# best book (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 22 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover best book. Page: Feed: --- ## [A Review of Jonathan M. Katz’s The Big Truck That Went By](https://www.dannycrichton.com/2026/08/16/a-review-of-jonathan-m-katzs-the-big-truck-that-went-by/) _2026-08-16 · Danny Crichton · Danny Crichton on Technology, Global Risk and Strategy_ It’s extraordinarily pleasing to read field reporting from deeply embedded foreign correspondents, a vocation that is shamefully underfunded today given the myriad of crises engulfing the world. Even more scintillating is when those same correspondents transform their routine work into a synthesized volume, offering us both a panoramic ## [A World Traveler's Secret to Finding the Best Recommendations on Every Trip](https://www.joindeparture.com/p/a-frequent-flyers-secret-to-finding-the-best-meal-ku-four-objects-slow-travel-slow-fashion) _2026-08-13 · Henah Velez | Departure · Departure_ Where to go for true craftsmanship, the lost art of talking to strangers, and two tools (and one product) to make your life easier. ## [I Read Way Too Much Into Children's Songs (And Regret Nothing)](https://www.bassam.com/single-post/i-read-way-too-much-into-children-s-songs-and-regret-nothing) _2026-08-06 · Bassam Tarazi · Bassam Tarazi_ At first listen all children’s songs have a similar formula: upbeat, repetitive, and sticky, but underneath those audible rainbows lurks madness. ## [35 Travel Lessons to Celebrate 35 Years](https://www.joindeparture.com/p/35-travel-lessons-to-celebrate-35-years) _2026-08-06 · Henah Velez | Departure · Departure_ Plus, a giveaway to celebrate, the best book I've read all year, and a cautionary travel tale. ## [This European City Isn't On Your Bucket List—It Should Be](https://www.joindeparture.com/p/this-european-city-isnt-on-your-bucket-list-it-should-be-zurich) _2026-07-30 · Henah Velez | Departure · Departure_ Where to stay, eat, swim, and thrift, from someone who's visited three dozen times. ## [I Spent a Day with an Indigenous Tribe in Taiwan](https://www.joindeparture.com/p/i-spent-a-day-with-an-indigenous-tribe-taiwan-bulau-bulau) _2026-07-23 · Henah Velez | Departure · Departure_ It wasn't at all what I expected: Could tourism help conserve traditional culture? ## [The Odyssey (2026) is guilty of everything Emily Wilson was wrongly accused of](https://thedeepdish.org/the-odyssey-2026-review/) _2026-07-21 · Deep Dish_ Nolan has stripped the ambiguity that makes Homer’s characters so interesting, and served up a cosy morality play with all the depth of warmed-over Marvel slop. ## [I've Earned 275,000 Points This Year—Here's What a CFP Thinks of My Strategy](https://www.joindeparture.com/p/a-savings-strategist-and-cfp-analyzed-my-points-strategy-rakuten-bilt-amex-chase) _2026-07-16 · Henah Velez | Departure · Departure_ The power of Rakuten points, the biggest sale of the year for flight deals, and the best travel-sized natural deodorants. ## [I Travel 10+ Times a Year—Here's How I Fight Jet Lag](https://www.joindeparture.com/p/how-to-fight-jet-lag-and-improve-sleep-travel-home) _2026-07-09 · Henah Velez | Departure · Departure_ My tried-and-true recs for getting some quality ZZZs, a senior editor role for $125k, and a heartwarming read on accessible travel. ## [Where the Vanderbilts Used to Vacation—And You Can, Too](https://www.joindeparture.com/p/where-bad-bitch-book-clubs-mackenzie-newcomb-loves-newport-ri) _2026-07-02 · Henah Velez | Departure · Departure_ Plus: Updated credit card perks, a new and controversial book, and how to stay safe in a heat wave. ## [Play Both Sides Of The Lie (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/2O2qPg8J2kww) _2026-07-02 · **Sponsored**_ Two operatives, one manufactured war — uncover the Complete Truth after both campaigns. ## [A review of Fyodor Tertitskiy’s Accidental Tyrant](https://www.dannycrichton.com/2026/06/28/a-review-of-fyodor-tertitskiys-accidental-tyrant/) _2026-06-28 · Danny Crichton · Danny Crichton on Technology, Global Risk and Strategy_ North Korea’s opacity is all but impregnable. Its neighbors, Russia and China, are dictatorships that work ever more diligently to control the speech of their citizens, but the two have got nothing on the Hermit Kingdom’s totalitarianism. Even the most rudimentary facts about what’s ## [Bookstores are the Epitome of Slow Travel—This One's Donated $47M](https://www.joindeparture.com/p/bookshop-ceo-interview-anti-prime-day) _2026-06-25 · Henah Velez | Departure · Departure_ An interview and giveaway with Bookshop's CEO, the comfiest and chicest shoes, and a simple app to ease travel planning. ## [Rome, London, & Paris: My Exact Costs & The Very Real Lessons](https://www.joindeparture.com/p/my-10-day-solo-eurotrip-the-itinerary-london-paris-rome-lessons) _2026-06-18 · Henah Velez | Departure · Departure_ A trip across Rome, London, and Paris. Plus, a perfect Father's Day gift, the best book I've read lately, and a wholesome viral sensation. ## [A review of Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death](https://www.dannycrichton.com/2026/06/13/a-review-of-neil-postmans-amusing-ourselves-to-death/) _2026-06-13 · Danny Crichton · Danny Crichton on Technology, Global Risk and Strategy_ I tend to read older cultural criticism with one of two minds. One is the delectable schadenfreude of witnessing previous moral panics that ultimately turn out to be hysterical outpourings of stupidity (I’m thinking of Dungeons and Dragons and how it will cause children to become Satan-worshippers) ## [A review of Suzy Hansen’s From Life Itself](https://www.dannycrichton.com/2026/06/13/a-review-of-suzy-hansens-from-life-itself/) _2026-06-13 · Danny Crichton · Danny Crichton on Technology, Global Risk and Strategy_ I have to admit: I’ve had a really bad run of nonfiction books lately. All of them have been positively reviewed, some in terms that are magnificently glowing. Many of them have even won prestigious global awards. Time after time after all of the hubbub, I finally get ## [Southern Comfort Meets Royal Soul: A Local’s Guide to the Queen City](https://www.joindeparture.com/p/southern-comfort-meets-royal-soul-queen-city-charlotte-nc) _2026-06-11 · Henah Velez | Departure · Departure_ What to know about AmEx's expanded benefits, the transience of cities, and the absolute best travel spray and detergent. ## [A review of C. Thi Nguyen’s The Score](https://www.dannycrichton.com/2026/06/08/a-review-of-c-thi-nguyens-the-score/) _2026-06-08 · Danny Crichton · Danny Crichton on Technology, Global Risk and Strategy_ A decade ago in graduate school, I was part of a reading circle on the sociology of quantification. It’s a small lacuna of an academic field with a massive scope: the incredible quantification of society and the politics behind how people and institutions construct those numbers. It encompasses ## [Bro, Do You Even Lit? Why I Switched to Reading Fiction](https://thedeepdish.org/benefits-reading-fiction/) _2026-05-26 · Deep Dish_ Almost all my adult life I've been an infovore obsessed with hoovering up all the knowledge. ## [The Periodic Table Of Motivation](https://www.bassam.com/single-post/the-periodic-table-of-motivation) _2026-05-01 · Bassam Tarazi · Bassam Tarazi_ I think people are confused about what exactly extrinsic and intrinsic motivation is, so I created this handy little chart ## [try not pissing your willpower away](https://todaythings.substack.com/p/try-not-pissing-your-willpower-away) _2026-04-24 · Danielle · today things_ + Tennyson & Lloyd's, butt breathing, & lots of accumulated short story recs ## [8.1% APY Plus Free Stock (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/5T9bpNlgEQPC) _2026-04-24 · **Sponsored**_ Claim 8.1% APY and up to $1,030 in SK hynix and Nvidia stock. ## [Am I Early, Or Am I Wrong?](https://www.bassam.com/single-post/am-i-early-or-am-i-wrong) _2026-03-25 · Bassam Tarazi · Bassam Tarazi_ I know how scary it can be of looking like a flip flopper in life, but just because you eventually changed your mind doesn’t mean you were lying to yourself at the beginning. ## [A Sepia Equilibrium](https://mrrdixon.substack.com/p/a-sepia-equilibrium) _2026-03-15 · M. R. R. Dixon · Chip'n_ and beta reading feedback ## [10 Years A Poker Player - A Retrospective](https://www.mayankja.in/blog/10-years-a-poker-player-a-retrospective) _2026-03-12 · Mayank Jain · Blog - Mayank Jain_ What it means to be a professional poker player in India. A look back at my journey. The freedom, the loneliness, the discipline, and shedding a lifetime of impostor syndrome. ## [Stop Worshiping Billionaires. Steal Their Systems Instead.](https://dambron.fr/blog/2026-03-06-stop-worshiping-billionaires/) _2026-03-06 · Julien Dambron's blog RSS Feed_ Elon Musk is not special. His system is. You can use it too. First Principles. Strip your problem to its basic