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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Dictionaries, atlases, style and design guides, quotation books, cookbooks, travel guides and other everyday references.

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  1. Cool ToolsKevin Kelly, 2013
  2. A History of KnowledgeCharles Van Doren, 1991
  3. The American Frugal HousewifeLydia Maria Child, 1829
  4. The Elements of StyleWilliam Strunk, E.B. White, 1920
  5. Bunreacht na hEireann (English and Irish Edition) Constitution of IrelandIreland., 1937
Cool ToolsCool Tools
T2 Cool Tools
Kevin Kelly · 2013
Open LibraryGoodreads

A catalogue reviewing over 1,500 tools and what each one is good for.

Recommended by: John Doerr

A History of KnowledgeA History of Knowledge
T3 A History of Knowledge
Charles Van Doren · 1991
Open LibraryGoodreads

Survey of what humans have known, era by era

Recommended by: Jamie Dimon

The American Frugal HousewifeThe American Frugal Housewife
T4 The American Frugal Housewife
Lydia Maria Child · 1829
Open LibraryGoodreads

An 1829 household economy manual that treats thrift as a financial system.

Recommended by: Morgan Housel

The Elements of StyleThe Elements of Style
T4 The Elements of Style
William Strunk, E.B. White · 1920
Open LibraryGoodreads

Numbered rules of English usage and composition, with examples, under 100 pages.

Recommended by: Nat Eliason, Patrick Collison, Ann Handley and 3 others

Bunreacht na hEireann (English and Irish EdiBunreacht na hEireann (English and Irish Edition) Constitution of Ireland
T4 Bunreacht na hEireann (English and Irish Edition) Constitution of Ireland
Ireland. · 1937
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

How to Read a BookHow to Read a Book
T4 How to Read a Book
Mortimer J. Adler, Charles van Doren · 1940
Open LibraryGoodreads

A method for reading hard books for understanding, not just information.

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai, Alex and Books and 3 others

The World's Great Speeches: Fourth Enlarged The World's Great Speeches: Fourth Enlarged (1999) Edition edited
T4 The World's Great Speeches: Fourth Enlarged (1999) Edition edited
Lewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna · 1942
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

The Hockey HandbookThe Hockey Handbook
T4 The Hockey Handbook
Lloyd Percival · 1951
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Guy Kawasaki

The Portable Medieval ReaderThe Portable Medieval Reader
T4 The Portable Medieval Reader
James Bruce Ross, Mary Martin McLaughlin · 1953
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

100 Great Operas and Their Stories100 Great Operas and Their Stories
T4 100 Great Operas and Their Stories
Henry W. Simon · 1960
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Eric Weinstein

Frame of government: A book of documents
T4 Frame of government: A book of documents
Henry W. Bragdon · 1962
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

The Way Things WorkThe Way Things Work
T4 The Way Things Work
C. Van Amerongen · 1967
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mike Maples, Jr.

Whole Earth Epilog: Access to ToolsWhole Earth Epilog: Access to Tools
T4 Whole Earth Epilog: Access to Tools
Stewart Brand · 1974
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

The Craft of InterviewingThe Craft of Interviewing
T4 The Craft of Interviewing
John Joseph Brady · 1976
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

Please Understand Me: Character and TemperamPlease Understand Me: Character and Temperament Types
T4 Please Understand Me: Character and Temperament Types
David 86 Keirsey, Marilyn Bates · 1978
Open LibraryGoodreads

A 70-question test that sorts readers into 16 temperament types, like Myers-Briggs.

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

The Next Whole Earth CatalogThe Next Whole Earth Catalog
T4 The Next Whole Earth Catalog
Stewart Brand · 1980
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Grid Systems in Graphic Design: A Visual ComGrid Systems in Graphic Design: A Visual Communication Manual for Graphic Designers, Typographers and Three Dimensional Designers (German and English Edition)
T4 Grid Systems in Graphic Design: A Visual Communication Manual for Graphic Designers, Typographers and Three Dimensional Designers (German and English Edition)
Josef Müller-Brockmann · 1981
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison, Ran Segall

I Always Look Up the Word EgregiousI Always Look Up the Word Egregious
T4 I Always Look Up the Word Egregious
Maxwell Nurnberg · 1981
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Eric Weinstein

A Lycanthropy Reader
T4 A Lycanthropy Reader
Charlotte F. Otten · 1986
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Tim Ferriss

India by RailIndia by Rail
T4 India by Rail
Royston Ellis · 1988
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

A History of Knowledge: Past, Present, and FA History of Knowledge: Past, Present, and Future
T4 A History of Knowledge: Past, Present, and Future
Charles VanDoren · 1992
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

The Elements of Typographic StyleThe Elements of Typographic Style
T4 The Elements of Typographic Style
Robert Bringhurst · 1992
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison, David Kadavy and 1 other

