Sriram Krishnan's Book Recommendations

1929

by Andrew Sorkin

"“1929” by @andrewrsorkin - one of the best history reads in recent times. Andrew knows how to extract the human narrative out of a complex series of market movements bigger than any one individual while also bringing you along on how these pieces fit together. I find myself writing notes on various pages comparing them to other personalities and incidents. Also fun to go dig deep into people I wasn’t familiar with like Thomas Lamont of JPMorgan & Co. Strong recommend."

Sphere

by Crichton

"Strongly recommend @PalmerLuckey's podcast with @joerogan. In particular, love Palmer's love for sci-fi - bringing up Crichton's classic Sphere which had a tremendous impact on me as a kid - David Brin's "Uplift" series, which I had somehow missed. a great listen and a ton of new "Palmer content"."

Uplift series

by David Brin

"Strongly recommend @PalmerLuckey's podcast with @joerogan. In particular, love Palmer's love for sci-fi - bringing up Crichton's classic Sphere which had a tremendous impact on me as a kid - David Brin's "Uplift" series, which I had somehow missed. a great listen and a ton of new "Palmer content"."

Story of Your Life

by Ted Chiang

"that and the book by Ted Chiang are some of my favorite works of sci-fi in how it has real *heart* while also portraying real science."