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Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets

Incerto #1

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

316 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction business economics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

My Brilliant Friend

The Neapolitan Novels #1

Elena Ferrante

331 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

5.0beckbessinger's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Isle of Youth by Laura van den Berg

The Isle of Youth

Laura van den Berg

244 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

4.0beckbessinger's review
fiction literary short stories mysterious reflective medium-paced
Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day by Stuart Rutherford, Jonathan Morduch, Daryl Collins, Orlanda Ruthven

Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day

Stuart Rutherford, Jonathan Morduch, Daryl Collins, Orlanda Ruthven

296 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

4.0beckbessinger's review
nonfiction business economics informative slow-paced
Three Moments of an Explosion by China Miéville

Three Moments of an Explosion

China Miéville

382 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0beckbessinger's review
fiction fantasy science fiction short stories adventurous dark medium-paced
Selected Stories by Robert Walser

Selected Stories

Robert Walser

208 pages • first pub 1916 (editions)

4.0beckbessinger's review
fiction short stories challenging reflective medium-paced
Casspirs en Campari's by Etienne van Heerden

Casspirs en Campari's

Etienne van Heerden

552 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

4.0beckbessinger's review
fiction reflective medium-paced
Tsotsi by Athol Fugard

Tsotsi

Athol Fugard

232 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0beckbessinger's review
fiction contemporary dark emotional tense medium-paced
Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys over Girls and the Consequences of a World Full of Men by Mara Hvistendahl

Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys over Girls and the Consequences of a World Full of Men

Mara Hvistendahl

336 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

3.0beckbessinger's review
nonfiction feminism history politics science sociology challenging informative slow-paced
Lost and Found in Johannesburg: A Memoir by Mark Gevisser

Lost and Found in Johannesburg: A Memoir

Mark Gevisser

352 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

3.0beckbessinger's review
nonfiction memoir informative reflective slow-paced