truths. Ask "why" five times. Build from there. Big Goals. Small goals make you lazy. Pick something that scares you a little. Constraints force creativity. Ship Fast. Done is better than perfect. Put rough work into the world. Learn from real feedback. Execute. Ideas cost nothing. Doing… ## [a sensible banker, and whinnying explained](https://todaythings.substack.com/p/a-sensible-banker-and-whinnying-explained) _2026-03-05 · Danielle · today things_ + many short story recs of course ## [Never Knew My Dad](https://www.bassam.com/single-post/never-knew-my-dad) _2026-03-05 · Bassam Tarazi · Bassam Tarazi_ As adorable as it is, my son’s use of the words “Thank you” and “I love you” is just mirroring what we tell him, like when I tell the gate agent “You too” after they say “Have a good flight.” Sure, it’s good practice, but kids have no idea what love is in relation to the love their parents have for them. They can’t know. ## [A few weeks with NixOS](https://dambron.fr/blog/2026-02-23-nixos-experiment/) _2026-02-23 · Julien Dambron's blog RSS Feed_ I tried NixOS for a few weeks. It showed me more about what I value in a computer than it did about itself. The declarative model works. Your whole system lives in one file. No hidden state. No setup that slowly drifted from what you intended. I broke things twice. Both times I booted into a previous generation and was back in two minutes. The tooling fits together. Flakes, home-manager,… ## [The best books I read in 2025](https://dambron.fr/blog/2026-02-07-best-books-2025/) _2026-02-07 · Julien Dambron's blog RSS Feed_ Introduction I read 146 books in 2025. A year packed with fiction spanning multiple languages, deep dives into mindfulness with Thich Nhat Hanh, the complete Expanse series, and a wide range of non-fiction from investing to technology and leadership. Here are my favorites from this year's readings, in no particular order. Fiction Exhalation: Stories by Ted Chiang Short stories about free will,… ## [When More Money Stops Making Sense](https://www.bassam.com/single-post/when-more-money-stops-making-sense) _2026-02-04 · Bassam Tarazi · Bassam Tarazi_ Two roads diverged in the forest. One offered more money, the other offered more time. ## [Zine Makers Directory - Road Less Read](https://roadlessread.com/lists/zinesters) _2026-02-03 · Road Less Read_ A curated directory of zine makers and their corners of the internet. Celebrating the folks keeping the spirit of zines alive. Tabl... ## [Make any domain metal (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/lCizMy9BPN9v) _2026-02-02 · **Sponsored**_ Turn any domain into a blacked-out metal landing page with an email waitlist ## [Luminous and Numerous](https://mrrdixon.substack.com/p/luminous-and-numerous) _2026-02-02 · M. R. R. Dixon · Chip'n_ and the 10 Best Books of 2025 ## [The Bear Blog Carnival | Road Less Read](https://roadlessread.com/lists/bearbc) _2026-02-01 · Road Less Read_ A monthly carnival on Bear Blog, where a host picks a theme and the community writes responses. Originally run by Cris, now continuing on the Grizzly Gazette. ... ## [The IndieWeb Carnival | Road Less Read](https://roadlessread.com/lists/iwc) _2026-01-23 · Road Less Read_ This is a monthly blog carnival celebrating writing and the independent web! Each month, a host selects a theme and invites the community to write on their websites. ... ## [The IndieWeb Book Club | Road Less Read](https://roadlessread.com/lists/iwbc) _2026-01-23 · Road Less Read_ In October 2025, I was fed-up with my reading's state. No fault of the excellent books, nor a lack of time or motivation to read. Rather…community. Where was it? Austin Kleon fo... ## [Introducing… Bayes Calculator](https://jedchristiansen.com/2026/01/20/introducing-bayes-calculator/) _2026-01-21 · jedcssn768 · Jed Christiansen_ I m pleased to announce the launch of Bayes Calculator a passion project I ve wanted to build for years. I created it to help people understand and visualize Bayesian statistics and Bayesian inference calculations. Check it out now at bayescalculator.com. It s been so long I don t even remember when I was first introduced to Bayesian Continue reading "Introducing Bayes Calculator" ## [The Waterfall Summoning](https://mrrdixon.substack.com/p/the-waterfall-summoning) _2026-01-15 · M. R. R. Dixon · Chip'n_ and 2025's best sunrise ## [feral minks' brains are regrowing & paleontologists are feral