'Tis always good to think critically about that which our minds
ingest. As ever my goal for 2026 is to read 50
books. I'll post links to blogs reacting to the literature below.
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Gegenwind: Vom Wachsen an Widerständen
by Reinhold Messner
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2
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Couleurs de Guerre: Autochromes 1914-1918
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3
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Wisdom Takes Work
by Ryan Holiday
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4
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Realm of the Black Mountain: A History of Montenegro
by Elizabeth Roberts
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5
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Le Petit Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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6
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AI Engineering: Building Applications with Foundation Models
by Chip Huyen
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7
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Ich denk, ich denk zu viel
by Nina Kunz
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8
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Indignity: A Life Reimagined
by Lea Ypi
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9
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Meltdown: Scandal, Sleaze and the Collapse of Credit Suisse
by Duncan Mavin
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10
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Samurai Strategies: 42 Martial Secrets from Musashi's The Book of Five Rings
by Boyé Lafayette de Menthe
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11
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Everything is Tuberculosis
by John Green
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12
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Malta's Prehistoric Treasures
by David H. Trump, Sharon Sultana, and Daniel Cilia
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13
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The Era of the Hungarian Conquest
by László Révész
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14
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Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future
by Gloria Dickie
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15
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The Midnight Library
by Matt Haig
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16
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Temple Bar: A History
by Maurice Curtis
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17
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The Broken China Dream: How Reform Revived Totalitarianism
by Minxin Pei
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18
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Rejection Proof: How to Beat Fear and Become Invincible
by Jia Jiang
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19
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Gebrauchsanweisung für Rom
by Birgit Schönau
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20
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Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare
by Edward Fishman
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21
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The Tonality of Thought
by Byung-Chul Han
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22
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A Concise History of Romania
by Keith Hitchins
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23
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Selected Poems
by D. H. Lawrence
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24
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An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence
by Zeinab Badawi
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25
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Comprendre les Château Forts: Décoder l'architecture des forteresses médiévales
by Malcolm Hislop
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26
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Nîmes au fil de l'Histoire
by Francine Cabane and Danièle Jean
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27
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The Making of a Land: Geology of Norway
by Ivar B. Ramberg, Inge Bryhni, Arvid Nøttvedt, Kristin Rangnes
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28
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Powerful Python: Patterns and Strategies with Modern Python
by Aaron Maxwell
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29
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The Last Days of Budapest: Spies, Nazis, Rescuers and Resistance, 1940 - 1945
by Adam LeBor
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30
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
by Dava Sobel
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