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The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win
Maria Konnikova
★★★★· Published 2020· 368 pages· read 2023
Konnikova learns high-stakes poker to understand luck and self-control, and turns it into the best kind of psychology book. Fascinating.
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Bill Bryson
Bryson and his hopelessly unfit old friend attempt the Appalachian Trail. I laughed out loud more than once.
Into Thin Air
Jon Krakauer
Krakauer's firsthand account of the 1996 Everest disaster he survived. I could not put it down and felt cold the whole time.
Primates of Park Avenue
Wednesday Martin
An anthropologist 'studies' the ultra-wealthy mothers of the Upper East Side like a lost tribe. Funny and a little unbelievable — a guilty pleasure.