An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth

Maintaining posivity while always thinking about the next thing that can kill you. Chris Hadfield exudes humility alongside extreme competence gained from a lifetime of hard work and continuous learning. Read in May 2023.

What do You Care what Other People Think?

Part 2 of Richard Feynman’s bio. Excellent description of the Presidential Commission investigation into the Challenger explosion. Also a very moving account of his wife’s death when he worked at Los Alamos. Read in February 2023.

Surely you’re Joking Mr. Feynmann

Quantum physicist Richard Feynman was a unique character – definitely not monochrome. 23 years since I last read this collection of stories and he’d still near the top of my fantasy dinner party list. Re-read in June 2021.

Deep Creek

Some great essays about a transformative life on a ranch in Colorado near the Continental Divide. Will deffo read more from Pam Houston. Read in July 2020.

The New Tsar

Fascinating biography of Vladimir Putin up to 2015. Written by Steven Lee Myers. Last book I read before the world closed in 2015.