Let's Talk Books

When religion does not keep its promise

The gospel of Baldwin

9 hrs ago • Ryan

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May 2026

Reading Fight Club, 30 years later

You are not your khakis

May 19 • Ryan

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How to win at everything

Strategy in war, politics, business, and life

May 5 • Ryan

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April 2026

A circle in the fire

Notes from a Plains boy

Apr 21 • Ryan

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Only the good are strong

Cicero's advice to young men in troubled times

Apr 7 • Ryan

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March 2026

Reading the Qur'an

What I found

Mar 3 • Ryan

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February 2026

5 things Ridley Scott's Napoleon left out about Josephine

She dined with an orangutan

Feb 3 • Ryan

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January 2026

The LLM Narcissus trap

Unraveling the threads of language, mind, and life

Jan 6 • Ryan

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December 2025

My favorite books of 2025

See you next year!

Dec 2, 2025 • Ryan

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November 2025

The Epic of Gilgamesh is a cautionary tale

And the Flood myth too

Nov 4, 2025 • Ryan

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October 2025

The Ottoman way of power

Slavery + conversion + meritocracy

Oct 7, 2025 • Ryan

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September 2025

Simone de Beauvoir: We have a moral duty to live our freedom

And fight that others may have theirs

Sep 2, 2025 • Ryan

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