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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History and study of religion and myth

Religion and Spirituality

Histories of religion, studies of myth and ritual, and scientific and sociological accounts of belief.

Books 20Recommenders 21

Start here

  1. Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the WorldRene Girard, 1978
  2. The Power of MythJoseph Campbell, Bill Moyers, 1988
  3. To Serve God and Wal-MartBethany Moreton, 2009
  4. Islam, Authoritarianism, and UnderdevelopmentAhmet T. Kuru, 2019
  5. The Varieties of Religious ExperienceWilliam James, 1902
Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the WoThings Hidden Since the Foundation of the World
T2 Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World
Rene Girard · 1978
Open LibraryGoodreads

Mimetic rivalry, where rivals grow alike, and the violence it unleashes in societies.

Recommended by: Patrick Collison, Eric Weinstein and 1 other

The Power of MythThe Power of Myth
T3 The Power of Myth
Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers · 1988
Open LibraryGoodreads

Campbell on the recurring stories cultures tell themselves

Recommended by: Jim Collins, Nat Eliason, David Perell and 3 others

To Serve God and Wal-MartTo Serve God and Wal-Mart
T3 To Serve God and Wal-Mart
Bethany Moreton · 2009
Open LibraryGoodreads

How Wal-Mart's culture and labour model were built.

Islam, Authoritarianism, and UnderdevelopmenIslam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment
T3 Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment
Ahmet T. Kuru · 2019
Open LibraryGoodreads

Why Muslim-majority countries lag: an old alliance of clerics and military states.

The Varieties of Religious ExperienceThe Varieties of Religious Experience
T4 The Varieties of Religious Experience
William James · 1902
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mark Zuckerberg

The White GoddessThe White Goddess
T4 The White Goddess
Robert Graves · 1920
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Caterina Fake

The Ancient City: A Study on the Religion, L
T4 The Ancient City: A Study on the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Greece and Rome
Numa Denis Fustel De Coulanges · 1956
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Marc Andreessen

The Grail Legend
T4 The Grail Legend
Emma Jung, Marie-Louise von Franz · 1970
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Guy Spier

No Offense: Civil Religion and Protestant TaNo Offense: Civil Religion and Protestant Taste
T4 No Offense: Civil Religion and Protestant Taste
John Murray Cuddihy · 1978
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Marc Andreessen

The Humble Approach: Scientists Discover GodThe Humble Approach: Scientists Discover God
T4 The Humble Approach: Scientists Discover God
John Marks Templeton · 1981
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

A History of GodA History of God
T4 A History of God
Karen Armstrong · 1993
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Daniel Petre

Breakfast at the VictoryBreakfast at the Victory
T4 Breakfast at the Victory
James Carse · 1994
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Graham Duncan

The King and the CorpseThe King and the Corpse
T4 The King and the Corpse
Heinrich Zimmer · 1999
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Stewart Brand

One True GodOne True God
T4 One True God
Rodney Stark · 2001
Open LibraryGoodreads

How belief in one god shaped Western history, from religious wars to commandments.

Recommended by: Stewart Brand

The God DelusionThe God Delusion
T4 The God Delusion
Richard Dawkins · 2006
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Brian Armstrong, Mohnish Pabrai and 1 other

The Spiritual BrainThe Spiritual Brain
T4 The Spiritual Brain
Mario Beauregard · 2007
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Ray Dalio

The Evolution of GodThe Evolution of God
T4 The Evolution of God
Robert Wright · 2009
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Reid Hoffman

Why We Believe in God(s)Why We Believe in God(s)
T4 Why We Believe in God(s)
J. Anderson Thomson · 2011
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Ray Dalio

A Short History of Myth (The Myths)A Short History of Myth (The Myths)
T4 A Short History of Myth (The Myths)
Karen Armstrong
Goodreads

Recommended by: Patrick O'Shaughnessy

The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His L
T4 The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work
Joseph Campbell
Goodreads

Recommended by: Reid Hoffman

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