The Oxford History of BritainThe Oxford History of Britain
T4 The Oxford History of Britain
Peter Salway · 1992
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Paul Graham

The Millennium Whole Earth CatalogThe Millennium Whole Earth Catalog
T4 The Millennium Whole Earth Catalog
Howard Rheingold · 1994
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

The Non-Designer's Design BookThe Non-Designer's Design Book
T4 The Non-Designer's Design Book
Robin Williams · 1994
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: David Kadavy

At Home with Books: How Booklovers Live withAt Home with Books: How Booklovers Live with and Care for Their Libraries
T4 At Home with Books: How Booklovers Live with and Care for Their Libraries
Estelle Ellis, Christopher Simon Sykes · 1995
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

If... (Questions for the Game of Life)If... (Questions for the Game of Life)
T4 If... (Questions for the Game of Life)
Evelyn McFarlane, James Saywell · 1995
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

If...: Questions for the SoulIf...: Questions for the Soul
T4 If...: Questions for the Soul
Evelyn McFarlane, James Saywell · 1995
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

If 2: More Questions for the Game of LifeIf 2: More Questions for the Game of Life
T4 If 2: More Questions for the Game of Life
Evelyn McFarlane, James Saywell · 1996
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

The 100 Best Films to Rent You'Ve Never HearThe 100 Best Films to Rent You'Ve Never Heard of: Hidden Treasures, Neglected Classics, Hits from By-Gone Eras
T4 The 100 Best Films to Rent You'Ve Never Heard of: Hidden Treasures, Neglected Classics, Hits from By-Gone Eras
David N. Meyer · 1996
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

How to Cook EverythingHow to Cook Everything
T4 How to Cook Everything
Mark Bittman · 1998
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Laura R Walker

The Complete Guide to Trail Building and MaiThe Complete Guide to Trail Building and Maintenance
T4 The Complete Guide to Trail Building and Maintenance
Carl Demrow · 1998
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Stewart Brand

How Far Will You Go?: Questions to Test YourHow Far Will You Go?: Questions to Test Your Limits
T4 How Far Will You Go?: Questions to Test Your Limits
Evelyn McFarlane, James Saywell · 1999
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide fHow to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler
T4 How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler
Ryan North · 1999
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Balaji S. Srinivasan

The New York Times Guide to the Best 1000 MoThe New York Times Guide to the Best 1000 Movies Ever Made
T4 The New York Times Guide to the Best 1000 Movies Ever Made
Vincent Canby · 1999
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

Wind Energy Basics, Second Edition: A Guide Wind Energy Basics, Second Edition: A Guide to Home- and Community-Scale Wind-Energy Systems
T4 Wind Energy Basics, Second Edition: A Guide to Home- and Community-Scale Wind-Energy Systems
Paul Gipe · 1999
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

Maui Revealed: The Ultimate GuidebookMaui Revealed: The Ultimate Guidebook
T4 Maui Revealed: The Ultimate Guidebook
Andrew Doughty, Harriett Friedman · 2000
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Would You?: Questions to Challenge Your BeliWould You?: Questions to Challenge Your Beliefs
T4 Would You?: Questions to Challenge Your Beliefs
Evelyn McFarlane, James Saywell · 2000
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

New Penguin Atlas of Ancient HistoryNew Penguin Atlas of Ancient History
T4 New Penguin Atlas of Ancient History
McEvedy · 2002
Open LibraryGoodreads

Maps in sequence of peoples in Europe and the Near East, from 50,000 BC to AD 362.

Recommended by: Paul Graham

The Zombie Survival GuideThe Zombie Survival Guide
T4 The Zombie Survival Guide
Max Brooks · 2003
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Sophie Bakalar

The Know-It-AllThe Know-It-All
T4 The Know-It-All
A.J. Jacobs · 2004
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Ev Williams

Got Sun? Go Solar, Expanded 2nd Edition: HarGot Sun? Go Solar, Expanded 2nd Edition: Harness Nature's Free Energy to Heat and Power Your Grid-Tied Home
T4 Got Sun? Go Solar, Expanded 2nd Edition: Harness Nature's Free Energy to Heat and Power Your Grid-Tied Home
Rex A. Ewing · 2005
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

The Map BookThe Map Book
T4 The Map Book
Peter Barber · 2005
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Stewart Brand

The Renewable Energy Handbook: A Guide to RuThe Renewable Energy Handbook: A Guide to Rural Energy Independence, Off-Grid and Sustainable Living
T4 The Renewable Energy Handbook: A Guide to Rural Energy Independence, Off-Grid and Sustainable Living
William H. Kemp · 2005
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

EmergencyEmergency
T4 Emergency
Neil Strauss · 2009
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Nat Eliason, Garry Tan, Tim Ferriss

Learn Something New Every Day: 365 Facts to
T4 Learn Something New Every Day: 365 Facts to Fulfill Your Life
Kee Malesky · 2012
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee: Growing, RoThe Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee: Growing, Roasting, and Drinking, with Recipes
T4 The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee: Growing, Roasting, and Drinking, with Recipes
James Freeman, Caitlin Freeman, Tara Duggan · 2012
Open LibraryGoodreads

How to choose, brew and enjoy artisan coffee at home, with 40 recipes.

