The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Review: Character First

Covey's classic still offers one of the soundest frameworks in self-help, from proactivity to Quadrant [...]

Quiet Review: A Persuasive Defense of Introverts

Susan Cain's well-researched case for introverts is warm, readable and often eye-opening, though it stretches [...]

Grokking Algorithms Review: The Friendliest Way Into Algorithms

The friendliest introduction to algorithms in print, with pictures that make ideas click, but it [...]

Financial Freedom Review: Grant Sabatier’s Earn-More Path to FIRE

The most earning-focused of the big early-retirement books: energetic, packed with tactics and right that [...]

Demon Copperhead Review: Dickens Comes to Opioid Country

Kingsolver's Pulitzer-winning retelling of David Copperfield in opioid-era Appalachia is funny, furious and long; one [...]

High Output Management Review: Andy Grove’s Manual for Managers

One of the most practical management books ever written, packed with tools like one-on-ones and [...]

The Secret History Review: A Murder Mystery in Reverse

Tartt's debut reveals a killing in its opening pages and still grips for hundreds more; [...]

The Barefoot Investor Review: Buckets, Not Budgets, for Australians

The best simple money system for Australians: automated buckets, fast debt payoff and sensible super [...]

Before the Coffee Gets Cold Review: Gentle Time Travel, Many Rules

A gentle, bittersweet set of time-travel stories in a Tokyo café; comforting and heartfelt, but [...]

Behave Review: Sapolsky’s Brilliant, Sprawling Tour of Why We Act

The best single book on the biology of human behavior: huge, funny and demanding, and [...]

The Miracle Morning Review: A Solid Routine, Oversold

A useful, flexible morning routine wrapped in hype; SAVERS can genuinely help, but the book [...]

The Selfish Gene Review: Evolution From the Gene’s Point of View

Dawkins's gene's-eye view of evolution remains brilliantly clear, but its selfish metaphor is easy to [...]