Writing
Books on writing with bite-sized chapters.
Goldberg, Natalie (2016) Writing Down the Bones. Word count: 1760
McCloskey, Deirdre (2000) Economical Writing. Word count: 1260
Pressfield, Steven (2016) Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t. In progress
Strunk, William and Elwyn B. White (1979) The Elements of Style. In progress
Politics
Bite-sized overviews.
Acemoglu, Daron and James Robinson (2019) The Narrow Corridor. Word count: 150
Wheelan, Charles (2013) The Centrist Manifesto. Word count: 310
Economics/Finance (*: my favorites)
As someone who is regularly on either side of an informal loan (both long-term and overnight), I have been interested in the price of money or the price of time. Many of the books here are therefore on the topic of debt.
*Chancellor, Edward (2022) The Price of Time. Word count: 3500
Chernow, Ron (1990) The House of Morgan. Word count 90 (bookplate review)
Gelpi and Julien-labruyére (2000) The History of Consumer Credit. Word count: 2700
Hazlitt, Henry (1946) Economics in One Lesson. Word count: 1800
Karlan, Dean and Jacob Appel (2012) More than Good Intentions. Word count: 2300 (notes on ch. 4-7)
*Levy, Jonathan (2012) Freaks of Fortune. Word count: 2700
Mian, Atif and Amir Sufi (2014) House of Debt. Word count: 2850 (notes)
Minsky, Hyman (1965) Ending Poverty: Jobs, Not Welfare. Word count: 480 (notes on Ch. 1)
Smith, Adam (1759) The Theory of Moral Sentiments. In progress
Turner, Adair (2016) Between Debt and the Devil. In progress
*Yin Hsu, Luckett, and Vause (2016) The Cultural History of Money and Credit. Word count: 2350
Non-book summaries
Presser, Stanley (2022) The Role of Doubt in Conceiving Research: Reflections from a Career Shaped by a Dissertation. Word count: 300 (bullet points)
Down the line
Some I've read and some I haven't.
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Adam Smith, 1759
Hardball
Chris Matthews, 1988