Updates

  1. Person pages list letters, writing, profiles and links as sortable tables with filters, and show each person's companies as links; Fund letters show each letter's description in its own column.
  2. Experts show a checked job title and a short description of each person; 30 more people have photographs.
  3. Every company, fund, university and publication the experts work for has a page listing the people there.
  4. Fund letters show each letter's thesis and filter by it; 225 person pages list the essays, columns and newsletter issues the person wrote.
  5. Person pages list every essay and newsletter issue a person wrote, and their own books as a table in List view.
  6. Recommends shows the five largest kinds of book and the rest under More; browse pictures load sooner.
  7. Podcasts and talks link the original episode, filter by Audio and video or Press, and list each publisher once.
  8. Pages are wider, Recommends has List and Grid, and a filter clicked again turns off.
  9. Book cards sit in a ruled grid with Open Library and Goodreads links and each book's one-line note.
  10. Funds is now Investors; each investor's styles are buttons that filter the table.
  11. Podcasts and talks on a person's page filter by year and publisher and show as a list or a grid of pictures.
  12. Quotes show only people's own words: 472 summaries written by list sites are gone.
  13. Country pages open from Browse again, and every link on the shelf lands on a page.
  14. Subject and person pages show their sections as tabs, and each book appears once on a person's page.
  15. Book cards show the quote, who said it and the source; grids show five cards to a row.
  16. On a phone, a menu holds the sections, search, Updates, Feedback and dark mode.
  17. Feedback takes a screenshot of the page with no browser prompt, opens a screenshot full size when you click it, and clears itself once sent.
  18. Book cards are centred, search names the topic each book sits in, and any text cut short shows whole on hover.
  19. Search groups its results by kind: people, companies, geographies, subjects, topics, books, funds, fund letters and papers.
  20. The Books table lists who recommended each book by name, and the browser tab names the section you are in.
  21. Feedback can take a screenshot of the page, or one you paste or choose, and opens in the corner beside Updates.
  22. Each rail button reopens its section where you left it, and Browse, Table and People show on every book and subject page.
  23. Filters grey out choices that hold nothing instead of hiding them, and Books › People filters by authors or recommenders.
  24. Feedback takes a subject line and up to three screenshots.
  25. Biographies are grouped by the person they are about: 41 new pages, from Abraham Lincoln to Lee Kuan Yew.
  26. Sport splits into 23 sports, and Religion into one topic per faith.
  27. Book lists show as cards: the cover, one recommendation quote and every recommender by name.
  28. Seventeen subjects that had two or three pages under different names now have one page each.
  29. Every page lists its Experts as authors and recommenders, with a link to them on the Experts tab.
  30. Economics, Financial history, Financial panics and Accounting are subjects of their own, with one page per financial crisis.
  31. Book, person and subject pages open inside the app, so the tabs stay in view.
  32. 996 more book covers, and photographs or logos for 227 more people and companies.
  33. Books › Browse shows every subject as cards, and the rail holds Fund letters, Papers, Experts, Books and Funds.
  34. Every topic over 150 books splits into narrower topics, each with a page of its own.

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Zoë Foster Blake

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Australian author, columnist and entrepreneur, born in 1980, who founded a skin-care business.

74 books they recommend · 22 appearances

Recommends 74Appearances 22Profiles 2Links 1
More 5
A Beautifully Foolish EndeavorA Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
T4 A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
Hank Green · 2020
Open LibraryGoodreads
A Little LifeA Little Life
T4 A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara · 2008
Open LibraryGoodreads
All Our Shimmering SkiesAll Our Shimmering Skies
T4 All Our Shimmering Skies
Trent Dalton · 2020
Open LibraryGoodreads
An Absolutely Remarkable ThingAn Absolutely Remarkable Thing
T4 An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
Hank Green · 2018
Open LibraryGoodreads
An American MarriageAn American Marriage
T4 An American Marriage
Tayari Jones · 2018
Open LibraryGoodreads

Also recommended by: Arianna Huffington, Bill Gates

Beautiful RuinsBeautiful Ruins
T4 Beautiful Ruins
Jess Walter · 2012
Open LibraryGoodreads

Source: Zotheysay (her own blog) — 'Some books I read, loved and can recommend.'

