I assume yes, but you've read Predictably Irrational? there's a good anecdote about gift giving vs. cash in there.
This reminds me that close friends have given me *wonderful* reading recommendations, which I would have done well to heed, even at the expense of (what I usually think of as) my all-things-considered reading list. Relatedly: hey, what books should I read?https://twitter.com/AgnesCallard/status/1210368555302162435 …
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I have not (though I have the sense I've absorbed some of the material in interviews, through other behavioral psych / econ material, etc.). Thanks for the reference!
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I’ve read these 3 times — they get better each time. Told in Tolstoyan style, it’s a sweeping portrait of all levels of a society consumed with its intrigues, affairs, rivalries, but which is headed for ruin. Plus, a lead character is a compulsive gambler.https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-transylvanian-trilogy-by-miklos-banffy/2013/12/10/c9aa2d1c-5d2d-11e3-bc56-c6ca94801fac_story.html …
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Thank you! (FWIW I still have a copy of _The Conspiracy_ in this office, staring at me, telling me to read it, and also often reminding me of you.)
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A few categories! Non-fiction, batshit crazy: Bad Blood, Red Notice, American Heiress, Five Days at Memorial Non-fiction, criminal justice system: Autobiography of an Execution, Just Mercy, The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist, When Brute Force Fails (1/n)
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Non-fiction, post-Trump soul-searching: Janesville, Hillbilly Elegy, Strangers in Their Own Land (*), Rising Out of Hatred Non-fiction, global financial crisis: Diary of a Very Bad Year, Fault Lines, The Big Short, House of Debt (2/n)
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If you haven't read them I highly recommend Becky chambers, it's a character and relationship sci-fi series with some truly fantastic world building!
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Reading rubber by madelon lulofs.
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Nothing in that thread is wrong, but I think comparing cash to a thoughtful gift from a close friend misses the point. The VAST majority of gifts given at holiday season are generic and obligatory (gift cards, candles, etc.) Good SNL on this subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L5Xkb78KxY …
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Anyway, your real question was what to read. Salvage the Bones and/or Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward. Read descriptions of each, see which appeals more, then hopefully you'll want to read the other anyway after you read one.
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