read with me

Books on my list – fair warning, most are from Obama’s 2020 reading list because I trust that man with my leisure time. 

Natural: How Faith in Nature’s Goodness Leads to Harmful Fads, Unjust Laws, and Flawed Science – Alan Levinovitz
Five Patients – Michael Crichton
The 20th Wife – Indu Sundaresan 
Amnesty – Aravind Adiga
I Saw Ramallah -Mourid Barghouti
Homeland Elegies – Ayad Akhtar
My Gita – Devdutt Pattanaik
Jack – Marilynne Robinson
Caste – Isabel Wilkerson
The Splendid And The Vile – Erik Larson
How Much Of These Hills Is Gold – C Pam Zhang
Long Bright River – Liz Moore
Memorial Drive – Natasha Trethewey
Twilight of Democracy – Anne Applebaum
Deacon King Kong – James McBride
The Undocumented Americans – Karla Cornejo Villavicencio 
The Vanishing Half – Brit Bennett
The Glass Hotel – Emily St. John Mandel
Hidden Valley Road – Robert Kolker
The Ministry For The Future – Kim Stanley Robinson 
Sharks In The Time Of Saviors – Kavai Strong Washburn 
Missionaries – Phil Klay 

recommended books from yours truly

Digital Minimalism – Cal Newport

Atomic Habits - James Clear

Deep Work – Cal Newport

When Breath Becomes Air – Paul Kalanithi

Outliers – Malcom Gladwell

The Tipping Point – Malcom Gladwell

Emperor of All Maladies – Siddhartha Mukherjee

Like A Mother – Angela Garbes

Just Mercy – Bryan Stevenson

Evicted – Matthew Desmond

The Innovators  – Walter Isaacson

Who Gets What and Why – Alvin E. Roth