A Reading List
A very short list of interesting, challenging and remarkable books. Some I could not finish or could only read (or listen to) in short segments.
Yunus, M. (1998) Banker to the Poor: The Story of the Grameen Bank. India: Penguin Books.
Yunus, M. (2009) Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism. US: Little Brown.
Benge, J. & Benge, G. (2020) Albert Schweitzer: Le Grand Docteur. YWAM Publishing.
Mandela, N. (1994) Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela. Little, Brown and Company.
King, M. L. (2000) The Autobiography Of Martin Luther King, Jr. Abacus.
King, Martin Luther III, Arndrea Waters King, Mark Keilburger, and Craig Keilburger. 2025. What Is My Legacy?: Realizing a New Dream of Connection, Love and Fulfillment. Flashpoint.
Washington, B. T. (1911) Up From Slavery: An Autobiography. The Outlook.
Newsom, G. (2026) Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery. Penguin Press.
Snowden, E. (2020) Permanent Record: A Memoir of a Reluctant Whistleblower. Pan.
Manning, C. (2022) Readme.txt. Janathon Cape & BH.
Schwarzenegger, A. (2013) Total Recall. Simon & Schuster UK.
Schwarzenegger, A. (2023) Be Useful Seven Tools for Life. Random House.
D’Antonio, M. (2017) A Consequential President: The Legacy of Barack Obama. Thomas Dunne Books.
Turing, D. (2019) Alan Turing: Remarkable Lives. Batsford.
Little, J. (2010) Catherine’s Gift Inside the World of Dr Catherine Hamlin. Pan Macmillan Australia.
Buettner, D. (2012) The Blue Zones. Second Ed. Washington DC: National Geographic.
Truswell, A. S. (2010) Cholesterol and Beyond: The Research on Diet and Coronary Heart Disease 1900-2000. Springer Netherlands.
Mann, J. & Truswell, A. S. (eds.) (2017) Essentials of Human Nutrition. Fifth Edition. London: Oxford University Press.
Fauci, A. (2024) On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service. Viking.
Bono (2022) Surrender. KNOPF.
Handley, J. B. (2019) How to End the Autism Epidemic. Chelsea Green Publishing.
Handley, J. B. & Handley, J. (2021) Underestimated: An Autism Miracle. Skyhorse Publishing.
Wakefield, A. (2017) Callous Disregard: Autism and Vaccines – The Truth Behind the Tragedy. Skyhorse Publishing.
Quammen, D. (2014) Ebola: The Natural and Human History. Vintage Digital.
Kelly, J. (2006) The Great Mortality: An Intimate History Of The Black Death, The Most Devastating Plague Of All Time. Harper Perennial GB.
Habacus, Louise Kuo, Mary Holland, and Kim Mack Rosenberg. 2012. Vaccine Epidemic: How Corporate Greed, Biased Science, and Coercive Government Threaten Our Human Rights, Our Health, and Our Children. Revised and Expanded edition. Skyhorse Publishing.
Holland, Mary, Kim Mack Rosenberg, and Eileen Lorio. 2018. The HPV Vaccine On Trial: Seeking Justice For A Generation Betrayed. Skyhorse Publishing.
Bystrianyk, Roman, and Suzanne Humphries. 2013. Dissolving Illusions: Disease, Vaccines, and The Forgotten History. Createspace Independent Publishing Platform.
Lembke, A. (2023) Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence. Dutton.
Young, L. & Alexander, B. (2014) The Chemistry Between Us: Love, Sex, and the Science of Attraction. Penguin Group.
Breuning, L. G. (2012) Meet Your Happy Chemicals: Dopamine, Endorphin, Oxytocin, Serotonin. Second Edition. System Integrity Press.
Winchester, S. (2015) Pacific: The Ocean of the Future. Harper Collins.
Winchester, S. (2019) The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World. Harper Perennial.
Winchester, S. (2016) The Alice Behind the Wonderland. Oxford University Press.
