EST. 02 · 14 BOOKS
The books I give most often
The books I have given away most often and most enjoy recommending.
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👍🏼👍🏼⭐️ExcellentShooting Stars: Ten Historical Miniatures
Stefan ZweigOne of my favorite books in the universe. Probably the book I've read the most with The Count of Monte Cristo. Zweig brings together specific moments that ended up changing the course of history. I love it because it shows that history also depends on accidents, mistakes, obsessions and people who arrive a few minutes late.
👍🏼👍🏼⭐️ExcellentThe Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre DumasIt's one of the most entertaining novels I've ever read, a spectacular story, but for a long time it has been hard to find a Spanish edition that I would like to give away. Some are cut, some have old translations and many full editions are quite unattractive. One day I will find the definitive one and Amazon will probably warn me again that I've already bought it ten times.
👍🏼👍🏼⭐️ExcellentEndurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Alfred LansingProbably the best book I've read in years. The true story of Shackleton and his team's attempt to cross Antarctica, everything they went through, is incredible. And told by many of their survivors.
👍🏼👍🏼Very goodSaving for retirement
Ben CarlsonA very simple and very clear book about personal finance and how to save for retirement. It's a book that everyone should read between the ages of 20 and 40 at least, to get ready (the sooner the better).
👍🏼👍🏼⭐️ExcellentYou Are Not So Smart
David McRaney46 ways our brains deceive us and how we're biased about everything.
👍🏼👍🏼⭐️ExcellentOblivion: A Memoir
Héctor Abad FaciolinceHector Abad Faciolince reconstructs the life of his father and family during the most violent years of the Colombian conflict in Medellín.
👍🏼👍🏼Very goodRunning
Jean EchenozThe life of Emil Zatopek, a Czech runner from the 1940s who without any style (they laughed at the faces he wore when running) or sports training, broke all the records in athletics at his time, even at the Olympics. And living within the communist regime, which also posed him several problems.
👍🏼👍🏼⭐️ExcellentIn Praise of Shadows
Junichirō TanizakiA short essay on Japanese beauty, architecture and aesthetics. It's very easy to read, it's simple and very visual. Tanizaki writes about darkness, materials, silence and everything else that loses some of its beauty when we light it up too much. Every time I read it I end up looking differently at a room, a restaurant or an everyday object.
👍🏼👍🏼⭐️ExcellentEl maestro Juan Martínez que estaba allí
Manuel Chaves NogalesThe story of a flamenco dancer and his wife, Sole, who, after working in Europe, end up in Russia and Ukraine caught up in the 1917 Revolution and communism. What a great account of that time, and what a funnier and harder book for the situations so many people went through.
👍🏼GoodThe Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Mark MansonIt's a good book, it helps to organize ideas, but at the same time it's very basic in concepts. I liked reinforcing the idea of how important it is that many things matter little to you to be happy. And knowing where to focus your efforts.
👍🏼👍🏼⭐️ExcellentCows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches
Marvin HarrisAn anthropology book about customs and beliefs that, viewed from the outside, may seem completely illogical. Harris attempts to explain how many arose as rational responses to material conditions of his time. It's one of those books that makes you look at any human habit and wonder what problem it was trying to solve in the first place.
👍🏼👍🏼⭐️ExcellentThe shadow of the sun
Ryszard KapuścińskiKapuściński worked for years as a correspondent in Africa and this book brings together stories of the countries, people and conflicts he met. It's a great portrait of the continent and its history, written from their real experiences and far from the simplified vision we usually get from outside. One of those books you can re-read every now and then and find something different. I've read it several times.
👍🏼👍🏼Very goodPortraits of a Marriage
Sándor MáraiIt starts in a coffee shop in downtown Budapest in the first third of the 20th century with a woman telling her story with her ex-husband.
👍🏼👍🏼⭐️Excellent