Books Brad Frost has read or is reading 2026-06-30T02:36:15Z https://bradfrost.com/ Brad Frost 2026-06-30T02:36:15Z https://bradfrost.com/reading/youre-not-listening/ 2026-06-30T02:36:15Z https://bradfrost.com/reading/your-money-or-your-life/ <p>I was expecting this book to be more of a money tips book, but I was pleasantly surprised it was far more philosophical. While it contains a lot of tangible advice (it's a step-by-step program that I hope to do one day), the main thing it did for me was reframe how I view money. I'm excited to act on a lot of the concepts in this book.</p> 2026-06-30T02:36:15Z https://bradfrost.com/reading/your-brain-on-art/ 2026-06-30T02:36:15Z https://bradfrost.com/reading/you-are-here/ 2026-06-30T02:36:15Z https://bradfrost.com/reading/yes-to-life/ 2026-06-30T02:36:15Z https://bradfrost.com/reading/why-we-sleep/ <p>I was simultaneously excited and terrified to read this book. I've long known my relationship with sleep has been less than ideal (to put it lightly). Sure enough, this book delivered and simultaneously got me excited about revolutionizing my relationship with sleep while also terrifying me about the damage I've already done to my body with my past poor sleep habits. People have sent me some criticism of the book and some of its specifics, and while I know a lot more research needs to be done I think the overall gist of &quot;better sleep = better health&quot; seems uncontroversial.</p> 2026-06-30T02:36:15Z https://bradfrost.com/reading/why-buddhism-is-true/ <p>Through deprogramming myself from my Catholic upbringing, I ended up being pretty skeptical about any faith tradition. However, through my wife, I've been getting into Buddhism, which I've learned is far more a philosophy than an organized religion. This book ticks all my boxes: the intersection between modern psychology, morality, mental health, and ancient philosophies. The book's title is a bold claim, and one that the author doesn't make lightly. But there's a lot of meat to back it up! The book explains how modern psychology and neuroscience backs up the core tenets of Buddhism.</p> 2026-06-30T02:36:15Z https://bradfrost.com/reading/whole-earth/ 2026-06-30T02:36:15Z https://bradfrost.com/reading/whats-our-problem/ 2026-06-30T02:36:15Z https://bradfrost.com/reading/what-the-happiest-retirees-know/ <p>This book outlines some qualities shared by fulfilled retired people. It was an interesting read as someone in his 30s, as it helped frame a &quot;skate where the puck is going&quot; kinda mentality in me. But ultimately, the insights are are bit obvious: have interests, have strong relationships, don't have kids who mooch off of you, etc.</p> 2026-06-30T02:36:15Z https://bradfrost.com/reading/what-art-does/ 2026-06-30T02:36:15Z https://bradfrost.com/reading/ways-of-being/ 2026-06-30T02:36:15Z https://bradfrost.com/reading/unsubscribe/ <p>This book has plenty of tactics for taming your inbox, and I read it immediately after Deep Work, which was a nice one-two punch. Thankfully, I'm already practicing a lot of the tips laid out in this book, but I still took away a lot.</p> 2026-06-30T02:36:15Z https://bradfrost.com/reading/twitter-and-teargas/ <p>Zeynep Tufekci is my favorite journalist. Whether she's discussing COVID, politics, or the Arab Spring, she's able to cut through the noise and shine a light on the systems and power structures at play. This book does a phenomenal job at dissecting how the internet has unlocked new ways for social movements to coordinate and collaborate. It also covers how power structures wield that same internet to counter social movements. A must read.</p> 2026-06-30T02:36:15Z https://bradfrost.com/reading/turn-knowledge-into-wealth/ 2026-06-30T02:36:15Z https://bradfrost.com/reading/this-isnt-happening-radioheads-kid-a-and-the-beginning-of-the-21st-century/ <p>Kid A is one of my favorite albums of all time, and was in a lot of ways my real introduction to Radiohead. So I thoroughly enjoyed this book, which really paints the picture of how this album — a real sharp-left turn from the band's anticipated trajectory — came to be. It gets into the music landscape at the time, how the album was recorded, how it was received, and its lasting legacy. A great read for any Radiohead fan.</p> 2026-06-30T02:36:15Z https://bradfrost.com/reading/this-is-where-you-belong/ <p>This is a book that analyzes the criteria in which people decide where they want to live. Things like proximity to family, access to nature, visual aesthetics, and so on are discussed. But there some weird detours and an over-reliance on anecdotes and individual stories that had me scratching my head a bit. But in general, it was a good book that got me and my wife thinking about what we care about when it comes to finding our next place to live.</p> 2026-06-30T02:36:15Z https://bradfrost.com/reading/thinking-fast-and-slow/ <p>This was a good book, and had I not read several other books that touch on similar topics (The Happiness Hypothesis and its concept of &quot;the rider&quot; and &quot;the elephant&quot;), I likely would have rated it higher. There's some interesting stuff in here, but I felt it was a bit of a slog to get through.</p> 2026-06-30T02:36:15Z https://bradfrost.com/reading/think-again/ <p>This was a great book about the importance of changing our mind and constantly reevaluating our stances on consequential issues at both an individual and a societal level. Cognitive and desirability biases are powerful forces that often lead us to entrenched thinking that limits our ability to grow and take advantage of opportunities. While I thought the content of the book was good, I felt it lacking in certain areas and didn't often care for some of the delivery.</p> 2026-06-30T02:36:15Z https://bradfrost.com/reading/the-world-according-to-mr-rogers/