Memoir4
Papillon
by Henri Charrière
The gripping (and famously disputed) account of a Frenchman's imprisonment and escape from a penal colony in French Guiana.
Library
Bookshelf
"The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read."
- Mark Twain
Science Fiction4
Dune
by Frank Herbert
The classic desert-planet epic of politics, prophecy, and ecology that reshaped science fiction.
Memoir / Politics4
The Singapore Story
by Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew's memoir of Singapore's early years and the fight for independence.
Memoir / Politics4
From Third World to First
by Lee Kuan Yew
The sequel memoir covering Singapore's transformation into a first-world economy, 1965–2000.
Nonfiction / History4
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
by Yuval Noah Harari
A sweeping look at how Homo sapiens came to dominate the planet, from the cognitive revolution to modernity.
Business / Self-Help4
The 38 Letters from J.D. Rockefeller to His Son
by G. Ng
A curated collection of letters attributed to John D. Rockefeller, framed as wisdom on ambition, wealth, and character passed to his son.
Cooking4
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
by Samin Nosrat
A masterclass in the four elements of good cooking, illustrated by Wendy MacNaughton.
Cooking / Reference4
The Flavor Bible
by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg
An essential reference for pairing ingredients and flavors, drawn from the wisdom of America's top chefs.
Technology4
The Pragmatic Programmer
by David Thomas and Andrew Hunt
The 20th-anniversary edition of the classic guide to craftsmanship and pragmatic thinking in software engineering.
Philosophy4
Meditations
by Marcus Aurelius
The Roman emperor's private journal of Stoic philosophy, translated by Gregory Hays with a foreword by Ryan Holiday.