# A Very Delayed 2022 Reading List

By [Aditi](https://paragraph.com/@adeets) · 2023-01-08

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_Below is a list of the top books I read in 2022. The themes range from America’s political evolution, psychology, and tech history/futurism. My biggest recommendation in this list is_ [_How the Internet Happened_](https://www.amazon.com/How-Internet-Happened-Netscape-iPhone/dp/1631493078/ref=asc_df_1631493078/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312091457223&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4603957194596018590&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1022762&hvtargid=pla-563312391000&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=62820903995&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=312091457223&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4603957194596018590&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1022762&hvtargid=pla-563312391000)_, it’s a must read for anyone in tech._

_For 2023, I’ll be going deeper into political economics and China._

1.  [Talent](https://www.amazon.com/Talent-Identify-Energizers-Creatives-Winners/dp/1250275814) – Tyler Cowen and Daniel Gross
    
2.  [The Network State](https://thenetworkstate.com/) – Balaji Srinivasan
    
3.  [How the Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhone](https://www.amazon.com/How-Internet-Happened-Netscape-iPhone/dp/1631493078/ref=asc_df_1631493078/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312091457223&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4603957194596018590&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1022762&hvtargid=pla-563312391000&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=62820903995&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=312091457223&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4603957194596018590&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1022762&hvtargid=pla-563312391000) – Brian McCullough
    
4.  [The Billionaire’s Folly: The Untold Story of Ethereum and the Unicorn that Wasn’t](https://www.amazon.com/Billionaires-Folly-Untold-Ethereum-Unicorn/dp/1958848158) – Faisal Khan
    
5.  [Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of the American Community](https://www.amazon.com/Bowling-Alone-Collapse-American-Community/dp/0743203046) – Robert Putnam
    
6.  [The Psychology of Money](https://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Money-Timeless-Lessons-Happiness/dp/B08D9WJ9G8/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+psychology+of+money&qid=1673038553&s=books&sprefix=The+Psychol%2Cstripbooks%2C64&sr=1-1) – Morgan Housel
    
7.  [Elequent Rage](https://www.amazon.com/Eloquent-Rage-Feminist-Discovers-Superpower-ebook/dp/B074DZBTFX/ref=sr_1_1?crid=MKCVZMRHOI2B&keywords=Eloquent+Rage&qid=1673038575&sprefix=eloquent+rage%2Caps%2C60&sr=8-1) – Brittney Cooper
    
8.  [Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software](https://www.amazon.com/Emergence-Connected-Brains-Cities-Software/dp/0684868768/ref=sr_1_1?crid=BUDPFQ6OVCMV&keywords=emergence+steven+johnson&qid=1673038587&sprefix=Emergence%2Caps%2C69&sr=8-1) – Steven Johnson
    
9.  [Conscious Loving: The Journey to Co-Commitment](https://www.amazon.com/Conscious-Loving-audiobook/dp/B071X7FFGY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=14W0JPFYDYOJG&keywords=conscious+loving+gay+hendricks&qid=1673038605&sprefix=Concious+Loving%2Caps%2C69&sr=8-1) – Gay Hendricks and Kathlyn Hendricks
    
10.  [The Idiot](https://www.amazon.com/Idiot-Novel-Elif-Batuman-ebook/dp/B01HNJIJ3U/ref=sr_1_1?crid=4X65PSVNXO60&keywords=the+idiot+elif+batuman&qid=1673038626&sprefix=The+idiot%2Caps%2C77&sr=8-1) - Elif Batuman
    
11.  [The Revolt of the Public](https://www.amazon.com/Revolt-Public-Crisis-Authority-Millennium/dp/1732265143) - Martin Gurri
    

Re-Reads of 2022
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_Books I found myself going back to._

1.  [The High Growth Handbook](https://www.amazon.com/High-Growth-Handbook-Elad-Gil-ebook/dp/B07DRPGGQ7/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3UW8W4SP1ZW7L&keywords=the+high+growth+handbook&qid=1673195036&s=books&sprefix=the+high+growth+handbook%2Cstripbooks%2C80&sr=1-1) - Elad Gill
    
2.  [From Counterculture to Cyberculture](https://www.amazon.com/Counterculture-Cyberculture-Stewart-Network-Utopianism/dp/0226817423) - Fred Turner
    
3.  [The Four Agreements](https://www.amazon.com/Four-Agreements-Practical-Personal-Freedom/dp/1878424319) - Don Miguel Ruiz

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