Arun Mani
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I review books I read and share my thoughts about them.

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Shoe Dog

Phil Knight

The story of Nike narrated by its co-founder.

Deep Work

Cal Newport

The art of focused work in a world full of distraction.

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

Depressing story of two women in Afghanistan.

1984

George Orwell

A dystopian nightmare where war is peace and freedom is slavery.

The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

Life of a teenager with angst, alienation and superficiality.

The Metamorphisis

Franz Kafka

Worst nightmare for a family with single breadwinner.

Siddhartha

Hermann Hesse

A story of discovering one's own enlightenment.

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari

An opinionated perspective of humans history.

Six Easy Pieces

Richard Feynman

A good re-introduction to physics if you are already in touch with physics.

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

Neil deGrasse Tyson

It is really astrophysics for people in a hurry.

Numbers Don't Lie

Vaclav Smil

Essays about random subjects in a rational way.

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

Eric Jorgenson

A good starter for wealth, philosophy and life.

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