Archive - Book Thoughts

1800s British Novels Roundup

Inheritance drama, bad marriages, and no one watching the kids

Jun 12 •

April 2025

The Gap and the Gain

There's a million things I haven't done

Apr 1 •

January 2025

The Four Tendencies

"Operating Systems" and becoming "spikier" over time

Jan 27 •

Why I'm happy I read less books this year

Jan 13 •

November 2024

How to be a great employee

Nov 26, 2024 •

October 2024

What I've Been Reading (October 2024)

Middlemarch by George Eliot. Inspired by How to Read a Book, I tried to read something “out of my league.” Middlemarch was written in 1871, but this was…

Oct 28, 2024 •

September 2024

How to Read a Book

Reading as "Type 2" Fun

Sep 30, 2024 •

Books I would like to read

I’m working my way through some longer books and haven’t been too energized by some of the stuff I’ve read recently, so thought I would try something…

Sep 19, 2024 •

August 2024

Simple, not easy

Aug 19, 2024 •

Anti-Summer Reading

This year, some of the most compelling nonfiction I've encountered has tackled dark and challenging themes: mental illness, nuclear weapons, and heinous…

Aug 6, 2024 •

June 2024

The man who made golf watchable

Jun 17, 2024 •

May 2024

Fortune's Children

How to destroy billions of dollars

May 6, 2024 •

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