see below, i thought this was a nice list.

b) wanted to know what your reading goals are this year
e.g how many books are you hoping to read by end of
and also, whats on your reading list - doesnt have to be current
just books you want to finally get to

this year, i want to read all the man booker prize shortlisted books for 2013-2015 (and hopefully 2016 when the list comes out)
the books ive read from the list have never disappointed
brief history of 7 killings, bone clocks (d. mitchell)
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (flanaggan)
finkler question, room, parrot and olivier in america, wolf hall, sense of an ending, midnights children, half blood blues etc.
so why not. here's the list: http://themanbookerprize.com/sites/manbooker/files/file-uploads/ManBooker2015Booklet.pdf

Here's Neil deGrasse Tyson's list

https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/12/29/neil-degrasse-tyson-reading-list/?utm_content=buffer756e3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer



The Bible (public library; free ebook), to learn that it’s easier to be told by others what to think and believe than it is to think for yourself

The System of the World (public library; free ebook) by Isaac Newton, to learn that the universe is a knowable place

On the Origin of Species (public library; free ebook) by Charles Darwin, to learn of our kinship with all other life on Earth

Gulliver’s Travels (public library; free ebook) by Jonathan Swift, to learn, among other satirical lessons, that most of the time humans are Yahoos

The Age of Reason (public library; free ebook) by Thomas Paine, to learn how the power of rational thought is the primary source of freedom in the world

The Wealth of Nations (public library; free ebook) by Adam Smith, to learn that capitalism is an economy of greed, a force of nature unto itself

The Art of War (public library; free ebook) by Sun Tzu, to learn that the act of killing fellow humans can be raised to an art

The Prince (public library; free ebook) by Machiavelli, to learn that people not in power will do all they can to acquire it, and people in power will do all they can to keep it

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my list is well over a hundred deep

recently (as in the past months), I've finished The Toughest Indian in the World by Sherman Alexie. it's a collection of 9 short stories, three of which are as perfect as the short story form can get. I recommend anyone read anything by Alexie

and I also read Rankine's Citizen, which is INCREDIBLE. in terms of form, aesthetics, and content it's a work of brilliance. I prefer it over Between the World & Me, which I thought def deserved its hype.

I'm currently reading Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. it's dope as hell so far.

after that prob White Tiger by Adiga, maybe some Atwood, and a collection of essays/lectures by Foucault titled Society Must Be Defended

Fiction goes by in a flash but Non-fiction is much more tedious.

trudging through "The Devil's Chessboard" right now. Alan Dulles was an evil motherfucker!

and agreed. non-fic def goes much slower.

my excuse is that im also in school fultime
and barely have any free time

im hoping for 60 this year (read two so far, a good start)


>recently (as in the past months), I've finished The Toughest
>Indian in the World by Sherman Alexie. t's a collection of 9
>short stories, three of which are as perfect as the short
>story form can get. I recommend anyone read anything by
>Alexie

i never read short stories. not sure why.
i will add this to my list- for next time im at the library

>
>and I also read Rankine's Citizen, which is INCREDIBLE. in
>terms of form, aesthetics, and content it's a work of
>brilliance. I prefer it over Between the World & Me, which I
>thought def deserved its hype.

hmm... will look this up.
i really liked between the world and me


>after that prob White Tiger by Adiga, maybe some Atwood, and a
>collection of essays/lectures by Foucault titled Society Must
>Be Defended

read white tiger a while back
love atword- the maddaddam series is fantastic

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>my excuse is that im also in school fultime
>and barely have any free time
>
that's a fantastic excuse.

>im hoping for 60 this year (read two so far, a good start)
>
that's about 5 a month, I just can't do that anymore. I like taking my time reading, plus I consume a lot of music, movies, and got to a lot of art shows, so I gotta even out my consumption time
>
>>recently (as in the past months), I've finished The Toughest
>>Indian in the World by Sherman Alexie. t's a collection of 9
>>short stories, three of which are as perfect as the short
>>story form can get. I recommend anyone read anything by
>>Alexie
>
>i never read short stories. not sure why.
>i will add this to my list- for next time im at the library
>
I love short stories. me and a couple of my friends are developing curriculum around them that we hope to sell to LAUSD. hope you dig Alexie, though. he's a favorite of mine

>>
>>and I also read Rankine's Citizen, which is INCREDIBLE. in
>>terms of form, aesthetics, and content it's a work of
>>brilliance. I prefer it over Between the World & Me, which I
>>thought def deserved its hype.
>
>hmm... will look this up.
>i really liked between the world and me
>
just know Citizen is classified as poetry, which I don't know if you read. BUT it's more than a book of poetry. For instance there is a brilliant essay about Serena in Citizen.
>
>>after that prob White Tiger by Adiga, maybe some Atwood, and
>a
>>collection of essays/lectures by Foucault titled Society
>Must
>>Be Defended
>
>read white tiger a while back

did you enojy it?

