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My 2018 Book List

In December of 2016 I bought an Amazon Kindle. It was great because I could read a bunch of books (some heavy ones) without have to carry them. However, in 2017 I read some books by random choice. I didn't have any goal on mind, I was just picking some books by friends recommendations and read them.
This year I choose some books with a goal in mind!


 My 2018 Book List

A book from each continent:
  • North America:
    • Boston:  A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles
  • South America:
    • Brazil: Água Viva - Clarice Lispector
  • Asia:
    • Israel: Sapiens - Yuval Noah Harari
  • Europe:
    • Germany: The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka
  • Africa:
    • South Africa: Disgrace - John Maxwell Coetzee
  • Oceania:
    • New Zealand:  The Luminaries - Eleanor Catton
Books to pimp my mind (finan, math, biology, phisics, etc):
  • Investimentos Inteligentes - Gustavo Cerbasi
  • The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives - Leonard Mlodinow
  • The Universe in a Nutshell - Stephen Hawking
  • Dataclysm - Christian Rudder
Start new series:
  • Dune - Frank Herbert
  • Sprawl Trilogy - William Gibson 
At least 3 books in English (My native language is portuguese):
  • A Study in Scarlet - Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Stardust - Neil Gaiman 
  • 1984 - George Orwell
A gastronomy book:
  • Dictionary of Flavors - Dolf A. De Rovira
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