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2. creativity flow and the psychology of discovery and invention - mihaly csikszentmihalyi
3. the best american short stories of 2023 - min jin lee
4. the big oyster - mark kurlansky
5. tiny beautiful things - cheryl strayed
6. liberation day - george saunders
7. is it hot in here? - zach zimmerman
8. bird by bird - anne lamott
9. a carnival of snackery - david sedaris
10. the elissas - samantha leach
11. luster, a novel - raven leilani
12. meet me in the bathroom - lizzy goodman
13. bill no-mates - max dickens
14. shuggie brain - douglas stuart
15. the infinite machine - camila russo
16. the bitcoin standard - michael saylor
17. the innovators - walter isaacson
18. cult of the dead cow - joseph menn
19. the time paradox - john boyd & phillip zimbardo
20. pyscho-cybernetics - maxwell maltz