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| − | A (currently unfinished) list of all the books I've read, by category, then in alphabetical order, so I can keep track of them. You may find it useful if you think I have good taste, owing to how it is categorized. You will also find occasional mini-reviews. See also my [[Reading list]] | + | A (currently unfinished) list of all the books I've read, by category, then in alphabetical order, so I can keep track of them. You may find it useful if you think I have good taste, owing to how it is categorized. You will also find occasional mini-reviews. See also my [[Reading list]]. |
== Books I want to read again == | == Books I want to read again == | ||
| − | * [[Wikipedia:How to Read a Book|How to Read a Book]], by [[Wikipedia:Mortimer Adler|Mortimer Adler]] and [[Wikipedia:Charles Van Doren|Charles Van Doren]] | + | * ''[[Wikipedia:How to Read a Book|How to Read a Book]]'', by [[Wikipedia:Mortimer Adler|Mortimer Adler]] and [[Wikipedia:Charles Van Doren|Charles Van Doren]] |
| − | * [[Wikipedia:Gödel, Escher, Bach|Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid]], by [[Wikipedia:Douglas Hofstadter|Douglas Hofstadter]] | + | * ''[[Wikipedia:Le Ton beau de Marot|Le Ton beau de Marot]]'', by [[Wikipedia:Douglas Hofstadter|Douglas Hofstadter]] |
| + | * ''[[Wikipedia:Gödel, Escher, Bach|Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid]]'', by [[Wikipedia:Douglas Hofstadter|Douglas Hofstadter]] | ||
== Books I am fine with never reading again == | == Books I am fine with never reading again == | ||
=== Those that I have read once === | === Those that I have read once === | ||
| − | * [http://lib.freescienceengineering.org/view.php?id=771245 Influence], by [[Wikipedia:Robert Cialdini|Robert Cialdini]] | + | * ''[http://lib.freescienceengineering.org/view.php?id=771245 Influence]'', by [[Wikipedia:Robert Cialdini|Robert Cialdini]] |
** Felt very smarmy and deceptive. The research was sorely lacking. I only don't regret reading this because so many people reference it, and it was an acceptable introduction to the field. Chapter 3 was good, though. | ** Felt very smarmy and deceptive. The research was sorely lacking. I only don't regret reading this because so many people reference it, and it was an acceptable introduction to the field. Chapter 3 was good, though. | ||
| − | * [http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/myers7e/default.asp?s=&n=&i=&v=&o=&ns=0&t=&uid=0&rau=0 Psychology, 7th Edition], by [[Wikipedia:David Myers (academic)|David G. Myers]] | + | * ''[http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/myers7e/default.asp?s=&n=&i=&v=&o=&ns=0&t=&uid=0&rau=0 Psychology, 7th Edition]'', by [[Wikipedia:David Myers (academic)|David G. Myers]] |
** For a long time, the only textbook I ever read all the way through. Deservedly popular, excellent throughout. | ** For a long time, the only textbook I ever read all the way through. Deservedly popular, excellent throughout. | ||
** [http://csml.som.ohio-state.edu/Music829C/hindsight.bias.html Here] is a sample of the author's work from a different textbook. | ** [http://csml.som.ohio-state.edu/Music829C/hindsight.bias.html Here] is a sample of the author's work from a different textbook. | ||
| + | * ''[[Permutation City]]'', by [[Wikipedia:Greg Egan|Greg Egan]] | ||
| + | * ''[http://www.sirlin.net/ptw-book/prologue.html Playing to Win]], by [[Wikipedia:David Sirlin|David Sirlin]] | ||
| + | * ''Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman'', by [[Wikipedia:Richard Feynman|Richard Feynman]] | ||
== Books I regret reading == | == Books I regret reading == | ||
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* ''The Art of Learning'', by Josh Waitzkin | * ''The Art of Learning'', by Josh Waitzkin | ||
** Faff. It's a book about how great it is to be Josh Waitzkin and about the phenomenology of competition, not a book about how to learn. Read ''Playing to Win'' instead. | ** Faff. It's a book about how great it is to be Josh Waitzkin and about the phenomenology of competition, not a book about how to learn. Read ''Playing to Win'' instead. | ||
| + | * ''The Lucifer Effect'', by [[Wikipedia:Philip Zimbardo|Philip Zimbardo]] | ||
Revision as of 03:02, 22 November 2013
A (currently unfinished) list of all the books I've read, by category, then in alphabetical order, so I can keep track of them. You may find it useful if you think I have good taste, owing to how it is categorized. You will also find occasional mini-reviews. See also my Reading list.
Contents
Books I want to read again
- How to Read a Book, by Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren
- Le Ton beau de Marot, by Douglas Hofstadter
- Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, by Douglas Hofstadter
Books I am fine with never reading again
Those that I have read once
- Influence, by Robert Cialdini
- Felt very smarmy and deceptive. The research was sorely lacking. I only don't regret reading this because so many people reference it, and it was an acceptable introduction to the field. Chapter 3 was good, though.
- Psychology, 7th Edition, by David G. Myers
- For a long time, the only textbook I ever read all the way through. Deservedly popular, excellent throughout.
- Here is a sample of the author's work from a different textbook.
- Permutation City, by Greg Egan
- Playing to Win], by David Sirlin
- Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman, by Richard Feynman
Books I regret reading
- The Art of Learning, by Josh Waitzkin
- Faff. It's a book about how great it is to be Josh Waitzkin and about the phenomenology of competition, not a book about how to learn. Read Playing to Win instead.
- The Lucifer Effect, by Philip Zimbardo
