What are the last 3 books you read? 📚🤓

I'll go first. Here are my 3 recent-most reads:

1. Indistractable - Well-researched insights complemented by some great anecdata from Nir Eyal. If you've read Hooked and enjoyed it, you'll definitely love this one. Huuuuge amount of actionable advice, and it also comes with a supplementary workbook to help you actually execute the advice.
2. The Effective Executive - Peter F. Drucker is one of the most important names in management, and this book is clear proof of why. The advice in this book is still relevant as ever. The book teaches you how to effectively manage yourself first; that's where the heart of management lies.
3. Principles: Life and Work - Timeless classic that I had heard a lot about and finally got around to reading it. It was worth every minute. I now know what the hype was all about.

All three were great, high-value books for me. So what were your last 3 reads?

And if you're stuck and wondering how to pick your next book, check out this article by my friend Utkarsh.

Find all the books I read here.

Comments

[Utkarsh Talwar XenoX]

Here are mine:

1. Indistractable by Nir Eyal
2. Fuck Your Feelings by Ryan Munsey
3. Hooked by Nir Eyal

[Sarthak Sharma XenoX]

Great Article BTW !! 😅

[Utkarsh Talwar XenoX]

Thanks, bud! All those self-improvement discussions finally paid off haha

[Sandor Dargo]

The last three books I read:

• Effective STL: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Use of the Standard Template Library by Scott Meyers
• Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software by Charles Petzold
• Personality Isn't Permanent by Benjamin P. Hardy. On this latter, I haven't posted my review yet. In brief, Ben Hardy is an organizational psychologist and he explains how you can change your personality in a planned way. An enlightening read.

[Utkarsh Talwar XenoX]

Nice list. I've read a lot of Ben's articles on Medium over the years. He makes a lot of sense. The book sounds like a good read!

[Sandor Dargo]

Here are my takes on the book, finally.

[Galdin Raphael]

1. Born a crime: stories from a South African childhood - Trevor Noah
2. Designing Distributed Systems: Patterns and paradigms for scalable, reliable services - Brendan Burns.
3. Flatland: A romance of many dimensions - Edwin A. Abbott.

[𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐝𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐝]

1. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - Suzanne Collins
2. The Black Prism - Brent Weeks

I'm terrible for reading too many things at once.. in the last 6 months I think I've only finished the above two books! But I'm also reading:

1. The Core - Peter V. Brett
2. Mythos - Stephen Fry
3. World War Z - Max Brooks
4. Mortal Engines - Philip Reeve

Maybe this is why I have so many unfinished projects 🤔

[Sarthak Sharma XenoX]

Wow 😮

[Utkarsh Talwar XenoX]

I soooo wanna read the Mortal Engines sometime.

[𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐝𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐝]

It's good! Slightly different to the movie if you've seen that :)

[Lautaro Lobo]

Hey I'll start WWZ this month :) did you like The Ballad of... ?

[𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐝𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐝]

I did!! The ending felt very rushed, and some parts in the middle dragged a bit, but overall it was entertaining :) "The Hunger Games" (i.e. book 1) is the best in the series by far.

[Sarthak Sharma XenoX]

Fiction ?

[Sarthak Sharma XenoX]

A graphic novel ?

[Sibusiso Dlamini]

1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

[Sarthak Sharma XenoX]

Potter head 🧙🏻

[Sibusiso Dlamini]

You have no idea 😂

[Utkarsh Talwar XenoX]

Woohoo! You are indeed a cool code kid. XD

[Sibusiso Dlamini]

Thanks 😂

[Jacko]

I don’t even remember, it’s been so long...😳

[Sarthak Sharma XenoX]

Now you have good reason to start 😅

[Jean-Michel Plourde]

1. Eukuan nin matshi-manitu innushkueu : Je suis une maudite Sauvagesse - An Antane Capesh: a book about a native american woman telling how white settlers robbed their lands and stole everything.

2. The Soul of a New Machine - Tracy Kidder: In the 70' Kidder witnessed engineers at Data General design and build a new 32-bit minicomputer in just one year. It describes this tumultuous adventure.

3. Becoming - Michelle Obama: Biography of the first black FLOTUS. It describes her life and her adventures up to the point of entering office with Barack Obama.

I also have a Goodreads account, feel free to add me.

[Sarthak Sharma XenoX]

Oh that’s nice