2019 has been a great year in terms of dedicating time to my reading and seeking new ideas through it.
Here are my favorite books:
Work / Psychology:
David Epstein - Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World (this one was by far my favorite in this category)
Jonathan Haidt - The Happiness Hypothesis (many truth-bombs backed by research in psychology)
Liz Fosslien & Mollie West Duffy - No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions At Work (a great handbook for managers or managers of managers)
Angela Duckworth - Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance (here's what I previously wrote about this book)
Jennifer Eberhardt - Biased Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do (for understanding racial bias in the United States)
Steven Johnson - Farsighted: How We Make the Decisions That Matter the Most
Lori Gottlieb - Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
Malcolm Gladwell - Talking To Strangers (for Gladwell's superb writing, not as much for the key message)
General Interest:
Beth Macy - Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America (on the opioid epidemic)
Tara Westover - Educated: A Memoir (a story about a homeschooled girl escaping a fundamentalist cult)
J.D. Vance - Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (more about this book and Educated in my review here)
Jonathan Haidt - The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion (how and why people choose sides)
Laurentino Gomes - Escravidão Vol. 1 (on slavery in Brazil)
Asne Seierstad - Two Sisters (about Norwegian Somali sisters who joined Isis in Syria)
Jon Ronson - So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed (Social media shaming can destroy people's lives)
Rachel Louise Snyder - No Visible Bruises (investigating the domestic violence epidemic)
Masha Gessen - The Future Is History (Putin's Russia)
Fiction:
Martha Batalha - A Vida Invisível da Euridice Gusmao (The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao)
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