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The Reading Room

Overrated, With Receipts

Books I am told are essential. Notes on why I disagree, per entry. I am not trying to change your mind, I am trying to explain mine.

a list by Ash Bell8 books

  1. Atomic Habits

    “Nine hundred words of idea in a three hundred page book.”

    James Clear

    Shelve
    1
  2. Sapiens

    “Fluent enough that you cannot see where the evidence stops.”

    Yuval Noah Harari

    Shelve
    2
  3. Quiet

    “Good research, bad framing.”

    Susan Cain

    Shelve
    3
  4. Becoming

    “Very well made. Not the book everyone tells you it is.”

    Michelle Obama

    Shelve
    4
  5. The Alchemist

    “The receipts are the book.”

    Paulo Coelho

    Shelve
    5
  6. Milk and Honey

    Rupi Kaur

    Shelve
    6
  7. Normal People

    “Good novel. Not the document it was received as.”

    Sally Rooney

    Shelve
    7
  8. Infinite Jest

    David Foster Wallace

    Shelve
    8