too](https://todaythings.substack.com/p/feral-minks-brains-are-regrowing) _2026-01-06 · Danielle · today things_ plus short story recs & my new 2nd favorite skeleton ## [2025 in Code](https://marcusvorwaller.com/blog/2025/12/31/2025-in-code/) _2026-01-01 · Marcus · Marcus Vorwaller_ This year was the year I rediscovered how much I love to code. At the beginning of the year AI coding assistants were good enough to help overcome all the annoying hurdles of getting a new project going and were good enough at writing small chunks of code that I could bring ideas to life \[ \] ## [Best Books, Articles, Films and Theater I Read and Saw (2025 Edition)](https://www.dannycrichton.com/2025/12/31/best-books-articles-films-and-theater-i-read-and-saw-2025-edition/) _2025-12-31 · Danny Crichton · Danny Crichton on Technology, Global Risk and Strategy_ 2025 was a dizzying year. I can’t make heads or tails of it, the coin (almost certainly a Trump-faced 250th commemorative) just keeps spinning around on its edge like the inchoate end of  Inception . What even  happened ? I consider my job as a writer to ## [Best Articles I Wrote (2025 Edition)](https://www.dannycrichton.com/2025/12/31/best-articles-i-wrote-2025-edition/) _2025-12-31 · Danny Crichton · Danny Crichton on Technology, Global Risk and Strategy_ This is a syndication of my update from the Riskgaming newsletter , where most of my writing lives these days. Well, 2025 was a very quiet year. Minus, of course, the trillions of dollars in venture capital appreciation thanks to the AI boom and the insane pace of geopolitical news going ## [Best Books of 2025, with Kate and Laura • Subscriber special episode](https://thebookclubreview.substack.com/p/best-books-of-2025-with-kate-and) _2025-12-31 · Kate · The Book Club Review_ Find out Laura's favourites from the year, plus all the books we didn't get a chance to mention in the main show ## [The 10 Best Books I Read This Year (2025)](https://www.bassam.com/single-post/the-10-best-books-i-read-this-year-2025) _2025-12-30 · Bassam Tarazi · Bassam Tarazi_ Early in 2025, I told myself I was going to read more novels. Less history. Less science. By February, I was already halfway through a massive history of the atomic bomb. So that went well. But later in the year I clawed back with more fiction. Good thing I did because 4.5 fiction books made the list. Half ? Yes, you have Sam Kean to thank. You’ll see. In no particular order…but why not start with… ## [Best Books of 2025](https://thebookclubreview.substack.com/p/best-books-of-2025) _2025-12-29 · Kate · The Book Club Review_ Subscriber favourites • End-of-year meet-up • 29 December 2025 ## [Books I Read In 2025 | Road Less Read](https://roadlessread.com/lists/25list) _2025-12-28 · Road Less Read_ It's the year's end! I'm concluding these last 365 days with a list of books I've read. Found some new authors I never knew existed, tried new books. Was a delight. ... ## [Books I Read In 2024 | Road Less Read](https://roadlessread.com/lists/24list) _2025-12-28 · Road Less Read_ All the books I read in the year. And wow, it was a lot. I tend to read copious amounts, but this...is perhaps the most in one year since I started tracking in 2019. Enjoy. ... ## [The 2026 Road Less Read Challenge](https://roadlessread.com/lists/26challenge) _2025-12-28 · Road Less Read_ In honor of the new year, and Book Riot's annual 'Read Harder' challenge, I've always read a copious amount of books each year, but never participated in one. I thought I'd make o... ## [Books I Want To Read In 2026 | Road Less Read](https://roadlessread.com/lists/26tbr) _2025-12-27 · Road Less Read_ As I identified a few months ago, I've long struggled with starting a million projects and not finishing them. This...also applies to book series and authors I've adored. In 2026,... ## [Favourite and Best: Our Books of 2025](https://thebookclubreview.substack.com/p/favourite-and-best-our-books-of-2025) _2025-12-23 · Kate · The Book Club Review_ With Kate, Phil Chaffee and Sarah Oliver ## [Christmas with Christopher](https://thebookclubreview.substack.com/p/christmas-with-christopher) _2025-12-20 · Kate · The Book Club Review_ Subscriber special episode ## [Books Read | Road Less Read](https://roadlessread.com/lists/read) _2025-12-19 · Road Less Read_ Here you'll find all books I've read in chronological order, from when I started tracking my reading in 2019. If you read often, I encourage you to do so too! It's fascinating to look back on. ...