Reading record for 2020.
| Date | Book Title | Tags | Rating | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-12 | "Six Records of a Floating Life" by Shen Fu (Qing Dynasty) | Essays Chinese Literature | 4.0 | His wife is a lovely person |
| 2020-12-12 | "Perfume" by Patrick Süskind (Germany) | Idealism Philosophy | 4.5 | The miniseries/film adaptation is also good |
| 2020-11-21 | "Living in Borrowed Mountains" by Dongzi | Seclusion | 3.0 | Some descriptions of animals are decent |
| 2020-10-24 | "Being with Borges" by Alberto Manguel (Canada) | Borges | 4.0 | Borges described from another perspective |
| 2020-10-24 | "Borges: The Last Interview" by Jorge Luis Borges (Argentina) | Borges Interviews | 4.0 | Interview perspectives |
| 2020-10-10 | "Conversations with Borges" by Jorge Luis Borges (Argentina) | Borges | 4.5 | Language is sincere |
| 2020-10-03 | "The People of Sanhe" by Tian Feng and Lin Kaixuan | Sanhe Youth Report | 4.0 | Reflection |
| 2020-09-28 | "The Creative Thinker's Toolkit" by Dorte Nielsen (USA) | Methodology Creativity Drawing | 3.5 | Superficial reading, not much gain |
| 2020-09-26 | "Long Night" by Chen Zijin | Detective Mystery | 4.0 | Could have been bolder, but still good |
| 2020-09-05 | "Worth the World" by Nakamura Tsuneko (Japan) | Methodology Philosophy | 4.0 | Reflection |
| 2020-07-31 | "Bad Kid" by Chen Zijin | Detective Mystery | 4.0 | The miniseries adaptation is good |
| 2020-06-20 | "The Devotion of Suspect X" by Keigo Higashino (Japan) | Detective Mystery | 4.0 | The plot is a bit dragging |
| 2020-06-12 | "Simplicity" by Giles Colborne (UK) | Design Products | 4.0 | Too much nonsense, not as profound as "The Design of Everyday Things" |
| 2020-06-03 | "The Non-Designer's Design Book" by Robin Williams and John Tollett (USA) | Design Products Examples | 3.5 | Not worth reading |
| 2020-06-02 | "The Non-Designer's Design Book (4th Edition)" by Robin Williams (USA) | Design Products Methodology | 4.5 | Concise and straightforward, worth it |
| 2020-05-11 | "How to Lie with Statistics" by Darrell Huff | Data Analysis | 3.5 | Piled-up examples |
| 2020-05-06 | "No-Stress Socializing" by Gillian Butler (UK) | Socializing | 3.0 | Average |
| 2020-05-06 | "Black Hawk Down" by Mark Bowden | True Events War | 4.0 | The film adaptation is good |
| 2020-05-05 | "The Beauty of Mathematics" by Wu Jun | Popular Science Computer | 4.0 | Introduction to popular science |
| 2020-04-26 | "Post-Truth" by Hector Macdonald (UK) | Society Politics | 4.0 | Thought-provoking |
| 2020-04-21 | "Online Advertising" by Zhang Yadong | Advertising | 3.0 | A book full of piled-up content |
| 2020-04-20 | "This is a Search Engine" by Zhang Junlin | Search Engine | 4.0 | Clear ideas in the first few chapters, but messy later on |
| 2020-04-19 | "Dear Sanmao" by Sanmao | Prose Correspondence | 4.0 | Language is sincere |
| 2020-04-17 | "The Other Half of the Sky" by Nicholas D. Kristof (USA) | Women | 4.0 | Reasoning mixed with cruel facts |
| 2020-04-15 | "Practical Recommender Systems" by Xiang Liang | Recommender Systems | 4.0 | Comprehensive, suitable for beginners |
| 2020-04-14 | "Deliberate Practice" by Anders Ericsson (USA) | Methodology | 3.5 | Later chapters are verbose |
| 2020-04-05 | "Nonviolent Communication" by Marshall Rosenberg (USA) | Methodology Communication | 3.5 | Quite verbose |
| 2020-04-05 | "Behind the Product" by Wang Shimu | NetEase Products | 4.5 | Detailed analysis with specific examples, worth it |
| 2020-04-02 | "Growth Hacker Marketing" by Ryan Holiday | Growth | 4.0 | Understanding growth methodology |
| 2020-03-20 | "Product Methodology" by Yu Jun | Products Methodology | 4.0 | Economic thinking and book recommendations are good |
| 2020-03-14 | "How the Internet Works" by Hugen Katsuyuki (Japan) | Internet | 4.0 | Complete and detailed |
| 2020-03-12 | "How Programs Run" by Yaze Hisao (Japan) | Computer | 4.0 | Suitable for beginners |
| 2020-03-08 | "How Computers Run" by Yaze Hisao (Japan) | Computer | 4.0 | Basic computer knowledge |
| 2020-03-03 | "MySQL Crash Course" by Ben Forta (USA) | SQL | 4.0 | Introductory book |
| 2020-03-03 | "SQL Crash Course" by Ben Forta (USA) | SQL | 4.0 | Introductory book |
| 2020-02-16 | "Impromptu Speaking" by Judith Humphrey (Canada) | Public Speaking | 3.0 | Not worth reading |
| 2020-02-15 | "Thinking in Bets" by Annie Duke (USA) | Decision Making Game Theory | 3.5 | Average |
| 2020-01-21 | "Lean Data Analysis" by Alistair Croll and Benjamin Yoskovitz (Canada) | Data Analysis | 3.5 | Average |
| 2020-01-20 | "I Once Walked on the Brink of Collapse" by Yu Minhong | Memoirs | 4.5 | Language is sincere |