Review of Ben Macintyre's The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
This is one of the most riveting and surprising books that I have ever read. Ben Macintyre's The Spy and The Traitor is a narrative...
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Review of Paolo Cognetti's "Carnets de New York" (in French)
Un livre très personnel de la part de Paolo Cognetti, qui, dans une écriture très aboutie et poétique nous transmet son amour pour la...
Review of Malcolm Gladwell's "Talking to Strangers"
Malcolm Gladwell’s “Talking to Strangers” is not an easy book to review. It is both compelling and frustrating. Its incredibly fluid...
Review of Christopher Wylie's "Mindf*uck: Cambridge Analytica And the Plot to Break America"
If one book had to be designated in order to illustrate the term page-turner, Christopher Wylie's Mindf*ck: Cambridge Analytica and the...
Review of Ibram X. Kendi's "How to Be an Antiracist"
Ibram X. Kendi's "How to Be An Antiractist" is an important, timely and provocative book. It could not be more relevant given the...
Review of Anna Wiener's "Uncanny Valley"
Anna Wiener's "Uncanny Valley" provides a deep-dive into the universe of Silicon Valley startups. This intriguing world may at first seem...
Review of Susan Cain's "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking"
"Quiet" by Susan Cain feels (granted, rather unsurprisingly) as if it has been written for The Quiet Protagonist. Notwithstanding, this...
Review of Jordan B. Peterson's "12 Rules for Life"
A love-hate relationship: that is the overall sentiment underpinning how one feels when faced with the task of reviewing Jordan B....
Review of Giulia Enders' "Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ"
What a talented individual Giulia Enders is! This gem of a book brings attention to a largely unknown and a priori unattractive topic and...
Review of Adam Grant's "Originals"
** spoiler alert ** Originals is an intellectually-stimulating book packed with counterintuitive insights and fascinating myth-busters...
Review of Kai-Fu Lee's "AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order"
Kai-Fu Lee's book provides a rich account of the AI state-of-the-art and how much China has caught up with the US in the field. To a...
Review of Safi Bahcall's "Loonshots"
This was by far one of the most thought-provoking and well-crafted, readable non-fiction book I have read in a long time. In fact, the...
Review of Tom Sancton's "The Bettencourt Affair"
** spoiler alert ** This was our book club’s third read and it was perhaps not the wisest decision to read it immediately after “Bad...
Review of Bob Woodward's “Fear: Trump in The White House”
** spoiler alert ** When this book first came out and started making noise as the media released some of its juiciest excerpts, I thought...
Review of Chip & Dan Heath's "Decisive, How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work"
A well-crafted and well-researched book that provides key insights and practical tips on how to approach decisions in a more systematic...
Review of John Carreyrou's "Bad Blood, Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup"
At first one may wonder whether writing a whole book on that story was really necessary. Would it bring much added value as opposed to a...
Review of Chris Bailey's "Hyperfocus: How to Work Less and Achieve More"
After hearing the author speak on The Ezra Klein Show podcast, I became fascinated by the field of attention and decided to purchase the...
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