Took your previous advice on the Edison book, which turned out to be a fantastic recommendation. Enjoyed the concept of sharing his life backwards, which felt novel, but appropriate for his body of work. Overall, it felt balanced.
Graydon Carter’s biography is outstanding. Couldn’t recommend it higher, especially in audio format as it is read by the author.
Keith McNally’s biography, I Regret Almost Everything, is also very good, but the audiobook is terrible, and the reader makes it nearly unlistenable.
Love to hear it. Yes great point about Edison. He invented so many things, and had so many different businesses and interests, that it feels better to reverse from the wide net and condense all the way down to his first initial love of chemistry.
I’m gonna check out Keith McNally’s book. Solid advice about the audiobook!
Great recs! Will add a few you might like in similar theme to your recs — Saltwater Buddha by Jamal Yogis, The Creative Act by Rick Rubin (if you haven’t read it yet), The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami, Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey.
Took your previous advice on the Edison book, which turned out to be a fantastic recommendation. Enjoyed the concept of sharing his life backwards, which felt novel, but appropriate for his body of work. Overall, it felt balanced.
Graydon Carter’s biography is outstanding. Couldn’t recommend it higher, especially in audio format as it is read by the author.
Keith McNally’s biography, I Regret Almost Everything, is also very good, but the audiobook is terrible, and the reader makes it nearly unlistenable.
Love to hear it. Yes great point about Edison. He invented so many things, and had so many different businesses and interests, that it feels better to reverse from the wide net and condense all the way down to his first initial love of chemistry.
I’m gonna check out Keith McNally’s book. Solid advice about the audiobook!
Great recs! Will add a few you might like in similar theme to your recs — Saltwater Buddha by Jamal Yogis, The Creative Act by Rick Rubin (if you haven’t read it yet), The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami, Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey.
Thanks! And this is gold! Just wrote all these titles down.