Kernings & Chrome

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: my Fall Reading List!

• The Black Swan by Nassim Taleb
• The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State by Noah Feldman
• Too Many Cooks by Rex Stout
• Before Midnight by Rex Stout
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel
• While the Light Lasts by Agatha Christie
• The Labors of Hercules by Agatha Christie
• Nemesis by Agatha Christie
• Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie
• The Quest for Meaning by Tariq Ramadan
• My Losing Season by Pat Conroy
• Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
• Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
• The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
• A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Haneef
• The Wild Ass’s Skin by Honeré de Balzac
• Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 
• Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

When I was about 13 years old, I discovered and devoured the entire Agatha Christie series. So the ones listed above I’ve already read and will re-read for purely nostalgic reasons. I was also in the bad habit of reading every book that came my way regardless of whether it made sense when I was a kid. So I read Crime and Punishment when I was way too young for it and am hence re-reading it to make better sense of it all. The re-reading kinda books are lower in priority this fall than all the other ones.

Some books that I’m waiting for and that will be added to above list:

• Islam and the Arab Awakening by Tariq Ramadan (will release on October 15th)
• The sixth book in the Song of Ice and Fire series (might not be released in time for fall!)

*Note: This does not include thesis-related reading, which will mostly comprise of Responsive Web Design and Mobile First books.