Alan Cooper's Book Recommendations

"I just finished reading @TimothyDSnyder's amazing book "Bloodlands." I underlined about a third of the text. Not only was it relatively easy to read, I'd argue that it was the most important book of 20th Century history yet written. Awesome!!"

"I'm reading @WassonSam's wonderful book "The Big Goodbye" about the making of the movie "Chinatown" and I LOVE IT!! Funny thing, some book seller mailed the copy to me by mistake. I'd thank the book seller if I knew who it was."

"And I have to agree. While packed with historical minutiae, the book was a real page-turner, filled with both geopolitical and cultural insight. As with all books about WWI, it is a story of generals trying to fight this war with the weapons of the last war. 6"

"@ddt I finished it last night. Excellent book. Lots of Aha! moments. It was written in 2000 and I'm curious what he would write today. BTW, I just ordered Alex Marshall's, other book The Surprising Design of Market Economies."

"A more readable book about Ukrainian history is “Red Famine” by Anne Applebaum. In order to tell the story of Stalin’s oppression, she gives a much abbreviated but far more digestible history of the country. 4"

"I’m reading this book "Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town” by Charles L. Marohn Jr. and it has turned out to be one of the better books on UX design I’ve read in a while."

"@Joshumah I read that book years ago. It’s one of my all-time favorites. Thanks!"

"I am deep into David Graeber’s incredible book, “Debt: The First 5,000 Years,” and I have to say that it has blown my mind repeatedly with incredible insights & connections about civilization, religion, geopolitics, history, money, human nature, slavery, marriage, war, military,"

"I’m reading Michelle Alexander’s book The New Jim Crow and my blood is boiling."