Big SkyBig Sky
T4 Big Sky
Kate Atkinson · 2019
Open LibraryGoodreads

Also recommended by: Radhika Jones

Boy Swallows UniverseBoy Swallows Universe
T4 Boy Swallows Universe
Trent Dalton · 2018
Open LibraryGoodreads
Burial RitesBurial Rites
T4 Burial Rites
Hannah Kent · 2013
Open LibraryGoodreads

Source: Zotheysay (her own blog) — 'Some books I read, loved and can recommend.'

City of GirlsCity of Girls
T4 City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert · 2019
Open LibraryGoodreads
DisobedienceDisobedience
T4 Disobedience
Naomi Alderman · 2006
Open LibraryGoodreads
Do Not Become AlarmedDo Not Become Alarmed
T4 Do Not Become Alarmed
Maile Meloy · 2017
Open LibraryGoodreads
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely FineEleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
T4 Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman · 2017
Open LibraryGoodreads

Also recommended by: Reese Witherspoon

Eleanor and Park
T4 Eleanor and Park
Rainbow Rowell
Goodreads

Source: Zotheysay (her own blog) — 'Some books I read, loved and can recommend.'

Force of NatureForce of Nature
T4 Force of Nature
Jane Harper · 2017
Open LibraryGoodreads
FrankisssteinFrankissstein
T4 Frankissstein
Jeannette Winterson · 2019
Open LibraryGoodreads
Hey Ladies!Hey Ladies!
T4 Hey Ladies!
Michelle Markowitz, Caroline Moss · 2018
Open LibraryGoodreads
History of WolvesHistory of Wolves
T4 History of Wolves
Emily Fridlund · 2016
Open LibraryGoodreads
HoneybeeHoneybee
T4 Honeybee
Craig Silvey · 2020
Open LibraryGoodreads
I Want My Hat BackI Want My Hat Back
T4 I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen
Goodreads

Source: Zotheysay (her own blog) — 'Some books I read, loved and can recommend.'

Little Fires EverywhereLittle Fires Everywhere
T4 Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng · 2014
Open LibraryGoodreads

A novel of a planned Ohio suburb upset by the arrival of an artist and her daughter.

Also recommended by: Melinda Gates, Reese Witherspoon and 1 other

Manhattan BeachManhattan Beach
T4 Manhattan Beach
Jennifer Egan · 2017
Open LibraryGoodreads
Maybe the Horse Will Talk
T4 Maybe the Horse Will Talk
Elliot Perlman · 2019
Open LibraryGoodreads
My Absolute DarlingMy Absolute Darling
T4 My Absolute Darling
Gabriel Tallent · 2017
Open LibraryGoodreads

A 14-year-old girl on the California coast learns her life with her father is unsafe.

My Brilliant FriendMy Brilliant Friend
T4 My Brilliant Friend
Elana Ferrante
Goodreads

Two girls in a poor 1950s Naples neighbourhood form a lifelong, rivalrous friendship.

My Dark VanessaMy Dark Vanessa
T4 My Dark Vanessa
Kate Elizabeth Russell · 2020
Open LibraryGoodreads

A woman revisits the affair her English teacher began with her when she was fifteen.

Normal PeopleNormal People
T4 Normal People
Sally Rooney · 2018
Open LibraryGoodreads

A novel of two Irish teenagers who circle each other from school to Trinity College.

