Paul Graham’s 2019 Reading List

The 6 books Paul Graham recommended in 2019, with the reasons in their own words. See all the books Paul Graham recommends.

Other years: 2017

6 books recommended in 2019

Wing Leader

by J. E. Johnson

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Life in the English Country House: A Social and Architectural History

by Mark Girouard

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The German Generals Talk

by B. H. Liddell Hart

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The Making of Europe: Conquest, Colonization and Cultural Change, 950-1350

by Robert Bartlett

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The Quest for El Cid

by Richard Fletcher

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Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life

by William Finnegan

If you read books, read William Finnegan's Barbarian Days. It's one of those rare books that divide your life into two parts: before you read it, and after.

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