{"id":149155,"date":"2023-07-09T09:54:41","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T17:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=149155"},"modified":"2025-02-17T17:36:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T01:36:57","slug":"my-reading-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=149155","title":{"rendered":"My Recommended Reading List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the books that have most influenced me:<\/p>\n<p>* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Predisposed-Liberals-Conservatives-Political-Differences\/dp\/0415535875\">Predisposed: Liberals, Conservatives, and the Biology of Political Differences (2013)<\/a><br \/>\n* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lack-Character-Personality-Moral-Behavior\/dp\/0521608902\/\">Lack of Character: Personality and Moral Behavior<\/a> by John M. Doris (2005)<br \/>\n* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Tragedy-Great-Power-Politics-Updated-ebook\/dp\/B0022Q8CVY\/\">The Tragedy of Great Power Politics<\/a> by John J. Mearsheimer (2001)<br \/>\n* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Great-Delusion-audiobook\/dp\/B07FXTRMF5\/\">The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities<\/a> by John J. Mearsheimer (2018)<br \/>\n* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bell-Curve-Intelligence-Structure-Paperbacks\/dp\/0684824299\/\">The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life<\/a> by Charles Murray (1995)<br \/>\n* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Changing-Immutable-Orthodox-Judaism-Rewrites\/dp\/1904113605\/\">Changing the Immutable: How Orthodox Judaism Rewrites Its History<\/a> by Marc B. Shapiro (2015)<br \/>\n* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Limits-Orthodox-Theology-Reappraised-Civilization\/dp\/1874774900\/\">Limits of Orthodox Theology: Maimonides&#8217; Thirteen Principles Reappraised<\/a> by March B. Shapiro (2003)<br \/>\n* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Between-Yeshiva-World-Modern-Orthodoxy\/dp\/1874774528\/\">Between the Yeshiva World and Modern Orthodoxy: The Life and Works of Rabbi Jehiel Jacob Weinberg, 1884-1966<\/a> by Marc B. Shapiro (1999)<br \/>\n* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Power_Broker\">The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York<\/a> by Robert Caro (1974)<br \/>\n* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mans-Search-for-Meaning-audiobook\/dp\/B0006IU470\/\">Man&#8217;s Search for Meaning<\/a> by Viktor Frankl (1946)<br \/>\n* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/ronyguldmann.com\/pdfviewer\/conservative-claims-of-cultural-oppression\/\">Conservative Claims of Cultural Oppression: On the Nature and Origins of Conservaphobia<\/a> by Rony Guldmann (work in progress)<br \/>\n* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Forgive-Good-Proven-Prescription-Happiness\/dp\/006251721X\/\">Forgive for Good: A Proven Prescription for Health and Happiness<\/a> by Fred Luskin (2003)<br \/>\n* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Twelve-Step-Guide-Using-Alcoholics-Book\/dp\/0965967220\/\">Twelve-Step Guide to Using The Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book: Personal Transformation: The Promise of the Twelve-Step Process<\/a> by HerbK (2004)<br \/>\n* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Men-Marriage-George-Gilder\/dp\/0882894447\/\">Men and Marriage<\/a> by George Gilder (1986)<br \/>\n* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Nine-Questions-People-About-Judaism\/dp\/0671622617\/\">Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism<\/a> by Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin (1975)<br \/>\n* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Albions-Seed-British-Folkways-cultural\/dp\/0195069056\">Albion&#8217;s Seed: Four British Folkways in America<\/a> by David Hackett Fischer (1989)<br \/>\n* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fairness-Freedom-History-Societies-Zealand\/dp\/0199832706\/\">Fairness and Freedom: A History of Two Open Societies: New Zealand and the United States<\/a> by David Hackett Fischer (2012)<br \/>\n* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Not-Born-Yesterday-Science-Believe\/dp\/0691178704\">Not Born Yesterday: The Science of Who We Trust and What We Believe<\/a> by Hugo Mercier (2020)<br \/>\n* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Thinking-Outside-Brain-Annie-Murphy\/dp\/0544947665\">The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain<\/a> by Annie Murphy Paul (2021)<br \/>\n* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=55923\">The Examined Life: How We Love And Find Ourselves<\/a> by Stephen Grosz (2014)<br \/>\n* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Whiteshift-Populism-Immigration-Future-Majorities\/dp\/1468316974\">Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration, and the Future of White Majorities<\/a> by Eric Kaufman (2019)<br \/>\n* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Rise-Fall-Anglo-America-Eric-Kaufmann\/dp\/0674013034\/\">The Rise and Fall of Anglo-America<\/a> by Eric Kaufman (2004)<br \/>\n* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/herbk.com\/resources\/2023_WayofLife.pdf\">12 Steps to Spiritual Awakening<\/a> by HerbK (2023)<br \/>\n* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Paul-Jesus-Apostle-Transformed-Christianity\/dp\/1439123314\">Paul and Jesus: How the Apostle Transformed Christianity<\/a> by James D. Tabor (2012)<br \/>\n* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Commission-Uncensored-History-11-Investigation-ebook\/dp\/B0010SIPKS\/\">The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9\/11 Investigation<\/a> by Philip Shenon (2009)<br \/>\n* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Attached-Science-Adult-Attachment-YouFind\/dp\/1585429139\">Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find &#8211; and Keep &#8211; Love<\/a> by Rachel Heller and Amir Levine (2012)<br \/>\n* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Hold-Me-Tight-Conversations-Lifetime\/dp\/1491513810\">Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love<\/a> By Sue Johnson (2013)<br \/>\n* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Father-Factor-Fathers-Legacy-Impacts-ebook\/dp\/B003Z0BKM4\/\">The Father Factor: How Your Father&#8217;s Legacy Impacts Your Career<\/a> by Stephan B. Poulter (2006)<br \/>\n* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mother-Factor-Mothers-Emotional-Impacts-ebook\/dp\/B0040702NE\/\">The Mother Factor: How Your Mother&#8217;s Emotional Legacy Impacts Your Life<\/a> by Stephan B. Poulter (2008)<br \/>\n* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Betrayals-Unpredictability-Relations-Gabriella-Turnaturi\/dp\/0226817032\">Betrayals: The Unpredictability of Human Relations<\/a> by Gabriella Turnaturi (2007)<br \/>\n* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Middlemarch-Penguin-Classics-George-Eliot\/dp\/0143107720\/\">Middlemarch<\/a> by George Eliot (1871)<br \/>\n* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/War_and_Peace\">War &#038; Peace<\/a> by Leo Tolstoy (1869)<br \/>\n* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Corporate-Confidential-audiobook\/dp\/B07JWKNG91\/\">Corporate Confidential: 50 Secrets Your Company Doesn\u2019t Want You to Know &#8211; and What to Do About Them<\/a> by Cynthia Shapiro (2005)<br \/>\n* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Journalist_and_the_Murderer\">The Journalist and the Murderer<\/a> by Janet Malcolm (1990)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the books that have most influenced me: * Predisposed: Liberals, Conservatives, and the Biology of Political Differences (2013) * Lack of Character: Personality and Moral Behavior by John M. Doris (2005) * The Tragedy of Great Power Politics &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=149155\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14564],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=149155"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158977,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149155\/revisions\/158977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=149155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=149155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=149155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}