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Must-Reads of 2017: From Space to Chinese Noir
A biography of Gorbachev. A history of Qatar. An attack on bad parenting. And management lessons from the Beatles.
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Each year, I keep a running list of the favorite books I have read.1511803184944 Here is a shortened version of my 2017 list, with brief commentaries. If it seems like a hodgepodge, that to me is the sign of a fruitful reading year (I hope you had one, too).
Other than putting fiction at the end, the books are listed in the order I read them, not by priority. When there is a link to the book’s title, it takes you to longer remarks I have written elsewhere. Here goes: