Book Poll 2019

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title: Book Poll 2019
slug: book-poll-2019
category: essay
tags: [Books, Reflections]
date: 2019-09-02

I've been feeling like I've skewed too much on empty calories recently. So I ran this poll:

Number of books you’ve read in the past year (fiction and non fiction):

Of 962 respondents, 25% didn't read any books, 35% read 1-3, 24% read 4-9, 16% were > 10.

I'm a 1-3 kind of guy and would love to up it. Many folks obliged with their goodreads lists:

• Orta: https://github.com/orta/recommendations/blob/master/books.md
• JLengstorf: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/40101937-jason-lengstorf
• DJSheldrick: https://www.notion.so/Books-09f7797e9014412a85b072ae9d472bd2
• Wei: https://twitter.com/wgao19/status/1168254230584381440
• Nader: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/18844928-nader-dabit
• Pshrmn: https://github.com/pshrmn/reading-list/
• Janey: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/61171365-janey-mu-oz
• AJ: https://twitter.com/aj_kerrigan/status/1168249159243186176
• Shomik: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/61902520-shomik-ghosh?order=d&shelf=read&sort=date_read
• Michiel: https://www.notion.so/michielnuyts/7283596d15a449eabc6c8929a6e59b34?v=0a7e7ad112f043209aa45934d307949f
• Xiaoru: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/95323167-xiaoru-li

Near Term Book Shopping List:

• Algorithms to Live By
• HPMOR
• After On
• Why We Sleep
• Nudge