Books I've Read

Records were patchy this year. What I'm sure of:

• Crepúsculo - Stephenie Meyer
• The Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling (re-read of the whole arc)
• Desvendando os Segredos da Linguagem Corporal - Allan Pease
• O Diário de Zlata - Zlata Filipović

1. A Estrela Sobe - Marques Rebelo
2. Contos de Aprendiz - Carlos Drummond de Andrade
3. Ensinando Inteligência
4. A Inveja: Mal Secreto - Zuenir Ventura
5. A Revolução dos Bichos - George Orwell
6. A Metamorfose - Franz Kafka
7. O Mundo de Sofia - Jostein Gaarder
8. O Pequeno Príncipe - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
9. Guia Politicamente Incorreto da História do Brasil - Leandro Narloch
10. O Retrato de Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
11. Amar de Olhos Abertos - Jorge Bucay
12. Joias de Família - Zuenir Ventura

The pre-FGV cramming year. Mostly classics, law-school prep, and Sherlock Holmes.

1. Guia Politicamente Incorreto da História da América Latina - Leandro Narloch
2. Cândido - Voltaire
3. Mauá em Face da Economia Nacional
4. The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch
5. Código da Vida - Saulo Ramos
6. How to Sell Anything to Anybody - Joe Girard
7. Sherlock Holmes: Short Stories - Arthur Conan Doyle
8. Em Algum Lugar do Paraíso - Luis Fernando Veríssimo
9. Guia Politicamente Incorreto da Filosofia - Luiz Felipe Pondé
10. The Hound of the Baskervilles - Arthur Conan Doyle
11. Os Contos de Beedle, o Bardo - J.K. Rowling
12. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
13. Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne
14. O Universalismo Europeu - Immanuel Wallerstein
15. Honoráveis Bandidos - Palmério Dória
16. Rome Sweet Home - Scott and Kimberly Hahn
17. Teoria da Norma Jurídica - Norberto Bobbio
18. Cartas a um Jovem Advogado
19. A Privataria Tucana - Amaury Ribeiro Jr.
20. Brennan and Democracy - Frank Michelman
21. Justice - Michael Sandel

Plus FGV-prep extras:

• A República - Platão
• Introdução ao Estudo do Direito - Dimitri Dimoulis

After this year my phone got serious about distracting me, and the records get patchy.

1. Sonho Grande - Cristiane Correa
2. Mentes Brilhantes - Alberto Dell'Isola
3. Tecnobrega - Ronaldo Lemos

1. Reinventando Sua Empresa
2. The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien
3. A Menina do Vale - Bel Pesce

1. How to Win at the Sport of Business - Mark Cuban (audiobook)
2. Transformando Suor em Ouro - Bernardinho
3. Tomorrow's Lawyers - Richard Susskind

1. Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future - Ashlee Vance (audiobook)
2. Cartas a um Jovem Atleta - Bernardinho
3. Contra a Perfeição - Michael Sandel
4. How Will You Measure Your Life? - Clayton Christensen

The Cal Newport year.

1. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - J.K. Rowling
2. Filosofia para Corajosos - Luiz Felipe Pondé
3. Cartas a um Jovem Político - Fernando Henrique Cardoso
4. Deep Work - Cal Newport
5. How to Be a Straight-A Student - Cal Newport
6. Grit - Angela Duckworth
7. The Power of Habit - Charles Duhigg (audiobook)
8. Ingenium - Tina Seelig
9. Mindset - Carol Dweck
10. How to Win at College - Cal Newport
11. Elite da Tropa - Rodrigo Pimentel et al.
12. Hackers and Painters - Paul Graham
13. Elite da Tropa 2 - Rodrigo Pimentel

1. Amor para Corajosos - Luiz Felipe Pondé
2. Na Minha Pele - Lázaro Ramos
3. The Cartoon Introduction to Statistics
4. The Cartoon Introduction to Philosophy
5. How to Be a High School Superstar - Cal Newport
6. Cartas a um Jovem Economista - Gustavo Franco

1. Abusado: O Dono do Morro Dona Marta - Caco Barcellos
2. Cartas a um Jovem Empreendedor - Ozires Silva
3. Cartas a um Jovem Investidor - Gustavo Cerbasi
4. Zero to One - Peter Thiel
5. 12 Rules for Life - Jordan Peterson

1. Um Brasileiro em Berlim - João Ubaldo Ribeiro
2. The Dip - Seth Godin
3. As Seis Lições - Ludwig von Mises

The big year.

1. The Defining Decade - Meg Jay
2. Contact - Carl Sagan
3. Vale Tudo: O Som e a Fúria de Tim Maia - Nelson Motta
4. Contra um Mundo Melhor - Luiz Felipe Pondé
5. Make Your Bed - Admiral William H. McRaven
6. The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis
7. Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Eliezer Yudkowsky (HPMOR - free online; books 1, 2, and 3)
8. Slicing Pie - Mike Moyer
9. Mastering Emacs - Mickey Petersen
10. Sapiens - Yuval Noah Harari (audiobook)
11. Beyond Order - Jordan Peterson

The financial-independence + surfing year.

1. Surfer's Start-Up: A Beginner's Guide to Surfing - Doug Werner
2. Early Retirement Extreme - Jacob Lund Fisker
3. Casais Inteligentes Enriquecem Juntos - Gustavo Cerbasi
4. Dinheiro: Os Segredos de Quem Tem - Gustavo Cerbasi

The blank year. Moved to Canada - bandwidth went to logistics, not books.

The Cal Newport reprise.

1. Life 3.0 - Max Tegmark
2. Slow Productivity - Cal Newport
3. Digital Minimalism - Cal Newport
4. Walden on Wheels - Ken Ilgunas
5. Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training - Mark Rippetoe
6. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant - Eric Jorgenson
7. The Wealthy Barber Returns - David Chilton
8. Various posts on Mr. Money Mustache - Pete Adeney (compilation of Mr. Money Mustache blog posts as an epub)

In progress.

1. No More Mr. Nice Guy - Robert Glover
2. Various posts on Mr. Money Mustache - Pete Adeney (compilation of Mr. Money Mustache blog posts as an epub)

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