These are some books I’ve read recently. I only list the ones I’ve enjoyed, and that are not too specific. If for some reason you care to know what I think about any of them, just ask.
January 2012
Thinking, Fast and Slow – Daniel Kahneman
March 2012
Imagine: How Creativity Works – Jonah Lehrer
May 2012
The Honest Truth About Dishonesty – Dan Ariely
June 2012
The Joy of Clojure – Michael Fogus and Chris Houser
July 2012
Pictures of the Mind – Myriam Boleyn-Fitzgerald
August 2012
Exploring Everyday Things with R and Ruby – Sau Sheong Chang
Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World – Michael Lewis
September 2012
Naked Economics – Charles Wheelan
October 2012
The Signal and the Noise – Nate Silver
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything – Joshua Foer
November 2012
Improv Wisdom: Don’t Prepare, Just Show Up – Patricia Ryan Madson
December 2012
Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder – Nicholas Nassim Taleb
January 2013
Guns, Germs, and Steel – Jared Diamond
February 2013
Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries – Neil deGrasse Tyson
April 2013
Republic, Lost – Lawrence Lessig
June 2013
Naked Statistics – Charles Wheelan
August 2013
Flowers for Algernon – Daniel Keyes