Books

What I've read,
what has stayed.

Books have been quiet companions throughout my life. Here are the ones that crossed my path — in no particular order of importance.

  • Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll
  • Ficciones Jorge Luis Borges
  • IT Stephen King
  • Elective Affinities Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Siddharta Hermann Hesse
  • Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes
  • Invisible Cities Italo Calvino
  • The Unbearable Lightness of Being Milan Kundera
  • The Baron in the Trees Italo Calvino
  • One, No One and One Hundred Thousand Luigi Pirandello
  • Zeno's Conscience Italo Svevo
  • The Late Mattia Pascal Luigi Pirandello
  • The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas
  • Frankenstein Mary Shelley
  • The Vampyre John Polidori
  • Dracula Bram Stoker
  • Warrior of the Light Paulo Coelho
  • The Brothers Karamazov Fëdor Dostoevskij
  • If This Is a Man Primo Levi
  • The Truce Primo Levi
  • The Tartar Steppe Dino Buzzati
  • 1984 George Orwell
  • Animal Farm George Orwell
  • The Nonexistent Knight Italo Calvino
  • Storia di Tonle / L'anno della vittoria Mario Rigoni Stern
  • His Dark Materials: Northern Lights Philip Pullman
  • His Dark Materials: The Subtle Knife Philip Pullman
  • His Dark Materials: The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman
  • Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury
  • War and Peace Lev Tolstoj
  • Anna Karenina Lev Tolstoj
  • Crime and Punishment Fëdor Dostoevskij
  • The Gambler Fëdor Dostoevskij
  • The Captain's Daughter Aleksandr Pushkin
  • The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck
  • Steppenwolf Hermann Hesse
  • The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway
  • The Courage To Be Disliked 🎧 Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga
  • The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem Nathaniel Branden
  • As a Man Thinketh James Allen
  • The Mountain Is You Brianna Wiest
  • Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus 🎧 John Gray
  • The Untethered Soul 🎧 Michael A. Singer
  • The Way of the Superior Man 🎧 David Deida
  • No More Mr. Nice Guy 🎧 Dr. Robert Glover
  • The Five Love Languages 🎧 Gary Chapman
  • The Five Love Languages of Children 🎧 Gary Chapman
  • Letting Go 🎧 David R. Hawkins
  • The Four Agreements 🎧 Don Miguel Ruiz
  • Feeding Your Demons Tsultrim Allione
  • Never Split the Difference Chris Voss
  • Toyota Production System Taiichi Ohno
  • The Richest Man in Babylon George S. Clason
  • Purple Cow Seth Godin
  • Eat That Frog Brian Tracy
  • Rich Dad, Poor Dad Robert T. Kiyosaki
  • 21.5 Unbreakable Laws of Selling Jeffrey Gitomer
  • How to Develop Self-Confidence and Influence People by Public Speaking Dale Carnegie
  • How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age Dale Carnegie
  • How to Win Friends and Influence People Dale Carnegie
  • Entra in gioco con la testa Nicoletta Romanazzi
  • Think and Grow Rich 🎧 Napoleon Hill
  • Scrivere per diventare un'autorità Marco Lutzu
  • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck 🎧 Mark Manson
  • Principles for Success Ray Dalio (not completed)
  • Atomic Habits James Clear
  • Notes from a Friend 🎧 Tony Robbins
  • The Compound Effect Darren Hardy
  • Make Your Bed Admiral William H. McRaven
  • Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Yuval Noah Harari
  • The Secret Life of Plants Peter Tompkins & Christopher Bird
  • Felicemente sconnessi Frances Booth
  • Il libro della gentilezza Bernardette Russell
  • La società signorile di massa Luca Ricolfi
  • Factfulness Hans Rosling
  • Diciotto castagne Mario Curnis
  • Homo Incertus Vittorino Andreoli
  • Easy Way to Stop Smoking Allen Carr
  • The Luck Factor Richard Wiseman
  • "Sfacciata fortuna" La Shoah e il caso — Robert S.C. Gordon
  • La legge di Parkinson Cyril Northcote Parkinson
  • Il vero amore (non) è un mito Michele Mezzanotte
  • La Roba Giovanni Verga

Between 1995 and 2008 I was involved with Scientology. I trained up to Class V Graduate FPRD auditor and reached NED as a PC. In 2008 I left the Sea Organisation and ended my participation. I include some of the books I've read here as part of my personal history — not as an endorsement.

  • Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health L. Ron Hubbard
  • Science of Survival L. Ron Hubbard
  • The Fundamentals of Thought L. Ron Hubbard
  • A New Slant on Life L. Ron Hubbard
  • The Evolution of a Science L. Ron Hubbard
  • The Problems of Work L. Ron Hubbard
  • Handbook for Preclears L. Ron Hubbard
  • Self Analysis L. Ron Hubbard
  • Clear Body, Clear Mind L. Ron Hubbard
  • The Way to Happiness L. Ron Hubbard
  • The Original Thesis L. Ron Hubbard
  • Introduction to Scientology Ethics L. Ron Hubbard
  • A History of Man L. Ron Hubbard
  • Scientology 0-8 L. Ron Hubbard
  • Dianetics 55! L. Ron Hubbard
  • Scientology 8-8008 L. Ron Hubbard
  • Scientology 8-80 L. Ron Hubbard
  • Advanced Procedures and Axioms L. Ron Hubbard
  • The Creation of Human Ability L. Ron Hubbard

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