I'm putting together a reading list for 2024. What was the one book that changed your life?
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- "Skinny Bitch" turned me into a pescatarian
- Poetics and politics of Data.Followed by Homo Deus
- The God of Small Things - Arundhati RoyThe hidden life of trees - Peter Wollehben
- It wasn't a book especially, but a poem by Jalaluddin Rumi called, The Guest House
- "Eva Luna" by Isabel Allende - lyrical and beautiful."Darkness Visible" by William Styron - helped me through a hard 3 years."Brainwashed" by Tom Burrell - helped me understand the power and pervasiveness of media in a new way and helped me form the correct vocabulary to articulate my concerns.
- Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. Never read such a delicate narrative about identity
- Mary Beard - Women and Power. The gender agenda through history. A brilliant brief read, makes you realize what women have been up against and for how long!
- Mad Women by Jane Maas for me was transformational. Before that I only read industry books through men lenses and I never experienced or knew of a senior female (and mother) creative role model in the creative department's big seat.
- ONE + ONE = THREE, A masterclass in creative thinking by Dave Trott
- Body Positive Power - Megan Jayne CrabbeWhy I'm no longer talking to white people about race - Reni Eddo LodgeThe Good Immigrant UK/USA versions - Nikesh Shukla
- NOTHING TO BE FRIGHTENED OF by Julian Barnes. A beautiful delve into life’s inevitable end that we’re too terrified to comprehend. It’s written with wit, aplomb and the perfect amount of trepidation.
- Yo Pip!Sprint by Jake Knapp,Ten Principle of Good Design by Dieter Rams (Legend)Confessions of an Advertising Man by David Ogilvy (Legend)I'm in London end of June, love to see you if your free!
- First - I LOVE how most people aren't mentioning business or design hack books, but books about how we live and want to live. Amazing!Second - Yuval Noah Harari is a bit of a quack when you look closely. Read a real historian instead, Pankaj Mishra is absolutely phenomenal and his books are hugely entertaining too.Finally - The book that's helped me understand people much better this year was Brene Brown's Daring Greatly.
- The Descent of Man - Grayson Perry, Utopia for Realists, Why I'm no longer talking to white people about race (obvs), The power by Naomi Alderman, 21 lessons for the 21st century - Yuval Noah Harari, Anything by Matt Haig <3
- Life and Work from Ray Dalio, Published in 2017 bx Simon & Schuster.
- Woman at Point Zero - Nawal El Saadawi. A beautiful written and incredibly important story of courage and strength...
- On a more philosophical level, I did enjoy "Seneca: On the Shortness of Life" (Penguin) - Great teachings based on the Stoic tradition.Another one very insightful and relevant in the age of populism is "Future Politics: Living together in a world transformed by tech" by Jamie Suskind
- 'The Gallow's Pole' by Benjamin Myers - a feral and magical tale of rural rebellion at a time when the wealthy few were taking large swathes of land and displacing many at the start of the industrial revolution. Everyone needs a good story of uprising...
- The Language Of Things- Deyan Sudjic
- The colossus of Maroussi by Henry Miller
- I'm always going back to past SPD annuals.Just the best in editorial design and photography.+ Detail In Typography by Jost Hochuli.
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Peopleby Stephen R. Covey
- Invisible women
- The very hungry caterpillar.
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