Joseph Schiarizzi's Open Source Reading List

A list of books I want to keep track of.

My Top Recomendations To You

• Dune by Frank Herbert. An amazing book about what it is to lead, the impermanence of our universe, and the experience of life. A cautionary tale about the dangers of savior type leaders, and humanity's delicate relationship with nature.
• The Happy City by Charles Montgomery Urban sprawl and detached suburban neighborhoods were never developed naturally. They were laid out, MASSIVELY subsidized by government, and legally mandated long before anyone actually bought a house there. By exploring our relationship with the city through history and today we can learn to build human centered cities that make us happier and are more sustainable.
• Walden by Henry David Thoreau. A philosophical classic and masterpiece of the transcendentalists, the core belief of which is in the inherent goodness of people and nature.
• Money: the true s­to­ry of a ­made-up thing by Jacob Gold­stein. A history of money and monetary systems with some good lessons about what we can learn from the past. Money is ultimately made up, always has been, and understanding this can be a tool of freedom.

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Finished Reading

2026

• New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson
• Winning the Wellstone Way by Jeff Blodgett and Bill Lofy
• Korean Messiah by Grayson Lee

2025

• The squad: AOC and the hope of a po­lit­i­cal rev­o­lu­tion by Ryan Grim
• Disil­lu­sioned: ­five ­fam­i­lies and the un­rav­el­ing of Amer­i­ca's ­sub­urbs Benjamin Herold
• The new ur­ban cri­sis: how our c­i­ties are in­creas­ing inequal­i­ty, deep­en­ing seg­re­ga­tion, and ­fail­ing the mid­dle ­class--and what we ­can ­do about it. Flori­da, Richard L
• I who have n­ev­er ­known ­men Jac­que­line Harp­man. This is an incredible sci-fi book, I blew threw it because it was so good. Highly recommend. And then after reading it, go look up the context for the author's life.
• Money: the true s­to­ry of a ­made-up thing. Gold­stein, Ja­cob

2024

• A T­hou­sand s­mal­l­ san­i­ties: the ­moral ad­ven­ture of lib­er­al­ism. Gop­nik, A­dam.
• On the edge: the art of risk­ing ev­ery­thing by Nate Silver
• On ­fas­cis­m: 12 ­lesson­s from Amer­i­can his­to­ry by Matthew C Macwilliams
• End ­times: elites, ­coun­ter-elites, and the ­path of po­lit­i­cal ­dis­in­te­gra­tion Peter Turch­in
• Bull­shit Jobs by David Grae­ber
• Sur­vival of the c­i­ty: liv­ing and thriv­ing in an age of iso­la­tion by Ed­ward L Glae­ser
• The ­na­ture of oak­s: the rich e­col­o­gy of our ­most essen­tial ­na­tive trees by Dou­glas W Tal­lamy
• The over­looked Amer­i­can­s: the re­silience of our ru­ral ­town­s and what it mean­s ­for our ­coun­try by El­iz­a­beth Cur­rid-Halket­t
• Code red: how pro­gres­sives and ­mod­er­ates ­can u­nite ­to save our ­coun­try by E. J. Dion­ne

2023

• Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
• How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler by Ryan North
• The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee
• Dune by Frank Herbert
• Palaces for the People by Eric Klinenberg

2022

• The Inner Life of Animals by Peter Wohileben
• Building the Cycling City by Melissa Brunlett
• Single Dating Engaged Married by Ben Stuart
• Beowulf by Unknown
• The Path to a Livable Future by Stan Cox
• Vegan Bodybuilding Cookbook by Sarah Meyers

2021

• The Sprawl: Reconsidering The Weird American Suburbs by Jason Diamond
• Cool Cities: Urban Sovereignty And The Fix For Global Warming by Benjamin Barber
• Montessori : the science behind the genius by Angeline Stoll. Lillard
• Vue.js: Up and Running: Building Accessible and Performant Web Apps by Callum Macrae
• Carrots love tomatoes : secrets of companion planting for successful gardening by Riotte, Louise.
• All new square foot gardening : the revolutionary way to grow more in less space by Mel Bartholomew.

2020

• Dune by Frank Herbert
• How We'll Live on Mars by Steven Petranek
• Artificial Unintelligence by Meredith Broussard
• The Book of Swindles by Yingyu Zhang
• Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
• Urban Forests by Jill Jonnes
• Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Noble
• The Happy City by Charles Montgomery
• Big magic : creative living beyond fear by Elizabeth Gilbert

2019

• Agricultural and Urban Areas (Biomes of the Earth) by Peter Moore
• Dune by Frank Herbert
• Power from the Wind: A Practical Guide to Small-Scale Energy Production by Dan Chiras
• The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick
• Power down : options and actions for a post-carbon world by Dan Chiras, Mick Sagrillo, Ian Woofenden
• Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors by Edward Niedermeyer
• Platform: the art and science of personal branding by Cynthia Johnson
• Grandma Gatewood's Walk by Ben Montgomery

2018

• Dune by Frank Herbert
• Zero to One by Peter Thiel
• Chaos Monkies by Antonio Garcia Martinez
• Army of None by Paul Scharre
• Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam Grant
• Blockchain and the Law by Aaron Wright
• The Conscience of a Conservative by Barry Goldwater
• Art Inc. by Meg Mateo Ilasco
• Seeds of Hope by Jane Goodall
• Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
• The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
• Watchmen by Alan Moore
• Benjamin Franklin by Walter Isaacson
• Alibaba by Duncan Clark
• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
• Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance
• How Google Works by Eric Schmidt

Recommendations From Others

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• Snowball: Warren Buffett Business Life by Alice Schroeder. Suggested by Andre Iguodala