Last updated May 29 2013: added Lean In, by Sheryl Sandberg (2013).
Below is a hyperlinked listing of all books reviewed on the Ace Black Blog.
Non-Fiction: GeoPolitics, Economics, History, and World Affairs
The Assassins, by Bernard Lewis (1967)
Economics In One Lesson, by Henry Hazlitt (1979)
Drinking The Sea At Gaza, by Amira Hass (1996)
Fortune's Warriors, by James R. Davis (2000)What Went Wrong? by Bernard Lewis (2002)
Sleeping With The Devil, by Robert Baer (2003)
The Crisis Of Islam, by Bernard Lewis (2003)
Shake Hands With The Devil, by Romeo Dallaire with Brent Beardsley (2003)
Good Muslim, Bad Muslim, by Mahmood Mamdani (2005)
How To Stage A Military Coup, by David Hebditch and Ken Connor (2005)
Deception, by Adrian Levy and Catherine Scott-Clark (2007)
The Mess They Made, by Gwynne Dyer (2007)
34 Days, by Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff (2008)
The Devil We Know, by Robert Baer (2008)
Tragedy At Second Narrows, by Eric Jamieson (2008)
The Post American World, by Fareed Zakaria (2008)
Why Your World Is About To Get A Whole Lot Smaller, by Jeff Rubin (2009)
Non-Fiction: Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism
Against All Enemies, by Richard A. Clarke (2004)
The Third Terrorist, by Jayna Davis (2004)
Loss Of Faith, by Kim Bolan (2005)
Perfect Soldiers, by Terry McDermott (2005)
The Looming Tower, by Lawrence Wright (2006)
Ghost - Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent, by Fred Burton (2008)
Non-Fiction: Biographies and Autobiographies
All The Stars In Heaven, by Gary Carey (1981)
To Hell And Back, by Niki Lauda (1986)
Steve McQueen, by Penina Spiegel (1986)
How To Stage A Military Coup, by David Hebditch and Ken Connor (2005)
Deception, by Adrian Levy and Catherine Scott-Clark (2007)
The Mess They Made, by Gwynne Dyer (2007)
34 Days, by Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff (2008)
The Devil We Know, by Robert Baer (2008)
Tragedy At Second Narrows, by Eric Jamieson (2008)
The Post American World, by Fareed Zakaria (2008)
Why Your World Is About To Get A Whole Lot Smaller, by Jeff Rubin (2009)
Non-Fiction: Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism
Against All Enemies, by Richard A. Clarke (2004)
The Third Terrorist, by Jayna Davis (2004)
Loss Of Faith, by Kim Bolan (2005)
Perfect Soldiers, by Terry McDermott (2005)
The Looming Tower, by Lawrence Wright (2006)
Ghost - Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent, by Fred Burton (2008)
Non-Fiction: Biographies and Autobiographies
All The Stars In Heaven, by Gary Carey (1981)
To Hell And Back, by Niki Lauda (1986)
Steve McQueen, by Penina Spiegel (1986)
Runaway, by Evelyn Lau (1989)
Live From The Battlefield, by Peter Arnett (1994)
See No Evil, by Robert Baer (2002)
Sharon And My Mother-In-Law, by Suad Amiry (2004)
Confessions Of An Economic Hit Man, by John Perkins (2004)
I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell, by Tucker Max (2006)
Live From The Battlefield, by Peter Arnett (1994)
See No Evil, by Robert Baer (2002)
Sharon And My Mother-In-Law, by Suad Amiry (2004)
Confessions Of An Economic Hit Man, by John Perkins (2004)
I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell, by Tucker Max (2006)
747, by Joe Sutter (2006)
A Long Way Gone, by Ishmael Beah (2007)
Merchant Of Death, by Douglas Farah and Stephen Braun (2007)
The Seventeen Traditions, by Ralph Nader (2007)
Slash, by Slash with Anthony Bozza (2007)
The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch (2008)
A World I Loved, by Wadad Makdisi Cortas (2009)
Always Looking Up, by Michael J. Fox (2009)
A Long Way Gone, by Ishmael Beah (2007)
Merchant Of Death, by Douglas Farah and Stephen Braun (2007)
The Seventeen Traditions, by Ralph Nader (2007)
Slash, by Slash with Anthony Bozza (2007)
The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch (2008)A World I Loved, by Wadad Makdisi Cortas (2009)
Always Looking Up, by Michael J. Fox (2009)
The Last Living Slut, by Roxana Shirazi (2010)
Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson (2011)
A Thousand Farewells, by Nahlah Ayed (2012)
Non-Fiction: Society and Leadership
The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey (1989)
Eccentrics, by Dr. David Weeks and Jamie James (1995)
Fools' Gold, by Brian Hutchinson (1998)
Who Moved My Cheese?, by Spencer Johnson (1999)
The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell (2000)
Fargo Rock City, by Chuck Klosterman (2000)
Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell (2005)
Under The Bridge, by Rebecca Godfrey (2005)
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, by John C. Maxwell (2007)
Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell (2008)
