This is the first book in a series, and I can't wait to start the second. What could possibly go wrong? Hint: humans are horrible to each other in the future too. Google?) oversees everything as a neutral observer. So too the fact that a company called Information (i.e. The premise of a hyper-local + hyper-global government feels quite plausible.
Infomocracy by Malka Older: A reimagining of politics in a world beyond nation-states. Set in Bangkok (one of the last surviving cities), a story of corporate greed, climate change, autocratic government, and a love affair between a man and a robot. The Wind-Up Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi: Imagine a post-apocalyptic world where calories are worth more than money. It's a story about going into space, but the real journey, as always, is about going deeper inside yourself. Not the expedition itself, but the training for it. The Wanderers by Meg Howrey: Chronicle of the training of astronauts for an expedition to Mars. Writing about your death when you're in love and at the peak of your career is breathtaking. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi: This is on everyone's list, of course. This book attempts to make sense of a brilliant man who refused to commit to a job or a woman, died at 42, and yet still gave birth to wildlife conservation in East Africa. Nobody looks at the real story of her mysterious lover. Too Close to the Sun: The Audacious Life and Times of Denys Finch Hatton by Sara Wheeler: Everyone reads Karen Blixen's Out of Africa. It's a love story (with a woman and a geography) set in modern professional life - except his profession takes him to war zones. On the way, he reported on rural America, Iraq, and Afghanistan and struggled to build a relationship with his college sweetheart. Love, Africa by Jeffrey Gettleman: The former New York Times correspondent for East Africa describes a life dedicated to one purpose: getting that job. 
What I found most remarkable is that the book ends in 1980, before Nike truly became big, so what you remember is not the global corporation but a struggling start-up. About the founding years of Nike, the struggles and triumphs of a flawed band of unlikely brothers. Shoe Dog by Phil Knight: My favorite book of the year, and one every entrepreneur should read.Some are very popular today, and some are obscure. And here are the best 12, sorted in 3 genres, with a short review of each. I envy that discipline, as I'm usually too exhausted when bedtime rolls around.īut I did manage 24 books in 2017. Like most people who read a lot, Ben's secret is that he just makes time for it, especially at night.
The first thing I saw this morning was my friend Ben Keene's review of the 50 books he read in 2017.
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