Since I completed my undergraduate studies in early 2009 I have read a lot of books. I spent a painstaking amount of time researching which books to read and mainly employed Amazon and Google to rank them. There was one small problem. Most of the books I read focused on Finance, Economics, Accounting and business strategy. There was some fiction in my book list and a number of self-development books.
5 years later, I feel that it was a mistake on putting my concentration on such a narrow focus area. The world is much bigger and anyone passionate about gathering knowledge should definitely widen his horizons. Thus began my late entry into other topics such as Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, History etc. Last couple of weeks I did a bit of research on these topics and shortlisted the following books which I plan on reading.
History
A little history of the world by E. H. Gombrich (Currently reading)
A short history of nearly everything by Bill Bryson
Philosophy
The Consolations of philosophy by Boethius
History of western philosophy by Bertrand Russell
The story of Philosophy by Will Durant
Psychology
Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
Drive – The surprising truth about what motivates us by Daniel H Pink
How we decide by Jonah Lehrer
Mastermind – How to think like Sherlock Holmes by Maria Konnikova
Influence – The psychology of persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini
Quiet – The power of introverts by Susan Cain
Hi Asif, long time no see, nice to see your new posts! I love E. H. Gombrich’s books very much too. Reading his “The Story of Art”.
Btw, haven’t written any article about technology/economics in English for a while, if I’ve written anything new, I’ll send it to you.
Have a nice summer!
Hi Ning,
Great to hear from you. I loved the book on world history that he wrote.
Do send me write-ups if you have written anything.
Regards
Asif