Book Recommendations

I love reading in my backyard, especially during Rochester's summer months. This page (still under construction) shares books I enjoyed over the past few years.

Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar

by Jessie Inchauspe

Glucose, or blood sugar, is a tiny molecule in our body that has a huge impact on our health. It enters our bloodstream through the starchy or sweet foods we eat. Ninety percent of us suffer from too much glucose in our system—and most of us don't know it. Drawing on cutting-edge science and her own pioneering research, the author offers simple, surprising hacks to help you balance your glucose levels and reverse your symptoms. The most actionable insight I learnt from this book? Fiber first!

Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment

by Robert Wright

At the heart of Buddhism is a simple claim: The reason we suffer—and the reason we make other people suffer—is that we don't see the world clearly. At the heart of Buddhist meditative practice is a radical promise: We can learn to see the world, including ourselves, more clearly and so gain a deep and morally valid happiness.

The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect

by Judea Pearl and Dana Mackenzie

A great book explaining how causality grew from a nebulous concept into a mathematical theory. I like the historical perspective and many interesting anecdotals in the book. Empirical researchers will find this book very readable, especially compared to its academic version "Causality: Models, Reasoning and Inference".