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Favourite Books

Last update: 2025-03-08

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In no particular order below, my favourite literary works serve as sources of wisdom that I regularly revisit. Some of these books function as technical guides, while others assist me in overcoming everyday challenges. Additionally, the list provides a concise recommendation when necessary, although I rarely do so as I believe that each individual should discover their own learning path.

  1. The Autobiography of Charles Darwin (Darwin, 2003)
  2. New York: The Novel (Rutherfurd, 2010)
  3. Killing Commendatore (Murakami, 2019)
  4. Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind: 50th Anniversary Edition (Suzuki, 2020)
  5. Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story in Music Lessons (Denk, 2022)
  6. Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything (Foer, 2011)
  7. Novelist as a Vocation (Murakami, 2022)
  8. Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise (Ericsson & Pool, 2017)
  9. Tao Te Ching: Text Only Edition (Tzu & Needleman, 1989)
  10. The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance (Waitzkin, 2007)
  11. The Art of Practicing: A Guide to Making Music from the Heart (Bruser & Menuhin, 1999)
  12. The I Ching (Smith, 2012)
  13. How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method (Polya & Conway, 2014)
  14. The Basic Rules of Human Stupidity (Cipolla, 2019)
  15. How to Read a Book (Adler & Doren, 1972)
  16. Fooled by Randomness (Taleb, 2005)
  17. On Truth (Frankfurt, 2006)
  18. On Bullshit (Frankfurt, 2005)
  19. The Order of Time (Rovelli, 2018)

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References

Adler, M. J., & Doren, C. V. (1972). How to Read a Book (Revised and Updated ed. edition). Touchstone.
Bruser, M., & Menuhin, Y. (1999). The Art of Practicing: A Guide to Making Music from the Heart (Illustrated edition). Crown.
Cipolla, C. M. (2019). The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity.
Darwin, C. (2003). The Autobiography of Charles Darwin. Icon,Totem Books.
Denk, J. (2022). Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story in Music Lessons (First edition). Random House.
Ericsson, K. A., & Pool, R. (2017). Peak: how to master almost anything. Penguin.
Foer, J. (2011). Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything.
Frankfurt, H. G. (2005). On Bullshit. Princeton University Press.
Frankfurt, H. G. (2006). On Truth. Knopf.
Murakami, H. (2019). Killing Commendatore. Anchor Canada.
Murakami, H. (2022). Novelist as a Vocation (P. Gabriel & T. Goossen, Trans.). Bond Street Books.
Polya, G., & Conway, J. H. (2014). How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method (With a Foreword by John H. Con ed. edition). Princeton University Press.
Rovelli, C. (2018). The Order of Time. http://www.librarything.com/work/19654684/book/161233623
Rutherfurd, E. (2010). New York: The Novel. Anchor Canada.
Smith, R. J. (2012). The I Ching: A Biography (First Edition). Princeton University Press.
Suzuki, S. (2020). Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind: 50th Anniversary Edition (Anniversary edition). Shambhala.
Taleb, N. N. (2005). Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto). http://www.librarything.com/work/7533
Tzu, L., & Needleman, J. (1989). Tao Te Ching: Text Only Edition (G.-F. Feng, J. English, & T. Lippe, Trans.; Reprint edition). Vintage.
Waitzkin, J. (2007). The art of learning: a journey in the pursuit of excellence. Free Press.