Books I’ve read and recommend.
Read: June 2026
Author: Andrew Ross Sorkin
First published: 2025
Author honors: Gerald Loeb Awards (financial journalism); Too Big to Fail was a Samuel Johnson Prize finalist (2010)
View details for 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History
Read: April 2019
Author: Edmund Richardson
First published: 2025
Author: Brett Cohen, Alyssa Favreau & Alanna Kalb
First published: 2025
Quirk Books 'Stuff You Should Know' series (#31)
Read: April 2025
Author: Daniel Herrero
First published: 2024
Author was president of Toyota Argentina (2010–2022)
View details for Kaizen: el método Toyota de la mejora continua
Author: Jonathan Eig
First published: 2023
Biography of Martin Luther King Jr.
Read: April 2026
Author: Marcus Aurelius, Robin Waterfield
First published: 2015
Edition: 2022
The book has historical significance as a window into the thought of Roman Emperors and the reigning philosophical currents of the time. I personally found it incredible to be able to see the daily handwriting of the…
Author: Andy Borowitz
First published: 2022
Listed as 'Profiles on Ignorance' Author honors: First recipient of the National Press Club's humor award (2012)
View details for Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber
Author: William MacAskill
First published: 2022
Read: January 2021
Author: Mauricio Macri
First published: 2021
Author: Nicole Perlroth
First published: 2021
Author: James Nestor
First published: 2020
Read: May 2020
Author: Maristella Svampa & Enrique Viale
First published: 2020
It is a good invitation to thinking and philosophizing. The premise that capitalism does not provide answers to all the questions is one I share absolutely. I believe, however, that we are still to find a practical al…
Author: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
First published: 2019
Read: April 2021
Author: Pierre Branda
First published: 2018
La Saga des Bonaparte (French) El Ateneo 'Historia de Familias' series
Read: September 2026
Author: David E. Hoffman
First published: 2009
Edition: 2018
A masterful investigation and a tremendous piece of journalistic work. The terrifying depiction of the arms race and military buildup that preceded the fall of the Soviet Union provides much food for thought when cons…
Author: Brian W. Kernighan
First published: 2017
2nd edition 2021 Author honors: Member, U.S. National Academy of Engineering
Author: Salim Ismail, Michael S. Malone & Yuri van Geest
First published: 2014
Read: June 2013
Author: Virginia Messi & Juan Manuel Bordón
First published: 2014
Author: Serhii Plokhy
First published: 2014
View details for The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet Union
Author: Javier Negrete
First published: 2013
Author honors: Premio Minotauro (2006, Señores del Olimpo); Premio Ignotus
Author: Patrick Lencioni
First published: 2012
Author: Meg Jay
First published: 2012
Author: Daron Acemoglu & James A. Robinson
First published: 2012
Author: Richard Rumelt
First published: 2011
Read: February 2016
Author: Ben Kane
First published: 2011
Enemy of Rome; Fields of Blood; Clouds of War
Author: Yuval Noah Harari
First published: 2011
Hebrew original 2011; English 2014 Author honors: Polonsky Prize for Creativity and Originality (2009, 2012)
Author: Daniel Kahneman
First published: 2011
Author honors: Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2002); Presidential Medal of Freedom (2013)
Read: February 2018
Author: Jean des Cars
First published: 2010
La Saga des Habsbourg (French) Likely the El Ateneo edition of Jean des Cars' book
Author: Wes Moore
First published: 2010
Author honors: Bronze Star; Rhodes Scholar; Governor of Maryland (2023– )
Author: Robert Kegan & Lisa Laskow Lahey
First published: 2009
Harvard Business Press
Author: Marcos Aguinis
First published: 2009
Author honors: Premio Planeta (Spain, 1970, La cruz invertida) – first non-Spaniard to win
Author: Jean des Cars
First published: 2008
La Saga des Romanov (French) Likely the El Ateneo edition of Jean des Cars' book
Author: Doris Kearns Goodwin
First published: 2005
Basis for Spielberg's film Lincoln (2012) Author honors: Pulitzer Prize for History (1995, for No Ordinary Time)
View details for Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Author: Neil Strauss
First published: 2005
Author: Silvia Federici
First published: 2004
Author: Lothar Machtan
First published: 2001
Hitlers Geheimnis (German)
Author: Herbert P. Bix
First published: 2000
Author: Anthony Bourdain
First published: 2000
Author honors: Peabody Award (2013, Parts Unknown); multiple Emmy Awards
Author: Robert A. Dahl
First published: 1998
Author honors: Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science (1995, first recipient)
Author: Robert Greene
First published: 1998
Author: Jared Diamond
First published: 1997
Author honors: National Medal of Science (1999); MacArthur Fellowship (1985)
Author: Daniel Goleman
First published: 1995
Author honors: APA Career Achievement Award for journalism; twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize
