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.

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Campbell, T. C. & Campbell, T. M. (2016) The China Study: Revised and Expanded Edition. Dallas, Texas: BenBella Books.

Campbell, T. C. & Jacobson, H. (2013) Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition. Dallas, Texas: BenBella Books.

Campbell, C. & Disla, N. (2020) The Future of Nutrition: An Insider’s Look at the Science, Why We Keep Getting It Wrong, and How to Start Getting It Right. BenBella Books.

Campbell, T. (2016) The China Study Solution. Rodale.

Campbell, L. (2013) The China Study Cookbook. Dallas, Texas: BenBella Books.

Campbell, T. (2015) The Campbell Plan: The Simple Way to Lose Weight and Reverse Illness, Using The China Study’s Whole-Food, Plant-Based Diet. Rosedale Books.

Greger, M. (2020) How to Survive a Pandemic. Flatiron Books.

Greger, M. & Stone, G. (2015) How Not To Die. New York: Flatiron Books.

Greger, M. & Stone, G. (2017) The How Not to Die Cookbook: 100+ Recipes to Help Prevent and Reverse Disease. Flatiron Books.

Barnard, N. D. (2007) Dr Neal Barnard’s Program to Reverse Diabetes Now. Rodale.

McDougall, J. & McDougall, M. (2012) The Starch Solution. New York: Rodale Press, Inc.

Esselstyn, C. B. (2007) Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease. New York: Penguin Group.

Wrangham, R. (2008) Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human. Basic Books.

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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.

Notts, D. (2020) War Doctor. Picador.

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.

Spence, G. & Anthony, L. (2007) The Elephant Whisperer: Learning About Life, Loyalty and Freedom From a Remarkable Herd of Elephants. Pan Macmillan UK.

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.

Herzog, W. (2022) Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir. Carl Hanser Verlag.

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.

Liedloff, J. (1986) The Continuum Concept: In Search Of Happiness Lost. Little Brown.

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Buettner, D. (2012) The Blue Zones. Second Ed. Washington DC: National Geographic.

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.

Kelly, J. (2006) The Great Mortality: An Intimate History Of The Black Death, The Most Devastating Plague Of All Time. Harper Perennial GB.

Lembke, A. (2023) Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence. Dutton.

Chapman, G. (2015) Five Love Languages Revised Edition: The Secret to Love That Lasts. 4th edition. Moody Publishers.

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.

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Williams, S. (2024) Run For Your Life: The remarkable true story of a family forced into hiding after leaking Russian secrets. Simon & Schuster Australia.

MacIntyre, B. (2019) The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War. Penguin (General UK).

Elmhirst, S. (2025) Maurice and Maralyn: A Whale, a Shipwreck, a Love Story. Vintage.

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.

Solomon, M. (1980) Beethoven. Cassell & Co. Ltd.

Martin, R. (2001) Beethoven’s Hair: An Extraordinary Historical Odyssey and a Scientific Mystery Solved. Crown.

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Pappe, I. (2024) A Very Short History of the Israel-Palestine Conflict. Oneworld.

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.

English, C. (2025) The CIA Book Club: The Best-Kept Secret of the Cold War. William Collins/HarperCollins GB

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.

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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.

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.

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Kashyap, A. & Sharma, K. N. (2023) Rabies Demystified: Doctor’s Secret Guide. Virtued Press.

Kashyap, A. & Sharma, K. N. (2023) The Rabies: Mastery Bible Your Blueprint for Complete Rabies Management. Virtued Press.

Quammen, D. (2014) Ebola: The Natural and Human History. Vintage Digital.

Amelior Institute – Siri (2022) 1000 mLs of Truth: The Deposition of Stanley Plotkin. Rekindle.

Siri, A. (2025) Vaccines, Amen: The Religion of Vaccines. Injecting Freedom LLC.

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.

McCarthy, J. (2008) Louder Than Words: A Mother’s Journey in Healing Autism. Plume.

Wakefield, A. (2017) Callous Disregard: Autism and Vaccines – The Truth Behind the Tragedy. Skyhorse Publishing.

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.

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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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