Indelible City
by Louisa Lim
on Hong Kong's identity and untold stories
bookshelf
Pool House
by Mary H.K. Choi
this is the first Mary H.K. Choi book i'm reading. she's so brilliant at extremely niche cultural references, descriptions that feel alive, and character development.
Things in Nature Merely Grow
by Yiyun Li
appreciated her bold sharing of an unimaginably difficult time and her brutally succinct style
The Alchemy of Hope
by Sophia Jyeh-Shin Parker
met Sophia, a 70-year-old Taiwanese woman in San Juan, and read her touching story from growing up in a Taiwanese orphanage to running a $26M ARR business
The Setting Sun
by Osamu Dazai
really loved this one. never thought about the changing of hands of Japanese aristocracy to the new inheritors of power after WWII.
The Book
by Alan Watts
this book changed my life
Breakneck
by Dan Wang
great book for anyone trying to understand how China and America can coexist
Alligator Tears
by Edgar Gomez
Edgar was my memoir teacher at The Writer's Center, and I admire his work
High-Risk Homosexual
by Edgar Gomez
Edgar was my memoir teacher at The Writer's Center, and I admire his work
Contested Taiwan
by Lev Nachman
wonderful history lesson on Taiwan and where the island stands after the Sunflower Movement
Industrial Society and Its Future
by Theodore Kaczynski
yeeeah this is the Unabomber manifesto. I was curious how this book inspired Luigi Mangione. obv don't agree with everything he wrote, but I think his thesis that everyone needs to experience the power process is right.
Skin in the Game
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
helpful to read as self-help, pushed me to take more risks
Hoodwinked
by Mara Einstein
nice read a year ago, but it already feels obvious now that marketing and culthood are the same thing
Book of Enoch
by Enoch (traditional attribution)
fell into a rabbithole about fallen angels and humans breeding to create human-eating giants