This blog is primarily focused on issues of importance to me in my work, and so this post is a bit of a departure, but I thought perhaps an interesting one. I read a lot of interesting articles, white papers, and the occasional book for work; but when I'm not at work, I read a lot. About all sorts of things.
A good friend posted a list of the books she read this past year, and I thought that I would do the same. Since I didn't actually keep track throughout the year, here are just a few of the recent reads I can remember. I also thought it would be fun to include those books already in the queue for 2010.
What other books do you think I should add to my list, and what will you be reading this year?
Recently Read
Just How Stupid Are We by Rick Shenkman
The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Paper Daughter: A Memoir by M. Elaine Mar
Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
God Says No by James Hannaham
In Progress
What is the What by Dave Eggers
The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, From Edison to Google by Nicholas Carr
The First 90 Days by Michael Watkins
In the Queue (in no particular order)
No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July
The Undercover Economist by Tim Harford
The Ministry of Pain by Dubravka Ugresic
We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda by Philip Gourevitch
White Noise by Don DeLillo
The White Album by Joan Didion
Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters by Jessica Valenti
Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story by Timothy B. Tyson