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Re:Ask HN: 2018 Summer Reading List? by carusooneliner on Friday July 13, 2018 @01:59AM (#17520808)
1) Education of a Value Investor by Guy Spier

Autobiography of a guy who won an auction to have lunch with Warren Buffett for $600k and ended up becoming a successful, contrarian value investor. Fun read for contrarians out there.

2) Napoleon's Buttons by Penny Le Couteur, Jay Burreson

A look at world culture and historical events through the lens of chemistry.

3) Becoming Leonardo: An Exploded View of the Life of Leonardo da Vinci by Mike Lankford

A quirky and entertaining biography of Da Vinci.

Re:Ask HN: 2018 Summer Reading List? by alexgmcm on Friday July 13, 2018 @03:35AM (#17521131)
Napoleon's Buttons is good - the way the book is divided up keeps it interesting too.