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Other Reading Lists


I’m always after reading recommendations, particularly for books that aren’t commonly read. Here are some good reading lists from around the internet. If have one you think I should include, please DM me on Twitter!

John Berger’s list of the 10 greatest essays

Tyler Cowen’s favorite books

Chinese History by Tanner Greer

Cultural Anthropology by William Buckner

Shalizi’s reading lists on, apparently, every topic

Roman History by Razib Khan

Brian Eno’s favorite books

Kevin Simler’s Lindy Links thread

Devon Zuegel’s urbanism reading list

Michael Nielsen’s favorite books

Bret Victor’s favorite books/papers

Ray Carney’s favorite movies

Fantastic Anachronism’s recommended reading

Gwern curates the best Borges essays

Hannah Arendt’s “Thinking” syllabus

Auden’s English syllabus

Alan Kay’s reading list -- topics include Tech & Media, Learning & Creativity, etc. Another version.

Ribbonfarm’s reading list

Kevin Simler’s reading list

Crypto by Dan Romero

Criterion’s incredible movie lists

Paul Graham’s history recommendations 

Peter Thiel’s German 270 syllabus

Chris Beiser’s list of lists

Sriram Krishnan’s list of memos

Meaningness’s Reading List (20th century philosophy + AI)

Borges’s personal library