Traffic, by Tom Vanderbilt (2008)
Spent, by Geoffrey Miller (2009)
Think Smart, by Richard Restak (2009)
The Essential Engineer, by Henry Petroski (2010)
Common Ground In A Liquid City, by Matt Hern (2010)
From The Minds Of Madness - The Origins Of Heavy Metal Band Names, by Blair E. Gibson (2011)
Persuasion, by Arlene Dickinson (2011)
Lean In, by Sheryl Sandberg (2013)
Non-Fiction: Sports
How Soccer Explains The World, by Franklin Foer (2005)
Once In A Lifetime, by Gavin Newsham (2006)
The Fix, by Declan Hill (2008)
Fiction:
The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas (1845)
Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson (1883)
The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925)
The Maltese Falcon, by Dashiell Hammett (1930)
The Big Sleep, by Raymond Chandler (1939)
The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint Exupery (1943)
Animal Farm, by George Orwell (1945)
1984, by George Orwell (1949)
The Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger (1951)
The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway (1952)
To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee (1960)
The Andromeda Strain, by Michael Crichton (1969)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull, by Richard Bach (1970)
The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood (1985)
The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho (1988)
Deception Point, by Dan Brown (2001)
The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold (2002)
The Last Templar, by Raymond Khoury (2005)
DeNiro's Game, by Rawi Hage (2006)
Cell, by Stephen King (2006)
A Most Wanted Man, by John Le Carre (2008)
Cockroach, by Rawi Hage (2008)
Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson (2011)
A Thousand Farewells, by Nahlah Ayed (2012)
Non-Fiction: Society and Leadership
The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey (1989)
Eccentrics, by Dr. David Weeks and Jamie James (1995)
Fools' Gold, by Brian Hutchinson (1998)
Who Moved My Cheese?, by Spencer Johnson (1999)
The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell (2000)
Fargo Rock City, by Chuck Klosterman (2000)
Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell (2005)
Under The Bridge, by Rebecca Godfrey (2005)
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, by John C. Maxwell (2007)
Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell (2008)
Traffic, by Tom Vanderbilt (2008)
Spent, by Geoffrey Miller (2009)
Think Smart, by Richard Restak (2009)
The Essential Engineer, by Henry Petroski (2010)
Common Ground In A Liquid City, by Matt Hern (2010)
From The Minds Of Madness - The Origins Of Heavy Metal Band Names, by Blair E. Gibson (2011)
Persuasion, by Arlene Dickinson (2011)
Lean In, by Sheryl Sandberg (2013)
Non-Fiction: Sports
How Soccer Explains The World, by Franklin Foer (2005)
Once In A Lifetime, by Gavin Newsham (2006)
The Fix, by Declan Hill (2008)
Fiction:
Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson (1883)
The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925)
The Maltese Falcon, by Dashiell Hammett (1930)
The Big Sleep, by Raymond Chandler (1939)
The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint Exupery (1943)
Animal Farm, by George Orwell (1945)
1984, by George Orwell (1949)
The Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger (1951)
The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway (1952)
To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee (1960)
The Andromeda Strain, by Michael Crichton (1969)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull, by Richard Bach (1970)
The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood (1985)
The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho (1988)
Deception Point, by Dan Brown (2001)
The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold (2002)
The Last Templar, by Raymond Khoury (2005)
DeNiro's Game, by Rawi Hage (2006)
Cell, by Stephen King (2006)
A Most Wanted Man, by John Le Carre (2008)
Cockroach, by Rawi Hage (2008)
The Maze Of Cadiz, by Aly Monroe (2008)
The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown (2009)
Moscow Sting, by Alex Dryden (2010)
Our Kind Of Traitor, by John le Carré (2010)
The 500, by Matthew Quirk (2012)
Every book reviewed on the Ace Black Blog is rated on a 5-star scale:
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The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown (2009)
Moscow Sting, by Alex Dryden (2010)
Our Kind Of Traitor, by John le Carré (2010)
The 500, by Matthew Quirk (2012)
Every book reviewed on the Ace Black Blog is rated on a 5-star scale:
to
The rating appears at the bottom of the review page for each book.
