The 2023 & 2024 Book List
- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
- Helgoland by Carlo Rovelli
- Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy by David Chalmers
- Is Math Real?: How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics' Deepest Truths by Eugenia Chang
- 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones & others
- Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of the Nation by Heather Cox Richardson
- Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America by Keisha A. Blain
- Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things by Adam Grant
- How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen by David Brooks
- Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
- The Great School Rethink by Frederick M. Hess
- Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection by Charles Duhigg
- Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will by Robert M. Sapolsky
- Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud by Ben McKenzie & Jacob Silverman
- Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman by James Gleick
- The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another by Ainissa Ramirez
- The Downloaded by Robert J. Sawyer
- Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
- Aurora Burning by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
- The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism by Tim Alberta
- Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (And Why That's a Good Thing) by Salman Khan
- Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller
- Jellyfish Age Backwards: Nature's Secrets to Longevity by Nicklas Brendborg
- Aurora's End by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
- Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It by Richard Reeves
- The Smartest Kids in the World (And How They Got That Way) by Amanda Ripley
- The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning by A.J. Jacobs
- Hacking Project Based Learning: 10 Easy Steps to PBL and Inquiry in the Classroom by Ross Cooper & Erin Murphy
- We Are Electric: Inside the 200-Year Hunt for Our Body's Bioelectric Code, and What the Future Holds by Sally Adee
- Invent to Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom (New Expanded 2nd Edition) by Sylvia Libow Martinez and Gary Stager, PhD
- A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas by National Research Council of the National Academies
- American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
- The Learning Brain (The Great Courses) by Prof. Thad A. Polk
- The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security by Scott Galloway
- Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning by Liz Cheney
- The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, form the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement by Sharon McMahon
- Learning That Sticks: A Brain-Based Model for K-12 Instructional Design and Delivery by Bryan Goodwin with Tonia Gibson and Kristin Rouleau
- The BSCS 5E Instructional Model: Creating Teachable Moments by Rodger W. Bybee
- Black, Brown, Bruised: How Racialized STEM Education Stifles Innovation by Ebony Omotola McGee
- 2018 Annual Perspectives in Mathematics Education: Rehumanizing Mathematics for Black, Indigenous, and Latinx Students by National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Universal Design for Learning Science: Reframing Elementary Instruction in Physical Science by Deborah Hanuscin and Delinda van Garderen
Breakdown
Format:
The History
And for anyone who is interested in looking into the past to see some of my previous book lists...
Prior to 2008, I didn't keep a precise running record of the books that I read.
Format:
- Audiobooks: 29
- Electronic: 6
- Kindle: 6
- Dead tree books: 12
Subjects:
- Total Fiction: 5
- Science Fiction: 4
- Fantasy: 1
- Non-Fiction: 36
- Science: 16
- Physics: 5
- Psychology: 8
- Biology: 3
- Technology: 3
- Mathematics: 1
- Philosophy: 2
- History/Politics: 12
- Economics: 3
- Education: 14
- Game Design:
Podcasts
In addition to listening to audiobooks, my intake of thinking consists enough of podcasts that it seems worth including them as a category. Here are the podcasts that I have listened to in 2021 on a fairly regular basis:- You Are Not So Smart
- Making Sense with Sam Harris
- The Glenn Loury Show
- Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria
- Armchair Expert
- Very Bad Wizards
- Advisory Opinions
- The Lawfare Podcast
- Rational Security
- The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg
- Left, Right, and Center
- Today, Explained
And for anyone who is interested in looking into the past to see some of my previous book lists...
Prior to 2008, I didn't keep a precise running record of the books that I read.