Read: January 2016
Author: Christian Jacq
First published: 1995
Le Fils de la lumière; Le Temple des millions d'années; La Bataille de Kadesh; La Reine d'Abou Simbel; Sous l'acacia d'Occident Author honors: Prix des Maisons de la Presse (1988, for Champollion l'Égyptien)
Author: Jim Collins & Jerry I. Porras
First published: 1994
Author: Robert Kegan
First published: 1994
Harvard University Press
View details for In Over Our Heads: The Mental Demands of Modern Life
Read: July 2011
Author: Richard West
First published: 1994
Read: June 2018
Author: Edward Rutherfurd
First published: 1991
Author: Jostein Gaarder
First published: 1991
Sofies verden (Norwegian) Author honors: Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature (1990)
Author: Roger Fisher & William Ury (with Bruce Patton)
First published: 1981
Author: David Irving
First published: 1977
Author was later discredited as a Holocaust denier (lost libel case, 2000)
Author: John Brooks
First published: 1969
Famously Bill Gates' and Warren Buffett's favorite business book
Author: Truman Capote
First published: 1966
Author honors: O. Henry Award (short fiction)
Author: Ray Bradbury
First published: 1953
Author honors: Pulitzer Prize Special Citation (2007); National Medal of Arts (2004)
Author: Ernest Hemingway
First published: 1952
Author honors: Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1953); Nobel Prize in Literature (1954)
Author: Jorge Luis Borges
First published: 1949
Author honors: Prix Formentor (1961, shared with Beckett); Jerusalem Prize (1971); Miguel de Cervantes Prize (1979)
Author: George Orwell
First published: 1949
Author: Winston S. Churchill
First published: 1948
Author honors: Nobel Prize in Literature (1953)
Read: May 2012
Author: Ernesto Sábato
First published: 1948
Author: Albert Camus
First published: 1947
La Peste (French) Author honors: Nobel Prize in Literature (1957)
Author: Viktor E. Frankl
First published: 1946
...trotzdem Ja zum Leben sagen (German) Author honors: Oskar Pfister Award, American Psychiatric Association (1985)
Author: Jorge Luis Borges
First published: 1944
Author honors: Prix Formentor (1961, shared with Beckett); Jerusalem Prize (1971); Miguel de Cervantes Prize (1979)
Author: Albert Camus
First published: 1942
Le Mythe de Sisyphe (French) Author honors: Nobel Prize in Literature (1957)
Author: Albert Camus
First published: 1942
L'Étranger (French) Author honors: Nobel Prize in Literature (1957)
Author: Ernest Hemingway
First published: 1940
Recommended for the 1941 Pulitzer by the jury, but the board vetoed it and no fiction prize was given that year Author honors: Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1953); Nobel Prize in Literature (1954)
Author: Napoleon Hill
First published: 1937
Author: Dale Carnegie
First published: 1936
Author: Halldór Laxness
First published: 1934
Sjálfstætt fólk (Icelandic) Author honors: Nobel Prize in Literature (1955)
Author: Aldous Huxley
First published: 1932
Author honors: Companion of Literature, Royal Society of Literature (1962)
Author: Ernest Hemingway
First published: 1932
Author honors: Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1953); Nobel Prize in Literature (1954)
Author: José Ortega y Gasset
First published: 1930
La rebelión de las masas (Spanish)
Author: Franz Kafka
First published: 1915
Author: José Ingenieros
First published: 1913
El hombre mediocre (Spanish)
Author: Mark Twain
First published: 1904
Extracts from Adam's Diary (1904) + Eve's Diary (1906) Usually published together as one volume
Author: Mark Twain
First published: 1896
Twain considered it his best work
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
First published: 1886
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
First published: 1883
Also sprach Zarathustra (German)
Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
First published: 1871
Бесы (Russian) Also translated as Demons or The Possessed
Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
First published: 1868
Идиот (Russian)
Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
First published: 1866
Преступление и наказание (Russian)
Author: Victor Hugo
First published: 1866
Les Travailleurs de la mer (French) Also translated as The Workers of the Sea Author honors: Member of the Académie française (elected 1841)
Author: Leo Tolstoy
First published: 1865
Война и мир (Russian) Author honors: Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature several times (1902–1906) and for the Nobel Peace Prize
Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
First published: 1852
Author: Friedrich Engels
First published: 1845
View details for The Condition of the Working Class in England
Author: Thomas Robert Malthus
First published: 1798
Author: William Shakespeare
First published: 1606
Author: Miguel de Cervantes
First published: 1605
Read: January 2018
Author: Niccolò Machiavelli
First published: 1532
Author: Sun Tzu
Author: Julius Caesar
Commentarii de Bello Civili (Latin)
Author: Plato
Politeia (Greek)
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