>love atword- the maddaddam series is fantastic
>
my friend was just telling me about that series, I've only read The Handmaid's Tale, which is in my personal canon. I got The Blind Assassin, so that's the one I'm'a read

>The Bible (public library; free ebook), to learn that it’s
>easier to be told by others what to think and believe than it
>is to think for yourself
>
>The System of the World (public library; free ebook) by Isaac
>Newton, to learn that the universe is a knowable place
>
>On the Origin of Species (public library; free ebook) by
>Charles Darwin, to learn of our kinship with all other life on
>Earth
>
>Gulliver’s Travels (public library; free ebook) by Jonathan
>Swift, to learn, among other satirical lessons, that most of
>the time humans are Yahoos
>
>The Age of Reason (public library; free ebook) by Thomas
>Paine, to learn how the power of rational thought is the
>primary source of freedom in the world
>
>The Wealth of Nations (public library; free ebook) by Adam
>Smith, to learn that capitalism is an economy of greed, a
>force of nature unto itself
>
>The Art of War (public library; free ebook) by Sun Tzu, to
>learn that the act of killing fellow humans can be raised to
>an art
>
>The Prince (public library; free ebook) by Machiavelli, to
>learn that people not in power will do all they can to acquire
>it, and people in power will do all they can to keep it
>
>

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that i do need to read these books

this is not about 'talking points'

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>that i do need to read these books
>
>this is not about 'talking points'

I just read about specific matters within those subjects but for the most part your college education is supposed to give you the bases on what's covered in those books.

For example, my college education already covered evolution thus I don't need to read "On the Origin of Species". I just read articles or journals about the evolution of a specific species.

But then you have folks graduation from college after snoring through their science classes.

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then yes
i have covered economic theory and the rationalists
ive read the bible cover to cover -and spent 4 years studying it
newton/darwin/einstein etc (i have a bachelor's in chemistry, so id say ive got physicsbiologychemistry down)
ive read machiavelli

do i still think these are books worth reading
*outside of the classroom context*?
or at least once in a lifetime?

yes.
as does deGrasse
so whats the issue?

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>do i still think these are books worth reading
>*outside of the classroom context*?
>or at least once in a lifetime?
>
>yes.
>as does deGrasse
>so whats the issue?

I work in a research lab & I lose interest if I'm reading journal articles about topics that I'm already well-versed in unless they are pretty specific.

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>>do i still think these are books worth reading
>>*outside of the classroom context*?
>>or at least once in a lifetime?
>>
>>yes.
>>as does deGrasse
>>so whats the issue?
>
>I work in a research lab & I lose interest if I'm reading
>journal articles about topics that I'm already well-versed in
>unless they are pretty specific.

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I'd say most PhD economists haven't even read The Wealth of Nations because there are much better treatments of the subject (and they aren't 1000 pages long).

I doubt physicists are studying Issac Newton's old work because they have been updated and improved upon. Same with Darwin.

I get why he chose these particular books. It's because they are well known books and well known authors. But if you were recommending a good book on the topics covered here, these probably aren't the best choices.

But they are his recos, not mine

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I wouldn't call most of them necessarily reading

These are what my AP English teacher would call seminal books

The ideas in these books flow down through time influencing history and literature alike.

I think the recommendations exists as they do to provide a framework for comprehension of the books you would replace them with.

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You know the type quoting 10 different books in a single conversation at the wine & cheese office party on some Michael Eric Dyson shyt.

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trying to get Masters, PhDs, and teach at the university level, and get their own books published, but whatever

fuck these wanna be smart muthafuckas. fucn nerds.

smdh

>trying to get Masters, PhDs, and teach at the university
>level, and get their own books published, but whatever
>
>fuck these wanna be smart muthafuckas. fucn nerds.
>
>smdh

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dumb shit you said above.

>You know the type quoting 10 different books in a single
>conversation at the wine & cheese office party on some Michael
>Eric Dyson shyt.


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"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

Who has the time?

It's too dense and philosophical to get anything out of it. I get that it's historical and all, but you'd be much better off reading modern treatments of economics if you want to learn about capitalism.

I haven't read them, but I assume the same would be true for Darwin and Newton

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>Who has the time?
>
>It's too dense and philosophical to get anything out of it. I
>get that it's historical and all, but you'd be much better off
>reading modern treatments of economics if you want to learn
>about capitalism.
>
>I haven't read them, but I assume the same would be true for
>Darwin and Newton

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>Who has the time?

