Nabeel S. Qureshi
Entrepreneur and essayist; worked at Palantir on health and biology projects, and was a Visiting Scholar in AI at the Mercatus Center.
In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust
Now I am inclined to say it is Proust. I finished In Search of Lost Time a few weeks ago, and can’t stop thinking about it.
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2666 by Roberto Bolaño
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "2666 (2004)".
7 Types of Ambiguity by William Empson
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "7 Types of Ambiguity (1930)".
A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "A Deepness in the Sky (1999)".
A Mathematician's Apology by G. H. Hardy
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "A Mathematician's Apology (1940)".
A Season in Hell by Arthur Rimbaud
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "A Season in Hell (1873)".
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "A Suitable Boy (1993)".
A Theater of Envy by René Girard
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "A Theater of Envy (1991)".
ABC of Reading by Ezra Pound
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "ABC of Reading (1934)".
An Essay on Shakespeare's Sonnets by Stephen Booth
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "An Essay on Shakespeare's Sonnets (1969)".
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Anna Karenina (1877)".
Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Austerlitz (2001)".
Blue & Brown Books by Ludwig Wittgenstein
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Blue & Brown Books (1958)".
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Book of Common Prayer (1549)".
Briggflatts by Basil Bunting
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Briggflatts (1966)".
Cassavetes on Cassavetes by Ray Carney
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Cassavetes on Cassavetes (2001)".
Cathay by Ezra Pound
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Cathay (1915)".
Chomei at Toyama by Basil Bunting
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Chomei at Toyama (1932)".
Civilization and its Discontents by Sigmund Freud
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Civilization and its Discontents (1930)".
Deceit, Desire, and the Novel by René Girard
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Deceit, Desire, and the Novel (1961)".
Demons by Fyodor Dostoevsky
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Demons (1872)".
Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Disgrace (1999)".
Dune by Frank Herbert
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Dune (1965)".
Elizabeth Costello by J.M. Coetzee
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Elizabeth Costello (2003)".
Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Ficciones (1944)".
For the Unfallen by Geoffrey Hill
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "For the Unfallen (1959)".
Franny & Zooey by J.D. Salinger
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Franny & Zooey (1961)".
Harmonium by Wallace Stevens
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Harmonium (1923)".
Herzog on Herzog by Paul Cronin
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Herzog on Herzog (2002)".
High Windows by Philip Larkin
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "High Windows (1974)".
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "His Dark Materials (1995)".
Iliad by Homer
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Iliad (c. 762 BC)".
Illuminations by Arthur Rimbaud
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Illuminations (1886)".
Impro by Keith Johnstone
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Impro (1979)".
In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "In Search of Lost Time (1913)".
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "King James Bible (1611)".
King Log by Geoffrey Hill
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "King Log (1968)".
Lectures on Physics by Richard Feynman
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Lectures on Physics (1964)".
Mating by Norman Rush
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Mating (1991)".
Men and Women by Robert Browning
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Men and Women (1855)".
Mercian Hymns by Geoffrey Hill
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Mercian Hymns (1971)".
Middlemarch by George Eliot
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Middlemarch (1871)".
Mimesis by Erich Auerbach
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Mimesis (1946)".
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Moby-Dick (1851)".
My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgaard
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "My Struggle (2009)".
On the Art of Reading by Arthur Quiller-Couch
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "On the Art of Reading (1920)".
Philosophical Investigations by Ludwig Wittgenstein
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Philosophical Investigations (1953)".
Possession by A.S. Byatt
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Possession (1990)".
Precious Nonsense by Stephen Booth
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Precious Nonsense (1998)".
Reasons and Persons by Derek Parfit
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Reasons and Persons (1984)".
Selected Cantos by Ezra Pound
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Selected Cantos (1930)".
Seymour: An Introduction by J.D. Salinger
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Seymour: An Introduction (1959)".
Songs and Sonnets by John Donne
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Songs and Sonnets (1633)".
Songs of Innocence and of Experience by William Blake
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1789)".
Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard Phillips Feynman
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (1985)".
The Beauty of the Husband by Anne Carson
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "The Beauty of the Husband (2001)".
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "The Brothers Karamazov (1880)".
The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "The Death of Ivan Ilych (1886)".
The Divine Comedy by Dante
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "The Divine Comedy (1320)".
The Dream Machine by M. Mitchell Waldrop
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "The Dream Machine (2001)".
The Emigrants by W.G. Sebald
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "The Emigrants (1992)".
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "The English Patient (1992)".
The Half-Finished Heaven by Tomas Tranströmer
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "The Half-Finished Heaven (1962)".
The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)".
The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "The Making of the Atomic Bomb (1986)".
The Marriage of Heaven & Hell by William Blake
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "The Marriage of Heaven & Hell (1793)".
The Nature of Order by Christopher Alexander
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "The Nature of Order (2002)".
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "The Paris Review Interviews (2006)".
The Rings of Saturn by W. G. Sebald
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "The Rings of Saturn (1995)".
The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "The Savage Detectives (1998)".
The School of Night by Karl Ove Knausgaard
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "The School of Night (2008)".
The Temple by George Herbert
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "The Temple (1633)".
The Timeless Way of Building by Christopher Alexander
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "The Timeless Way of Building (1979)".
The Whitsun Weddings by Philip Larkin
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "The Whitsun Weddings (1964)".
Underground by Haruki Murakami
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Underground (1997)".
Winter Pollen: Essays by Ted Hughes
On his Favourite Books page, "an arbitrary subset of some of the best books I've read", listed as "Winter Pollen: Essays (1994)".
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