• The Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field, Jacques Hadamard (1945; review)
• The City of Falling Angels, Berendt (2000; review)
• Six Memos For The Next Millennium, Italo Calvino (1985)

I've read Squat Every Day by Matt Perryman four or five times, and I'm consistently impressed with how much I learn from it each time. The book combines practical strength training advice, history of strength sports, along with discussions on psychology, biology, chaos theory, systems theory, and probability.

I've made my own recommended rationalist reading list, which I give to new initiates of the Conspiracy. No textbooks, popular level work only. Feedback of any sort encouraged.

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