>It's too dense and philosophical to get anything out of it.

perhaps stop being lazy

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which are better written.

I've read it, so obviously someone got time for that lol.
But I won't recommend it to someone who is interested in capitalism or economics

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>But I won't recommend it to someone who is interested in
>capitalism or economics

he's recommending books that he feels have shaped our way of thinking
in this way, smith does count

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invisible hand , laissez faire.. Very relevant to capitalism today

The Merlin one is a great read for kids.

I had a record reading year n 2015. I started out the year all physical, but then back problems carrying around Liu then Stephenson hardcovers made be go back to ebooks. BTW its a crime that every hardbound purchase doesn't come with a free ebook. We really need to pressure the pubs on this.

No goals for 2016 except maybe reading more short stories. I don't even have that many anticipated releases going into this year. So may be a revisit type of year.

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BTW its a
>crime that every hardbound purchase doesn't come with a free
>ebook. We really need to pressure the pubs on this.
>

perhaps i should add at least one to the list.

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Almost Ruckus like.

I still listen to his Podcast but his frame of reference is so limited it's hilarious.

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With damn near all scientific advancement. How do I know. I listen to his Podcast and read his work.

Who is his favorite scientists?

Listen to his podcast and you tell me I'm wrong.


Oh thats right you are just talking.

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>With damn near all scientific advancement. How do I know. I
>listen to his Podcast and read his work.
>
>Who is his favorite scientists?
>
>Listen to his podcast and you tell me I'm wrong.
>
>
>Oh thats right you are just talking.


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Everything looks like Oprah kissing Harvey Weinstein these days

Lower hominids like cro magnons, homo erectus denonvisians and neanderthals?

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it's self explanatory.

And several articles have come out in the last 2-3 years on this topic which has nothing to do with Neil idolizing white people to an obnoxious degree.

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i myself would never want to be god,or even like god.Because god got all these human beings on this planet and i most certainly would not want to be responsible for them, or even have the disgrace that i made them.

Have 3% - 5% Neanderthal DNA with the rest being homosapien. Africans have about 2% or none at all. So scientifically speaking Europeans from the west of the continent and Asians from the east of the same continent are actually a mixed race of human. But we all know race is really about skin color and hair texture.

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http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-neanderthal-genes-immunity-20160106-story.html


Not getting into this thread, but I had just read this article a few days ago.

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NDG can make the argument that this is eurocentric world
and thus the books perceived to have shaped how the world looks today
(For better or worse)
are by white authors
and you need to read up on them to understand it
i buy that.

but since this is *not* the case you are making
who are the black authors?

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i myself would never want to be god,or even like god.Because god got all these human beings on this planet and i most certainly would not want to be responsible for them, or even have the disgrace that i made them.

The Art of War and the Bible. Of the three, I've only read The Prince, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

i've read parts of all three and never recommend them to anyone

But not enough to say I've read the bible

.

I grew up reading the Bible while I was a pre-teen & I used to laugh at some of the "stories" so I don't know how an educated adults can take it seriously. But then kids (especially boys) are more likely to question authority & be inquisitive than most adults.

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>The Art of War and the Bible. Of the three, I've only read
>The Prince, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

Some folks have been conditioned by nature/nurture to turn a blind eye so you aren't going to change their behavior by making them read words.

-Muphuckin' Ben Carson is a neurosurgeon & doesn't believe in evolution.
-The head of the NIH is a bible totting christian.
-Kobe read "The Art of War" but ended up in the most infamous power struggle in NBA history.

Just like Mike Tyson said: "Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth."

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i think thats why the title is
'every intelligent person'
i doubt a rational person would read machiavelli and think
this is great leadership.

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But then y'all are on that "ignorance is bliss" steez

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Youre fairly predictable

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I mean look at the posters saying it though

by the way you got a recommendation for contemporary work of science that you really dug. anything to do with biology, DNA, the brain, etc.

you and stravinsky is who i look to on this board for science posts

I work in basic science research & most books about science that I've run into are about astrophysics or a memoir about someone who worked in the medical field.

The "Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" is the most recent book that I know of being relevant to basic research.

EDIT: If you just want to nerd out then I would recommend the "Science Friday" podcast or the Scientific America website.

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instead of derailing the post the way you did. LOFL

fucn el, with you guys some times

thanks for the suggestions by the way, for real

>instead of derailing the post the way you did. LOFL

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its a description of how her cells were used, yes
but it doesnt give you any deeper understanding of genetics or cell biology


>I work in basic science research & most books about science
>that I've run into are about astrophysics or a memoir about
>someone who worked in the medical field.

what books have you read on astrophysics and science?
i highly recommend cosmos and pale blue dot
id also recommend anything by richard feynmann
and what scientific journals are you recommending?