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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American fiction, 1945 to 1999

Modern literary fiction

Novels and stories by American writers published between the Second World War and 1999, including McCarthy, Morrison, Updike, Wallace and DeLillo.

Books 35Recommenders 22

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  1. Song of SolomonToni Morrison, 1634
  2. At Play in the Fields of the LordPeter Matthiessen, 1965
  3. Trout Fishing in AmericaRichard Brautigan, 1967
  4. Mr. BridgeEvan S. Connell, 1969
  5. Dice ManLuke Rhinehart, 1971
Song of SolomonSong of Solomon
T4 Song of Solomon
Toni Morrison · 1634
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Bozoma Saint John, Michelle Obama and 1 other

At Play in the Fields of the LordAt Play in the Fields of the Lord
T4 At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Peter Matthiessen · 1965
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Trout Fishing in AmericaTrout Fishing in America
T4 Trout Fishing in America
Richard Brautigan · 1967
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

Mr. BridgeMr. Bridge
T4 Mr. Bridge
Evan S. Connell · 1969
Open LibraryGoodreads

A Kansas City lawyer buries himself in work whenever his family needs something.

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

Dice ManDice Man
T4 Dice Man
Luke Rhinehart · 1971
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Richard Branson

Fear and Loathing in Las VegasFear and Loathing in Las Vegas
T4 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Hunter S. Thompson · 1971
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Naval Ravikant

Rabbit ReduxRabbit Redux
T4 Rabbit Redux
John Updike · 1971
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Andrew Wilkinson

The Frisco KidThe Frisco Kid
T4 The Frisco Kid
Jerry Kamstra · 1975
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Balaji S. Srinivasan

The Monkey Wrench GangThe Monkey Wrench Gang
T4 The Monkey Wrench Gang
Edward Abbey · 1975
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

A River Runs Through ItA River Runs Through It
T4 A River Runs Through It
Norman Maclean · 1976
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Melinda Gates, Tucker Max

A Confederacy of DuncesA Confederacy of Dunces
T4 A Confederacy of Dunces
John Kennedy Toole · 1980
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison, Tucker Max

Rabbit Is RichRabbit Is Rich
T4 Rabbit Is Rich
John Updike · 1981
Open LibraryGoodreads

In 1979 a prosperous car dealer, co-owner of the lot, is haunted by regrets.

Recommended by: Andrew Wilkinson

Jitterbug PerfumeJitterbug Perfume
T4 Jitterbug Perfume
Tom Robbins · 1984
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Ev Williams

Blood MeridianBlood Meridian
T4 Blood Meridian
Cormac Mccarthy · 1985
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Joel Connolly

The ClassThe Class
T4 The Class
Erich Segal · 1985
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

BelovedBeloved
T4 Beloved
Toni Morrison · 1987
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Gaby Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey

The BodyThe Body
T4 The Body
Stephen King · 1988
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Jake Knapp

The MezzanineThe Mezzanine
T4 The Mezzanine
Nicholson Baker · 1988
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Daniel Burka

The Neon BibleThe Neon Bible
T4 The Neon Bible
John Kennedy Toole · 1989
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Tucker Max

Rabbit at RestRabbit at Rest
T4 Rabbit at Rest
John Updike · 1990
Open LibraryGoodreads

In 1989 an overweight car dealer with a failing heart copes with a son on cocaine.

“I finally made it through the entire Rabbit series. This book was by far the weakest of the four, and it still makes my top 5 list. Updike is, in my opinion, the best fiction writer of the last century.” — Andrew Wilkinson

Source: Newsletter

Recommended by: Andrew Wilkinson

MatingMating
T4 Mating
Norman Rush · 1991
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Ev Williams

All the Pretty HorsesAll the Pretty Horses
T4 All the Pretty Horses
Cormac McCarthy · 1992
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Joel Connolly

Jesus' SonJesus' Son
T4 Jesus' Son
Denis Johnson · 1992
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: James Altucher

Independence DayIndependence Day
T4 Independence Day
Richard Ford · 1995
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Andrew Wilkinson

Fight ClubFight Club
T4 Fight Club
Chuck Palahniuk · 1996
Open LibraryGoodreads

A novel of an insomniac who starts a secret fighting club with a wild extremist.

Recommended by: Ev Williams, Nat Eliason, Ryan Holiday and 1 other

Infinite JestInfinite Jest
T4 Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace · 1996
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Nat Eliason

Brief Interviews with Hideous MenBrief Interviews with Hideous Men
T4 Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
David Foster Wallace · 1999
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Bill Gates

Jimmy CorriganJimmy Corrigan
T4 Jimmy Corrigan
Chris Ware · 1999
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Ev Williams

PlainsongPlainsong
T4 Plainsong
Kent Haruf · 1999
Open LibraryGoodreads

In a small Colorado town, a high-school teacher is left to raise his two boys alone.

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

Einstein's DreamsEinstein's Dreams
T4 Einstein's Dreams
Alan Lightman · 2012
Open LibraryGoodreads

A novel of the young Einstein's dreams of different kinds of time, in 1905.

Recommended by: Patrick Collison, Eric Weinstein and 2 others

American PsychoAmerican Psycho
T4 American Psycho
Bret Easton Ellis
Goodreads

Recommended by: Nat Eliason

Ham on RyeHam on Rye
T4 Ham on Rye
Charles Bukowski
Goodreads

Recommended by: Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Speedboat (NYRB Classics)Speedboat (NYRB Classics)
T4 Speedboat (NYRB Classics)
Goodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

UnderworldUnderworld
T4 Underworld
Goodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

WomenWomen
T4 Women
Charles Bukowski
Goodreads

Recommended by: Patrick O'Shaughnessy

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