Year in books for 2023
๐Here are the books I finished reading in 2023. Not a bad year, although I should do more philosophy/theology next year.
Finished reading: Natural Reason and Natural Law by James Carey ๐๐๐
Finished reading: The Enduring Importance of Leo Strauss by Laurence Lampert ๐
Finished reading: The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors by James D. Hornfischer ๐Classic.
Finished reading: The First Total War by David A. Bell ๐๐๐Two thumbs up.
Finished reading: The Fabric of Civilization by Virginia Postrel ๐Could have been longer, very engaging.
Finished reading: Shakespeare’s Book by Chris Laoutaris ๐Fantastic level of detail.๐
๐Here are the books I finished reading in 2023. Not a bad year, although I should do more philosophy/theology next year.
Finished reading: Emperor of Rome by Mary Beard ๐Workmanlike, interesting perspective.
Finished reading: The Blazing World by Jonathan Healey ๐
Finished reading: The Septuagint by Greg Lanier ๐Basic but good.
Finished reading: Christendom by Peter Heather ๐A bit dyspeptic.
Finished reading: The Cult of the Saints by Peter Brown ๐Classic though slightly dated.
Finished reading: Spinoza, Life and Legacy by Jonathan I. Israel ๐Exhaustive and thorough!
Finished reading: The World Behind the World by Erik Hoel ๐Neuroscience and free will; very valuable.
Finished reading: All the Kingdoms of the World by ๐Integralist writers need to respond to this book or abandon their views.
Finished reading: The Exodus by Richard Elliott Friedman ๐ Good for non-specialists!
Finished reading: The Secular Enlightenment by Margaret Jacob ๐Good, but no rival to Peter Gay.
Finished reading: The Crisis of the European Mind by Paul Hazard ๐A but dated but excellent
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Finished reading: Road to Surrender by Evan Thomas ๐Many things I hadn’t known before, particularly on the Japanese side.
Finished reading: There’s No Such Thing as “Business” Ethics by John C. Maxwell ๐Basic but good.
Finished reading: The Gutenberg Parenthesis by Jeff Jarvis ๐A little too white hat vs black hat, but good.
Finished reading: Britain Against Napoleon by Roger Knight ๐Administrative history, yet interesting!
Finished reading: Self-Made by Tara Isabella Burton ๐
Finished reading: The Mind and the Market by Jerry Z. Muller ๐