Non-Fiction

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is a stunning memoir, hard to put down. Walls is superb with details, a true genius. She is a fine example of a self-made, successful person.

Outliers: The Story of Success starts off with the famous ‘10,000 hours rule’, which says that no-one ever got really expert at anything without putting in the time and effort, and studies have put the bar at circa 10,000 hours.

The Lean Startup by Eric Ries has acquired an iconic status among business books published in the last few years. The book dissects the current trend toward quick, low-cost start-ups that focus on action over research, and on making mistakes over extended analysis.

The Innovator's Dilemma is one of those business books that becomes an instant classic. Everyone talks about it until you think you know most of what it has to say without reading it shortly after it comes out.

With news of the corona virus outbreak, books about pandemic popping up on reading lists around the globe. With stakes so high, it’s easy to see why writers find outbreaks of disease so compelling.