All Time Favorite Books

A list of books that I can't recommend enough...

Fiction

• Going Postal - Terry Pratchett
  • Best main character, ever
• Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
  • Best main character, ever
• Dirk Gently Holistic Detective Agency - Douglas Adams
  • Again, Best main character, ever
• The Diamond Age - Neal Stephenson
  • This one has a pretty good main character
• The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
  • You'll love the main character ... well maybe not, but he sure does like to do it the right way

Non-Fiction

• Getting Things Done - David Allen
  • How to use lists effectively
• Omnivore's Dilemma - Michael Pollan
  • All food is made of people
• Life, Inc - David Rushkoff
  • The synthesis of a half-dozen pop-research genres such as globalization, marketing, etc.
  • Follow on: Program or be Programmed
• Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman - Richard Feynman
  • Stories of rationality, integrity, and hilarity
• A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
  • Mind blowing in it's awesomeness
• Freakonomics - Dubner and Levitt
  • Numbers, numbers, numbers
• Why We Get Fat - Gary Taubes
  • Carbs => Insulin => Fat
  • Fructose => Liver => Fat