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Training the Best Dog EverTraining the Best Dog Ever
T4 Training the Best Dog Ever
Larry Kay, Dawn Sylvia-Stasiewicz · 2012
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Nat Eliason

An Illustrated Book of Bad ArgumentsAn Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments
T4 An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments
Ali Almossawi · 2013
Open LibraryGoodreads

Short illustrated catalogue of the common logical fallacies

Recommended by: Shane Parrish

100 Deadly Skills100 Deadly Skills
T4 100 Deadly Skills
Clint Emerson · 2015
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Bob Iger

What to Do When I'm Gone
T4 What to Do When I'm Gone
Suzy Hopkins · 2020
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Recommended by: Arianna Huffington

Accidence Will Happen: The Non-Pedantic GuidAccidence Will Happen: The Non-Pedantic Guide to English Usage
T4 Accidence Will Happen: The Non-Pedantic Guide to English Usage
Goodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Designing Walkable Urban Thoroughfares A Con
T4 Designing Walkable Urban Thoroughfares A Context Sensitive Approach
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Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Encyclopaedia of Typefaces
T4 Encyclopaedia of Typefaces
W. Pincus Jaspert et al.
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Engineering in Plain SightEngineering in Plain Sight
T4 Engineering in Plain Sight
Grady Hillhouse
Goodreads

Recommended by: Bill Gates

Fiend Folio: Tome of Creatures Malevolent anFiend Folio: Tome of Creatures Malevolent and Benign: (Advanced Dungeons and Dragons)
T4 Fiend Folio: Tome of Creatures Malevolent and Benign: (Advanced Dungeons and Dragons)
Don Turnbull
Goodreads

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How to Skimm Your Life
T4 How to Skimm Your Life
The Skimm
Goodreads

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If 3: Questions for the Game of Love
T4 If 3: Questions for the Game of Love
Evelyn McFarlane, James Saywell
Goodreads

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Lonely Planet Brazil (Country Guide)Lonely Planet Brazil (Country Guide)
T4 Lonely Planet Brazil (Country Guide)
Goodreads

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Lonely Planet, New ZealandLonely Planet, New Zealand
T4 Lonely Planet, New Zealand
Lonely Planet
Goodreads

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Memory of the World
T4 Memory of the World
UNESCO
Goodreads

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Norwegian Wood: Chopping, Stacking, and DryiNorwegian Wood: Chopping, Stacking, and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way
T4 Norwegian Wood: Chopping, Stacking, and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way
Lars Mytting
Goodreads

How to split, stack and season firewood and build a fire, the Scandinavian way.

Recommended by: Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Semiology of Graphics: Diagrams, Networks, M
T4 Semiology of Graphics: Diagrams, Networks, Maps
Goodreads

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Shakespeare on Love: Quotations from the PlaShakespeare on Love: Quotations from the Plays and Poems
T4 Shakespeare on Love: Quotations from the Plays and Poems
George Weinberg
Goodreads

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Stairway Walks in San FranciscoStairway Walks in San Francisco
T4 Stairway Walks in San Francisco
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The 2548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said
T4 The 2548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said
Robert Byrne
Goodreads

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The 5-Minute Plantar Fasciitis Solution
T4 The 5-Minute Plantar Fasciitis Solution
Jim Johnson
Goodreads

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The Art of FermentationThe Art of Fermentation
T4 The Art of Fermentation
Sandor Ellix Katz
Goodreads

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The Designer’s Dictionary of Type
T4 The Designer’s Dictionary of Type
Sean Adams
Goodreads

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The Essential Scratch & Sniff Guide to Becom
T4 The Essential Scratch & Sniff Guide to Becoming a Whiskey Know-It-All
Richard Betts
Goodreads

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The Essential Scratch and Sniff Guide to Bec
T4 The Essential Scratch and Sniff Guide to Becoming a Wine Expert
Richard Betts
Goodreads

Scratch-and-sniff scents like butter and grass, and the wines in which they show up.

Recommended by: Chris Sacca

The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to CulThe Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative Chefs
T4 The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative Chefs
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T4 The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories
Robert B. Strassler (ed.)
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The Philosophy BookThe Philosophy Book
T4 The Philosophy Book
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The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World,
T4 The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World, 13th Edition
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Urban Street Design GuideUrban Street Design Guide
T4 Urban Street Design Guide
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T4 Worldly Wisdom: Quotations and Aphorisms
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