books_under_current_title = [] library = {} @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def load(file, file_type): line = file[i] # we have a title - if line.startswith('##'): + if line.startswith("##"): if len(current_title) == 0: current_title = line else: @@ -52,12 +52,16 @@ def load(file, file_type): continue # we have a book - if file_type == 'old': - if line.startswith('*'): + if file_type == "old": + if line.startswith("*"): book = parse_book_string(line) books_under_current_title.append(book) else: - if line.startswith('|') and not line.startswith('| Name') and not line.startswith('|---'): + if ( + line.startswith("|") + and not line.startswith("| Name") + and not line.startswith("|---") + ): book = parse_book_string_new(line) books_under_current_title.append(book) diff --git a/utils/requirements.txt b/utils/requirements.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..279687b --- /dev/null +++ b/utils/requirements.txt @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +appdirs==1.4.4 +attrs==20.1.0 +black==19.10b0 +click==7.1.2 +pathspec==0.8.0 +regex==2020.7.14 +toml==0.10.1 +typed-ast==1.4.1 diff --git a/utils/update_json_files.py b/utils/update_json_files.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..90a3781 --- /dev/null +++ b/utils/update_json_files.py @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +import json + +from read_file import load + + +if __name__ == "__main__": + library = load("../README.md", "new") diff --git a/utils/write_file.py b/utils/write_file.py index af19e58..972c68e 100644 --- a/utils/write_file.py +++ b/utils/write_file.py @@ -4,14 +4,12 @@ import os def render_book_line(book_object): book = book_object - book['rating'] = '?' if not 'rating' in book else book['rating'] - book['url'] = '' if not 'url' in book else book['url'] - book['year'] = '' if not 'year' in book else book['year'] - return '| {} | {} | [{}]({}) | {} | \n'.format(book['title'], - book['author'], - book['rating'], - book['url'], - book['year']) + book["rating"] = "?" if not "rating" in book else book["rating"] + book["url"] = "" if not "url" in book else book["url"] + book["year"] = "" if not "year" in book else book["year"] + return "| {} | {} | [{}]({}) | {} | \n".format( + book["title"], book["author"], book["rating"], book["url"], book["year"] + ) # TODO: refine this logic @@ -21,32 +19,37 @@ def render(in_file, out_file, library): savig the new file to tmp_file location, the copying it to out-file and deleting tmp_file this is done to prevent issues if the in and the out file are the same """ - tmp_file = './.tmp-file.md' - open(tmp_file, 'a').close() + tmp_file = "./.tmp-file.md" + open(tmp_file, "a").close() books_not_reached = True - with open(tmp_file, 'w') as out_file_tmp: + with open(tmp_file, "w") as out_file_tmp: with open(in_file) as original_file: for line in original_file: if line.strip() in library: - if not books_not_reached: out_file_tmp.write('\n') + if not books_not_reached: + out_file_tmp.write("\n") books_not_reached = False # render chapter and start of the table out_file_tmp.write(line) if len(library[line.strip()]) > 0: - out_file_tmp.write('| Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | \n') - out_file_tmp.write('|------|--------|------------------|----------------| \n') + out_file_tmp.write( + "| Name | Author | Goodreads Rating | Year Published | \n" + ) + out_file_tmp.write( + "|------|--------|------------------|----------------| \n" + ) # render books for book in library[line.strip()]: out_file_tmp.write(render_book_line(book)) elif books_not_reached: out_file_tmp.write(line) - elif line.startswith('## License'): - out_file_tmp.write('\n') - out_file_tmp.write('\n') + elif line.startswith("## License"): + out_file_tmp.write("\n") + out_file_tmp.write("\n") out_file_tmp.write(line) books_not_reached = True copyfile(tmp_file, out_file) - os.remove(tmp_file) \ No newline at end of file + os.remove(tmp_file)