Winchester, S. (2008) The Surgeon of Crowthorne: Popular Penguins: A Tale of Murder,Madness and the Oxford English Dictionary. Penguin.
Winchester, S. (2004) The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology. Harper Perennial.
Winchester, S. (2000) The Fracture Zone: My Return to the Balkans. Harper Perennial.
Fiennes, R. (2022) Shackleton: Explorer. Leader. Legend. Michael Joseph.
Lansing, A. (2000) Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage. W&N.
Harrier, H. (2009) Seven Years in Tibet. Tarcher Jeremy Publ.
Volanthen, J. (2021) Thirteen Lessons that Saved Thirteen Lives: The Thai Cave Rescue. UK: Aurum.
Challen, C. & Harris, R. (2020) Against All Odds: The Thai Cave Rescue. Penguin.
FitzSimons, P. (2025) The Courageous Life of Weary Dunlop: Surgeon, prisoner-of-war, life-saving leader and legend of the Thai-Burma Railway. Hachette Australia.
FitzSimons, P. (2018) Mutiny on the Bounty: A saga of sex, sedition, mayhem and mutiny, and survival against extraordinary odds. Hachette Australia.
FitzSimons, P. (2012) Batavia. William Heinemanne Australia.
FitzSimons, P. (2019) James Cook: The story behind the man who mapped the world. Hachette Australia.
FitzSimons, P. (2011) Nancy Wake: The gripping true story of the woman who became the Gestapo’s most wanted spy. HarperCollins.
Gribban, John, and Mary Gribban. 2009. He Knew He Was Right: The Irrespressible Life of James Lovelock. Penguin Books.
Keneally, T. (2007) Schindler’s Ark. Sceptre.
Keneally, T. (2008) Searching For Schindler. Penguin Books.
Keneally, T. (2023) A Bloody Good Rant: My passions, memories and demons. Allen & Unwin.
Armstrong, J. (2014) If Only: George McGovern and the America That Might Have Been. North Berwick ME USA: PSA Communications.
Plato (375 AD) The Republic of Plato.
Plutarch. 100 AD. Plutarch’s Morals. Translated by William W. Goodwin. Volume V. Little, Brown, and Company.
Aurelius, M. (2009) Meditations: A New Translation. Random House Publishing Group.
Grayling, A. C. (2014) The God Argument. Bloomsbury.
Grayling, A. C. (2020) The History of Philosophy. Penguin UK.
Burger, L. & Hawkes, J. (2023) Cave of Bones. National Geographic.
Butler-Bowdon, T. (2019) 50 Philosophy Classics. London: Nicholas Brealey Publishing.
Biddulph, S. & Stanish, P. (20024-09-01) Raising Boys: Why Boys Are Different – And How to Help Them Become Happy and Well-Balanced Men. Celestial Arts.
Biddulph, S. (2013) The Secret of Happy Children. Harper Collins.
Biddulph, S. (2013) The Secret of Happy Children. Harper Collins.
Courtenay, A. (2025) My Father Bryce: A Memoir of My Fathe. Hachette Australia.
Courtenay, A. (2018) The Ship that Never Was: The Greatest Escape Story Of Australian Colonial History. ABC Books.
Isaacson, W. (2017) Leonardo da Vinci. Simon & Schuster.
Isaacson, W. (2008) Einstein His Life and Universe. Simon & Schuster.
Isaacson, W. (2021) Steve Jobs. Simon & Schuster.
Isaacson, W. (2024) Benjamin Franklin: An American Life. Simon & Schuster.
Jackson, L. (2008) Brian May The Definitive Biography. Piatkus.
Reid, T. R. (1985) The Chip: How Two Americans Invented the Microchip and Launched a Revolution. Random House.
Morgan, J. (1852) The Life and Adventures of William Buckley: Thirty-Two Years a Wanderer Amongst the Aborigines of Then Unexplored Country Round Port Phillip, Now the Province of Victoria. Ferguson No12813. Hobart: A. MacDougall.
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