Books I recently read: The True Believer, Darwin’s Cathedral, Battle Hymn, and more

here-is-new-york-eb-whiteHere’s an ongoing list of finished books.

The below are my favorites since the March update, sorted into the order of “if I only had one month to live where would I start”. I hope you like them, too!

  • Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marques (excerpts)
  • Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl (for the 2nd time; excerpt)
  • Here is New York by EB White
  • The True Believer by Eric Hoffer (summary)
  • Technology Matters by David Nye (for the 2nd time; here is my summary)
  • Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua (didn’t expect to like it, but I did!)
  • On Writing Well by William Zinsser (review)
  • Darwin’s Cathedral by David Sloan Wilson (summary)

“It can destroy an individual, or it can fulfill him, depending a good deal on luck. No one should come to New York to live unless he is willing to be lucky.” – EB White, Here is New York