Books of 2021

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience                                                     Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
War on the Border: Villa, Pershing, the Texas Rangers, and an American Invasion                Jeff Guinn 
The Laws of Human Nature                                                                       Robert Greene
Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia                                                            Christina Thompson 
Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art                                                 Rebecca Wragg Sykes
The Nicomachean Ethics (Penguin Classics)                                                      Aristotle 
Conversations of Socrates                                                                      Xenophon 
The Guns of August                                                                             Barbara W. Tuchman 
Stillness is the Key                                                                           Ryan Holiday 
Ego Is the Enemy                                                                               Ryan Holiday
The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph                       Ryan Holiday
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder                                                    Nassim Nicholas Taleb 
How the Post Office Created America: A History                                                 Winifred Gallagher 
The Death and Life of the Great Lakes                                                          Dan Egan
The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient     William B. Irvine
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable                                            Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Precious Present                                                                           Spencer Johnson
Manual for the Practical Stoic                                                                 Kevin Malone
Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture                                         Sudhir Hazareesingh
The Count of Monte Cristo                                                                      Alexandre Dumas
The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic                     Mike Duncan
Man's Search for Meaning                                                                       Viktor E. Frankl 
Untamed                                                                                        Glennon Doyle 
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness                                 Richard H. Thaler 
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know                                          Adam M. Grant 
Stoicism and the Art of Happiness (Teach Yourself)                                             Donald J. Robertson 
Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius                            Ryan Holiday 
Debt: The First 5,000 Years                                                                    David Graeber
The 4-Hour Workweek                                                                            Timothy Ferriss 
A Guide to Stoicism                                                                            St. George Stock
It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work                                                            Jason Fried 
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less                                                  Greg McKeown
A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload                    Cal Newport
How to Be a High School Superstar:                                                             Cal Newport
        A Revolutionary Plan to Get into College by Standing Out (Without Burning Out)
The 4% Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality        Richard Panek
The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet                              Neil deGrasse Tyson
The Chinese Classics Volume 1: Confucian Analects                                              Confucius
Seneca's Morals: Of a Happy Life, Benefits, Anger and Clemency                                 Seneca 
The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design                   Roman Mars
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It                         Chris Voss
A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal                                         Ben Macintyre
10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress                                  Dan Harris
        Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works