📚 Reading

To Kill A Mockingbird

Harper Lee · 1960

Set in 1930s Alabama, Scout Finch grows up watching her father Atticus defend a Black man wrongly accused of a crime. A coming-of-age classic on prejudice, courage and conscience.

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1925

On Long Island in the Jazz Age, narrator Nick Carraway watches his mysterious neighbor Jay Gatsby chase a dream of love and reinvention — and the American Dream itself.

Animal Farm

George Orwell · 1945

A farm's animals overthrow their human owner and try to build an equal society — until the pigs slowly take over. Orwell's allegory of the Russian Revolution and the corruption of power.

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck · 1937

Two migrant workers, George and Lennie, drift through Depression-era California chasing a small dream of their own land. A short, devastating novella on friendship and loneliness.

Lord of the Flies

William Golding · 1954

A group of British schoolboys stranded on a deserted island try to govern themselves — and slowly descend into savagery. Golding's allegory of civilization, power, and human nature.

1984

George Orwell · 1949

In a totalitarian future, Winston Smith secretly hates Big Brother and falls in love with Julia — until the Party crushes them both. The defining novel on surveillance, propaganda, and thoughtcrime.

Atomic Habits

James Clear · 2018

James Clear breaks down the four laws behind habits: cue / craving / response / reward, showing how 1% tiny changes can reshape your identity and life trajectory. A modern classic with over 15 million copies sold worldwide.

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl · 1946

Auschwitz survivor and psychiatrist Viktor Frankl developed logotherapy from his own concentration-camp experience: the last human freedom is the choice of attitude toward suffering. One of the most influential books of the 20th century.

Life 3.0

Max Tegmark · 2017

MIT physicist Max Tegmark maps out the future after AGI: from the fable of the Omega Team to consciousness, goal alignment, and humanity's cosmic destiny. A must-read framework for the AI age.

The Coming Wave

Mustafa Suleyman · 2023

DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman argues that the coming wave of AI and synthetic biology cannot be stopped, but must be contained. The most important AI policy and futurism book of 2023.

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

William Kamkwamba · 2009

Malawian teenager William Kamkwamba builds a windmill from scrap to generate electricity during drought and famine, saving his village. A true, inspiring classic about engineering thinking, creativity, and survival against adversity.

The Psychology of Money

Morgan Housel · 2020

Morgan Housel uses 20 short stories to show that investing and wealth are more about behavior and psychology than math. From 'No one's crazy' to 'Room for Error,' a modern must-read for teen finance and life choices.