Book Reviews

A thoughtful professional writes in a notebook while looking toward a circular vision of multiple career paths, symbolizing self-reflection, personal strengths, values, and professional growth.

Managing Oneself by Peter Drucker Review

How to Build a Career Around Your Strengths Peter F. Drucker’s is a name I hear dropped constantly in business newsletters and podcasts,[…]

A Victorian Time Traveller stands beside an ornate brass time machine overlooking the White Sphinx, Eloi ruins, shadowy Morlocks, and a distant red sun in H. G. Wells’ future Earth.

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells Review

Clay | July 10

Does the H.G. Wells Sci-Fi Classic Hold Up? The 1960s film adaptation of H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine hooked me as a kid.[…]

A spring reading wrap-up scene with stacked books, flowers, a sailing ship, dragon, robot, pocket watch, gothic castle, and crypto coin symbolizing fantasy, history, science fiction, self-help, and nonfiction reads.

ClayReads Spring Wrap-up

Clay | July 3

Spring 2026 Reads Wrap Up: Epic Fantasy, History, and Self-Help Reviews It’s that time of the year ClayReaders, where I do my Spring[…]

A person stands at a crossroads between a narrow dark tunnel and a bright network of interconnected ideas, symbolizing the power of generalists, exploration, and cross-disciplinary thinking.

Review of Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein

Clay | June 26

Why Generalists Thrive in a Specialized World David Epstein’s Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World has been at the edge of[…]

A rogue SecUnit without a helmet protects Dr. Mensah inside a futuristic transit station while corporate security forces close in behind them.

Review of Exit Strategy by Martha Wells

Clay | June 19

Avoiding Emotions and GrayCris It’s time for another installment of Martha Wells’ brilliantly fun series! Today, I’m finally diving into Exit Strategy (The[…]

Woman gently touches her own reflection in a warm sunlit mirror, symbolizing self-love, self-compassion, and becoming your own best friend.

How to Be Your Own Best Friend Review

Clay | June 12

How to Stop Being Your Own Worst Enemy I learned about How to Be Your Own Best Friend by Mildred Newman, Bernard Berkowitz,[…]

A young Victorian man stands beside a decaying portrait of himself in a dark gothic room, capturing the eerie supernatural horror of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.

Review: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Clay | June 5

Vanity, Murder, and Masterpieces I have wanted to read The Picture of Dorian Gray for a while. Dorian Gray is prominent in pop[…]

A tense late-night crypto trader studies volatile market charts and code on multiple monitors as glowing digital coins dissolve around him in a dark home office.

Crypto Confidential by Nathaniel Eliason Review

Clay | May 29

A Wild Ride Through the 2021 Crypto Bull Market I can already hear some ClayReaders sighing, “Not another crypto book… don’t you know[…]

Stone tablet with mysterious alien markings in a lush jungle on an alien planet, with a spacecraft, distant ruins, and a massive moonlit world in the sky, inspired by Echo by Jack McDevitt.

Throwback Thursday: Book Review: Echo by Jack McDevitt (Alex Benedict #5)

Clay | May 22

Throwback Thursday: Echo I know it has been a while since I have done a Throwback Thursday post. I have just been consumed[…]

Abstract philosophy book review image showing a reader at a night study desk with headphones, notes, and a glowing spiral diagram representing Ken Wilber’s integral theory and fragmented ideas coming together.

A Theory of Everything Ken Wilber Review

Clay | May 15

A Tough Read with that Rings True Today This is going to be a tough review. A Theory of Everything by Ken Wilber[…]