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Books I've read. By ante-chronological reading order.

(Pro tip: I've been reviewing the most recent books.)

Victor's bookshelf: read: latest 100

The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie and the Gospel of Wealth
it was ok
Autobiographies are always a coin flip. How truthful and self-aware is the author? Will it be crispy or thoroughly boring? This one is a bit disappointing. I hope the author won't be too mad at my review. I am not sure the second half o...
Le Rouge et le Noir
really liked it
A delightful piece of French literature. As well as being very well written (if you can read French) I think it's a lovely account of the enthusiasm people must have felt following the French Revolution, liberation of people, and abolit...
The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West
liked it
I am happy I read it, but expected to learn more doing so. The first part is quite boring and focused a lot on building up a pessimistic framework we’re familiar with. It then picks up around Part 3 when they starts to talk a bit more ab...
The Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea
liked it
Pretty good. I liked the general overview as a historical review. As it's a high-level history book, I would have liked more structure and repetition around the key patterns and repetitions in the history of companies.
La poule et son cumin
really liked it
Excellent livre! Je l’ai lu d’une traite. Les chapitres courts donnent envie de tourner les pages. Et l’auteur a très bien réussi à projeter et les émotions des personnages. C’est un peu comme si j’avais de nouveaux souvenirs. Il me s...

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