# Favorite books read in 2024

## History

- **Poland: A History** by Adam Zamoyski
- **Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age** by Tom Holland
- **Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom** by Tom Holland
- **Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947** by Christopher   Clark
- **The Romanovs, 1613-1918** by Simon Sebag Montefiore
- **The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World** by William Dalrymple
- **Ukraine: The Forging of a Nation** by Yaroslav Hrytsak
- **A History of the Muslim World: From Its Origins to the Dawn of Modernity** by Michael A. Cook
- **In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire** by Tom Holland
- **The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made** by Walter Isaacson
- **Jerusalem: The Biography** by Simon Sebag Montefiore
- **Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West** by Tom Holland
- **Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin** by Timothy Snyder

## Business

- **No Prize for Pessimism** by Sam Schillace
- **This Is Strategy: Make Better Plans (Create a Strategy to Elevate Your Career, Community & Life)** by Seth Godin
- **Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout** by Cal Newport
- **Uptime: A Practical Guide to Personal Productivity and Wellbeing** by Laura Mae Martin

## Biography

- **Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne** by Katherine Rundell
- **George F. Kennan: An American Life** by John Lewis Gaddis
- **Benjamin Franklin: An American Life** by Walter Isaacson

## Politics

- **The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution** by Francis Fukuyama
- **Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy** by Francis Fukuyama
- **On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything** by Nate Silver

## Science

- **The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom** by Jonathan Haidt
- **Annals of the Former World** by John McPhee
- **Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures** by Katherine Rundell

## Fiction

**Shōgun (The Asian Saga)** by James Clavell

James Clavell (1,301 pages)

## Pets

- **The Power of Positive Dog Training** by Pat Miller

## Science fiction

- **Polostan (Bomb Light #1)** by Neal Stephenson

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