BATB score: 8/10 👏 Best to: what better way to learn about addiction from addicts; why our addiction to pleasure is causing us pain - easy, clear, simple, I understood everything Best as: why nicotine is better than sex (and probably why people smoke after sex), why drug addictions cause prolonged pain that becomes too painful to live ever without the drug - vicious cycle Best for: we are all addicts in one way or another, the first cure is to be honest about it (at least to

BATB score: 10/10 👑 written by senior partners at Mckinsey (so you know it’s expensive in-depth research) Best as: a conclusive playbook on what makes a great CEO, inclusive of techniques on how to onboard oneself, manage board members, motivate the team, run a business, retired yourself, and keep sane as CEO 🥹 Best for: if you are in close proximity to a CEO, reporting into a CEO, working closely with a CEO, and/or scouting to climb the damn corporate ladder for that CEO r

BATB score: varies based on your nationality BATB score: 4/10 if you are Thai, born and raised, you don’t have to read this book we know this by heart BATB score: 8/10 if you are an expat in a leadership role in Thailand, also wtf are you doing in my country taking c-level roles that are better off lead by true-thais?! just because we are developing doesn’t mean that you-developed can march in and claim supremacy; why? just because you have a soothing English accent, oh god,

BATB score: 2/10 😡 an ancient book - published in 1992 aka 33 years ago! 🕵️‍♀️ Best to: thoughts shape your mood, low mood dismisses wisdom, wisdom comes from staying in the present; yeah, that’s about it BATB lingering thought: okie this a key life lesson, when asked what is a book you’ll recommend, knowing that the person asking and/or the audience listening would never read that book anyways, always recommend a book with a title that is a full sentence in itself; instant

BATB score: 5/10 🤷‍♀️ Best for: you have to be in the start-up venture capitalist business to appreciate the tissue-paper billion dollar deal, the all-or-nothing gamble based on gut feelings,and the crazy mad man founders and even crazier investors Best to: too detailed for the average joe on a don’t really need to know basis Best as: so this is what it takes; missing your own wedding twice, a narcissistic belief in yourself as ultra indestructible, never wanting to step dow

BATB score: 8/10 💠 you know some people intentionally have affairs in dreams? Best to: if we live until 90 years old, of which we would have spent 30 years just sleeping and 25% of that sleep in REM, we would have spent 7.5 years (literally) dreaming 💭 Best for: now you can be conscious in your dreams, imagine if you can control your dreams and put them to better use ie. entertainment, exploration (of unethical dilemmas), experimentation, and/or enlightenment 🤯 Best as: di

BATB score: 5/10 💋 written by Jessica Simpsons for Jessica Simpsons Best as: a nostalgic ride back to the good years - 2000s; MTV billboard, skinny low waisted jeans, paparazzi, reality TV, unrelated music videos, lip sync but touching lyrics,success measured based on how many CDs you’ve sold Best to: Mickey Mouse Club The Disney Channel Season 6-7 1993-1995 has made big name celebrities: Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, Ryan Gosling; and no, Jessica Si

BATB score: 6/10 🐈‍⬛ Best as: a mortician answers every death related questions asked by innocent children Best to: hilarious but educational like will I shit my pants when I die Best for: well, don’t you want to know whether you will shit your pants when you die? BATB lingering thought: yes, you will shit your pants when you die and yes, morticians are cool with it; though they may put a pampers on / butt plug in you to make sure your funeral is decent

BATB score: 7/10 ⚠️ Chris Voss, former FBI hostage negotiator, has all the legitimate street cred to write this book about How to Negotiate with Anyone Best as: however, this book was difficult to follow and hard to grasp any actionable insights; ie. from negotiating for hostage release to negotiating your salary within the same page, numerous anecdotes that at the end all sounds the same, difficult one-liner concepts too fast to hold onto Best to: is this a first draft? if y

BATB score: 4/10 🫥 Best for: the book explicitly said, written for Millennials, the world’s next leaders #aww Best as: started out very well as an Introduction to Business refresher, then tragically deteriorates in content quality and crushed all of the Millennials’ souls along with it Best to: a true example of generation gap in an organization in the format of a book; Gen X teaching Gen Y how to be leaders, cue Gen Y eye rolls BATB lingering thought: there are bits and pie