Also recommended by: Gaby Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey and 1 other

PachinkoPachinko
T4 Pachinko
Min Jin Lee · 2017
Open LibraryGoodreads

Also recommended by: Sophie Bakalar

Paris EchoParis Echo
T4 Paris Echo
Sebastian Faulks · 2018
Open LibraryGoodreads

An American scholar and a Moroccan runaway in a Paris haunted by Vichy and Algeria.

Rich People ProblemsRich People Problems
T4 Rich People Problems
Kevin Kwan · 2017
Open LibraryGoodreads
Silver SparrowSilver Sparrow
T4 Silver Sparrow
Tayari Jones · 2011
Open LibraryGoodreads
Standard DeviationStandard Deviation
T4 Standard Deviation
Katherine Heiny · 2017
Open LibraryGoodreads
Stay Up With Hugo BestStay Up With Hugo Best
T4 Stay Up With Hugo Best
Erin Somers · 2019
Open LibraryGoodreads
Such a Fun Age
T4 Such a Fun Age
Kiley ReidI
Goodreads

A black babysitter is wrongly accused of kidnapping the white child in her care.

Also recommended by: Melinda Gates

TangerineTangerine
T4 Tangerine
Christine Mangan · 2014
Open LibraryGoodreads
The DryThe Dry
T4 The Dry
Jane Harper · 2016
Open LibraryGoodreads

Source: Zotheysay (her own blog) — 'Some books I read, loved and can recommend.'

The FarmThe Farm
T4 The Farm
Joanne Ramos · 2019
Open LibraryGoodreads
The Gap of TimeThe Gap of Time
T4 The Gap of Time
Jeanette Winterson · 2015
Open LibraryGoodreads

Source: Zotheysay (her own blog) — 'Some books I read, loved and can recommend.'

The Great AloneThe Great Alone
T4 The Great Alone
Kristin Hannah · 2018
Open LibraryGoodreads

A family moves to Alaska in 1974, where winter and an impulsive father test them.

Also recommended by: Reese Witherspoon

The Heirs
T4 The Heirs
Susan Reiger
Goodreads
The Secrets We KeptThe Secrets We Kept
T4 The Secrets We Kept
Lara Prescott · 2019
Open LibraryGoodreads
The TestamentsThe Testaments
T4 The Testaments
Margaret Atwood · 2019
Open LibraryGoodreads

Also recommended by: Guy Kawasaki

The Water CureThe Water Cure
T4 The Water Cure
Sophie Mackintosh · 2018
Open LibraryGoodreads
The YieldThe Yield
T4 The Yield
Tara June Winch · 2019
Open LibraryGoodreads
This Is Not My HatThis Is Not My Hat
T4 This Is Not My Hat
Jon Klassen
Goodreads

Source: Zotheysay (her own blog) — 'Some books I read, loved and can recommend.'

Today Will Be DifferentToday Will Be Different
T4 Today Will Be Different
Maria Semple · 2016
Open LibraryGoodreads

Source: Zotheysay (her own blog) — 'Some books I read, loved and can recommend.'

TranscriptionTranscription
T4 Transcription
Kate Atkinson · 2018
Open LibraryGoodreads
Under Your Wings
T4 Under Your Wings
Tiffany Tsao
Goodreads
We Found a HatWe Found a Hat
T4 We Found a Hat
Jon Klassen · 2011
Open LibraryGoodreads

Source: Zotheysay (her own blog) — 'Some books I read, loved and can recommend.'

Where'd You Go, BernadetteWhere'd You Go, Bernadette
T4 Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple
Goodreads

Source: Zotheysay (her own blog) — 'Some books I read, loved and can recommend.'

