Some Dad Books to get you back into Dad reading:
Endurance
The Wager
Shadow Divers
Pirate Hunters
Skunk Works
Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea
Empire of the Summer Moon
The Wright Brothers
Undaunted Courage
The First American
A History of the American People
The Frontiersmen
The Lost City of the Monkey God
Centennial
The Greatest Knight
Empires of the Sea
I recall Paranoia by Joseph Finder being a serviceable corporate espionage page turner. The rare men’s thriller that is neither military or ‘techno.’
(Until Michael Lewis gives us the Jensen Huang airport book version.)
Common sense advice guys don’t say out loud:
- marry well
- don’t get divorced
- no visible tattoos
- have at least one daughter (takes care of you when you’re old)
- don’t fall for the Chinese consort who steals your tech secrets scam
The latest print of the Casey’s Pizza Inflation Index (CPI) is in.
2020: $2.50
2021: $2.69
2022: $2.99
2023: $3.29
2024: $3.29
2025: $3.39
2026: $3.49
YoY: +2.9%
Since inception: +39.6% (+5.7% annualized)
Purchasing power of $100 in slices: 40 (in 2020) → 28
Independent gas station pizza research you can trust.
The first novel I ever loved was the survival classic Hatchet, but recently I’ve learned that a *lot* of women despise this book, and see it is as something they were forced to read in school to entice the idiot illiterate boys in their English class. I dove into that tension!
The latest print of the Casey’s Pizza Inflation Index (CPI) is in.
2020: $2.50
2021: $2.69
2022: $2.99
2023: $3.29
2024: $3.29
2025: $3.39
2026: $3.49
YoY: +2.9%
Since inception: +39.6% (+5.7% annualized)
Purchasing power of $100 in slices: 40 (in 2020) → 28
Independent gas station pizza research you can trust.