books

This is Marketing by Seth Godin This is the first marketing focused book I am reading. Didn't enjoy much. Most of the things mentioned are fairly obvious and didn't learn anything new. May be I had higher expectation before starting this book. Rating: 2.5/5

Good Economics for Hard Times by Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo I've been following several economists ever since I started listening to Freakonomics [https://freakonomics.com/] podcast. I added this book to my reading list when Abhijit and Ester got Nobel Prize last year. This is a huge

No Place to Hide by Glenn Greenwald If you have read Edward Snowden's work, then this is a good to read addition to know the same story from a different person's perspective. Since Glenn is entirely a non-tech person, it is good to hear from

Permanent Record by Edward Snowden I don't think I need to mention who Edward Snowden is. In this book he reveals for the first time the story of his life, including how he helped to build a tracking system and what motivated him to try to bring it

The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen Christensen, a Harvard Business School professor, is trying to answer the questions - why had such iconic, well-managed firms as Digital Equipment Corporation, Xerox, and dozens of others that had long led their industries fallen by the wayside? even when they

How to Make Your First Million by Warren Ingram This is different from most of the financial freedom books. Instead of giving out actions and results, this book is about ordinary people who reached financial freedom, how they achieved it. Each one's experience is unique and gives some

It was a pretty stressed out month that passed. I tried to avoid my regular category of books and consumed more Fiction than normal. The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang The Kiss Quotient follows Stella, an autistic woman who hires an escort in order to explore intimacy with other people.

This month, I have reached my goal of 24 books for the year 2019. I am planning to have an extended goal of 48 books. The Zoya Factor by Anuja Chauhan I heard that there is a movie [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zoya_Factor_(film)] being made on

The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham The holy bible of value investing. This is the book taught people worldwide the philosophy of value investing. Several financial books I read mentions this book, so it was an easy choice for me to read. I initially started with a revised edition which

My streak on financial books continued in April. I have more on my to-read list, so I am expecting to continue it for a couple months more. Here are the books I read/listened in April 2019. Gujarat Files by Rana Ayyub I started reading this book several months