2016 in Books

04 Jan 2017

History and Politics

A Little History of the World by E.H. Gombrich
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome by Susan Wise Bauer
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland
How to Run a Country: An Ancient Guide for Modern Leaders by Marcus Tullius Cicero
How to Win an Election: An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians by Quintus Tullius Cicero
Augustus: The Life of Rome’s First Emperor by Anthony Everitt
Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome by Anthony Everitt
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard
Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress–and a Plan to Stop It by Lawrence Lessig
The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians by Peter Heather

The 33 Strategies of War by Robert Greene
The Discourses by Epictetus
On Anger by Seneca
The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness and Effectiveness by Sharon Lebell
On the Shortness of Life by Seneca
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Letters from a Stoic by Seneca
The Like Switch: An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide to Influencin, Attracting, and Winning People Over by Jack Schafer
A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William B. Irvine

Keynes Hayek: The Clash that Defined Modern Economics by Nicholas Wapshott
The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich Hayek
Basic Economics: A Citizen’s Guide to the Economy by Thomas Sowell
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers by Ben Horowitz
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel

Diet Cults: The Surprising Fallacy at the Core of Nutrition Fads and a Guide to Healthy Eating for the Rest of US by Matt Fitzgerald
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman