Reading Lists

Psychology of self

1. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

2. David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

3. Brené Brown, Atlas of the Heart

4. Adam Grant
   , Give and Take

5. Adam Grant, Think Again

6. Anna Lembke, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in an Age of Indulgence

7. Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing

8. Everything by Cal Newport: Deep Work, Slow Productivity, Digital Minimalism especially

9. Massimo Pigliucci
   , How to Be a Stoic

10. Donald J. Robertson
    , How to Think Like a Roman Emperor

11. Seneca, How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management

12. Siva Vaidyanathan, Anti-social Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy

History

1. Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism

2. Timothy Burke, Lifebuoy Men, Lux Women: Commodification, Consumption and Cleanliness in Modern Zimbabwe

3. Daniel T. Rodgers, Age of Fracture

4. Ajay Verghese, The Colonial Origins of Ethnic Violence in India

5. Margaret Walker, India’s Kathak Dance in Historical Perspective

Politics

1. Ed Burmila, Chaotic Neutral: …