My two favorite books of 2014

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I’d like to mention two books that stood out for me in 2014: Nonfiction: The First
20 Minutes. Gretchen Reynolds is a New York Times columnist who distills health
and exercise research down to practical, readable advice. I’ve never dog-eared
as many pages in a book as The First 20 Minutes. Reynolds writes about why […]


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I’d like to mention two books that stood out for me in 2014:
Nonfiction: The First 20 MinutesThe First 20 Minutes. Gretchen Reynolds is a New
York Times columnist who distills health and exercise research down to practical,
readable advice. I’ve never dog-eared as many pages in a book as The First 20 Minutes.
Reynolds writes about why you might want to brush your teeth standing on one foot,
work out before eating breakfast, and how pickle juice might help with cramps. Should
you get a cortisone shot? Does it help to believe in luck? Does long-distance running
make your knees less healthy? Is chocolate milk a good recovery drink? Read the
book and find out.
Whether you’re a couch potato or a ultramarathoner, you’ll probably learn something
interesting and helpful from Reynolds’ book. Reynolds also writes with the easy
readability of a seasoned newspaper columnist, and each chapter ends with bite-sized
summaries of what the current scientific research recommends. My only nitpick is
that I wish Reynolds had included footnotes pointing to the original research for
people who want to dig deeper.
Fiction: As I’ve written beforewritten before, The MartianThe Martian describes
an astronaut stranded on Mars who needs to figure out how to survive and get home
with minimal supplies. Some of the science gets detailed, but the book builds to
a very successful ending in my opinion.
What was the single best fiction or nonfiction book you read in 2014?

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The First 20 Minutes
http://www.amazon.com/The-First-20-Minutes-Surprising/dp/0142196754
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written before
https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/summer-book-reading-suggestions/
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The Martian
http://www.andyweirauthor.com/books/the-martian-hc

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