Randall Munroe's Reading List

"Seeing what people worried about or complained about a hundred years ago always gives a lot of perspective," says the creator of the web comic XKCD, whose new book is "How To."

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By the Book: Randall Munroe (2019)

NYT By the Book column (2019-11-14).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Because Internet

Gretchen McCulloch · Buy on Amazon

"Right now, the book on top of the small stack is Gretchen McCulloch's "Because Internet," which is a really insightful book on how English has grown and changed thanks to the internet."

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Matthew Desmond · Buy on Amazon

"I was really bowled over by Matthew Desmond's "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City." I started it one afternoon and didn't stop, except briefly to make dinner, until I finished it several hours after midnight."

Natural and Moral History of the Indies

José de Acosta · Buy on Amazon

"I stumbled on it by accident when searching a database for something else. It's fascinating to watch the author, with his 16th-century scientific background, try to tackle the science behind subjects like weather, volcanoes and animal migration, almost as if starting from scratch."

The Murderbot Diaries

Martha Wells · Buy on Amazon

"I really enjoyed "The Murderbot Diaries" by Martha Wells."

1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed

Unknown · Buy on Amazon

"I read "1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed," a book on the Bronze Age collapse in the eastern Mediterranean."

The Way Things Work

Unknown · Buy on Amazon

"There were some educational books that left a big impression, books like "The Way Things Work" and "What It Feels Like to Be a Building.""

What It Feels Like to Be a Building

Unknown · Buy on Amazon

"There were some educational books that left a big impression, books like "The Way Things Work" and "What It Feels Like to Be a Building.""

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