Debunking Iran War Myths: Must‑Read This Week
The 7 myths of the Iran War by @Doranimated is the best thing you will read this week.
Regularly Browse China Books Review for Fresh Insights
For those interested in China, it's a good idea every few weeks to check China Books Review and look through the reviews and interviews. @chinabksreview https://t.co/VzIFn0Z842
Shoup’s “High Cost of Free Parking” Is a Brilliant Distillation
I think a lot of people who haven't read "The High Cost of Free Parking" cover to cover, which I fear is many of you, don't realize what a strange and wonderful book it is. The ideal of a book:...
Steinbeck’s Daily Diary Disciplined His Pulitzer Masterpiece
"Just set one day’s work in front of the last day’s work. That’s the way it comes out. And that’s the only way it does." The Grapes of Wrath was published on this day in 1939, earning Steinbeck a Pulitzer and...
Four Timeless Fantasy Classics You Must Read
4 of the best & most influential fantasy novels ever written (all 20 years old or more): https://t.co/knNIJRnVyF
More POVs in Fantasy Series Can Feel Overwhelming
How do you feel when fantasy books add more POVs as the series goes on? 🤔
Great Books Start as Rough Drafts; Rewrite Them
Spoiler alert: your first draft probably won't be brilliant. And that's completely natural and normal. Think of your first draft as the framework of a house you're building. Revision is where you put in the flooring, paint the walls, and make it...
Caroline Bicks Discusses Steve King on TALKING SCARED
Want to listen to Caroline Bicks talk about Steve King (that's me)? You can do it on Neil McRobert's TALKING SCARED podcast. McRobert is smart and Bicks is equally smart. You'll enjoy it.
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring Sparked Modern Environmental Movement
Remembering Rachel Carson, who returned her borrowed stardust on this day in 1964, with the story behind her epochal book "Silent Spring," which catalyzed the modern environmental movement https://t.co/DRwh8xuzi8
A Marine Aviator’s Guide to Life’s Tough Lessons
What are we reading? Title: “Readback - A Marine Aviator’s Manual for Navigating Life’s Hardest Lessons” Author: @Ryan Cherry Publisher: Amplify Publishing Group @amplifypubgroup #Books #Leadership #SocialSelling #Reading #leader CC: Lori Ames, C… https://t.co/fnPTtvJ3gF https://t.co/8COISja1tu
A Modern Classic Rivals Alcott, Dickens, and Defoe
"It's rare to read a book that merits comparison with Alcott, Dickens, and Defoe, but he has done it. This book deserves a place on the shelf alongside those classics. It's one of the year's best books." https://t.co/hghel2VJl2
Grunge‑Era Memoir of Hampshire College’s Hallowed Halls
Hampshire College, Rest in Slack.. My memoir of my grunge era youth in its hallowed halls.. https://t.co/zu3RspX5jK
Podscan Turns Podcast Mentions Into Instant Book Recommendations
Oooh, big use case for Podscan, and one that intersects my two favorite pastimes: reading and podcasts. Check out Simon's Podshelf, this is a genius approach to trans-media-referencing. Extracting book recommendation as soon as they're mentioned on shows.
Author’s “Age of Extraction” Shortlisted for Donner Prize
Happy to say that my book "the Age of Extraction" has been short-listed for The Donner Prize -- award given to best public-policy book by a Canadian (I'm a dual-citizen) https://t.co/iV3sumzR7F
Top 10 Must-Read Books on Mission, Margin, Machine
Mission, Margin, and Machine: My Top 10 Recent Reads by @Timothy_Hughes https://t.co/OcyJIbvFk0 @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #Marketing #Leadership #Books #Strategy #Culture #Reading #ArtificialIntelligence #AgenticAI https://t.co/LbhFt43S4x
Feeling Seen, Awaiting Scarlett's Next Chapter
“I see you. I SEE you, I notice you, in every room you’re in.” Two weeks (!) til the next instalment of Scarlett’s story is released… Details HERE: https://books2read.com/b/polypassions8
Don’t Pay for Bookstagram Followers: It’s Counterproductive
"It quickly became apparent that building a following on Instagram required a volume of work that I was disinclined to undertake. Bookstagrammers, on the other hand, seemed to provide a way to potentially outsource this labour to someone else." Author...