BATB score: 8/10 👨‍🏫 hey hey not bad professor! short, concise, to the point, research-driven, fun, with key chapter takeaways, and super actionable 💯 Best as: listening to one of Professor Michael L. Platt, Director of Wharton Neuroscience Initiative, lectures Best for: as if you are an MBA student at Wharton Business School Best to: easy morning class and off you go, on to the rest of your day BATB linger thought: there is a clear gap between a researcher/professor and r

BATB score: 8/10 ❤️‍🩹 Best as: affordable therapy in book form, DIY-self-therapist, pick a theme/chapter that suits your needs and read away 💯 Best to: explanation, examples, exercises; not all chapters would be applicable, but there’s a chapter for everyone BATB lingering thought: mine is chapters Family Drama, What Holds Us Back, Self-Esteem, Body Image, and The Ups and Downs of Stress 🫠 Best for: we all need therapy ❤️‍🩹 Best quotes: “Cringing happens when it feels too

BATB score: 8/10 👏 Best to: great words of wisdom from an old retired uncle vibe about the meanings of life (note that meanings is plural) Best as: sometimes old retired uncle contradict himself and repeat himself but we listen politely anyways Best for: anyone who is sprinting to chase success and at times wonders “wait why though”? Best quotes: “Reaching the summit of money but getting there feeling empty, lonely and unhappy, isn’t winning. It’s losing.” “We are all dreami

BATB score: 9/10 🥺 a memoir of a sexually abused survivor sharing it all especially about how social services failed to save child victims aka completely missing their core job Best as: bold, bold to write and claim your own story of child abuse, bold to put your own brother, mother, and step-father in prison, bold to be able to restart and finally enjoy life as a single mom of five children and one angel child 😇 Best to: she wrote the book in 2021 and then changed her name

BATB score: 6/10 🫥 Best as: 65% Sam Carr’s memoir on loneliness; 35% other people’s telltale on loneliness Best to: in need of roughly 15% more scientific data, experimental reference, tangible substance or else it’s just storytelling Best for: this book is not worth your PhD 😬 Best quotes: “We come into the world alone and we die alone. Why, in life, should we be any less alone?” “There is cruel irony in the fact that the relationships that play such a critical role in def

BATB score: 7/10 🤓 Best as: a memoir to Bill Gate’s adolescence years from age 7 with a lot a lot of details that wasn’t necessary BATB lingering thought: talking about a head start; when you start being curious about the world since 7 and start programming at age 13, by the time you are 19, you already made Microsoft Best to: when the library is your comfort zone, reading books is your favorite pastime activity, and programming is your prodigy; you get a Bill Gates ie. “The

BATB score: 7/10 🥺 Best as: Sweden’s dark side of teen guns and gangs, poverty for young immigrants, racism and homicides 🇸🇪 Best to: a memoir of a Swedish social worker who crossed the line and took one home BATB lingering thought: the ending got me chills Best for: something different to read, did you know about Sweden’s teen gun violence? I didn’t either. Best quote: “Will you care if I die?”

BATB score: 5/10 🤨 reader discretion advised: a 21st century memoir to family YouTube channel sensation, influencer monetization, zero children’s privacy, staged content, and cancel culture Best to: a perfect family life on-camera exposed by your eldest daughter; kudos to sissy for writing this memoir to save-ish her younger siblings BATB lingering thought: written by a 21-year-old, a memoir that’s quite eloquent, great chapter structure, good use of advanced English vocabul

BATB score: 7/10 😱 reader discretion advised: not for the faint-hearted; painful tales of children born in North Korea concentration camps Best as: from reading so many North Korea escapee stories, this one stands out as he had to escape from the concentration camps first and only then escaped from North Korea like the other escapee stories Best for: North Korea stories enthusiast Best to: scarier than North Korea is today’s genocide in Gaza; scarier because this is globally

BATB score: 6/10 🍜 *reader discretion advised* you must get past the first part, first 100 pages, and then you’re good; it only gets more tolerable, interesting, and relatable from there Best as: this is not a book, this is a white paper research thesis circling around this one premise “ultra-processed food (UPF) is the cause of our over-eating, obesity, and other health problems” and thus why current FDA is inadequate, why blaming lack of exercise, a low-nutrients, high-car