A Book A Month

Adding perspective and getting into that reading habit. One book at a time.

Book pool will hold all the books we have heard about and want to read/recommend. Either pick a book from the books pool and add it under your name for that month or just add a new one to the books pool and select that.

If you hear about a good book, add it to the book pool with a short summary.

Book Pool

Format [Book_name Author: Short description]

• Animal Farm - George Orwell: A nice satirical account of modern politics explained through simple animals at an animal farm.
• Predictably Irrational - Dan Ariely: We make a lot of irrational mistakes and corporations take advantage of our predictability. Knowing them can make us slightly resistant to such vulnerabilities present in ourselves.
• Zero to One - Peter Thiel: Good startup wisdom, insights from someone who's been there, done that.
• Politics and the English Language - Gorge Orwell: Very short (25 page) book on the degradation of the english language. Recommended if you write.
• Brave New World - Aldous Huxley: Dystopian novel.
• Wings of fire - APJ Abdul Kalal: Inspiring biography
• The Pragmatic Programmer - Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas: Quality experiences and wisdom about software engineering.
• Design of Everyday Things - Don Norman: a general book for people who design anything for human consumption.

Readers

Format [## Reader_name [Month YY [list of books]]

Juneja

• August 18
  • Zero to One

Nagekar

• August 18
  • Zero to One
  • Politics and the English Language
  • Brave New World
• September 18
  • Wings of fire
• October 18
  • The Pragmatic Programmer
  • Design of everyday things