Kahneman's Book: A Transformative Read Requiring Years of Reflection
Not an exaggeration that Kahneman's book is the most important I've read in years. Will take years to digest its insights.
Write Sincerely, and Others Will Listen, Carson Reminds
"If you write what you yourself sincerely think and feel and are interested in... you will interest other people." Rachel Carson died on this day in 1964, far too young, having sparked the modern environmental movement with her book Silent Spring....
Books Cost Less, Deliver Lasting Knowledge and Pleasure
"For the price of a movie, a cocktail, a pack of cigarettes you can have instead a good book–giving hours of pleasurable reading and leaving a profitable residue of broadened knowledge and stimulated thought." –Atwood H. Townsend (author of "Good...
Rogoff's New Book Offers Valuable Insights Despite Disagreements
I just finished reading Ken Rogoff's latest book. Although I have different views on a number of topics, the book nonetheless has many good insights and some very helpful historical data. https://t.co/eneewgjZPy
De Beauvoir’s Wisdom: Aging Gracefully, Avoiding Life’s Parody
How to keep life from becoming a parody of itself – Simone de Beauvoir, who left us 40 years ago today, on the art of growing older: https://t.co/ntJfvdiFci
Yano Arrow’s Debut Wins Prize, Second Novel Impresses
Since Yano Arrow’s second novel, “My Body on the Moon” (scheduled for release June 18), turned out to be insanely good, I picked up their debut novel, “Horizon Gate” (2023), which won the Grand Prize at the Hayakawa SF Contest....
Daily Wayback Machine Dives Shaped My Book
I was on the wayback machine practically every day when I was writing my book
Hitchens Reveals Animal Farm's Overlooked Animal Rights Message
Christopher Hitchens, who would have been 77 today, on animal rights and the lesser appreciated message of Orwell's "Animal Farm" https://t.co/5YuexWpV2r
Author Tours New Book Inside The Box with Top Thinkers
I’ll be on tour for my new book, Inside The Box, in May. Would love to see you all as I speak with some friends and colleagues: @DanielPink, @Gladwell, Robert Waldinger, Eric Barker, Megan Twohey. https://t.co/Q8KTkduSei
Master Business Acumen to Double Your Sales Power
5 books that will make you more dangerous than any sales book: 1. Competitive Strategy — Michael Porter 2. The Value Equation — how ventures create wealth 3. Buy Then Build — analyzing companies 4. The Effective Executive — Peter Drucker 5. Time Really Is...
Racism Fueled Election of America's First Mentally Ill President
Read the book “The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump” Racism allowed people to elect the United States’ first Mental Patient President.
Mount Rushmore of Self‑Help Books Sparks Wild Debate
We played Mount Rushmore of personal development books and it got a little unhinged. Let me know if I should let @DanielPink raid my office again… https://t.co/LmyRw3oFUr
Publishing CEO Reveals 7 Must‑Know Truths for Authors
The CEO of Macmillan — one of the most powerful people in traditional publishing — recently sat down for a candid interview about the state of the industry in 2026. His insights confirmed a lot of what I saw firsthand when...
Tucker Carlson's
Sewage for ink. Tucker Carlson to launch publishing imprint with books by Russell Brand and Milo Yiannopoulos https://t.co/OgtWe3p0EJ
Finding Purpose and Hope Amid Death's Quiet Care
Why does a place surrounded by death feel so full of purpose? 🤯 Brad Meltzer takes us inside Dover, where morticians quietly serve families in their darkest moments—and reveals the unexpected hope behind The Viper. 💡 Don't miss this episode:...
Cultural Loss Occurs when Reading Stops, Not Books Burn
“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” –Ray Bradbury https://t.co/73aLuGwbyp
Clancy’s Breakthrough Came From Pro‑American Niche Publishing
A lot of people miss the real reason Tom Clancy broke through. Mainstream publishers wouldn’t touch his first book. The Naval Institute Press did. Why? He was unapologetically pro-American at a time when defeatism sold better than strength and publishers wanted...
