There’s a lot to read about out there, and this is a gathering of the best books I’ve read (according to me), so far..

Washington: A Life - by Ron Chernow (904 pages).

Washington: A Life - by Ron Chernow (904 pages).

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln - by Doris Kearns Goodwin (945 pages).

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln - by Doris Kearns Goodwin (945 pages).

Churchill: Walking With Destiny - by Andrew Roberts (1,088 pages).

Churchill: Walking With Destiny - by Andrew Roberts (1,088 pages).

The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America - by Douglas Brinkley (960 pages).

The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America - by Douglas Brinkley (960 pages).

Truman - by David McCullough (1,120 pages).

Truman - by David McCullough (1,120 pages).

Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent - by Alexander von Humboldt [explorer, scientist, polymath, 1769-1859] (388 pages).

Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent - by Alexander von Humboldt [explorer, scientist, polymath, 1769-1859] (388 pages).

John Marshall: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and The Definer of a Nation - by Jean Edward Smith (802 pages).

John Marshall: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and The Definer of a Nation - by Jean Edward Smith (802 pages).

The Old Man and the Sea - by Ernest Hemingway (128 pages).

The Old Man and the Sea - by Ernest Hemingway (128 pages).

The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal - by David McCullough (698 pages).

The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal - by David McCullough (698 pages).

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life - by Walter Isaacson (586 pages).

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life - by Walter Isaacson (586 pages).

The Wright Brothers - by David McCullough (337 pages).

The Wright Brothers - by David McCullough (337 pages).

Rush: Revolution, Madness, and The Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father - by Stephen Fried (608 pages).

Rush: Revolution, Madness, and The Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father - by Stephen Fried (608 pages).

The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge - by David McCullough (609 pages).

The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge - by David McCullough (609 pages).

John Adams - by David McCullough (751 pages).

John Adams - by David McCullough (751 pages).

Walden - by Henry David Thoreau (179 pages).

Walden - by Henry David Thoreau (179 pages).

Insight: The Surprising Truth About How Others See Us, How We See Ourselves, and Why the Answers Matter More Than We Think - by Tasha Eurich (352 pages).

Insight: The Surprising Truth About How Others See Us, How We See Ourselves, and Why the Answers Matter More Than We Think - by Tasha Eurich (352 pages).

Leonardo Da Vinci - by Walter Isaacson (600 pages).

Leonardo Da Vinci - by Walter Isaacson (600 pages).

Einstein: His Life and Universe - by Walter Isaacson (706 pages).

Einstein: His Life and Universe - by Walter Isaacson (706 pages).

No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and the Home Front in World War II - by Doris Kearns Goodwin (771 pages).

No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and the Home Front in World War II - by Doris Kearns Goodwin (771 pages).

Nudge: The Final Edition - by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein (384 pages).

Nudge: The Final Edition - by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein (384 pages).

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - by Benjamin Franklin (151 pages).

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - by Benjamin Franklin (151 pages).

Genius of Place: The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted {Abolitionist, Conservationist and Designer of Central Park} - by Justin Martin (496 pages).

Genius of Place: The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted {Abolitionist, Conservationist and Designer of Central Park} - by Justin Martin (496 pages).

Cannery Row - by John Steinbeck (181 pages).

Cannery Row - by John Steinbeck (181 pages).

The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World - by Andrea Wulf (586 pages).

The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World - by Andrea Wulf (586 pages).