Inspired by a number of papers in my field that were exquisitely written, I had an idea to start a book list of purely non-economics related themes in order to strengthen my writing abilities. This effort is supported by wanting to write in a way that does not gatekeep knowledge on such a relevant topic in public life as well as making the writing more exciting. Reading offers a welcome escape to the day to day doldrums we often feel faced with and I share my 2022 Book List below, as well as my thoughts in the accompanying PDF.
- Please Enjoy Your Happiness, Paul Brinkley-Rogers (2016)
- Theatre, W. Somerset Maugham (1937)
- Of Fear and Strangers: A History of Xenophobia, George Makari (2021)
- Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad (1899)
- Mozart: A Musical Biography, Konrad Küster (1990)
- A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking (1988)
- Ptolemy I: King and Pharaoh in Egypt, Ian Worthington (2016)
- The New PhD: How to Build a Better Graduate Education, Leonard Cassuto and Robert Weisbuch (2021)
- Memoirs of Hadrian, Marguerite Yourcenar (1951)
- The Lady and the Unicorn, Tracy Chevalier (2003)
- Christopher Columbus and the Enterprise of the Indies , Geoffrey Symcox and Blair Sullivan (2005)
- Socorro: A Novel, Sara Leman (2022)
- Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates (2015)