Clarity and Pure Love Require Knowing Ourselves, Murdoch Says
How to see more clearly and love more purely – Iris Murdoch on the angst of not knowing ourselves and each other https://t.co/bZ71kyyvOl
Polls Show College Graduates Moving Left, Despite Reviewer's Denial
So this is an odd review of my book in the Wall St. Journal. The reviewer rejects the idea that college grads have moved sharply left on economics. https://t.co/Ia0UWPPT0l But poll after poll confirms that leftward shift. 1/
Words Shape Choices: Framing Beats Pure Outcomes
Much of behavioral economics assumes that what matters in a decision is the outcome: who gets what, how much is gained or lost, and with what probability. @ValerioCapraro's new book "The Economics of Language: How Large Language Models Can Reshape Behavioural...
Belief in Testosterone Alters Negotiation Fairness More Than Hormone
I'm reading The Expectation Effect as we speak. Man this goes so much deeper. Your mind is something incredible.
Amazon Slashes The Growth Equation Price 26% in UK
Wow. So Amazon are offering my book, The Growth Equation at a whopping 26% discount in the UK. This is the best price I've ever seen it, so worth grabbing a few copies for your founder freinds 😇 https://t.co/Xzg0WBUY5a
Revelation Space: A Wild Ride for Hardcore Sci‑Fi Fans
Just finished Alastair Reynold's Revelation Space, what a wild ride. Will review soon on the blog. Definitely recommend, but for hardcore sci-fi fans only.
Streetwise Offers Insight, but Skips Goldman’s GFC Leadership
Reading @lloydblankfein’s book streetwise. Sadly he doesn’t really get into the fascinating details of his leadership of goldman during the gfc, but it’s worth a read. I wish he could have written a candid account. https://t.co/78W9nD3ops
Authors: Share Life, Not Just Book Promotions
Author Real talk… If you are an author and all you ever post and share on your social media platforms is promotional book content… Buy my book content… Oh look more generic book posts… You will not A. Increase your following count like...
Flowers Reveal Life’s Meaning Across Dickinson, Pollan, Little Prince
The flower and the meaning of life: Emily Dickinson, Michael Pollan, and The Little Prince (which was published 83 springs ago this week) https://t.co/ByxFHpHxeD
New Trailer Reveals “The Second Life of Snap”
New Book Trailer Alert: The Second Life of Snap by Erin Entrada Kelly https://t.co/MNRG0xas69 https://t.co/fa3VNsR6sf
From Ashram to Hippy Farm: Free Chapter 12
Chapter 12 of my memoir, 'From There to Here: A Story of Survival' is up! Remember that it is *completely* free. Subscribe (again, it's completely free) here: https://thestoryofanneslife.substack.com/ About my memoir: https://thestoryofanneslife.substack.com/about Direct link to chapter 12 (but of course read chapters...
Szymborska: Fear Essential for Meaningful Fairy Tales
The importance of being scared – Polish Nobel laureate Wisława Szymborska on fairy tales and the necessity of fear https://t.co/N7BfWwL8Bt
Sexist Book Covers Could Rekindle Young Men's
@robkhenderson Mildly sexist thought for the day. If we want to get young men reading again, we should make book covers look like this again. https://t.co/df1W3xhqKH
Constraints Spark Creativity, Not Block It
Constraints don’t block creativity, they cause it. For a deep dive on how constraints can you more creative, productive, and satisfied, check out my new book, INSIDE THE BOX. Link in my bio. https://t.co/WoLT32w5Rv
Three Simple Weekly Tasks to Boost Indie Writing
Try to do these 3 things this week as an indie author: 1. Use your strongest performing trial reel and post it every day this week, with the same description, diff music, vary the length, use 1+ stickers, and change the...
Final Edits Done, Sunset River Reflections Seal Progress
Down to the last 15 pages of the first round of copy edits for my first book. Chose to review it by the river at sunset.