Jaqui’s 2022/23 reading list

Jaqui’s 2022/23 reading list

Well, another year of reading has seen me travel the world of fact and fiction, and some fact that you simply couldn’t make up.

Thanks to a Book Club I’ve actually read some fiction this year – unusual for me but I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it and am looking forward to exploring more.

Of course, much of my reading has been around my favourite topics of politics, Russia and the Middle East, history, bad business, good and bad people.

At the end of this post I've added the books I’ve been buying to read over the summer break. I thought I’d list these as well. Let me know if you’ve read any of these or if you’re planning to.

Fiction favs

A Gentleman in Moscow , Amor Towles – almost finished this, but I don't want to finish it.

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The Enchantress of Florence, Salman Rushdie

My Name is Red, Orhan Pamuk

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, Arundhati Roy

Call me Evie, J P Pomare - I bought this on the basis that my mother's name was Evie.

All the Lives we Never Lived, Anuradha Roy

Non-fiction

Persians. The Age of the Great Kings, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

Return of a King. The Battle for Afghanistan, William Dalrymple

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From the Holy Mountain, William Dalrymple

Constantinople. City of the World’s Desire 1453-1924, Philip Mansel

The Bookseller of Florence. Vespasiano da Bisticci and the Manuscripts that Illuminated the Renaissance. Ross King

Present Shock, Douglas Rushkoff

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Checkmate Humanity, The how and why of Responsible AI. Dr Catriona Wallace, Richard Vidgen, Sam Kirshner and others

The Hype Machine, How social media disrupts our elections, our economy and our health and how we must adapt, Sinan Arai

From Russia with Blood. The Kremlin’s ruthless assassination program and Vladimir Putin’s secret war on the west, Heidi Blake

The pyramid of lies. Lex Grensill and the billion-dollar scandal , Duncan Mavin

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In Extremis, The life of war correspondent Marie Colvin, Lindsey Hilsum

The Alchemists. Three Central Bankers and a World on Fire, Neil Irwin

Lords of Finance. The bankers that broke the world, Liaquat Ahamed

Unquiet, Linn Ullman

Agent Sonya, Ben Macintyre

People of the River. Lost worlds of early Australia, Grace Katskens


To read over January 2023

Money Men. A hot start-up, a billion dollar fraud, and a fight for the truth, Dan McCrum – about Wirecard. And, there’s a great documentary on Netflix about Wirecard as well)

Red Notice. A True Story of Corruption, Murder and One Man’s Fight for Justice , Bill Browder

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Noise. A Flaw in Human Judgement, Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony and Cass Sunstein

Bad Blood. Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, John Carreyrou

Megathreats. The ten trends that imperil our future and how to survive them, Nouriel Roubini

The Ballard of Desmond Kale, Roger McDonald

Stay True. A Memoir, Hua Hsu

Kafka on the Shore, Haruki Murakami

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What is a book you'd recommend I add to my list for 2023?

Gaurav Gandhi

Director Living Machine Institute | Marketing, Partnerships, Collaboration | Startup Mentor & Advisor | Career Transition Mentor | Ex Tata Sons | Ex TCS

1 年

Thanks for sharing Jaqui Lane thats a wide variety indeed, will pick some from this for 2023 list. Sharing mine https://tinyurl.com/2456a6p9

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Peter McCafferty

Analytical Services

1 年

Add Darwin’s Wake by Pete Mitchell (disclaimer I wrote it!).

Graham Plant

Director | Strategist | Data & Martech Specialist | Entrepreneur | Coach | Adventurer | Author | Marketer

1 年

Good list Jaqui - so many books, so little time! I have A Gentleman in Moscow on my shelf waiting to be read and have a read a lot of Haruki Murakami's work including Kafka on the Shore. Like most Murakami books, brilliantly weird. Will check out the others on your list thanks ;) I'm just finishing Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell, and have A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami and also On the Road by John Kerouac on my fiction schedule. The non fiction list includes Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires by Tim Wu and Misbehaving by Richard Thaler. Happy reading.

Hana Guenzl

Top Female Executive 2021, Top Brand Mentor 2020/21, Empowered Woman 2020, Keynote Speaker, Author - Mentor to Influencers, Thought Leaders, Service Professionals - “Tap the Power of YOU" - the whole-person voice

1 年

Jaqui Lane - Thank you Jacqui for the excellent list you shared. Taking most of January off you got me interested in some of the titles. ?? It's nothing better than reading a book turning the pages & its content teaches us lessons - what ever they are. ??

Greg Weiss

Expert in Career Transitioning, Outplacement & Retirement Planning | Seasoned Leader/Executive level Recruiter | Employee Onboarding Professional | Executive Coach and Author | Founder of Career365 and Soulidify

1 年

Great list here, Jaqui Lane The only one I read of your list is 'Red Notice'. A great book. Browder has a recent follow up to it called 'Freezing Order'. Good read too. I'll add to it your list... I'm intending to do Ray Dalio's book 'The Changing World Order' and or Vanessa Van Edwards' 'Clues' on keys to charisma. Have a wonder Xmas ????and happy new year 2023 ????

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