BATB score: 5.2/10 Best as: 52 ways to make peace with the world. Short stories. Quick endings. No action. Best for: self-improvement fanatics

BATB score: 10/10 correcting the misconceptions of the world #factfulness Recommend! A feel GREAT book 10 10 10. Optimism in the world restored. The world is a vast oyster with things that are not as bad as it seems. Best for: colorful graphs/charts lover; buy the hardcover color printed version

BATB score: 4/10 From hoarders to minimalists, Marie Kondo makes life extremely simple on what to keep and what to toss. Here's how: Hold X up. Ask yourself, "does X spark joy?". If yes, fold X vertically and keep X neatly. If no, say thank you to X and throw X away. Replace X with clothes👘, books, photos, boyfriend/girlfriend, or even your career; and life is now X item less cluttered. The book itself can be thoroughly summarized into a 2-page pdf with Arial size 14 font in

BATB score: 1.25/10 Japanese authors are so wordy. Anecdotes are so minute. Sentence structure are so dull. This book consist of 85% water down the drain, 10% potential something but really nothing, 5% real gist. The concept of 'ikigai' or the reason to get up in the morning is definitely there but the process how to get to your 'ikigai'... honestly, we would never know. Best for: the cover and the summarised content on the back P.S. How big should my sample size be (Marie Ko

BATB score: 3.33/10 It may be more relatable if you are in your 2/3 life crisis. Interview accounts of people who look fine on the outside who may not necessarily be doing fine on the inside. The book has high hopes that readers of other people's struggles and worse problems, somehow will make you feel better about your situation. A career-driven C-level person who got this far to get fired. An independent person who was happy being alone but realize that he/she would die alo

BATB score: 7.89/10 How to Self-Zen for Idiots #Legit #Practical Best for: nervous Nelly who panics for no obvious reason because you will do well anyways but you are still anxious that you'll fail #yesyou #thatme #sweatypalms Best as: 1-2-3 Self-Zen guidebook for worrywart with an acceptable amount of cheesy self-help repetition Best to: "Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday." - Dale Carnegie

BATB score: 10/10 👏⭐️🔥 Bravo! Restoring trust and compassion amongst humankind - believe me, we all are nice in nature. Best to: nerdy but beautifully written with anecdotes from all the legends "The Tipping Point" Malcolm Gladwell, "The Prince" Niccolò Machiavelli, "Drive" Daniel H. Pink, "Mindset" Carol Dweck, "Factfulness" Hans Rosling, and so much more. Best for: all humans who may have lost faith in this world; this book allows you to believe again that we're not mons

BATB score: 6.78/10 🧑‍🔬🧬💊 I am happy that Dr. David A. Sinclair PhD is very passionate in his revolutionary field of study against ageing; his determination to discuss and raise this underdog subject is heartfelt. Best to: this thick nerdy book is Dr. Sinclair's attempt to proof that ageing research is underrated; how ageing should be considered as a disease that we all experience (and should get more funding), as something that can be decoded for betterment (NMN tablets)

BATB score: 10/10 🏆 the most important money book in mankind about having 'enough' and so anything more is mere incremental but I am already comfortable Best to: clarity in 'JOMO' joy of missing out when your friends post on social media about their high gains on crypto and/or stock investment as it's probably because of pure luck that can not be repeated Best for: all of us; questioner of 'meaning of life' and one's relationship with money Best as: the best investment strat

BATB score: 10/10 💯 a critical and an essential read on mental work-life balance (as physical work-life is so yesterday's concept) Best to: you know how work continues to linger in your mind on weekends? ya, that's no good; unfortunately in some cultures it is called 'dedication', 'devotion', 'determination', or even 'above and beyond' - so embarrassing, i know #badinfluence Best for: don't brag about working overtime, over the weekend, or pulling all-nighters, it sucks and