#favourite
The Black Swan
my first book from Taleb and an instant favourite
The Selfish Gene
This book has changed my life. It made me realize that I am a machine for propagating DNA–a survival machine. Everything else is a by-product of evolution.
Zpráva o třetí planetě
An anthology of Clarke’s short stories. Great read!
What If?
What If is an instant favourite for me. Funny, full of interesting stuff.
Všichni lidé bratry jsou
Moje první Simmelovka, na doporučení taťky.
The Three-Body Problem
The first fiction book after a while and it was worth it. I want more!
The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection
This is a must-read for all students. The style is not very entertaining but there are only a few such impactful book in the world.
The Demon-Haunted World
A great book by a great scholar. I expected more science and less politics, but still, great reading.
Nejkrásnější sbírka
Nádnerná a poetická knížka. Nejlépe čtená u ohně v rumunských horách.
I, robot
An anthology of Asimov’s great stories about robots, artificial intelligence etc.
I Am Legend
A fiction book about last surviror on Earth, fighting zombies. Classic.
Homo Deus
If you consider yourself an intellectual, you should read this since all people considering themselves as intellectuals probably have read this book as well, myself included.
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
Den Trifidů
A lot of material for thinking about our society and psychology
1984
classical dystopia
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.
Příběhy Sherlocka Holmese
Klasika.
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck
one of the best self-help books I’ve ever read; own your life
Karpatské hry
a book which beautifully describes the magic of wandering in the wild mountains (of Romania)
Thinking, Fast and Slow
clever and courageous; it strongly supports my convinction that we are just a bit better than apes
Factfulness
people are quite bad in estimating how world is improving
I Am a Strange Loop
an epilogue to GEB
Beginning of Infinity
A scientific and optimistic view of our future. A really captivating book.
Sapiens
An instant favourite. What a thinker this Harari!
On Intelligence
This book had an impact on me while working on my PhD thesis as it resonated with my view of artificial (machine) intelligence.
Mindset
Fixed vs growth mindset. The former is limiting you, the latter will help ou to improve yourself quickly.
Essentialism
One of the best self-help book I’ve read.
Marťanská kronika
Must read.
Jak drahé je zdarma
Anchors, framing, prospect theory and much more
Záhada hlavolamu
Rychlé šípy ve Stínadlech
Three-body problem
I enjoyed it almost as books from A. C. Clarke and other titans of sci-fi.
Tajemství Velkého Vonta
Třetí díl stínadelské trilogie
Stínadla se bouří
Druhý díl stínadelské trilogie
Sbohem, můj krásný plameni
Velmi napínavé, mírně nepřesné, ale čtivé a zábavné.
Jáma a kyvadlo
Soubor povídek
The Martian
A survivor’s journal on Mars
Project Hail Mary
A highschool teacher on a suicide mission to save the humanity