All These WondersAll These Wonders
T4 All These Wonders
Catherine Burns, Neil Gaiman · 2017
Open LibraryGoodreads
EducatedEducated
T4 Educated
Tara Westover · 2018
Open LibraryGoodreads

Also recommended by: Bill Gates, Ali Abdaal, Barack Obama and 3 others

From the Corner of the Oval OfficeFrom the Corner of the Oval Office
T4 From the Corner of the Oval Office
Beck Dorey-Stein · 2018
Open LibraryGoodreads
The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory
T4 The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory
Corey White
Goodreads
Your Own Kind of GirlYour Own Kind of Girl
T4 Your Own Kind of Girl
Clare Bowditch
Open LibraryGoodreads
You’ll Grow Out Of ItYou’ll Grow Out Of It
T4 You’ll Grow Out Of It
Jessi Klein · 2016
Open LibraryGoodreads
Tao Te ChingTao Te Ching
T4 Tao Te Ching
Lao Tzu · 2017
Open LibraryGoodreads

Eighty-one short chapters on the Tao, the founding text of Taoism.

Also recommended by: Nat Eliason, David Perell, Jack Dorsey and 5 others

Tiny Beautiful ThingsTiny Beautiful Things
T4 Tiny Beautiful Things
Cheryl Strayed · 2012
Open LibraryGoodreads

Also recommended by: Ryan Holiday, Shane Parrish

Way More Than Luck
T4 Way More Than Luck
Various Authors
Goodreads
What I've Learned
T4 What I've Learned
Esquire
Goodreads

Source: Zotheysay (her own blog) — 'Some books I read, loved and can recommend.'

21 Lessons for the 21st Century21 Lessons for the 21st Century
T4 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari · 2018
Open LibraryGoodreads

Twenty-one essays on today's challenges, from technology and politics to truth.

Also recommended by: Bill Gates, Alfred Lin, Anna Cheng and 3 others

She SaidShe Said
T4 She Said
Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey · 2019
Open LibraryGoodreads

Also recommended by: Kara Swisher, Kathryn Minshew

Three WomenThree Women
T4 Three Women
Lisa Taddeo · 2019
Open LibraryGoodreads
White FragilityWhite Fragility
T4 White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo · 2018
Open LibraryGoodreads

Also recommended by: Alexis Ohanian, Ran Segall, Vlad Magdalin

Letters of NoteLetters of Note
T4 Letters of Note
Shaun Usher · 2013
Open LibraryGoodreads

Source: Zotheysay (her own blog) — 'Some books I read, loved and can recommend.'

Also recommended by: Caterina Fake, Patrick O'Shaughnessy

More Letters of Note
T4 More Letters of Note
Shaun Usher · 2015
Open LibraryGoodreads

A second collection of notable letters, correspondence deserving a wider audience.

Source: Zotheysay (her own blog) — 'Some books I read, loved and can recommend.'

SapiensSapiens
T1 Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari · 2011
Open LibraryGoodreads

How shared fictions such as money, nations and gods let humans cooperate at scale.

Also recommended by: Andrew Wilkinson, Bill Gates, Mohnish Pabrai and 37 others

Not Just Lucky
T4 Not Just Lucky
Jamila Rizvi · 2017
Open LibraryGoodreads
PrinciplesPrinciples
T2 Principles
Ray Dalio · 2017
Open LibraryGoodreads

Decision rules from building Bridgewater: radical truth and radical transparency.

Also recommended by: Alfred Lin, Nat Eliason, Andrew Lokenauth and 27 others

A Year of Simple Family Food
T4 A Year of Simple Family Food
Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Goodreads
Shannon's Kitchen
T4 Shannon's Kitchen
Shannon Kelly White
Goodreads
The Whole-Brain ChildThe Whole-Brain Child
T4 The Whole-Brain Child
Daniel J. Siegel, Tina Payne Bryson · 2011
Open LibraryGoodreads

Also recommended by: Graham Duncan

Tools of TitansTools of Titans
T4 Tools of Titans
Tim Ferriss · 2016
Open LibraryGoodreads

Routines, tools and advice from over 200 podcast guests on health, wealth and wisdom.

Also recommended by: Keith Rabois, Nat Eliason, Kevin Rose and 3 others

MessyMessy
T4 Messy
Tim Harford · 2016
Open LibraryGoodreads