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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]].
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| − | == Books I want to read again ==
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| − | * ''[[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]]
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| − | * ''[[Wikipedia:Le Ton beau de Marot|Le Ton beau de Marot]]'', by [[Wikipedia:Douglas Hofstadter|Douglas Hofstadter]]
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| − | * ''[[Wikipedia:Gödel, Escher, Bach|Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid]]'', by [[Wikipedia:Douglas Hofstadter|Douglas Hofstadter]]
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| − | == Books I am fine with never reading again ==
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| − | === Those that I have read once ===
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| − | * ''[[Wikipedia:Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy|Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy]]'', by [[Wikipedia: David D. Burns|David D. Burns]]
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| − | * ''[http://lib.freescienceengineering.org/view.php?id=771245 Influence]'', by [[Wikipedia:Robert Cialdini|Robert Cialdini]]
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| − | ** 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.
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| − | * ''[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]]
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| − | ** For a long time, the only textbook I ever read all the way through. Deservedly popular, excellent throughout.
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| − | ** [http://csml.som.ohio-state.edu/Music829C/hindsight.bias.html Here] is a sample of the author's work from a different textbook.
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| − | * ''[[Wikipedia:Permutation City|Permutation City]]'', by [[Wikipedia:Greg Egan|Greg Egan]]
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| − | * ''[http://www.sirlin.net/ptw-book/prologue.html Playing to Win], by [[Wikipedia:David Sirlin|David Sirlin]]
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| − | * ''[[Wikipedia:The Selfish Gene|The Selfish Gene]]'', by [[Wikipedia:Richard Dawkins|Richard Dawkins]]
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| − | * ''[http://lib.freescienceengineering.org/view.php?id=597279 Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman]'', by [[Wikipedia:Richard Feynman|Richard Feynman]]
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| − | ** Absolutely delightful, but just some stories. Possibly useful for [http://lesswrong.com/lw/4ku/use_curiosity/ inducing curiosity].
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| − | == Books I regret reading ==
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| − | Nota bene: only those books I managed to get all the way through made this list.
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| − | * ''The Art of Learning'', by Josh Waitzkin
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| − | ** Faff. It's about how great it is to be Josh Waitzkin and the phenomenology of competition, not about how to learn. Read ''Playing to Win'' instead.
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| − | * ''Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?'', by Philip K. Dick
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| − | * ''How to Read Faster and Recall More: Learn the Art of Speed Reading with Maximum Recall'', by Gordon R. Wainwright
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| − | * ''The Lucifer Effect'', by [[Wikipedia:Philip Zimbardo|Philip Zimbardo]]
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| − | * ''Speed Reading for Dummies''
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| − | ** The scant good in this is in Wainwright's much shorter book, which is also bad.
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