#Audiobook
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
a brief intro to the universe
Permanent Record
An autobiography of Edward Snowden
Outlive
Let’s focus on health span instead of live span… “All books are biased and cherry-pick supporting evidence”, but this one was the same just added this disclaimer.
Neuromancer
the archetypal cyberpunk work
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
second book in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series
Nevítaný host
detektivní příběh z horského hotýlku
War of Art
How to overcome the resistance to do anything important and to achieve your goals.
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
an award winning sci-fi novel from 1966
The Great Mental Models I
Probably the best (and funniest) was Hanlon’s razor: never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity
The Five Elements of Effective Thinking
Five steps toward a better thinking.
Starship Troopers
A story about a young man who became a soldier accidentally, then became a lieutenant. All while fighting bugs in our galaxy.
Solaris
A unique planet orbiting two suns is explored by scientists who are completely clueless. The planet creates persons from the scientists’ hidden memories but they fail to communicate and comprehend the planet.
Snow Crash
A sci-fi novel coining terms as Metaverse and Avatar
Silmarillion
a collection of myths and stories from the world of The Lord of the Rings
The Second Foundation
Mule’s search for the second foundation.
Rich Dad Poor Dad
Learning at work is win-win: you earn money and at the same time learn new things so invest into yourself. Buy assets, not liabilities. Invest as soon as possible.
The Rational Optimist
The best time to live is now. And it will be even better.
Quiet
Our world needs introverts. Being introvert is normal.
Proces
Zoufalství ve střetu s bezhlavou mašinérií
Prelude to Foundation
Harry Seldon on the run with help of Doors.
The Power of Habit
Understand how habits are made and broken and change your life!
Lifespan
there is a slight chance that our generation can live to 100 years with a good health. There is also a non-negligible chance that we won’t die.
Jací jsme dnes
Vzpomínky investigativního novináře Respektu
How to live
One of a few authors who writes about ideas without any unnecessary words
Hell Yes or No
A brief but dense book full of wit, clever questions, ideas and thought food. Derek is compressing many self-help and life-hack books and it is
Foundation
The first book in the Foundation series.
Den Trifidů
A lot of material for thinking about our society and psychology
The Death's End
It. Was. Grand. I consider it to be almost on a par with A. C. Clarke’s work. We started to the Czech audioversion on 2022-07-09.
The Dark Forest
The second part of the trilogy.
Dune Messiah
the second book in the Dune series
Dune
award winning sci-fi saga
The Man Who Solved the Market
a history of quantitative trading
A Jimmy šel za duhou
I thought I’d read the book at high school but was probably mistaken since I didn’t remember a thing while listening to the audio version in 2023.
Burning the Books
a history of burning and destroying the written knowledge
Walden
thoughts of a guy in the middle of USA in the middle of 19th century
Foundation and Earth
the last book from the Foundation series
Foundation's Edge
the search for the Earth or Gaia, 500 years after Harry Seldon
Beginning of Infinity
A scientific and optimistic view of our future. A really captivating book.
Mindset
Fixed vs growth mindset. The former is limiting you, the latter will help ou to improve yourself quickly.
A Short History of Nearly Everything
A good non-fiction audiobook if you are cooking or cleaning your room.
Three-body problem
I enjoyed it almost as books from A. C. Clarke and other titans of sci-fi.
Rationality
Ramblings on rationality, biases, false believes, artificial intelligence, …
God is not great
Hitchens has much more arguments against religions than other prominentatheist writers (e.g. Dawkins with his God’s delusion) and this book seemed more compelling.
Everything is Fucked
His previous book was much better, but this one is better compared to other self-help books I have read.
Enlightenment now
Velmi dlouhý argument o tom, proč je věda, vzdělání dobrá.
The Parasitic Mind
Bit misleading title for the book full of angry arguments against overly liberal policies mainly in USA. I stopped listening to the audio version of the book circa in the middle.
Antifragile
Taleb introduces another great term—antifragility—which can be found in many areas. And which can be consciously improved. It’s more than robustness.
The Science Book
A brief history of natural sciences. Heavily biased towards physics and chemistry.
Calling Bullshit
How to spot bullshit and what to do after that. Funny and important book.
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
A self-help novel, full of great wisdoms packed into a bit weird story.
Think and Grow Rich
Self-help book from 1937. After reading so many self-help book before this one, I realized it gets boring…
When Things Fall Apart
A soothing voice will tell you how to cope with problems in your life, but not how to solve them.
How to Win Friends and Influence People
One of the oldest self-help books. I am not the intended audience. I couldn’t follow his rules and being true to myself, authentic and consistent.
Can't Hurt Me
Almost unbelievable life story of David Goggins who probably lacks self-preservation instinct. Too extreme to be a true self-help book, but there are some truths in what he is telling (preaching).
Heroes
Fry is doing a great job of retelling the ancient well-known stories. As good as his previous book.
Give and Take
Givers, takers and matchers. Givers are the most and least successful of all. I had to stop listening to this.
Stalker
A well known philosophical sci-fi novel
The Martian
A survivor’s journal on Mars
Freakonomics
An original take on many topics
How to Avoid Climatic Disaster
An overview of challenges on the way to carbon-neutral future by Bill Gates
Gump
Pěkný příběh. Číšila z toho láska k psům a zvířatům.
Thinking in Bets
A poker player teaches us how to decide under uncertainty
Project Hail Mary
A highschool teacher on a suicide mission to save the humanity
Your Music and People
How you should promote yourself and your music creatively
An Appetite for Wonder
Dawkins’ autobiography, the first part, up to the Selfish Gene publication
A Brief Candle in the Dark
Dawkins’ autobiography, the second part. Up to his 70th birthday
Artemis
A crimi-thriller novel from the author of Martian
Foundation and Empire
The fall of the first foundation. Mule’s quest.